When Liana opened her eyes, she saw a faint pink glow.

This woke her up quite a bit, but it was followed by waves of intense pain and discomfort from all over her body.

Loraviel’s medicine seemed to have been a bit too potent, and it was very peculiar. Normally, this kind of thing wouldn’t let you remember what happened last night.

But now, Liana remembered everything from the night before with crystal clarity.

The temperature, the depth, the speed of last night- Liana remembered it all.

Liana shook her head and leaned against the wall to recover for a good while.

Liana checked the time. It was around ten in the morning.

“Ten o’clock... wait a minute!” Liana suddenly stood up. “Hiss...”

Liana always forgot this point. It was better to take it easy after strenuous exercise.

But the current time didn’t allow Liana to take it easy at all. It was already ten o’clock, and they had to assemble at eleven.

“Loraviel!”

“Don’t be in such a hurry, Your Highness Liana.” Loraviel pulled Liana down, dragging her into the quilt and hugging her directly.

“There’s not much time left!” Liana urged.

They had to get ready to go out soon, and cleaning the room, breakfast, and so on would all take a lot of time.

“Your Highness Liana, have you not noticed that the bedsheets are dry?” Loraviel reminded her.

“...” It was true. After the battle of last night’s intensity, it was unrealistic for the sheets and quilt to be this clean.

“Breakfast has also been prepared for you, Your Highness, including your favorite pudding. So right now, all you need to do is wash yourself clean and then enjoy breakfast,” Loraviel said. “So, we still have time to lie in bed for a while.”

It turned out that while Liana was still asleep, Loraviel had already prepared everything, then returned to the quilt to hug her.

“But bathing will also waste a lot of time. And I slept on the bed without bathing yesterday, and I have to wash my hair and everything,” Liana said.

“Even washing your hair won’t waste too much time. Besides, I am here. I will help you, Your Highness,” Loraviel said.

“Isn’t it precisely because I’m worried about that, that I feel like there isn’t enough time?” Liana was a little frustrated at this. Loraviel had used the excuse of helping her bathe to have her way with her.

“Rest assured, this time I will really just be helping you bathe, Your Highness. I have a rather good sense of time,” Loraviel said. “Or does Your Highness want us to bathe together? That would indeed take some more time.”

“Is that something a maid should say?” Liana said irritably.

Loraviel had now given her two choices: either be obediently held by her like a life-sized body pillow, or go to the bathroom for round two.

For a maid to make her master choose, how is that proper!

However, it wasn’t that Liana disliked it. After all, she didn’t want their relationship to be merely that of master and servant.

Liana wanted to hear more of Loraviel’s thoughts.

Now, there was only one choice for Liana. She would just lie obediently in Loraviel’s arms, be her pillow, and let her nuzzle against her.

It was a good thing she was wearing clothes, otherwise that nuzzling might lead to some undesirable things.

“I wonder what will happen today,” Loraviel said, hugging Liana.

“I’m not too sure either.”

“Hasn’t Princess Mephilia told you anything, Your Highness?” Loraviel asked. “I thought she would have told you. I also asked Teacher Orleya, but she didn’t tell me anything either, only to protect you well.”

“Oh? Protect me? She has such a kind heart?” Liana pouted.

“Because your father was also her student, Your Highness, so she is a little concerned about your safety, perhaps?” Loraviel would also try to find ways to reduce Her Highness’s hostility toward Teacher Orleya.

“Is that so?” Liana pursed her lips. “Then I suppose she has some conscience left.”

Clearly, Liana did not think about it on a deeper level.

“Mephilia didn’t tell me anything. If there were any precautions, you would have told me. Since you didn’t, there probably isn’t anything special, or... what is about to happen cannot be spoken of?” Liana said.

“We’ll only know in a little while. After all, this is the most prestigious magic academy. I feel like it won’t be quite normal.” Liana climbed out of the quilt. “Alright, Loraviel, I’m going to take a bath now.”

“The water temperature and aromatherapy have already been prepared for you, Your Highness. After you are ready, shall I come in and help you?” Loraviel said.

“I still prefer to bathe alone.”

“Alright then.” Loraviel’s tone was a little disappointed, but she didn’t say anything more.

“However, you haven’t fulfilled your duties as a maid for a long time. So, come in after five minutes,” Liana said with a laugh.

“Princess Liana!”

“Hehe~” Liana trotted into the bathroom, followed by the rustling sound of clothes being taken off.

Her Highness teased me. Loraviel touched her chest; her heart was beating so fast. At this moment, she was extremely happy.

After a few minutes, Loraviel heard Her Highness’s call.

She pushed open the door and walked in. Her Highness was currently soaking in the bathtub, a few flower petals floating on the surface of the water. Only the upper half of her body was exposed. She was leaning on the edge, her eyes narrowed, looking very comfortable.

Loraviel came to Liana’s side, her hands full of lather, and helped wash her soft and beautiful platinum-blonde hair.

“Loraviel, you went back to see your mother, right?” Liana asked.

Loraviel’s hands paused for a moment. “Yes. Because Teacher Orleya told me to rest well for a period of time before going to find you, I went back to see my mother first. Thank you, Your Highness. If it weren’t for you, my mother’s treatment would not have gone so smoothly.”

“Yes, hurry up [N O V E L I G H T] and thank me,” Liana said.

This topic had been brought up many times. Liana didn’t want to repeat it, so she simply accepted it directly.

Loraviel’s foam-covered hand pinched Liana’s cheek.

“Loraviel...” Liana was about to say something, but her presumptuous maid planted a direct kiss on her mouth.

“Mwah!”

They separated.

