Chapter: 29. Why Are You Looking at Me Like That?
“Hello, Miss Shaya. Allow me to reintroduce myself; my name is Livra. Ahaha… as you can see, I am an inexperienced and immature princess working hard to improve myself. Please take care of me.”
“Oh, then good luck with your training! Strive to become competent soon!”
“……”
Everyone.
What is the art of conversation, after all?
Xiya looked left at Princess Livra, who stood up smiling and modestly introducing herself. Then she looked right at Xue Fei, who sat firmly in her seat, waving her hand and laughing as she spoke.
It dawned on her that this might be a verbal feast akin to a mudslide.
She originally wanted to say a few words in between, but now it seemed better to just enjoy her fruit drink quietly and not speak.
In order to avoid causing a disturbance, Livra had already removed the royal emblem from her shoulder and tucked it away.
She had been wearing it earlier to deal with the thief, so she could coordinate the crowd if necessary.
But now, it wasn’t needed for the time being~
Xue Fei didn’t feel she had said anything wrong.
You see, when she said she was incompetent, wishing her to be competent like yesterday was echoing back and forth, wasn’t it? Is there a problem with that? No problem at all!
If it had been someone else, this conversation might not have continued.
But sitting opposite Xue Fei was Princess Livra.
Upon hearing Miss Shaya’s response, she not only didn’t get angry but instead covered her mouth lightly and laughed a few times happily.
It was clear she was genuinely happy!
“Pfft… Hahaha! Miss Shaya is indeed an interesting person. I’m really growing more curious, which family do you belong to, and how old are you this year? I’ve never seen you before! Based on commonsense, with such a straightforward and exceptional person, I should have noticed you long ago if you knew Lord Xialet in the capital! Also… can we be friends?”
“Ah, I get it now! Just don’t get so close to me…! Seriously, with you saying so many things in a row, where do I even start answering?”
“Hehe… Sorry, sorry.” Livra sat back in her chair, clasped her hands, and stuck out her little tongue to show her apology. “I just got a bit excited… because Miss Shaya not only knows such difficult magic as ‘Confinement’ but is also straightforward and speaks her mind. I really want to be your friend!”
“I say, since you are a princess, there’s no need to use honorifics for me…”
“Okay!”
Xiya looked at Livra, whose eyes sparkled with excitement, and could probably understand why she was so enthusiastic.
Princess Livra’s personality was obviously different from the other princesses in the palace; they were all delicate and seldom left the palace. Only Livra couldn’t sit still, always thinking about running outside.
Such a personality led her to greatly desire friends who could communicate with her sincerely, not the noble offspring in the palace who only flatter her.
Encountering someone like Xue Fei, who would retort her with every sentence, was something Livra had never experienced before, how could she not be happy!
Xue Fei sipped her chilled fruit drink, her eyes, shifting from deep purple to light purple, reflected Livra’s face filled with eager sincerity.
Honestly, her first impression of this human princess wasn’t bad.
To take one thing, when I had captured her ear and she couldn’t break free, she didn’t even try to pressure me with her identity by saying something like, “I am the princess of the kingdom, let go of me, rude person.”
If she had said that, Xue Fei would have probably twisted that ear around completely on the spot!
And one more thing.
She currently was still treating me to a drink.
She truly was quite nice.
Silently placing the drink she was holding on the table, Xue Fei nodded lightly to signify her agreement.
“Being friends is fine… just don’t have too high expectations of me. I’m just an ordinary person, remember, I’m very ordinary, not as impressive as you say.”
“Really… really! Thank you, Shya… uh…!”
“Your Highness?!”
Bang…!
Xiya was startled by her sudden movement.
Oh my, the princess suddenly stood up, and somehow, she suddenly squatted down.
When she squatted, her chin bumped against the table corner!
Are you practicing a combo injury skill?
Quickly getting up to help, she saw Livra’s forehead dripping with cold sweat, but her苦笑 (bitter smile) was still trying hard to stay natural.
She attempted to use her arms to support herself up on the table, seemingly not wanting to embarrass herself in front of her new friend, but that was ultimately a bit futile.
Until Xue Fei jumped down from her chair to see what was going on, Livra finally confessed the situation under Xiya’s questioning.
“Hah… it’s nothing, nothing. I just stood up too quickly; it’s a minor issue!”
Saying this, Livra half-squatted on the ground.
She slightly rolled up the hem of her black dress, revealing a section of her shin.
Just a slight roll-up, there was no need to cover it, which allowed Xue Fei and Xiya to clearly see the injury on her shin.
