Chapter 128 - 127 - Three O’clock In The Morning

The digital clock on Weiss’s computer desk showed three o’clock in the morning. In a dimly lit room with a cold morning atmosphere, Elysia was sitting on a chair facing a monitor screen. Elysia sat there, doing nothing. She simply sat quietly, staring at her smartphone screen as if trying to call someone. The brightly lit screen caught Momoka’s attention, who had been watching her anxiously in the morning, without sleep. Swiippee... Swiippee... With anxiety still filling her body, Elysia unlocked her smartphone and typed a short message to someone. Ping!! The short message that was sent and displays an icon that indicating the message has been sent, but not read. "You worry too much about your own Master, Elysia," said Momoka, who couldn’t stand it anymore after seeing Elysia’s behavior, who looked like a lonely Elf girl after being left by her Master for a while. Elysia’s body shook in shock after hearing the voice coming from Momoka, and she turned towards her. "Momoka? Aren’t you going to sleep like everyone else?" Elysia replied, smiling at Momoka and hiding her anxiety well. "There’s no way I can sleep in this condition," Momoka said while showing Weiss’s bed, which looked messy after Chizuru rolled around randomly on Weiss’s bed. "Haha... it must be difficult for you with Chizuru’s bad habit of frequently changing positions while sleeping. Hitomi even takes her sleeping position on the edge of the bed and could fall any time because of Chizuru’s legs rolling around randomly while sleeping." "Yes, and why you know about this. Could it be... you’ve slept with them before?" Nod... Elysia nodded her head after hearing Momoka’s words. "It happened when we were about to debut as Idols who entertained the people of this Earth. Before something terrible happened to us or without Master Weiss’s presence at that time, I would not have become the maid I am today." Flap... Flap... Elysia’s words, which sounded heavy, made Momoka a little curious about the past that Elysia had experienced and flapping her Succubus wings. The curiosity that was in Momoka’s mind almost came out, but was stopped by Rina’s words that interrupted Elysia and Momoka’s conversation. "If only you hadn’t jokingly said that you formed a contract as a Maid, I wouldn’t be in this position right now. Becoming a Maid after previously being an Idol, filled with various rules to satisfy the fans, it’s much more tiring than working as a Maid. You almost sinned against us for hiding something as important as this, Elysia," said Rina, who entered the conversation after she received a gentle kick from the sleeping Chizuru. Rina immediately got out of Weiss’s bed and stretched her stiff muscles after waking up. Elysia, who had not slept from night to dawn, smiled and responded to Rina’s words. "I’ve already told you about being Master Weiss’s maid countless times. Isn’t that already enough to make you realize, Rina?" Elysia replied with a smile, reflecting on the events that had occurred a few days ago. "If you said that in a non-serious tone, I would just think it was just a joke to tease someone, you know," she said while walking towards Elysia and Momoka. "By the way, what were you two talking about? I could hear Master Weiss’s name slipping into your conversation," Rina asked as she smoothed her hair with her hand after waking up. Just like what humans experience when they wake up from sleep, the hair of the Elf race who has just woken up will also be a little messy and needs to be tidied up. "Ahh... Elysia is just worried about my beloved older brother, who hasn’t come home yet and she trying to wait for him to come home like a wife waiting for her husband to come home," Momoka said while teasing Elysia. "..." Elysia, who heard those words, was silent and held back the embarrassment that was trying to surface on her face. Blush... Poof... As if holding back something she couldn’t control, Elysia had to hold back the blush that quickly filled her facial expression. "I-I’m not trying to wait for my Master to come home. I’m just worried about him, especially with the information about Clara, who has received a new body vessel from Master Weiss," replied Elysia, looking for a reasonable excuse. The reason that came out of Elysia’s mouth sounded quite good and reasonable, but it was lame because her opponent this time was a Succubus who was sensitive to someone’s mood and an Elf girl who was able to notice something strange quickly. Momoka glanced at Rina and gave a nod that confirmed Elysia’s shyness. "Don’t try to lie to me, Elysia," said Rina, giving Elysia a smile that felt sweet and cold. "Well, anyone would try to lie after their heart can be read well. At least... try to lie without using that blushing facial expression, Elysia," said Momoka, who realized that Elysia was having a little difficulty controlling her facial expression when it came to her own Master. Poof... Blush... Rina and Momoka’s words seemed like a tease her, it make Elysia’s face fill with a pink blush, and her behavior seemed nervous to admit it. "Y-You two must be enjoying