A Righteous Female Knight Never Compromises!-Chapter 37 : Senpai becomes Stupid Senpai
{Chapter 37} Senpai becomes Stupid Senpai
"Idiot senpai, I'm thirsty."
"Water's coming right up!"
"Idiot senpai, I'm hungry!"
"Here's some dessert!"
At the moment, Louise and Anna were like a spoiled young lady and her dutiful servant, leaving the onlooking Helga and Atala dumbfounded.
After a flurry of activity, Anna blinked as she watched Louise enjoying her food.
"...Um, Lou, could you not call me 'idiot senpai' from now on..."
Since this morning, Louise had started calling her "idiot senpai" instead of "Anna Senpai" or just "senpai."
Although it sounded more like a term of endearment... considering that Louise had been mad at her since this morning, Anna felt it wasn't meant affectionately.
"If you're so hung up on something like this, what else can you be but an idiot senpai?" Louise snorted. "Idiot senpai."
"Fine, idiot senpai it is then."
After all, she was the one in the wrong, right?
Seeing Anna's somewhat dejected expression, Louise, in her spoiled young lady mode, couldn't help but feel a twinge of guilt.
"...I won't call you idiot senpai after a week."
"Okay!"
Watching their awkward interaction, Helga couldn't help but feel exasperated.
"That Louise, she's fallen right into Anna's trap."
"What do you mean?" Atala, still learning about interpersonal relationships, looked at Helga in confusion.
"That Anna, she's playing the pity card while being all attentive. It's a classic case of retreating to advance," Helga sighed. Atala didn't quite understand but still looked curiously at Anna and Louise in the distance.
"Retreating to advance..."
"But I really like this shrewd side of Anna too."
Seeing Helga in full "Anna can do no wrong" mode, Atala also turned her gaze to Anna.
‘What if Anna treated me like that?’
"Lady Atala, would you like some tea? Or perhaps some cake? Or...?"
...As she thought about it, a faint blush spread across Atala's face, though Helga didn't notice.
"But how long is this going to last?"
As she watched, Helga began to complain.
"Is she planning to monopolize Anna like this forever?"
"Eh... would she?"
"It's entirely possible!" Helga declared. "Anna may be shrewd, but her soft heart is her biggest weakness! And besides, isn't Louise also scheming something!"
"Looking at this, it seems like Louise is planning to use the 'slap and then give a sweet' tactic to counter Anna's retreating to advance!"
"Even if Louise's anger subsides, as long as she keeps up this slap-and-sweet routine, if Anna doesn't change her strategy, she'll be completely monopolized by Louise today!"
"Helga, you're so perceptive."
"Hehe, I did take a course on interpersonal relationships, after all!"
Puffed up by Atala's praise, Helga's metaphorical tail wagged with pride.
"Lady Anna! Lady Helga! And Lady Louise!"
However, this situation didn't last long before it was interrupted by the voice of an intelligence officer.
...
"I see, thank you for your hard work."
Finally back to their serious demeanor, Anna, Louise, Helga, and Atala, seated on the sofa, listened to the from the two intelligence officers dressed differently and bearing different family crests. Anna nodded.
"Continue to keep an eye on Duke Baggs. If there's any unusual activity, it immediately."
"Yes!" X2
Watching the two intelligence officers from different families leave, although she had already marveled at it during the simulation, Anna couldn't help but be impressed once again by the efficiency of the intelligence officers from the great families.
Thinking back to her naive attempt to infiltrate the Philsey residence to gather information, Anna felt her face burn with embarrassment.
If it weren't for the simulator, her reckless actions might have led to her demise at the hands of Philsey, just like in the simulation.
"This Duke Baggs has surprisingly weak security..."
After hearing the intelligence officers' , Helga remarked.
"Weakness could be a disguise or a lure," Louise mused, her eyes closed as she pondered the information. "It might be a trap to draw us in."
"But it could also genuinely be weak, considering it's the Duke Baggs."
Poor and sparsely populated, the pureblood faction might not value Duke Baggs, treating this duke who wants to cling to power as a useless pawn... after all, bandits could directly name him, which makes him seem like a disposable piece.
As for whether the weak security is genuine, it depends on whether the pureblood faction is willing to squeeze every last bit of value out of this pawn.
"In my opinion... it's likely a trap," Anna concluded. "If this noble is as self-preserving and 'noble' as they come, even if their fief is poor and they can't pay much in vassal taxes, their personal protection and luxuries should still be their top expenses."
"But he only has two F-rank professionals by his side? That level of security is just too poor."
"And these two F-rank professionals are quite beautiful women..."
Whether they're bodyguards or "intimate" guards is still a big question.
Although generally, the two roles can be combined...
"He also mentioned he'll be returning to Baggs County in two days?"
As Anna spoke, she immediately thought of the events in the simulation.
Tonight, her three roommates would come to see her. Scarlet, who is a teaching assistant at the Knight Academy, would be the only one not sent on a mission to Baggs County. The other two, Little Anna and Gianna, who are in the Knight Order, would be the ones going...
Little Anna is fine; she's all bark and no bite, and she often hesitates. I could probably find some excuse to keep her from going.
But if it's Gianna...
Gianna seems like the most easy going person in the dorm, always willing to help, but once she decides to do something, it's like trying to stop eight oxen.
Especially with an official order from above, someone like Gianna, who is so obedient, would never go against it...
"...As for the timing of the kidnapping, I think we should strike while Duke Baggs is on his way back to Baggs County. What do you think, Anna?" Helga asked at this moment.
"Attacking on the road would minimize the influence of the pureblood faction and reduce the unpredictability of the plan. If there are guards, they won't be much of a problem," Louise nodded.
"Anna, what do you think?"
Facing the inquiries from Helga and Louise, as well as Atala's curiosity, Anna was momentarily at a loss, suddenly wanting to reply, "I don't know."
Chapter 37 : Senpai becomes Stupid Senpai
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