Chapter 3: MISTRESS LIKES BLOODY FLOWERS
Many years ago, a prophecy was announced throughout the continent of Ishmard. The Goddess of life protecting the realm with her magic and blessings sent a warning about the destruction of the world. This chaos will be led by the leader who rules the beasts and demons known as Darklings, the Demon King of the Dark Kingdom. He will soon annihilate all humanity and let the Darklings roam freely in the human world, leaving it completely under his dominion.
But all of this chaos can be overturned by the chosen heroes who will someday bring peace to all the countries. These chosen heroes will embark a journey to stop the Demon King before he and his minions will destroy humanity. Thus, five heroes from different countries together with their own party embarked an expedition to the Dark Kingdom. There they faced many trials, the Darkling enemies and even the strongest Pillars of the Demon King.
During their journey, the heroes encounter the evil witch of the east who serves as one of the Pillars, she was killed five times by the heroes but was also reborn five times then, and she slaughtered them. After she fulfilled her duties of protecting the demon king and his kingdom, she was killed once again.
That witch was me, Ilse Eindelos.
And now, I was reborn for the sixth time.
Today is my first day after my rebirth and as promised to my dying self in my fifth life….. I'll be living my life however I please now!
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I huffed as I wipe the sweats from my forehead, the Northern territory may be a little bit cold despite it is the season where most flowers bloom but I just finished digging some soils and making plots in the abandoned greenhouse.
"M-mistress??!!! W-what are you doing?!"
Loud crying voices can be heard in a chorus and I looked back at the three maids staring at me with horror--- it was the Calico sisters, they are also my maids. The tall maid with green hair and a good figure is called Lynnoris, the other one with red short hair is Maeve and lastly, the blue haired maid with glasses is called Portia.
Lilith is not here with me now because she was enraged when I refused to wear the dress she prepared. We played hide and seek for a while until I escaped from her. I went to the 30th floor of the tower to rummage for work clothes in the servants quarter. I was not trespassing, it was my castle, and I can do what I want. After I got changed, I transported myself outside of the castle tower and went to the abandoned greenhouse and started tilting the soil.
"Why are the three of you here?" I asked them.
"We had orders to look for you from Lilith-sama." The blue haired one, Portia, answered.
"M-mistress, w-what are you doing?" The tall one asked, her body shaking and tears started to form from her eyes.
"Are the lot of you blind? Can you not see that I'm tilting the soil and making plots in this abandon and almost frozen garden?"
"T-the mistress is tending to the soil of the abandoned garden?!"
"No way! The mistress wouldn't dare touch such ugly and dirty things such as a soil and flowers!"
"And what is with that get up, Mistress?! Isn't that a commoner's work clothes and what is with that abomination of a headwear?! Is it not a straw hat?!"
"Is the mistress possessed or something, this is the first time I saw her do something lower and looking much undignified!"
How rude, these maids are to their employer! Is that what they see me?!
"Our mistress would rather kill somebody and spill blood on the ground than tending them."
"Flowers wilt even with just her presence and with her laughter, children would run away!"
"Where did the beautiful, bloody and scary mistress go?!"
Maeve and Portia exclaimed while crying their hearts out attacking me with rude statements, as if they're watching a massacre unfolding in front of them while Lynnoris watched sobbing, silently agreeing to the girls onslaught of insults.
"If Lilith finds this out, she will be enraged!"
"This is a state of emergency! An omen!"
"A storm might be brewing now! The apocalypse? The end of the world?!"
"Oi, you are all so noisy, want me to freeze you to shut all of you up?"
After saying those threatening words and glared at them menacingly, they all fell on the ground prostrating in front me, dirt and mud covering their heads.
"I-it's the m-mistress! She is still the mistress!" Maeve screeched, realizing that in front of them is their one and only mistress.
"Please do forgive our rudeness to you, your Excellency. W-we were just astounded and confused by w-what we saw." Portia begged as she trembled.
"Please have mercy on your servants, M-mistress." Lynnoris lowly said as she was still sobbing.
"Seriously, such insolence would have sent you to your early graves if I wasn't in a good mood today. For the first time, you raised your voices at your employer! Preposterous!"
"Forgive us, mistress!!!"
The three of them wailed in synchronicity as they continued to prostrate on their knees. They did attack me with insults but these children served me for a long time, seeing them all messed up kind of soften a very, very, very tiny bit of my conscience.
"Enough! As punishment, you three should assist me in cleaning this place and making more plots."
"Y-yes, Mistress! We are yours to command."
"Very well, use those darkling strength and start cleaning. No more questions, just move your bodies!"
"Y-yes, Ma'am!"
Hmph. That would do the trick silencing them and make them move, with this my workload will lessen and I will be able to finish my job as soon as I can without using my magic. Plus, I will be able to exercise my body and make it sturdier, so that I can play games where stamina is needed. I watched the maids hurriedly clean the surroundings, carrying large stuffs to and fro, they are strong because they are darklings, and they make things handy.
Then, I looked around the place, this greenhouse was once a beautiful garden which I loved when I was a child. I used to play here and also used to like watching the flowers bloom during spring season. Despite the cold atmosphere of the northern territory, there were many kinds of flowers, trees and plants planted here. Through magic, these plants were able to survive the harsh weather and lack of sunlight but after I started being the Demon King's Pillar, I focused myself in eradicating human pests who would try to kill the King. I forgot about this beautiful place and neglected it for all these years.
That is why, now, rather than hexing humans or darklings and planning on how to destroy those heroes, I just want to plant different kinds of plants and flowers, especially red flowers such as roses and grandiflora. With my magic and hard work, I will make this garden beautiful again!
And if I'll be able to achieve that, I can finally obtain a place where I can enjoy my afternoon tea and a place where I'll be able to play my favourite games. The thought made me so excited and without noticing it, I started humming as I continue to make more plots for my flowers.
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In the corner, Ilse did not notice that the maids flocked together, watching her with wary eyes and gossiping behind her back.
"Isn't the mistress weird today? As if she's a different person! Look, she's humming while tilting the soil!" Portia whispered with worry.
"But I guess, she seems to be having fun. This is a rare sight and I think I'm happy for mistress!" Lynnoris said sweetly as she watched the mistress work happily.
"Do not be fooled! This is the mistress we're talking about. I bet she plans to use this as a graveyard for the heroes she'll soon destroy." Maeve protested.
"…. As if the mistress will live a new life doing things like making a garden for afternoon tea or a place to relax and play around."
"Hmmm…you may be right, Portia. For the mistress to change overnight, it is not possible."
"It's truly impossible."
"Yeah, impossible.
The three maids brought themselves to the conclusion that the mistress would never, ever do such things as living her life in a happy go lucky way.
Unaware that their mistress has already started living otherwise.
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Meanwhile...
Lilith was still looking for her mistress, for some reason, she was still not able to find her.
"M-mistress!!!! Where did you go? How a lady could ran around only wearing her undergarments!? I hope no one saw her looking like that. Oh how shameless it would be!"
Lilith lamented the fact that the mistress ran off only wearing nothing but her undergarments but little did she know that the mistress was able to acquire work clothes minutes after they had their chasing game.
"Just you wait, I will catch you and lecture you all day. Mark my words!"'
And Lilith continued scaling the tower grounds looking for her mistress. But after one hour, she was not able to find the mistress.
"Where the hell did that brat go?!"
Lilith fumed at the fact that she cannot still find her mistress and that she also sucked at playing hide and seek.
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