Blessing Of Yuri Goddess-Chapter 436 - 28 - A Praises

Somehow, I understood my Goddess’s words well.

Yuna’s gaze, who glancing at Hikari, betrayed her displeasure, but it wasn’t malicious enough to get a divine punishment from the Goddess of Destruction. The displeasure on her face, stemmed from a rivalry between someone working behind the scenes and someone taking action in front of everyone.

This is similar to Princess Anastasia, who is seriously ill and physically unable to leave her room. She controls the politics and economy of the Aurora Kingdom from the shadows, avoiding public view, claiming she is too busy managing the Aurora Kingdom behind the scenes.

Even though reality says otherwise, the impact of Princess Anastasia’s movements behind the scenes is felt clearly by the civilians living in the Aurora Kingdom.

I’m sure Yuna has done something worthy of praise, just as Hikari deserves praise for working so hard to survive in this tense situation due to the mistakes her parents made.

The problem of Duchess Kaori’s territory who being invaded by plant monsters has become a matter that must be held by the mother and daughter, as a family who responsible for this issue.

However, for urgent matters that need to be resolved behind the scenes, Duchess Kaori relies on Yuna and Shiori to handle them as an important person she trusts. The gold pins they wear are proof of their ability to handle matters within Duchess Kaori’s domain from behind the scenes.

The words from my Goddess that gave some clues about Yuna’s emotions had made me pay more attention to her than Hikari.

From the outside, Yuna and Hikari already have different personalities from each other.

I knew about that...

What I have a problem with this time is Yuna’s emotions, which are hard to predict from her flat facial expression, but she has negative emotions that she can’t hide.

I took a deep breath and walked towards Duchess Kaori, who was standing beside Yuna and Shiori, with the main goal of neutralizing Yuna’s emotions, which were about to erupt.

Tap...

Tap...

Walking leisurely and holding the cursed Odachi sheath, I looked like I wanted to leave this old castle town as soon as I finished my business with Jeanne and Furina. Duchess Kaori couldn’t control her facial expression to remain blank and smiled awkwardly at me. Before Duchess Kaori could say a word, I preempted her by saying some envious words to calm Yuna’s unstable emotions.

At least, that’s all I can do for now...

"You really are lucky, aren’t you, Duchess Kaori?" I said, continuing to walk, speaking in a formal, slightly tired tone.

"I-I’m lucky?" Duchess Kaori replied, acting relaxed and looking at me as I continued to approach her.

"Yes, you’re very fortunate as a noblewoman. Do you know why you’re so fortunate compared to other nobles?" I played with my words, trying to steer the conversation in a less serious direction, so I could get home quickly and after fulfill my small goal of calming Yuna’s negative emotions.

"..." Hearing my casual question, Duchess Kaori seemed to understand my intention of wanting to go home immediately after the problem in this old castle town was resolved.

I also want to go home quickly before my Goddess makes another weird request, like kissed Hikari in public, it was embarrassing and made everyone remember about me as a weird girl who kissed a girl in public place... without finding a proper place to do it.

If my Goddess made another weird request... like to Yuna in public place like this, I was certain that my dignity as noblewoman and my public image would change in the eyes of civilian as a noble girl who didn’t care about where to kiss girl in public area.

[ Fufu~ Doesn’t that sound good? ]

[ It’s just like a girl who loves her partner too much, right? ]

[ There’s no shame in admitting it, Lily-chan... ]

I almost wished that my Goddess wouldn’t mess up this tactic and plan of mine to make Yuna emotions stable, but it seemed like it was too late after my Goddess intervened in the problem I was trying to solve.

[ Oh, about this one. I won’t interfere too much. That’s because I know Lily-chan will definitely do something about it. ]

[ A girl who is jealous after her rival is so close to an important figure, who is equal to a Saintess... ]

[ Fufu~ If this unique and tense situation continues to happen, I’m really looking forward to seeing Lily-chan’s panicked expression as she tries to solve her "love is war" problem in her own way. ]

Ugh, why does that sound like such a hassle things to do?

"I do know how fortunate I am about this, Lily-sama," said Duchess Kaori as she looked up at the sky and observed the giant cherry blossom crown flying high above the sky of the old castle town as a mark of the sacred territory of the Goddess of Destruction.

"That’s one lucky break you’ve had, even though you almost threw that one fortunate away," I replied in a sarcastic, half-joking tone.

Sttuubb!!

"Uguh!! Those words sound painful to me, Lily-sama," said Duchess Kaori while holding her breasts with her hands and groaning in pain.

"Because that’s what would happen if you didn’t agree my offer, right?" I replied, smiling at Duchess Kaori.

