“This guy… is he deliberately trying to provoke us, or is there really something wrong with his brain?!”
Emerging from the woods and returning to the vicinity of the caravan, the group was still visibly fuming.
Field clenched her small pink fists, holding them up in front of her chest, still muttering about Vidar’s outrageous behavior just now as she complained to the other three.
“Who knows? How could a normal person understand the actions of a madman?”
Liyakade snorted with displeasure.
She couldn’t understand half of Vidar’s behavior.
If you said he was deliberately provoking them, his fearful expression and trembling movements weren’t fake, and he’d already knelt down to kowtow.
If you said he was pretending to be scared of death, forced to apologize by the situation, then his apology was full of statements that angered them.
It felt like Vidar’s brain was just wired differently from a normal person’s.
“Speaking of which, why does he keep treating me like your… your forbidden companion! Do I really look like your forbidden companion?!”
Actually, this was what made Liyakade the most upset.
Vidar kept calling her that, inexplicably adopting a condescending attitude towards her, only speaking to Field as an equal.
Towards Liyakade, Alice, and even Natalia, he seemed somewhat impatient.
Especially towards Liyakade.
It was as if from the very beginning, he had treated Liyakade as Field’s servant or a lesser being.
“Even though we all acted like normal friends…”
At this point, Liyakade slightly smoothed her forehead.
Even though Field had just explained that they weren’t in a superior-subordinate relationship, Vidar insisted on acting like he was currying favor with Field while looking down on Liyakade.
It was truly infuriating.
“Sigh, don’t bother with that lunatic anymore. After seeing him like this, I think his motivation for tampering with the water source makes some sense. After all, an idiot’s thought process is different from ours.”
“That’s true…”
Vidar absolutely never imagined that his own idiotic behavior would actually make Liyakade and the others lower their suspicions of him.
Of course, he didn’t think his behavior was idiotic at all.
“However…”
Just then, Field suddenly changed the subject.
She glanced at Liyakade, her tone becoming somewhat teasing.
The corner of her mouth lifted into a smile as she extended a hand towards Liyakade, half-jokingly saying to her.
“A follower, slave, or something like goods is definitely not okay… but a ‘forbidden companion’ doesn’t seem so bad, does it? Liyakade, would you be willing to become a forbidden companion that belongs only to me?”
When Liyakade heard Field’s sudden words, she was stunned for a moment.
It wasn’t that Liyakade felt offended.
On the contrary, she felt a strange sensation at this moment.
Hearing this kind of talk from Vidar’s mouth made Liyakade feel incredibly disgusted, even making her want to tear Vidar’s mouth apart on the spot and pull out his tongue.
But coming from Field’s mouth, it was completely different.
Not only was there no disgust at all, there was even a strange sense of… flirtation.
It was as if Field wanted to completely possess Liyakade.
This feeling of being on the verge of being conquered even gave Liyakade an inexplicable sense of pleasure.
Of course, the one frozen in place wasn’t just Liyakade.
There were also Alice and Natalia beside them.
For Natalia, although she had already speculated about their relationship earlier, when the reality was truly placed before her eyes, Natalia was still extremely shocked.
So, the rumor that a certain princess was into forbidden, same-sex love was actually true.
And that princess was the very Field before her.
Based on Natalia’s speculation, Liyakade and Alice should be rivals.
The two were probably engaged in covert and overt struggles, both vying for Field’s affection.
As for Field’s attitude, Natalia hadn’t actually been able to discern it.
It seemed Field got along quite well with both of them, while the relationship between Liyakade and Alice didn’t look so good; they stood far apart from each other.
And now, Field had actually said out loud that she wanted Liyakade to become her forbidden companion.
This couldn’t help but shock Natalia.
Although Vidar really spoke without thinking, and almost nothing good came out of his mouth as he randomly assigned a relationship to Liyakade and Field… becoming the forbidden companion of a princess did indeed seem like a pretty good thing.
The most noble royal family in the kingdom was not something a piece of trash like Vidar could compare to.
Vidar didn’t even know Field’s gender or identity, and was even treating Field like some kind of playboy who wantonly toyed with women.
When Vidar called Liyakade Field’s forbidden companion, the underlying meaning was more to belittle Liyakade and flatter Field, to suck up to her.
But in reality?
Field not only held a high position as a candidate for the throne’s succession, but she was also a girl, the same gender as Liyakade.
Furthermore, Field’s character was beyond doubt.
If she really took Liyakade as her forbidden companion, she definitely wouldn’t treat Liyakade like goods as Vidar suggested, but would sincerely care for her.
Liyakade would also have endless wealth and luxury to enjoy.
Natalia didn’t know Liyakade’s background, but judging from Liyakade’s strange and gorgeous appearance, she was probably a girl from the borderlands, or even a foreign land.
Her status was definitely inferior to that of Princess Field.
Facing Field’s favor, accepting it would be nothing but beneficial for Liyakade.
The part Natalia felt somewhat regretful about was that if there really was a love triangle between them, she had originally wanted to support Alice’s rise.
After all, Alice was a Light Element magic user, the natural enemy of the Demon Race, and seemed like a match made in heaven with the princess.
But now it seemed Field had already had feelings for Liyakade for a while.
Since this was the princess’s decision, Natalia naturally had no right to try to persuade her otherwise.
She could only hope Field wouldn’t neglect Alice in the future.
Thinking of this, Natalia hurriedly looked towards Alice.
Field had suddenly so blatantly revealed her possessiveness towards Liyakade.
What kind of expression would Alice, who also adored Field, have?
Natalia was very worried about Alice.
As for Alice herself, when she suddenly heard Field’s unexpected, cold remark, her expression also turned to shock, followed by a pout as she glared at Field.
‘Is it coming? The battlefield of love?!’
Natalia was so nervous at this moment she couldn’t help but clench her small pink fists, a few drops of cold sweat appearing in her palms.
Although Natalia was very interested in love battlefields, this one involved a princess and a Light Element magic user.
Natalia didn’t dare to watch the drama in this kind of battlefield.
Besides, the caravan’s problems weren’t solved yet.
If internal issues arose among them, the whole situation would become even more chaotic.
Just as Natalia was about to step forward and say something, she saw Alice immediately throw herself between Liyakade and Field.
She gently swatted Field’s hand away, then very naturally took hold of Liyakade’s wrist.
“Hey! That’s not fair! Suddenly asking Liyakade to become your forbidden companion or something, that’s cheating!”
“…Huh?”