“Princess, have you finished changing your clothes?”
“Y-Yes, I’m done! I’ll come out now!”
Still admiring herself, Liuli heard Fina’s voice from outside the fitting room curtain and hurriedly lifted it.
No joke, Fina gave Liuli the feeling that if she didn’t come out soon, Fina would barge in.
“Hmm, it looks good, but it feels like something’s missing…”
Seeing Liuli step out from the fitting room, a fleeting look of astonishment flashed across Fina’s face, followed by deep thought.
“Is something wrong?”
To be honest, Liuli quite liked this JK Uniform.
Although it didn’t look fancy, both the shirt’s cut and the color coordination were in her comfort zone.
Not to mention, the pleated skirt thoughtfully had a hole for her tail.
But hearing Fina say that made Liuli a little sad.
“I can’t say for sure… Let me observe a bit more.”
Fina’s expression was serious as she circled Liuli several times, posing thoughtfully.
“Ah, I know!”
Fina clapped her hands, startling Liuli.
“I know what’s off. It’s the shoes, Princess.”
“Shoes?”
Liuli looked down at the short boots she wore today, prepared by Serveyia in the morning.
“Is there a problem?”
Liuli glanced at the mirror beside her, unconsciously voicing her thoughts.
In her opinion, her outfit was perfectly fine.
If she saw someone on the street dressed like this, she’d like it too.
“It’s not a big problem, just a little bit of my own compulsiveness.”
Leaving only those words, Fina went to the shop assistant, said something, and returned to Liuli.
“I asked the shop assistant to bring over a pair of leather shoes.”
“Leather shoes?”
“Yes, the kind that go with a JK Uniform. You should know, Princess.”
Ah, with Fina’s reminder, Liuli recalled—the classic loafers.
Thinking about it, they really did match the JK Uniform, but was it really necessary to match so strictly?
To Liuli, what she was wearing now was already enough.
But oh well, since Fina prepared the matching items, she’d just try it.
Changing shoes didn’t require returning to the fitting room; she easily changed after finding a seat.
However, the shoes she was wearing were also a perfect fit.
Was this something Fina had observed as well?
“Hmm, now it looks much better.”
Fina finally nodded in satisfaction and turned to the shop assistant.
“We’ll take this set…”
“F-Fina, let me pay…”
Although Liuli didn’t particularly like wearing women’s clothes, that wasn’t a reason to let a girl pay.
Moreover, Serveyia had given her a Shopping Card before leaving.
Since she had money, there was no reason to let Fina pay.
“It’s fine, Princess. Consider it a gift for inviting you out shopping today.”
Fina waved her hand and paid before Liuli could react.
“Princess, do you want to wear this outfit out or change back to your original clothes?”
“I’ll just wear this one.”
Since she had to wear women’s clothes anyway, it didn’t matter what kind.
Besides, wearing this JK Uniform made her feel a bit younger.
“Fina, is there anything you want to buy?”
After leaving the shop, Liuli asked Fina curiously.
She felt that since Fina had given her a gift, she should also give something in return.
“Hmm, actually, yes. I want to buy a dress for the Academy Festival.”
“Wouldn’t a custom-made dress be better for that?”
“It would, but I’m not sure if it could be made in time…”
Fina glanced around.
“After all, the Princess of St. Laia just arrived at Saint Laia Academy, so many students want to make a good impression and dress up more carefully.
I bet the clothing shops I usually go to are flooded with orders now.”
“Hmm, now that you mention it, it seems like no one’s paid much attention to me…”
Liuli wasn’t being narcissistic; this was the idea Serveyia had instilled in her.
As the Princess of St. Laia, there would be countless people who adored and followed her.
But now, even walking openly on the street, not only was she not surrounded, no one even came up to greet her.
It felt odd.
“Maybe it’s because of your Maid?”
Liuli turned to look at Yuli, who had been following behind her, her cold gaze scanning the crowd.
“Yuli… Um, you don’t have to be so tense.”
“I-I’m not tense. Mm, not tense at all…”
But she was obviously tense~
“Yuli, you’ll get tired being so stiff. Relax a bit, okay?”
Although Yuli had indeed scared off some people for her, making things easier, Liuli worried that people might think she was acting arrogant, so she decided to ask Yuli to relax a little.
“I-I’ll try…”
Although Yuli looked extremely nervous at the moment, her expression barely changed.
It made people wonder if she was truly nervous.
“Yuli?”
Fina seemed curious about the taciturn dark elf Maid as well.
She approached Yuli and asked curiously.
“It looks like this is your first time serving as the Princess’s Maid, right?”
“Fina… Actually, Yuli is my Guard…”
Liuli also found it strange.
A Guard is a Guard, a Maid is a Maid.
Why force a Guard to wear a Maid Uniform?
Liuli couldn’t help but wonder how much of Yuli’s tension was from her first mission and how much was from wearing a Serveyia-style modified Maid Uniform.
“?”
A cute, puzzled expression appeared on Fina’s face.
She clearly didn’t understand why a Guard like Yuli had to wear a Maid Uniform.
“This was Serveyia’s arrangement…”
Liuli felt it was nice to blame everything on Serveyia.
Besides, these matters were indeed handled by Serveyia.
Whether it was selecting Yuli as a Guard or making her a Maid, Liuli had no part in the decision.
It wasn’t even passing the buck—it was the truth.