Chapter 8: Yuria (Short Chapter)

One month has passed since Yuria became Ian’s s*x s*ave, or rather, his maid.

Under the special management of the butler, Yuria’s daily routine was very regular.

Even her occasional breaks were spent busy learning the mana breathing techniques that her master had taught her, and she only slept for about four hours.

Her morning exercise was to sit in a lotus position and refine her mana, starting from 5:30 AM.

Then, at 6 AM, she would wake up, wash her sweat-soaked body, change from her dirty pajamas into a clean maid outfit, and lightly apply makeup with the special cosmetics that were a gift from her master.

It was a time when she didn’t need to be awake.

Because each person had their own duties, such as cleaning, cooking, and basic chores, there was no need to wake up so early.

Since she was working almost exclusively as Ian’s personal maid, she could have slept in more, but in order to learn human skills, she always started work by 6:30 AM at the latest.

“Haha, good morning. Yuria.”

“Yes. Good morning, Harzen.”

Around 7 AM, she arrived at the kitchen, where the chef was already preparing food with a ladle in hand.

He admired his own work and exclaimed.

“Oh. Didn’t you put in a little more effort today?”

“It’s the day I meet my master in the morning. If you don’t mind, could you please taste it?”

She had two soups in her hands.

At first glance, it looked like ordinary corn soup, but if you smelled it up close, you could feel how much flavor and care had been put into it.

“Hmm… should I eat the one on the right?”

“Yes, either way, I’ll serve the one you didn’t taste to the young master.”

“I understand.”

As usual, with a serious and careful look, he took a spoonful into his mouth and nodded repeatedly.

After receiving a thumbs-up gesture that it was perfect again today, Yuria nodded.

She secretly wanted to satisfy Ian by making a variety of dishes that she had mastered, but it was impossible for now. For your information, Yuria’s current skills were so perfect and fast that other mansions would want to scout her. The other maids were also amazed at how incredibly fast she worked, like a machine.

However, when it came to Ian’s food, she took a long time to focus on adding various pleasures to even simple dishes, as it was the food of a person she valued.

‘He said… he had an incurable disease.’

However, since Ian hadn’t shown any signs of being sick so far, she couldn’t really gauge the severity of his condition.

It felt more like a curse than a disease to a vampire’s senses. But she was still not used to using this ability on others, so it was also ambiguous.

The daily routine had just begun.

At 12 PM, she receives private tutoring from Sophia, one of Butler Harzen’s connections, who introduced her as a former academy professor.

When she reported this to Ian, he clapped his hands and said that the time had finally come, and told her to master all of that person’s teachings, so she took it more seriously than usual.

Originally, Sophia, who used to teach the top-scoring students at the academy, was a commoner, so she was suspicious of Yuria and decided to test her.

“Ooooooh!!!! Excellent!!! How can you learn magic that takes even third-year academy students an entire semester to learn…!”

She was more passionate than anyone else, showing a reaction of being moved every day.

Originally, she had no intention of teaching someone who was deemed to be of low level.

Most of the nobles who came to be taught looked down on her for being a commoner and belittled her, and even though they lacked talent, they blamed her for their own shortcomings. It was natural in a way.

But. She was interested because she thought Yuria was a maid and a fallen noble.

She also wanted to meet a pretty woman.

But what she saw before her.

“A, amazing!! How did you interpret this magic formula?!!!”

Every day was a shock, leaving no room for feelings of love or affection.

She never imagined that she would be so passionate about teaching.

Did Butler Harzen say that if you teach her one thing, she learns ten?

No. When it came to magic, she mastered over a hundred.

She didn’t know who taught her, but this maid had a very deep understanding of magic formulas and even had the intelligence to create new ones.

“I knew at first glance that you were an excellent professor. Just by looking at the traces of mana in your hands and the state of your core, I can tell how much effort you have put in.

For example, even now, I think the magic you explain so easily to me is easy, but creating a new concept creates variables on a different level.

Those above don’t understand this hardship and keep pushing.”

It was the kind of remark that a former academy professor would make.

“Did you have a… similar job before?”

