Chapter 232
Chapter 232
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Translator: crow
Chapter Title: Fox Hunt (2)
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The First Imperial Princess stood alone in her white uniform, arms crossed.
She stared intently at the lewd novel placed in the center of the table.
“Haah….”
The voluptuous flesh propped up on her arms swelled greatly with her sigh.
If she likened this situation to a familiar war, it was as if a rival nation had seized the enemy capital first.
Moreover, they had even captured the royal family of that nation.
“Irina, that fake innocent act shaking like a leaf dared to do it in front of Father….”
Lydia huffed, planting her hands on her hips.
She glanced toward Lea.
“What are you going to do now?”
The empire’s eldest daughter first pressed the bell on the desk with the composure befitting a strategy commander.
Damian, waiting in the adjacent office, knocked on the door.
“Did you call for me, Your Highness?”
Lea fiddled with the collar of her uniform, which clung tightly to her figure, and asked.
“Yes, could you report on Marquis Veil’s schedule for today?”
“Understood.”
Damian pulled out a secretly copied schedule for Marquis Veil as if he’d been waiting for this.
He had recited it to her so often that he carried it in his uniform’s inner pocket.
“Normally, he would have returned to his office by now….”
True to his meticulous staff officer nature, he pulled out the newly issued schedule and read it.
At that moment.
“Hm…? It says he suddenly canceled all his appointments….”
“All of them, suddenly…?”
Lea placed a hand on her chin at the unexpected reply.
With a serious expression, she asked.
“What’s the reason?”
“Well…. He’s been very ‘tired’ since the concert….”
Tired after entering the VIP seats with Irina.
Lydia and Lea, who knew what had happened inside, narrowed their eyes sharply.
“Marquis Veil, a Grand Master, tired to that extent…!!”
“To think she got ahead of me…!!”
Damian stared blankly at the outraged noble ladies.
He swallowed deeply at their serious gazes, as if a strategic stronghold had been stolen.
“Is something wrong with Sir Veil…?”
“No…. Thank you for letting me know, Damian.”
Lea shook her head with a deep exhale.
She urged him to go home since his business was done.
“Understood, then I’ll be….”
Once the bespectacled brown-haired man left, the First Imperial Princess’s office fell silent for a moment.
Only the low sounds of two noble beasts racking their brains filled the air.
“That means…. He’s resting at home right now.”
“Yes, probably in Norston.”
The two princesses thought of the same place at once.
The fox den where the fox was yawning and curling up round.
“This works out perfectly. No more reason for you to hesitate, right, Veil?”
Lea flashed a sensual smile like Queen Rosanna.
Lydia also curved her eyes in an exotic, seductive smile reminiscent of Vanessa.
“Then it’s finally time to repay the mercy you’ve shown us all this while.”
The two began changing clothes as if clocking out together.
The First Imperial Princess pulled out a ‘school uniform’ secretly hidden in her office drawer.
The Third Imperial Princess shed her Oriental-style jacket to flaunt an academy-style miniskirt.
“…”
Lydia stared at Lea’s blouse, stretched to bursting.
And at the school uniform skirt that highlighted her ample thighs.
“Ugh…. You’re not wearing a deliberately smaller size, are you?”
The youngest princess stuck out her tongue at her half-sister’s outfit, more cosplay than student attire.
Lea buttoned up leisurely and replied.
“No, this was the largest size available when I bought it.”
Even the largest school uniform couldn’t fully contain her sensual figure.
The blouse gaped open between buttons, revealing her cleavage.
Lea covered it lightly with a black tie.
She then donned a mask to safely conceal her stunning face.
Afterward, the First Imperial Princess glanced down at Lydia, dressed in the same school uniform.
“You’re the one wearing a larger size to look cute, aren’t you?”
A loose blouse around the chest.
Sleeves so big she’d buttoned them tight.
The youngest princess bristled like a kitten and growled.
“I’m not!!”
「――――――」
The two princesses, in school uniforms and masks, set out on their fox hunt in earnest.
Their destination was the northern part of the capital: Norston.
It had originally been Irina’s jurisdiction, but she was currently resting after her ‘grand event.’
Thanks to that, they entered without any interference.
“There sure are a lot of students here.”
The two noble schoolgirls noticed the male students glancing their way.
“Wow…. Did our school have girls like that? That figure….”
“The one below looks cute too…?”