this, right?" Elysia gave up on this and chose to confess her worries to the Master who had saved her life. "I-I know that Master Weiss will be fine. Clara is also with Master Weiss, so I am very sure that Master Weiss will be fine. What worries me right now is..." Elysia started to open her smartphone screen and accessed the Special High School application installed on her smartphone. Beepp... Beepp... Elysia’s smartphone vibrated after logging in using her fingerprint data and immediately accessed the ranking list of all class S students. "Look at this! As far as I can see, I can’t find Master Weiss, who was previously ranked at the bottom!" said Elysia, looking worried by this. Rina and Momoka exchanged glances before using their smartphones to check Elysia’s words. Beepp... Beepp... Thanks to the their curiosity, who being triggered by Elysia’s worry about Weiss’s rank disappearing from the list of S-class students, it made Rina and Momoka panic after realizing it. "E-Eeh? Seriously! T-This is a lie, right?" Momoka grumbled, now looking panicked after seeing the entire ranking list of students in class S. "..." Rina tried to calm herself down and read the entire list of students in class S. Weiss Guderian’s name should have been at the very bottom with five hundred combat points, a name that was at the bottom and ranked one hundred out of one hundred students, already disappeared, replaced by a student position that Rina did not recognize. Grriitt... Rina looked even more serious on searching for Weiss Guderian name after her eyes fell on the last-ranked position, number ninety-nine. Her seriousness and focus, make her bit her lip, like an Elf girl trying to understand a crucial problem in her life. "W-Why does the last position have the number ninety-nine?" Momoka grumbled in a panicked voice. Swiipp... Swiipp... Momoka also looked like a Succubus, who was experiencing a crucial problem in her life. Her succubus wings and tail were moving incessantly, as if she were thinking something. Momoka’s hands were busy on her smartphone screen until a small idea crossed her mind. "Have you ever seen the ID number on my older brother’s student card, when he entered the Dungeon?" Gloomm... Momoka’s specific words made Rina and Elysia look down dejectedly. "Momoka, how could I possibly memorize my Master’s ID number? You know how long it is, right?" Elysia replied, looking down dejectedly after answering. "Welp, that was indeed a long ID numbers, if I think about it more," Momoka smiled wryly at this after saying something impossible for Rina and Momoka to remember. "You know about that, and you’re asking something like that?" Elysia, who was looking down dejectedly, raised her head towards Momoka, which made Momoka laugh. "Aahh... Haha... I’m sorry, it was just a reflex after I didn’t see any changes in the rankings of all the students accepted into class S. I have confirmed that by looking at all the rankings of the top ten students who have not changed and the top fifty who have not getting any changes in their rankings at all. Right now... I actually doubt the changes in rankings that have been announced previously," said Momoka while showing the rankings of the top ten students who have not get any changes. "Yes, and this feels quite strange, after reading all the names of the students accepted into class S. I didn’t find my Master’s name in it. It’s like my Master was expelled from class S and the change in class S rankings was done to... expel him from class S?" said Rina with a deduction that made Elysia and Momoka look pale. Craaakk... Craaakk... Like a volcano ready to erupt at any moment and spew its hot lava, Momoka and Elysia were filled with anger, ready to explode at any moment. "This is very strange. I also counted the number of students in class S, and it was ninety-nine with the last position occupied by this student, who I don’t know," continued Rina’s words, which made the atmosphere even more heated with burning mad emotions. Crack... Crack... Elysia and Momoka, who heard Rina’s words, were almost inflamed by emotions that were about to explode, but were successfully held back by Rina’s next words. "However, the column with the number of students at the bottom shows that there are one hundred students who have been accepted into class S." Thanks to Rina’s words, Elysia and Momoka immediately placed their gazes on a column containing the total number of class S students. "That’s right, this is very strange," Momoka muttered after realizing this. "Then... where did my older brother’s ranking go, on this updated ranking list?" Momoka continued, raising an important question. Rina tried to understand this further, but didn’t get any new clues other than the number of students in class S not decreasing. Elysia, who still seemed anxious about her Master’s ranking position, could only wait for her Master’s return and hope to get an answer from her Master himself. Unbeknownst to Rina, Elysia, and Momoka, the S-class rankings have changed, but this can only be seen on a tablet device with a larger screen, which displays Weiss Guderian’s rank at zero number.