The Care Of Maid.

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After feeding him the last bit of food, Huo Min she moved the empty tray and plates to her spatial ring and then took out a bucket of warm water along with the profound stone soap and some towels from the same spatial ring.

Ace wasn't surprised to see things disappear into the void and other things appear out of the void because he was aware of the presence of spatial elements from his newly acquired memories, he was more interested in what Huo Min intended to do, He felt with a familiar feeling, but he didn't know what her intention was yet.

The gentle maid looked at him with a smile and began to approach him with laundry items in her hands.

Her delicate hands grabbed his feet and put them in the warm water bucket, her hands were like pure jade washing his cold feet, Ace felt embarrassed To the point of the redness of his cheeks. He had never experienced such treatment like that before. Well since he is currently paralyzed he thought it was okay to treat him like that. But he silently promised himself that he would not let her do such things after his recovery in the future not knowing that he could not change her thoughts no matter how hard he tried even after his recovery in the future and he would silently enjoy such treatment.

Ace has never felt such weakness in his life, even in his previous world since he was a child he didn't have anyone to take care of him like this. Well, Makino and Dadan took care of him from time to time though Dadan's care was a bit scary as she crushed him in water and she rub him like rubbing clothes, However, he considered it kind care.

Ace used to take care of such things himself, in fact, he was the one who took care of others as he used to take care of his younger brother Luffy and wash him when he had a fever, but now he really didn't feel bad about letting Huo Min take care of him, it was just that he was embarrassed, He remembered this care in his heart and would give it back to her exponentially in the future.

"Hahaha!"

Huo Min laughed when she saw a completely new expression on her young master's face, her muffled laughter like spring in a barren desert, made Ace's heart pound for some reason.

"Does my young master feel embarrassed? Have I not taken care of you so much that I don't remember the exact number?"

(You know I'm not young anymore...) Ace thought inwardly. He knowing that Huo Ye is already 1045 years old, Ace doesn't know that this is the age of youth in this universe.

She moved her wet fingers from the bottom of his legs to his toes and started going through her spaces and massaging them with a little force so she wouldn't hurt him, Since he had a paralyzed mortal body, Ace got goosebumps from this massage, it seemed she wanted to teasing him.

"Hmm, it's not, I just feel so grateful for your taking care of me all these years and I wanted to thank you for that, but I couldn't find the right words."

Ace he felt a little sorry for his lack of physical ability at the moment Otherwise, he will bring back teasing to her, perhaps will make her testing the legendary tickle that would make even Luffy beg for mercy.

"Hmm really! That's it? Let me guess..."

Huo Min moved to his weak shoulders and she began lovingly massaging them, then she whispered in his ear while blowing hot air on it.

"Does the Young Master regain the ability to feel excited?!"

Ace's face became as red as his hair, he was green in matters of the heart, but for the first time he felt a feeling he had never experienced in his past life, does he love this woman?! Was he under the influence of Huo Ye's memories and body, or because of the other party's soul merging with his? He does not know, but he is sure that the feeling he has about this woman is very real and not an ordinary feeling, especially after feeling the effects of her approaching him to this extent.

When Ace wanted to suppress these feelings, he felt a familiar air escaping from his body, an overpowering aura, since Huo Min she was so close to Ace that their bodies touched each other. She felt the world turn upside down and didn't feel any strength in her limbs, then fell unconscious on Ace's back.

Ace who felt the weight on his back, panicked as he couldn't control his conqueror haki and let him get out of control given that his emotions were confused the previous time.

He panicked because he didn't want to hurt Huo Min, this was the only woman who cared for him in this world apart from his father, Huo Rulie.

Strength came to his sick body from nowhere and he was able to grab her body, which had fallen on his back, and pulled her into his lap.

When he wanted to try to wake her up, he noticed that her eyelids started twitching and opened her eyes the next moment, her beautiful face was filled with signs of confusion, why is she in this situation, why is her young master face over her?!

