#Chapter5
/"Didn't you hear what I just said right now? How will you cook in here?/"
/"Don't worry. Serving you is what I'm here for, I'll clean it soon enough. As per the ingredients, I can always make them./"
/"Make them? What're you saying? What do you have a garden in your ass? You know what, fine then I'll take a bath./"
I went to take a bath but even the bath was in the same condition as the kitchen. Just when I was returning to my room I could smell a wonderful smell, but what was it?
My body started acting on its own accord. I began following that smell and reached the dining hall. The table was cleaned and set just like how our maid used to set it.
It felt nostalgic. It was nothing but sheer perfection. Not even a speck of dust was seen anywhere. How could anyone possibly bring out such fine and neat work within such a small amount of time? I turned and found Lict holding a cloth.
/"The breakfast is ready, Milady. Shall I set the appetizers?/" Lict asked me with a smile.
Oh... So, now I'm gonna receive this white gloves treatment? And what's with this 'Milady'? So annoying!
/"Lict, just what are you?/"
/"I'm music in human form./" He smiled.
/"Did you go to the market to get the ingredients?/"
/"No, I made them./"
/"Made them? How?/"
/"By using magic, Milady. I can make anything using the five elements of nature. I have control over them./"
/"You have powers?/"
/"But of course. I need to protect you after all./"
/"You are the opposite of me—You make things while I break them, how ironic./"
/"Well, then if the table's seated—Why don't you have some breakfast?/"
/"I will, thanks./"
As I moved towards the table Lict pulled out the chair for me. I was surprised that he too had knowledge about basic etiquette.
/"Aren't you gonna eat?/" I asked.
/"I'll only eat after Milady does./"
/"You're just like a butler!/" I laughed.
/"Well, that's a good job if that makes me see you everyday, Milady./"
/"Yeah yeah sure./"
I began with the appetizers. He made appetizer meatballs. It had been so long since I last tasted something that I was a little nervous bringing it near my mouth. As I smelled the meatball I had a strange feeling of my appetite rising. My first bite was amazing. That was the first time I had eaten anything for the last ten years and it tasted delicious.
I could feel ice water and many other tastes like different spices and pork. By this time I knew one thing. I now had a personal butler who is surprisingly fantastic at cooking.
I ate breakfast as Lict arranged different dishes for me and all of them were pretty tasty. He gave me the desert and told me that he was going to check on the bathroom.
While I ate the custard, he returned and announced that the bath was ready. In disbelief, I reached the bathroom and saw that the floor tiles were sparkling like diamonds. It looked really neat and well maintained. I was shocked. It hardly took him five minutes to clean up the mess and he had even arranged soap and shampoo.
He told me to take a bath while he was cleaning the entire house. As I hardly ever moved, my house had become like a haunted house filled with spider—webbed halls, a dusty lobby and broken furniture.
I went inside the bathroom and removed my clothes—I only ended up tearing them, thanks to my right hand. I noticed that I was sweating. I couldn't believe my eyes for a second but then I remembered that the metabolism of my body had started functioning again. I felt more human. I removed my glove using my mouth. I clenched the fingertip of one of my fingers with my teeth and pulled out the entire glove from my hand.
Then, I took the soap and it shattered to pieces. Great way to start a bath. Now, what could have I done? I was already naked but I had nothing to wash with neither could I touch the fissure or shower with my right hand. You couldn't possibly take a bath without a bar of soap. Also, I didn't have any clothes left to wear. As I stood there in the bathroom thinking a way out of this problem, I heard a knock on the bathroom door.
/"Milady! I have finished cleaning the house, you haven't taken a bath yet?/"
It was Lict. I was surprised it had been this long already. Damn, what else could have I done?
/"The thing is,/" I hesitated as I felt that I would come rather foolish if I mentioned my silly mistake. But then I remembered that he was my butler so he had no right to judge me /"I've lost the soap so could you get me another one./" I was dead embarrassed having a guy do such a job for me.
/"I couldn't hear you, Milady. Could you speak a bit louder?/"
He was definitely enjoying me breaking my pride and begging him for a bar of soap but he hadn't seen the hell inside me yet!
/"Fetch me a soap!/" Okay, this time I practically screamed on top of my lungs. I felt like I suddenly addressed him like a dog—I didn't mean to.
/"Understood, Milady,/" Answered Lict. After that, it was all footsteps. Maybe he liked it? Would he like it if I treat him like a dog—No, I shouldn't. That's just...not human. But I've read some humans like it—Being stepped on or being treated rashly. Yet again, Lict wasn't human. Humans are such a confusing concept.
/"Milady, I got the soap./" He had returned while I was lost in thoughts about humans and their pathetic pleasures. While I turned and moved towards the door to slightly open and take it—he slammed it open.
/"Here, I got it, Milady./" He looked at me into my eyes. I will tell you now, humans, I was wet.
Yes, and I'm not ashamed to admit it.
*****
I was cohabiting with a man and he saw me naked and wet. I was so confused that I didn't know what to cover—My body or his eyes. I let out an ear ringing scream.
/"Peeping Tom! Get out! Don't look at me!/" I had lost it. Any girl would if a random guy, okay not just a random guy but any guy just saw her naked. I mean, that's what books have told me. It's not okay to show your skin to anyone but your lover. I hope I didn't overreact.
/"What are you so upset about, Milady?/" He asked. I totally did overreact, didn't I? Wait—Maybe he's fooling me?
/"Can't you see it by yourself?/" I asked, confused as I turned back.
/"No, I can see. Each and everything./"