“But, Serveyia, I don’t know how to make everyone think I’m cute…”
“It’s not that hard. For most students you’re not close to, Little Fox, you just need to appear in front of them. You don’t even have to say anything. But for those you’re close to, you need to figure out their preferences and show your cuteness accordingly.”
“Their…preferences?”
Liuli thought about it.
To be honest, she still didn’t know what Serveyia liked.
She couldn’t really just offer herself up foolishly, could she?
“That’s right. After all, as a Princess, while enjoying everyone’s affection is important, it’s also impossible to have no response at all. What everyone wants to see, after all, is a Little Fox who can respond.”
“But…it’s not easy to understand someone else’s preferences, right? I can’t just ask them directly, can I?”
Asking directly what someone liked felt a bit too blunt to Liuli.
But if she didn’t ask and just observed, she felt she didn’t really have the skills to read people.
“Of course you can’t just ask. But most people will show their preferences, more or less, in their daily lives. Little Fox, what you need to do is remember those details.”
“Ugh, it sounds so hard…”
“It might be a bit difficult at first, but nothing is mastered from the start. With more practice, it gets much easier.”
Serveyia suddenly realized that Little Fox’s tail felt really nice to touch.
Fluffy, just like her favorite stuffed toy when she was a child.
“Little Fox, if you’re really worried, you can try practicing with the Guards for a while. Most of them aren’t schemers, so it’s a good chance to get some practice.”
How to put it…
It felt like Serveyia’s next sentence would be ‘they’re simple-minded and strong.’
While being straightforward and not cunning was a good thing, Liuli really worried that her own EQ would lead her to say something inappropriate, and then she’d make others upset.
“Ugh, Serveyia, you’ll help me, right?”
“It’s fine. Anyone willing to become your Guard will more or less be tolerant of you, Little Fox. So, when facing you, they’ll show even greater tolerance. There’s no need to be so nervous.”
Serveyia stroked Lin Sheng’s tail, more and more convinced that the tail of a Nine-tailed Celestial Fox was a real treasure.
Just stroking it brought her a lot of happiness.
As for the cost…
Looking at the Little Fox in front of her, helplessly watching her own exploded tail, Serveyia knew she’d have to prepare another dessert tonight.
“Serveyia, you can’t abuse my tail like that!”
“Little Fox, don’t you think your tail feels nice to touch?”
“Ugh…”
Liuli couldn’t deny Serveyia’s words.
After all, she hugged her own tail every night when she slept.
When it came to touch, no one understood her tail better than Liuli.
“Then…but you can’t just touch it so casually!”
These days, Serveyia had touched Liuli’s tail so many times that Liuli had basically become desensitized.
But Serveyia’s way of touching it so carelessly, making her tail all fluffy, still made Liuli a little unhappy.
“If you’re going to touch it, you should touch it however you like. Besides, every night, I’m the one who takes care of your tail anyway. What’s wrong with me touching it now?”
“But, but! I have reason to suspect, Serveyia, that you’re just messing up my tail so you can take advantage during Tail Care!”
“So what if I am? Little Fox, don’t you still need me to help take care of your tail?”
Only then did Liuli realize—so this was Serveyia’s plan all along.
After all, she’d brought up learning Tail Care more than once before, but each time Serveyia had brushed her off with all kinds of excuses.
So the reason she didn’t want Liuli to learn Tail Care was so she could keep taking care of it herself, huh?
“Y-You…this is called using public power for personal gain!”
“Oh? Then, Little Fox, how about I find a random Maid to take care of your tail instead?”
“Then…let’s not.”
Liuli could clearly feel that her tail seemed to have some adaptive ability.
The more someone touched it, the more used to it she became, and it wasn’t as sensitive.
If they really switched to someone new, wouldn’t all her previous adapting be wasted?
“Can’t I just do it myself?”
“You, Little Fox?”
“If you really take care of your own tail, I bet you’ll lose interest soon enough. It’s not exactly a fun thing, so I don’t believe you could keep it up.”
“……”
Seeing Liuli fall silent, Serveyia knew she’d hit the mark again.
She understood this Little Fox in front of her quite well.
Tail Care was such a tedious and boring thing; there was no way she’d stick with it.
Sure enough, that night when they bathed, although Liuli looked a little disgruntled, she still obediently sat in the bath and let Serveyia take care of her tail.