The young students muttered rudely enough to be faintly heard.
It was understandable.
The aura and looks emanating from the two were hard for ordinary schoolgirls to match.
Lydia with her sharp red eyes and long legs.
Lea with thighs so full they stretched her school stockings seductively and a taut blouse.
The two women embodied the empire’s dignity.
“It’s noisy around here. Is the north always like this?”
“It’s the market district. There’s an academy nearby, so lots of kids.”
The princesses didn’t reprimand them at all.
They waited only for one man who would soon appear here.
After waiting about ten minutes at the spot contacted via pigeons.
“Hmm—. He should be showing up soon—.”
Lea placed a hand on her chest and swallowed deeply.
She felt a familiar energy drawing steadily closer.
“Ha, there he is at last. You sly fox—.”
Lydia’s twintails shook as if bristling.
The petite, masked Lydia pointed with a finger at a man in the distance.
“At least he still looks ‘fine.’”
Lea leaned against a distant wall, flashing a sensual eye-smile.
Her gaze fixed on the white t-shirt clinging to my body.
“From what was written on the paper, it must’ve been at least twice, intensely….”
White heat leaked from Lea’s masked mouth.
Her sparkling blue eyes thoroughly scanned the target’s condition.
“But why cancel his schedule and come to this market of all places?”
Lydia crossed her arms alone, watching him stroll through the market, and asked.
Lea’s eyes lost their seductive glint.
“He must’ve been tense and exhausted after meeting Father. Plus, there was Irina’s temptation.”
Instead, they returned to an intellectual, serene gaze.
“Norston here is like a mental sanctuary for Veil.”
“Hmm—. True, with everything that’s happened lately, he might be a bit worn out.”
Lydia nodded in understanding.
She pulled her mask down to her chin.
Then gazed at the man with mature eyes.
“Now that you mention it, it feels a bit awkward to approach.”
“…”
Lea fell silent in agreement.
After sorting her thoughts, she quietly suggested to her younger sister.
“Shall we watch over him for a bit, let him have some alone time?”
“Yeah…, let’s do that.”
The two princesses decided to respect the man who had canceled all his plans out of exhaustion.
For now, they leisurely observed the marquis from afar.
「Yawn—」
I stretched languidly and strolled through Norston’s streets.
The endless schedule since becoming marquis had worn me out, but luckily, I could cancel them all.
Thanks to that, I showered right after getting home and headed out to buy snacks.
“Power really is great…. I can ditch my schedule whenever I want.”
I grinned sleazily, already corrupted by power.
Is this why so many people turn rotten?
“Heh…. From now on, I’ll pick my schedule like watermelons in a patch.”
Of course, I wasn’t planning to degenerate like them.
It’s just that the heavy marquis position didn’t suit me.
Patrolling these friendly Norston streets suited me best.
Then lounging on the bed for naps was the peak.
“Is there no job where I can lie in bed forever—?”
Musing on a divine job I wouldn’t be alone in, I strolled when a familiar, comforting scent turned my head.
“Stomach’s rumbling a bit anyway—.”
A familiar bakery caught my eye.
My lips curved up at the neatly displayed honey baguettes.
“Hello—?”
I entered with a friendly smile and bright voice.
A woman about my age, white headscarf on, greeted me warmly.
“Oh, welcome—.”
A woman with lush, fresh brown long hair.
She bustled moving bread on a tray and flashed a fresh smile.
“Huh. No sign of the owner lady?”
“Oh, my mother? She decided to rest today.”
I tossed out a smooth line to advertise my regular status.
“So you’re the dutiful daughter the bakery lady always mentioned?”
“Haha…. Yes….”
She shyly bowed her head.
She pressed a fist to her lips to hide her leaking smile.
“I always bought breakfast here during my patrols—.”
“Ahh…. So you’re that handsome patrol knight? Mother mentioned you often.”
I shrugged casually and replied smoothly.
She blushed on her nose bridge and spoke shyly.
“She was so disappointed you hadn’t come lately.”
“Haha…. Tell her I’ll be back often now. No matter how delicious the food elsewhere, it doesn’t beat this bakery’s—.”
I picked up two honey baguettes and said.
The bakery daughter nodded with a wide smile.
“Got it—.”
She personally bagged the honey baguettes.
And added two freshly baked madeleines.
“Hm…? I didn’t order madeleines though?”
