“Eh?”
Anna’s eyes widened slightly, feeling as if she had misheard.
Why was she hearing words that Princess Alicia had once said, now coming from Teacher Luo Ye?
“Didn’t you promise to be Alicia’s guard for life? And now, just because of a few words, you’re thinking of giving up?”
“Anna, do you really have any self-awareness?”
“Are you really worthy of the high hopes Alicia has placed on you? Do you deserve her trust?”
Anna looked up at the man before her in disbelief. For some reason, her vision gradually blurred.
The figure of Luo Ye before her, for some reason, seemed to overlap again and again with her memories of Alicia.
Luo Ye’s youthful voice gradually transformed into Alicia’s elegant yet reproachful tone—a voice Anna had never heard before, yet found herself savoring—
“Anna, didn’t you promise to be my ‘Fate Community’?”
“Didn’t you promise to be my guard for life? And now, just because Luo Ye said a few things, you’re thinking of giving up?”
“Anna, do you really have any self-awareness?”
“Are you really worthy of the high hopes I have placed on you? Do you deserve my trust?”
These reproachful words, which Anna had never heard from Alicia before, instinctively made her want to argue back.
But when she saw Alicia scolding her, and heard that elegant yet questioning voice, Anna unexpectedly felt as if her heart was filled with some unknown joy.
She wanted to hear more…
She wanted to hear this kind of reproach again…
She wanted Alicia to look at her with those eyes…
She wanted it, wanted it so much…
“Hey, are you listening?”
Luo Ye looked down at Anna, who, for some reason, seemed to be enjoying herself even while being scolded. He paused, wondering if he had gone too far.
Logically, using the person the other cared about most, and the words they most longed to hear, to scold them, should have left the other party so ashamed they wanted to crawl into a hole, as if struck by countless boomerangs.
But why did Anna look like she was in ecstasy?
Was she broken from being scolded too much?
No matter. Even if she breaks, let her break after he finishes his pua.
“Anna, listen up. I am very angry right now.”
“Trash like you, the greatest value you have is to obey your master’s orders and protect your master.”
“If you can’t protect Alicia, then no matter what, I won’t let you stay by her side.”
“This is an order from the fiancé of the First Princess of the Empire. Do you understand?”
Luo Ye imitated Alicia’s elegant and dignified yet slightly girlish demeanor, standing confidently before her and extending his hand to Anna.
The meaning was clear: if she was willing to accept such scolding, willing to accept this responsibility, then she should reach out and take his hand, accepting this duty.
Otherwise—
She should quit immediately, saying farewell to her political career in the Royal City and her longing for Alicia.
But what Luo Ye didn’t expect was that, after hearing his words, Anna’s face flushed, and she gazed at him with dreamy eyes.
The scene she heard just now, in her mind, sounded like this:
“Anna, listen up, this Princess is very angry right now, desuwa.”
“Trash like you, your greatest value is to obey my orders and protect your master, that is, this Princess.”
“If you can’t protect this Princess, then no matter what, I won’t let you stay by my side. I will make you watch as I am protected by another man.”
“And that person is the one you fear most—Teacher Luo Ye. I, as the First Princess of the Empire, give you this order. Do you understand?”
So good…
The Princess scolded me…
The Princess scolded me!!!
So the Princess can scold people too?
All this time, in Anna’s eyes, Alicia was a perfect existence—so perfect that Anna dared not approach, dared not profane, and could only admire her from afar.
Even now, as Alicia’s personal guard, even though she was physically so close to Alicia-chan, Anna still felt that Alicia-chan was so, so far away.
So far that she could not take another step closer.
But now, hearing the Princess crudely humiliate her like this, hearing the Princess reveal a side of herself only ordinary people would show—
For some reason, Anna suddenly felt as if she had dragged Alicia down from her pedestal.
Clearly, she was still so perfect.
Yet the surrounding mire gave Anna the courage to profane her.
“Anna! What are you spacing out for?!”
Luo Ye saw Anna still lost in thought and immediately wondered if he had gone overboard. Maybe pretending to be Alicia didn’t work on her after all.
But at this critical moment, he couldn’t back down. He had to act tough and stare her down with a calm facade.
If he didn’t finish pua-ing this golden-haired big dog, she would still kill him in the real world.
“Trash, useless, did you hear me clearly?”
“I want you to protect Alicia. If you understand, say something!”
At this moment, Luo Ye looked down at Anna with a look of disdain.
“Yes! Understood!”
Anna, once again hearing “Alicia” humiliating her, immediately blushed bright red.
“I will protect Her Highness well. Is there anything else you want me to do?”
Anna looked at Luo Ye with excitement, like the most loyal golden retriever with violet eyes, and Luo Ye instantly fell silent.
What is wrong with you, girl? Why are you shouting so loudly? I’m not deaf, you nearly scared me out of my skin!
And why do you look so thrilled?
I just scolded you. You should be ashamed, or angry that I struck a nerve.
What’s with this lovesick face?
Luo Ye felt his mind go blank.
But the current situation had achieved the result he wanted, so he decided not to dwell on it.
Retreat.
“That’s it, then. Get your emotions in order, figure out your responsibilities. I’m leaving now.”
“Yes, Your Highness!”
Your Highness? What the hell?
Luo Ye grumbled inwardly but couldn’t be bothered to correct her. He jumped out the window and vanished.
Inside the bedroom, as Luo Ye disappeared, Anna’s feverish mind gradually cooled down.
But she didn’t feel like she’d been deceived, nor did she regret her earlier thoughts. Instead, she discovered a shocking truth.
A startling idea formed in her mind—
If Alicia’s fiancé scolds her, isn’t that the same as Alicia scolding her?
Yes! That’s right!
It turned out she had always longed for Alicia to scold her, had always hoped that the elegant Princess would shed her graceful shell and humiliate her, humiliate her filthy thoughts.
So now, being scolded by Alicia’s fiancé, she felt excited.
At the same time, she had always fantasized that Alicia’s belongings would be the same as her own.
So, Alicia’s fiancé is also her fiancé?!!
!!!
A strange emotion shot up from Anna’s feet to the crown of her head, occupying the top of her thoughts.
Hehehehehe.
So that’s how it is.
Anna walked to the balcony, gazing down at the direction Luo Ye had left, her eyes shimmering with strange lights like the starry sky.
In the distance, Luo Ye suddenly felt a chill run down his spine, not knowing why.