Volume 1 Chapter 589

Chapter 589: The Ultimate Tug of War Between Isabella and Lolth

Lolth gazed at Isabella, who was hiding her face in her own underwear, carefully observing the scene for five seconds and thinking for three seconds.

Only a few seconds later did Lolth confirm what she had just seen.

Isabella was burying her face in a piece of her own snug underwear.

The white cotton top, based on its size, Lolth could easily tell it definitely belonged to her.

It shouldn’t belong to Isabella at all.

And Isabella’s face was buried in it, as if she were sniffing the scent on the underwear.

"Hoo—hoo—"

In fact, Isabella even made a rather blissful sound.

To be honest, if it were Tina doing this right now…

Lolth would be shocked, but she wouldn’t be surprised.

But…

After all, this was Isabella!

Lolth originally thought she should still be a relatively honest person!

Who could have guessed… that Isabella could do something like this?!

Lolth even wondered for a moment if Isabella and Tina had somehow swapped bodies and souls.

She even took the time to explore Isabella’s soul vibrations.

Considering that right now, the mainland plane was basically the only one that could disguise soul vibrations, Tina certainly didn’t have that ability…

So this really was Isabella.

Lolth fell into deep thought…

It had only been a short time since she left, how had Isabella changed so much!

The most important thing was…

She had watched for about ten seconds and did not try to hide her feelings or presence.

Isabella was completely absorbed in it and did not notice her arrival at all!

Of course, Lolth also did not make any noise…

And since she was not showing up, with Isabella’s current ability, her presence should still be strong…

But for a legend-level knight…

No matter the situation, she should have noticed the several people in front of her!

This was Isabella, the leader of the Northman Knight Order!

For a moment, Lolth didn’t even know how to face her…

Should she speak up to remind her or scold her loudly?

Or should she pretend not to see and sneak away?

In a way, Isabella turned out this way because of her, the succubus, surely could not escape blame…

After all, Lolth naturally felt sorry for Isabella.

She and Isabella had crossed the line under the chaos of the domain.

Even Dorothy, who was her disciple, had done the same excessive thing…

For Lolth, the guilt was even stronger concerning Isabella!

"Oh… Isabella…"

Lolth sighed in her heart.

And what Isabella said next made Lolth feel even more guilty.

"Waa… Lolthlinda…"

Isabella, hiding her face in her clothes, made a muffled sound that she would never have made when alone.

It even had a hint of playfulness.

"I miss you so much…"

Isabella whispered, her voice mixing playfulness with a touch of sadness.

"I must be imagining things… It feels like you are standing right in front of me…"

"Ah… Lolthlinda…"

"My Lolth."

She sighed softly, and each word made Lolth feel her guilt grow heavier.

If Isabella had shown just a hint of blame toward her, Lolth might not have felt so guilty.

But she did not say a single word to blame Lolth.

This only made Lolth feel even more pressure.

Even though she had caught Isabella secretly taking her underwear…

She should have been confident in her position.

But for some reason, Lolth always felt she couldn’t be brave!

She had originally wanted to sneak away, but now she couldn’t do such a thing no matter what.

After all…

Isabella was like this.

If she sneaked away again, she wouldn’t be right.

So, Lolth softly cleared her throat.

"Ahem…"

"Isabella, actually that… is not just an illusion…"

As Lolth said this, Isabella’s movements froze a little.

Then…

She trembled and lifted her head.

The hands gripping Lolth’s corset began to tremble slightly.

In her ice-blue eyes, disbelief was evident.

Her hair was messy, and her face had a few red marks from the edge of her lingerie, revealing a look of surprise.

"Lolthlinda, you’re back!"

For Isabella, this moment felt like a dream come true!

Though Lolth had returned not long ago…

It was clear that this was not the usual Lolth.

She seemed a bit strange.

And…

She had no connection with Isabella at all.

This meant that Isabella’s heartache for Lolth had not been relieved in any way.

In fact, it was even made much worse!

So, in that moment, seeing the old lazy Lolthlinda, who always wore a gentle smile…

At that very second when she had just wished for her to appear…

Isabella could no longer hide her feelings.

She stepped forward and hugged Lolth tightly.

"Why did you come back?!"

Her voice trembled, full of disbelief.

"Because of some things, but I will be coming back often lately."

As Lolth said this, she gently patted Isabella’s head.

"Alright, alright…"

Her fingertips stroked Isabella’s smooth hair.

Her voice softened.

"I’m sorry, I was out for too long this time."

As she said this, Isabella gently shook her head.

"I understand… you are doing something very important…"

Isabella replied.

Then she let go of Lolth.

After the two separated, it suddenly felt a bit awkward.

Lolth suddenly remembered that she had basically been on her honeymoon with Dorothy during this time…

And Isabella finally remembered that she was still gripping Lolth’s underwear.

She looked at Lolth and instinctively hid the underwear behind her back.

But soon, Isabella realized…

That doing this was pointless; Lolth must have already noticed and discovered the underwear in her hand!

So, Isabella unfolded the bundle of underwear again.

She carefully and softly began to explain.

"Well… actually…"

"Um… this is mainly because recently… Tina uses a kind of laundry soap that you often use to wash these by hand…"

"This smell is still… quite similar to yours…"

Isabella murmured as she explained.

Lolth didn’t press the issue too much…

Although she was shocked at first, the shock mainly came from the fact that it was Isabella who had done this.

As for the act itself…

Lolth still felt a little uneasy.

After all, she was a succubus—though she kept to herself, she was hard to avoid seeing a lot.

