That day began under the tense “game” atmosphere that left Seraphina on edge every single moment.
During breakfast, when Seraphina and Movira walked into the dining hall together, Lina and Ailinuo were already seated at the table.
Upon seeing Seraphina, Lina stood up and came before her.
Her expression looked much better. “Se… Your Highness, about yesterday’s matter…”
“Yesterday…” Seraphina immediately recalled the mystery of Lina’s origins. “Have you thought it through?”
Lina nodded. “Mm. After we finish breakfast, I’ll tell Your Highness in detail.”
“Good, that’s wonderful.” Seraphina breathed a sigh of relief.
Lina’s current appearance at least proved that she would no longer be troubled by it.
She was happy for the decision Lina had made, whether she chose to speak or not.
After that, Seraphina was about to casually pick a chair and sit down, but the moment she lifted her foot, her wrist was seized.
Seraphina looked up and met Movira’s smiling eyes.
The other said nothing, only used her gaze to indicate the spot beside herself—that wide seat that belonged exclusively to Movira.
A very bad premonition gripped Seraphina.
She widened her eyes and, extremely slightly, even tremblingly, shook her head, using her eyes to transmit the pleading signal of “at least not here, there are outsiders.”
Yet Movira completely ignored that meaning.
Instead, she pulled Seraphina toward herself and at the same time lowly reminded her in a voice only the two of them could hear:
“Don’t forget the rules, Seraphina. You can’t say ‘no,’ and you also can’t make any movements that indicate ‘no.’ Or would you… rather change to a different punishment?”
That last sentence was light and airy, yet carried an enormous threat.
It made Seraphina freeze instantly, the scenes floating up in her mind being the punishment she least wanted to see.
Compared to that, perhaps… it seemed the current punishment was still a little more acceptable?
Looking at the struggle written all over Seraphina’s face, Movira was in no hurry.
She first sat down in her own seat and, while Seraphina was watching, patted her closed thighs, the meaning self-evident.
“…Alright.”
After a struggle in her heart, Seraphina still gave up resisting and approached Movira at an extremely slow speed.
Then, under Lina’s surprise and Ailinuo’s widened eyes, Seraphina extremely reluctantly bit her lower lip, her cheeks as flushed as if they had been roasted by fire, hesitated, and little by little turned sideways, finally “actively” sitting onto the “seat” Movira had prepared in advance.
A brief deathly silence appeared in the dining hall. “Mm…”
Seraphina only dared to lower her head and stare fixedly at the floor, not daring to raise her head to look at the two sitting opposite at all.
This nearly made the utensils in Lina’s hands slip.
Although she quickly restrained her loss of composure, the shock in her eyes was unavoidable, yet it immediately transformed into a kind of… relief toward Movira?
At least in Lina’s view, after the campaign to the human world, Movira had somewhat opened her mind.
Had their relationship already gotten this good?
Lina had known some of the hidden circumstances beforehand, but Ailinuo had no idea at all that the Highness she admired in her heart had this… side.
At this moment, the Highness was actually like a child, being held in His Majesty’s arms and sitting on His Majesty’s lap!
That shy appearance of the Highness was something she had never seen before!
One of His Majesty’s hands was even wrapped around the Highness’s waist… This, this was way too stimulating!
The inexperienced Ailinuo only felt her head spinning, her worldview greatly impacted, and at the same time felt… a little wonderful?
Movira treated their reactions as if they did not exist.
She cared far more about the warmth and fragrance of the body in her arms.
She picked up a piece of bread with jam and brought it to Seraphina’s lips. “Come, try this. You can’t take it yourself, okay?”
Seraphina’s hand froze in midair like that, then reluctantly withdrew it.
She could feel that the gazes of the two opposite were definitely falling on her!
She didn’t even need to look! (And she didn’t dare look.)
She wished she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into!
Just because Movira didn’t care didn’t mean she, Seraphina, didn’t care.
She wanted to refuse, but the word “no” was stuck in her throat and simply wouldn’t come out.
Looking at the bread brought to her lips, she hesitated for a moment, then still slightly opened her mouth, only preparing to take a small bite.
Yet the moment her pearly teeth were about to touch the bread, Movira, as if on purpose, pushed it forward a short distance.
“Mm!”
Seraphina completely hadn’t expected this extra move.
She not only bit the bread, but also bit Movira’s finger.
Although Movira “quickly” pulled her hand back, that brief sensation made Seraphina’s whole body tremble.
She instantly widened her eyes and looked up at Movira in disbelief.
On purpose! This was definitely on purpose!
Her cheeks flushed red through and through in an instant.
She wanted to question her, but all the words stuck in her throat because there were still others present… and could only turn into a vague whimper.
“You…!” She finally managed to squeeze out a few sounds, yet when she met Movira’s eyes, she forcibly swallowed back the words of refusal she had wanted to say next.
It was still that damned rule! She couldn’t say “no”!
She bit her lip and could only glare at Movira with a pair of purple eyes misted with moisture to express her pitiful protest.
This appearance of wanting to flare up yet not daring to, only able to flush red, made the curve of Movira’s lips deepen further.
But she acted as if nothing had happened and continued bringing that piece of bread to Seraphina’s mouth again.
“Why didn’t you eat? Do you not want to eat?”
She had just spit out half of the word “no” when, forced by the rule, she swallowed it back again and could only open her mouth in humiliation.
Only after confirming that Movira would no longer “make trouble” this time did she accept this “feeding” that made her entire body uncomfortable.
Every mouthful after that seemed to carry a different meaning, making her unable to taste the food at all, as if sitting on pins and needles.
“Um… Your Majesty, I’ve finished eating. There are still some matters waiting for me to handle. Please allow me to take my leave first.”
Lina’s voice suddenly rang out.
She was suppressing a smile as she lightly kicked Ailinuo’s chair leg under the table.
Ailinuo gave a start, came back to her senses, and also hurriedly stood up with Lina, stammering, “I’ve also… also eaten my fill! I’ll take my leave first!”
The two of them left the table so quickly that they didn’t dare stay even half a second.
With the dining hall door closing, Seraphina’s tightly wound nerves finally relaxed a little, and she let out a long breath.
The torment should be about over, right?
She thought this in her heart and prepared to get down from Movira’s lap.
Yet the moment she moved even a little, the arm around her waist suddenly tightened, making her body press right against Movira’s.
“Don’t move!” Movira’s voice rang by her ear, making Seraphina’s heart leap up again.
“…It’s not over yet?”