12. She Gave Too Much
As soon as the words left my mouth, the elves present—let alone Dragon Role 38, who received an “unexpected surprise”—even Adev herself looked over in disbelief. Clearly, it was you who mentioned the forced marriage; why are you the one looking shocked now?
However, this Dragon Role 38 was truly lacking. I had said so much, and he was still in a daze, with no death script in sight. I had to risk being misunderstood and reported by Nilu to explain again.
“I met Miss Adev a few years ago during a dangerous battle. Admiring her majesty and demeanor, I decided to help her govern the Purus Kingdom, and in the process, Miss Adev developed feelings for someone like me…”
After all, the fact that Adev was forcing a marriage was true, and I wasn’t afraid of her undermining me at this moment, so I could fabricate whatever I wanted. As long as I justified my identity and previous actions, I could avoid being directly investigated by someone like Louis 38, and the death script could be temporarily evaded.
So, I was really struggling to come up with this cheesy “romantic encounter”! Adev!
“Ah… um!”
Adev, who had been staring at me in a daze, finally seemed to regain some clarity. “You’re right! He is my… cough cough! fiancé, whom I’ve secretly been dating for several years. He’s here to help me, so he’s not a suspicious person at all. I just didn’t want to hand him over to you nobles, who are inefficient and love to make hasty judgments!”
In the next moment, the little loli’s authoritative presence started led Dragon Role 38 back to his senses!
“Do you have any objections to my decision!?”
I thought that this minor villain, the thirty-eighth extra, would threaten me a bit, but his reaction left me utterly astonished.
“What’s with that!?”
Girls wouldn’t speak in such a tone, like a resentful concubine in a deep palace, would they…
“Adéfu, this must be fake, right? It must be this kind of person…”
“Who allowed you to drop the title of His Majesty!? Do you want to go to the Inspection Department for tea!?”
If the nobles serving Adéfu in the Kingdom of Puluosi all had a personality like the thirty-eighth extra… then it’s no wonder Adéfu suddenly “liked me” that day, then directly “forced a marriage,” exposing her strange preferences.
The reason can be summed up in one sentence—everyone is just pent up.
After a flurry of noise, the thirty-eighth extra finally thought of something: Adéfu is very S, but I can bully her!
So, he immediately glared at me fiercely: “Despicable and shameless human rat, you dare to splash dirt on Her Majesty Adéfu! I’m giving you one last chance to reveal your true identity…”
With that, he pulled out a short staff from his pocket and pointed it at me.
An extra is still an extra, but after all, he’s an elf who can be an extra beside Adéfu. Even though he just looked like a resentful woman, this thirty-eighth extra in the script is not completely useless!
【Extra · Feng · Thirty-Eighth possesses the strength of fourth-tier magic!】
Don’t talk about the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, or eighth; if it weren’t for the script’s help, I wouldn’t have a good ending no matter who I encountered!
For a moment, this guy’s attitude was clearly filled with pride and treachery, as if he would immediately cut off my head if I dared to refute him! However, at this point, even without Kefier, I had nothing to fear!
Feeling Nilu behind me tightening her grip on my clothes, while giving her a reassuring look, I also unhesitatingly faced the thirty-eighth extra.
Right now, I’m in a forced marriage situation; even if there’s a death script, it’s definitely going to be Adéfu, who’s lost her patience, who will stab me, not some minor extra like you! Have you ever seen a major villain die so easily!?
“Are you, an elf, feeling envious?”
“What!”
“By the way, Adéfu comes to my room every day these days~”
I certainly wasn’t lying; even if it was a bit different from the actual situation, it was still the truth~ Therefore, Louis Thirty-Eighth’s face, which was overly pale, turned green with anger, and he turned to look at Adéfu , only to receive a rare response from her—blushing and awkward.
Everything seemed to be unspoken.
Louis Thirty-Eighth’s expression gradually turned resentful.
“Adéfu, I misjudged you!”
But she couldn’t be bothered to pay attention to you; she found you annoying~
I didn’t say this out loud because, in the next moment, this elf no longer cared about me and flew out with a slight sob.
Are all the elf males in the Kingdom of Puluosi like this? Adéfu, did your strange preferences come from dealing with people like this…
I thought for a moment and decided to swallow my words.
After driving away the thirty-eighth extra with my not-so-lying persuasion, my position suddenly became much easier.
After all, it wasn’t just because Adéfu seemed to have been annoyed with the thirty-eighth extra for a long time, but also probably because I had just actively acknowledged the so-called “forced marriage” relationship, leading to Adéfu’s attitude towards me becoming increasingly close after the thirty-eighth extra left.
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“Ha~ It would be great if this representative of noble remnants would just roll away sooner.”
With a sigh, Adev turned to me, her expression suddenly filled with excitement.
In the blink of an eye, the familiar term of endearment was replaced with a word that could easily be misunderstood.
“But I’m really happy! My dear, are you finally willing to admit it!?”
I’m not, I didn’t, I haven’t heard of it—don’t talk about such dangerous topics in front of Nilu! She might snitch to the real dangerous big shots!
I wanted to deny it, to explain, but just as I was about to speak…
“Hmph, hmph~ Now that’s more like how you protected me from that ugly orc that day~” Adev pointed a finger, “And after that, my dear, you’ve been troubled by those nobles, so… Mel, go prepare! I want to take him to retrieve the ‘artifact’ that belongs to the spouse of the King of Prussia. With that as proof, today’s incident won’t happen again~”
Artifact, the artifact!!?
Hearing such an incredible term, I swallowed back the refusal that was about to spill out!
Because, in that instant, the script had already appeared! And without a doubt, it pointed towards the big shot, Kfir!
【The Kingdom of Prussia possesses an artifact that can upgrade Kfir’s martial skills!】
Listen, this is clearly the main storyline for Kfir! Although the way this artifact is to be obtained is a bit strange, it’s definitely tailor-made for Kfir!
It seems I can’t be so resolute about the forced marriage anymore; I need to take it easy for a while!
Using the acceptance of a forced marriage to trick for an artifact is clearly a bit overboard. If I really did that, Kfir would definitely not accept it, and I would feel guilty. After all, Adev hasn’t done anything bad to me yet ; it’s just a forced marriage, and I’m not losing anything. So, I need to find a way to stall the forced marriage, gather more information about the artifact, and when Kfir arrives, let her, the inevitable “artifact owner, ” negotiate with Adev!
This way, even if I try to cling to Kfir to level her up, I won’t be hated by her for my underhanded methods! As for the forced marriage, I’ll find a way to have Kfir take me and escape when the time comes~
“My dear, what are you thinking?”
“Nothing… cough cough, wait! Um, Miss Adev, can I discuss something with you?”
Exchanging my forced marriage for information about Kfir’s upgrade, thinking about it, it’s a sure win!
So, please stop looking at me with such deep eyes, Nilu. It’s really not what you think; don’t go snitching to Kfir! Your gaze looks quite terrifying right now!
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