A Righteous Female Knight Never Compromises!-Chapter 63 : Everyone's Amusement Park Trip Together
Chapter 63 - Everyone's Amusement Park Trip Together
……I feel like these three women must have planned this.
Surrounded by Louise, Helga, and Atala, Anna attracted many envious and jealous glances from passersby, but there was no pride in her heart, only a faint sense of exhaustion.
I just want to laze around at home until Princess Mia’s coronation after three consecutive days of dates, so why do I have to go out for a four-person date with my girlfriends?
Honestly, a four-person date is just too ridiculous!
Just as Anna was complaining, she caught sight of a female swordsman and a female priest accompanying a girl dressed like a country bumpkin, laughing and chatting. Occasionally, the priest would even kiss the country girl, and the swordsman seemed eager to do the same, indicating that these three weren’t as simple as they appeared……
……
Anna immediately stopped complaining.
They’re also a trio of lovers, and they seem perfectly happy with it… So, wouldn’t it be too petty of me to keep whining?
‘…But I really just want to laze around at home and sleep!’
Lounging on a recliner, basking in the sun, listening to music from the record player, sipping warm tea that soothes the soul, that’s the life Anna wants to live!
Watching her three girlfriends laugh and chat, even Louise and Helga, who used to be at each other’s throats, now seemed surprisingly harmonious. Anna couldn’t help but feel puzzled.
Her intuition told her that these three must have secretly discussed something behind her back… As for how they discussed it, well……
……
Seeing the communication bracelet on her wrist, Anna fell completely silent.
So, the communication bracelet she gave out had completely ruined her lazy life today, huh?
Now, without even thinking too hard, she knew that these three must have secretly created a group chat in the communication bracelet, planning to drag her to the amusement park early.
Excluding me from the group chat, huh?!
Anna grew angrier the more she thought about it, and the angrier she got, the more she thought about it, until she couldn’t take it anymore, she pulled Louise and Helga into her arms, embracing them both.
“What about me? What about me?” Atala leaned in from behind Anna, her voice tinged with envy and dissatisfaction.
Before Anna could respond, Atala, as nimble as a cat, slipped in front of Anna and hugged her tightly.
……
And then, with three people clinging to her, Anna couldn’t move.
Even though her strength attribute was B+, dragging these three around in public would definitely lead to social death!
“We should’ve taken a carriage,” Anna muttered after a moment of awkwardness.
“…Isn’t it nice to take a walk once in a while?” Helga, seemingly in perfect sync, stepped away from Anna and resumed her position in the group, laughing casually. “We need to move around sometimes. Riding carriages or horses all the time will make our bodies rusty, you know?”
“I don’t see any rust when we’re playing games at night,” Anna muttered under her breath.
She didn’t dare say it out loud, or it would definitely lead to social death…
“Haha… By the way, what’s fun at the amusement park? It’s my first time going…”
Helga laughed awkwardly and quickly changed the subject.
Luckily, everyone was looking forward to the amusement park, even Anna, who had been reluctant at first, couldn’t help but feel a bit excited after accepting that she had to go today.
“We’ll find out when we get there, won’t we?”
……
The amusement park tickets weren’t too expensive, at least for minor nobles, but for ordinary citizens, especially those in the outer city, it was a price they couldn’t afford.
In fact, although the ticket prices had been rising since the first court minister, they had actually seen a drop during the previous king’s reign.
The late king had wanted to promote the popularization of magic stone technology, and the price reduction was enforced by him.
However, the reduction wasn’t enough to make it accessible to ordinary citizens, and the late king’s plan to popularize magic stone technology was shelved after his death. With the current king clearly not in his right mind and confirmed to be manipulated in simulations, the popularization of magic stone technology was essentially buried.
Perhaps after Mia’s coronation, we could consider having her push for the popularization of magic stone technology?
…But it might still be difficult.
After all, many nobles, especially those of the pure-blood faction, were opposed to the popularization of magic stone technology.
Although the pure-blood faction would dissolve after Theodore’s downfall, they might still linger like a dead but not yet stiff corpse……
……
Come to think of it, Theodore hasn’t fallen yet. In fact, while he’s rarely mentioned now, he’s still living quite comfortably. According to Louise’s sources, Theodore seems to think of himself as the king.
