Volume 4 Chapter 110

Volume 4 + Chapter 110: A Peaceful Day

Xia Yi felt as though she had been struck by five bolts of heavenly lightning at once, leaving her utterly scorched inside and out.

The authority she had worked so hard to accumulate had actually all vanished into nothing.

Her body began to tremble.

What Serra said next was even worse—maximum critical damage, a direct hit to the vitals.

“Your Highness is really cute and clingy~”

The maid lady couldn’t help but laugh, as if the words came straight from the bottom of her heart.

“Wuaaaaaaaah——!”

Xia Yi immediately leapt onto the bed, hugged her little dragon plush tightly, entered a full-on overheating state, and began rolling around on the bed to vent her emotions.

“My authority, my authority, my authority aaaaaah!”

Now, Xia Yi finally understood.

Why has everyone in the Dragon Clan’s imperial palace been looking at her differently than usual?

It turned out that those gazes weren’t admiration or reverence for her authority at all.

Rather, they were more like the looks people give to a cute little sister earnestly trying to play the role of a mature adult—in a word—

A mascot.

It’s over. This is really over now.

Why did everyone know about what she had done in the rear garden of the palace?

And most crucially—about her clinging to Xia Lulu’s arms and acting spoiled?

Serra smiled and said, “As expected, Your Highness’s fondness for Her Majesty the Queen is genuine. Even though you always say things like wanting to defeat Her Majesty…”

“Stop it! Don’t say it anymore!”

Xia Yi was on the verge of tears. She pulled the little dragon plush over her head, lay face-down on the bed, and her silver tail had already gone completely limp from sheer embarrassment.

This was no different from a public execution!

If she could, she truly wanted to release her true dragon form, fly into the sky, and just keep flying, bidding farewell to this land forever.

“Why does everyone know about this?!” Xia Yi shouted.

“That would be Elly…”

“Elly?!”

“Because Elly and Lucia happened to run into it while they went to the rear garden to look for Her Majesty,” Serra explained. “At the time, the two of them didn’t disturb Her Majesty and the Princess, but quietly withdrew. Later, Elly even drew the scene and spread it all over the Dragon Clan’s imperial palace. That’s how I found out as well—”

“Damn that Elly—she actually betrayed me like this!!”

Xia Yi was instantly furious. She jumped off the bed, determined to catch the culprit at all costs.

“I trusted you so much, and this is how you betrayed me! Today, I’ll make you pay!”

Serra didn’t even have time to stop her. The little princess, still wearing her slippers, stepped onto the windowsill and jumped straight outside.

…

In one area of the Dragon Clan’s imperial palace, quite a crowd had gathered, surrounding a small green dragon maid.

This probationary member of the royal maid corps was holding up a painting, carefully displaying it to everyone.

“Have you all gotten a good look?”

“Elly, turn it a bit—we can’t see it from here!” someone in the crowd called out.

“No problem! Here, take this one. I used magical tools to make lots of copies!” Elly handed out the painting she was holding, then lifted another one herself, making sure everyone could see clearly.

The picture depicted two silver-dragon loli girls—one with an ahoge and one without.

Although their appearances were extremely similar, almost identical, their temperaments made it immediately clear which one was the Silver Dragon Queen and which one was the Silver Dragon Princess.

Xia Yi was clinging to Xia Lulu, happily being fed donuts.

It had to be said—Elly’s drawing skills were quite impressive. Perhaps she truly had talent in this area, as she captured the little princess’s beauty with vivid realism.

“Elly, is this real?” the onlookers asked.

“Of course! I saw it with my own eyes!” Elly nodded. “I’m telling you, even though Her Highness doesn’t admit it on the surface, deep down, her affection for Her Majesty the Queen is absolutely unmatched by anyone else! The person the Princess likes the most is Her Majesty the Queen!!”

“Her Highness is so cute!”

“Indeed, she’s even cuter than my own daughter…”

“I feel like my heart is melting—especially when you think about how, normally, the Princess always looks like she’s trying so hard to act like a mature adult. That contrast is just irresistible!”

“Do you people even understand the value of tsundere gap-moe?!”

“Who said tsundere is outdated? Tsundere is the strongest meta right now!!”

The people of the Dragon Clan’s imperial palace burst into cheers.

“Th-th-this is great, really great.”

Elly smiled with satisfaction.

Through her own efforts, she had refreshed everyone’s impression of the Princess once again.

She even had the feeling that if Xia Yi debuted as an idol, there would be no problem at all—she would absolutely become the strongest, most perfect idol among the Dragon Clan!

“If Her Highness saw this, she’d definitely be happy… hehe. It feels like my chance to officially become a full member of the royal maid corps is already right within reach!”

The little green dragon maid was already itching to go find Xia Yi and claim credit.

Recently, there had been constant rumors saying that the Princess was going to challenge the Queen, that their relationship was bad, that they were enemies, and so on… rumors, all of them!

Now, with ironclad evidence piled as high as a mountain, she had completely shattered all those rumors.

“Hm? Over there… is that Her Highness the Princess?”

Elly spotted Xia Yi walking toward them and raised her arm to wave.

“Your Highness, look! Everyone already knows how much you like Her Majesty the Queen—”

All of a sudden, Elly’s words came to an abrupt halt.

She noticed something strange.

The Princess, biting her lip, ears burning red, wore an expression that looked as though she were about to tear her alive and swallow her whole.

This was absolutely not the look of someone pleased with her actions.

“Elly, you actually chose to betray me!!” Xia Yi shouted angrily.

“Your Highness, I didn’t betray you! I was proving how cute you are—proving how much you like Her Majesty the Queen!” Elly hurriedly protested.

She quickly held up the painting in her hands.

“Please look at this part!”

But such words only poured fuel on Xia Yi’s fire, making her even more frantic.

Suppressing the chant, she fired off a single Fireball spell, blasting straight through the painting and burning it to ashes.

Elly froze on the spot, completely stunned and left disheveled in the wind.

“Elly, you still dare to say it? You still dare? Today I’m going to roast you!”

“Waaah! Your Highness, mercy, mercy!!”

…

“Hehe.”

The Silver Dragon Queen stood on the second floor, watching her daughter and the trainee maid roughhousing below, a heartfelt smile appearing on her face.

Today, too, was a peaceful day in the Dragon Clan’s imperial palace.

In truth, Xia Lulu really liked this kind of everyday life.

Her daughter was happy and carefree, everyone around her adored her, and there was no need to think about complicated matters.

Xia Lulu hoped that time could simply stop like this—or at least slow down a little.

“If only Xia Yi could always be this happy…”