A Righteous Female Knight Never Compromises!-Chapter 74 : Jealous
Chapter 74 - Jealous? Then let's play a game!
“Anna isn't here today either, huh?”
With a smiling face, wearing eye-catching attire, and possessing elegant manners, Duchess Lusha was at least externally speaking, a top-tier beauty.
‘Of course, she still doesn't compare to my three girlfriends!’
Such personal aesthetic judgment from Anna didn't affect others' pursuit of Duchess Lusha. Wealthy, powerful, and beautiful, with a marriage relationship that's practically nonexistent with her husband, what a premium rich widow!
However, this rich widow seemed to only be interested in women. Upon learning this, many knights who had hoped to approach this wealthy lady were greatly disappointed... Although some knights actually saw this as an opportunity.
Without exception, those knights who seized the opportunity were all pretty girls. Among them were even classmates from Anna's year.
These were all intelligence gathered by Louise's subordinates. After learning this information, Anna became even more afraid of the Duchess.
In fact, Anna even started worrying about her own girlfriends. After all, all three of them were beauties. What if this Duchess didn't target Anna, but targeted her girlfriends instead?
Although Anna trusted the three of them... One can never be too careful about thieves eyeing her possessions.
Thus, after spending a night “with plugins,” during which Louise took over midway and found it quite novel, Anna decided to stay home today and keep a close watch on Duchess Lusha.
So Anna started monitoring the reception room.
Frankly speaking, if Anna had to talk with Duchess Lusha face-to-face, Anna was afraid that instead of her girlfriends being taken away, Anna would be the one convinced first.
‘Everyone else has strong willpower, but I definitely don't!’
Although Duchess Lusha's behavior was indeed quite flirtatious, Anna had to admit... that Duchess Lusha looked absolutely amazing, probably in bed too...
Ahem! No! Anna! What are you thinking!
Quickly stopping those inappropriate thoughts in her head, Anna continued watching the reception room.
“Anna isn't absent today, but she's feeling unwell and couldn't come out to meet you.”
“That's alright, health is most important.”
A round of polite exchanges. The Duchess could see Louise was lying, Louise knew the Duchess knew she was lying, the Duchess knew that Louise knew that she knew Louise was lying... Well, anyway, the two silently understood each other and went through the motions of their verbal fencing.
“Then, regarding the matter of cooperation...”
What came next wasn't something Anna found interesting.
To summarize, both sides reached a certain consensus regarding supporting Mia. The Duchess expressed firm support for Queen Mia and promised to do her part on the designated day, in exchange for a certain amount of money and supplies…
That was basically all the considerable information. Anna didn't understand how these two could stretch such polite small talk into a three-hour session. Anna was nearly falling asleep listening.
How can there be people this overly polite!
Oh, but Louise wasn't just being polite, she was buttering her up with sweet talk!
And as for the content of these conversations... Anna felt like these two probably talked about the exact same things the other day, just using different phrasing...
So Anna deeply admires those nobles. Something that could be explained in two or three sentences somehow stretched into two or three hours of rambling...
‘What? Am I too noble? Never mind then.’
...
After chatting sufficiently, the Duchess stepped in at the time and stood up.
“It's about time. I still have some matters to attend to, and today I've already troubled you enough...”
“Not at all, I enjoyed our conversation very much.”
“On the contrary, it's always enlightening speaking with Miss Louise.”
“Please, I should be thanking the Duchess for your guidance...”
Even saying goodbye required this much politeness. How annoying.
Anna thought they should probably make an appearance now. Since Anna could tell from the opening formalities, the other party not only knew Anna was in the mansion, but also knew Anna wasn't actually suffering from the “illness” Louise described, perhaps even suspecting Anna was watching them somehow.
Anna would probably have to go through some polite formalities too...
Anna checked her outfit to ensure there were no issues, not wearing that cat-eared maid costume from last night, but rather her regular, proper attire (purchased by Louise).
These fancy outfits Louise bought were only useful when receiving nobles like this.
When Louise escorted the Duchess out of the reception hall, they just happened to run into Anna, who was pretending to be weak and ill.
“Duchess Lusha, I've failed to greet you properly on multiple visits, please forgive me.” Anna coughed slightly a few times, appearing as if they might collapse from a gust of wind.
“Oh my! Miss Anna, please go back and rest!” Seeing Anna's condition, Duchess Lusha at least verbally expressed sincere concern... though Anna immediately caught the mocking glint in her eyes.
“At least let me... see you off... cough... cough..." Anna coughed a few more times, her face becoming even paler.
Thankfully her ears were already hidden beneath their hair. If others saw her ears turning bright red, they'd definitely be found out.
‘Damn it! Is it because I've been touched by my girlfriends too many times?!’ Anna felt that instead of her ears becoming less sensitive, they were actually even more sensitive now.
Back then, hair brushing against her ears never bothered them, but now even strands of hair grazing her ears made them feel uneasy...
In a certain sense, Anna really might be “unwell.”
“That's too much trouble... Please rest, Miss Anna...”
...
Once Anna started exchanging pleasantries herself, it might waste a few more minutes.
Anyway, after finally seeing off this Duchess, Anna breathed a sigh of relief.
“Senpai, how do you feel?” Louise suddenly asked when she saw Anna, who had suddenly stopped pretending to be sick.
“What do you mean, 'how do I feel'?”
“How do you feel seeing me chatting with that woman?”
“...”
Is this girl trying to test whether I'm jealous?
What nonsense? If anyone would be unfaithful between us, it'd definitely be you, Louise, not me!
Anna smirked coldly, then suddenly hugged Louise tightly.
“What do you think?”
“I think Senpai is jealous.” Louise murmured against Anna's chest.
“Exactly! I'm jealous!”
Anna copied what the girls often did to them, and licked Louise's ear.
Although a normal human ear wouldn't be as sensitive as Anna's half-elf ears, being interacted with like this still caused some reaction.
Not to mention Anna's actions weren't just a simple lick... Her hands had also started wandering.
“Senpai, feeling playful?”
Louise, noting Anna's restless intentions (and actions), struggles to lift her face from Anna's embrace, wearing a mischievous grin.
But then, Anna suddenly felt her body lose balance,
Caught off guard, Anna was pinned to the ground by Louise!
Louise used her “gaming request,” and the effect was outstanding!
Chapter 74 : Jealous
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