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Jean’s scream surprised me.

"What are you doing?" I asked Jean who looked like she was suffering at this moment.

Several members of the cult, who had received the slash of the cursed Odachi and the purifying fire from the Goddess of Destruction, made Jean bow her head and in an unknown state of suffering.

I didn’t know her thoughts at this moment, but I understood that Jean was currently thinking about something wrong.

I’m not very good at guessing people’s thoughts, but with her excessive reaction after discovering that this former noble girl had become her secretary, I could guess some of the thoughts that were running through Jean’s head.

"Are you worried about your job as my trusted woman?" I said to Jean with a gentle smile.

Jean’s ears twitched after hearing that and she acted normally after listening to my words.

"Cough! I-I’m not worried about that, my Monarch," she replied with her eyes looking at the girl in front of her eyes.

Jean’s eyes observed the former noble girl as if looking from the tip of her hair to the tip of her toenails.

Jean’s gaze every detail of the body of the girl in front of her, which made Jean bite her lip, and let out a small murmur that sounded into my ear.

"Kuuuhh... this girl is really beautiful... I don’t have the confidence to stand beside her," Jean grumbled while lowering her head as if she had been defeated by that girl.

I just chuckled after hearing that grumble and gave an order to Jean.

"Like it or not, now she has become your ally. Make sure you clean this place before the damage caused by the heretical sect spreads widely!" I said while giving an order that made all the members of this new sect kneel before me.

"Oh, I almost forgot this one thing. What’s your name?" I asked the girl who had just dueled Jean.

"M-My name is Furina, my Monarch," she replied by giving a nickname without the noble title that was once attached to her name.

"Is that my real name or a name given by a cult?" I continued to ask while glaring coldly at her.

"T-That is my real name, Lily-sama. A nickname often used by people close to me even after losing my peerage," Furina answered in a sad tone.

The answer that sounded sad made me want to give a little tease that slightly planted a romantic spice that made her a little bit open with me.

By pulling the sharp blade from the cursed Odachi, I pointed the sharp blade of the cursed Odachi towards her neck.

"You have received a second chance from the Goddess of Destruction and are free from the influence of the cult.

However, that also brings you into a difficult task and order directly by me.

Do you want to prove your loyalty with words or actions?

" I asked while placing the sharp blade of the cursed Odachi on her neck.

Like giving a knighthood to a woman in the Royal Palace, I was playing a little role as a Monarch at this time.

The sharp blade of the cursed Odachi that was stuck in her neck immediately gave a small wound and dripped blood.

Furina, who was silent and kneeling in front of me seemed to answer it with loyalty based on an action.

Her body that knelt in front of me seemed silent and did not move like someone who was proving her loyalty.

"So that’s your answer," I said while pulling the sharp blade of my cursed Odachi and putting it into the cursed Odachi’s sheath.

In the coronation ceremony that took place in the Aurora Royal family, two choices of loyalty were often made by the King or Queen. The two choices of loyalty were to say a vow of loyalty or prove loyalty through action.

For Marquess Rommel who was a noble family engaged in the military, they gave loyalty in the form of action.

However, with the heated conflict between Marquess Rommel and the royal family, the actions taken by Marquess Rommel by becoming a neutral noble family were considered in safe limits boundary, such as proving loyalty through action.

What Furina did was one of the acts of loyalty.

"Do you like someone who will help you in a trouble like this, Jean?" I asked Jean with a glance at her.

"Y-Yes, I feel happy by some people who joined this new sect. Especially with your recommendation, my Monarch," Jean replied with a trembling tone.

"I know this will feel like weird for you, are you feeling jealous of a woman who has the same fighting power as you?" I continued asking while watching the cherry blossom petal crown that was currently spinning above Jean and Furina’s heads.

"I-I don’t know, my Monarch. I-If it is your will to give your blessing of power to that girl, then I will not be jealous in this matter," replied Jean while looking at me.

Hearing the answer given by Jean, made me immediately step closer to Furina and bow down in front of her.

"I want you to help Jean in facing that troublesome cult, are you up to this task?" I asked Furina while pulling her chin up.

Our gazes looking at each other and made her a little nervous.

