No, I Said I Want to See Suri

“I am Ophelia, the royal head maid.”

“Eh..?”

Normally, when you introduce yourself, there should be some context-appropriate explanation.

Like how if a robber breaks into your house, you can’t shout, “Who goes there!!” and then say, “Hello, my name is Hong Gildong—.”

“No, um... that....”

“I’m sorry for startling you. I’ve come to serve you, Princess.”

“W-where did you come from..?”

I was so startled I started stammering. Imagine some stranger you’ve never seen before watching you sleep while you drool all over the place. There’s no way I wouldn’t be this shocked.

“The princess herself created me.”

“Me..!? When did I do that.... Ah!!”

Maybe because I’d just woken up, my head was still foggy and my eyes were blurry. Once my mind cleared a little, I finally remembered.

‘So the Fragment of the Kingdom had been completed..!’

While I was momentarily stunned, a status window notification popped up in front of me.

[ The Fragment of the Fallen Kingdom has been completed. The creation of Head Maid ‘Ophelia’ has been completed. ]

‘It’s real. I made her.’

Last night I waited until dawn, but in the end I couldn’t hold out and fell asleep. Which meant Suri had turned into this head maid....

“Suri... isn’t there..?”

“Pardon?”

“I can’t see Suri anymore..?”

I had been waiting for Suri. She saved Daengdaeng and me at the Gate, and she always helped me get dressed. I was waiting for Suri because I thought she’d become some super cool.. ultra-strong eagle.

“Suri.. I want to see Suri...”

Now that I thought I couldn’t see her anymore, I was starting to tear up a little. If I had known she’d go like that, I should have at least said thank you before completing her.

I should’ve at least thanked her for helping me one by one. Instead, I just coldly asked if she was ready, and she left just like that.

“Suri, so you were talking about the white-haired Suri who served the princess before me.”

After Ophelia knelt in front of me and extended her right arm, blue mana began to gather over her arm.

“Eh..?”

“Here she is.”

ㅡKiiit

“Suri..? Suri?!”

Then, slowly lowering her arm, Ophelia set Suri down in front of me. As if nothing had happened, Suri pecked my cheek with her beak—poke poke—and then waddled back over and flopped down in her usual spot.

“It’s Suri!!!!”

“Yes, that’s correct.”

“But.. how..? Suri was upgraded....”

“Suri is a child specially trained to assist royal hunting operations. It seems that, due to a lack of material to construct a body or some mana shortage, this was only a temporary measure that recreated Suri’s form.”

Come to think of it, the status window said it was a temporary form. After I put in the magic stone, it detected a power source and Suri’s appearance showed up.

“I-Is that so..? Then is this Suri exactly the same as before..?”

“That is correct.”

Judging by the way she was acting, it really was the same Suri from before. She was lying in her usual spot as always, and when I peeked over, she was even lying there with Minyum. Minyum had been rolling around, but when Suri came over, she greeted her happily.

“What a relief.... I thought she was gone....”

“You’re very affectionate, Princess.”

“Suri saved me when I was at the Gate.. and bought me clothes and dressed me, too.. though I didn’t really like the clothes....”

“Yes, surely.. she’s an outstanding and intelligent child.”

I’m so glad Suri came back. Now the remaining issue..? No, the incident? The confusing part..?”

“But.. who are you, really..?”

“I am one of the Kingdom’s Fragments. I am Head Maid Ophelia, and from now on I will assist you and help rebuild the royal house. It’s a pleasure to meet you.”

“N-nice to meet you...”

Ophelia had greeted me, so I bowed along with her. At least Suri hadn’t turned into a person; Suri still existed separately. Then Ophelia was a maid created for me through my ability....

For one thing, she was incredibly beautiful. I had no idea how something made from rare metal could end up with this kind of texture, but her skin was pale, and objectively, she was gorgeous.

If this had been the old me, I probably would have been jumping for joy, but with my current body there wasn’t much I could do. So I didn’t really feel that excited.

“B-but.. what were you doing..?”

“After waking around 2:21 a.m., I was doing some simple tidying, cleaning, and gathering information.”

“Gathering information??”

“I still don’t know this world very well, so I’m not used to the tools installed in the house. I was examining them one by one, making inferences and drawing conclusions.”

“Ah..! I see...”

A kingdom sounds super old-fashioned, doesn’t it? Sure, Britain or something still has a royal family, but it doesn’t really feel like that.

Ophelia might have a hard time using modern technology. How could I solve that most reliably?

Daengdaeng seemed to know everything though. Which meant....

‘What if I turn this cellphone into a golem and fuse it with Ophelia..?’

Then Ophelia could easily access the internet, get information, and help with all sorts of things like Daengdaeng used to. She’d become like an automatic search system that does everything I ask.

Besides, Ophelia can talk, too? Wouldn’t she be way more capable? This new phone I got also has much better performance than the old one.

“Hmm.. Ophelia!”

“Did you call for me.”

“I know an incredibly easy way to get information! You might even be able to learn all the knowledge in this world!”

“That would be amazing. What method is it?”

“This thing here. It’s called a cellphone, you know???”

I said, showing Ophelia the cellphone beside me.

“If I give this to you, Ophelia? And fuse it together.. you’ll be able to access this place called the internet.”

“I see.”

“Then you can ask the internet all kinds of things you’re curious about. Amazing, right??”

“Yes, that is amazing. Where are the scholars who answer the questions?”

How should I explain this?

“You know books, right?? Books? Or should I call them scrolls..?”

“I am familiar with books.”

