After signing the master-servant contract, a night quickly passed.

  ?"Mas... Master, it's time to wake up."

  ?The next day, Loren was awakened by a timid voice. After rubbing his eyes and sitting up, he saw Lola standing before him with a deeply flushed face, looking highly reluctant.

  ?"Who are you?"

  ?Loren paused for a moment and asked.

  ?Just as a blank expression appeared on Lola's little face, Loren suddenly realized as if a light bulb had gone off: "Oh right, you're the maid I took in yesterday."

  ?Lola immediately glared at him with a gaze that looked like she wanted nothing more than to take a bite out of him. However, upon remembering her status, she could only suppress her grievance and abandon the thought.

  ?After freshening up using the toiletries Lola brought, Loren comfortably waited for Lola to serve him breakfast. To his surprise, the only things placed on the table were slices of toasted bread and milk that had already been stored in the refrigerator.

  ?Munching on a slightly burnt slice of bread, Loren looked somewhat helplessly at the very awkward Lola: "You're supposedly this lord's maid now, yet you prepared something this shoddy for breakfast? Even if I toasted it myself, it would be better than this."

  ?"Because... I've never done it before."

  ?Lola kept her head down nervously.

  ?"Forget it, it's a raising project anyway... everything takes time. Wait until we get back later; you need to properly start practicing your cooking skills." Loren sighed. The first part was muttered to himself, while the latter sentence was directed at Lola.

  ?After saying this, Loren haphazardly took a few more bites of bread and finished his milk, considering his breakfast concluded.

  ?Seeing Loren's highly dissatisfied expression, Lola somewhat dejectedly began clearing the dishes from the table. However, upon seeing the remaining slices of bread, she silently ate them all herself.

  ?"Didn't you eat breakfast earlier?"

  ?Loren looked at Lola and asked curiously.

  ?"I read in a book that a maid can only eat after the master has finished his meal." Realizing Loren was staring at her while she ate, Lola's face instantly turned red again.

  ?"Then what about your own portion?"

  ?"I forgot..."

  ?Meeting Loren's strange gaze, Lola felt so embarrassed she wanted to find a crack in the floor to hide in.

  ?Loren was somewhat speechless, but seeing as Lola was already trying quite hard, he didn't scold her further. In fact, after signing the contract with Loren yesterday, Lola had consciously begun to adopt the role of a maid—even if this maid was quite ignorant and had even refused her master's request to be a hugging pillow.

  ?And after Loren taught her how to use the dorm's Magic Network Login Device last night, she had learned how to surf the network herself and even downloaded books related to maids to read. Seeing her somewhat listless appearance, it was obvious she hadn't slept much last night.

  ?Loren let out a yawn and watched Lola clean the table. Thinking back to his previous single life, he couldn't help but sigh emotionally in his heart: the wicked capitalist lifestyle truly is intoxicating.

  ?However, upon seeing the blanket wrapped around Lola's body, Loren couldn't help but slap his forehead, remembering what he needed to do today.

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  ?Since I took in a maid, how can I not buy a maid outfit!? If I wasted such good resources, it would simply be intolerable by the heavens.

  ?Looking at Lola's serious little face as she cleaned up, Loren thought to himself.

  ?It just so happened that today was a rest day after the monthly exams, which was the perfect time to go buy clothes for Lola.

  ?...

  ?"Am I really going out wearing this robe?"

  ?Upon learning they were going out, Lola awkwardly tugged at the excessively baggy mage robe on her body. With her loli physique standing at under 1.5 meters, a large section of the back dragged on the ground after she put the robe on.

  ?"Otherwise, are you planning to go out naked?" Hearing the girl's words, Loren replied in an annoyed tone.

  ?The girl shrank her head: "But... aren't there any other clothes?"

