Volume 3 Chapter 15 The Useless Dog Maid, Protecting What’s Important
Act finished the Guild in the Royal Capital, meanwhile...
Maid Frederica was busy with her duties as Guildmaster.
"Frederica──. I'm coming in!"
The head receptionist, Katrina, walked in with some papers.
"Good job. Here's the approval document."
"Thanks."
Frederica took the papers and added them to the pile.
"Wow, it's piling up again."
"The Gem of Heavenly Gift is a very popular Guild. It's normal to get a mountain of requests."
Frederica puffed out her chest proudly.
"Just don't collapse like last time."
"I know! I'm sharing the work with Yui properly."
"Good, then."
Katrina stared at her quietly.
"What is it?"
"Oh, um... you look healthier now."
"Thanks to my excellent subordinates, I sleep well every night."
"Hehe, excellent, huh? You're making me blush."
"Yes, really. I'm always grateful."
"Ugh..."
Katrina turned red from the honest praise.
"W-wait, stop it! That's embarrassing!"
"Hehe, sorry about that."
Katrina smiled back at her.
"You've really changed."
"Have I?"
"Yes. I think Mr. Act will be happy too. You've changed so much."
She wondered if the master would be happy about this.
She couldn't imagine such a scene...
"The master won't be happy with just this."
"Really? Well, if you think so, then that's fine."
"What's with that attitude?"
"Hehe... Anyway, it's almost time to go. Shall we grab a drink?"
The old Frederica would never have accepted such an invitation.
"Sure. I can listen to my subordinates' complaints for a change."
Frederica said with a grin.
"Look at you, speaking up now. I'll make a reservation!"
Katrina waved her hand and left the room.
"Well, I guess I'll tidy up a bit before closing time."
Frederica holds a feather pen and smiles.
What she's holding is a gift from Yui.
When she heard her old pen broke, she bought her this one.
"Hehe."
Recently, work has become really fun.
Before, I just followed what Mr. Act, the master, told me to do.
But... now it's different.
I've grown to feel I'm working to protect everyone at this Guild.
Guild members, this Guild... they've become so precious to me.
And just at that moment, as if timed perfectly, disaster struck.
"!?"
Frederica suddenly sensed a terrible magic power in the sky.
"Is that... a demon!? And... what is this..."
Frederica jumps out of the window and onto the roof.
Only the legendary magical beast, the Ice Demon Wolf (Fenrir), could sense it.
"The magic power far up in the sky... Agh...!"
Frederica transforms into her true form.
Her huge wolf form howls into the distance.
She steals heat from the moisture in the air and creates a thick, formidable ice barrier.
As she forms the dome-shaped barrier... it's coming.
An incredible shock hits the ice barrier.
'Sniping from above... Aaaah!'
The enemy's attack destroyed Frederica's powerful ice barrier.
She managed to protect the town, but some buildings broke from the impact.
'What... what is this all about...?'
And then, at that moment──
"Good day, Transcendent's pet."
Floating in the sky is a man in a white suit.
'Dostoevsky...!'
Evil God Dostoevsky.
He's the wicked god I faced a few times before with Act──one of the doom-bringers trying to destroy the world.
'What do you want, you...?!'
"Obviously? My greatest enemy... killing Act Age."
Frederica can't focus on her conversation with the Evil God.
She's exhausted from the powerful strike she took earlier.
And still, the presence drifts down from above.
'Are you stupid? Unfortunately, my master is not here!'
"I know that very well. I planned to break his heart by destroying something he cherishes..."
Frederica's face goes pale.
'You...! You're after the *Gem of Heavenly Gift, aren't you!?'*
"That's right! One of my creations, the Seven Deadly Sins, specifically [Rage], is targeting this place from way up high!"
Snap! Dostoevsky snaps his fingers.
A huge surge of magical power fills the air.
At the same time, something falls at high speed.
It's a spear made of stone.
It was the same spear that rained down from above earlier.
'Damn it...!'
Frederica quickly raises a similar ice barrier.
But the wall is thinner than before.
As the spear hits, a shockwave blasts through, sending debris flying.
"I want to break that man somehow. But he is as strong as a Hero... So, I aimed for the weak ones he cares about."
The hammer of Rage rains down from above.
Frederica casts a wide ice barrier.
Though she holds on with the barrier, it could break at any moment.
'How cowardly...!'
"That's a compliment! Now, how much longer can you hold on?"
More stone spears fall from above.
The enemy is probably not that strong.
The fact that they don't show themselves is a good sign.
...If only I could leave this defense and go after the enemy above...
But...
"You can't do that, can you!"
More rain falls down.
Frederica pours all her magic into defense.
"You feel affection for this Guild and its members! The icy you from before could be discarded... but now, you can't just cut them off!"
'...You've been waiting for this moment, haven't you?'
"Exactly! I waited for you to bond with the Guild Members... heh..."
Faced with the worst Evil God, Frederica can do nothing.
The Guild Members suddenly noticed and rushed outside of the building.
"Frederica! What on earth...?"
'Come on! Get inside!'
Katrina and the other Guild Members looked up at Frederica on the rooftop.
'It's an enemy attack! Take shelter inside the building!'
"But...!"
Once again, a rain of stones poured down.
The defensive barrier wasn't in time.
'Ugh...!'
Frederica leaped up, changing her size.
She took the stone spears that were meant to hit Katrina and the others upon herself.
'Aghh...!'
"Frederica!"
As she fell covered in blood, Katrina and the others rushed towards her.
"Guildmaster! Are you okay?!"
"Sis...! Damn it! Who could do such a thing?!"
The Guild Members, in all seriousness, glared at the Evil God who hurt Frederica.
"Haha! This is truly delightful...! Hatred, anger... negative emotions give me power..."
Dostoevsky said with a languid expression.
"Just imagining the face of Mr. Act Age filled with despair... ah, I can't stand it."
'I won't... let that happen...'
Grunting, Frederica lifted her body.
'I'm... going to protect them. My precious... Guild Members...'
Her magic was depleted, her body riddled with holes.
Even though she couldn't even stand... Frederica prepared to fight.
"Hmph. Can you still move?"
'Right... in front of me. I am... the Guildmaster of the *Gem of Heavenly Gift...!'*
...Not because she was commanded to by Mr. Act.
Frederica stood her ground for the Guild Members she cherished from the bottom of her heart.
"Enough. Just die already."
Rage brought down the hammer.
A rain of stones and spears poured down from above.
'Master... I can't... anymore...'
And then, at that moment.
"Not yet. It's too early to give up."
The rain of stone spears stopped abruptly in the sky above.
The momentum of the stone hammers lost, they turned to sand and vanished.
'Ah, aaah...'
Frederica, on the brink of death, looked up at the sky.
A huge black dragon hovered above.
And on its back... eyes that shone golden...
"Master!"
Act Age was there.
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