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An important meeting was about to take place in one room of the Adventurer’s Guild buildings.

While waiting for the Adventurers’ Guild Master to come with one of the Adventurers Guild staff to pick his up at his house, I was given a special dish of warm milk cream soup and soft bread that had just been heated.

"It may not be as good as the dishes at Marquess Rommel’s residence. But it is the best dish to enjoy on a cold winter night like this."

"Please enjoy this simple dish before our Adventurer’s Guild Master comes to take care of this sudden Quest request."

The two women who were part of the Adventurer’s Guild staff immediately gave me the most luxurious service because they had understood the meaning of the command baton that I brought as a direct representative of Marquess Rommel.

The command baton and my presence were enough to make the Adventurer’s Guild building under the pressure of the Aurora Kingdom’s nobility.

"It’s okay, I’m used to eating like this during my family’s vacations," to make the atmosphere more comfortable and controlled. I accepted the simple dish from them and ate it as a midnight snack.

If Mio knew this, she would nag me about my diet that shouldn’t eat heavy food that is equivalent to the main course of dinner.

My hand immediately took the warm bread and dipped it in the warm milk cream soup given by the two Adventurer Guild staff.

The warm milk cream soup stuck perfectly to the edges of the soft bread that still showed its hot steam. Carefully, I ate the soft bread that was served with warm milk cream soup.

The soft taste of the bread mixed with the sweetness of the milk made me feel like eating the main course of dinner which would make my stomach full again. The sin of enjoying this dinner would affect my weight which was being strictly maintained by Mio.

Well, that would be another problem later.

For now, let’s enjoy the dinner that had been prepared by the two Adventurer Guild staff.

Noomm... noommm...

I ate their dishes quickly so that Mio who followed me with Earl Timoti wouldn’t question my attitude of having dinner twice.

"This is a delicious dish, can you prepare warm drinks for the other guests?" I said while trying to get rid of the traces of this delicious dinner in front of me.

"They’re probably stuck at the city gate," I continued while pushing the bowl and wooden coaster of the bread I had finished eating.

As I was pushing the leftovers off the wooden coaster, my nose caught a familiar scent.

"Lily-sama, it seems like you’re having a great time enjoying that heavy dinner snack."

When the voice echoed behind me, I could feel that the source of the voice had the terrifying gaze of a Devil who had controlled my diet as a healthy noblewoman.

The cold sweat that gathered on my back could not lie with this fear.

"O-Oh, Mio! You’ve come!" while turning my body to suppress my guilt for eating a heavy dinner snack like one of my twin step-sisters had done until she gained weight and went on a strict diet on my mother’s orders.

Mio looked at me with her eyes, seeing my mistake.

"I can explain about this… I can’t possibly refuse their hospitality that has provided such a meal, right?" I tried my best to give a logical and reasonable answer to Mio.

Mio still looked at me suspiciously.

"Uhh… T-This… it would make me feel like I’m hurting them if I refuse the meal that they provided to welcome me here…" I had given various ways to make Mio skip the problem of this heavy dinner snack.

My sweat that had been flowing profusely had soaked my back along with a single drop of sweat that had flowed past the back of my ear.

The more I tried to deny my actions that tried to cover up this heavy dinner snack, the harder it was for me to accept Mio’s gaze which was filled with suspicion.

"Huuffttt… I understand, Lily-sama," Mio finally relaxed her suspicious gaze and took a deep breath filled with her seriousness.

"But I have to control your fat with my own hands," Mio slowly approached me and pulled my cheek.

Squiishh...

Munnyaa...

Squuisshh...

Mio’s hand pulled my cheek and wiggled her fingers to feel the elasticity of my cheek.

My stiff cheeks could only accept the rough treatment of Mio’s hand that was examining my body.

"I-Is it done, Mio?" Mio’s actions attracted several other pairs of eyes including Earl Timoti who entered the Adventurer’s Guild building with a look filled with astonished question marks when he saw Mio pulling my cheek.

Squisshh...

Mio’s hand kept checking my cheek until it turned red and suddenly put her lips on my right cheek.

Chuuu...

The touch of her lips made some of the women and some of the male staff of the Adventurer’s Guild scream.

"After eating sweets at night, make sure to brush Lily-sama’s teeth before going to bed, does Lily-sama understand?" Mio said while licking her lips that were stained from the warm milk-cream soup that was a side dish of soft bread.

"I-I understand, Mio," I replied while wiping my cheeks to make sure there were no food stains stuck around my mouth.

Braakkk...

Daaamm...

