“……Alright……”
Serveyia, who had originally wanted to take this opportunity to give the little fox a lesson in lady-like behavior, suddenly realized she really hadn’t taught her anything.
And it seemed like she was about to raise this little fox into a complete good-for-nothing.
She could only wave her hand helplessly and call Liuli over to her side.
“I’ll help you tidy your hair this time, little fox. Next time, if I’m not around or if I’m busy, you can ask another maid to help you. But remember, don’t go out looking all messy, okay?”
“I understand……”
Liuli felt her hair was a bit too long.
Although it looked nice most of the time, when it came to care, it brought a heap of problems.
Even if she didn’t have to handle it herself, trouble was still trouble.
“Serveyia, do you have something to take care of today?”
“Kingdom matters. It might be a bit heavy, and also a bit troublesome. I don’t think it’s something suitable for you to deal with, little fox……”
“So you’ll be gone all day?”
“No, holding a remote meeting in the study is enough. It shouldn’t take the whole day either. You don’t have any urgent things to deal with today, and Miss Lin Ya is still resting. If you want to go anywhere, make sure to call Yuli.”
Serveyia combed through Liuli’s troublesome long hair while explaining the day’s possible plans.
“I got it. Serveyia, you know me. There aren’t really many places I want to go……”
“Is that so? Fina said she wanted to invite you to go shopping.”
“Fina? Me? Shopping?”
Liuli felt these three words couldn’t possibly be linked together.
She remembered clearly that this mermaid suffered from androphobia.
Under such circumstances, inviting herself to go shopping—Liuli really didn’t know what was going to happen.
“Yes, at first I also found it strange that Fina wanted to invite you, but honestly, I don’t think there’s any harm in going to see.”
“N-no harm?”
“Although Fina dislikes men, what does that have to do with you now? You’re already a proper girl, little fox. Naturally, you should also experience shopping between girls. Isn’t that nice?”
Shopping between girls.
To be honest, Liuli was a little scared.
After all, she had also accompanied her mother shopping when she was little.
One could only say that in this area, women truly possessed terrifying power.
Even if she was a girl now, it didn’t mean she’d automatically gain the same shopping prowess.
More importantly, she didn’t really have anything she wanted to buy.
In such a case, wasn’t shopping even more unnecessary?
“I-I think I’ll pass. I don’t have anything to buy anyway.”
“Even if there’s nothing to buy, taking a look can be nice. You might find something you want while walking around. The commercial street of Saint Laia has a lot to offer. It’s not just clothes, you know.”
Seeing this, Liuli felt that Serveyia was absolutely determined to make her go shopping with Fina.
Hmm.
Just what did it mean to Serveyia for her and Fina to go shopping together?
“So you already agreed with Fina?”
“Not yet. But as long as you agree, little fox, I can tell Fina directly.”
“Alright…… Then let’s go have a look.”
Liuli felt that if she didn’t agree soon, Serveyia would only come up with more and more strange requests.
It was just shopping, right?
If Serveyia wasn’t there, maybe she could even buy some little trinkets she’d never dared to think about before.
After breakfast, Serveyia returned to the study.
Only Liuli and Yuli remained in the dining hall.
Looking at Yuli’s poker face, Liuli grew curious.
“Your Adaptation Training—what exactly do you train for?”
“It’s mainly training for situations that might threaten Her Highness the Princess. For me, I also learn abilities related to Magic Identification to determine whether there are hidden spellcasters.”
“Is that sort of thing something you can master just by practicing in advance?”
No matter how she thought about it, the ability to identify magic seemed more difficult than casting spells itself.
Could a person really judge the effect of a Spell based on mere traces?
“It’s not entirely correct to say you can master it in advance, but there aren’t many Spells used for bad purposes. Also, I don’t need to confirm what the Spell is—just whether someone is casting it on Her Highness the Princess. So, it’s not actually very hard.”
“Um, are there really that many people trying to do bad things to me?”
Liuli felt that Yuli was just too suitable for these serious topics.
Her tense expression really made people unconsciously nervous.
“No. But every time, it’s frightening. We can’t afford to be careless at times like that. The time for shopping with Miss Fina is in an hour. Would you like me to help you change?”
Liuli always felt that, when facing Yuli and seeing her so serious, she just wanted to try everything to get more expressions from her.
“Yuli, can you tell me about your Family? Uh, if it’s alright. I’m a bit curious, what’s the difference between Dark Elves and regular Elves?”
“My Family? Actually, my Family isn’t anything special. We’re a small Noble Family. In terms of title, I wouldn’t qualify to enroll in Saint Laia Academy, but thanks to my Special Ability, I was specially recruited.”
“As for Dark Elves, we’re just a branch of the Elven race. A while back, for certain reasons, we lost contact with the World Tree, so we had to seek other sources of Resonance. For us Dark Elves, we found Moonlight.”
“Resonance?”
“Yes. This is a special trait of Elves. We need Resonance to cast Spells. But it’s also thanks to this ability that Elves have a higher upper limit when casting Spells. Still, these details aren’t that important.”
“Your Highness the Princess can consider Dark Elves and ordinary Elves as two different races. That’s fine.”
Liuli felt Yuli was getting cuter and cuter.
The way she answered her questions so earnestly made Liuli want to ask even stranger questions, just to see if she’d answer those too.
“Yuli, so you’ll be staying in Qingli Hall as a maid from now on. Do you know much about a maid’s duties?”
“Not really. But Lady Serveyia told me to follow your orders, Your Highness the Princess. That means I don’t really have to do much actual maid work.”
To be honest, Liuli really wanted to ask some inappropriate questions, but thinking about it, she and Yuli weren’t that familiar.
If she brought up something too outrageous, would it be too improper?