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Snap...

With a snap of her fingers, the Duchess created a magic circle formation that filled the table in front of me with sweets and a teapot.

As if she had prepared the sweets and the teapot of hot tea, I could see the Duchess starting to release her intimidating aura.

"This conversation will feel a bit long and troublesome, it would be better if your subordinates also entered this room."

Snap...

While snapping her fingers again, I could feel a surge of magic that made the door to my room and showed Mio who was standing guard over the door of my room.

"Hmm? Just one?"

"Isn't this very strange... considering that I have hired several Assassins to guard in the darkness of the night like this and all of them not giving me a report about this."

The Duchess tilted her face as if realizing something was wrong.

"I'm sorry... I seem to have misunderstood this because I felt uncomfortable with people peeking at me in the dark of the night like this. I hope you don't mind what I've done," I said to answer the strange feeling that the Duchess was experiencing.

"Ah, it's no problem, it's time for me to end my contract with them. As disposable tools, they don't seem to be very useful to become victims that need to be cleaned up by you," replied the Duchess in a normal tone as if she didn't feel any wrongdoing that she had done.

"Yes, I feel uncomfortable as a woman being peeked at by someone in the dark of the night. So I cleaned up a little bit of naughty peeping like that."

While answering the question given by the Duchess, I heard the sound of Mio's footsteps, who already been beside me and was in her mode of working as my aide.

Her respectful attitude and behavior seemed to recognize the figure of an adult woman in front of me.

The Duchess stared at Mio intently, her eyes seemed to see Mio's abilities that were hidden by her appearance as my aide.

"Lily, you have a good aide. It's rare to find people with such talent in a world as wide as this. I'm not even surprised that you only brought one aide who has such great potential," while keeping her hand fan covering her face, the Duchess gave Mio implicit praise.

The praise given to Mio received a respectful nod from Mio, as if not wanting to hurt the Duchess's pride in front of her guard.

"Yes, I wanted to settle this matter privately, but my loyal aide wishes to accompany me into a more intimate moment," I replied while preventing the Duchess's gaze from delving deeper into Mio's abilities, with her gaze filled with magical energy.

I once read a note left by one of the Great Heroes who was annoyed at a noble family in the Aurora Kingdom that could see through eyes that could see all the abilities and skills he had learned.

A troublesome ability that made it difficult for the Great Hero to reject the request of this noble family.

I also felt the same premonition about this.

Unlike the Great Hero who surrendered to this, I had another will to fight the eyes that were currently trying to steal sensitive information about Mio's abilities and skills.

By pressing the center of my magic energy that was slowly expanding and suddenly activated, I began to move the space of this room into the touch of the effect of my Sakura Domain.

Swiisshh...

Slllaamm...

When my Sakura Domain was active and filled the entire space of my room, I could feel some movements given by the Duchess's personal guards who were aiming for my neck, but it was stopped by the Duchess's words.

"Can you stop being excited for a moment?"

"I'm starting to get a little annoyed with your overprotective initiative like this, then that you all forget about me, who is being held captive like this."

The Duchess said that sentence in a calm tone after her neck was entangled in the slippery rope that had restrained her.

Behind the Duchess's body, which looked like a cold and empty wind, Sirius had gotten behind the Duchess's body and entangled the Duchess's neck with a slimy rope that came from her slimy limbs.

Along with Sirius' sudden appearance like this, I also felt a sword pointing at my neck, shaking as if getting a threat that surprised the Duchess's guard.

Inside the room that had received my Sakura Domain touch, I could feel the presence of a herd of stealth slimes that seemed to have completed their task well until they returned to the right situation.

"Oh, my, this is interesting."

"It seems that the situation has turned around with my condition being held captive like this, hahaha !!" with her graceful and elegant little laugh, the Duchess immediately closed her hand fan and raised her hands up as if surrendering.

"I surrender on this matter, Lily."

"You win in intimidation like this. From the start, I have lost and made a wrong move in giving you useless intimidation, huh?"

The Duchess, who looked annoyed by this, also began to give a code to herself, who had surrendered on this matter.

The Sakura Domain that I gave seemed to have given Sirius a signal to move quickly and responsively in the situation that was happening at this time. In addition to the Duchess, who was being held captive, her personal guards were also held captive in this condition.

