Chapter 129 - 128 - Another Request And Favor

Bzztttt... Zzzrrrtt... The alarm on my smartphone vibrates without making a loud sound. Just felt the vibration from my smartphone, it woke me from my brief slumber. I immediately reached for my phone and turned off the alarm, then tucked my smartphone into my pocket. My closed eyelids opened wide, and I felt something pressing my body to stay on the bed. "Uuuhh... I’m not used to waking up in this position," while letting out a small mumble commenting on my current position, I tried to get up and sit up. In the morning, before the sun had yet to rise, I woke up with Arvis and Mei, ignoring Clara and Hermione who were still fast asleep on top of me. "Master Weiss, don’t you want to sleep a little longer?" Arvis asked, her face looking fresh as if she wasn’t sleepy at all. "It’s okay, even if I only slept for four hours. It won’t make me tired as long as I don’t engage in any strenuous activities today. Luckily, school is still closed and I’m just waiting for further information about school activities that have been temporarily suspended," I replied while glancing at Clara and Hermione, who were sleeping in a position hugging my lower body. "Haha... is it because of what Hermione did earlier?" "Well, you could say it was the work of my two Maids who were fighting with each other over something. I hope it won’t be a big problem after their magical energy surge almost caused a Void Gate to form inside the classroom." I tried to push Clara and Hermione away, who were sleeping in a position that had them hugging my lower body. Seeing an Elf girl and a mature woman sleeping in such a lewd position made me feel guilty after my morning wood touched Hermione’s lips, who was still asleep. I slowly pulling my leg calf away from Clara and Hermione’s embrace, then began to free myself from their tight embrace and got off Mei’s big bed. "That sounds like a natural disaster going to happen, Master Weiss." "Well, it wasn’t just almost... make a natural happen disaster, it was already a natural disaster," I replied to Arvis’s statement while relaxing my stiff muscles after sleeping in the wrong position. "Haha... that sounds bad when said by you, Master Weiss," Arvis smiled awkwardly at this and turned to glance at Mei, who was tidying up her messy, long hair after waking up from sleep. Seeing the current situation, I immediately took the initiative to carry Clara’s body onto one of the small bed that was already in this room. While carrying her princess-style, I slowly laid Clara’s body down on the small bed that looked quite narrow for her body. The Homunculus body, which consists of various races, looks quite large for a small bed designed for the human body. "You seem to need a bigger bed for a non-human race, Arvis," I said as a suggestion to Arvis after seeing this. Arvis smiled wryly and glanced at Mei while saying, "Haha... I could do that. However, the budget that comes down to withdraw funds to buy the hospital facility room must get approval from several sages from another world." "Just like the human race government does, huh? You also have trouble buying things that are used for public facilities," I replied in a low voice and glanced at Mei as well. Mei, who felt Arvis’s and my gaze, fell silent for a moment. She, who was still combing her hair, let out a heavy sigh. "Just so you know, there are no students who have a body size as tall as this Homunculus," Mei said while sneak peek Clara, who was sleeping on a small, narrow-looking bed. "..." hearing that answer, I started to think about something about this. "Then... can I trouble you with a request, Mei?" I said with a warm smile, which would signal that she would work hard to fulfill this one request of mine. I immediately pulled out my smartphone and saw several pop-up messages from people close to me. As I suspected, my request, as a student who had achieved a zero rank above first place, had caused quite a stir and panic. Several short messages from my Maids have shown their uneasy feelings about this, while Elliot only gave his sarcasm about the plan I was carrying out. "Haaahh... these funny... always up to something, huh," I grumbled about this and continued to press the Special High School application installed on my smartphone. What I am doing is accessing the list of all the students in class S and showing something that would make anyone feel uncomfortable with the list of ninety-nine students ranked. Mei is still waiting for the request I want to say to her. "So, what troublesome request do you have for me?" Mei asked in a calm tone, wearing her wrinkled work uniform. "It’s nothing big. Just adding someone to class S." "That’s a hard request, Weiss. Entering the S-class of this Special High School requires qualifications recognized by the sages of another world. Even an anomaly like you with