A perfect maid must not only be the first to notice when external enemies intrude. Still, she must also be available at a moment's notice when someone is in need. Just imagine if the master woke up only to find the servant still fast asleep—that would warrant a bow in apology.
That child wasn't my master, but I was the only one who could respond to her needs. So the moment she awakened, I also opened my drowsy eyes.
Dawn was breaking, and her condition had just recovered from [Severe Fatigue] to [Fatigue].
The pained expression from before sleep last night had completely disappeared. My [Bedside Service] skill branch had a sleeping companion skill that increased sleep comfort for those who slept with me, prevented them from being affected by mental negative statuses, and increased health recovery and physical negative status recovery speed. Yes, that's right—it could restore health and accelerate injury recovery. I had no idea what the principle was—it had nothing to do with medical treatment anymore.
I got up from the bed, and the blonde loli reflexively noticed me.
What should a maid say in the morning to leave a good first impression?
"You were amazing last night."
"—?!"
No! That's wrong, wrong! How embarrassing.
"Nice to meet you, I'm Anastasia. Don't be nervous, I... have no ill intentions."
The blonde loli opened her right eye wide, which was as clear as jade, but her left pupil was dim and lifeless, as if it had died.
Heterochromia...?
If her right eye was a clear spring, then her left eye was undoubtedly a stagnant pool. Yesterday, when she was unconscious, I didn't have a chance to check her eyes.
The blonde loli's gaze gradually shifted downward.
Her small mouth unconsciously formed an 'o' shape, and considering where she was looking...
She seemed to be... shocked by my breasts.
Well, they were indeed above average in size.
But sleeping was actually quite troublesome. Although sleeping face-down wasn't a good sleeping position to begin with, it would be very uncomfortable for me. There was a feeling like I couldn't catch my breath.
"Ah..."
I suddenly realized I wasn't wearing a bra.
Most girls don't wear bras to sleep because it affects sleep comfort. Even though the Young Miss was teased as the "flat board" of the Neumann family, she didn't have the habit of wearing a bra to sleep. By extension, I also had no need to wear a bra to sleep. Of course, I was properly wearing panties—I didn't like sleeping naked.
Regarding pajamas, they reportedly originated in Persia and began spreading to Europe during the Crusades, only becoming popular by the end of the medieval period. Thanks to merchant players' promotion, pajamas had already become popular in the game's human kingdoms, but pajamas were luxury items that only those with means could afford.
Actually, I did have pajamas in my storage space, but... looking left and right, it was just a pink apron. To wear it as pajamas was unacceptable to me in terms of embarrassment.
No wonder she was too shocked to speak.
Suddenly waking up to see a pair of round, large breasts swaying in front of your eyes would make anyone lose all sleepiness.
"Um...?"
I covered my chest with one hand and waved the other in front of the blonde loli.
The blonde loli snapped back to reality as if waking from a dream, trying to retreat in panic.
"Don't move around carelessly—your wounds will reopen."
"..."
She wanted to speak, but her cherry-colored lips showed faint signs of cracking from lack of moisture, and her throat probably wasn't feeling good either.
I offered her a cup of water in a timely manner, but she just stared at the cup without any intention of drinking.
I sighed softly, took the cup and, sipped from it, then handed it back to her.
See? No poison.
The blonde loli's eyelashes trembled slightly as she drank the entire cup in one go.
I quickly changed into my daily maid outfit, improving my speed by 0.36 seconds from yesterday—I could still work harder.
"Please eat something and then rest. Please wait a moment."
Although I really wanted to know what she had experienced, seeing her timid appearance now, I couldn't bring myself to ask.
She still maintained a certain degree of wariness toward me—I needed to slowly gain her trust first.
All the remaining slime meat at home had been used up yesterday, so I had no choice but to use gifts received from adventurers. The first day's gifts were diverse, including some delicious pastries. The Young Miss loved sweets, but I wasn't very interested in soft, creamy things.
Despite not giving anything back to them, using their gifts made me feel guilty, so I generally didn't use them. But now there was no other food available.
I prepared high-grade cake and fruit tea and returned to the bedroom—a breakfast luxurious enough to be served at nobles' tables. The urgent matter was to relieve her [Starving] negative status, so I only did the most minimal basic arrangement.
Even so, it had the opposite effect. If what she was wearing when I found her yesterday was everyday clothing, then she definitely wasn't from the upper class. Seeing carefully arranged, beautifully presented food would whet her appetite while making her worry whether eating it without permission would bring serious consequences.
"Please enjoy."
"..."
Gurgle gurgle~~~
So NPC stomachs also protested when they faced injustice.
The blonde loli wanted to grab a piece of cake. She kept staring at me the whole time, and when her small hand touched the soft cake, her eyelid even twitched.
I smiled gently and nodded at her. It's okay, this was prepared especially for you.
Her small body finally burst with the energy that hungry people should have when seeing food, devouring the meal like a whirlwind. Her movements were so exaggerated that many crumbs scattered onto the bedsheets.
In less than three minutes, all the breakfast had entered her stomach. I was delighted to find that the [Starving] debuff had finally recovered to [Hungry]—she no longer had to suffer the penalties of the starvation state.