It was supposed to be just like placing a Dustsong Pot in a game, yet every time she came back to her senses, she felt inexplicably exhausted.
She wondered if there were any “Dungeon Designer” games in her original world.
If so, she really wished she could hire someone to handle all this labyrinth designing on her behalf.
Balancing “adventurer retention,” “practicality and functionality,” and even “playability” all at once…
Anyone who could design such a thing had to be a genius, right? Actually, wasn’t she a genius herself?
“I’m back, Chlorel?”
“Welcome home～”
Eh? Why was she coming out of that emptied-out bedroom? Had she been working there all day?
Well, thinking about it, when Su Yao designed the inn’s rooms, he hadn’t considered long-term stays.
She really should have designed an extra study.
Forget it, she’d think about it later.
“Chlorel, have you ever heard of Arthur Lily?”
“Of course. I heard stories about how she and her companions once slew a dragon when I was a child.”
Slaying a dragon? Could a human at level fifty-something really defeat a dragon?
Wait, “companions”! If she had some really powerful support, maybe it wasn’t impossible?
Considering the shop offered baby dragons for five hundred thousand DP, a real dragon should be close to a “Demon King”-level existence, right? How did she manage it?
“Could you tell me more about the story?”
“I could, but I don’t know much. All I know is that her homeland was mostly destroyed by a dragon, the entire nation fell into chaos and was eventually wiped out because of it. For revenge, she kept searching for that dragon, and finally, fifteen years ago, she and her adventurer companions tracked the dragon down and slew it.”
Though the name was the same, the Arthur of this world had a very different story from the “King Arthur” of her original world.
In the end, the “King Arthur” legend only began to spread through Europe in the twelfth century thanks to bards, so its authenticity had always been doubtful.
Besides, this world’s Arthur was a girl. Instead of expecting her to share the legendary exploits, it made more sense to see her as a beautiful swordswoman in the “Saber” class, like someone summonable in a certain cup war.
And as it happened, she was indeed a swordswoman.
“And after that? Where did she go after slaying the dragon? Do you know what happened?”
“After that? I heard that she won her third championship at the ‘Hero’s Departure’ tournament fourteen years ago, and there’s a rumor she met the ‘Goddess,’ was moved by her, and settled down in the Saint Nation.”
“Hero’s Departure” tournament? And a “Goddess”?
Su Yao suddenly realized she wasn’t just clueless about the secrets of the dark world—she barely knew anything about the human world either…
If there was a “Demon King,” having a “Hero” made sense, but a “Goddess”? According to Lilith, she should be a “false god,” right?
Wait a minute, she’d been so caught up in Arthur’s heroics—if she slew the dragon fifteen years ago, how old would she be now?
“Chlorel, how old was Miss Arthur when she slew the dragon?”
“Arthur… Miss? What are you talking about? I don’t know the exact age, but she’d already won the ‘Hero’s Departure’ tournament twice before slaying the dragon, and that tournament is only held every four years.”
Every four years… is this the OOlympics?
Eight years before the dragon slaying, then fifteen years after, and factoring in the age when she became active… Though it was impolite, Miss Arthur had to be at least forty now, right?
But when they met today, she looked like a girl of sixteen or seventeen…
Dragon blood? That “Goddess”? Or was she not even human?
“Come to think of it, you started asking about Arthur Lily as soon as you got back. Did something happen?”
“Mmhm, that Arthur Lily is living downstairs right now～”
“That’s not all! She even helped me out of a tight spot today. When Uzo lost a fight with her, I was so nervous, but luckily she’s a beautiful and kind-hearted young lady.”
“And, and, I personally introduced her to all the furniture in her room. When I got to the design of the ‘bathroom,’ she even praised me! I think she meant…”
The blonde loli chattered away excitedly, recounting every little thing that had happened today to Chlorel.
The fact that the legendary “Saber” was a kind and powerful beauty left her so giddy, she sounded like a crazed fangirl raving about a chance encounter with her idol.
Her real aim was probably to praise Arthur the swordswoman’s kindness, and to share her own happiness at having the inn’s room “inventions” recognized…
Yet Su Yao didn’t realize that “praising another woman in front of your girlfriend” was a very dangerous thing to do.
Chlorel’s initial surprise faded bit by bit as she listened to all the praise for “another woman.”
The chestnut-haired girl stared at the proud little loli before her, then pulled something with a metallic sheen from her clothes…
“Click”
A crisp sound entered Su Yao’s ears, followed by a sudden tightness at her neck, as if she were being strangled, making even breathing a little difficult.
The magic within her became a stagnant pool, and even her senses of her surroundings seemed to dull.
“What’s wrong, Chlorel? What are you doing?”
“I don’t know why, but I just feel a bit upset.”
The answer was hard to fathom, but after spending so much time with Her Highness, Su Yao could more or less guess her intentions from her expression.
“Um, dinner! We haven’t had dinner yet. How about chocolate cake tonight…”
Su Yao took two steps back, planning to placate Her Highness with the rare treat of “dessert,” but her plan failed.
She was carried off into the emptied bedroom Chlorel had demanded for herself.
“Wait, how did you get all this stuff up here? Weren’t you afraid someone would see you on the way?”
In addition to the shameful props from the Dungeon room, there were even a few new “pieces of furniture.” Why did this world have those “triangular” stands, too?
This pervy princess must have sneaked off to the Moravia Red-light District riding her griffin again.
“Relax, I convinced Miss Hilvi to lend me her Space Magic Tool. It was a huge help! I brought all the toys up myself. Nobody saw.”
This girl! No wonder she only asked for help emptying out a bedroom!
Relax? How could she relax?
“Princess Chlorel, I was wrong, let me go take a bath first, please?”
“And what exactly did you do wrong?”
Uh, how to put this… If she knew what she did wrong, would things have come to this?
“Ehehe～”
“Don’t think you can get away with acting cute. Until you realize your mistake, you’re going to honestly accept your punishment!”
“No way, you pervy princess, let me go…”