Read Novel Full Vol 3 Chapter 1 Part 2
Vol 3 Chapter 1 Part 2
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Part 2
And as the sun was setting.
The three of them were relaxing after a hard day’s work in a separate bathhouse.
“Aahh. It’s so spacious and comfortable.”
“The smell of wood is so soothing.”
“As expected from Yuri-sama’s private bathhouse, it’s gorgeous.”
The bathhouse the three of them were in was originally reserved for the third empress, but Yuri had given it to them by special arrangement.
As they soaked in the warm, petal-filled water, Lexia’s lips twitched.
“By the way, I never thought we wouldn’t even be able to talk to her; she’s tougher than I thought.”
“As it is, I’m afraid that forcing our approach will only make her more and more suspicious of us.”
“I heard that she has refused other tutors as well. Why is she so reluctant?”
“I’ve sneaked out of tutoring before, but never to this extent.”
“You shouldn’t have been sneaking out in the first place.”
Lexia tilted her head.
“Besides, looking at Xiaolin-sama, she doesn’t seem to dislike studying, does she?”
“Rather, she’s been studying and training all along… If she has any problems, I’d like to help her…”
“Anyway, there are not many days left until the trial ceremony. We need to think of something.”
“I agree. Let’s have a strategy meeting after we get out of the bath!”
After washing their bodies, they left the bathhouse.
As they were wiping their hair in the spacious dressing room, Lexia called out!
“Ara? Our clothes are missing.”
“Huh?”
When they looked, all three of their clothes had indeed disappeared without a trace.
“I-I thought I left them here…!”
“Did someone take them by mistake?”
“No, this is Yuri-sama’s private bathhouse, so it’s highly unlikely. In the first place, no one else came in or out of the bathhouse.”
Meanwhile, Tito’s cat ears twitched.
“Ah! There it is!”
“Kiki, kyuii!”
Tito pointed to where four little monsters were about to go out the window, dragging the clothes of the three of them.
“Are those… Flower Weasels?”
“W-why is there a monster here?”
The Flower Weasel is a type of monster that lives in the East.
They are small squirrel-like creatures with small horns and wings that resemble flower petals. They are popular pets because of their cute appearance, but they are also known for their mischievous nature.
“Kyuii!”
Without stopping, the Flower Weasels jumped out of the window with their clothes still in their mouths.
“Oh! Hey, wait!”
“Hawawa, Le-Lexia-san, you need to wrap a towel around yourself──!”
“Hyah! Nggh, t-that tickles, Tito!”
“Awawa, I’m sorry, my hand slipped…!”
While she hastily wrapped the towel around herself, the Flower Weasels took off her clothes.
“W-what are we going to do? We’re far from the inner palace, and we can’t call for help…!”
“We have towels; why don’t we go back to our rooms and change?”
“No, if it gets out that Xiaolin-sama’s tutor was walking around the palace dressed like that, it will tarnish both Xiaolin-sama’s and Yuri-sama’s names.”
Luna said and untied the strings that were wrapped around her arms.
“Luckily, I have the strings. I think I can manage.”
“Luna-san, you even put your strings in the bathroom? Th-That’s amazing…!”
“I’m still Lexia’s bodyguard, after all.”
“As expected from my Luna! But what are you doing with the strings?”
Looking around the dressing room, Luna noticed the luxurious curtains.
“Hmm, that looks good. Boisterous Dance!”
Shupapapapa!
The strings immediately danced and cut the curtains.
And when they were immediately sewn together, a beautiful garment was created in no time.
“It’s improvised, but I think it will do the trick.”
“Wow, it’s amazing! It looks like a real dress…!”
“Luna, when did you learn to do that?”
The dress made of curtains fit the three of them perfectly and was so elegantly made that it was hard to believe that it had been improvised.
“Come on, let’s go after the monster that stole our clothes.”
“Yes! I can smell it from over there!”