  ?"Please, miss, kindly realize that this is a boys' dormitory. I don't have a cross-dressing fetish, so how could I possibly have clothes for you to wear?" Loren rolled his eyes. "Besides, we're going out today specifically to buy you clothes; you won't have to wear this anymore. As my maid, your attire, at the very least, cannot bring shame to me, your master."

  ?"Oh..." Lola replied softly.

  ?"And don't look down on the magic robe you're wearing. It cost me nearly ten thousand gold coins to buy back then, and I haven't even worn it myself a few times." Loren added somewhat proudly. Because uniforms were required in the academy, he rarely wore this magic robe he had bought himself.

  ?In fact, he had several other magic robes of similar quality in his wardrobe.

  ?As a mage, one couldn't afford to be careless with items that proved one's identity, like a magic robe.

  ?"Braggart," Lola muttered under her breath. She absolutely didn't believe the mage robe she was wearing was that expensive.

  ?"Oh right, before we go out, you need to put this on first." Suddenly, as if remembering something, Loren pulled a black collar from his coat. The front of the collar had his name written in golden magic script.

  ?Under Lola's somewhat gloomy gaze, Loren handed the collar to her.

  ?"In order to move freely outside, you must wear this. Otherwise, it will definitely attract trouble," Loren explained.

  ?Wearing this collar signified that Lola was Loren's property. Furthermore, Loren's name was written using his magic name, which indicated his status as a noble mage. Anyone who saw this item would immediately know who Lola belonged to. In public places, practically no one would dare to do anything to a mage's property, because doing so would not only be a provocation against that mage, but also against the Magic Guild. Even if Loren didn't lift a finger, the Magic Guild would hold the troublemaker accountable on his behalf.

  ?Of course, the price of such a collar was exceedingly steep; one had to pay a substantial amount of gold coins to the Magic Guild to obtain it. Loren had bought this collar by chance back then, never expecting it would come in handy now.

  ?"You can take it off when we get home, but you must wear this when we're outside. You should also know how great your appeal is to others. If you don't declare that you already have an owner, you'll barely be able to take a single step outside," Loren reminded her again, watching Lola clutch the collar so tightly that her little fingers turned pale.

  ?After dawdling for quite a while, Lola finally gritted her teeth and fastened the humiliating collar around her neck. It was just a simple action, yet it made tears swirl in her eyes.

  ?"Let's go."

  ?Only after Lola had put on the collar did Loren open the dorm room door and motion for her to follow him out.

  ?As soon as they stepped outside, the morning sunlight brushed against Lola's face, making her squint slightly. She stared blankly outward from the corridor. The scenery under the morning light was so beautiful, yet she had rarely paid attention to it like this. In the past, she always kept herself tightly covered up and walked with her head down. She rarely even moved around during the day; only when dusk approached would she begin her "work."

  ?But as her hand touched the collar around her neck, Lola's mood dimmed again. Wearing a collar, she felt there wasn't much difference from the version of herself that walked with her head down in the darkness.

  ?Loren watched coldly from the sidelines. He didn't comfort her or say anything else to her; he knew Lola needed some time to adapt to her new identity.

  ?The academy was already bustling with quite a few people in the early morning. Most of them were Battle Aura Department students starting their morning training on campus. As for the Magic Department students, they were probably all doing their morning meditation in their dormitories right now. These morning routines were habits etched into the students' bones and wouldn't change just because of a holiday.

  ?Loren, however, didn't have this habit. This was also related to the meditation technique he possessed. His meditation technique automatically absorbed starlight magic power regardless of whether it was day or night, which was equivalent to an automatic idle training mode.

  ?Seeing a demon girl wearing a comically oversized robe following beside Loren, many people cast curious glances their way. Some male students from the Battle Aura Department looked at the porcelain doll-like Lola with heated gazes as they passed by. However, upon seeing the black collar around her neck and the embroidered golden magic name, they retracted their desires.

  ?A mage who could afford to use this kind of collar was not someone they wanted to provoke.

  ?...