Luwei gently pulled open the window and glanced at the bustling crowd within Carris Manor.
“Lilique~”
“Look, you’ve really done a great service!”
Luwei extended a hand, wanting to high-five Lilique, but the latter simply hung her head, staring blankly into space.
“What’s wrong?”
Luwei asked, a little puzzled.
Lilique looked up, her small face flushed red, looking somewhat flustered and stammering.
“That footage… has it already been seen by that many people?”
Huh?
Is she embarrassed?
Luwei suddenly found this quite novel…
The Vampire Princess, a Six-Rank Grand Archmage, an existence above tens of thousands of people.
And she’s embarrassed by something like this?
Though puzzled, Lilique’s adorable appearance—eyes darting away, anxiously pacing in circles—melted Luwei’s heart.
Luwei didn’t care about the absurdity of the situation.
Seeing Lilique so flustered… now she only had one thought.
She couldn’t help it… she wanted to tease her!
Luwei’s eyes sparkled, and she added:
“Lilique, do you know how many people like you now?”
“Out there, more than half of the people came because they wanted to see you~~”
Hearing this, Lilique’s eyes almost turned into spiraling mosquito coils.
Her hands fidgeted nervously in front of her chest, her fingers trembling slightly…
Is she really that nervous?
Seeing this, Luwei grew more excited, her eyes shining brightly, looking like she had no intention of letting her off.
Finding that Lilique wanted to avoid her, Luwei simply grabbed her small hand—
A mischievous smile on her face, her words like a devil’s whisper.
“Our magic newspaper… has been sold to 15 neighboring countries, a full twenty thousand copies!~”
“Everyone knows about Li Ke the Little Knight of Kares Territory! You only shot one advertisement, and already several hundred million people like you!”
“Hmph~ Are you happy?”
Luwei felt that after she held Lilique’s hand, the other person seemed even more agitated…
She saw her breathing become rapid, and she stammered:
“H-Happy…”
Her soft, sticky voice made Luwei happily squint her eyes.
This caused her to completely miss the somewhat abnormal blush spreading across Lilique’s face…
Until, The door was suddenly pushed open, and a golden figure burst in.
“Your Highness~ Your Highness! The number of people who reserved a trial experience for the Giant Strength Potion has already exceeded 300,000!”
“Huh? Miss Li Ke is here too? All thanks to Miss Li Ke’s contribution…”
As she spoke, Floxi’s words suddenly stuck in her throat.
Luwei suddenly felt the atmosphere was a bit off, so she looked up in confusion.
And then she discovered,
Lilique’s earlier nervousness and shyness… had completely disappeared.
Replaced by an expression of extreme maturity and an undisguised coldness in her eyes.
Obviously, Floxi, standing by, had never seen such momentum before.
She shuddered in fear, stumbled, and quietly retreated towards the door…
“Eep!”
Only when the door was closed again did the atmosphere in the room return to normal.
Under Luwei’s strange gaze—Lilique’s eyes gradually became clear,
The soft, fluffy expression that Luwei liked most reappeared on her face.
“I didn’t expect… so many people to like me…” she continued the previous topic, acting as if nothing had happened.
“Al-Although I’m happy… still… so embarrassed…”
Lilique said shyly, her voice soft as cotton candy.
Luwei: “?”
Is this right?
Luwei came back to her senses and found she was still holding Lilique’s small hand.
Instinctively, she wanted to pull her hand away…
But the next second, her hand was held back tightly.
“Huh?”
Then, Lilique’s face, in Luwei’s vision, gradually enlarged…
“Luwei~~ Luwei?”
Lilique softly called Luwei’s name, and even winked at her.
“Hmph, you like my cuteness… then I’ll stay cute forever, okay?”
“Huh?”
The sudden situation before her had completely short-circuited Luwei’s brain.
Only the alarm in her heart was still going off, wailing~ wailing~.
It was all because she got carried away, thinking she could easily handle this terrifying Lilique!
“W-Well, I suppose you can…”
“But your cuteness is still a bit lacking.”
Luwei put on a calm facade.
“True cuteness is something that stirs people’s protective instincts.”
If her hands weren’t held, she would surely be gesturing like an old scholar.
“There are many traits that people find cute, including being sincere, acting clumsy, having a pure heart…”
“And most importantly, making people feel you are non-threatening.”
As she spoke, Luwei glanced at Lilique’s expression, and hesitantly added a sentence:
“Lilique, let go of my hand first. Being too proactive like this… makes you less cute.”
As she spoke, Luwei tried to pull her hand back,
But she still couldn’t regain control of her own hands…
“Is that so? Being too proactive makes me seem less cute?”
Hearing Luwei’s long speech, a hint of amusement crept into Lilique’s eyes.
“But, the way Luwei looked just now when she wanted to tease me… was very cute!”
Lilique asked with feigned confusion.
Hearing this, Luwei shook her head anxiously:
“No, no.”
“I was trying to bully you just now, th-that was aggressive…”
“So, it’s not cute at all!”
Hearing this, the smile on Lilique’s face grew even wider.
“Excuses are useless. Cuteness is a very subjective impression…”
“Alright, I’m cute, okay?”
Luwei conceded without hesitation.
“…Can you let go of my hand now?”
But Lilique still held onto Luwei’s hand, refusing to let her go.
“Let me take a bite, and I’ll let you go.”
“Huh?”
Hearing this, Luwei finally understood.
So…
Lilique was hungry?
Now that she thought about it, during this week of preparing for the Giant Strength Potion launch, Luwei really hadn’t seen Lilique drink any blood.
This might be because—Lilique explained that she was being hunted by her enemies and couldn’t reveal her identity.
So, Luwei had her appear in the promotional advertisement looking like “Li Ke.”
So, Lilique had endured so many days without drinking blood, all to avoid suspicion…?
But even someone as powerful as Lilique would feel hungry, right?
“I see.”
Luwei nodded, looking like she had just understood.
“Lilique is hungry.”
“What flavor of blood do you want? Elf, Dragon, Mermaid…”
Luwei said mysteriously, “I’ll tell you a secret, I can even get Angel blood!”
But hearing Luwei’s words, Lilique’s expression did not turn happy.
Instead, it was a bit strange, like she had swallowed a fly…
Gulp.
Luwei keenly sensed that her words seemed to have backfired.
“…I don’t want to drink those.”
As she spoke, Lilique pulled Luwei closer and licked her lips.
Does she have to bite me?
“C-Can I find you the freshest blood pack! Don’t bite me… okay?”
Luwei tried to negotiate with Lilique,
But the other person seemed to have set her sights on her.
“It’s all Luwei’s fault for wanting to tease me…”