This punishment of no touching was a completely meaningless thing to do and would only make both of them unhappy.

“I wasn’t angry either. I just wanted to tease you. Don’t make that kind of face,” Liana said.

“I’m sorry, Your Highness. I was a bit too presumptuous and didn’t know my place,” Loraviel said, lowering her head.

“What’s presumptuous? If I really hated it, I would have stopped you at the beginning, and you would have obeyed my command. I only said those things out of shame,” Liana said. “I hate this feeling. It will only hurt the both of us.”

“Your Highness Liana...” Loraviel hugged her from behind. “You’re so good. Then next time, I won’t use speed magic. I originally had a new idea.”

“This girl...” Liana was speechless for a moment.

Loraviel rubbed her cheek against Liana’s. “The scent of Duchess Erinna is so strong. I dislike it a little.”

Her actions were entirely to erase Erinna’s scent and make Liana smell of her own.

“If you sleep together, it’s unavoidable, right?” Liana couldn’t do anything about it. To sleep together and not pick up the other person’s scent was a bit too much to ask of her.

“She didn’t do anything strange to you, did she?” Loraviel asked.

“Didn’t you say you would know? Do you want to check?” Liana raised her hands.

“Alright.” Loraviel placed her hands on the sides of Liana’s abdomen, put them inside her clothes, and slowly moved them up, gently cupping her softness.

“...Is this how you check?”

“I am just obeying your command, Your Highness, and just checking a little,” Loraviel said.

“Is this a check? I can’t even be bothered to call you out.” Liana rolled her eyes at her.

Using the excuse of a check to take advantage of me, is that it?

“You are being silly, Your Highness. No matter what, I am your servant, and also your lover. I wouldn’t go so far as to check on you for this kind of thing. Mutual respect is the best way to maintain our relationship, isn’t it? What’s more, I will unconditionally believe your words.

“To take a ten-thousand-step back, if you really did have some kind of relationship with Duchess Erinna, that would be your freedom. But to say I really wouldn’t care would also be impossible. So, I would only take more from you,” Loraviel said.

In other words, the intensity and magic Loraviel used would depend on the extent of Liana’s greed. If she had others, then in certain matters, Loraviel would become more vigorous.

“Ahaha...” Liana laughed awkwardly.

Loraviel didn’t ask any more. She respected Liana’s choice. But if such a thing really happened, she would also be more proactive. She would not give way.

“So, how long are you planning to touch?” Liana asked.

Loraviel had been holding this lifting posture for quite a while, and would even use a little force to weigh them from time to time.

“I’m sorry. It was too comfortable, so I couldn’t help myself,” Loraviel said with a laugh. “But aren’t you going to take a bath and change your clothes, Your Highness? These clothes are a little wrinkled.”

Liana stood in front of the mirror and looked. Her clothes were indeed a little wrinkled, but overall, it wasn’t a big deal.

“There’s no need, is there? I can just smooth them out,” Liana said.

“But some of yesterday’s marks haven’t been completely wiped off,” Loraviel reminded.

“...You’re doing this on purpose, aren’t you?” Liana said irritably.

“What do you mean, on purpose? Didn’t I already remind you yesterday?” Loraviel had done this openly and had even specifically told Liana.

“Although under normal circumstances, you wouldn’t take off your clothes and the marks inside wouldn’t be exposed, if some accident happened and they were seen by others, it wouldn’t be good,” Loraviel said.

“I know, I’ll take a bath,” Liana said, rolling her eyes at her. “You’re going to help me, right?”

How could she not know what Loraviel wanted to do?

“Well, we have to go out and talk about things in a little while. The faster, the better,” Loraviel said with a sweet smile.

“How can it be faster with you around? I can’t even be bothered to call you out.” She still had to go out and discuss important matters later. Liana didn’t intend to waste any more time.

She stood up and took off her clothes.

This made Loraviel a little embarrassed.

“What is it? Have you not seen enough in the past?”

“That’s not it. But this is the first time Your Highness has been so proactive.” Loraviel looked at her own lipstick mark still on Liana’s chest.

There were also her bite marks on the inside of her thighs. If this were seen by anyone, they would definitely be able to guess what had happened.

