The Noble Lady of Lust

Chapter 312: Timely light

’Well, I have to act fast, before I die.’

”Oh, Silvia-mon, thank you for everything.”

I said and moved quickly behind Silvia. I hugged her, holding her tightly as I thanked her, but the real reason is because I know her and I knew what she was about to do.

We had come to an agreement earlier, but I’m sure that, as angry as she is, she would possibly, as soon as she could, grab me by the throat for doing and talking nonsense.

And on top of it all, involving her unnecessarily. Worst of all, I gave her a ring that bypasses the barrier in case of emergencies, since I didn’t know if she would come with us or stay with Willian at the beginning of the night.

in fact, I watched as she activated it and created a small zone where the barrier wouldn’t interfere, but I was quicker.

”W-what are you doing? Let go of me.”(Silvia)

”But promise me you won’t do anything to me.”

”...I’m going to kill you.” (Silvia)

”I knew it! Didn’t we come to an agreement?”

”Yes, it was to play along. Now I’ll make you pay to get me involved and make me play along, you idiot.” (Silvia)

”Well, I won’t release you until you forgive me.”

”Get off me! Rather, you’re making me angrier. Stop discreetly touching my chest.” (Silvia)

”hey they’re so big it’s unavoidable, Humm, but now that I see it, what was Felix thinking, making this dress so fair, doesn’t it bother you?”

”Don’t change the subject.” (Silvia)

”Look, if I do a little pressure here and...”

I said while pressing my fingers on Silvia’s sides and relieving her tightness.

”Ugh, haa~.” (Silvia)

”How have you been feeling? You feel less tense, don’t you? It seems like you were unconsciously slouching a little bit, but you also wanted to hold your posture, causing tension in these muscles.”

”D-don’t whisper in my ear, and don’t think that just because of that I.... Ngh~!” (Silvia)

”See, if I press here, then you will relax even more, and if I press your shoulder and neck, all the stress and bad thoughts will go away. And the good ones, like forgiveness, will come.”

”Ugh~, wait, really.... Are you doing it here, the girls are watching, No, wait, there.... Ngh! Haaa~” (Silvia)

”Oh Silvia, don’t worry I put a quick illusion of light when you activated the ring, it will take them a momento longer to notice. will you forgive me now?”

”Mngh!~ your de verdad haaa~, right there, mngh~ I mean, no,haa~” (Silvia)

Since I discovered that Silvia especially likes my massages, it has become my method of appeasing her.

My massages are purely professional and without ulterior motives, I only put the illusion in case they wanted to interfere with my sincere apologies, first of all, I had to deal with Silvia.

Meanwhile the girls will only see how Silvia and I only discuss quietly, since you can’t use or extend your senses nor did they notice Silvia activate the ring, it will take them a moment to notice that it’s a basic illusion.

”What do you think, Silvia? You forgive me, don’t you? I know you have a magnanimous heart.”

”Mngh~ haa.... Fine, you win. Mngh, I’ll let it go. But give the explanations.” (Silvia)

”Oh, great and merciful Silvia-mon, thank you for forgiving this mortal. In return, I will follow you eternally.”

”Again hugging me... haa~ whatever, Besides, stop saying such sinister things. Who wants a crazy woman like you as a follower?” (Silvia)

”We’ll still be friends forever, I just have to stop you from self-detonating.”

”I told you I definitely won’t!” (Silvia)

”I’ll believe you when I see some progress with William. Until then, you’re a ticking time bomb.”

”You want to piss me off again, don’t you!” (Silvia)

”Oh, Silvia-mon, forgive this servant who kept talking without knowing his place.”

”Haa~...just do what you have to do quickly.” (Silvia)

Okay, let’s clear this up. It’s my fault for not thinking clearly. I gave Silvia the last touch, causing her shoulders to finally relax completely.

A weapon I plan to continue to perfect to use against Silvia every time she gets angry.

I undid the illusion with a smooth transition between ”before” and ”now”, and then looked at Aurora with a bit of disappointment.

That someone blessed by the god of Illusions would fall for such a basic one... well, her blessing clearly goes the other way so it’s not unusual.

”Well, girls, I guess you have a lot of questions about Chris and me, don’t you?”

”You really ask? Haa~ well, if it’s something personal about Chris, you don’t need to tell me. I don’t like it when someone talks about someone else’s secrets.” (Aurora)

”Ugh! Aurora, what’s that hint I just heard? It felt very personal.”

”And it was.” (Aurora)

”I’ll take it positively, as there’s enough confidence to point out my shortcomings, and that it’s your way of encouraging me to improve as a person.”

”...” (Aurora)

Well, curiously what Aurora has said is true that I would spare me the explanations, Besides I hate lying, and more to potential members of my harem.

I didn’t have to explain personal things about others, even though I am myself, just how important it is to fix the misunderstanding with Silvia.

”Well, um as you may have heard about Chris’s background, well, it’s a bit unique, it’s something personal, so I won’t tell, plus about dating Silvia well, I panicked and used Silvia as an excuse since my parents don’t know about it either. I stress they are just friends. friends forever.”

”That last one was unnecessary.” (Silvia)

”Whew~” (Lys)

”Oh!!?, Lys, what was that sigh? Was it relief? Were you relieved that Chris didn’t go out with Silvia? Do you want to go out with him?”

I heard Lys’ sigh of relief. I had to understand her meaning. There could be a potential new member there, I won’t miss an opportunity for advancement.....