“Ah, thank goodness. There are tons of books in here, but not just books.. notes? And all sorts of other things. If Ophelia wanted to know about food, for example, a huge number of books about food would come up.”

“That’s amazing magic.”

“It’s not magic, but it’s kind of similar.... But I also want to use it, and if I give it to Ophelia, I won’t be able to use it. What should I do?”

Ophelia looked at the cellphone in my hand for a moment before answering.

“Once I fully understand the ‘cellphone,’ I think I should be able to duplicate it as a separate item and hand it to you, Princess.”

“That’s possible..!? ”

“Yes, it is.”

Then my phone would stay a phone, and Ophelia would get internet search and all sorts of other functions too, right? Problem solved!

“Great! Then I’ll fuse this with you, Ophelia!”

“Thank you.”

I grabbed the cellphone in my hand and the right hand Ophelia held out, then shouted.

“Golem creation, fuse with Ophelia!”

Besides, this phone was for hunters, so its mana-detection function was extremely good, too? Its exterior was made of rare metal, and its specs were excellent. The phone was immediately engulfed in blue mana and absorbed into Ophelia.

“S-so.. how is it..?”

“Hmm.”

Ophelia closed her eyes for a moment and checked the cellphone functions added to her. After about three minutes, she finally spoke.

“It’s a very complex artifact. It took a little time to duplicate.”

“Huh? You already duplicated it?”

“Yes, here it is.”

ㅡFlash..!

A cellphone flashed into existence in Ophelia’s palm. It was my cellphone, but the logo embedded on the back had changed into something like an unfamiliar royal crest.

“Wow..!”

I unlocked it with fingerprint recognition and went inside; the apps I used were all installed properly.

“How’s the internet?”

“I am checking it now. There is an enormous amount of information, so learning it will likely take some time.”

“Ehehe.. that’s fine, take your time.”

“Thank you for your consideration. May I review what I learned from the internet for a moment?”

“Ah, yes!”

I didn’t know what she was trying to check, but as soon as I answered, Ophelia stood up and walked toward the kitchen. Then she turned the closed gas valve downward and lit the gas stove.

ㅡWhoosh..!

“Huh..”

When the gas stove lit up, Ophelia flinched. Seeming fascinated that actual fire came out, she stared at it for a moment before turning it off and closing the gas valve again.

“I see. It seems the internet contains a lot of knowledge.”

“Ah, but.. there’s also wrong information posted by all kinds of weird people. You shouldn’t believe everything.”

“Understood. That was also something I just learned from the internet.”

“Eheh, really?”

Ophelia seemed smart enough. She’d probably handle it fine on her own.

After that, she opened the refrigerator, tilted her head, and came over to me.

“Princess, there is one strange thing.”

“Huh? What is it?”

“Inside the electronic device called a ‘refrigerator’ in this residence, there is no food.”

“Ah, that’s because.. I live alone, so I don’t cook at home....”

“I see. Understood.”

Maybe she saw pictures of refrigerators packed with food.

She also went into the bathroom and flushed the toilet, or went back to the sink and turned on the water. After checking all the appliances in the house, she knelt on the floor, closed her eyes, and began learning other things.

‘Then maybe I’ll write a post on the gallery.’

It looked like this would take a while, so I’d better do my own thing.

The time was 8:17. Enough to call it an early-bird wake-up. Besides, I had tons of things I wanted to post today.

[인셍망헷음 : I woke up early and suddenly got a maid

What do I do, she’s a top S-rank beauty maid.. she says she was born for me]

-ㅇㅇ : Another boatload of bullshit today

ㄴ 멘통 : Seeing you act like this first thing in the morning, there must actually be something

-도슝좍 : What kind of nonsense is this now

ㄴ 인셍망헷음 : It’s real..

ㄴ 도슝좍 : Fr? Can I come see?

ㄴ 인셍망헷음 : Not yet.. I’ll call you later

ㄴ ㅇㅇ : Trying to set up an IRL meet-up? Want to die?

ㄴ 가갤입단 : Read the notice. Awakened people meeting each other is fine

ㄴ ㅇㅇ : I forgot because there aren’t any real Awakened in Awakened Gallery, sorry

ㄴ 멘통 : 인셍망헷음 << this bastard really awakened, right?

ㄴ 램즈카빌GOA : I thought you were some jobless bastard like Tlqkf, so I had some goodwill toward you

ㄴ 도슝좍 : My alarm’s going off, so everyone shut up, please.

“Hehe. I’m an Awakened now.”

So while I was refreshing the gallery to see what posts were being uploaded, a post title caught my eye.

[ㅇㅇ (223.62) : .]

‘A title with just a single dot..! And there’s even a photo!’

Nine times out of ten, it was either a mentally harmful picture—probably a poop picture—or one of the tiny minority of ‘hehe, lewd, gasp lol’ pictures.

Whatever it was, either the Nguyen mod or the poop-picture eraser would rush over and delete it. My hesitation was brief, and I clicked the post right away.

But..

‘What, there’s just one black picture.’

I was refreshing it to see if there were any comments when, all of a sudden, a pop-up saying ‘This post does not exist or has been deleted’ appeared and I got kicked back to the Awakened Gallery.

I was briefly wondering why it had been deleted when it was only a black picture.

“Princess.”

“Huh? Ophelia? Do you have something you’re curious about?”

Ophelia, who had been sitting quietly, came over to me.

“Lewd material was displayed on the screen of your cellphone, Princess, so I had no choice but to censor it.”

“..Huh?”

Protect the princess. No lewd stuff.