The three of them ran out of the bathhouse and started looking for the monster, with Tito in the lead.
“Why would there be monsters in the Imperial Palace?”
“And why would they go to the trouble of stealing our clothes?”
“The Flower Weasel is a popular pet monster; maybe it’s being used by someone else.”
“Y-you mean someone is messing with us?”
“Or maybe it’s the work of someone who doesn’t think well of us.”
“So we’re in trouble now! Maybe we are involved in an extraordinary case at the court where conspiracies are swirling…!”
“Ugh, the imperial court is scary…!”
“No, it’s just that our clothes were stolen…? It’s probably just a mild form of harassment.”
As they searched for the monsters while exchanging such conversation, the ladies they met along the way rolled their eyes at the sight of Lexia and the others’ clothes.
“Well, tutors. Your clothes are so beautiful!”
“I’ve never seen such a strange design! I wonder where I can get one?”
Luna opened her mouth to the curious ladies.
“I’m sorry, while we were taking a bath, our court ladies’ clothes were taken away. Have you seen them?”
“Eehh!? I-I haven’t seen them, but…!”
Tito, smelling the air, pointed to the garden.
“Oh, there they are!”
The garden was tinted with the setting sun, and a woman’s court dress was fluttering in the wind on a tall tree.
“Ara, it’s so beautiful! Fluttering on the tree, it really looks like a celestial maiden’s robe!”
Behind Lexia, who cheered fluently, the court ladies were surprised.
“Huh? H-how did it get there?”
“I don’t know, we can’t take it off…!”
“I-I’ll bring you new clothes now!”
Luna interrupted the confused women.
“No, that won’t be necessary. Avoidance!”
She let go of the string on the tree and quickly retrieved the clothes.
“Huh? How did you do that?”
“The clothes that were so high up in the tree are now in your hand by themselves…? It must be magic, it’s amazing…!”
The court ladies could not even see the strings in their eyes, and it looked as if Luna had used magic.
Luna took the ladies’ dresses in her hands and sighed.
“Now, let’s change out of the improvised dress and sew it back on the curtains.”
“Can you even reconstruct it? Luna-san, you’re amazing…!”
“Ara, I love this dress. If it is curtains, I will tell my father to send us new ones instead.”
The ladies who overheard the conversation were astonished.
“Huh? Are those curtains?”
“A first-class tutor is also first-class at sewing…!”
“And to order curtains from her parents’ house that are equal to those of the imperial palace, she must be of a very high rank indeed…”
The three said goodbye to the rustling ladies and returned to their rooms to change.
“Still, the monsters took the trouble to hang the stolen clothes on the tree.”
“Did they intend to use them to build a nest or something?”
“No, it would be more natural to think that it was someone else’s idea.”
“Then who in the world would have done that…?”
While this conversation was going on, the door to the room opened.
Then, a startling sight came into view.
“Ah? What is this?”
Four Flower Weasels were rummaging through their luggage.
“Kiki! Kikikiki!”
The little monsters ran around the room in all directions, knocking over vases and furniture, pulling snacks out of Lexia’s backpack, and eating them all.
“Th-those little ones are at it again!”
“My sweets!”
“Kiki!”
Lexia ran into the room and chased the Flower Weasels around.
“Give them back! Don’t steal from people!”
“Kyui? Kikiki!”
“Oh no, wait! You can’t have that sweets. It’s no good!”
“Ah, she’s fighting like a weasel.”
“Awawa, the room is getting worse…!”
Tito, unable to look away, readied her claws and kicked the floor.
“I-I’m sorry, but you’re going to have to be patient! Claw Flash!”
“Kiki!”
She ran across the room, adjusting her strength, and in the blink of an eye, she had all the Flower Weasels in her arms.
“Phew, I got them all!”
“Amazing, Tito! You caught such fast monsters in no time!”
“You’ve really improved your power control.”
“Hehehe, thanks to you two!”
“Kiii! Kyuiiii!”
