“You… want me to teach you how to kiss?”
Vivian Drake’s body trembled as if she were startled. Her elegant, round-toed high heels tapped the ground restlessly, betraying her inner turmoil.
The silver hair of this lovely younger sister seemed to blur and melt into the moonlight.
It was a natural reaction. If a beautiful girl suddenly said she wanted to kiss another beautiful girl, wouldn’t anyone be flustered?
If they weren’t, then the one who proposed it would be the one to panic.
But since the words were out, Erika didn’t plan to blame it all on her tail. She didn’t mind getting close to girls now.
‘This is the first step toward controlling the Drake family!’
“Lady Vivian is a romance expert, isn’t she? Surely you’ve experienced something like kissing many times.”
“B-but I am a lady of the Drake family after all. How can I be so… so reckless!” Vivian argued with a slight blush.
Erika continued her siren-like temptation. “How is it reckless? Lady Vivian likes men, doesn’t she?”
“O-of course! My romantic partners are all tall, handsome men, and we were by the shimmering sea…”
“Mhm, then kissing a woman like me shouldn’t have any special meaning for you, Lady Vivian, right? Just as I said, it’s only a teacher giving guidance to a student.”
“T-that makes a lot of sense!”
‘Come on, Vivian Drake, how will you respond? Will you break your cute act now and reveal your total ignorance of romance? Or will you, as a noble lady, hold onto your pride and refuse to bow your head?’
“F-fine! I’ll teach you!”
It seemed she chose to maintain her pride.
Despite appearing lively, cheerful, and approachable, Vivian Drake’s nature as a noble with immense pride remained unchanged.
“…But not here! My sister might wake up! Meet me here on the first Wednesday after school starts!” Vivian Drake blurted out and quickly ran away. The pitter-patter of her footsteps grew distant before Erika could even respond.
Erika had actually been thinking that she might be able to teach Vivian what a first kiss was right then and there.
‘Hmph, likes tall and handsome men? Is their tongue shaped any differently? Just watch me bend you.’
Eh?
Looking down at the Pink Tail that had popped out from under her skirt again at some point, Erika fell into thought.
‘Erika is good! Tail is bad!’
‘Erika isn’t a flirt; the tail is a flirt.’
“Reflect on yourself, you lewd tail!” Erika chided, pointing at her tail. It shrunk back under her skirt as if it were dejected.
**[Deceiving the feelings of an innocent lamb is second nature for an Enchantress who charms the world.]**
**[Performer Class Experience: +50]**
The tail immediately burst out from under her skirt again, wiggling as if to say, ‘Sure, you can lie to the tail, but don’t lie to yourself, sister.’
Erika: “…”
However, it was a good thing Vivian Drake left quickly. Crisp footsteps were approaching from the corridor behind her. “Hey, Erika, wasn’t that Miona? What did Miona Drake say to you just now?”
Unbeknownst to her, Emil seemed to have calmed down. She emerged from the darkness and walked toward the balcony by the stairs. Thank goodness the big guy didn’t immediately ask, ‘Erika, why were you using the bathroom on the balcony?’
The blush and embarrassment were gone from her face, replaced by a refreshing and heroic air. Erika pulled the hem of her skirt down. Seeing the big guy made the sticky sensation on her lower body, which she had almost forgotten, become noticeable again.
“She didn’t do anything excessive to you, did she?”
“No, we just happened to cross paths while taking a stroll. We didn’t talk about anything special, just a bit about the academy.”
“Is that so? Then let’s head back. Everyone is probably waiting.”
“Alright. Oh, right, it’s best if we don’t meet alone like this outside anymore. It’ll be trouble if we’re caught.”
“Yeah, I know.”
Though the reply was blunt, Emil’s voice sounded a bit cold—or was it filled with dissatisfaction?
“But, do you have time tonight?” Emil looked up past the balcony, where the moon was slowly rising to its highest point.
“Tonight?”
—
“Then, Your Majesty, please get some rest. I will visit your residence first thing tomorrow morning.”
“Good. I plan to head into the city tomorrow during the day. Accompany me.”
“Understood.”
Evelyn let out a yawn and fell asleep soon after lying down. As usual, once Evelyn entered the land of dreams, she wouldn’t easily wake up unless there was a special situation.
The sound of soft breathing reached Erika’s ears, indicating she was sound asleep.
Standing by the bed, Erika watched Evelyn’s even breathing and her little nose twitching. Her sweet sleeping face looked like a little angel’s. Where was the usual cold queen?
Erika gently pulled the quilt up for her. Evelyn’s upper body was partially exposed in her silver silk pajamas, her curvaceous figure clearly visible.
At this moment, Evelyn was a sleeping beauty purely radiating charm. It made one sigh—she was so beautiful, but what a pity she could move.
The tail radar wouldn’t lie about a beautiful girl.
‘I really want to secretly tie her up while she’s asleep, neutralize her, and then use the tentacle method to discipline her well…’
Her heart skipped a beat, and her body began to heat up.
‘I’m definitely not normal lately, am I?’
In any case, daring to disturb Evelyn while she was sleeping was truly a death wish.
The difference between her and Emil was that even if Erika neutralized her, Evelyn could still use psychokinesis to wrap the tail around Erika herself.
The scene would look like this:
Erika: ‘Tail, why have you betrayed me!’
Tail: ‘Madam, I didn’t want to, but the situation is beyond my control.’
Erika: ‘Then hurry up and let me go, or just disappear!’
Tail: ‘I won’t refuse a beautiful girl. Unfortunately, that includes you, Your Excellency.’
Then, the fragrant and soft Erika would be tied up by her own tail, leaving Evelyn to do as she pleased until the very foundations of the world crumbled!
How wonderful… not!
Even if it were Evelyn, she would probably be furious if she were woken from a good sleep, wouldn’t she? At that time, Evelyn would gently open her eyes and stare at her in the darkness with those obsidian-like black pupils. If she didn’t provide a reasonable explanation, it would be game over.
After tucking Evelyn in, Erika quietly backed out of the room.
However, there were other important matters to attend to tonight. The horn of the counterattack against the big guy was about to blow!
Today, she had to use her tail to suppress that big guy!
Quietly leaving Evelyn’s bedroom, Erika avoided the eyes of others and headed out of the temple. Next to the temple was a place called the Prayer Room, also known as a confessional.
During the day, it was crowded with believers praying and confiding, but at night, even the guarding monks were nowhere to be found, making it exceptionally lonely.