Divine Luck: SSS-Rank Battle Maid Harem

Zach wasn't the only one who had another go at Monolith. But all of them were completely useless. They didn't so much as touch a hair on his bald head.

After taking a day to reassess, rest, and regroup, the students tried to keep him busy and let someone try and sneak into the Underworld. It didn't work. No matter what setup or strategy they employed, it was all useless before Monolith's overwhelming strength.

The students were faced with a wall they could neither climb nor go around.

With no other options, they could only start building ladders, grapples, drills, or whatever else they could use to get them to the other side of the wall.

For some, that meant polishing their swordwork. For others, it meant training their skills. Some built muscle and physical strength. Some started working on energy.

All of them had ways they could get stronger. But getting stronger was a gradual process that required repetition and refinement. It took time.

Whether fortunately or unfortunately, the Underworld wasn't doing anything on the surface after sending Monolith to keep the students at bay. That left the students more free time than they were used to.

They still had standard studies to do, tests to take, and exams to finish. But all they needed was a passing grade.

In fact, a certain idea popped up on several occasions.

If they didn't pass the third year, didn't that mean that they had another year to continue training and growing stronger so that they might actually graduate?

Faced with Monolith's strength, it was tempting to take an additional year to train and improve.

However, the Underworld wouldn't adhere to the kind of curriculum an ordinary school would follow. The tests for all third-years every year wouldn't be the same. The Underworld wouldn't wait for the students.

When Monolith was done with his mission, he was done with his mission. He would leave or move on to his next task whatever that was. He wouldn't wait around for the students to grow strong enough to defeat him.

When he no longer needed to keep them out of the Underworld, he would leave.

It could be tomorrow, it could be in a few months, but it could also be next year.

Regardless of when it was, they would need to be stronger, and it didn't matter whether they were held back in their third year or in their fourth year.

That was why Zach did something that was, to the other students, a little controversial. But he had been inspired by the principal, so who were they to judge?

He sent away Yanael and Soara.

Other than teaching the other students and helping Zach train, the two didn't do much around the Academy. They took care of Zach, but that was about it. But Yanael, Alzara, and Soara weren't the only ones who could do that.

Setting aside Alzara, who stayed behind to make potions and medicine to sell and for Zach to use, Zach could take care of himself if need be. But he didn't need to since he also had Nora.

Nora had hadn't many opportunities to shine as of late since three maids were enough to keep track of Zach's daily needs. She also couldn't be involved in school activities since she was, technically speaking, an outsider.

She could help Zach with his daily needs, but that was about it. She couldn't compare to his familiars in terms of combat, whether in practice or theory, either, so she couldn't help him train.

Nora had struggled with that.

She had grown up by Zach's side. If he hadn't become a summoner, she would have been his maid. She would have taken care of his every need. Just like her mother was the Duchess' personal maid, she would be Zach's personal maid.

Whether Zach became an official, a deadbeat, or a librarian, she would have been by his side to take care of him.

But Zach had become a summoner. As if that wasn't enough, he had also summoned three maids instead of beasts, insects, monsters, or creatures like every other summoner.

As a maid of the Evandiel family, Nora naturally wasn't like other maids. She had been trained in the arts of stealth, assassination, and combat. If his familiars had been ordinary familiars, she would still have had a place to shine.

But the familiars Zach summoned weren't ordinary maids. Of all the things he could summon, he summoned battle maid variants of powerful familiars. It was like he wanted to render Nora useless.

Nora was lost. The mission in life she had been raised with had turned unnecessary.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

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was unnecessary.

Her presence or absence wouldn't affect Zach's quality of life. She even considered resigning. Maybe she could serve one of the other children of the Evandiel family. Maybe she could work at the household.

The one reason she hesitated was her mother.

Nora couldn't bear to work so closely to her.

So, Nora stayed, and she stayed silent, burdened by her thoughts.

At first, she felt like it might be best to just fade away. That was how she still felt to a certain degree.

But after a while, she forced herself to realize that her mission wasn't unnecessary. It wasn't obsolete.

It was complete.

Her mission wasn't for her to take care of Zach. It was for Zach to be taken care of. And now, Zach would be well taken care of for the rest of his life.

One of the reasons why she struggled, which she hadn't even realized at first, was jealousy. She wanted Zach to turn to her, to rely on her when things got tough.

Now, he was doing that, even if not to the degree Nora wanted.

He didn't share his burdens or his thoughts with her. He had her massage his sore muscles, prepare food and drugs, and clean him. But he was still keeping a lot of his suffering to himself. Nora could tell.

She could also tell that this was her opportunity to show him how she had grown while he was looking elsewhere. This was her opportunity to show him that he could lean on and rely on her. He could ease his mind by talking to her.

The only one who needed to suffer in silence was her, not him.

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