Chapter 180: Whispered Words

After sitting down, Linda tapped Lijie’s shoulder, curiosity in her eyes.

“If I remember correctly, you were the one who brought Your Highness to find the Captain, right?”

Lijie nodded with a gloomy expression.

Linda’s eyes instantly lit up.

She grabbed Lijie’s wrist, shaking it back and forth.

“Come on, tell me…”

“Tell you what?”

“When the Captain and Your Highness met… was there any interesting secret between them~!”

At Linda’s question, Lijie’s body trembled, and she shook her head with a face full of unbearable memories.

That was far more than something that could be described as an ‘interesting secret’…

There had always been a subtle ambiguity between the Captain and Your Highness.

Now, thanks to her actions as a go-between, it was as if she had pushed the Captain forward herself.

However, Lijie’s strange reaction was almost confirmation in Linda’s eyes.

As someone skilled at prying, she immediately imagined a possibility…

That Lijie had not only witnessed some ambiguous scenes, but also saw things she wasn’t supposed to.

Which would explain her current traumatized expression.

To be honest, for once, the bull-headed Lijie, who Linda always considered lacking in brains, actually guessed the truth.

What Lijie saw was far more exaggerated than Linda could have ever imagined.

In Linda’s mind, perhaps Lijie had seen the two shaking hands, exchanging a loving gaze, and maybe—at most—the Captain, following Knight Order etiquette, kissed Your Highness’s hand in a warm gesture.

Who would have thought that, with the help of their matchmaker, the two had practically bared everything to each other?

Well…

Actually, you could remove the ‘practically’, since long ago, Rosetta and Roman had already shared close and intimate moments.

If anything, this time was just a return favor?

Although this was a female-dominated world, that didn’t mean women could disregard their modesty when exposed.

That’s why today’s incident was so serious, and why Lijie was so withdrawn.

Linda, unaware of the truth, leaned closer to Lijie’s ear and whispered.

“Lijie, you didn’t happen to see some secret you shouldn’t have, did you?”

This sentence triggered Lijie’s PTSD reflex, and she immediately pressed the loud-mouthed cow’s head onto the tray.

With a ‘thud’, the surrounding Knight Princesses turned to look over, curious about what conflict these two had gotten into.

Normally, though the Swordmaiden was sharp-tongued, she’d never gotten physical like this.

Fortunately, after venting, Lijie finally snapped out of her earlier state.

She fluttered her long lashes, her catlike emerald eyes glancing at Linda.

Pressing her lips together, she pulled Linda up from the tray.

From her pocket, she took out a handkerchief and gently wiped the soup off the dazed cow’s face.

After hesitating for a moment, Lijie sighed.

“I’ll tell you, but you mustn’t say a word to anyone else.”

As soon as she spoke, she regretted it a little.

By her old nature, such matters would have been buried deep in her heart forever.

But the pressure was too great now, and she needed someone she trusted to help share the burden.

With a guilty conscience for venting her frustration on Linda, she finally decided to confess to her alone.

Linda snapped back from confusion at Lijie’s words.

She grabbed Lijie’s hand, her face full of curiosity and anticipation, as if Lijie had never just gotten physical with her.

“I brought Your Highness to the Captain’s Training Ground…”

Lijie organized her words.

“You know, after all, Your Highness is a boy. Honestly, the clothes I was wearing then might as well have been nothing.”

“So, without the Captain’s permission, when I saw the door to the Training Ground was unlocked, I just opened it.”

At this point, Lijie paused, an expression of hesitation on her face.

“And then?”

Linda pressed on, oblivious.

“Stupid Linda, think about it. The Captain’s morning practice time is the same as ours—what do you think she’d be wearing then…”

Perhaps to protect the Captain’s reputation, Lijie ended up hiding the most explosive details.

“Pfft… I thought it was something big.”

Linda, after hearing it, pursed her lips with a ‘that’s all?’ expression.

Lijie stared at Linda, wondering what nerve the bull-headed woman had gotten crossed.

“Think about it…”

Linda patted Lijie’s shoulder, slinging an arm around her.

“Just the scene I saw that morning—even if Your Highness has no feelings for the Captain, there’s no doubt the Captain is interested in Your Highness.”

Recalling Rosetta’s pampering and serious expression while feeding Roman that morning, Linda felt a wave of embarrassment.

“Being seen by those disgusting men would be awful, but if it’s by someone important… The Captain might even want to show off her sexy side on purpose.”

At this, Linda winked at Lijie and grinned.

“In our hometown, girls who like someone are more proactive than anyone. Some even want to claim the boy right there and show off their charm.”

“You’re saying?”

Lijie asked tentatively.

“Maybe, deep down, the Captain is even grateful to you?”

Linda bumped shoulders with Lijie, laughing.

“…………”

Lijie silently took a sip of milk.

Linda’s words were a bit exaggerated, but not without reason, and it eased her anxiety.

Just as she was about to finally enjoy breakfast, Linda’s next sentence nearly made her spit it out.

“Lijie, you don’t know. That little seductress’s outfit that day—I could almost see his shameless thing. There was just a single garter stocking below, and nothing could hide that shape…”

“It’s like an angel and a demon combined. Such a cute face, yet with something so devilish down there…”

Lijie silently shoved a piece of bread into Linda’s mouth, stopping her nonsense.

However, Linda’s words had already drawn Lijie’s gaze towards Roman.

Today, Roman was dressed far more conservatively than that day.

A pure white Sacred Robe covered him from collar to ankles, with not a hint of exposed skin.

Before long, Rosetta approached, carrying a breakfast tray and leading Roman towards the second floor.

“Look, the Captain is taking Your Highness on a secret rendezvous.”

Linda added more fuel to the fire.

“You seem to really hope that’s true, don’t you?”

Lijie suddenly asked Linda.

“Eh, don’t you?”

Linda replied, baffled.

Lijie looked at Linda, frowning in silence.

To be honest, this guess was beneficial for both the Captain personally and the entire Saint Key Knight Order.

However, Lijie soon shook her head.

“You’re overthinking it. The Captain is already over thirty, and Your Highness is just sixteen.”

“There’s a generational gap between them—the Holy Throne would never approve.”

“Tch.”

Lijie’s words made sense, and Linda could only pout in silence.

PS: Four more chapters!!!!