When the sound of the entrance door of the Adventurer’s Guild building was forced open. A man with a muscular body like a crazy person was seen with the size of his muscles visible. The clothes he was wearing looked like light clothes that were easily torn because of his large muscle size.

Daakk... Daakk...

When the man stepped in, Alice and Lily walked quietly behind him with a magic formula ready to be used with a quick chant.

Alice and Alyssa gave a small nod about quick action when a problem occurred by the big muscleman.

Braaaakkk... Baaaammm...

Just by pulling a chair beside me and sitting on it, the chair that was supporting his weight screamed when it received a heavy load that should not have been able to be held by the chair.

"I heard from one of my staff about someone who wanted to make a Quest on this cold night."

"Is that you?!"

His large muscles and glaring eyes seemed to be pressing me with fear.

But that didn’t make me afraid after Alice and Alyssa’s quick chant was ready to be used at any time.

"Yes, that’s right. Should I wait until tomorrow when the weather gets warmer?" Responding to the fear emitted by his body, I replied with a calm tone and a cold facial expression as if I didn’t care about the threat he gave.

Ctiikk...

Sraakk...

Because of the threat given by the muscular man, I could see Earl Timoti and Mio preparing to draw their weapons.

Earl Timoti had pulled the hilt of his sword from its sheath while Mio had taken three throwing knives hidden behind her body.

I immediately raised my hand to stop their actions.

"However, if I do something like that. I can assure you that this city has been destroyed by the invasion of the Golden King Bear herd," I said in a calm tone while returning the threatening gaze with a cold gaze like ice in a blizzard.

"All this just for the Golden King Bear? Don’t joke like that, Miss!"

"Don’t you know that the Golden King Bear is a rare monster that is equal to the mythical Yeti that inhabits the snowy mountains? If this is to satisfy your curiosity about wanting to see the Golden King Bear, then forget it!"

"I’m sick of being toyed with by these self-willed noble children here!"

"Get lost before I use my muscles to slap you!"

Braakkk…

With a quick movement, Earl Timoti and Mio gave the opening attack to the man who tried to slap me with his words.

This useless action would be very troublesome if the name of the Marquess Rommel family was tarnished by an action that could have been avoided.

My slowed-down vision showed Earl Timoti’s body speeding along with Mio’s knife throw.

"This is going to be a hassle for me," I kicked the table in front of me to block the speed of the knife that Mio had thrown.

Using the Sakura Vanish and Sakura Dash movements, I drew my katana blade to block Earl Timoti’s attack and twisted my body in the air to kick the muscular man into the air.

Daaagghh…

Bammm….

Tiinnggg!!

Kraakk…

The sudden, quick attack made some people panic.

Staabb...

Staabb...

Staabb...

The knives thrown by Mio perfectly stuck into the table that I had kicked until the blades stuck in and left the handles of the knives that did not penetrate the table.

Tinngg...

Tiiingg...

Tiinngg!!

Sparks from my katana with Earl Timoti’s sword occurred quickly.

"You two, calm down a little," I said after fending off three attacks from Earl Timoti’s sword.

"L-Lily-sama!!" Earl Timoti looked panicked after the sword he had drawn was pointing at my body.

Baaammm!!

By slamming the direction of his heavy sword swing, Earl Timoti intentionally destroyed the floor of the Adventurer’s Guild building to evade his sword attack from hitting me.

Staakk...

Staapp...

"Hey, that’s going to get us in trouble," I said while putting my katana back into its sheath.

The remains of the fight were very deadly, but its lucky one because no one death. Especially with my twin step-sisters who had prepared a quick spell to join in this intense fight.

Buugghh...

The body of the muscular man fell hard. He was only receiving one kick from me, but I could see his torn clothes and bruises that marked my shoes.

"I-It must hurt when kicked hard like that," Alice whispered to Alyssa.

"Yep, it’s obvious and must hurt a lot, because Lily-nee kicked him with a lot power and saving that stupid guy life from our barrage magic," Alyssa replied by dimming her quick magic spell after the situation was under control.

Seeing the situation had calmed down, I walked towards the muscular man and pressed his head with my shoe.

"I know you are still conscious."

"If you don’t want to die in agony, then please answer my question like a jerk."

With a little sweet threat, I pressed my shoe to press his head which seemed to be having difficulty breathing.

His flushed face made me curious about his body’s resistance to not receiving oxygen to breathe.

"Do you want to accept the Quest from the Marquess Rommel family or not?" I said while pressing his head deeper with my shoes.

The only answer I received was him fainting from weakness.