novelraw Chapter 20
Chapter 20
20~ Going Out~
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"Meow meow?"
"Meow meow meow meow meow?"
"Meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow?"
The little Princess crouched in the corner teasing this hard-won cat. Heaven knows how much she'd paid to get this cat?
This cat that she'd exchanged for at enormous cost must be cherished! No matter what, she couldn't let the cat meet with misfortune!
"Vanilla, come~"
The little Princess picked up the cat and nuzzled it with her face, not worried at all that the cat would explode in discomfort and hurt her, nor did she need to worry about the cat being unclean. Before being sent to her, they'd all gone through strict screening and had been bathed clean.
This cat had been in her hands for several days. No matter how she petted or played with it, it had never gotten angry. Moreover, her cat-petting technique could be called unparalleled. Absolutely no cat could resist. They all had to sink under her cat-rua technique.
"Meow meow meow~"
"Rua rua Chocolate~"
Chocolate and Vanilla, these were the good names she'd given the two cats, a black cat and a white cat respectively, with names that corresponded perfectly.
It wasn't that she wanted to be inappropriate with cats. She just felt these two cats were indeed quite suitable. Anyway, aside from her, no one else in this world knew the meaning of these two names!
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On the other side, the Empress's brows furrowed slightly. She put down the memorial in her hand somewhat impatiently.
Why hasn't Mo come yet? Playing too happily with those two cats?
She began to think whether giving the little Princess two cats was perhaps not quite appropriate.
Just as she was about to proactively go fetch the little Princess, the door was suddenly pushed open and a small head poked out.
"Come here."
The Empress directly called out.
"Meow~ meow meow~"
The two cats also slipped in together.
Good grief, coming to fulfill her duty as a pet, yet still bringing two cats along?
The Empress's expression immediately darkened.
"You hold me, I hold the cats. It doesn't obstruct you."
Most importantly, being held as a body pillow was too boring. She wanted to find something to do. Petting cats was undoubtedly a good way to relieve boredom.
"Fine."
The Empress still agreed.
So the little Princess sat on the Empress's lap as usual, only this time there were two additional cats, one black and one white, lying in the little Princess's embrace.
"Meow~"
"Meow meow~"
"Meow meow meow~"
Fei: "..."
Watching the little Princess tease cats in her embrace, she also wanted to tease her own "pet" a bit. She didn't have much mood to continue reviewing memorials anymore.
"Mm? What are you doing?"
The little Princess looked up at the Empress while raising her hand, preparing to push away the Empress's hand.
"Let me pet for a bit."
Then the little Princess's hand returned to the cat's head. And so the scene became this, the Empress petting the little Princess, the little Princess petting the cats. The Empress's petting force increased somewhat, and the little Princess's force petting the cat also increased accordingly.
Finally, when her head was about to be petted bald, the Empress contentedly released her, letting her play on the side for a while.
"Meow~"
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"Mo."
"What?"
"Want to go out?"
Mo: "!!!"
What's gotten into today? Had a change of heart?
What puzzled her was, why did the Empress let her go out so quickly? It completely exceeded her expectations!
After hesitating for a while, she uttered one word:
"Yes."
"Alright."
The Empress stood up and came before her, removing the collar from her neck. It suddenly made her somewhat unaccustomed.
Having gotten used to the feeling of wearing something around her neck, now that it was suddenly removed, it felt like something was missing from her body.
Touching the place where the collar had been, there wasn't the imagined burning pain. Looking in the mirror, there was also no trace of having worn a collar.
This was very unscientific, but considering she was in another world, it became scientific again. After all, the "science" of the two worlds couldn't be mentioned in the same breath, right? Using the science of her previous life to measure the magic of this life was itself unscientific!
Could only say the "science" of the two worlds wasn't the same science.
The collar must have been specially enchanted so she wouldn't feel too uncomfortable wearing it, and wearing it for a long time wouldn't leave any traces.
"You're really... letting me go out?"
The little Princess asked again in disbelief.
"When have I ever lied?"
After getting the Empress's confirmation, she felt like this was a dream. She hurriedly forcefully rua'd the cats a few times.
Could go out today! Yay!
"But you must return before sunset. Understood?"
"Oh, oh."
The little Princess nodded.
Of course, she knew. Even if she wanted to return later, when the time came, she'd definitely be carried back by the Maid Ling.
The Empress pulled out another pouch and placed it on the table:
"There are one hundred gold coins in here. It's completely enough for you to spend."
More than enough? That was completely excessive!
You should know, within Glaze Nation, one gold coin was almost equivalent to a normal family's annual income. One hundred gold coins were already enough to live quite affluently, not to mention this was money for her to spend in half a day.
Although she didn't know how much purchasing power one gold coin had within Scarlet Phoenix Nation's borders, it probably wouldn't differ too much from Glaze Nation.
Already completely no need to worry about not having enough money...
"Mm... aren't you afraid I'll run?"
"You're welcome to try."
The Empress smiled with narrowed eyes. This was confidence from strength. No matter if she fled to the ends of the earth, she could catch Mo and bring her back.
"Gulp~..."
The little Princess swallowed. She didn't dare test the Empress's limits. Otherwise, in the future, not only would she be unable to get opportunities to come out again, she might even face even more terrifying imprisonment by the Empress.
Better obediently return before sunset.
She'd also investigated the Empress's specific strength before. She was a Great Archmage, an absolute top-tier mage. She'd definitely have countless methods to catch her and bring her back. Moreover, for this outing, Ling would definitely follow by her side.
"Ling."
"Here."
Ling immediately pushed the door open and entered.
"Take her out."
"Yes."
"Have fun?"
Before she was led away by Ling, the Empress said meaningfully to her.
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"Your Highness, I'll escort you to here. In a moment, you can just walk out directly."
The Maid Ling said this to her after escorting her to the Imperial City gate.
"Aren't you coming out with me?"
"Her Majesty said to escort you to the gate and let you decide where to go yourself."
So Ling wouldn't be directly following her after this?
Saying to let her decide where to go herself was definitely just a pretense, just not convenient to say directly that she'd be secretly following her. After all, the Empress not only had to monitor her every move at all times but also protect her safety.
Therefore, she didn't expose Ling, and Ling was also fully aware of this. She didn't beat around the bush. Both sides were smart people, and smart people never did these laborious and thankless things. Knowing the other party was fully aware, why bother disguising it?