Chapter 136 Arrival in Bristol
After going through security, they boarded the plane, flying toward Bristol, a city in the southwest of Great Britain on the island of England.
Bristol is an ancient historic city. Although it cannot compare with ancient nations like China, since its founding it has nearly a thousand years of history, making it very significant to Britain.
The plane sped across the skies above the Eurasian continent, crossing mountains and heading toward the English Channel.
At this moment, Eriri was in a British mansion-style villa, wearing a black-and-white maid uniform, mop in hand, working diligently.
Since coming to this school, she hadn't learned much academically, but her housekeeping skills had risen more than a full level.
Her mastery of English vocabulary had also improved considerably—especially words related to begging for mercy and cleaning. She had already become very adept at using them.
And her understanding of doors, windows, and flooring had deepened further as well. Next time she drew backgrounds for her doujin, if she needed to use such scenes, she could perfectly pursue the highest state of "so real it seems fake, yet so fake it seems real."
At this moment, Eriri's mood wasn't bad. Humming a tune, she had already received news from her teacher that Shirou would be arriving in Britain today. As long as the flight wasn't delayed, he would arrive before nightfall.
That evening, she would even get to see him. Everyone would go to meet them, and then head to a restaurant for dinner together.
The place she was cleaning was the girls' dormitory of the International High School Bristol Branch. Most of the residents here were students majoring in the arts—young girls passionate about painting and music.
In this dormitory, the girls lived carefree, cheerful, and innocent lives like pampered young ladies—until the day the legendary Head Maid descended, imposing a merciless Spartan-style rule here.
After that, two new rules were added to the dormitory:
One must obey the dormitory rules and the Head Maid's orders. When the two conflict, the Head Maid's orders take precedence.
P.S. If you make a mistake, you can offer hamburgers, fried chicken nuggets, and other fried foods as tribute to the Head Maid in exchange for forgiveness.
But Eriri had committed an unforgivable sin—she had gravely offended the Head Maid by violating her portrait rights and drawing an indescribable doujin of her. If it weren't confirmed
that she had drawn it out of love, that it was yuri-themed, and that it still had some use, her head might have already been chopped off.
After working the entire afternoon, Eriri finally finished scrubbing the floors in the dormitory hallway.
She stopped to wipe the sweat from her forehead, ready to rest a little. She pulled out her phone and noticed the notification light blinking. It was a message from Kasumigaoka Utaha. Opening it, the news struck her like a bolt from the blue. She froze in place, holding her phone, standing motionless like a statue.
Half an hour, even an hour passed, and the girl still hadn't moved.
At this time, a petite figure walked over, reached out with a fair hand, pulled the phone from Eriri's grip, and stared intently at the photo displayed on it, remaining silent for a long time.
When Eriri came back to her senses and saw the cool, cold-faced girl with pale blonde hair and golden eyes standing beside her, she was so startled she nearly jumped.
This was the Head Maid herself, wearing a pure black maid uniform with a white lace headband like a crown upon her head.
It was said she had suddenly appeared here just over half a month ago, actually a relative of one of the boarding students. Yet within just a single day, she had seized authority over the girls' dormitory, and no one had ever dared to question her authority.
"Head Maid! Eriri has been slacking off for a whole hour, just standing here with her phone, daydreaming." Another girl in a black-and-white maid uniform, Rita, came running over from the other end of the hall to report, raising one hand as if making a formal complaint.
"Is that so? I understand. Rita, since you've already finished cleaning, you may take the rest of the day off." The Head Maid waved at the curly-haired blonde girl.
"Yes! Thank you very much!" Rita saluted respectfully, then picked up her bucket and mop and turned to leave.
As she passed by Eriri, Rita gave her an apologetic nod and thought to herself: Sorry, Erin! If I don't distance myself from you now, I'll be punished too as an accomplice for slacking off. Better you than me. Farewell.
Seeing Rita's treacherous expression, Eriri realized she had been sold out. She hurriedly tried to explain:
"Wait! H-Head Maid, let me explain! I absolutely wasn't slacking off! It's just that the shock was too great, I couldn't accept it, and my consciousness suddenly blanked out, that's all!"
"Ohhh…" The Head Maid dragged out her voice meaningfully, quietly saving the photo to her own phone, then tossed Eriri's phone back to her.
Eriri scrambled to catch it. Seeing that the Head Maid wasn't blaming her, she breathed a sigh of relief. Maybe that meant she could finally rest today.
'Who is that vixen…? She must be punished too. Even though I'm already here… 'At this moment, the Head Maid's expression darkened as she muttered softly to herself.
Although Eriri didn't catch her words, just seeing her expression made her realize this was bad. Although the Head Maid normally wore a cold expression, this one was more terrifying than ever before.
Unhappily, she looked at Eriri and said: "Eriri, you always manage to produce things that make people uncomfortable. Last time it was drawing a doujin of me, and this time it's a strange photo…"
Tearfully, Eriri apologized frantically: "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! This was the mistake of my life! I never imagined someone could exist who looked so much like the character in my doujin—the same hairstyle, the same outfit!"
"Since the floor is done, go wipe down all the windows. You're not allowed to eat dinner until it's finished." The Head Maid ordered coldly, then turned and left.
"Ehhhhh!" Eriri cried out in despair. Was today her disaster day? First, her beloved childhood friend got kissed by another girl she knew, and now her workload had doubled…
"Uuuuh…" Tears streamed down Eriri's face. 'On such a perfect rest day too! Even if I don't care much for going out, at the very least I should've been allowed to laze in bed and catch up on anime!'
"Mashiro, time to get up." At that moment, the Head Maid pulled out a key, opened a door, and called into a room.
Inside was a complete mess, pillows scattered across the mahogany floor. Sitting there was a girl with an ethereal, fairy-like aura. Her long pale-golden hair hung down, glowing with specks of light in the sunlight streaming through the window. Hearing the sound of the door opening, she slowly turned her head.
The blanket that had been covering her had slipped to the floor, revealing her fair, bare back. The pure white girl tilted her head innocently toward the maid at the door, like a newborn chick just hatched, and spoke in an airy voice:
"Lia… my clothes accidentally came off…"
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