A large, elongated, blood-red wound mixed with dirt looked quite horrifying.
Blood had flowed from her shin and had already soaked her white sock; simply judging, it should be a scrape.
Livra herself glanced down and was slightly surprised.
“Wow, it’s really bleeding? I felt a bit of pain when I slid while crashing into the stall just now.”
Xue Fei was shocked; she felt that this clumsy princess was like a big fish that crashed into a rock at full speed and lost consciousness, waking up not even knowing how she fainted.
You were able to run so fast earlier when you took off!
Xiya frowned slightly, beginning to observe the nearby shops.
“Your Highness, you should be more mindful of your actions… at least you should distinguish between light and heavy when you’re injured. It seems there’s no clinic around… I’ll hurry to contact the Imperial Guard.”
“Don’t… don’t, Lady Xialet! I finally managed to escape… cough, no, really, it’s fine! A wound of this degree, I can just rinse it with clean water. It’s not the first time I’ve been injured; this is the path of punishing evil and promoting good!”
“……”
“And also…! Lady Xialet has always been my role model. I think with a wound of this extent, if it were Lady Xialet, you definitely wouldn’t even blink, right?”
“Not at all… if it were me, I would quickly drink an entire bottle of healing potion. No… I’d probably drink two bottles.”
“Really… ah, even you say this, why do I suddenly feel that the wound is hurting!”
“So that’s why it needs treatment…!”
Xiya sometimes felt talking to this princess was really exhausting!
Just when she thought this situation had its gravity and she should contact the personal guards immediately…
Xue Fei’s light voice suddenly echoed from a low altitude.
“I’ll do it; for such a minor wound, ‘Low-Level Healing Magic’ is enough.”
Oh right, we still have our all-capable little Xue Fei.
Xiya turned to look at Xue Fei, whose hands were already shimmering with a ghostly green luminescence, and her hanging heart was instantly set at ease.
Wait…
Oh no, Xue Fei!
You can’t use healing magic so openly outside!
Before the crowd passing by noticed, Xiya hurriedly cast a small-scale, non-chanting sensory isolation barrier.
You should know that healers are extremely rare in the kingdom; you might not even find one in ten thousand people. Whoever can wield it is undoubtedly a genius.
Because of this, healing magic is so rare that the existence of clinics in the capital is worthwhile.
The aura outside the barrier was isolated.
But within the barrier…
Looking at the little hand enveloped in ghostly green magic.
The wavering and brilliance in Livra’s eyes could no longer be concealed.
She even momentarily forgot about the pain in her shin.
“You can use ‘Confinement’ and also ‘Healing’? Miss Shaya, who exactly are you?”
“Uh… I’ve learned a bit of everything. Oh, this is a matter for later; let me heal your injury first. Don’t move around!”
“Okay… okay!”
Healing magic emanated from her palm.
Green glowing specks, like fireflies, carried a gentle breeze, blowing toward Livra’s direction.
Xiya couldn’t help but feel that at a crucial moment, Xue Fei was indeed reliable.
What she knew were mostly defensive or offensive spells; she truly knew nothing about healing magic.
Xiya looked at those magical light points with relief…
—Ultimately, they floated to Livra’s ears.
Ears…?
“Oh…! The phantom pain in my ears… it’s gone!”
“Shaya!!” Xiya was already very tired of making sarcastic remarks! “It’s the healing for the shin! The shin! Not the ears!”
“Ah…?! Right! Sorry, how careless of me…!”
I only remembered that I had just grabbed your ear!
Healing the ear can be treated as an additional benefit.
Xue Fei reactivated her healing magic.
This time, the green magical light accurately reached the blood-red and dirt-streaked shin.
Ah, now Xiya could finally breathe a sigh of relief…
According to common sense, although healing magic cannot completely heal wounds, it can prevent infection. This way, Princess Livra could continue frolicking outside without worry.
However, an unbelievable scene occurred.
The wound on Livra’s shin quickly healed under the embrace of the green light points.
The blood and dirt that had tainted her skin seemed to be erased into thin air and gradually disappeared.
That shin that had been difficult to look at earlier suddenly turned smooth and snow-white in an instant.
What was even more exaggerated was that the blood-soaked white sock was also miraculously cleaned, as if it had been rinsed.
I’ve never heard that healing magic can also wash clothes?!
After completing the spell, Xue Fei wiped her forehead as if she were wiping nonexistent sweat.
“Ah… it’s done, done~ Huh? Why are you all looking at me like that…?”
