“Lady Natalie…”
“What is it?”
Faced with Natalie’s question, Emily could only use her eyes to hint at Natalie.
‘I want to give the fox girl a bath.’
She was covered in dirt from head to toe, and Emily also planned to check for any injuries while washing her.
If there were wounds, she would heal them.
But having just suffered a Divine Punishment, Emily truly didn’t dare to say those caring words out loud.
She could only use her eyes to hint at Natalie, hoping she would order her to bathe the girl.
Only then would Emily avoid punishment from that Petty God.
“…So, what are you winking at me for?”
‘Sigh, communicating with just eyes is really hard… When I’m with Hadia, one look and she knows what I want. Is this the gap in chemistry?’
Though she didn’t know what Emily was thinking, seeing her suddenly fall silent, Natalie felt inexplicably annoyed.
Of course, if Natalie knew that Emily was comparing her to Hadia in her mind—
And that Hadia came out on top—Natalie would definitely be furious.
After all, losing to a “rival in love”?
How could Natalie stay indifferent?
Finally, to make Natalie understand what she was thinking, Emily slightly turned her body, letting her see the girl’s filthy body and the scraped thigh.
“Oh! Emily, go give her a bath and heal her. That’s an order, got it?”
“Yes, Lady Natalie!”
With the order given, Emily could finally clean the fox girl.
Emily carried the girl on her back and headed toward the bathroom.
She could only pray the girl wouldn’t wake up while she was cleaning her.
Otherwise, with how scared she was of Emily, she worried something else might go wrong.
Watching Emily’s retreating back, Natalie once again had a dangerous thought.
*
Entering the bathroom, Emily took off the girl’s tattered clothes.
Seeing the torn outfit, she knew the girl had been living on the streets for a while.
Emily was naturally concerned about why such a small child was homeless.
Was she lost and couldn’t find home, or was there something wrong with her family?
Considering humanity’s constant attacks on the Demon Race, Emily thought the second possibility was more likely.
After all, the Foxkin had only become part of the Demon World a few years ago.
Before that, they lived in remote mountain villages.
But because Foxkin women were generally top-tier beauties,
they were very expensive and popular “goods” in the human slave markets.
This world was still in a slave society; most countries allowed slave trading.
However, unlike her original world, this one had various races besides humans.
So slaves were mainly other races.
Enslaving humans or elves was actually illegal.
But enslaving other races was completely legal.
Humans had never considered any race other than elves as people.
Coming from a modern society, Emily naturally detested this social system.
But she couldn’t do much about it—she didn’t have the power to change the world.
And in terms of motivation, she was more inclined to sympathy.
She wouldn’t risk her life out of a little compassion to do something that would “betray” the entire Church and even humanity.
Emily wasn’t some overpowered hero; her abilities were only healing and support.
Her influence as a Saintess was based on the Church.
Without the Church, Emily was nothing.
And the Church was the organization that most discriminated against other races.
Setting aside her identity as a Saintess, Emily saw herself as just an ordinary person who could use healing magic.
Her dream was to break free from the gods’ shackles and live a wealthy, worry-free life.
And just showing a little concern for the fox girl had earned her Divine Punishment.
If she actually tried to save slaves, she’d probably be struck by lightning the next second.
‘Sigh, the only one who can probably save those slaves is Hadia, the Brave.’
Emily could tell that Hadia was also somewhat dissatisfied with humans enslaving other races.
But because she was raised that way since childhood, Hadia only felt slight discontent and sympathy, not enough to change the social system.
If Hadia actually acted to save slaves, it would be like making enemies of all human society.
Like Emily, Hadia was a Brave who belonged only to humans.
Protecting other races was beyond a Brave’s responsibility.
‘Oh well… given my situation, helping just one is good enough.’
Thinking this, Emily wiped the girl’s body with a cloth.
Along the way, she naturally found many small wounds on the girl’s body.
Many were healed scars, and some were fresh.
Seeing so many wounds on that small body, Emily felt a deep ache.
So she used healing magic to treat both the wounds and scars.
Normal healing magic couldn’t remove scars, but as the top healer, Emily could fix even scars in no time.
As long as the person had even a breath left, she could instantly restore them to full health, plus apply enhancement magic to double their physical abilities.
Emily was undoubtedly the world’s best support and healer.
She just didn’t realize it herself.
“All done…”
After healing and wiping the girl clean, Emily found a robe and put it on her.
Just as she was about to lay the girl on the bed to rest, Natalie suddenly appeared in front of Emily, completely naked.
“…Lady Natalie? What are you—”
Seeing Natalie, Emily instinctively covered her chest with her hands.
Of course, she couldn’t wear the maid outfit while bathing the girl.
“What? I just came to take a bath too.”
“I see… Then I’ll take my leave.”
Afraid Natalie might do something “stupid” again, Emily’s mind was full of thoughts of quickly getting away.
But just as she was about to pick up the girl, she found her body frozen.
“Really… Your master is here, and you, a maid, want to leave?”
‘No, I’m not your slave. Wearing a maid outfit is just cosplay, right…’
“Anyway, wash me first, then you can leave.”
“…I understand, Lady Natalie. Let me take her back to the room first.”
“No, just put her on the floor.”
“Lady Natalie, what do you mean?”
“We’re both girls. What are you worried about?”
Natalie’s words made Emily sense danger.
After all, the magic on the girl was cast by Natalie.
That meant if Natalie canceled the magic, the girl would wake up immediately.
If Natalie was going to *sexually harass her and canceled the girl’s magic at the same time…
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