“A kiss?”
Creis looked toward Gabriella, her eyes filled with confusion. But very quickly, she turned to look at Olivia instead and put on an angry expression.
“I understand, Creis~ I’m not joking anymore. Don’t casually badmouth our daughter.” Olivia gave her a mischievous look.
Rumors might affect Gabriella’s mood, so it was better to check on Gabriella’s feelings first.
“Mm.”
Creis was like a mother bird guarding her nest. She seemed to have become stricter.
Gabriella felt a little flustered.
Because she hadn’t only kissed Isabella—she had also done even more intimate things with her (meow~).
“Alright, Creis. Anyway, we still have things to handle. We also need to prepare a welcome ceremony.”
Hearing Olivia’s words, Creis looked at Gabriella reluctantly, as if she didn’t want to part.
Gabriella caught one particular word.
Welcome ceremony?
“It’s a welcome ceremony. We’re about to have new helpers soon… Mm, one will come today. There might be another one after some time.”
Gabriella didn’t think too much about it. It sounded like new maids that Olivia and Isabella had arranged, so she didn’t ask further. She only wondered who these new maids might be.
Olivia took Creis’s hand and walked out of the bedroom.
The two of them exchanged glances, as if they had something to say, leaving only Gabriella and Isabella inside the bedroom.
Isabella cleaned up the table.
Seeing that the other party had no intention of starting any conversation, Gabriella stood up and helped.
“Miss Isa?”
“Mm?”
Isabella’s reaction was still flat.
There was a faint trace of sadness between her brows and in her eyes.
After putting the plates and food scraps into the meal cart, she pushed the cart away without looking back, as if she was sulking.
But halfway through, her steps slowed down, as if giving Gabriella a chance to catch up and apologize.
Gabriella followed after her.
“Does Miss Isa have something on her mind?”
Isabella turned her head and looked at Gabriella with a wronged expression.
Gabriella didn’t understand at first.
But for some reason, she suddenly remembered what Isabella had said to her in the dream—in her memories.
She didn’t want anyone else to have the same kind of relationship with Gabriella that they had.
In other words, she didn’t want Gabriella to find a second lover.
It was a very pure kind of affection.
The foolish Evil God was feeling jealous.
“I think Creis is quite cute. Miss Isa can also get to know her a little~”
Gabriella’s implication was that Creis definitely had no intention of harming her.
What’s more, Olivia had also placed her head on Gabriella’s shoulder and nuzzled against her like a little cat.
But Isabella only shook her head.
“That’s not what I mean.”
“Huh?”
“It’s nothing. I was just a little curious about what you two talked about earlier.”
Isabella suddenly seemed to have figured something out and perked up again.
However, by this time Gabriella had already taken her right hand and moved in front of her.
Once some things started, it was hard to let go.
“We just confirmed our relationship. Miss Creis looked very happy too.”
Before Isabella could say anything, Gabriella lightly bit her cherry lips. However, this time it was only a brief, fleeting touch.
This single action instantly made Isabella’s face turn bright red. In an instant, her body started heating up, and her mouth became incoherent.
“We might get discovered. You… you know Creis only just left. If she wants to, she can definitely hear the sounds inside the inner palace right now!”
“Then let her discover us.” Gabriella tilted her head and smiled.
Isabella stopped talking.
She stood there stunned for a full ten seconds or so.
Then she pushed the meal cart to the second-floor dining area to dispose of the kitchen waste. During this time, Gabriella stayed by her side the whole time, helping.
Isabella’s tasks weren’t actually very simple.
She needed to clean up kitchen waste, clean the kitchen, and prepare ingredients.
Although it wasn’t difficult, it was quite tedious and tiring.
For a Demon King, being able to focus on doing work that only servants would do was already quite remarkable.
Isabella didn’t complain at all.
The cut potato and carrot pieces were uneven in size—some as small as a fingernail, some in slices.
She used magic to compensate, practically turning the carrot pieces meant for stew into carrot cubes.
This was the only point Gabriella wanted to “complain” about.
But Isabella quickly saved them and re-cut a few more carrots so it wouldn’t affect the lunch preparations.
After sealing them with magic again, Isabella walked out of the kitchen and suddenly looked at Gabriella with a nervous expression.
It was like an apprentice who was always watching the teacher’s expression, ready to receive a scolding at any moment.
“Miss Silver-White Sword Empress…”
“Miss Isa is really amazing. You usually do so much work all by yourself, right?”
Gabriella spoke first.
Only a slightly stunned look remained on her fair and smooth face.
“Huh? I-I’m not tired.”
“Miss Isa is really amazing. I’m very satisfied. I’ve been very happy these past few days. Thank you.”
“Mm, good~”
Perhaps she more or less understood what Gabriella meant. Isabella’s nervous feeling gradually faded.
Gabriella was certain that the foolish Evil God’s favorability had already been maxed out by her.
Ah~ If she could give birth to the child as well, this foolish Evil God would probably offer her entire heart and soul to me.
When the two of them walked out of the kitchen, they were still linking arms with each other.
Gabriella tried her best to match Isabella’s pace.
On the surface, it was because she was supporting the frail Gabriella, but in reality, it was just an excuse to stay close to each other.
While Creis was still away, they wanted to enjoy this wonderful morning.
The two of them had originally thought they would run into Creis separating them.
Instead, they first encountered two “cleaning maids” at the corner of the corridor—Morphis and Philina.
There was no clear division of positions in the mansion, but the two of them were indeed doing the same work as cleaning maids—cleaning and doing housework.
They had become “magic maids” trained through Olivia’s cleaning techniques.
Gabriella saw hope in them.
The maid workforce on the inner palace side was gradually becoming short-staffed.
Although Tina and Elsa’s fall had made the knights grieve deeply, what they didn’t know was that the two of them were most likely diligently carrying out their duties inside the inner palace right now.
If she wasn’t mistaken, they could only rest one day a week.
This wouldn’t do!
They needed a more efficient way of working. All of this required Olivia’s guidance.
It seemed she would have to find an opportunity to go back a few times.
Gabriella fell into thought.
Just as she and Isabella were about to reach the corner, they heard the sound of flowing water.
It wasn’t water flowing over the walls or onto the floor, nor was it the sound of a cloth being wrung out.
It was more dense, accompanied by a girl’s soft panting.
What were they doing?