Morning.
Brilliant sunlight poured down from the horizon, illuminating both the cloudless daylight stretching for miles and a lush green prairie.
At this hour, all things in this world basked in the light of life, brimming with vitality.
At the border of the Dragon-Affiliated Kingdom of Lugnica, in a luxurious mansion, a young girl had risen early and begun preparing for work.
"Rustle... rustle..."
It was the nearly inaudible sound of fabric brushing together.
The girl slipped off her nightgown, exposing her fair, delicate body and petite yet exceptionally full, lovely figure to the air. She then took a freshly washed, somewhat provocative maid uniform and put it on.
Her wave-like blue hair swayed gently, light and flowing.
Her lake-like eyes held a nimble spirit and intense emotion.
The Oni girl named Rem changed swiftly, as though unwilling to waste even a single extra moment.
In the past, although she had always held herself to such strict standards, it had only been born of self-discipline and harsh demands upon herself.
But now, the reason she fought so hard to save time was that, for the past month, she had performed a ritual before leaving her room to begin work.
That was right.
A ritual.
Without it, the girl who had once demanded perfection of herself and plunged into fierce self-loathing over even the slightest mistake would not have had the enthusiasm to work for the entire day.
It was something unimaginable in the past.
Yet now, it had become reality.
"Alright..."
Fully dressed, Rem approached the table beside her with eager anticipation and carefully opened a box.
The box contained nothing unusual—only two items.
One was a Knight Uniform issued only to Royal Guard Knights of the Dragon-Affiliated Kingdom of Lugnica's Royal Guard Knights.
The other was a Knight Sword