diymy 047. Acting coquettishly
047. Acting coquettishly
Her smile faded, and a hint of melancholy flashed in her eyes: "How many of a man's promises are true?"
She took one last deep look in the direction where the carriage had disappeared, then turned and slowly walked back to the church.
"High Priest".
When the deacons saw her return, they quickly bowed respectfully and greeted her.
Alaya gave a polite smile in response.
She walked gracefully back to the attic, letting out a soft sigh. Looking around, she picked up the empty glass bottle from the floor.
Looking at it closely in the moonlight, I saw that there wasn't a drop left in the bottle, and there was still a faint lip mark on the rim.
A complex emotion flashed across Alaya's eyes—envy, jealousy—which quickly transformed into a clear reminiscence.
If she weren't the High Priestess of the Church of Light, and if Sinlai weren't the third prince of Asgard, to him she would have been nothing more than a stranger. How could she have given up such an opportunity to Eve?
If it weren't for the enormous interests involved, why would she be willing to refuse to acknowledge Xin Lai?
And she couldn't let Xinlai think she was a frivolous woman...
"Sinlai...does he really not remember anything from back in the Arcadia Dynasty?"
A hint of disappointment flashed in Alaya's eyes, and her fingers tightened slightly.
With a "crack," the glass bottle shattered in my palm.
Blood mixed with shards of glass dripped onto the floor, making a clear, pattering sound in the silent attic.
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Xinlai always felt that the carriage was now his save point.
He was either on a carriage or on his way to borrow one.
Within a single day, his carriage, which had been parked in front of the Rum Tail Chicken Tavern, had been reduced to rubble; the one given to him by Frank, the Silver Raven Eye steward, was still parked near the Adventurers' Guild and had probably been impounded as well.
The carriage they were sitting in now belonged to the Church of Light.
He sighed and subconsciously turned to look at Eve.
Eve remained by the window, resting her chin on her hand, wearing her black eyelids, watching the scenery rushing past outside.
The commotion caused during the rescue of Alaya had temporarily placed the royal city under martial law. However, the carriages of the Church of Light were not restricted and had already crossed the city's green belt, speeding towards the outskirts of the royal city and the territory of the Tanstin family.
For Eve, the scenery along the way, even the most ordinary sunrise, felt novel.
The somewhat gloomy sky was tinged with reddish-orange by the morning sun, and the sky behind the distant mountain peaks was slowly brightening.
Before being arrested as a witch, Eve was mostly confined to her territory to train.
It was only after meeting the original protagonist, Lorenz, that he had the opportunity to go on an adventure in the outside world.
Now she is like a canary kept by Xinlai's side, occasionally released from its cage, always full of longing and curiosity for the outside world.
The morning breeze ruffled her hair, and her amethyst-like eyes narrowed slightly, as if she were savoring the scent of the wind and the warmth of the sunlight.
Looking at her somewhat childlike appearance, Xinlai couldn't bear to disturb her.
After traveling a few more miles, they would reach the territory that had long been occupied by the Persari clan, a collateral branch of the Tanstin family.
When that time came, how to enter, and how to face the group of covetous snakes and rats, was what truly gave the two of them a headache.
But before that, being able to quietly enjoy the tranquility is already quite nice.
a long time.
Perhaps she was tired from admiring the scenery, Eve hugged her knees, her little feet bare, her head resting on her knees, and she was getting sleepy.
"Eve," Xinlai asked, as if gathering intelligence, "do you know anything about the Persephone clan, a collateral branch of your family?"
Eve turned to look at Xinlai, thought for a moment, and said, "I think so..."
"For example?"
Eve lifted her little head off her knees, pulled down the carriage curtain, and looked up at the ceiling with her two bronze eyes, letting out a few soft moans.
"Hmm... The head of the Fesari clan, Tanstin Fesari Kobok, seems to have... twelve wives."
Xin Lai smiled and said, "What's so strange about that? My eldest brother, Jia Lun De Guang, has more than forty wives whose names I know, and I've been invited to their weddings."
