Combat Maid Harem
Chapter 367 - Nao’s Identity

"Thank you, Young Master," Nao replied and bowed to him respectfully.

"I don't know if this works, but I think it does. Do you want to test it yourself?" Lawrend asked with a smile on his face.

"...Yes," Nao replied, a bit unsure.

"Give me your hand."

Lawrend grabbed his hand and flipped his palm upright.

'Huh? It's so smooth…' Lawrend thought to himself in confusion as he stared at Nao's hand.

"Y-Young Master..?"

"*Cough* This will hurt a bit."

Lawrend regained his composure and pointed his right index finger on her palm.

*BZZZT*

Lawrend created a small cut using his lightning magic.

"Ahh~!" Nao moaned weirdly like a girl.

"..."

Nao quickly realized what she had done and covered her mouth with her hand. Lawrend stared at her in disbelief.

"Wait, don't tell me you're gay!?" Lawrend exclaimed.

He was immediately reminded of horrible memories from his past life when a gay man would sneakily approach him in a tight full train before touching him somewhere weird.

Although not all of them are like that in his past life, the way Nao approached him on purpose made him think that he was one of those people.

"...What?"

Nao was stunned by his words.

"M-Master, it's not that…" Humility said.

Even she could tell what was going on by now—why a butler would approach her Master in the first place.

In her opinion, there could only be one reason why, and that was…

"What do you mean?" Lawrend asked Humility in confusion.

"Master, look at her face," Humility replied.

"Her face??"

Lawrend raised his head and stared at Nao's face. She was blushing red like a girl caught doing something bad.

"Huhhhhhhhhh!???"

Lawrend widened his eyes in disbelief. He stared at Nao and Humility alternately.

"I-I can explain…" Nao said shyly.

"You're a woman!?"

"Yes…"

Nao nodded her head embarrassedly.

"Fufufufu. As expected of Master to attract another woman," Aezel laughed on the side.

"So that's why Nao smelled weird," Amene muttered.

"I don't smell weird!" Nao responded angrily in a manly voice.

"Nyahahaha. You smelled fragrant," Amene replied.

"!!"

Amene's words only turned Nao redder in embarrassment.

Lawrend closed his eyes and relaxed himself. He grabbed her shoulders and opened his mouth.

"Why are you crossdressing?"

Lawrend had a serious and determined-to-get-her-answer look on his face.

"I can't become a butler if I'm a g-girl," Nao replied.

"Did Albert know this?" Lawrend asked.

"He did," Nao replied.

"That sneaky old butler… I will scold him when I see him," Lawrend said with gritted teeth.

He can't believe Albert set him up. At least, he didn't set him up for a gay man as Lawrend doesn't want to be banged. [AN: Lawrend is not homophobic. He just has a lot of bad experiences that traumatized him.]

"I-I asked him to help me become your butler. If you want… I can also be your maid," Nao said.

"..."

Lawrend opened and closed his mouth in surprise. Now that he looked at her up close, he could see the face of a beautiful woman.

If she lengthened her hair and stopped wearing this butler uniform, she would surely become a beautiful woman. He felt happy knowing that she readily offered herself to him.

"No. You can stay as my butler," Lawrend replied.

She reminds him of Suba** Ko**e from M**o Chi**. He won't say no to such an addition to his combat maid harem.

"Thank you. Ow…"

Nao felt a sudden sting from her hand. She looked at her palm and saw a long trail of blood from the wound Lawrend made.

"Drink it fast," Lawrend said.

He pushed the Healing Potion to her, and she drank it all in one gulp.

Lawrend and the others stared at her bleeding hand and watched it heal in real-time. The wound closed up, and new skin replaced the old one.

"It's really effective. Alright. I officially accept you as my first ever butler," Lawrend declared.

"Thank you, Young Master!"

In her joy, Nao embraced Lawrend tightly.

"You're welcome."

Lawrend returned her gesture and embraced her tightly.

"Alright. You can return now and call Kenova to come over," Lawrend said.

"Yes, Young Master," Nao responded.

"When we're alone, you can stop acting like a man, and you should call me 'Master'," Lawrend said.

"Yes, Master. I understand," Nao responded.

She nodded her head solemnly and left the room.

Lawrend quickly placed the potion brewing tools and materials inside his storage ring.

Half a minute later, Kenova arrived.

"Lawrend, what did you call me for?" Kenova asked in confusion.

"We're going to meet the city lord," Lawrend replied.

"Okay. Let's go."

Kenova nodded his head.

Lawrend left the inn with Aezel, Humility, and Kenova in tow.

They asked around and quickly found where the city lord was staying. Unlike the other cities, the city lord of this city was staying in a mansion that the kingdom set up.

This was done to show prestige to the travelers arriving from the other continent.

Lawrend's group arrived in front of the mansion and got off the carriage.

"These people are..?" the guard politely asked.

"I'm here under the Third Princess' orders," Kenova said and walked in front.

"Third Princess!? I will go inform the new city lord!" the guard shouted and hurriedly ran inside the mansion.

"New City Lord?" Humility tilted her head in confusion.

It's rare for the City Lord of a city to change. After all, it requires a lot of strength to even be in that position. And it should be even more of a requirement as this was a Port City that connects the Primitus Continent to the Altro Continent.

Whoever replaced the previous city lord should be a powerful mage. Humility couldn't help but become curious as to who it was.

Before long, the guard returned. He urged them inside the gate and into the mansion.

They went through several hallways before stopping in front of an office.

*Knock* *Knock*

"City Lord Asmodaios, the envoy of the Third Princess is here," the guard said.

"Enter," a voice replied from the inside.

"Asmodaios??" Aezel exclaimed in surprise.