31. Don’t rub your thigh against my hand
After a series of apologies, explanations, and compensations directed at us, Queen Louie IV reconciled with Kephir. I’ve heard that friendships among girls can be quite complex, but this seemed unusually simple: that very night, Kephir stayed over with the queen, while I was kicked out of the queen’s chamber.
Without a doubt, I knew that everything happening to me recently had been exchanged as intelligence between these two formidable figures I couldn’t provoke. After all, when I returned home after a night of cold wind, I immediately encountered “disaster” the next day—Kephir had quietly brought the queen back with her.
At this moment, facing me, who was utterly bewildered, were Kephir, who clearly had some “intelligence” and was looking at me with a strange gaze, and… the queen, who was the real instigator, hiding behind Kephir, grinning innocently and playfully.
【…Louie IV brought the first request to attract the Moon Fairy.】
The script had appeared; the queen had brought the “main storyline,” but damn it, I didn’t want to see that right now! Hurry up and let me see why my dear fiancée was glaring at me with a look that screamed “caught in the act,” hands on her hips!
In the next moment, without needing the script to explain, Kephir had already turned to me with a chilling tone, revealing a “fiancée’s smile.”
“Euglid~ Sister Wang came back quietly with me today to tell us the ‘request’ to attract the Moon Fairy’s attention. But before that… Euglid, let’s talk about what you’ve done to our great Ying Empire’s Queen!”
Kephir stepped aside, and the queen waved happily with her innocent smile. This… this woman must have intentionally leaked some insider information! To see me in a bind, she’s even willing to risk her own reputation; you… just wait, Queen!
“During the time I had some conflicts with Sister Wang, no, wait… it started back at Glamorgan Castle… you touched her, didn’t you?”
“Gah…”
I knew it. After all, when it comes to me and the queen, Kephir didn’t even need to think to jump to “did I touch her long legs,” yet what frustrated me was that I couldn’t refute it. After all, men are honest creatures; sometimes, just a glance at some “starry cosmos” makes one feel guilty and speechless.
“I’ve already educated Sister Wang well about her lack of restraint and self-awareness, but one thing is one thing.” Kephir put her hands on her hips, making it hard for me to discern how much of her feigned anger was genuine complaint and how much was jest—this is a dangerous topic for a man, second only to the question “do you love me?”
“Euglid, it seems that compared to the marriage contract, black stockings are more important to you~”
“How could that be!”
That marriage contract is proof that I’ve clung to your thigh; it’s practically my get-out-of-jail-free card! I’d love to frame it on the wall; how could a pair of black stockings compare!? As for the queen’s black stockings? Hmph, just a casual glance.
“So you swear that during these days when I wasn’t around, you didn’t touch her under the queen’s verbal seduction?”
“I… touched, just a bit.”
We’re all elegant nobles of the great Ying Empire; let’s keep our wording civilized, Kephir.
At this moment, the queen, who had been watching the fun from the side, giggled and kindly explained for me: “That’s right~ it was from the ankle to the thigh that Euglid ‘touched’ from bottom to top~ No need to be so angry, right, Kephir?”
Queen…
“Euglid!! You’d better stand there until you clarify everything!”
I’m not done with you!
As for whether I touched or not? Ahem, well… one night, the queen’s leg brushed against my hand; I certainly didn’t feel guilty!
Kephir was just short of directly sending the queen away and giving me a good scolding. Fortunately, she still understood the gravity of the situation; compared to the question of “did I touch the queen’s thigh,” the request brought by the queen was indeed more important.
After this, we arrived at the garden behind Kephir’s estate, temporarily sending away unrelated people, and the queen revealed to Kephir and… me, who could only stand and listen, the true purpose of her visit with Kephir.
“What Sister Wang has said will definitely not be disregarded. So today, Sister
The next moment, the queen’s words snapped me back to reality.
“Do you all remember that Gramorgan II from Gramorgan Castle? Previously, the ‘Sword Saint’ appeared as a ‘killer,’ and Gramorgan II took the blame for it. In my view, it’s not really blame at all—because the fact that he hired someone to attack is undeniable. But with that said, his father, the Earl of Gramorgan, is bound to make a fuss about it!”
The queen’s laughter gradually took on a mocking tone towards the noble father and son. “So, in order to maintain the discourse environment within the Great Yīng Empire, I hope you two can resolve this matter—at the very least, let Gramorgan II feel at ease carrying this burden!”
【…Louis IV made a request to Euclid.】
The script appeared, indicating that this was undoubtedly the queen’s intention, but my first reaction was not to agree, but rather…
“Your Majesty, what does this have to do with the appearance of the Moon Fairy?”
This request sounded less like a condition for the Moon Fairy’s appearance and more like a way for me and Kephiel to do the queen’s “dirty work.”
In the next moment, as if she had anticipated my question, the queen playfully shook her finger at me, wearing an expression that said, “Euclid, you really don’t understand anything, do you?” She laughed, “The Moon Fairy has always been present in my Great Yīng Empire; over the years, she has become a guardian spirit of the empire, sometimes even representing the will of the Great Yīng Empire. Even I, as the queen, must obey her when the time comes! If she feels that the situation in the Great Yīng Empire is unstable and decides not to appear, then no amount of pleading from me will matter. So, the sooner we resolve this troublesome matter, the better!”
“And the situation with the Earl of Gramorgan is indeed a bit tricky. Due to my position, I cannot intervene directly. Instead, Moriarty will represent me, but she cannot reveal her true identity and can only handle it as an ordinary clerk of the knight order. Compared to the power of the Gramorgan family, getting him and his clueless son to back down will certainly be a challenge.”
“So—my first thought was of you, Kephiel and Euclid!” The queen clapped her hands, saying happily, “It just so happens that you both want to meet the Moon Fairy, which is also a necessary ‘sacrifice’!”
I still found it somewhat… strange, because for a self-disciplined fairy, this was overly cautious and intrusive, wasn’t it? But strange or not, the script did indeed appear.
【The Moon Fairy has such a request!】
The script indicated that this was indeed to allow Kephiel to obtain the fairy’s “main storyline,” and with the professor also assisting, then…
“I understand, Your Majesty.”
Even if I felt a bit odd, as if Kephiel and I were “working” for the queen, I couldn’t refuse just because I was worried about the trouble, especially for Kephiel’s “main storyline.”
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