2. Don’t love me, it leads nowhere, unless the flower hand has swayed over me

Before Kefir and I decided to part ways and leave the Great Yingtian Empire, waiting for the “storm to pass” before Kefir would come find me, Uncle Zerola had secretly sought me out and said with a serious face.

“Louis IV is very dangerous. Hurry and leave, or you won’t just miss your wedding; you might not even get out of the gates of the Great Yingtian Empire!”

Uncle, can’t you go three sentences without mentioning marriage…

However, Uncle’s other warnings were not wrong. Queen Louis IV of the Great Yingtian Empire is extremely dangerous. Just how dangerous?

The moment Kefir and I secretly left the city at night, it seemed like a swarm of patrols in iron cans appeared in the city, searching for someone. Shortly after, as Kefir and I split up, she pretended to head to the Rosia Empire to complete her studies, and with an incredibly tense tone, she informed me: she had been subtly questioned for a long time by the ambassador from the Great Yingtian Empire in the Rosia Empire.

Fortunately, Miss Nilu, who accompanied me and Kefir as a maid, and I did not encounter any pursuers. The two of us set off first, heading to the “Prussian Kingdom” located to the west of the Great Yingtian Empire.

The Prussian Kingdom, where I had once gone to temporarily “lay low” while being pursued as the villain Oujilide, is notably different from other countries: it is a kingdom predominantly composed of elves—those with golden hair, ample bosoms, long ears, pure appearances, yet with exceptionally seductive bodies.

It is said that elves are the most magically gifted race, and because of this, the Prussian Kingdom is renowned as the world leader in magical technology. However, due to its poor relations with the neighboring Austro-Hungarian orc tribes, both have been targeting each other for many years, resulting in little significant development.

—All of this I heard from the evil organization I once stayed with.

Previously, I went there to escape for my life; this time, I wasn’t going to meet any young lady, but rather to evade the entanglements of Louis IV. Nilu and I would arrive at the Prussian Kingdom first, then stay at an address given to us by Uncle, said to belong to an “old acquaintance” of his, and wait for Kefir to finish her studies at the academy in Rosia and shake off any potential pursuers before reuniting.

That said, even though I had completely shaken off any pursuers that Louis IV might have sent, and given that the relationship between the Prussian Kingdom and the Great Yingtian Empire didn’t seem too good, I still couldn’t relax along the way.

The reason was simple: it was because of Miss Nilu, who was currently sitting beside me.

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With each jolt of the carriage, my wandering gaze always catches sight of something called “turbulent waves,” reminding me of the froth of the sea, the wild winds in the forest, surging and overwhelming, making it hard to look away. Then. ..

“Mr. O’Keefe?”

Comrade! I’ve been exposed!

“Ahem!”

I hurriedly coughed, shifting my gaze that, whether I liked it or not, stubbornly drifted in certain directions, last Nilu notice.

The one person I couldn’t relax around was Nilu, not because I was worried that Kephiel would get jealous or anything like that; after all, Kephiel and Nilu had always had a good relationship and seemed to never worry about what Miss Nilu might do to me.

It was just that the very script of Miss Nilu made it impossible for me to feel at ease. As a protagonist of a “deep-seated blood feud” narrative, Nilu could trip while walking and inherit some unmatched divine power, and then, without exception, find some casual reason to squash me, this “bug.”

To save my life, I kept reminding Nilu not to look at this or eat that, and finally managed to keep Miss Nilu from encountering any “instant level-up” events, but heaven knows what might happen in the future! So every moment I was extremely worried, even now, Nilu’s script contained some dangerous content.

【Nilu gained powerful strength and killed O’Keefe.】

Thus, along the way, I didn’t relax my warnings to Nilu for a moment, fearing that in the absence of Kephiel, this maid who sold fortunes would suddenly turn into a BOSS.

“I’m fine, I’m just a bit concerned.”

Finding a reason to cover for my earlier gaze, I asked.

“Have you… encountered anything strange lately?”

First, it was to confirm whether Nilu had “leveled up,” and second, it was also self-comforting, because somehow, compared to when we first met, I felt that Nilu seemed different now.

She seemed more confident, even more assertive? But when I really wanted to ask that, it felt like something was off.

For instance, Nilu’s response just now; putting everything else aside, at least her attitude towards me remained unchanged, gentle as the size of her chest.

“Strange things?”

Nilu blinked, slightly tilting her body, and the towering peaks suddenly transformed into a grand canyon. As the saying goes, viewing from different angles reveals different heights and depths, marvelous, truly marvelous—

“Mr. O’Keefe, have I become strange in any way recently?”

“Uh, no… not at all?”

Only when Nilu asked did I realize I had stepped into a trap!

How could I ask a girl such an unanswerable question!

Sure enough, Nilu puffed up her cheeks in displeasure: “Mr. O’Keefe, really, it was clearly you who asked, yet you still haven’t noticed. I got a new hair accessory~”

Saying that, Nilu proudly pointed to the crown-shaped ornament on her hairpin.

I felt like I had seen it somewhere before, but the Grand Empire of Louis IV didn’t have any regulations like “crown designs can only be used by royalty,” so I had nothing to remind her about.

“And… in front of you, I won’t have any changes~”

“What?”

Just now, because Nilu was too close, my head heated up, and I really didn’t catch what she mumbled, only seeing some… not-so-troublesome content in the script.

【Nilu likes O’Keefe.】

I knew, I wasn’t dense, I certainly knew, but… perhaps because of Nilu’s personality, she still hadn’t dared to say it out loud, so given my status and Nilu’s script, I could only play dumb.

Don’t love me; it won’t end well, Miss Nilu. It’s not that I’m oblivious; it’s just that in your script, it all ends with me being flamboyantly killed. I can only politely refuse!

“Nothing much~”

Nilu shook her head. This time, she didn’t dare to say much more and instead, in her panic, changed the subject.

“Look outside quickly! It’s my first time seeing long-eared elves! Are you… staring at their chests!?”

“No! I’m just following where you pointed!”

I secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It seems Miss Nilu is still the same Miss Nilu as before.

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