45. They really look alike, huh～
Seemingly noticing that Evelyn was a bit distracted, Lina smiled and leaned closer to her, the teasing yet meaningful look in her eyes instantly made Evelyn break into a cold sweat. She could only pretend to be calm and forced herself to look away, avoiding eye contact with Lina as much as possible.
“Ahem! What are you saying, Lina? How could I possibly have someone I like? I’m a staunch single-practitioner!”
“You’re lying! Oh~ My dear sister Evelyn, your eyes have completely betrayed you, okay?”
Lina nudged Evelyn with her elbow, a proud expression on her adorable little face.
“Wha… what eyes!? I I I I… I just suddenly thought of some troublesome matters!”
Having been seen through her thoughts, Evelyn panicked instantly. She coughed twice, trying to cover up her inner turmoil. However, her acting was really too poor; the more she tried to hide it, the thicker the smile on Lina’s face became. Clearly, the situation at this moment could be considered a case of giving oneself away.
“No… no way? You can’t really… Evelyn…”
Nolan, sitting opposite them, covered her mouth in surprise, her words dealt a fatal blow to Evelyn: Was my performance really that bad? How could even the usually cute and clueless Nolan-chan see through it!?
“Hehe, even my master can see it, so you can stop pretending, sister Evelyn~ Our dating skills are quite impressive, you know~ Quickly tell us who it is; we’ll be your dating strategists~”
Lina leaned towards Evelyn’s ear, deliberately emphasizing her words. A strong sense of shame instantly flooded Evelyn’s mind; her little face turned bright red, and crystalline tears swirled in her eyes, with the tips of her ears feeling hot.
“I… I…”
“Um, okay, Lina, stop teasing Evelyn; you see, you’re about to make her cry (softly)…”
Seeing that Evelyn was about to burst into tears, Nolan timely came to her rescue. Meanwhile, our dear maid had been quietly watching the situation from the side, and upon seeing Evelyn’s response, which was red to the tips of her ears, and her princess’s considerate intervention, Laura couldn’t help but feel a myriad of emotions converge into a single thought: Evelyn and the princess really are too much alike…
Whether it’s their submissive traits or tsundere personalities, both are well deserving of the title of best friends.
But thinking about it, the person Princess Evelyn likes wouldn’t happen to be a scheming character like Miss Lina, would they?
Hmm… But to catch the eye of Princess Evelyn, the dignified Hell Princess, they must be a very adorable girl too, right?
As for the boy that Evelyn might like, Laura hadn’t even considered that possibility. After all, as the saying goes, girls attract each other… Ugh, I should say if it’s a boy, it’s likely that Princess Evelyn’s father wouldn’t agree, right? Just like how he never hesitates to refuse other dukes’ proposals for the princess, yet praised her relationship with Miss Lina after hearing the report.
Though His Majesty was quite displeased that the princess was the submissive one in that relationship…
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At the same time, while Evelyn was facing Lina’s relentless teasing at Nolan’s residence, our Angel Miss encountered some strange matters.
“Have I been here before…?”
Emilia looked at the slightly familiar alleyway, lost in thought.
Originally, today was the weekend, and Emilia wanted to invite Evelyn out on a date to deepen their relationship… Ugh, it should be said that she wanted to invite Evelyn out to casually stroll around and let her show her the city a bit. But Evelyn coldly told her that she was going to her best friend’s house for a tea party! How could Emilia tolerate that? She immediately stated that since it was just a tea party, she wanted to go too!
Then she was harshly rebuffed by Evelyn and left at home, angering Emilia to the point of vowing to make Evelyn pay when she returned tonight.
However, even though she was left at home by Evelyn, Emilia still needed to eat. So, taking advantage of the sunny afternoon, she went to various popular snack shops in Worry-Free City according to the “Worry-Free City Travel Guide” she found on her mobile phone, enjoying the local delicacies. She had to admit that this travel guide didn’t deceive her; the food was indeed quite good.
The only unexpected thing was when she saw a little girl who somewhat resembled her master—Gabrielle, the Seraph. The girl was wearing a cute duckbill cap that seemed a bit too large for her, completely obscuring her face, so Emilia couldn’t see her features. However, Emilia didn’t think that person was her master, considering that her master was a six-winged Seraph; how could she casually come to Earth?
Moreover, with her master’s childlike personality, Emilia felt that Lady Mikayla would never allow her to play around on Earth so freely.
After comfortably strolling around for an entire afternoon, Emilia, satisfied with the snacks she bought, was ready to head home. Due to her home being located in what could be called the semi-old town of Worry-Free City, she needed to traverse some older winding alleys.
Emilia had heard that these alleys were originally intended to be demolished, but due to the rise of tourism in the old town, most of these alleys were preserved as cultural heritage; usually, many people would come to visit and explore during the day. However, this was only the case during the day—once afternoon passed, the alleys would return to their quiet, deserted state.
But even so, it was still far from night, and there should still be some residents passing through the alleys, right…?
Looking around at the eerily silent old alleys, Emilia wondered to herself.
Moreover, was today’s path… a bit too long?
She usually could finish the journey in about half an hour, but why had she been walking for nearly an hour without seeing the end?
Feeling something was off, Emilia opened the navigation on her mobile phone, wondering if she had taken a wrong turn. But as soon as she opened the navigation, her pupils shook in shock.
The navigation showed that she was not in the old town at all, but rather near… a certain abandoned old factory located on the outskirts of the city…
What… was going on?