Lexia took the sweets from the Flower Weasel that was flailing in Tito’s arms and put them in her pocket.
“My goodness, what a naughty child, stealing people’s clothes and making a mess of their belongings!”
“Kikii!”
“Oh!
Tito raised her voice.
One of the angry Flower Weasels slipped out of Tito’s arms and crawled into Lexia’s clothes.
“Kyaa!”
Lexia squirmed as the Flower Weasel wriggled around in her clothes.
“Nngh. hyaa…!? Fufu, that tickles…! Hey, come out of there…!”
“Kyuu, kyukuii!”
“Oh no, you can’t go in there… Kyaaaa!?”
“Awawawa, I-I’ll get it right away! Excuse me, Lexia-san!”
“Aaah! Tito, that’s not the right place… Hyahh…!”
“Good grief. That’s a bit too much of a prank, isn’t it? Spider.”
Luna aimed at the moment the Flower Weasel emerged from Lexia’s clothes and quickly caught it with her string.
“Kyuii!”
“Hah, hah… thanks for saving me, Luna!”
“Kikii!”
The Flower Weasel squirmed and struggled to get at the sweets in Lexia’s bag.
Lexia’s cheeks puffed out.
“You can’t have these sweets; they might not be good for you, you know. I’ll give you these oranges instead.”
Lexia offered the fruit she had gotten in the Romel Empire.
“Kiki…?”
The Flower Weasel looked at her curiously, but as soon as it took a bite of the oranges, its dull eyes lit up.
“! Kikii!”
“Fufu looks like it suits your palate.”
The Flower Weasels were so excited that they ate the tangerines and happily climbed onto Lexia’s shoulders.
“Kyukyuikyuii!”
“Kyaaaah! Fufu, that tickles. You like tangerines so much, don’t you?”
“They’re really attached to you, aren’t they?”
“But they’ve been very naughty with the clothes and this room.”
“Hey, you little ones, did your master send you to do these naughty things? Is your master… Hyahh! No, don’t lick my ears!”
At that moment, perhaps hearing the commotion, the court ladies gathered around.
“What’s going on?”
The women froze as they saw the devastation in the room.
“W-what in the world is this?”
“It’s horrible! We must clean it up immediately…”
“That’s not necessary. Puppet!”
Luna pulled the strings and cleaned the room in no time.
“Huh? I-it got so clean in an instant…?”
“I wonder what kind of magic she used…? I’d like to know…!”
The court ladies were horrified, not knowing what had happened, but they rolled their eyes when they noticed the Flower Weasel on Lexia’s shoulder.
“Ara, that’s…”
“Do you know them?”
“Y-yes. They are the monsters Xiaolin-sama adores. It’s strange; they’ve never attached themselves to anyone but Xiaolin-sama…”
Lexia and the others looked at each other.
“So these little ones were Xiaolin-sama’s pets.”
“I see.”
“So you mean the one who stole our clothes was also…?”
The court ladies opened their mouths as if they had something on their minds and were having trouble saying it.
“Um… Xiaolin-sama has turned away every tutor who has ever come to her…”
“Maybe this was also something Xiaolin-sama did to annoy you all… We are very sorry…!”
But the three of them tilted their heads as if it was nothing.
“Hmm? Things like this don’t count as trouble, you know. Usually, we have more unusual incidents.”
“That’s true. Compared to the pranks I pulled when I was her age, it’s cute!”
“It’s good to be energetic!”
Lexia’s eyes got even brighter, and her chest puffed out.
“But if it was Xiaolin-sama who did it, there must be a reason. We must listen to what she has to say!”
The court ladies’ eyes widened at the sight of Lexia and the others.
“The previous tutors gave up after three days, but I have never seen such people before…!”
“Maybe Xiaolin-sama will open her heart this time…”
The appearance of Lexia and the others, tutors who were out of the ordinary in every way, lit a ray of hope in the hearts of the court ladies who had been worried about young Xiaolin.