Could it be that the mage manipulating the king is somehow connected to you?
It’s not impossible.
“Stop thinking about those things at a time like this!”
A light tap on her forehead made Anna wince and cover the spot, looking up in confusion at the person who had tapped her.
“Really, senpai, I asked if you wanted to try this, but you didn’t say anything,” Louise retracted her hand, looking a little annoyed.
“Sorry, sorry… I was lost in thought.”
Anna stuck out her tongue and gave an apologetic look.
“If you want to try it, then let’s… go…?”
…Looking at where Louise was pointing, Anna hesitated as a roller coaster whizzed by, the screams of the riders echoing loudly.
Though their screams were terrifying, maybe I’d be fine?
Seeing Helga and Atala also eager to try, Anna inexplicably felt a surge of confidence.
‘It probably just looks scary. I’m an E-rank knight, almost a D-rank knight. How could I possibly be scared of a mere roller coaster—’
“WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!”
Of course, that confidence didn’t last long.
“WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!”
Of course, the one who suggested it, Louise, was also screaming alongside Anna.
…The one who suggested it and the one who was overly confident were both screaming, while Atala and Helga, sitting behind them, were calmly enjoying the view, occasionally joining in with the screams… but they weren’t scared at all.
After a long, torturous ride, a pale-faced Anna and Louise, along with the smiling Helga and Atala, finally reunited.
“…I’m never getting on that thing again,” Anna declared outright.
“I… I think it was okay,” Louise insisted, still trying to save face.
“Let’s try something else. I saw some other interesting-looking rides over there…” Atala pointed into the distance, where a large building stood, with people coming in and out… though it seemed like people were always running out from the exit.
“…Then… let’s try that,” Anna nodded, her face still pale——
“WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!”
Why is this place a haunted house?!
Helga, you just had to buy tickets for this, didn’t you?!
Anna and Atala were so scared they ran around in chaos, while Helga continued to enjoy herself, this time with Louise as her partner in amusement.
“senpai, you’re so lame. How can you be scared of ghosts? You’re such a weakling ♥.”
Louise, completely forgetting her own embarrassing moment on the roller coaster, was now solely focused on mocking Anna.
“Who knew they’d use real ghosts in this haunted house?!”
After realizing it was a haunted house, Anna and Atala had assumed it would be like the one described in Atala’s queen’s travelogue, with people dressed as ghosts to scare visitors…
But who could’ve guessed they’d actually use real ghosts?!
These ghosts were spirits who, due to certain circumstances, hadn’t been able to reincarnate. After being pacified, they decided to work in the haunted house to pass the time… and it was highly effective. After all, these ghosts had been malevolent spirits before, with real experience in scaring people…
After leaving the haunted house, Atala, who had suggested going there but then lost all composure and jumped onto Anna in fear, only to find Anna equally terrified, now looked completely withdrawn.
“Atala, are you really scared of ghosts?”
“…My mother used to scare me with ghost stories when I was little.”
That one sentence was enough to explain Atala’s trauma.
There are two types of kids who grow up being scared by ghost stories: those who become indifferent to them and aren’t easily frightened, and those who develop a deep-seated fear of ghosts.
“You guys are just too weak,” Helga, who hadn’t been scared by either of the two rides, mocked her two “rivals” and even took a jab at her lover. “Getting scared by these things? What a bunch of weaklings.”
This taunt earned her glares from Anna, Louise, and Atala.
But if gravity-induced fear couldn’t scare Helga, and the haunted house couldn’t scare her, what could?
……
“WAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!”
“I’m sorry! I won’t mock you anymore! Take me with you!”
Seeing Anna and the others preparing to ride the carousel without her, Helga started screaming in panic.
“Go buy us snacks! Who told you to mock me?” Anna puffed up like an angry little hamster.
“I’m sorry!!!”
And so, the method to control Helga was discovered.
Of course, in the end, Anna couldn’t bear to see Helga acting so pitiful, so the four of them spent a hefty sum to rent the carousel for about ten minutes, thoroughly enjoying the experience of riding it.
…Even though they’ve all ridden horses before and aren’t exactly children with a sense of wonder… the youthful spirit remains. Sitting on the carousel, with the dreamy music playing, it felt almost as satisfying as lazing around at home… right?
Chapter 63 : Everyone's Amusement Park Trip Together
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