"My Monarch? You want me to help Jean in fighting the cult that has spread to various kingdoms?" replied Furina with her pupils already watery.

"Yes, I want you to do that before someone intervene. You know yourself what Jean can do after you two duel each other, right?"

"I-It’s a bit embarrassing if I think back and I understand the meaning of my Monarch’s words. If it is an order given by my Monarch, then I will obediently carry out the order!" said Furina with a firm gaze.

"I like this firm answer," while saying these words, I gave her lips a gentle kiss.

My lips that touched her lips also gave some of my magic from the Monarch of Holy Destruction.

The kiss I gave to Furina’s lips made Furina’s cherry blossom crown spin quickly and bloom beautifully.

The blooming cherry blossom crown showed her body that was filled with magic energy from the Monarch of Holy Destruction.

"Use my magic as well," I said while stopping the kiss I gave to her lips.

I rushed towards Jean and did the same thing.

The kiss I gave made Jean who was jealous of Furina feel my love and affection that was fairly distributed to both of them.

The action I was doing came from my experience with Alice and Alyssa.

If one of my twin sisters didn’t get a kiss and got a kiss that was reduced even a one second, it would create a battle between the two twin sisters that was enough to make several Butlers and Maids on duty sink into fear.

That’s why I gave the same kiss to Jean, so that she would feel a fair kiss directly from me.

The cherry blossom crown on Jean’s head began to spin quickly and seemed to be synchronized with Furina’s cherry blossom crown.

With both women having some of the magical energy power of the Monarch of Holy Destruction, it would allow me to relax for a moment from the affairs of the heretical sect that had become their responsibility.

I didn’t want to get involved in this complicated cult business and relied on the former cult members to deal with the cult themselves.

"I think it’s more than enough to give my magic energy fairly to the two of you," I said while wiping my lips from the saliva that came out after kissing.

"I entrust the situation in this place to the two of you, Furina... and Jean," with my words, I seemed to have given the two of them an order to get along and help each other.

"As you wish, my Monarch," Jean replied while bowing to me.

"As you command, my Monarch," Furina replied while bowing to me as well.

After the two of them gave their bows, I felt relieved that this troublesome matter could be resolved without further conflict.

Jean immediately went towards the new cult member who had received the fire of purification from the Goddess of Destruction. As Jean left, Furina approached me as if she wanted to talk to me.

"Lily-sama... Umm, my Monarch... may I reveal important information related to Marquess Rommel’s territory?" Furina said, saying something that made me interested to hear.

"It seems you have something related to my family’s territory," I replied in a warmer tone than before.

"Yes, it is related to a heretical sect that has tried several times to testing the power structure of the neutral and independent noble family without the help of other factions."

"I have received some information from my spy agency that this cult has been conducting some tests related to cursed weapons and man-made natural disasters.

One of those man-made natural disasters is the invasion of a herd of monsters, right?

" I said, giving some of the information I knew about the actions that this cult had taken.

Furina quietly nodded at this.

"That is indeed true, my Monarch... Umm, Lily-sama," replied Furina who was now confused about what to call me.

"You can call me Lily-sama. Please use it as a courtesy to our nobility," I said, giving an order that made Furina smile.

"Thank you very much, Lily-sama. I feel helped with this complicated choice. Calling someone I admire with the right title sometimes makes me become a clumsy girl like this," With words that sounded gentle like that, I suddenly saw a young girl who smiled without any burden inside her.

The smile shown by Furina was an innocent smile that came from her heart, like she was not pressured by anything.

With that innocent smile, I could feel my heart beating fast as if I wanted to protect that innocent smile.

I don’t know what suffering Furina had gone through before, at least it was enough to make her happy at this moment.

"I’m glad you were able to get a suitable answer to that. Is there anything else you want to talk about regarding my family’s territory?" I replied to return to the previous topic of conversation.

"Ah! About that... it seems that Lily-sama must be careful with the invitation of war between nobles that will most likely attack the Marquess Rommel family territory on a large scale.

I learned that they had planned something bad by hatching and raising dragon eggs before," Furina replied by providing new information related to the war season between the nobles of the Aurora Kingdom.

With this new information, my need to find allies grew as time went on.