only five hundred combat ability points would have to be reconsidered several times before entering the S-class student." "Aahhh..." I was a little surprised after hearing this. Me, who being an anomaly for the sages from another world. "I see... did you support me getting into class S, back then, Mei?" I asked, which made Mei fall silent and avert her gaze to the side. Swiipp... Seeing her body’s honest response like that, I could feel my heart being stabbed by an invisible emotional wound. "You don’t support me getting into class S, huh?" I continued in a relaxed tone without feeling hurt. "Sorry..." said Mei, who still averted her eyes so as not to look at me. "There’s no need to apologize like that. I’m not confident about being in class S either. In fact, I would be happy if I weren’t in class S, which is filled with students who have great magical powers like the Boss Monsters on the floors of the Tower of Fate." "Huh?" Mei suddenly glanced at me with a look that didn’t believe what I said. "For now, let’s fix this with something that will make the ranking list of students in class S become one hundred like before. Even though the total number of students is one hundred and one, you only insert one name, and the rest just go down or use the one hundredth ranking position with Clara names," I said while explaining my goal to make Clara as a new student in this Special High School. Mei could only surrender to this and take a slow breath to process this information further. "Normally, I wouldn’t do this. Especially with a Homunculus in my sights and to gather evidence of the crimes of a sage from another world who acted outside the code of ethics of a researcher. It would only add to my workload, Weiss." "..." I could only stand and remain silent after hearing those words come out of Mei’s mouth. Those were the words I said earlier, and Mei used them to support her main point of wanting to politely reject my request. "Well, if you don’t want to do this. Just say so." Mei pondered this for a moment. I can understand her actions at this time, when she still busy taking care of something. Even if Mei agrees, she will be the one who will have trouble fulfilling my request, I still have to take care of Clara’s administration first as an officially registered citizen and not an illegal resident. "Sorry, I should register Clara as a legal citizen first before becoming a student at this Special High School," I said, accepting Mei’s refusal with a sincere heart. I wasn’t too hurt by this rejection, because I found a new goal that was more important than enroll Clara as a student at a Special High School. "I understand, I will prepare for that troublesome matter as a sage from another world. As payment... please prepare some positions for me as one of your Maids," Mei replied while letting out a heavy sigh. "..." "..." "..." Time passed quite slowly after my ears heard Mei’s words. I didn’t hear this wrong, did I? Mei asked me to prepare her position as one of my Maids? I can grant her this one request, because I’ve already secured ten empty maid slots ready to be used at any time. Hermione has now filled one of those empty maid slots, leaving nine empty ones remaining, and the rest still in Maid training. I smiled at this and replied to Mei’s words. "Normally, I wouldn’t do this. Especially with a sage from another world who is respected by several people from other worlds. However, for the special person like you, I will give you a special position as one of the Maids who is not required to receive Maid training first," I replied, rephrasing some of the words that Mei had said earlier. Mei smiled happily at this. "That’s good enough, I will work hard to fulfill my Master’s troublesome request like this," Mei said while showing an elegant smile on her face. As a result of this statement, Arvis felt uneasy, as her abilities seemed inferior to those of the sages from another world. Her head hung dejectedly after seeing one of the sages from another world successfully become my maid without any prior maid training. Tap... Tap... I walked towards Arvis, who looked dejected about this and gave her Oni horn a gentle caress. Caress... Caress... "Hyaaa!! M-Master Weiss?!" Arvis screamed in surprise after feeling the gentle caress of my hand on her Oni horn. "Don’t feel disappointed like that after I had high hopes for you to be able to graduate quickly in the Maid training, Arvis," I said in a gentle tone to Arvis while caressing her Oni horns. "M-Master Weiss..." Caress... Caress... My gentle words and the caress of her Oni horns made Arvis smile happily. The frown and disappointment on her face quickly disappeared after hearing my high hopes for her. "I-I will try to pass your Maid training quickly, Master Weiss," Arvis said with a look in her eyes filled with confidence. "Yes, I’m very sure you can do that, Arvis."