"..." Eve looked at Xinlai, her voice softer than a wife questioning her husband, yet also gentler because of their master-maid relationship.
"You want to too, don't you?"
"I can't say it like that," Xinlai emphasized, as if deliberately teasing Eve, "It would be my blessing to marry several more, but I won't end up like my eldest brother."
"...Tch." Eve curled her lip, clicked her tongue in disgust, and leaned against the window.
After the incident of taking the oral medication that night, the relationship between the two became less strained than before.
Eve considered that she had given her first kiss to this jerk, but she didn't think anything would happen between them again, so she didn't think much about whether to let Xinlai take responsibility for it.
Furthermore, after discovering that Xinlai also had a vulnerable side and that she had been helping her all along, Eve was no longer as shy as before, and had a sense of "being favored makes one fearless".
This is probably a sign that she's about to become a witch... She's already starting to show no fear of Sin Lai in some minor matters.
"If that's the case, then he must have had many children, right?"
Eve nodded. "It seems one of the wives had given birth to quintuplets."
"...?"
Xinlai frowned and turned to look at Eve with curiosity.
"Is this considered a constitution unique to your Tanstin family?"
Eve tightened her maid outfit, huddled in the corner of the car, and became alert, a blush creeping onto her cheeks unintentionally.
"What...what nonsense are you spouting now..."
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The carriage left the royal city and traveled for two days before arriving at the territory managed by the Tanstin family, on the banks of the Guna River.
Located on the banks of the Guna River, adjacent to the royal city, at the upper right corner of the Rhine River, Asgard's mother river, this fertile land was granted to the Tanstin family, which can be seen as King Bemmilt's approval and recognition of the Marquis of Tanstin.
The carriage traveled down the Rhine River and entered the city of Günna.
Like the royal city, Guna is a city with a long history, and its tall, weathered walls are covered with the gold-edged red flags of the Tanstin family fluttering in the wind.
The place was bustling with people and houses, with lush green water on one side—it was probably the perfect retirement destination in Xinlai's mind.
"Eve, the Frostblade Snowflakes are gone, and your purple hair might be a bit too conspicuous here."
Xinlai rested his left elbow on the car window, looking somewhat sleepy at Eve, who was separated from him by the 38th parallel.
During the past two days of travel, the two rested in the carriage. In order to save time, they only got out of the carriage for a short rest.
To prevent Xinlai from making any advances towards her, Eve kept close to the car window, maintaining a distance from Xinlai.
After all, Sinley had already allowed her to remove her eye patch when necessary, which would allow her to better handle emergencies and protect herself, reducing the pressure on Sinley when dealing with problems.
But in reality, Eve's actions were of no use. As Sinley's personal maid, she was required to help Sinley change and rest in the car, and to warm the bed on cold nights so that Sinley could sleep peacefully.
Even if Eve gets up quickly after warming the bed at night and runs to sit in the carriage seat, thinking she can rest there, she will find herself unconsciously climbing into Sinlai's bed when she wakes up the next day, and stealing half of Sinlai's blanket.
Xinlai had no complaints about this, after all, Eve's sleeping face was indeed pleasing to the eye, and seeing it every day when she opened her eyes was a pleasure.
Moreover, Eve didn't even realize that sometimes late at night she would snuggle into Xinlai's warm, hot arms to keep warm, just like an adorable little Xiao Maomi.
Xinlai just didn't tell Eve any of this. If she had, Eve would have accused Xinlai of being dishonest...
Eve probably never imagined that she had unknowingly become attached to Sinley.
"Hmm..."
Eve rubbed her sleepy eyes and mumbled in a soft, cute voice, "Then go buy one... put it on the bill for the years I've worked for you..."
Xinlai chuckled. "Are you ordering me around?"
"..."
Eve, who had just woken up, didn't realize that her ability to say such a thing proved that she had already gotten used to life with Xinlai...
Eve, wanting to sleep a little longer, threw a tantrum, no longer caring about her noble, fallen aristocratic lady status, or perhaps having already adapted to her role as a personal maid, and sweetly coaxed:
"Master, please..."
"You can't expect me to buy it openly..."
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