“I regret finding out too late. If I had known back then and hadn’t resisted at all, I wonder how delicious Princess Liana’s expression would have been?”

“...”

“If I had nodded at that time, would Liana have really dared to touch me all over? Or would she have exposed herself? I’m curious, but it seems I missed my chance.” Loraviel extended her index finger and lifted Liana’s chin. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

“As a maid, one shouldn’t be so disrespectful to her lady.” Liana wasn’t using her status as the lady to pressure Loraviel; compared to a true master-servant relationship, Liana preferred this way of interaction.

Besides, with everything they had experienced and all that had happened between them, their relationship could no longer be described as an ordinary master-servant one. After all, what servant would ignore her lady’s orders and directly pin her down? How could that be proper!

Because Liana didn’t know either, but she could be certain that she truly wouldn’t have dared. Back then, she really was just an innocent blank page; she truly wouldn’t have known what to do.

Liana was only saying these things now because she was embarrassed, but this gave Loraviel another opportunity.

Loraviel withdrew her hand, stood up, and straightened her maid uniform, standing formally beside Liana.

“What’s wrong?” Liana was confused by Loraviel’s sudden behavior. What was she doing?

“Do you have any orders, Princess Liana?” Loraviel’s tone was extremely cold and calm, sounding devoid of any emotion, a voice without any warmth.

“Loraviel?”

“I’m here.”

“...Stop that.”

“This is how I should be. This is how I should have always been. I am your maid and cannot cross boundaries or do disrespectful things. I should maintain reverence for my lady, respect her—that’s what a maid should do.” Loraviel said.

“Stop joking around.” Liana rolled her eyes at Loraviel. She knew, of course, that Loraviel was teasing her. “Keep this up and I’ll get angry.”

“So, did Princess Liana feel relieved at that time?” Loraviel relaxed again, reaching out to pinch Liana’s cheek.

She was very clear about her role as a maid, knowing when to show respect to her lady and when to be more relaxed. She could distinguish between the two.

Now, when they were alone, she would act more casually.

No matter how much they went in circles, Loraviel hadn’t forgotten this topic.

Is it really necessary to talk about this?

“It’s fine if you don’t want to say it. Anyway, things are good as they are now, aren’t they?” The answer was already written on Liana’s face. Even without saying it, Loraviel knew.

“A...a little bit, but just a little.” Liana was still being stubborn.

At that time, Liana truly felt like she had been saved. If Loraviel hadn’t resisted, what should she have done? Having gone that far, not following through would have exposed her, but going further would have led to even more problems.

Fortunately, Loraviel had resisted and left the room, which was a huge help.

“Ah, I really regret it so much, I resisted, and missed out...”

“Missed out on what?”

Loraviel was wondering, if things had progressed back then, would she have been Princess Liana’s first time?

After all, Princess Liana looked so pure; she didn’t seem like someone who had encountered such things before.

But on that day, Loraviel could confirm that Princess Liana had just been bullied by Princess Mephilia, because just a light touch and Princess Liana couldn’t handle it, and Princess Liana’s body still carried Princess Mephilia’s scent.

Moreover, at that time, Princess Liana’s body was emitting a strong... scent, as if she were yearning for something, ready to be enjoyed directly.

“Nothing.” Loraviel looked outside. The rain had started to stop, {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} and there wasn’t much sun either, which was good weather for Mephilia.

“Princess Liana, how has your magic practice been going recently? Is there anything I can help with?” Loraviel asked.

Loraviel didn’t consider her use of magic to be particularly top-tier, but it was sufficient to teach Princess Liana.

“Magic...” Liana thought of something. “Loraviel, there actually are some things I need your help with.”

“Alright, Princess Liana, please tell me, and I’ll help you with anything,” Loraviel responded.

Some gems appeared in Liana’s palm. This was Loraviel’s first real encounter with Liana’s magic. She wasn’t very clear about what kind of magic Princess Liana had.

But her impression was that Her Highness probably had some creation-type magic, using gems to create various items.

“Simply put, I can use gems to create various items, but these gems also function like magic stones, able to store magic for my use.” Liana briefly introduced her magic.

Loraviel held one, turning it in her hand, and indeed could feel something familiar.

“Just do as you did during the magician’s examination. Pay attention to the amount of magic stored, but don’t worry too much—my gems are more durable than magic stones. Even if you exceed the capacity a bit, it’s fine.” Liana said.

Loraviel infused her magic. Unlike the poison magic in Liana’s memory, it wasn’t a greasy green magic or black magic.

Loraviel’s mana was deceptive, a light purple color. Soon, an “amethyst” appeared in Loraviel’s hand.

“Is this poison magic?” Liana asked.

“Poison magic?” Loraviel was somewhat confused. “Princess Liana, this isn’t poison magic. It’s just very ordinary mana. I didn’t use any magic at all. Princess Liana has never taken a magic examination, so it’s normal that you wouldn’t know.” An excellent maid should always be ready to cover for her master.

