A Righteous Female Knight Never Compromises!-Chapter 29 : How exactly do I do this simulation
Chapter 29 - How exactly do I do this simulation?
Polite exchanges, endless polite exchanges.
Anna felt like sitting in such a place was akin to being in prison.
The smile on Margaret's face was so bright yet so hypocritical, making Anna extremely uncomfortable.
To make matters worse, Margaret insisted on exchanging pleasantries with Anna, trying to show that she wasn't ignoring her, but Anna wished Margaret would just ignore her now.
In any case, in this social interaction, only Louise and Atala could truly engage in this hypocritical small talk with Margaret, appearing as if they were like sisters from different parents.
Meanwhile, Anna and Helga were purely the sisters who were bad at socializing, just sitting there staring blankly.
Usually, Helga would at least stuff her face with food, showing no trace of the demeanor of a noble lady or a countess, and it was well-known in the kingdom that people from Lunareth were like this, with many considering them to be barbarians.
But this fruit was really unpalatable, so much so that even Helga, who wasn't particularly picky about food, couldn't stomach it... So now, they could just sit there and stare blankly, right?
After listening to the insincere exchanges for quite some time, Margaret finally decided to let them go.
Anna admitted that Margaret was indeed one of the most beautiful women she had ever seen, but she was also the most irritating.
This was the premonition of Anna's keen intuition.
“So annoying... How am I supposed to approach Princess Mia now?”
Princess Mia was the armored person sitting in the seat, after all, Margaret had also exchanged quite a few pleasantries with Mia during the greetings.
And from the surface, the relationship between these sisters seems quite good?
“I'll go, since I'm more familiar with Mia,” Louise said without hesitation.
“Then I'll go with you,” Anna thought it would be better to accompany Louise. “After all, Princess Mia and I... we've met once before.”
Since she had already seen through my disguise, it would be unreasonable to pretend not to know her.
“Alright, then Senpai, come with me,” seeing Anna volunteer so readily, Louise, who had originally planned to take Anna with her, was secretly delighted.
She had originally intended to take the Senpai away under the pretense of needing a companion, to continue enjoying a brief moment of their own world, and was worried about how to keep Helga from being too concerned.
After all, it had just been the two of them in the carriage, and now taking the Senpai away again, Helga was sure to get upset, right?
What? Atala? Atala wouldn't mind either.
Louise was confident that Atala was not as much of a threat as Helga, and could even be an ally...
Seeing that it was Anna who had proposed the idea, Helga didn't say much.
Atala also expressed her dissatisfaction towards Anna, but didn't say anything, maintaining her usual obedient demeanor.
“Let's go then, Senpai~”
Seeing Louise's smug expression, Helga's expression immediately turned gloomy after Anna's gaze shifted away from her.
‘Hmph, you can be smug for now, just wait and see how I steal the house tonight!’
Helga had decided, since she had already broken that stupid agreement once, breaking it again... wouldn't be a problem, right?
‘You can only be smug for a while longer, just wait and see how I make your dear Senpai forget all about you tonight!’
Meanwhile, watching Helga gnashing her teeth and seemingly plotting some “bad ideas,” Atala's eyes flickered, continuing to be her usual inconspicuous self.
‘Just... have to endure a little longer~’
...
“Achoo—!”
After explaining to the palace maid that they wanted to meet Princess Mia, and since this maid was also Louise's “acquaintance,” while being led to Princess Mia's room by this maid, Anna suddenly sneezed.
“...Caught a cold?” The noise was quite loud, almost echoing throughout the palace, which made Louise somewhat worried.
“It's nothing... doesn't seem like a cold...” Anna just felt a tickle in her nose and sneezed inexplicably.
There's a rumor in the southern city-states that when someone is thinking about you, you sneeze... Could it be that someone is thinking about me?
Is it Helga or Atala? Surely not Margaret, right?
Before Anna could start her reasoning to figure out who the culprit was that caused her to sneeze, they had already been brought before Princess Mia.
“Louise!” Still wearing her armor but having removed her helmet, Mia was delighted to see Louise and initially wanted to hug her, but stopped when she saw Anna.
“Ahem... and Lady Anna, greetings...”
It was the kind of reaction that immediately became polite upon seeing an outsider.
Feels quite like me.
“Mia~ We came to chat with you.”
Louise didn't mention Mia's ascension at all, but instead found a... very ordinary excuse.
“Chat with me?” Mia, unsurprisingly, was a bit confused.
“After all, my Anna said she had met you once before in the palace, so I thought this would be a good opportunity for you to get to know each other.” When facing Mia, Louise's attitude felt like it had returned to the time when she first met Anna, that of a strong-willed young lady.
Although this strong-willed aspect occasionally showed up later, it was this version of Louise that best represents that feeling.
While Mia was still trying to figure out the situation, Anna also stepped forward:
“...Well, I just thought... if you're Lou's good friend, I should get to know you properly.”
After considering whether this statement might cause misunderstandings, Anna added:
“Definitely not because I think it's interesting to have a princess as a friend, okay?”
This sounds very tsundere, as if saying “I want to have a princess as a friend.”
...Although Anna indeed didn't want Mia as her friend, it wouldn't hurt to let Mia misunderstand.
To persuade someone, becoming surface-level friends first is also a good idea.
So how did the simulated version of myself manage to convey my thoughts to Mia in just a few hours and get her to agree after a brief consideration?
Surely I didn't just say it outright, right? That wouldn't cause any problems, would it?
Chapter 29 : How exactly do I do this simulation
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