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Meanwhile, Emilia had already waved goodbye to an exasperated Noelle, and started making her way to the place she had agreed to meet at, speedily flitting through the shadowy alleys.
Cynthia giggled. "You know, the more you do these kinds of things, the more it looks like you're a hired goon instead of an actual villainess. Doing things yourself all the time isn't classy at all."
Emilia rolled her eyes as she kept her pace. "How classy would it be if my plan failed instead? I would rather get my hands dirty and look classy in the end instead of looking classy all the way and then landing on my face."
The raven-haired girl scoffed. "Weren't you a princess before? How come you do all these thief-like things now? Un, even in your first life, you were an upright guard, weren't you? Although you did get screwed over, but... Hm, this makes no sense."
Emilia groaned. "There was nothing upright about being that guy's guard, okay? If I hadn't been trained to not feel any emotions at that time, I would have probably killed him myself."
Cynthia knew that her partner didn't like talking about her first life… or her second... she really shouldn't have brought it up. She could only sigh and change the topic. "W-Well, you don't think my void formula is useless now, do you?"
And Emilia had to admit that this body was actually quite good for this kind of thing. As long as she rotated the void formula, she could rapidly restore her stamina to the point where she could dash like this for every ten out of fifteen minutes, continuously.
Even traveling for hundreds of kilometers wouldn't be an issue, though in this world it would be far more practical to use a jet instead, it could come in handy if she was ever in a pinch.
"It's good."
Cynthia puffed out her chest, smug. "I know. But some idiot kept calling it trash before, just because you haven't started cultivating yet, and can't see the results—"
And she continued to prattle on, never realizing that behind her smile, Emilia was diligently keeping a tally of each of her partner's smug remarks. She would be paying for them with interest, after all.
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Penny was generally one of the last to leave school, as aside from being a student, she also had a lot of additional duties, mostly involving the 'Royal Knights'.
Watching over her princess and making sure she stayed safe was also one of her core duties, though currently her zone of protection was limited to the boundaries of the Imperial Academy, due to the impracticality of being able to follow Emilia.
Today seemed to be an exception, however, as her princess hadn't left with Dixie, and had instead left on foot. Worried, the royal knights of course tried their best to follow her, but she seemingly disappeared in the crowd in one of the streets even though they tried their best to keep up.
After not finding her for a while, Penny had been planning to spread out and search with ten of her core knights, but at this time, one of the boys in her group was almost run over by a motorbike!
"Yikes! Watch where you're going, you—!"
His words were cut off as the 'guy' he was scolding actually stopped not far from them and took off the helmet, revealing a cold beauty with shoulder-length curly brown hair and sharp, jet-black eyes.
When she had told Emilia she would have come to explain things to her in person, she wasn't just making excuses. After all, how could she lie to her precious little baby? She really was on her way there!
Unfortunately, after coming all this way, her sister had ended up telling her to wait until late at night instead. Even if she was elated that her sister didn't seem to be angry, Samantha still felt some frustration in her heart, and decided to run a few rounds around the block to blow off some steam.
Who knew, however, that a few runts the size of mini soda cans would actually dare scream at her, when they were clearly the ones not following the traffic rules properly!
Well, she was a little over the speed limit, but you can't just cross the road like that!
"Which little pipsqueak was that?! Dare to scold me, huh? Come out, let big sister teach you some traffic rules…"
Penny, as the leader, was of course the first one to jump forward and face her, not looking scared at all. "Hmph, lady, you've got some nerve! Speeding, almost running over us, and then you dare to talk?!"
Samantha kicked off the stand, and her long leg whooshed over Penny's head as she got off, making the tiny blonde stare blankly at the six feet tall brunette.
"You were saying?"
Penny gulped. From her height of four feet and two inches, Samantha might as well be considered a giant. "J-Just because you're a little taller than me—"
The brunette smirked, patting the tiny blonde girl's head. "A little, huh… Which elementary school are you from, little girl? And what are you doing with this delinquent-looking bunch?"
Samantha would naturally think so, since the clearly older boys and girls behind Penny didn't match her at all. They seemed more like late middle school or even high school students, while this girl… was she even an elementary school student? Shouldn't she still be in her crib?
The group of ten behind Penny made a collective 'oof' from the mental damage, though the blonde girl herself huffed while arrogantly flicking her ultra-long ponytail. "I-I shall have you know, I am the 'Royal Commander' of 'Princess Emilia's Royal Knights', the most prestigious organization in the Imperial Academy of Excellence! Forget about elementary school, even college students don't dare to be so arrogant in front of me! Let me show you the might of—! Hey, you guys! Why are you backing off?!"
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~ To be continued ~
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DustyDream:
Bonus chapter for 500 powerstones! :>
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