”No, I was just relieved to know I wasn’t so clueless as to not notice something like that.” (Lys)

’I was already saying it was too obvious, well I wasn’t expecting anything, on the other hand’

” But Lys you wouldn’t by any chance have a problem even if that thing about Chris being a commoner was true, would you?”

Honestly, she was the only one here I was worried about as to how she would react. But I saw earlier that I agreed with Aurora, at least on the part that there was no need to explain myself about someone else’s personal matters. That’s why I only said just enough and didn’t explain more.

On the other hand, I’ll take pity on Aurora and tell her that everything I told her earlier was still in effect... so that she doesn’t get even more sidetracked.

’I am so considerate.’

Although now, with that contradiction that Chris is here because of me and we have no relationship, it’s going to get a little complicated for her... but the good thing is that she’ll finally dismiss that nagging theory that we have some family kinship.

”No, Chris is my friend, and those things don’t matter.” (Lys)

”You don’t have a problem with him dating either, do you?”

”N-no, but because I...” (Lys)

”Well, you don’t have a problem dating him either, do you?”

”No, I don’t even have a.... huh?” (Lys)

Yes!! I got her! I didn’t think I’d find a chance right now — it’s all or nothing! Doubters stay single!”

”Oh, you said it! You want to go out with Chris, don’t you?! Well, I’ll help you later. He will definitely accept.”

”Really? No! Wait! That’s not what I meant! Besides, he’s dating the twins and a woman named Leyla.” (Lys)

”Oh, but as long as there’s love, that doesn’t matter. Where there’s room for six, there’s room for twenty... and more.”

”Huh? But, I... I...”(lys)

”My mother is also dating Chris.” (Cordelia)

”....”

”...”(Elena)

”...”(Alice)

”....”(Silvia)

”...”(Aurora)

”...”(Lys)

”Wait girls, look at that!”

I don’t know if the world was helping me or not, but right after an awkward silence caused by what Cordelia had said, I suddenly saw a glow coming from the bottom of the maze. I wondered if it was a sign.

I activated the ring and stretched my senses as far as I could, and indeed... I felt a magical movement. Something very strange in this castle. I had to make sure what it was, so that nothing would take me by surprise.

”~Elena, plan B-2.”

I whispered it to Elena, who nodded immediately and made a disguised movement, the rest of the girls were looking towards the light so they didn’t notice it, but now that I think about it, that light was very close to us.

Once I saw that Elena had done as I asked, it was time to get the girls to safety, whether this was a false alarm or not.

”Well girls, it looks like something is going on. Whatever it is, it’s none of our business. Let’s find a safer place.”

I’m going to pretend that what Cordelia said didn’t happen. Luckily, besides those who know the truth, it seems that the rest just thought they had misheard, or that it was a joke that was hard to understand, it was also that sudden brightness that helped me not to go on with that topic.

I think I know what the problem with Cordelia is: Astrid did not instill common sense in Cordelia. The problem was at the base. I need to have a serious talk with Astrid.

Also warn her that there is a possibility that she could lose her job for being in an illicit reaction with me, since there is someone out there saying it without thinking about the consequences.

I also missed a golden opportunity with Lys, but I feel that in a way it’s a breakthrough.

In the end, without unraveling this annoying labyrinth, we let go of it and left at a fast pace toward a secluded corner, because I had the feeling that if something was going to happen, it would be inside the castle, where everyone was gathered and where we were supposed to be.It would be foolish to go there

*****

~moments before~.

”ufff, we escaped in time, we almost got trapped”

I really saved myself. Even though I knew Willian had a good chance of being swamped by nobles and merchants and who knows what else, I didn’t think it would be that bad.

But I had to stay until my main self was completely out of Willian’s range of vision.

Once I escaped to a terrace, all was well. Now I just had to worry about myself.

”Well, now we have to look for my father. Oh!, there he is” (Eira)

”ugh, damn, so fast”

”yeah, look, there he is” (Eira)

When I looked in Eira’s direction, I saw a handsome man. He didn’t look old, just like my father.

What’s more, he was someone you would easily mistake for someone in our age range He had brown hair and green eyes.

He was very stocky with an imposing physique, but he gave off a refreshing, but at the same time a bit predatory vibe, especially when our eyes met.

”hey, Eira, you said he was a wizard, right?”

I asked Eira, even though I myself already knew that the defense minister was a mage. i was saying that because his Physique was too good to be a mage, but it’s not like it’s weird; in our group there’s also a fool who despite being a mage looks like a warrior.

It was just to make sure. Since magic was forbidden, I had a better chance of facing him face to face since his secondary stats would be around 7th or even less metamorphosis.

But the problem with people who reach the limit of their main talent is that they usually go for their secondary talents.

Even if they don’t give as much results as the main one, it would add some power to their overall power.

And that could also be his case. Still, I maybe overthink it and there’s not going to be any serious conflict.

”yes, by the way Selene don’t even think of saying anything regarding our mother dating Chris, or anything like that, understand? Nothing. Pretend their relationship doesn’t exist. Be a grave about it, both directly and indirectly.”(Eira)

”yep!”(Selene)

Eira made sure to point out the second risk factor besides me. I actually overlooked it because I’m still a little nervous.

But it was true that Selene could escape something wrong in the right situation. I was very grateful for Eira’s save.

We looked at the marquis, who was with a beautiful woman by his side must be one of his other wives. He seemed to say something to her, to which the woman nodded.

Then looked towards us, especially towards me, and made a sign with his neck, as if for us to follow him, while he himself went to one of the exits towards one of the many terraces of this huge castle.