"T-That’s right, it’s a good thing I didn’t refuse the offer," Duchess Kaori replied in a weak tone and lowered her head.

"Just try it if you refuse that offer, maybe you will only get two lucky breaks," I replied while still smiling sarcastically at Duchess Kaori.

So far, my plan to create a calm atmosphere for casual conversation has been going smoothly.

"I-I’m not refusing the offer, stop teasing me like this..." said Duchess Kaori while puffing out her cheeks, which didn’t look cute for an adult woman, even though her body had become that of a young woman.

Sometimes, physical appearance and age cannot deceive the true attitude of being mature in doing something.

It wasn’t a bad thing to regret for Duchess Kaori, though.

"Sorry if I always tease you all the time, Kaori," I said while standing in front of Duchess Kaori and looking at Yuna, who was still glancing sharply at Hikari, who was talking with her Mentors.

From this close distance, I could sense Yuna’s intense jealousy and envy. A feelings that could be hidden behind a blank expression, but couldn’t be hidden by the negative emotions who slowly seeping from her body.

"Besides your luck with this old castle town being the sacred territory of the Goddess of Destruction, you also have a talented daughter who is capable of taking back your territory from the clutches of the plant monster invasion," I continued while looking at Hikari and turning back to look at Yuna, who was biting her lip even more.

The jealousy and envy that she felt would explode any minute, but I was prepared for it by giving her praise that was able to extinguish the envy that was filling her feelings.

"Also, you are also lucky to have Yuna and Shiori, who always help you with your work as a Duchess from behind the scenes." With simple words like these, I tried to calm the negative emotions that Yuna was feeling.

"Eh?" Hearing my words that suddenly praised her, of course, it made Yuna smile and be surprised at the same time.

"I-I’m the thing’s that make... Duchess Kaori’s lucky ones?" Yuna asked after her expressionless face, slowly biting her lip, listening to my compliment.

It seems, the bait I used has been eaten by Yuna, who is now interested in this conversation.

"Yes, you are certainly one of Duchess Kaori’s lucky few. To be honest, I would rather meet with you and your mother to resolve the issue regarding the Goddess of Destruction Shrine than meet with Duchess Kaori. That’s because you and your mother take care of every domestic matter in this old castle town, right?" I said, exaggerating my praise to elevate Yuna and Shiori’s status as important figures I could rely on over Duchess Kaori.

With such great management skills, why does a girl as beautiful as Yuna have such high levels of envy and jealousy?

I’m starting to wonder about this one issue...

"Lily-sama, it’s not that I don’t understand every problem that’s happening in this old castle town! I’m just too busy to handle several problems happening at once!" Duchess Kaori speak louder, as if voicing her protest to me.

"No, Auntie, you are indeed terrible at handling some domestic matters, and I have to solve them myself. Especially with the matters related to... Ugh! That useless uncle of mine," Yuna said with a happy smile, but her voice thinned at the end.

Yuna’s gaze fell upon the fat nobleman who still lying on the ground, his body still pinned down by the wooden door of the luxurious horse-drawn carriage. Seeing him sprawled on the ground, not even trying to get up, made me want to stab him in the ass with the sheath of my odachi.

But, that would definitely feel disgusting...

And I’m sure, Momo would feel disgusted too after the tip of her Odachi sheath stabbed the fat nobleman’s butt.

There’s no other choice but to ignore it, huh?

"He’s really bothering Jeanne and Furina," I replied while glaring at the fat nobleman and holding my cursed Odachi sheath tightly.

"I’ve also seen how he threatened Jeanne and Furina... like summoning or bring Duchess Kaori with him. It’s so childish to threaten someone like that... It would be better to threat someone by pressing a weapon to the neck, right?" I continued, joking a little.

"I don’t think he can carry out a threat like that, even holding a knife to cut meat at the dining table always fails. I really feel ashamed of my own uncle, my Monarch..." Yuna said while sighing heavily and looking exhausted at every matter related to her own family.

Seeing such an opportunity, I smiled in front of Yuna and got ready to hug her.

"You must be having trouble with this kind of family, right?"

"Want me to pat your head to ease your worries?"

My hands were getting ready to hug Yuna, but the one who answered my question was not Yuna but Shiori, who had been standing silently beside Yuna.

"Sob! I’m really having a hard time taking care of my family, my Monarch!" Shiori screamed as she threw herself forward and fell into my arms.

Buugghh...

My body was suddenly hugged by an adult woman who suddenly cried hysterically in my arms.

"Huuueee!! My family is really difficult to manage!"

"They are really troublesome!"

While hugging my body, Shiori cried hysterically as if conveying the suffering she always experienced as an important person who worked behind the scenes.