As Gudako laid on her bed, staring at the ceiling, she listened.
There were no sounds of Servants causing a commotion in the halls. She couldn't hear the shuffling of anyone crawling through the vents in an attempt to get to her room. And there was no regular guest in her room to talk with.
All in all, if someone asked her, she'd have to say she was still adjusting to all the Servants being gone from Chaldea.
She was happy she'd gotten to enjoy Christmas Eve with all of them, at least, but now that they were gone she felt a loneliness and sadness creeping into her chest, even though her friends among Chaldea's staff were still there.
Gudako sat up from her bed, and looked around the room, noting it was still quite messy after the party.
Of course, with how Amakusa had been taking care of cleaning it on a regular basis, she hadn't thought to include it among the list of places to clean up after the party. She mused that what with everything they'd been through, it was somewhat funny that the first time she really noticed the Ruler's gone was when she noticed he's stopped cleaning.
"…" She felt a twinge of regret inside her, thinking about the things she never told him, but at the same time she knew she made the right decision: she'd always known he was going to leave Chaldea together with the other Servants once things had finally settled down, so telling him would've just made his last few days here awkward.
Gudako stood up and walked over to her reindeer costume, which Santa Altria Alter had forced her into just before the party.
It was lying in a crumpled heap on the ground, so she picked it up and chucked it into the clothing basket. She supposed that for starters, she'd clean her own room while she still could.
I think this is the shortest chapter for this fic I've written so far, but no worries: I'll be posting another chapter soon to make up for that!
And yes, I'm already continuing with the Lostbelt chapters. With how the game's decided events will take place around the Epic of Remnant chapters, it means this is going to be the 'latest' chapter for a while. That also means we're going to be in relationship limbo at the same time, but I promise that when we do finally reach the point Gudako can canonically interact with her Servants again, their relationship's going to pick up soon!
