Please Bully Me, Miss Villainess!

Chapter 230 : The Princess_s Game 1

Exquisite court refreshments were arranged on the table.

Beside it, a maid was brewing tea using hot water and precious tea leaves worth their weight in gold.

"Big Sister, would you like camel deer milk in your black tea?"

Princess Shirushi asked, holding a milk jug filled with fresh milk, her face beaming with a smile as she addressed Yvonne.

"Please, if you would be so kind. Just a little for me."

As Yvonne took the teacup, she glanced around, noticing she couldn't see a familiar figure.

"By the way, where's Michel? I don't see her."

Yvonne had thought she would see her at such a gathering.

"Ah... Big Sister Michel, she couldn't make it."

"Has she been busy lately too?"

"Indeed~"

As she spoke, Shirushi's face displayed a mischievous smile.

After all, someone has to handle the documents.

Somewhere in the castle, Michel, who had been forcibly made a 'one-day deputy' and buried in a pile of documents, sneezed.

"Your Highness, what exactly did you call us here for today?"

Garth, who had been summoned as well, finally couldn't hold back and asked curiously.

Shirushi cleared her throat.

"Everyone has been working hard preparing for the festival lately. I've summoned you here today mainly to reward you all for your efforts."

"...You say it's a reward, but in reality, you simply wanted to find someone to play with, didn't you?"

Elsa, who was also being entertained, put down her teacup and mercilessly exposed the princess's little scheme.

The young princess's face immediately puffed up.

"What's wrong with playing with me! Every day, every day, every day! I have to face those old men from the council, check accounts from various regions... I'm going crazy! What's wrong with playing with me!"

"...You have it tough too."

Yvonne, who had gone through similar hell, expressed her empathy.

During the busiest days, one could almost be buried by documents sent from various places.

As a duchess, Yvonne only needed to manage her own territory and affiliated forces. As the heir to the kingdom, Shirushi must deal with even more things every day than Yvonne, and one could imagine how hard she works.

"Wuu wuu— I knew Big Sister would understand me!"

With a face full of emotion, Shirushi smoothly slide to Yvonne's side, but was intercepted by the vigilant Elsa.

"Please mind your status."

Like a mother hen protecting her chick, Elsa spread her arms in front of the wryly smiling Yvonne.

"This is the limit. Please don't come any closer."

"Elsa, don't be too excessive! Are you the only one allowed to stick to Big Sister every day?"

"Of course!"

Elsa replied matter-of-factly.

"You're too domineering, and Big Sister, you're really— How can you tolerate such a woman?"

You should control her! Shirushi complained to Yvonne.

"Well... I find it quite cute."

Possessiveness is an expression of caring for someone, in other words, it's also a form of love.

She's just too adorable like this~

Indeed, people become fools when they fall in love!

"Garth! Come and say something too!!"

Shirushi turned her head to seek an ally, but this yuri knight had already entered a state of activating his all-seeing eye for yuri, wearing a satisfied expression of 'thank you for the treat' on his face, while his hand didn't stop, scribbling something in a small notebook.

It seems he has new material again.

"Hehe... It's been a few days, Elsa, you seem to have gotten rounder again? Did you eat too much during winter without noticing? Why don't you grow meat in places where it should grow?"

With an exaggerated look of regret, Shirushi glanced sideways at Elsa's barren upper body.

"Aren't you about the same as me?!"

"Hmph, I'm still developing, I'll definitely surpass you in the future!"

"I exercise with Evie every day, but Your Highness, haven't you been sitting all day recently? Don't you have a little belly now? Oh— I see, that's why you're wearing a high-waisted style formal dress today—"

"Elsa, you...!!"

Woohoo—

The two began a new round of competition.

"Sister... aren't you going to stop them?" Garth put down his notebook and couldn't help but say to Yvonne.

"No need."

However, Yvonne seemed to have no intention of mediating at all, just smiling and drinking tea from her cup, watching the two in front of her.

"This is also a form of communication for them, I suppose."

"...Is that so?"

As a male, Garth still couldn't understand.

The way girls interact is really too profound.

Yvonne smiled and took a sip of tea, quietly watching behind the two.

She could see that Shirushi was also enjoying this process. After all, in the palace, everyone trembles in fear and obeys this young princess who acts decisively. No one dares to contradict her like this.

Probably only Elsa can talk to her like this.

Although their backgrounds and experiences are completely different, these two are unexpectedly compatible.

It would be nice if they could become good friends.

"Big Sister!"

Shirushi ran over crying.

It seems Elsa won this time.

After obtaining permission through eye contact, Yvonne, in her capacity as an elder, ceremonially patted her hair.

"Shirushi has been working hard enough. I will support you from behind along with others."

"Big Sister—"

"There are only a few days left before the festival officially begins. Keep up the good work in the future."

Noticing the jealous gaze behind her, Yvonne immediately withdrew her hand.

"Yes! I will definitely work hard!"

After hearing Yvonne's words, Shirushi immediately clasped her hands as if she had been charged with electricity.

After all, governing a country is not an easy task. This child is even younger than herself, and will surely encounter many troubles in the future.

After all, she has helped Yvonne and Elsa a lot. If needed, Yvonne is willing to do things like this that can make her happy.

"Now that we've had our refreshments, let's play!"

She clapped her hands, and the maids immediately came forward to clear away the empty teacups and plates in front of everyone. They then unfolded a large map.

"This is..."

Yvonne quickly recognized what it was.

This familiar game wasn't introduced by her, a modern person, but was originally part of the "Wings of the Heart" game itself, something similar to a lottery system.

Simply put, it's a dice strategy game like "Sugoroku" or "Monopoly," called the Chess of Destiny.

This game seems to have been preserved as a noble game in this world.

The "Chess of Destiny" requires four players to play on the board by rolling dice.

Each square on the map triggers different events and effects.

When encountering random events, players can choose to sell the items and properties in their hands, or follow the prompts to make a choice between two options.

However, unlike traditional dice games, while regular Sugoroku uses two six-sided dice, the "Chess of Destiny" only uses one twelve-sided die. Although Yvonne, as a player, knows that this is all designed by the planners to control that damn drop rate, if it's really set up like this, it means that in the game, relying on luck will produce a very big gap, and it can be said to be a game that heavily relies on fortune.

"Fufu~ Then let's begin!" Shirushi clasped her hands together, looking expectant.