“Oh, um, of course I knew that.” Liana coughed lightly to ease the awkwardness, then produced another gem and handed it to Loraviel. “This time, infuse your poison magic into it.”

“Alright.”

Liana had been thinking, how could anyone’s poison magic look like that?

But the result was that even when Loraviel used poison magic, her mana was still purple.

Liana reached out her hand, but this time, Loraviel didn’t give the gem to Liana. “Princess Liana, what are you planning to use this for?”

“Hmm?” Liana tilted her head, looking rather cute. “What’s wrong? Are you worried I’ll do something bad?”

“I’m not worried about that, because Princess Liana is Princess Liana. What I’m worried about is that Princess Liana might be in danger,” Loraviel said.

Although Loraviel was currently using the simplest, most basic, and least harmful poison, if someone were affected, they would still suffer for a while.

And Loraviel wasn’t sure if the gem in her hand could withstand her poison magic.

“What danger is there?” Liana asked.

“Poison itself is inherently dangerous. The slightest mistake can cause tremendous pain. In others’ eyes, someone who deals with poison daily is no different from a monster.” Loraviel said.

“I will not allow you to speak about yourself that way.” Liana interrupted Loraviel. “Your ability is powerful, and you haven’t harmed any innocent people, so why would you call yourself a monster?” Liana objected.

“But not everyone thinks that way.” Loraviel said.

“At least I don’t think that way, so I won’t allow you to call yourself a monster in front of me.” Liana didn’t like seeing Loraviel like this and didn’t want to see her this way.

“That’s why I said, ‘in others’ eyes.’ Princess Liana, you are not them.” Loraviel smiled. “I don’t care how others see me. Monster or maid, as long as I can help Princess Liana, that’s the best version of me.”

“Loraviel...” Liana’s heart skipped a beat.

“So, before we continue, take this antidote to avoid any accidents.” A pill appeared in Loraviel’s hand.

Actually, there was a more efficient method—kissing, or...

After all, Loraviel’s body fluids were the best antidote in this world, but Loraviel wouldn’t do that. She knew that she couldn’t be proactive yet.

Princess Liana was still shy. Although she had verbally accepted Loraviel, Princess Liana’s instincts might still resist these things.

After all, she had forced her way in. It was already a joy that Princess Liana could accept her, so she naturally wouldn’t do anything inappropriate.

Maybe one day, when Princess Liana was willing to actively seek her out, then at that time...

“Okay.” Liana took Loraviel’s pill and felt a warm sensation in her body.

“Even if you’ve taken the antidote, you should still be careful.” Loraviel patiently reminded her.

“I know.” Liana didn’t feel impatient, after all, the other person was concerned about her.

Liana took the gem from Loraviel’s hand and placed it in her palm. It felt a bit hot. If Liana hadn’t known beforehand, she might have thought this was fire magic.

Liana led Loraviel to an area specially used for training and testing magic.

Yes, a dedicated training ground. Mephilia had already arranged it for Liana. Next to the training ground, there was even a library protected by Minoga’s barrier.

Only Mephilia and Liana could enter. Inside were copies of many magic books, enough to keep Liana reading for a long time.

But Liana’s current goal wasn’t the library, but the training dummies in the training ground.

These training dummies were very expensive because they were engraved with many healing, restoration, and defense spells, allowing them to slowly repair themselves after taking magical attacks.

Liana was truly being pampered by Mephilia in every way.

Liana reached under her skirt...

“Princess Liana, are you looking for this?” A gem gun appeared in Loraviel’s hand. Yesterday, while they were busy, Loraviel had felt something interfering with her when she was touching Liana’s leg, so she had removed it.

“Yes.” Liana took the gun and loaded it with bullets.

Finally, she aimed and fired at the training dummy.

The bullet accurately hit the dummy’s head, causing some damage.

But it didn’t merely hit the dummy. Soon, Loraviel’s poison began to spread from the dummy’s head, causing a large area of poison to cover it.

However, because Loraviel was concerned about causing harm to Liana, she had used only the most basic, lowest-level, least damaging poison, which didn’t cause any substantial damage to the dummy.

‘So it works?’

Liana was quite satisfied with this result. This was like a substitute for a bow and arrow.

“Loraviel, try to see if you can infuse a stronger poison into my gem.” Liana crafted another gem.

“Stronger?” Loraviel increased the level a bit, but...

“It melted?!” Liana looked at the completely corroded gem. “Looks like I’m still too weak.”

Since the previous one had worked, there was no reason this one shouldn’t. There was only one possibility—her magic was simply too weak to be a container for Loraviel’s spells.

This situation had occurred before: fire magic would melt it, ice magic would turn it directly into an ice cube.

