CHAPTER 181: SELARIA CAME WITH GRUDGE?

The air was stilled with a silent tension, as a sweat dripped from Mel’s forehead.

"Hey."

First came Lila from her right; the darkened, emerald eyes practically burrowed holes into the Elf’s body.

[ Lila was unbelievably jealous. Ah, remember you still have your shoulder, Mel! ]

[ Lila Favourability: 65% - 55 % ]

As if I didn’t know.

Mel pouted inside, but her brows raised sky-high with a palm patting her shoulder.

"My Lila."

She patted again.

Then, Lila’s eyes beamed, her body squirming her way with a determined, locked gaze.

"Ah..." Lila sighed, relaxing her head upon Mel’s shoulder. "Good thing you didn’t count your luck, Mel."

Chuckling, she petted Lila’s hair with one hand and Liora’s hair in the other.

The smoothness coursed through her fingers, jolting her senses alive.

Double patting! Such a bliss.

Mel’s lips curled up involuntarily again before blinking.

As she noticed earlier, Lila had been staring at the opposite side; a rarely found smugness flickered at how those emerald eyes curved.

[ Lila was unbelievably satisfied with others’ misery! ]

[ Lila Favourability: 55% - 86% ]

Misery?

Mel’s neck craned up, only to meet an indifferent, flat ruby gaze from the Heiress.

Her posture on the other sofa was graceful, so straight and proper, that it conjured up the image of the most distant noble.

"Uh-"

Strangeness crept up in Mel’s spine. Unfortunately, Rosana spoke first.

"Please do not worry."

Mel’s hands stopped, as Lila grumbled while Liora shifted slightly with a frown.

"It’s merely patting." Rosana smiled. "I’ve something more to look forward to, much, much later."

"Um... Rosana...?"

Typically, Mel stressed, she would’ve laughed at Rosana’s extremely apparent jealousy.

Instead, she shuddered at the panel that followed.

[ Greed thought of more ways than one to enthrall you in the week that followed. ]

[ Greed favourability: 64 - 59 ]

Well, this was scary!

Pursing her lips, Mel was careful not to tremble, ensuring her lover and soon-to-be-lover were comfortable with her as a pillow!

"Rosana." Mel coughed twice. "You-you know I can always lend you a spot next time."

"Oh. I do."

Then Rosana’s finger hovered in the air before pointing at a particular spot.

Mel’s face flushed a little, her golden eyes following as the finger circled a spot-

Where her nipple was-

As her face only heated imagination, Mel let out a purr; her face heated up in her lewd imagination.

"So easy."

As Rosana grinned, Mel could only muster up a glare in response.

So teasing! Has Maria infected Rosana without her knowing?

"You three," the Elf commented. "Seems closer than I thought. Could I take it that today’s incident was your... little scheme as well?"

"Yep!"

Trying to distract herself from Rosana’s lustrous teasing, Mel’s gaze clung to the Elf like a savior spotted.

"We were..."

Mel’s eyes lingered ever so slightly on Rosana before gulping down her anticipation in shame.

"We were teaching her a lesson, Miss Liora!"

"As expected... More paperwork for the adults, though, thanks to your interruption yesterday, I guess it no longer bothers me."

To Mel’s surprise, Liora’s lips trembled, their edges threatening to curl up.

Ah-ha. Our elf here still could understand the ’serve you well’ moment. Very good! This innocent Mel permitted such treachery!

"Oh?" Mel’s eyes glimmered. "Did it help you?"

"A lot, as the Adults would claim otherwise."

The elf shifted to another cheek, facing Mel’s tummy.

Hm. Not good, Mel’s thighs were far more bouncy and comforting than any pillow she ’tasted’ in the last hundred years.

Liora continued to hug a strand of hair behind, careful not to tickle Mel’s thigh beneath the skirt too much.

"But from what I’ve gathered from the Teachers’ complaints, the Royal seemed to have immediately questioned the Academy for handling the incident."

Oh? Mel raised a brow. "So... I kinda pissed off the Emperor."

"You have, indeed, pissed off the Emperor."

Despite the heaviness of that declaration, Liora’s shoulders remained slumped on Mel’s skirt.

"Though I don’t think you’ve to worry."

"Pardon?"

Rosana raised a brow; she was unaware of the Church’s or Maria’s connection with Mel.

"Hehe." Mel only chuckled, feeling none of the heaviness one should have when angering one of the most powerful figures in the World.

She understood the Emperor, not just as Selaria’s parent, but also the ultimate hurdle to Samantha’s happiness.

"I’ll emerge unscathed regardless."

Mel cast a resolute smile at the curious Rosana.

"No worries!" She posed with a V-sign. "I’ll blitz through this trouble, sooner or later."

She recalled by then, the Cult’s Spies within the Royal Knights, and her connection with Maria.

Tapping her chin, Mel already imagined what she had to say to Partner when they met face-to-face tonight.

She then glanced at the panel before flicking it away with a slight frown.

Is her Partner busy? Usually, Maria would’ve teased her a few things or two.

Come to think of it, Maria didn’t warn her of anything earlier, too, right?

What could she be doing? Mel’s heartbeat quickened a little, regret lingering at the edge of her tongue.

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Idly chattering a few things or two, Mel soon buffed Liora with a Rally before she was soon dismissed.

Ah, but Liora did negotiate for one more thing.

"Come again tomorrow."

Despite her flat face, the reddened elf ears suggested otherwise, which ellicited a chuckle from Mel.

Following down the corrodor with Lila and Rosana, Mel soon stopped while facing tiny, slightly more confident figure, standing in a distance.

The Paper Crane waved at her shoulder, before flying off once again to the window, having completed her mission.

She tugged back a strand of purple hair, brows scowling with her hands crossed at her chest, preparing herself as if to scold Mel.

Mel’s heart welled up with love, feeling as if the window’s sunset basking an unbelivable warmth on her skin.

"Selaria!"

The Third Princess blushed a little, her neck stuttering before giving a slight nod.

"Hi-hi, you all..."

Then, as if to awakening something, she shook her head hard.

"No no no no."

And? Selaria raised her head high, her lips settling with a downward ire.

"What did you do today?"

Eh?

Mel blinked in confusion, expecting gratitude instead of Selaria’s harsh tone.

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