Vol 4. Chapter 70: Lingluo

“Come in, Pipi.”

After receiving permission from the room’s owner, the purple-haired girl frowned slightly, but quickly returned to her indifferent, emotionless expression. She silently pushed open the door and entered the room filled with hazy steam.

When the purple-haired maid reached the center of the room, right in front of the enormous bathtub—

“Pu~”

With a crisp splash and water spraying everywhere,

a pair of beautiful legs suddenly emerged from the bathtub through the mist and leisurely rested along its edge.

They were long, smooth, well-proportioned legs, damp with water. Her delicate feet silently exuded an alluring charm, and with the bits of foam clinging to them and droplets of water continuously sliding down her skin,

those beautiful legs seemed to be constantly extending an irresistible invitation to anyone watching.

And when their owner spoke, that invisible seductive force became even stronger, as if the entire room had suddenly been enveloped in a hazy pink atmosphere...

“Hey, Pipi, come massage me for a bit. My legs are sooo sore~”

While constantly swinging her legs, the girl in the bathtub repeatedly stretched out her right hand and beckoned toward the purple-haired girl.

However,

unlike those deliciously beautiful and seductive legs, the girl’s right hand was rather horrifying.

Large patches of burns covered it, along with several huge, hideous scars that were enough to make one shudder...

Yet,

even after seeing this, the purple-haired girl who had been summoned remained silent. Her eyes stayed calm and completely unruffled.

She seemed to have long since grown accustomed to this master who loved eating breakfast while taking a bath, as well as all her bizarre behavior whenever she bathed.

“...”

After a long silence, the purple-haired girl called Pipi pushed the food cart to the side of the bathtub as though this were perfectly normal, then neatly arranged the simple breakfast beside the tub for the girl inside to enjoy.

Once she had prepared breakfast for her master, Pipi silently sat down on the edge of the bathtub, lifted her hands with practiced familiarity, and gently began kneading the other girl’s feet.

As waves of intense stimulation traveled up from her legs, the girl inside the bathtub suddenly shuddered all over and inevitably let out a comfortable yet embarrassingly suggestive moan.

“Mmm~ Ahh~~... Pipi really is good at this~”

“...”

“Mmm, yes! Right there~ Mmm~”

“...”

The purple-haired girl simply ignored the seductive panting coming from the bathtub and continued massaging with complete concentration.

When she realized her teasing was getting absolutely no reaction,

the girl in the bathtub finally gave up making such shameless noises.

“Pipi, honestly... You’re so cold. You don’t react at all.”

The girl complained rather regretfully.

Then,

with a shower of water droplets scattering through the air, the girl in the bathtub pulled her legs free from Pipi’s hands and slowly raised half her body out of the water, leaning against the edge of the tub.

At that moment, her ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) full appearance was finally revealed before Pipi.

Her curled emerald-green hair rested softly across her shoulders like silk.

She had a beautiful oval face. Combined with a pair of clear eyes, her appearance was enough to leave people entranced, as though they had been placed under some kind of hypnotic spell. Above those eyes were arched eyebrows that looked as though they had been carefully painted on. She had a small, straight nose and a tiny mouth as tempting as a cherry.

In terms of appearance, the girl was unquestionably beautiful.

Of course,

that was under the condition that one ignored the one imperfection marring that beauty—

her hollow, lifeless right eye, and the somewhat hideous scar stretching across it...

The girl was certainly lovely,

but in the eyes of most people, she looked more like a beautiful woman whose face had been ruined.

And this girl was none other than the owner of the estate—

Lingluo.

...

Lingluo had absolutely no intention of covering herself and calmly exposed her upper body before the maid named Pipi.

Ignoring the strange look in the other girl’s eyes, she mischievously picked up the fork beside her, stabbed a slice of bread without another word, and placed it into her mouth.

“Mmm, it tastes great~”

Lingluo smiled and sighed in satisfaction.

Then,

she brushed aside the wet hair hanging in front of her face, restrained her teasing smile, and looked seriously at the purple-haired girl sitting beside the bath.

“Thank you, Pipi.”

“...”

After Lingluo’s words of thanks reached her ears, the girl who had remained almost completely unresponsive finally raised her head slightly and turned her gaze toward Lingluo, her clear dark-purple eyes watching her thoughtfully.

The purple-haired girl’s silence did not make Lingluo feel awkward.

