Volume 1 Chapter 47

Volume 1 + Chapter 47: Eve’s Repayment

Eve had already thought it through on her way here.

After all, one-sided taking would make people dislike you, and with such a big favor to ask of the Princess to help settle things, Eve wouldn’t feel right without offering something in return.

So she made a decision that went against her ancestors, she would…

“I will teach you a magic formula.”

“Huh?”

Just as Princess Alice was excitedly about to take off her little dress, Eve’s words caught her so off guard that she took a long time to recover.

“What… what magic? Is this some kind of code?”

Could it be the name of some little toy?

“No, it’s something very important to me. Magic has formulas too. If mastered properly, it can greatly improve one’s magical abilities. This is something good enough to advance the Empire’s magical development.”

For Eve the Great Witch, her most valuable possession was her mastery of magic.

Although witches were considered unforgivably evil beings by humans, there was no denying their magical talent was truly powerful.

They could complain all they wanted, but human magical development couldn’t do without picking up what the witches discarded.

What humans disdainfully considered scraps became precious delicacies in human hands.

While humans with their slower minds could only rely on rote memorization, clever witches like her had already summarized a set of formulas through their own efforts.

Just like how humans only needed to memorize magic, witches who could rearrange and combine magic thought much more deeply… for Eve, magic also had formulas.

“Ah… um, I see, how amazing.”

Alice responded half-heartedly, but Eve was completely blind to her obvious lack of interest.

She even started lecturing non-stop, and in this moment, the Princess recalled her fear of being dominated by Advanced Magic’s Magical Analysis Geometry and Linear Magic.

The lines of magical formulas Eve wrote down on paper made Alice feel like ants were crawling all over her body.

If it weren’t for being able to see Eve’s enchanting curves wrapped in her white sweater as she bent over writing and drawing, Alice probably would have kicked her slender white-stockinged legs and died on the spot.

“So do you understand?”

“Mmm…”

Alice nodded, she didn’t understand at all.

This wasn’t what she wanted…

Although Alice knew very well that Eve as a witch wouldn’t use inferior magic to fool her, after all, both of the Empire’s two major academies’ curricula were still based on Eve’s achievements.

This had allowed the Empire’s talent cultivation to lead other countries by several decades.

The Empire’s magic studies couldn’t lose Eve, just like the 3D section couldn’t lose Jerusalem.

But unfortunately, Alice wasn’t interested in these things. She preferred the latter 3D section and Jerusalem, rather than magic studies.

After all, with Eve around, even Jerusalem would lose its luster.

“I get it, you want to play teacher and student with me, right?”

“…”

Eve looked at the completely unserious Alice before her, feeling like she had been lecturing to deaf ears all this time.

And it was a blonde little cow too…

“Princess!”

“Oh come on, I finally get to see you once, helping you with such a big favor, how could you repay kindness with enmity? I’m not asking for much, I just hope you could spend more time with me, hug me, and better yet give me a kiss and I’ll be satisfied.”

“I’m not as bad as you think, I just care about big sister’s little sister.”

“Big sister you smell so nice, your hands are so soft, can I touch them? Big sister your lips are so beautiful, what lip gloss did you use? Looks so delicious, can I have a taste?”

“Big sister? Big sister~”

Alice leaned against Eve and acted coquettishly, her tender lips getting closer and closer to Eve, so close that Eve could feel her warm breath.

Eve was now backed up against the sofa, with nowhere else to retreat. The maid beside them kept her eyes tightly shut, simply unable to watch.

Just as Alice was about to succeed, the crisp sound of high heels clicking on the ground suddenly came from outside the door.

The “tap tap” sound that carried elegance amid its steady rhythm grew closer, and before Eve could react, Alice had already vanished.

By then she had already sat down properly on the sofa opposite Eve with lightning speed.

She had returned to her usual dignified and elegant self, and her slightly messy hair had somehow been neatly combed, as if by magic.

“Alice.”

A gentle, clear voice sounded from outside the door.

“Oh my, Mother, I was just chatting with a friend, I didn’t notice you coming.”

Princess Alice showed a sweet and obedient smile, enthusiastically standing up to introduce Eve.

This dignified and elegant appearance was completely different from the little succubus who had been clinging to Eve earlier.

“Miss Eve, this is my mother, Chancelianne.”