“Loraviel, what level are you at now?” Liana asked curiously.

“Just a Novice Executor.” Loraviel said.

“Huh? ‘Just’?” Liana looked at Loraviel in disbelief. Was she rocketing up the ranks? So fast? No wonder her gems couldn’t withstand it.

Loraviel’s rate of progress was probably faster than Mephilia’s now, right?

But she wasn’t entirely sure, since she hadn’t asked Mephilia about this in a long time.

However, one thing Liana could be certain of was, “You’ve really worked hard during this time.”

Loraviel’s progress was inseparable from her daily efforts. Her body had probably become so thin partly because of this.

She had truly been working desperately hard for Liana’s sake.

Liana could roughly understand what Loraviel was thinking. She was just a maid with no background; her status and position were far below Liana’s and Mephilia’s.

If she didn’t work twice as hard, she wouldn’t be qualified to stay by Liana’s side.

“It was indeed very hard.” Loraviel’s answer surprised Liana a bit; she had thought Loraviel wouldn’t say such things to her.

“After all, I could only learn about Princess Liana’s news through the magic stone during rest time. Not being able to see Princess Liana was truly painful. And after getting used to warming your bed, it’s hard to fall asleep without Princess Liana by my side.”

Liana should not have asked...

Liana quickly came up with a new idea. If poison magic didn’t work, largely because it was an attack-type magic, more volatile and difficult to control, then what about utility-type magic?

Could Loraviel’s speed magic also be stored in gems?

But the gem bullets would cause damage when fired. How could this damage be eliminated?

Rather than thinking too much, Liana preferred to experiment.

“Loraviel, infuse speed magic into the gem.” Liana said.

“Mm, acceleration or deceleration?”

“Acceleration.”

“Mm.” Loraviel nodded, and soon a gem appeared in her hand, still purple, with no apparent changes.

And next...

Liana pointed the gun barrel at her own palm, but the next second, Liana felt the world turn upside down.

“Princess Liana! What are you doing?”

Liana came to her senses and found herself lying on the ground, her hand holding the gun firmly pressed down by Loraviel.

“I was just testing whether it would work.” Liana said.

“But you can’t test it like that. Princess Liana would definitely get hurt.” Loraviel had just seen that the bullet’s speed was so fast that even without any magic, the impact on Princess Liana’s hand would surely hurt her.

“It would just hurt a bit, no big deal.” Although Liana was very afraid of pain, this was for an experiment after all. It was something she had to try.

“Then you can use it on me, Princess Liana. I’m stronger than you, so you don’t need to worry about me getting hurt.” Loraviel said.

“Well...”

Liana knew very well that this was a dangerous thing to do, which was why she didn’t want to use it on Loraviel.

A lot different from her treatment of Minoga...

Loraviel could also see what Princess Liana wanted to experiment with.

Simply put, could Princess Liana’s projectiles remotely apply her acceleration magic to others?

“Besides, Princess Liana, I definitely understand speed magic better than you, don’t I? If there’s any problem, I can identify it immediately.” Loraviel said.

“...That’s true.” Loraviel’s reasoning made sense.

And her attack shouldn’t be much of a concern for Loraviel.

“Then you must be careful about your safety.” Now it was Liana’s turn to nag Loraviel.

“Mm.” Loraviel didn’t use any defensive magic.

Liana aimed at Loraviel’s calf, avoiding vital areas.

If she really got hurt, with her lower attack power and Loraviel’s healing magic, recovery should be quick.

Liana took a deep breath and bit her lip.

But she couldn’t pull the trigger for a long time.

“What’s wrong, Princess Liana?”

What could be wrong? Although Liana knew very well that her attack wouldn’t cause any substantial harm to Loraviel, actually pulling the trigger still required some mental preparation.

“Nothing. Just be ready, I’m starting now.”

“Ready whenever you are.”

After hearing Loraviel’s response, Liana pulled the trigger. The bullet loaded with speed magic was faster than ordinary bullets.

Liana was fully concentrated. Just as the bullet was about to hit Loraviel, she preemptively dispelled her magic.

As the magic disappeared, all the speed magic that had been stored inside spilled onto Loraviel.

“Loraviel, how do you feel?” Liana quickly ran to Loraviel to check on her safety.

Loraviel looked at her hands and didn’t feel anything unusual. Although she was tempted to tease Princess Liana a bit at this moment, she knew that Her Highness was more interested in knowing whether her experiment had succeeded.

So.

Loraviel raised her hand.

The next second, Loraviel’s figure disappeared from in front of Liana.

Then Liana’s vision suddenly went dark. She could feel that Loraviel had covered her eyes.

“It seems to have worked, right, Princess Liana?” Loraviel’s breath hit Liana’s ear.

“Princess Liana dispelled the spell just as the object was about to touch me, right? Princess Liana is truly such a gentle person.”