“Are you satisfied with this space ring?”
Before departing, Yelena still didn’t forget to cook. After all, cooking was directly tied to her system, and maybe she could find some game in the wild.
As a result, the Sword Saint didn’t say a word and simply presented the space ring with both hands.
The ring’s spatial capacity was astonishing. Yelena had practically moved half the kitchen inside and could easily access everything whenever she wanted.
Yvette deliberately slid the space ring onto Yelena’s left ring finger.
But there was no way Yelena could accept that arrangement. As a compromise, she took it off herself and put it on her right ring finger instead.
Who could put up with this?! Who said I wanted to marry you right now, you pervert…
“This must be really expensive…”
“Two thousand gold coins.”
“…”
Yvette’s calm, straightforward reply left Yelena speechless. Then she added,
“Little Fox, I don’t want you to pay me back. I want you to carry that guilt forever.
That way, you’ll be willing to stay by my side.”
Thinking back to this, Yelena really wanted to complain about Yvette’s in-game setting.
Why does this doting, slightly domineering personality have to be a female character?
Why did she have to end up as the heroine after the gender-bender…
She originally wanted to play a Galgame where she was the male lead! But—but now she’s wound up in such an embarrassing situation meow!!
But…
‘Ugh, meow… Is there really no other way?’
‘No… I have to find a way to pay her back eventually.’
Yelena leaned on Anna’s shoulder, biting her lip hard as tears welled up in her eyes.
Then her pretty face flushed bright red, her temperature rising, and steam started puffing out from the black hair on top of her head.
At this rate, before she could max out Yvette’s affection points, her own affection for Yvette might just max out first…
‘If I endure now, things will calm down. But the more I think about it, the angrier I get!’
“Lady Yelena?”
“…”
“Are you running a fever? Do you need a rest?”
“You’re the one with a fever! I’m moving forward!”
Anna covered her mouth and chuckled.
She had recently started to grasp Yelena’s inner thoughts. Ever since the Family Head gave her that space ring,
Lady Yelena’s actions had become strange, and her gaze had grown shifty.
Watching this little fox girl twist in embarrassment and indignation, Anna knew for sure that this silly master was definitely thinking about Lady Yvette again.
Anna silently resolved to fully support the two masters’ love from now on!
The Joyful Maid smiled as she thought this, but up ahead, Yvette finally noticed something was off.
Yvette raised her index finger, signaling Anna to be quiet. Anna quickly covered the puffing Yelena’s mouth.
“Mmph!…”
Yelena also sensed an unusual presence and immediately fell silent.
Earlier, Yvette and Anna had killed some small monsters and goblins in the dense forest without encountering much trouble.
But now everyone became alert. About 50 meters away, the target of the subjugation quest appeared.
A massive corrupted brown bear, nearly 6 meters long, was moving slowly.
This creature was a huge target, but its defense and intimidation were terrifying. The main reason it was classified as C-rank was that it didn’t actively attack humans.
But leaving this filth unremoved would be a future隐患.
Right now, Yvette was raring to go, gently pushing the tsuba of her nodachi with her left thumb.
She looked back at the two behind her and noticed Yelena winking at her.
“Let me try a new spell~” Yelena whispered quickly when she saw Yvette notice her.
“Fine, but hurry up, or we’ll miss the chance to ambush.”
As Yvette finished, Yelena took out a talisman inscribed with all-attribute enhancement runes.
A surge of magical energy flowed as she waved her hand, placing the talisman above Yvette’s head.
With the seals completed, the talisman vanished, temporarily granting Yvette all of Yelena’s buffs.
[Fox Blessing], one of Yelena’s newly mastered spells. Though she wasn’t fully proficient yet, it could still give her allies a 10% boost to all stats.
Ye Lian, who had been useless in battles, was no more.
Now, in the truest sense, it was Yelena, growing stronger.
At least, in the future, she would definitely be able to help.
“Thank you, my squad leader. This is the first time I’ve watched a magic trick
and actually felt my abilities improve. Thank you.”
She smiled faintly, then without hesitation, she dashed forward with incredible speed, closing the distance to the demon bear.
The demon bear sensed the lethal aura approaching, but it was too late.
It swung a massive paw down at the attacking Yvette.
But at that moment, Yvette was in a cross-step stance, back to the demon bear, holding her weapon with her left hand reversed. Then she turned, stepped forward, and lunged.
In an instant, she switched her grip to her right hand and executed a reverse diagonal slash as the blade left its sheath.
[Kasagari Slash] and [Undying Flame] were unleashed in quick succession.
Yvette’s nodachi, wreathed in flame magic, sliced across the demon bear’s neck in a flash.
In the blink of an eye, the bear’s head hit the ground.
Unlike Aisha’s numerical dominance with the Holy Sword, Yvette’s was an elegant technique born of skill.
‘Left hand hits hard! Right hand hits harder?’
‘Front foot moves fast! Back foot adds speed?’
‘Well, as far as Yelena is concerned, they’re both cheaters—but now, she felt something else for Yvette.’
‘At least, the red-haired girl standing proudly before her was someone worthy of trust.’
Yvette let out a long breath. A large cloud of white mist surrounded her as she flicked her nodachi to the side, blood staining the snow-white ground.
Then, holding the tsuba with her hand reversed, she slowly sheathed the blade.
This was the first time Yelena had seen Yvette in battle up close. Her cheeks flushed slightly as she stared, mesmerized.
‘He’s pretty cool… too bad he’s not a male character…’
‘Huh, wait, no no no!’ She shook her head like a rattle, trying to reject her own fangirling thoughts from a moment ago.
As the battle ended, Yvette adjusted her breathing slightly, then inadvertently locked eyes with Yelena.
When Yelena noticed Yvette looking her way, she deliberately looked away, occasionally sneaking a glance while blushing.
The Red-Haired Sword Saint noticed this and, with a bright smile on her lips, slowly approached.
“So, how was it? Cool, right?”
“Uhh, I didn’t see clearly. You killed it too fast! I was spacing out for a second, and when I turned back, it was already over!”
“Oh~ Really? For real? Or are you just pretending you didn’t see?”
‘Hey, why does she care so much about my opinion?’
“Ahem, it was cool, I guess… but your moves were too theatrical. Way too flashy.” Yelena’s fox eyes shifted as she deliberately nitpicked.
“Oh~ I get it now. So my moves were so cool that you can’t even give a straight compliment.
Sigh, what can I do? Being invincible is just this lonely.”
Yvette knew her Little Chef was being sarcastic, so she deliberately continued her narcissistic speech.
‘Yeah, right!’
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