I Paired Up With a Woman From an Adventurer Matchmaking App, She Had Perfect Compatibility, But the Worst Personality. When Our Erotic Compatibility Exceeded 200%, She Became the Most Obedient Team Member at Night. - Chapter 5

“I must clarify one thing: I haven’t come here to be malicious towards the young lady. I’m simply concerned for her well-being and offering my humble advice, with all due respect.”

“N-no… but still!”

Overwhelmed by Susie’s imposing aura, I couldn’t help but interject from the side.

“It’s true Cordelia lacks combat experience, but she’s been on several adventures with me and always returned safely!”

“She must have been fortunate.”

“That’s ridiculous!”

“Or perhaps… Lord Kent, you are exceptionally skilled?”

A gentle breeze swept through the room again.
This is bad, I thought. The next instant, something cold pressed against the back of my neck.
Susie’s surprisingly refined face loomed before me, so close I could clearly see the shapes of the moles near her eyes and mouth.
And around my neck, once again, were the sewing scissors she’d likely pulled from beneath her long skirt…

“Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch! It’s stabbing me, it’s stabbing me!”

“Oh my. I do apologize.”

“Why did you actually stab me?! Isn’t this supposed to be a close call, just to scare me?!”

“You’re a pest clinging to the young lady. I thought it might be best to eliminate you.”

“What do you think human lives are worth?! Cordelia got a pinprick, but you’re going full-on with sewing scissors on me!”

“Severing the carotid artery requires a larger blade for optimal efficiency, after all.”

“Save the jokes for after you pull the scissors out! Scary, scary, scary!”

“……………………”

“Why the hesitant look?! Just do it! If you’re strong enough to kill me anytime you want, what’s the harm in backing off for now?!”

“It seems that way.”

After my pathetic plea for mercy, Susie finally withdrew her scissors.
I hastily touched my neck, relieved to find no bleeding. Fortunately, she had only pressed the tip against my skin.
As I let out a sigh of relief, Susie shot me a cold, contemptuous glare.

“…I misjudged you. It seems you’re weak as well.”

No.
Susie was the one who was strong. Overwhelmingly so.
Despite the predictable nature of her attack, she hadn’t given me even a moment to sense her killing intent.
I hadn’t even seen her lunge. Before I knew it, both Cordelia and I had been subdued in an instant.
This woman, Susie…
Her fighting skills were incredible.

“Just who the hell are you…?”

I blurted out. Susie answered as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

“Who am I? I’m merely a maid. Just a simple maid who once belonged to a top-secret assassination unit directly under the government. I also served as a bodyguard to protect my mistress while working as a maid, but that’s all.”

She said it so casually, as if it were nothing.
Judging by her extraordinary combat prowess, it would be more accurate to say she was a bodyguard who also happened to be a maid.

“In any case, you understand now, don’t you? You are nothing more than… trash beneath the feet of a mere maid.”

Oblivious to our cold sweat, Susie continued in her emotionless tone,

“Now, for a question. If you continue being adventurers with such half-baked skills… what do you think will ultimately become of you?”

Susie stood on the low table, looking down at us with haughty arrogance.
We were utterly helpless before her, having been thoroughly defeated, so we were in no position to argue.

“I fully understand your feelings, young lady. Your dream of becoming an adventurer is admirable indeed. But I am your maid, dedicated to supporting you. …Surely there’s nothing more sickening than watching you recklessly throw your life away?”

Susie continued to speak smoothly, as if the matter were already settled.
Yet she showed no sign of complacency, her gaze fixed on our every move.
I swallowed hard and glanced at Cordelia beside me.
I could see that Cordelia’s expression was stiff with tension. Her long eyelashes trembled slightly, and her breathing had become shallow.
When I nodded, Cordelia seemed to have steeled herself as well.
We both stood up and glared at Susie.

“Oh. So when you realized you couldn’t beat me individually, you two decided to do it together…? I see, I see. You’ve thought it through well. You’re really smart.”

Susie, still standing on the low table, clapped lazily, her attitude utterly disinterested.

“So you thought that even a bunch of weaklings could beat me if they huddled together and worked together?… How cute.”

Susie let out a mocking sigh and glanced my way.
Cordelia and I stood empty-handed, crouched in fighting stances.
Susie must have realized by now that we had no intention of backing down.
With an ostentatious sigh, she said irritably,

“Fine, I understand.”

“If you can make me admit defeat, I’ll acknowledge you both as adventurers. Oh, and just for good measure, I’ll even prostrate myself naked before you and apologize for my past rudeness. Though, of course, that’s utterly impossible.”