Because she had been too tired yesterday, Liana hadn’t noticed this. She looked at Loraviel with some complaint. “You really don’t hold back at all.”

“You can’t blame me. It’s all because you are too delicious, Your Highness. Besides, Princess Mephilia would also do the same, right?” Loraviel said. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

Liana couldn’t refute. After all, what she said was not wrong. Mephilia would also be like this sometimes.

“Don’t keep them waiting too long.” Liana’s main focus was satisfaction. After all, she had been with Mephilia all this time, and Loraviel had been lacking a lot.

“Don’t worry, Your Highness. I still know what to do in what kind of situation.”

Loraviel really did just help Liana take a bath. Although her hands and feet might have been a little unclean, and she would gently tease her from time to time, overall, it didn’t take up too much time.

Liana dried her hair with a towel, put on a set of casual clothes, and sat in front of the dressing table.

“This product has been very popular recently,” Loraviel said.

“Is it?” Liana didn’t know much about these things, but she was very clear on the quality of her own cosmetics. And with Tari and her business acumen, it was normal for it to become a hit.

“It’s been a while since I’ve seen that little one. I’ll go and see her later.” And at the same time, see how much profit she has brought me.

“Miss Tari has been in the limelight recently. It seems she’s on the verge of competing on the same level with the Angus Commerce Guild,” Loraviel said.

“Really? Can she compete with an entire territory?” This surprised Liana greatly. “Did something happen?”

Liana knew that Tari had a good [N O V E L I G H T] head for business, but it was impossible for her to break the Angus Commerce Guild’s monopoly with just this.

“Duchess Erinna should talk about this later,” Loraviel said, keeping her in suspense.

“I see.”

Liana suddenly felt something holding her foot.

Loraviel, who had been behind her just now, was now kneeling in front of her, holding up her hand.

“Is Your Highness planning to wear these black pantyhose, or these white silk stockings?” Loraviel asked.

“The white ones then,” Liana said, pointing to Loraviel’s right hand.

“I understand.” Loraviel lowered her head, kissed the top of Liana’s foot, and then helped her put on the stockings.

And gently pushed her small foot into the ricebox—no, the small leather shoe.

Liana stood up and walked a few steps. It was a perfect fit.

“Shall we go?” Liana and Loraviel arrived at the private garden where they used to train.

Erinna was already sitting there waiting, along with Naibert and Sybil.

“Long time no see, Miss Naibert,” Liana said, waving to her.

“Mm. Long time no see, Your Highness.” Naibert’s voice trembled a little, and her eyes were a little red.

She was also one of the people who hadn’t known the truth before and hadn’t seen Liana since her “resurrection.”

So when Liana stood before her again, she was still a little emotional.

“Teacher.” Loraviel also bowed to Naibert. She hadn’t seen her for a long time either. “I have already become an outstanding maid, able to help Her Highness Liana.”

“Mm, I knew you could do it.” Naibert had no worries about her. With her ability and diligent personality, she would succeed no matter what she did. Unlike that other elf before where she—no, that’s impolite.

Liana sat down opposite Erinna. Loraviel stood behind her.

“What is it about the other lords?” Liana didn’t want to waste any more time with pleasantries and went straight to the point.

“Right now, the relationship between the five territories has become a bit subtle. It’s no longer in a state of balance like before,” Erinna said.

Liana knew a little about this, but she had been busy with the holy sword and the demon race and hadn’t asked.

“The Darriss Territory has been very quiet recently. They often don’t appear in the royal capital. Even for the King’s summons, they just find an perfunctory excuse to not accept, or send an insignificant person to listen.

“The Angus Territory has also begun to change their strategy recently. They, for whom trading is their life, have slowly given up some markets. Their focus is no longer on trade. It’s as if they are secretly plotting something.

“On top of that, the two territories have known each other for a long time. I suspect they are planning to do something bad to the Venus Dukedom, or even the Lisat Kingdom.

“However, I don’t need to worry about the Lisat Kingdom. The King will surely think of this before I do. What I’m worried about is our Venus Dukedom. After all, in the beheading of the previous king, Viscount Ente also took part,” Erinna said, voicing her thoughts.