“You’re a regular….”
She mumbled softly to my question.
“Wow…. Thank you so much!!”
I beamed at the overflowing market hospitality.
Even my sly eyes curved like crescent moons.
‘This is why I come to Norston—. Regular perks are unbeatable!!’
I stepped out with the thick paper bag.
Then, I felt eyes watching from the alley.
“Hm…?”
I tilted my head toward the dark alley.
Then shrugged and resumed market strolling.
“Academy girls, maybe….”
There had been Northern Academy girls watching me from afar sometimes.
So I passed it off indifferently, assuming the same.
But.
“Look at him smiling freely at just anyone!!”
“Veil really smiles too easily.”
As I turned away, two masked schoolgirls peeked from the corner.
Once I was fully gone, they stared intently at the woman left alone in the bakery.
Soon, they approached her with cold, steely gazes.
“Welcome…. Eek?!”
The woman startled at the two suspicious schoolgirls who entered after I left.
Even in uniforms, the imperial aura emanating from them made her tense instinctively.
“Um, are you students here for bread…?”
She unwittingly used polite speech.
Especially Lydia’s sharp red eyes chilled her spine.
“Hey, you….”
The petite schoolgirl’s voice was as menacing as her looks.
She slipped a hand into her skirt pocket like drawing a weapon.
At that moment.
“Kyaa…!!”
The woman squeezed her eyes shut.
She thought she was being threatened by academy delinquents.
But.
“What are you doing…?”
A flat voice made her terrified scream fade.
She cautiously opened her eyes.
“Take this.”
“Y-Yes…?”
The woman slowly took the check Lydia offered.
She checked the bold number inside.
“8,800 gold…?!”
Worth an entire luxury carriage.
The bakery woman jumped at the never-before-seen figure.
“The man who just left always buys honey baguettes here on patrol, right?”
Lydia planted hands on hips.
Her pride-filled twintails fluttered confidently.
“Mind sharing the recipe?”
Just for a recipe, 800 gold.
The woman was speechless, frozen.
But that was merely the beginning.
Atop the 800-gold check in her hand….
A 2,000-gold check was added.
“I’d like to inquire about opening a second branch—.”
This time, it was the blonde schoolgirl opposite the petite one.
Owner of a body far too mature for a school uniform.
And a queenly smile so generous and merciful it was hard to believe she was a student.
“With this, it should be enough to open a new store these days, right?”
The woman couldn’t close her mouth at the sudden wealthy schoolgirls.
“I-I’ll discuss it with Mother…!!”
Sadly, that man’s regular bakery didn’t open for days afterward.
Rumor had it they went on a world trip….
But the bizarre events in Norston were just getting started.
Countless more unfolded after the bakery.
“Time to eat around here? Bread’s best savored by the fountain for the ambiance—.”
I sat in the square, enjoying rare leisure, about to bite into the honey baguette.
“Thief…!!”
A boy in a baker’s cap snatched a middle-aged woman’s handbag and fled.
His feet so swift he dodged helping citizens and vanished into a back alley.
“Ugh…. Just when I was about to eat….”
I was still nominally with the water police.
Pushing aside the long-sought peace, I prepared for tiresome duty.
“Huh…? What, he’s suddenly surrendering…?”
But every time….
The incidents resolved far too easily somehow.
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“Hehe…. Hit the jackpot this time!!”
The boy dashed into the back alley.
But the moment he rounded the corner.
“Huh…?”
He bumped into two schoolgirls waiting in the narrow passage.
“Fuuu….”
“Fuuuah….”
Girls in masks and short skirts.
Hot breaths steamed from beneath their masks.
“You’re the one…? Disrupting Veil’s rest….”
“Sorry, but he really needs to rest easy….”
The sensual-figured schoolgirl and the sharp, petite one slowly approached the boy.
He trembled in terror under their shadows.
“Won’t you ‘cooperate’ a bit?”
“I-I’m sorry…!!”
Thus, the pickpocket boy returned the bag to the middle-aged woman himself and fled.
Thanks to that, I resumed my belated lunch with a bemused expression.
“What’s up…. Did the kid have a change of heart?”
The schoolgirls hidden in the alley from which the boy fled watched me munch vigorously.
In the darkness, their blue and red eyes gleamed.
“Rest easy, Veil Mikhail.”
“For the time being.”
Hot air steamed from the two girls’ masks.