Vol 3 Chapter 5 (1/2)

“Enter, stranger, but take heed

Of what awaits the sin of greed,

For those who take, but do not earn,

Must pay most dearly in their turn.

So if you seek beneath our floors

A treasure that was never yours,

Thief, you have been warned, beware

Of finding more than treasure there.”

― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

Screw you RLN.

Waking up in the morning, I only saw Kujou-san with her head down, staring at me with a cold expression as if she had just finished watching a very melodramatic television series.

”You are awake?”

“Yes”

“How good would it be if you were to never wake up.”

Every morning, the conversation would be like this. It almost gave me a feeling that these days would be repeating endlessly.

To break this cycle, I decided to say something different for once.

“About that…”

“What is the matter?”

“I have wanted to ask you before…. Why do you always stand there and watch me wake up?”

Since it wasn’t to wake me up, there should not be any reason to stand there.

Miss Kujou did not say a single word.

Not a single word.

Silent, without a single noise.

“That ……. Miss Kuj…——-”

“Is there anything that dictates that I have to answer your questions?”

“None…”

“Unfortunately, I am your personal maid. Although it is extremely regrettable, waking you up is one of my jobs. To be honest, I really want to laze off, but as I am the head-maid, I cannot do this. This makes me feel very regretful, to the point where I want to stomp my feet”

“You said something of the same meaning four times?”

“How annoying”

“The fifth time!”

“As a result, I came to the compromise, which is [I will stare at you till you wake up]”

“You haven’t been working at all”

“Just constantly watching you is my job”

“Even if you say it like the previous advertis.e.m.e.nt, white liquids do not drip off my body!”

(E/D: Some kind of j.a.panese advertis.e.m.e.nt that aired at the same time as the last episodes of Madoka Magika. Somehow it became a j.a.panese internet meme.)