“No, I don’t have the patience to teach anyone yet.”

“Th, then how do you know my thoughts so well…”

“As a student receiving instruction, one should understand the hardships that a teacher goes through.”

Gulp.

It simultaneously struck a chord with the sensibilities and heartstrings of a bookworm buried in emotions.

Moreover, she always spoke politely and treated her with respect, as befitting someone who was learning from an educator.

She was already interested in teaching for the first time, and with the addition of the completed favorability, she was willing to write a letter of recommendation for Yuria to the Magic Tower, the highest educational institution that only nobles could attend.

“Yuria. As I said before, the Magic Tower doesn’t care about status, and someone like you is talented enough to succeed there. Since I’m currently working at the Magic Tower, I can write you a letter of recommendation myself. It will be much more beneficial for you than being educated by me in this place.”

The young-looking girl said, holding her hand as if it weren’t enough to have stars sparkling in her eyes.

“…I’m sorry. I’m very grateful for your words, but I have no intention of going to the Magic Tower yet. I am indebted to Young Master Ian. To betray that is against my principles.”

Principles.

A forbidden area that must never be violated in the Magic Tower.

The girl had no choice but to nod.

“If you ever have any complaints about Young Master Ian, tell me. I’ll come running right away.”

“There’s no need for that. I’m getting more satisfaction here than I ever could have before. It would be a painful decision for me to leave this place.”

She tried again, taking a slight liberty, but the answer was the same.

Yuria was blindly devoted to Ian.

Having such a talented person under him, the ruffian had to re-evaluate his assessment of Britina Ian. To her, Yuria was a talent she coveted.

Of course, Yuria, who had no intention of working as a mage at the Magic Tower, was only busy focusing on magic rather than this situation.

4 PM.

After finishing all her work quickly, Yuria returned to her room and collapsed on the bed.

It wasn’t a rest due to fatigue.

Yuria, who buried her face in the pillow with an excited voice, kept rummaging through her bosom.

Then out came a small handkerchief.

She squeezed it halfway, as if to secretly enjoy the remaining scent, and brought it close to her nose where the red blood was clearly visible.

Just smelling his blood makes her dizzy.

“Hmm… ha, gulp….”

As a young woman in her prime, even Yuria couldn’t stop the heat from rising in the room.

She was usually a disciplined and cold woman, but these days, her desires were getting worse day by day.

After she stopped abstaining from blood and started consuming very small amounts, her body started to react.

“Gulp… heuk, ha…!”

Yuria let out a small breath.

Her lower abdomen and chest hurt.

Yuria tossed and turned on the bed. Because she imagined Ian embracing her in her fantasy. Because he held her then and saved her life in the carriage, she instinctively remembers.

She prioritizes her master’s safety above all else.

From the beginning, the reason she made food was to keep an eye on the kitchen to make sure no one was doing anything to Ian.

In addition, she thoroughly gathered information about Ian, and she knew that he had an incurable disease, not from his own words, but because Old Butler Harzen had already told her.

He said that his physical abilities were declining, and that he sometimes coughed up blood and had nosebleeds, along with symptoms of mental derangement.

When she was sticking close to him and assisting him, she sometimes hoped that that event would happen to her.

If other maids said they saw Young Master Ian’s blood, she would be more envious than worried, and her withdrawal symptoms were growing day by day.

‘I, I need Master’s blood….’

More. More. More. A lot more.

This much was far from enough.

She was thirsty.

It was as if something was crawling in her head, constantly imprinting that pleasure on her brain.

However, the days to drink blood were fixed. When a month passed and the full moon rose, Ian would give her a very small amount of blood, just in case.

“Mmm…”

The handkerchief in her hand crumples.

Her slightly closed eyelids twitched.

Because the ecstasy she felt once was so thirsty, there were times when she complained of hallucinations that made things look strange.

Whenever that happened, she called Ian’s name and secretly soothed her withdrawal symptoms in her room.

“Ian…”

She replaces the finger she licked then with her own. It was quite a sight to behold.

A few days before Yuria caused her first accident in the mansion, it was night.