“It’s the rumor that Miss Liakade likes girls and is two-timing!”
“Oh ho, two-timing, huh… Liakade? Are you really that desperate?”
Field gently patted Liakade’s shoulder.
Liakade trembled and slowly turned her head, only to see Field smiling—but the upper half of her face had already darkened.
“Liakade… I can’t believe you’re that kind of person. Even though you already have us… I’m so disappointed, ugh…”
Alice looked at Liakade with a face full of loss.
“No, it’s a misunderstanding! It’s a misunderstanding! I absolutely didn’t do anything like two-timing! I already said it’s a rumor, so it’s definitely fake!”
Liakade frantically waved her hands.
“Chloe! Hurry! Can’t you just say it all at once instead of hesitating!”
“Exactly…”
Under Liakade’s pressing, Chloe swallowed hard and finally mustered the courage to speak.
“It’s… It’s the rumor that Miss Liakade is flirting with both Miss Alice and Her Highness Field at the same time!”
“Eh?”
Hearing this, the three of them froze in unison for a few seconds.
At this moment, Chloe was also a little nervous.
She hadn’t explained clearly because all three of them were here, and she was afraid it would offend them, but seeing how desperate Liakade was to know the truth, she had no choice but to say it directly.
“Whew—”
Field let out a long breath, her anxious heart settling, and she tossed the rope in her hand aside.
“So it’s a rumor about me and Alice? Then it’s fine.”
“Hey! Weren’t you holding something dangerous just now!”
Liakade looked at the long object Field had casually thrown behind her, unable to suppress her fear.
“No, you saw wrong.”
“Thank goodness, I knew Liakade wouldn’t do something like two-timing with someone else!”
Alice also regained her spirits, her anxious heart relaxing.
“…So the point isn’t about two-timing, but that you can’t do it with someone else?”
At this point, Liakade had no strength left to complain.
“Young people are so lively.”
Sistem elegantly picked up her teacup and took a small sip of black tea, amused by the little drama unfolding before her.
“Huh? You… all of you, why do you look so relaxed instead?”
Seeing the reactions of the three, Chloe was completely confused.
This was supposed to be a matter of personal honor, but their expressions were more like relief.
She couldn’t understand at all.
“Chloe, is it?”
Sistem put down her teacup and hinted to Chloe.
“Isn’t it possible that what others see as a rumor is actually the truth for them?”
“Her Highness Sistem… Are you saying…?”
After hearing Sistem’s words, Chloe was stunned for a few seconds, then turned to look at the three in shock.
“Eh!!? You… you’re really… and with all three of you!?”
“Uh…”
Liakade scratched her cheek awkwardly, but still admitted openly.
“That’s right. That’s how it is. And it’s not just flirting—we’re already together, all three of us.”
“Pfft… cough, cough, cough, wh-what?”
Sistem, who had been calmly sipping tea, almost spat it out when she heard Liakade’s words.
She hadn’t expected Liakade to admit it, let alone that their relationship had progressed so quickly.
After all, Sistem had no idea what happened during the celebration banquet at the palace after the Cultural Festival, nor what occurred in the Dungeon.
In her mind, she expected their relationship to gradually get closer, but she didn’t expect it to be so sudden.
“Together… How did you get together?”
Sistem slapped the table, questioning the three in front of her.
“Well… um…”
“That’s… you know…”
“Sigh, you three… My foolish little sisters…”
Seeing their eyes darting around, faces flushed, and unable to explain, Sistem could only sigh, hold her forehead, and collapse onto the sofa.
She had originally planned to use her last chance to give Liakade a final test, but now that her little sister had already given her body away, the family’s cabbage had been taken by another cabbage.
Honestly… maybe that’s fine too?
“Fine then…”
So in the end, Chloe’s rumor was actually an understatement.
“Then… Miss Liakade, you all…”
Chloe didn’t know what to say anymore.
She had come to inform them so they could deal with the rumors quickly and avoid getting hurt, but now it seemed they were already together and had no intention of hiding it.
The rumors didn’t even seem important anymore.
“So how did these rumors spread? There’s no way it’s just people making things up, right?”
As Chloe was at a loss, Liakade spoke up.
Although it was the truth, they hadn’t announced it publicly.
If rumors had already spread, someone with bad intentions must be manipulating things behind the scenes.
They needed to find that person.
“You were recorded by a Magic Recorder while holding hands in the Academy.”
Chloe hurriedly took out some photos—there were shots from various angles: Liakade and Alice holding hands, Liakade and Field interlocking fingers, and one with all three walking together, Liakade in the middle holding the other two, with a conspicuous Bell Collar around her neck.
However, that was the only evidence of their intimacy, but since Liakade had already declared her preference for girls, even holding hands with another girl could be seen as evidence of flirting to others.
“Who did this!!!”
Liakade couldn’t help but tear the photo to pieces.
Holding hands with Alice and Field was one thing, but why did they have to capture her wearing a Collar?
How humiliating!
Being teased by Field in private was fun, but being photographed outside was something Liakade absolutely couldn’t tolerate.
“I’ll kill them. I have to kill whoever did this!”
Liakade clenched her little pink fist, biting her silver teeth, crimson eyes burning with rage.
“So who the hell did this?”
Field was also furious seeing the photos.
The feeling of being secretly photographed was unbearable.
“I don’t know, either.”
Chloe shook her head.
“By the time I found out, these photos were already being spread in the Academy.”
“Mm…”
Field thought for a moment, then suddenly remembered something.
“Liakade, do you still have the Magic Detector Darkness gave you?”
“I do.”
Reminded by Field, Liakade remembered that device and quickly pulled it out.
She scanned the photos for traces of residual Magic Power, letting the Detector lock onto the direction.
According to the Detector’s range, the one who had secretly photographed them was still within the Academy.
“Let’s go. We’re going to beat this guy up right now!”
“I’ll come too.”
Sistem got up from the sofa and followed Liakade and the others.
“Didn’t we just say we’d act together? Of course, we have to now. Besides… I’m really curious to see who had the guts to secretly photograph my sister.”
? Are some chapters missing?
“celebration banquet at the palace after the Cultural Festival” I don’t think this happened yet?
I also don’t remember someone named Darkness, nor do I remember a time the MC was collared.
And the next chapter talks about the MC becoming the “Festival Flower”, which sounds like an important event, but hasn’t been ranked about.
Might be so. Seems like there are some missing chapters from the raws which the author has not updated. I will post them as soon as author updates them. Thank you understanding.
Hey, I was checking the raws and it seems based on the text preview the missing chapters may have been updated. Just letting you know.
Thanks for translating!