Compared to the sisters from the succubus territory, Isabella seemed so fresh and different.

Moreover, her actions were just at the level of what Tina usually did.

So, Lolth calmly accepted everything.

"It’s okay, I understand everything!"

As she said this, she waved her hand.

But Isabella felt even more embarrassed.

"I… I…"

Her face became redder, and she stammered, unable to speak, and finally turned around and rushed out through the door!

Lolth watched Isabella push the door and walk away, scratching her head.

In the end, she sighed…

"No, you should at least put down my underwear…"

She noticed that when Isabella rushed out, she was still tightly gripping her underwear.

Of course, Lolth believed that Isabella did not do it on purpose.

She did not chase after her directly.

Because Lolth thought the best choice now was to let Isabella have some quiet time.

Besides, she felt unsure about how to face Isabella after what had just happened.

For Lolth, she really needed some quiet time.

So, after letting Isabella leave, she stayed in the room for another five or six minutes.

Then, she slowly walked out of the room.

At the same time, Lolth suddenly remembered something…

Wait, what did Isabella just say?

It seems that all my recent underwear was… hand-washed by Tina?

Isn’t there supposed to be a machine for automatic cleaning in the torture tower?

Lolth fell into deep thought.

And with Isabella’s earlier actions in mind…

Lolth didn’t think at all that Tina would wash her own underwear by hand just because she wanted to be diligent with housework and to have cleaner clothes.

She definitely had some very unclean thoughts!

After all, even Isabella had acted in such a strange way…

What would a somewhat strange Tina do…

That need not be said!

Lolth was very confident in Tina’s oddness!

This little girl would not be a standout in the succubus territory.

She was also definitely not an ordinary person.

Her level of strangeness would definitely be considered above average in the Succubus clan’s territory!

The most important thing was…

Tina’s behavior, as long as it involved herself…

There weren’t many times when it wasn’t strange!

Thinking about this, Lolth even had the thought of whether she should go see Tina…

It wasn’t really because she was worried that Tina might become too strange from not seeing her for a long time.

Mainly, it was because upon her return, she saw Isabella…

Although seeing Isabella was somewhat unexpected.

But whether it was unexpected or not, it felt a bit unfair not to see Tina, this diligent little fairy.

After all, aside from being strange, this fairy had indeed been helping her manage various matters in Hillenbrand Town.

This time she came back, she didn’t feel any strange magic in Hillenbrand Town, nor was there any chaos, which was enough to witness Tina’s hard work.

After all…

Now, Hillenbrand Town was growing larger, and just keeping things stable was definitely hard work!

Anyway, today, teaching Coristo was much quicker than she expected…

She finished all the lessons in just one morning.

So, there was plenty of time today.

As the "Director of the Heretic Tribunal," backed by the Pope, even if she suddenly disappeared for a while…

It probably didn’t seem very suspicious.

After all, the Director of the Heretic Tribunal was the head of the secret agents.

Being a spy, disappearing once in a while was quite normal, right?

Since she hadn’t been back for so long, she was not in a hurry to teach or rush home.

She might as well take a look around and visit the people in Hillenbrand Town!

She immediately expanded her Magic Perception and started searching for Tina’s whereabouts.

To her surprise, Tina was actually inside the torture tower!

And she was in… the special interrogation room of the Holy Lieto Empire!

This made Lolth feel a bit curious.

"Where did Tina go and what is she doing?"

Lolth thought about this as she headed to the interrogation room.

And after opening the door…

Lolth saw Tina, who was diligently casting spells to grow vines.

These vines were wrapping around a young man in black, whose eyes were tightly shut, like a rice dumpling!

Lolth was a bit stunned at this scene.

"Tina… what are you doing?"

Tina heard the voice and immediately turned around.

A look of surprise also appeared on her face!

"Lolth, my master… you’re back!!!"

She exclaimed with joy, stopped her spell, and hurried towards Lolth.

However, Tina seemed to be a little more restrained than Isabella.

She ran to Lolth’s side and gently hugged Lolth’s arm, rubbing her soft chest and face against Lolth like a cat welcoming its owner home…

Then she left her body.

After that, Tina proudly showed off the young man in dark clothes who was asleep and wrapped up behind her.

"Lolth, look, this is the guy you knocked out!"

"I have him completely under control!"

"Because the Lady of Light said this guy is the director of the Heretic Tribunal, and he’s a demi-god level…"

"So I asked Kanor’s guardian, the landlady of the tavern, for some help with ideas."

"According to her advice, if I spray the Magic Potion on his mouth and nose every day, I can control him normally!"

Tina said this…

She looked like someone who wanted praise and attention.

Although this was very obvious, Lolth had no way to casually compliment Tina right now.

Because…

The information Tina shared was overwhelming!

"I copied, I copied… wait a moment?"

"Who is this person?"

"Who knocked him out?!"

Lolth had no idea what had happened during the time she lost her memory and was drunk!

She only remembered that she must have given Maria Diana a good beating!

After that, according to Dorothy and Patricia, she seemed to have disappeared for a while.

No one knew where she went during that time she was gone.

Now, Lolth vaguely had an answer…

Could it be that she returned to Hillenbrand Town and beat up the director of the Heretic Tribunal who appeared here for some unknown reason?

"This is just ridiculous!"

Lolth covered her face, once again deeply understanding the meaning of the phrase "drinking leads to trouble."

However…

The only thing to be thankful for is…

She finally knew where the Director of the Heretic Tribunal was!