Kiro finds himself once again lying on the flowers of the blossomed field . Esgrieth was sitting in front of him waiting for Kiro to say something .
-What's wrong
-I wanted to ask a question to you.
-What is it?
-What is love exactly?
Kiro gets up and sits on the flowers and says.
-You questions are getting weirder and weirder everyday .
-I demand an answer .
-I don't know much but....
-Tell me.
-Well , it's a feeling of affection and caring for another person , as a child loves his mother , or a husband his wife , That's all I know but , Where did this come from .
-I was thinking about everything I never had in my life .
-What did you expect? You are a life draining demon after all , you have to give love in order to receive it .
-Well , life is sometimes too fair .
-This doesn't have to do anything with life , it's all got to do with yourself .
-Have you forgotten that I feed on people in order to continue living myself?
-That still doesn't change the fact that you enjoyed people's suffering.
-Many things fail to entertain me , I'm a demon afer all and humans are just lesser beings brought to spice my entertainment.
-I guess you have a point there , it's pretty twisted but I guess I would never understand , I think I'll just pass this one .
-I guess you must go.
-I guess so .
Kiro wakes up on his bed. He heads to the kitchen and forgets it's empty .
"Back at the cabin I could catch some fish while at the lake , what am I supposed to do now"
His mind is blank for a second then he thinks
"I guess I'll have a trip to the lake , I could use some training after all . He leaves the mansion and heads to the lake . He arrives and does the same thing he does when he is there . Strips and ties a big rock with a vine , which he puts around his leg . He throws the massive rock in the lake and watches the light of the sun fade away as he is dragged deeper in the lake. He stares blankly at the surface , as he waits for the right moment to get there. He runs out of oxygen , in that moment he starts to swim back at the surface .He reaches it and then cuts the vine , drowning the rock .
"I always thought how deep it might be , well , I guess I'll find out the other time I get here , time to do some fishing . "
He gets a long stick and attaches a vine to it. After a few hours he has caught enough to call it a day .
"well , I sure know what I'll be eating for dinner , and then I can have a nice warm bath , since I got here the only baths I've taken are this cold dips at this lake"
-Kiro grabs the fishes and heads to the mansion . It had gotten dark already.
"Now that I think about it I didn't lock the door"
He arrives to the mansion , just to see muddy footprints entering the unlocked front door of the mansion.
"I'm screwed"
Kiro draws his sword and dagger then enters his mansion quietly .
-Bloodlust.
Kiro's eyes turn pitch black and he sees the silhouette of a person in the living room , he rushes to it then hears a girly voice .
-Please no , don't hurt me , I had no choice .
Kiro's eyes go back to normal , but he does not sheath his sword or dagger .
-What are you doing here .
-I'm being chased , I saw the door wasn't locked and I didn't expect anyone to live here .
-I see , who is chasing you?
-Man hunters , I escaped my previous master but he sent man hunters to find me.
-So you are a run away slave
-Yes , please don't hurt me , I'll leave but please don't..
-Kiro is about to escort the girl out but then an idea hits his head.
-Can you do chores?
-Chores?
-Can you clean , wipe , cook and take care of the garden?
-Well yes but....
-I have a proposition to make , If you do my chores around the mansion , I'll let you stay here , so what do you think ?
-Well I...
-The man hunters would be really interested in you...
-I accept
-Great, then follow me.
Kiro goes to the basement and searches for a maid uniform.
-There you go take a bath and wear this .
-This looks old , I..
-You can still go out if you want
-Fine -And she goes running out of the basement
-Wait let me show you were the bath is .
-Right .
Kiro shows the bath and says
-When you are done , wear the uniform and meet me at the living room of the first floor.
-I got it .
Kiro heads to the living room and lights a fire at the fire place . He approaches the fire and thinks.
"One problem solved , a hundred more left"
The girl approaches Kiro in her maid uniform.
-Now that I think about it , you seem so little how old were you again?
-I turn 14 this month
Kiro chuckles and says:
-You aren't just little , you are tiny .
You could see the anger in the girls face but she tried not showing it.
-Anyway , you can start with the mess you did yourself , then come back to me when you washed it off
-I'm on it
After 15 minutes she comes at Kiro again and says:
-I'm done
-Good , you still have work to do .
-Like what.
-Come with me.
Kiro heads towards the bathroom and when he arrives there the girl looks bothered .
"What have I gotten myself into , now I have to..." then Kiro enters the bath and slams the door. He opens half of it and throws his clothes and his coat at the girl .
-Wash my clothes and make sure to sew my coat , you can find the sewing equipment at the third drawer in the living room. After you are done with it , cook the fish in the kitchen , it's at the end of the hallway.
The girl leaves without saying a word .
"Well , It's better than being chased."
Meanwhile at the bath Kiro looks like he is having the time of his life in this world.
-Finally , I can't remember the last time I took a hot bath . I totally deserved this . Until she is done with the clothes let's take this opportunity to relax , but really , now that I think about it I haven't received any contracts from Vesper , I guess even people like Vesper rest too.
after half a hour the door of the bath opens and the girl enters with her eyes closed.
-I found this clothes in one of the drawers , since yours are wet , they really smelt bad.
-That's why I asked you to wash them, Now could you go cook the fish , I'll be starving once I get out of here .
-Sure , On my way
-Hold on , what's your name
-Luchia, My name is Luchia
-Alright , now go cook the fish , I'll be out for around half an hour .