"A-Are you okay Huo Min?! Are you feeling any pain, I'm sorry, I didn't control my mental strength earlier, my mind was a mess."

After hearing his voice and seeing his worried face, Huo Min she returned to reality.

Did she lose her consciousness a moment ago?! but how?! Did he just say that he lost control of his mental strength and caused her to faint?!

Her mind was in a mess, and whenever she thought more whenever she did not arrive to any place. Well, let we suppose her young master had mental strength, how could a mortal without cultivation cause a Divine Cultivaror in peak Divine Origin Realm like her to lose consciousness! it does not make sense.

Well, since she wasn't protecting herself at all in front of her young master this is possible even if he was a mortal, but how could he possibly possess such power in the first place?! Wait could it be...

Ace silently he looked at her bewildered expression. He kind of understood the dilemma she was in right now, but he felt a little proud that he had been able to repeat the teasing she had done to him earlier, for a moment he wanted to continue teasing her, he raised his finger and poked at her white cheek, he felt as if his finger was poking at the fine wool and not the skin of a living person.

"Um~! What are you doing!"

(So cute~)

Even Ace himself didn't know why he did that, he was only motivated by a momentary thought, but he quickly pulled out his finger and gave her an apologetic expression.

"Sorry, I saw that you were confused and silent for a long time and wanted to wake you up."

Ace said with apparent shyness, that although he possesses the conqueror haki that allows him to look down on the world, he does not know why he feels weak in front of this woman, just like a child who has done something bad in front of his mother.

"Pft…hahaha, you don't have to apologize, you can touch my cheek if you want to, young master~..."

Huo Min laughed happily after she seeing her young master's awkward sight again, just why did he look so cute today, she felt as if he had never interacted with a woman before, like an innocent child, she felt an unbridled urge to tease him, but she quickly suppressed it because she wanted to know about the previous power that made her faint for a few seconds, this power that shouldn't exist in this world, only a higher life level could make a lower life level faint, but the condition of her young master is somewhat different, he shockingly triggered the opposite!

"Young Master, could you tell me how you did it earlier, maybe you showed signs of recovery? If that's true, I'll hurry to inform the patriarch to come back quickly, that's a big news."

Huo Min's expression was filled with hope while looking into Ace's red eyes, how wonderful it would be if her young master was cured.

"Firstly, don't report this to anyone, until I recover you are not allowed to tell anyone about this even my father, secondly, don't call me Young Master from now on, just call me Huo Ye or Ace, thirdly, in fact, Yes I am already feeling the signs of healing, you see, here I can hold you in my lap..."

Huo Min didn't process the rest of what Ace said because her focus automatically went to being in his lap, her face turned red from shame and she got up very quickly before adjusting and sitting next to him as if nothing had happened, only now she knew why she was feeling the warmth she didn't want in getting up from him, that was because she was using her young master's lap as a lap pillow, damn that was too good…

Signs of healing!... Oh, did he say that or perhaps my hear play tricks on me?

"...did you really say that, young master, is it true?… You are feeling the signs of healing!!!"

An expression of disbelief replaced the previous awkward expression when she finally understood what Ace had said.

Ace was enamored with the speed with which her expressions were changing, so he quickly shook his head and let out a stupor before answering.

"Yes, when I first told you I was feeling good I meant it literally, I guess it's not that far away that I can walk tomorrow."

"Ah!!"

Huo Min covered her mouth with her hands and tears began to flow non-stop, the heat she was feeling in her heart was caused by sheer happiness at this moment, her biggest dream was exactly this... The healing of her young master!

But the pain she had stored all these years from directly experiencing Huo Ye's suffering covered that flower of happiness and started to pour out with her sad tears.

Ace he looked at her tears flowing like a river in confusion.

Why is she crying?! Did he do something bad, did he make her sad!

Even though he has a lot of memories that he still hasn't digested, Ace doesn't seem to change at all, the woman's heart is still something a mystery to him to understand.

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