I also gave a code to Mio not to interfere in this matter after her hand held a throwing knife that was ready to fly at any time.

"Mio, they have given up on this matter. Can you also calm down on this matter?" I said to calm Mio, who was feeling annoyed at this.

Mio's annoyance was clearly visible in her teeth, which were gritting and seemed to want to launch the throwing knife that was already in her grip.

"B-But... Lily-sama..." said Mio, who seemed to disagree with my decision on this matter.

"Mio, what the Duchess wants to do at this time is to make a pact with the noble family of Marquess Rommel. It would be very rude if we attack each other before the pact is agreed upon by each other."

"Isn't that the right time to attack her?" replied Mio with a look in her eyes that seemed unable to hold her hand from using the throwing knife that was already in her hand.

Mio's words were indeed true.

This was the perfect time to attack the Duchess, who was being held captive and helpless like this.

However, I also felt that this was the wrong decision if it continued.

"Mioo... from the start this was a joke given by the Duchess. I have heard that she has a strange way of joking, and this is one of her strange jokes."

"Just look at her face, trying to hold back laughter like that."

I gave a casual remark and gave a gentle gaze towards the Duchess to make her laugh in a captive position like this.

Seeing my gaze that showed a way out of an unusual situation like this, I could see the acting skills of a mature woman who holds the title of Duchess.

"Fufufu... it seems like you know me well, Lily."

"Does my joke like this look too much like the eyes of your aide?"

"Hahaha... this is very funny..."

The Duchess tried to act well to the point that Sirus and Mio doubt about her words. But with her elegant smile and laughter, it made Mio and Sirius believe the joke that was happening with the Duchess.

"T-This is a joke? How terrible..." Mio grumbled, who did not believe the Duchess's joke.

"Mio, some people have different senses of humor. In this case, the Duchess has a more unique sense of humor than the nobles of the same age. Even Marquess Rommel and Earl Timoti often joke about their respective wives, right?"

Uh, forgive me on this one, Mama...

But I have to use your name in this case so that Mio doesn't take this incident seriously.

[ Sirius, stop your actions, disappear, and keep around me. ]

While paying attention to the situation that was happening and convincing Mio not to be too hostile towards them, I gave an order to Sirius through the Soul Tame communication channel.

[ Yes, Supreme Commander. ]

Sirius immediately obeyed my order and released her slime rope that was wrapping the Duchess's neck, leaving a small cut as a warning.

Sllaasshh...

With the thin blood flowing down the Duchess's neck, it would make her remember this incident and my little warning.

Swiipp...

Before Sirius disappeared like thin air, flying away, I saw one of her slimy bodies enter the necklace that the Duchess was wearing.

[ Sirius, what were you doing earlier? ]

[ Supreme Commander, I don't trust this annoying female human. So I implanted a tapper on the collar around her neck. ]

[ Ah, make sure to give her an undetectable tapper. ]

[ Entrust this ability and skill to me, Supreme Commander! ]

It seems that Sirius has developed in a more dangerous direction than I previously thought.

For some reason, an order to act according to the circumstances has made the stealth slime herd more creative and active than usual.

The simple order I gave earlier has made such a big change.

It seems that I have to be more careful not to give orders that burden their duties in the future.

After several stealth slimes that were holding the Duchess's guards captive disappeared, I could see them swiftly wiping the Duchess's bleeding neck with a handkerchief.

"Ahem! Forgive me earlier, Lily."

"It seems that my joke went too far."

Given her attitude and behavior that looked guilty, I could feel a sense of fear and surprise from the Duchess.

I immediately stopped my self-intimidation using Sakura Domain and gave a gentle smile towards the Duchess.

"Jokes like this do invite misunderstandings from others. Isn't that right, Mio?" I asked while glancing at Mio, who was starting to look calm with what had happened before her eyes.

Mio immediately put her throwing knife into the throwing knife sheath located behind her military uniform skirt.

Wuuusshh...

The night wind suddenly entered my room and showed the involvement of Mio's military uniform skirt, which showed the black panties and garter belt that Mio was wearing.

The smooth tempting sight made me almost praise Mio's thicc thighs in front of the Duchess.

If that happened, then I would look like a perverted noblewoman.

My body immediately leaned back in the chair that had been provided by the Duchess and gave the Duchess a cold stare to continue this delayed pact.