The Maid Burst triggered by Lunamaria raises the voltage in the stage, but of course, there are those who arenāt able to keep up with whatās going on.
With an indescribable expression on her face, Akane asked the nearby Frau for explanations.
[ā¦ā¦Frau, whatās that Maid Burst? I can somehow feel the people around me getting excited.]
[The Maid Burst is a technique where one flares up their Maid Spirit, the foundations of the Maidric Aura, allowing its user to temporarily exert Maid Power that exceeds its limits. Itās said that Maid Burst is the very state of a maid seeking their ideal, and that the one who activates it sees the Ideal Maid Vision they should aim for and reproduces that ideal beyond its limits. Due to its nature, itās said that Maid Bursts canāt be activated unless the maid has a strong image of their ideal, and above all, itās a difficult technique that tests the depth of the Maid Memory cultivated every day as a maid. However, as it consumes a large amount of Maidric Aura, you can say Maid Burst is a double-edged sword, so itās only unleashed at a decisive momentā¦ā¦]
[ā¦ā¦The heck is that? Why the heck is it that when I ask for an explanation of a terminology I donāt know, the number of terminologies I donāt know just increases? Stop it, seriously, even though I canāt process the words that have just appearedā¦ā¦ Or rather, Maidric Aura is something you use up like magic power?]
[ā¦ā¦Chairman, why in the world are you questioning something obviousā¦ā¦ I know you like jokes, but if you question that common sense, people will look at you weirdly, you know?]
[Thatās just common sense in your world! We donāt belong in that world!!!]
Kaito and Lilia deeply nodded at Akaneās fierce tsukkomiā¦ā¦ Unfortunately, this place was mostly made up of people living in the Maid World, and the three of them could only feel like foreigners like never before.
For the time being, deciding to just give up on trying to understand and watch Lunamaria fight, they returned their gaze to the venue.
On the stage, seeing Lunamaria radiating a pale glow, Anne, her opponent, lets out a daring smile.
[I seeā¦ā¦ but Iāll not let you underestimate me!]
āWhoa there, this is!? Competitor Anne has also activated her Maid Burst! She is a maid who has fought many battles in the past, and of course, she can use Maid Burstā¦ā¦ In that case, President Ein, do you think this matchā¦ā¦?ā
āYes, their Maid Visionsā¦ā¦ The reproductions of their Ideal Maids will make the difference between the two of them.ā
While Lunamaria was clad in a silvery-white light, Anne was clad in a golden light. While Akane, in the audience seats, retorted āWhy the heck are they glowing?ā with a distant look in her eyes, but those words didnāt reach the ears of both the competitors.
Anne quickly arranges her ingredients on the kitchen table and starts cooking with movements that even look beautiful.
[ā¦ā¦Unfortunately, you have no chance of winning. I have trained under Alexandra-sama for a long time. Of course, what I reproduce with my Maid Vision is Alexandra-samaās techniques! The accuracy of the Maid Vision produced by oneās Maid Burst depends on how deeply you know your Ideal Maid. Even if you try to manifest Alexandra-sama as your Maid Vision just like me, that would still be far behindāāāā!?]
Anne was about to speak with confidence, highly assured of her victory, but immediately afterward, she stopped speaking and her eyes widened in astonishment.
At the end of her line of sight, Lunamaria had also started cooking, and Anne felt a cold sweat dripping behind her back from her movements.
(T- That isā¦ā¦ an extraordinary pressure from her Maid Vision!? Also, what elegant movementsā¦ā¦ Thatās impossible! F- For her to exert such movementsā¦ā¦ For me, who should be clad in an Almost-Perfect Maid Vision of Alexandra-samaā¦ā¦ to be this terrified!?)
Seeing Lunamariaās cooking, Anneās body unconsciously trembled. It was because she felt tremendous power in the target of the Maid Vision Lunamaria was clad in, from the Ideal Maid she was trying to reproduce.
While Anneās comprehension was unable to catch up with what was going on, watching their battle at a different spot, a Super Maidā¦ā¦ Alexandra quietly muttered.
[ā¦ā¦I see, it seems like she wonāt be winning this time. After all, the Maid Vision that Lunamaria-san envisions is overwhelmingly stronger than me. With Lunamaria-sanās skill, even if she were to use Maid Burst, she canāt reproduce her target perfectlyā¦ā¦ However, for even the imperfect state of her Maid Vision to convey such incomparable Maid Powerā¦ā¦ Who in the world is the target of her Maid Vision?]
[Phew, let me tell you who it is. The person her Maid Vision envisions, just as she had taught her, is the one who taught me the basics of being a maid. She never appears in the Maid Olympia, so itās no wonder you wouldnāt know her.]
[Beatrice-san? Come to think of it, you mentioned before how you call someone Teacherā¦ā¦ For such a being to exist that isnāt a Super Maidā¦ā¦ That was surprising, but that certainly makes the situation interesting, isnāt it?]
At Beatriceās words, a ferocious smile creeps up Alexandraās lips. If one excludes Ein, she can be said to have the greatest Maid Power in the Maid World. Knowing that there are still maids in the world who surpass her in Maid Power, she seems to be both surprised and happy.
Meanwhile, the nearby Beatrice smiled kindly as she observed Lunamariaās growth.
(ā¦ā¦You have grown well, Lunamaria. You still havenāt been able to replicate Teacher Illnessā techniques yet, but thinking about the time when Teacher Illness was still teaching you back in the royal castle, you have become beyond recognition. If itās you, there may come a timeā¦ā¦ when youād eventually rise to the realm of Super Maids. Fufu, Iām looking forward to when such a day comes.)
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[Afterword]
Serious-senpai : [The battle is described as a battle of wits for the past chapters or so, and the atmosphere in which the powerful people talk amongst each other seems seriousā¦ā¦ but thinking about how this is all about maids, I really donāt want this. Also, I agree with Akane immensely. Stop increasing the number of Maid-related terminologies alreadyā¦ā¦]