“Hmm? Little… Little cat, why have you suddenly decided not to go anymore? Didn’t we have a Promise to go together? Could it be… that you’re still suspicious about that matter?”
Her enemy’s reaction still seemed a bit strange. Hmm… how should she put it? It felt a bit like how she felt earlier when she discovered Celthina was the Mage Executive. Was that really necessary?
Heh, isn’t he just the Executive’s lackey? Keti has seen plenty of people like that!
Okay, she was totally bragging just now. Wuwu. In reality, even the Executive’s lackeys were big shots in her eyes—like Richard, for example.
So, there wasn’t anything to be ashamed of. By comparison, it was clearly more embarrassing on her end, wasn’t it? In a sense, she could almost be called Lynn’s lackey.
Wouldn’t that make her the lackey of Celthina’s lackey? Ah… looking at the hierarchy, that might indeed be the case, but… she didn’t really want to follow Celthina’s orders. Hmm.
Was this the legendary “my lackey’s lackey is not my lackey”? What a strange relationship of personal dependence. Should she say this was where her courage to face Celthina came from?
Well, actually, she didn’t have any courage at all. She was scared to death.
“I-It’s not like that! Haha… I don’t actually think that highly of you, humph… It’s just, didn’t you say earlier, Lynn? Your original Promise was for you and… ah, no, I mean Lord Regent Celthina, to enter that Temple together, right?”
Keti pinched her chin and spoke seriously:
“Now that Lord Regent Celthina is here, shouldn’t you serve her well? Originally, I only came along because that Temple required two people to enter.”
“Now that you have enough people, I… uh… I-I’m a little scared. A Temple and all that… it sounds quite frightening. So, I… don’t want to go anymore. Hmm1 …..”
If she went in, would she have to follow Lynn around everywhere looking for a Console? And then, after finding five while totally dizzy, go to the Control Hub to summon a Boss?
And after defeating the Boss, would a Heroic Spirit from a hundred years ago say goodbye to her or something? Just thinking about it was scary. Hiss—
A Boss battle… for such an intense fight, her enemy actually came up with the idea of letting her take the place of the Mage Executive.
No… wait… are these even on the same level?! Are you really not afraid of getting me killed?
Either way, Keti felt a bit guilty. Just because Celthina could do something didn’t mean she could do it too.
After all, the difference in strength between them was bound to be ridiculously large. Otherwise, how could the other person become the Executive?
No matter how she thought about it, she felt like her enemy was preparing to send her to her death. Ahem…
Although she didn’t want to think of Lynn in such a bad light, the current situation didn’t allow Keti to trust him blindly.
After all, he was the Executive’s lackey. Between her and Celthina, which side would he choose? Hmm.
Without realizing it, Keti actually started to care about this question. Even though she had already declared her intention to back out, her gaze landed intensely on him, staring fiercely.
Stare—
Ah, this… Lynn suddenly felt a bit awkward. Originally, after hearing Keti’s request, the Lord Regent had actually considered the unconscionable thought that if Keti didn’t want to go, it wouldn’t be right to force her to follow him.
Ahem, how should he put it? This wasn’t about doing something lewd with the cat, after all. Ahem, this trip was quite serious, so he shouldn’t force the girl to act.
Of course, if it were something lewd… then the cat definitely wouldn’t be unwilling. So there would be no talk of forcing her; she would be doing it voluntarily!
Otherwise, why would this little thing always enjoy it so much? Ahem.
The Lord Regent defended himself this way, and had even planned to act like a decent person this time. But… suddenly, Lynn noticed that the look in the cat’s eyes seemed a bit off.
He felt her intense gaze, as if it contained some kind of strong expectation, and… jealousy?!
What on earth did this mean? Lynn, who always thought he had a good sense of romance, found his brain truly stalling this time.
For a moment, faced with Keti’s complex expression, he didn’t know how to respond.
So, did the cat want him to let her run away while he went to the Temple with Celthina, or did she want him to take her along?
If it was the latter, why did she just say she didn’t want to go? Was she being duplicitous? Uh… there wasn’t any need for that in this kind of situation, right? This was official business.
Furthermore, judging by her tone earlier, Lynn felt that the cat wasn’t joking. It was a sincere plea; she really didn’t want to go. Considering her nature of wanting to avoid trouble, she was clearly being serious.
Then why did she now look so expectant for him to reject her request? Could it be… that her words earlier were just… playing hard to get to test him?
Aaaaaah… what should he do? The Lord Regent suddenly felt his face flushing red. This was bad, very bad.
Since he had almost exposed his identity in front of the cat earlier, Lynn felt his heart was in a bit of a mess. He couldn’t maintain his usual calm state of mind at all.
So, what exactly should he do? Accept the cat’s proposal, or firmly refuse and insist on taking the cat with him?
“Puh-gu-gu haha—”
Just as the two of them were in the middle of a frantic, tense standoff, Celthina finally couldn’t help but clutch her stomach and burst out laughing.
While laughing, she nodded triumphantly and said: “That’s right, exactly right. Little Keti, Lynn, your primary mission right now is to serve me well, my cute subordinates~”
“Tsk …..”
Hearing this, the corner of Lynn’s mouth couldn’t help but twitch. What is wrong with this old woman! Didn’t she see that the situation had already become so tense?
Why didn’t this person have any self-awareness at all? She had been acting like a joker this whole time—first almost exposing his identity, and now provoking Keti!
Aaaaaaaah—! Break the covenant, he must break the covenant!
However, provoked by the Great Elf like this, Lynn instantly understood the current situation and finally made an accurate judgment.
Yes… even though he was completely confused just now, in this current situation, doing the opposite of whatever Celthina wanted would definitely be the right move!
And so, after a short while, Lynn immediately turned his head to look at the Silver-Haired Girl beside him. He grabbed her hand and shouted: “There’s no such thing! cat, you must come with us!!!!”
“Eh-eh-eh?!~”
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