Reincarnated Maid is About To Be Captured by All Players

Hegdrifa tirelessly recounts the internal changes within the elf community.

According to Hegdrifa, Elf King Oberon VII has been ruthless in his profanation of the sacred beast. Not only did he remove many of its guardians, he even said, “Rather than the sacred beast, I’d rather put my faith in blades and wands,” causing tension between him and the elven elders.

That being said, under Oberon VII’s leadership, the elves have shed their image as easy targets and even reclaimed lost territories from the orcs. No one had expected the elves to take the initiative and defeat the orcs, forcing them into a surrender agreement.

By the way, there are these opinions among players:

Fake Elves: Arrogant traditionalists, scantily-clad under the pretext of being closer to nature, frail bodies arousing lust, solely reliant on archery and magic, rulers that are beauties destined for the protagonist’s harem, constantly bullied by orcs, and even captured by weak goblins.

Real Elves: Revolutionary innovators, tearing apart polluting undead to be closer to nature, sturdy bodies capable of both intellect and combat, mastering all kinds of martial arts, rulers that can pin the protagonist down and shout “Spicy girlFaker,” invading orc kingdoms, and fearing no aggressors.

Quite a stark contrast, isn’t it?

I wait quietly as Hegdrifa gets carried away, then abruptly interject.

“Amalilis. Does this name sound familiar to you?”

“Who?”

Hegdrifa blinks, reflexively asking back.

Her pulse remains steady.

I had my fingers on Hegdrifa’s pulse to detect lies. The continent of Limoria has no magic that can sniff out lies, but with my [Medical] skill at a certain level, I can tell if someone is lying by whether their pulse quickens.

Hegdrifa’s reaction is pure; she genuinely does not know Amalilis.

The result is not surprising. Since Hegdrifa is not an assassin targeting Lily, I have no reason to detain her.

“Hey! What are you doing?”

“Untying you.”

“You’re quite reasonable… but why did you use a turtle-shell tie?!”

“It’s actually a bondage technique I practiced to satisfy my master’s fetishes… What are you making me say, you pervert!!!”

“The one who got tied up and left to play was me, okay!”

Speaking of which, your knowledge about turtle-shell ties and abandonment play is quite impressive too.

I untie all the ropes around Hegdrifa, leaving cherry-red marks on her fair and healthy skin.

Hegdrifa wobbles as she gets up, rubbing her sore wrists.

“You’re really letting me go?”

“As promised, you can take the [Unicorn’s Crystal Shoe].”

“I don’t get you.”

Hegdrifa is perplexed, forgetting she’s still in her lace underwear.

“You didn’t attack back then, did you?”

I openly admit the crucial reason. In retrospect, I have to admit my failure, not Hegdrifa’s.

I survived thanks to her mercy.

The key to finding Hegdrifa was not my [Scouting], but her deliberate exposure. She had multiple opportunities to attack while in stealth, but she did not.

Lily and I had a close brush with hell.

Hegdrifa awkwardly averts her gaze.

“At first, I wanted to knock you out. To be honest, I thought all humans who hunted sacred beasts were devils. But when I saw you and your daughter happily together, I hesitated and didn’t want to do it.”

Hegdrifa could have taken down both Lily and me. She believed that humans who harmed or coveted the sacred beast were evil. But when she saw the harmonious life between Lily and me, she wavered and chose not to act, eventually exposing herself.

In a way, I was saved by Lily.

If Lily wasn’t there, I wouldn’t have escaped Hegdrifa’s betrayal.

“Wait, Lily is not my daughter.”

“Do I already look like a motherly figure? I’m only 17, you know!”

“I get it, it’s the job of human maids in your world,” Hegdrifa sympathetically pats my shoulder. “The divine duty of human maids—breeding for their masters.”

“???”

“A maid who doesn’t get pregnant is worthless.”

“No, no, who told you that nonsense?”

“I met a kind adventurer on my way to the Kingdom of Mikael. He said if a noble has a beautiful young maid and doesn’t make a move, he’s most likely impotent. By inference, a good maid will arouse her master’s desires and eventually get pregnant.”

“…………………”

Do you have a bias against maids? It’s because of people like you that the profession of being a maid is often misunderstood.