45. Woman, you have successfully caught my attention

The promise made by Her Majesty, the esteemed Queen of the Great Yeen Empire, is definitely something to be taken seriously, so…

That night, Louis IV settled in Kephiel’s home. However, settling in was just the beginning.

First of all: Kephiel could no longer take me to her private residence. As long as the big shot had even the slightest “thought,” Louis IV would immediately come over with an innocent smile: Where are you going? What are you going to do?

Then Kephiel would back down, probably out of shyness, which made the big shot lose her courage.

Next came Louis IV’s constant chatter whenever she saw me. This didn’t mean Louis IV was deliberately ignoring Kephiel; she would still greet and chat, but… having one more person ultimately meant one more lightbulb.

Finally, on a certain day, seeing that Louis IV showed no sign of wanting to leave, Kephiel couldn’t hold back any longer.

“O’Keefe, call Nilu. We’re going out.”

“Going out?”

Kephiel is not the type of big shot who enjoys shopping like a girl; just looking at the script, I understood.

【Kephiel wants to find an opportunity to avoid Louis IV and be alone with O’Keefe.】

What’s this? Boss, your jealousy is way too strong. In the past few days, every time the Queen got close, I saw through it and dodged away. Why are you panicking?

But since the boss ordered me to comply, otherwise I’d have to watch the Queen flaunt her long legs in front of me every day, I feel like I’m going to start hallucinating.

I called Nilu, who needed to be avoided in many situations because of the Queen’s presence. The three of us slipped out while the Queen wasn’t paying attention. The reason for bringing Nilu along was that Kefir wanted to use her presence as an excuse to avoid the awkwardness of facing the Queen’s sarcastic remarks when we returned.

The capital of the Great Ying Empire, having just wrapped up the first round of parliamentary voting, was in a harmonious atmosphere. The scene of “Louis the Twenty-Fifth cheating and being condemned by everyone” was gradually fading away. As for the other “despicable scoundrel” in everyone’s eyes—Ogilid, with the temporary withdrawal of the arrest warrant, the death scripts I encountered weren’t as numerous as before.

After bringing me out, Kefir’s purpose was clear: would a proud daughter of heaven squeeze with other girls in a store to grab clothes? Of course not. So the place Kefir took me to was unique and full of novelty, embodying the decisive style characteristic of a protagonist.

This place was called the Civil Affairs Bureau.

After leaving Nilu to wait outside, Kefir dragged the timid me inside with great urgency. She clearly had something she had been holding back for a long time, and after directly meeting the head of the Civil Affairs Bureau thanks to her status, she blushed and slammed her hand on the table!

【Bang】

With a slap, the apples on the table flew up, and the Mediterranean man in front hurriedly put on a smile.

“Director, I want to know, how long does it usually take to make a document?”

This supporting character, the Mediterranean director, clearly had something weighing on his conscience, quickly starting to wipe his forehead with a handkerchief.

“Miss Kefir, it, it should take about a week.”

It was better not to mention the document; as soon as I did, I remembered that previously, Kefir and her father had pulled a father-daughter scam on me, directly selling me to Kefir. That uncle was so afraid I would back out that he hurriedly said they needed the Civil Affairs Bureau to produce the document right away.

However, after quite some time, the document never appeared, and Kefir hadn’t flaunted any strange little red book in front of me. I had been wondering: could it be that heaven knew I, as the villain, would ruin Kefir’s path to becoming a protagonist if I took advantage of her, so it showed me some mercy and made Kefir forget about the document?

But now it seemed things weren’t that simple. At least Kefir remembered it clearly; she was in a hurry to find out!

“Very well, then Director, let me ask you, how long has your father’s application been sitting with you? Or is it that this application lacks status, so it’s being processed later?”

Kefir, who usually disliked using her status, made an exception this time.

The reason the document hadn’t come out was simple; I could see the script clearly: 【Louis the Fourth requested the director of the Civil Affairs Bureau to withhold the document.】

I couldn’t understand what Louis the Fourth was thinking; anyway, it was just making things difficult for this director.

“Well, Miss Kefir, this kind of application requires an investigation…”

Kefir immediately became unhappy, pulling me closer to her and looking at the director.

“Do you think we don’t look like a couple of newlyweds!?”

Maybe we really didn’t; I felt more like a pitiful girl being forced into marriage, while the boss looked more like a domineering CEO.

“Do you want me to do something else to confirm it!?”

“Ahem.”

I hurriedly poked Kefir in the waist, which made her calm down a bit, her face flushed as she muttered a line.

“In any case, I’m here today to get it. I don’t care who you’ve threatened or what you’ve said; hurry up and work overtime to get it done for me! If it’s not done today, I ‘m not leaving this chair!”

After saying that, Kefir really sat down in the chair, scaring the poor supporting character into a panic as he hurriedly stood up, saying he would make them work overtime while running out in a fluster.

He probably wanted to find a way to contact the Queen.

The room fell silent for a moment. Although I wanted to let Miss Nilu, who was waiting outside, come in, at this moment, Kefir’s eyes were clearly saying: Stay put!

Helpless, I could only approach Ke Fei’er.

“It’s the queen’s doing.”

“I know!”

Ke Fei’er pouted, and after calming down a bit, she finally started to react to what she had just done in front of me with such “decisiveness.” She lowered her head and began to defend herself.

“Ahem, I didn’t mean to. It’s just that the efficiency of these organizations in the Great Ying Empire is too low, so I had to urge them a bit.”

I believed her; after all, whatever the boss said was right.

But…

“Ke Fei’er, don’t rush because of these matters and lose your composure. It’s not the time for us to take it easy yet.”

True, we had resolved one issue with Louis the Twenty-Fifth; and yes, we had temporarily reconciled with the queen. However, the crisis in Ke Fei’er’s script was far from over. I had never even seen Louis the Thirteenth, yet he already had a dangerous script that involved killing me and affecting Ke Fei’er’s identity. Clearly, he was no ordinary minor antagonist.

At the very least, I couldn’t let Ke Fei’er be influenced by something like a “marriage certificate” that was related to me. I didn’t want to be the eternal sinner who harmed the protagonist.

I wanted to remind Ke Fei’er, but just then…

“Come here.”

“What?”

“I said come here!”

Ke Fei’er pulled me over.

Could it be that Ke Fei’er finally realized her earlier actions were a bit impulsive and wanted to go back with me?

As it turned out…

“When that Mediterranean guy comes over later, it’s your turn to speak.”

Huh!?

【Ke Fei’er thinks she shouldn’t be too assertive.】

Is this something a beautiful girl who directly grabs my arm to threaten others into quickly getting a marriage certificate would say!?

“Did you hear that? I’m going to remain silent from now on.”

After saying this, Ke Fei’er lowered her head and ignored me.

Fine, fine, I’ll do it!

As long as the boss is happy, I can play the domineering CEO too!

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