“Rest assured, Your Highness, I really won’t do anything to you. I know my limits heheh~” Loraviel said with a laugh.

“Besides, the reason you accepted it so readily was because you didn’t want to repeat all those things that were said before, right? Time is tight today, otherwise you would have definitely said them.”

“Of course not.” Liana hadn’t expected Loraviel to see through her in a second.

“Then can you look me in the eyes and say that, Your Highness? It’s not very convenient to slap your own thigh now because you’re leaning on the edge, is it?” Loraviel said with a sweet smile. “All of this is recorded in Princess Liana’s Observation Diary, you know.”

“...You win.” Liana was a little frustrated. Sometimes, being understood too well was not a good thing.

“Speaking of which, when I went back to see my mother, she told me she had met a rather strange elf,” Loraviel said.

“Er... a strange elf? How strange?” The elf that Miss Anna was talking about was probably me.

Now she could hear from Loraviel’s own mouth what Miss Anna’s evaluation of her was.

“As an elf, she wasn’t very resistant to humans, and even took the initiative to help them.”

“That’s not a strange point, is it? It’s not like there are no elves who have a good impression of humans. There are also many elves living in our Lisat Kingdom,” Liana said.

“That is indeed the case. But what my mother found rather strange, and what she was concerned about, was that this elf was very fond of desserts, especially pudding,” Loraviel said.

Liana could clearly feel that the way Loraviel was looking at her was a little off. She definitely suspected that she was that elf.

“It’s not like there are no elves who like desserts. Even so, it’s not that strange,” Liana continued.

“It’s not, but because of me, my mother already knew of Your Highness’s existence. And because of my nagging, she also knew very well that your favorite dessert is pudding. So, after seeing an elf who also liked pudding, she would find it a bit strange,” Loraviel said.

“...Isn’t that reason a bit too far-fetched?” How could you find someone strange just for that?

“Of course, none of that is the main point. But from the looks of it, Your Highness, the elf my mother met was you, right?” Loraviel said with a laugh.

“Yes.” Liana didn’t intend to deny it and admitted it directly.

“Is Your Highness worried about my mother?”

“What else?” Liana tapped Loraviel’s head. “What’s wrong with caring for... your auntie? Just checking on her mental state.”

“Thank youthankyouthankyou, Princess Liana!” Loraviel didn’t care about the foam, nor did she care if the water would get her clothes wet. She hugged Liana directly.

“What are you doing!”

Because she was covered in foam, she slipped right in, and the two of them were soaking in the bathtub together.

“Are you an idiot!”

“You’re the idiot, Your Highness. The main reason my mother sensed something was off was because you would stare at her from time to time, and with a very clear purpose. So at that time, she thought you were a bad person,” Loraviel said with a laugh.

“Was it that obvious...”

“It was.” Loraviel nodded.

“...Alright.” An ordinary person could notice me. It seems I was still too obvious. “Then why did Miss Anna still dare to go out with me? She’s so brave. What if it was dangerous?”

“That’s an old habit of hers...” Loraviel was also a little worried. “It was like that before, which is why I was always worried and didn’t dare to leave her side. But now, haven’t you been protecting my mother well, Your Highness?”

“It must have been hard...”

“However, she didn’t notice it when she went to the back mountain with you. It was on the way back that she found you were always staring at her from behind. And as you walked, the burden on her back became much lighter. So, that’s why my mother thought you were a very strange elf.”

Loraviel got up from the bath. Because she was soaked, her clothes clung to her body.

“Um... what does Miss Anna think of me?” Liana asked a little nervously at this moment.

“You should already know, Your Highness, right?” Loraviel looked at Liana with a sweet smile. “My mother doesn’t have any special requirements in this regard. She only has one point, and that is for me to be happy. And clearly, at this moment, I am very happy. So, you don’t need to worry that my mother will be dissatisfied with our relationship.”

“That’s good.” Liana relaxed.

“Also, Your Highness Liana, your little cherry1小樱桃 (xiǎo yīngtáo), euphemism for a nipple. is showing.” Loraviel reminded her. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Because she had suddenly slipped just now, the bath towel wrapped around Liana had loosened a bit, exposing her tender fruit to the air.

“...I’m done bathing! I’m going to change now! Get out!” Liana chased Loraviel out.

Then she submerged her entire body under the water.

Good news was finally starting to come in, one after another. Loraviel had returned, and her mother had also accepted her.Everything was slowly moving in a good direction.

Liana got dressed and walked out, looking at the familiar breakfast and the extra-large portion of pudding.

“This is too much, I can’t finish it all...” Liana could see that Loraviel was very happy, which was why she had prepared so much. “Let’s eat together?”

“Mm.”

However, because time was tight, they just had a few bites before using magic to preserve the rest and then left the room.

Now, Liana was the only one left in this residence. But after checking the time, there were still more than ten minutes left, so she could make it.

Besides, it was a good thing for her that her maid had left early. If someone had run into her coming out of the room with a human, she would have definitely been questioned.

Because this was a new student activity, Mephilia did not follow along. Liana and Loraviel walked to the plaza from yesterday.

All the new students were gathered here. The old man in the gray robe, the headmaster, appeared before the crowd.

“Welcome to the Ibett Magic Academy. First of all, congratulations on being able to pass the first assessment of the academy and being qualified to stay here. Some of you have also been to the library. The wisdom inside has surely been rewarding for you and has made you want to stay here even more.”

Everyone thought it was just more procedural nonsense and acted a little lax.

“Next is the second assessment you must face. Only by passing the second assessment can you truly stay at the Ibett Magic Academy.”

“A second assessment?” Clearly, no one present knew about this.

“That is, to defeat the monster you are about to face with all your might. And then, survive.”