A Righteous Female Knight Never Compromises!-Chapter 31 : How come questions keep getting weird
Chapter 31 - How come questions keep getting weird
Did Princess Mia already notice our intentions?
Anna, sitting on the side, and Louise, who was in the middle of a game with Mia, exchanged glances, both seeing surprise in each other's eyes.
“...Indeed.”
Since Mia asked, there was no need to keep hiding it anymore.
“We are here... to discuss and cooperate with you, Mia.”
At this point, Louise didn't continue but instead looked at Anna with a rare pleading expression.
It seemed she wanted Anna to bring up the matter of cooperation.
Anna nodded, understanding why Louise wanted her to speak.
Since she wasn't very familiar with Mia, if she were the one to speak, even if rejected, it wouldn't make the friendship between Louise and Mia awkward.
“We plan to have you become the leader of the royal faction, even ascend to the throne.” After thinking for a while, Anna, who wasn't very good at communication, couldn't think of a more tactful way to say it and just laid it all out.
“...Me, become the leader of the royal faction...” Mia's hand, holding a chess piece, stopped mid-air as she nervously changed around.
“Please wait a moment.”
Mia quickly put down the chess piece and stood up, a small magic circle appeared in her hand.
Then, with a snap of her fingers, Anna could sense that a barrier had been set up around them.
“A soundproof barrier?”
“Yes.” Mia smiled wryly. “To say it so directly, if my elder sister sends someone to monitor me...”
“If Margaret sends someone to monitor you, just a soundproof barrier like this won't be of much use,” Louise said.
“...You're right.”
A mere second-tier magic; some high-level assassins could partially break the barrier without alerting the owner and eavesdrop with no problem.
“No help for it, I'm only an E-level caster, after all.”
“...Mia, you've become a professional too?” This news greatly surprised Louise.
“Isn't that normal? After all, you've become a professional, Louise, and the knight you always wanted to be as a child.” Mia sat back down, her tone relaxing again.
“So... can you tell me? Why choose me... and not my elder sister.”
...
Just like in the simulation, after explaining her concerns for the future and her distrust of Margaret, Mia fell into deep thought.
Anna was also quite unsure, nervously waiting for Mia's reply.
This was different from the simulation, where they asked Mia at a banquet a few days later.
If they settled things here, whether the banquet would even happen was uncertain.
Choosing to have Louise bring her to meet Mia this early also had a bit of Anna's own selfishness, Anna really didn't want to wear that outfit.
Although she had worn those dresses before, it was mostly to show off to her girlfriends. To actually wear them out to attend those banquets, Anna's sense of shame wasn't enough to make her do such a thing.
Even though at night she was yearning for others to come to her bed, in such situations, she still had a strange sense of shame. Truly, Anna.
“Please allow me to consider for a while.” After a moment of contemplation, Mia said, “After all, this is a significant matter, I need to think it over carefully.”
“Alright... please contact me through this when you've decided.”
Anna took out a bracelet with intricate carvings from her spatial ring. This was a communication bracelet she bought this morning for 100 achievement points, capable of sending short messages of up to fifty words, the price... at least it was reasonable.
When will there be another sale like the one for the spatial ring?
However, although it costs 100 achievement points, it thoughtfully came with four bracelets, averaging out to 25 points each, which was pretty good.
...The reason Anna thought it was good was that later, while browsing the achievement point mall, she saw a single communication bracelet for sale.
[Communication Bracelet (single): 40 achievement points]
15 points cheaper, isn't that a good deal?
...Of course, in the end, those 40 points still had to be spent.
After all, with only four bracelets, excluding the one for Princess Mia and herself, how to divide the remaining two among three people.
“With this bracelet, you just need to channel mana into it to chat with whoever has the bracelet.”
As she said this, Anna, who had already taken off her gloves, showed the bracelet on her wrist.
“Senpai!”
As expected, seeing Anna give Mia such a thing, Louise was not pleased,
“What about me?”
“You have one too.” Anna knew Louise would want one and took out another bracelet to give to her.
“That's more like it~” Louise eagerly put the bracelet on her wrist, which automatically adjusted to fit her size.
“...Um... can I ask a few more questions?” After putting on the bracelet, Mia looked at Anna, “Is that okay?”
“Of course... we hope you will cooperate with us, asking some things you should know is only right.” Anna nodded.
“Then... Why do you, Anna, harbor such distrust towards my elder sister?”
“...It's simple.” Anna had already prepared her response, although it was also quite outrageous.
“Before coming, Helga had always been quite distrustful of Princess Margaret.”
“And after meeting Princess Margaret... my intuition told me that cooperating with her would not end well.”
This was a complete lie; when Anna met Margaret, her intuition had no reaction at all. But that didn't mean Anna couldn't use her intuition as an excuse.
Although...
“Intuition... just... intuition?” Mia was somewhat incredulous.
“...Indeed.”
“Senpai's intuition is very accurate.” Louise also began to explain, “Senpai and I... have encountered many life-threatening situations, but every time it was resolved by Senpai's intuition.”
“I feel Senpai's intuition has reached the level of 'prophecy'.” As she said this, Louise also looked at Anna with a bit of suspicion.
“Louise…” Hearing even Louise say so, although it might also be the case of “love is blind,” Mia's worries and suspicions dissipated a bit.
“...Then, can I continue to ask questions?” After sorting out her thoughts a bit, Mia continued.
“Of course, I'll tell you everything I know.” Anna nodded.
“Then... Can you tell me how you got Louise and others to get along so well?” At this point, Mia's face immediately returned to that look of anticipation and excitement, “I've always been curious! How could Louise tolerate others openly liking the same person as her~”
“???”
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Chapter 31 : How come questions keep getting weird
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