The youngest Consul in the history of Saint Lomari continued thanking the girl before her.

“If you hadn’t arrived in time last night and driven those assassins away, then right now... my head might already be separated from my body. I really... am grateful that you saved me.”

“...”

“But I really didn’t expect you to charge straight into the Antreishu Family last night and blow up their entire stronghold... I never imagined that them trying to kill me... would make you so angry that you’d personally go teach them a lesson for my sake. I’m honestly... so touched.”

Lingluo spoke with utmost sincerity, meeting the purple-haired girl’s gaze with eyes filled with genuine gratitude.

However,

those words actually managed to provoke a rare reaction from the purple-haired girl.

The moment she heard them,

the maid named Pipi abruptly furrowed her brows, and her dark-purple eyes immediately filled with a look of ‘disdain’ and ‘looking down from above.’

Then she tilted her head back slightly, exuding the air of someone arrogantly staring down at everyone beneath her.

In short, there was not even the slightest trace of the respect a maid ought to show her master.

The next moment,

Pipi snorted coldly and spoke in a ‘mocking’ tone.

“For you? What the hell are you imagining?! I went to teach those bastards a lesson because they interrupted my vacation and forced me to fucking work overtime! I only did it because I wanted to improve my mood. What does that have to do with you? Stop flattering yourself.”

The girl finally opened her mouth,

but the voice that came out was not the sweet voice of a young woman.

Instead, it was deep, rich, and magnetic, with even a faint trace of tyrannical majesty...

In short,

it was unbelievably arrogant.

An arrogant expression, arrogant movements, and arrogant words.

The instant this cute and charming purple-haired ‘girl’ opened her mouth, her punchability index shot straight through the roof.

However,

although ‘Pipi’ had the sort of face that practically begged to be punched, Lingluo showed not the slightest displeasure upon seeing her like this.

Instead, she looked satisfied, as though she quite liked the other party’s blunt, straightforward personality.

“Fine, fine, I get it. But... no matter what you say, the fact that you saved me can’t be denied, so... thanks.”

“Hmph. Boring.”

Pipi disdainfully crossed her arms over her chest and spoke in an overbearing, aggressive tone while looking down at Lingluo.

“If you really want to thank me, then stop dragging your feet! Hurry up and become that shitty Imperial Sovereign or whatever! Every idiot who dares oppose you, I’ll chop them into eight pieces! All you need to do is sit comfortably in the Imperial Sovereign’s seat! And then... once you become Imperial Sovereign, obediently hand the empire over to me!”

“Sigh, I know... But... but...”

After hearing Pipi’s forceful words, Lingluo showed an embarrassed expression.

Seeing this, the purple-haired girl frowned.

“But what?”

“But Pipi, don’t you want to take control of a powerful force so your old mom and your little sisters will finally see you in a new light? Right now, there aren’t many people in Saint Lomari who support me. If you keep acting recklessly like this, all you’ll end up getting is a shattered, ruined empire... That... probably isn’t what you want, is it?”

“Uh...”

Hearing that, the purple-haired girl who had just been radiating murderous pressure immediately wilted.

Her gaze began drifting around uncertainly as she looked left and right, clearly conflicted.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Lingluo once again spoke to this increasingly impatient partner of hers.

“Don’t worry, Pipi. As long as we slowly follow my plan, Saint Lomari will become mine sooner or later. Until then, all you need to do is protect me.”

“Enmmm...”

After gritting her teeth and struggling internally for a while, the purple-haired girl finally nodded helplessly.

But,

immediately after nodding, Pipi once again put on a vicious expression.

She glared ‘ferociously’ at the girl inside the bathtub and raised a hand to point directly at the center of her forehead.

“But don’t forget our contract! Once you become Imperial Sovereign, Saint Lomari has to listen to me! Whatever I say goes! If you dare resist me, I’ll kill you!”

As she spoke,

an invisible pressure abruptly erupted from the purple-haired girl’s entire body and violently enveloped Lingluo.

The air became unbearably heavy.

Cracks spread across the bathtub and the surrounding walls, and even space itself began to distort slightly.

However,

faced with that threat and the suffocating pressure flooding the area around her, Lingluo remained completely calm.

The corners of her lips even rose almost imperceptibly.

“Yes, yes, I know. Don’t worry, I’ll keep my promise, great Lord Piere~”

“Hmph!”