62. A Shift in Offense
He probably regarded me as just a clever, sharp-tongued elven maid. The silver knight before me, after being mocked by my words to the point of nearly spitting blood, drew his great sword in a fit of anger. However, he didn’t immediately unleash some grand attack on me or the little princess behind me.
He seemed to just want to intimidate us. It appeared that despite his anger and impatience, he still had some basic sense left. If he were to stab me, a mere “ordinary maid,” it would be a trivial matter. But if he accidentally harmed the little princess behind me, even though Princess Ilushir was merely a decorative vase, the responsibilities and consequences he would have to bear would indeed make the silver knight wary.
“Princess Ilushir, I warn you one last time! Hand over the token and leave this place at once!”
“I won’t!”
The little princess behind me was nervous, but she was certainly no fool. She had figured out from my exchange with the silver knight that he didn’t dare to truly resort to violence! With that realization, she breathed a sigh of relief and her attitude became “arrogant” once more.
“1, 2, 3, alright, I’ve counted for you, now come and take it!?”
However, while the princess felt relieved, I was not so pleased. Because: if the silver knight continued to bicker and argue with me, it would align with my expectations. After all, such disputes would lead nowhere, and in the end, the silver knight would have to leave in a huff, disgraced.
But if he began to calm down, that would pose a bit of trouble, because… both the little princess’s anxious remarks and my actions as an “ordinary maid” standing up for her didn’t quite fit the mold of what would happen in a “normal situation.”
Sure enough, the silver knight, though visibly displeased, could only mutter curses under his breath.
“Tsk, why do I keep running into these roadblocks? That brat before, and now this maid, they’re all the same… hmm?”
But as he grumbled, his anger began to cool, and the silver knight sensed something was off.
“Speaking of which, the long princess seemed to mention that those foreign tribes use fairies…”
As the silver knight’s attitude grew increasingly “suspicious,” I also caught a glimpse of his current thoughts in the script!
【The silver knight is beginning to suspect the identity of O’Jili!】
The content made me furrow my brows tightly, and at the same time, the silver knight voiced a question that was almost certain!
“Wait a moment, you maid! Are you saying that you are…”
Caught! But, good grief, I really have to thank you for being just a high-level extra in the script! If you had turned and run the moment you realized this, I would have had no way to deal with you. If you had chosen to call for help, my situation would have been even more troublesome!
But you actually chose to shout at me! You want to see me expose my true self while angrily shouting, “How did you know?” in a disgraceful manner!
That’s simply not going to happen, and…
Now that you’ve discovered it, I certainly can’t let you leave unscathed!
“Jias!”
As the silver knight shouted in surprise, I had already released the fire fairy Jias, who had been worried about my safety! If the silver knight had turned and run just now, Jias wouldn’t have been able to confront him or do anything about it, but now…
If his gaze is drawn over in surprise, the initiative is in my hands!
Flames flickered, and the “commanded” silver knight immediately froze in place like a wooden post! I couldn’t afford to be careless and quickly issued another command to this silver knight!
“[You didn’t notice anything just now!]”
The command ended, but that was far from enough. I still couldn’t understand what the silver knight had been instructed by that long princess before coming here, so I couldn’t perfectly cover all the processes of his visit with a “command.” As a result, when he wakes up again, he might still realize that something was “off” about him today.
“Princess Ilushir…”
I turned to look at the little elf princess.
Probably realizing what had happened, this little princess shivered at my call.
“Yes! No, but… it seems this silver knight recognized you, right? What should we do?”
“Find a place to lock him up, and don’t let him have a chance to alert anyone until we’re done. Princess Ilushir, don’t tell me you don’t even have a few trustworthy servants?”
“Well… there are still a few.”
“Great, hurry and call them over to carry this wooden post away.”
I pointed at the silver knight, who was still in a “dazed” state.
The power of the “command” temporarily made him forget today’s events, and combined with being locked up, the time we delay should be enough for us to complete the final preparations for the elf saintess’s plans, preventing more pursuers from arriving immediately.
However, these are not enough. I didn’t hear wrong just now; the Silver Knight brought people with him. If those Elven White Knights find out their leader entered the princess’s city and never came out, they will definitely start to suspect. So, I still need to fill in the gap after “locking up the Silver Knight.”
“I’ll leave the matter of locking up the Silver Knight to you, Princess. Please don’t make any mistakes. Right now, we are like grasshoppers on a line, aren’t we?”
“Sigh… Aren’t you coming with me?”
The young princess still looks very anxious. Although I am truly worried as well, I have more important things to do now.
Zeruth’s shadow flew out, changing my appearance back to that of the Silver Knight. At the same time, I approached the Silver Knight and started stripping the clothes off this flirtatious Elven guy. Honestly, just thinking about this makes me feel uncomfortable all over, but I have no choice. I can’t let the future “Silver Knight” go out dressed in women’s clothing to deal with his subordinates, right?
“I have to go and get rid of the other elves brought by the Silver Knight.”
After doing all this, I said while kicking the Silver Knight lying on the ground with only floral underwear left.
“Sorry, Princess, bear with it for a bit.”
Then, I rubbed my face, still somewhat uncomfortable, and left the room with my head held high. After all, I have to transform into this flirtatious Silver Knight now; I can’t afford not to show a bit of “arrogance.”
Meanwhile, on the other side.
When the new “Silver Knight” walked away, Princess Elushiel looked somewhat embarrassed as she glanced at the elf man lying on the ground.
“Sigh… Just looking at him makes me feel so uncomfortable.”
As she said this, she covered her chest, returned to her chair, frowned, and yawned.
Then, she lazily complained.
“Ugh~ Why haven’t my knights arrived yet? Although there have been some changes, but…”
“Just let it go smoothly and deal with it.”
“By doing so, the situation might improve even more~”
Elushiel reached out to adjust the stray hair in front of her forehead.
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I’m about to start preparing the characters for the new book, utterly exhausted.