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By the time their conversation was over, they had already arrived at the White Deer mansion.
Noelle coughed as she saw Michelle 'help' Emilia out of the car while Crystal gave her a weird look. "Well, I'll go take care of the other things first. Let me know if anything comes up, alright?"
Emilia just smiled and waved at her. "Please drop Dixie off on your way back, then."
Since Dixie had already agreed with her orders, she could only sulk in her mind and reluctantly wave goodbye. "See you tomorrow?"
Emilia leaned down to kiss her on the cheek. "Be careful over the next few days, just in case."
Dixie nodded seriously. "Don't worry. You take care as well, Emily. And call me as soon as you need anything, alright?"
The redhead grinned, her eyes a little hazy. "Of course, byebye, then."
Crystal could tell that Emilia's mind was 'elsewhere', though she couldn't really tell what the girl was thinking.
Michelle too felt like her princess was a little absentminded the whole time as she followed them in. Just as she was debating whether she should move closer in case she stumbled in her daze, the blonde girl seemed to have the same idea, and directly pulled the redhead into a sideways hug.
Emilia didn't reject her approach, though, and even snuggled directly into her arms as she let the girl carefully lead her the rest of the way upstairs. "Comfy~"
Looking at her princess clinging to Crystal like that, Michelle had the thought that the girl was sure to get lucky. 'No, was it the other way around? Since princess is the one chasing after her? Ahh, but isn't it great fortune for this girl, anyway?'
Michelle shook her head quickly to clear the thought. Either way, it looked like her princess would finally get what she wanted, and that was all that mattered.
Besides, looking at Crystal, Michelle felt that she wasn't so bad, after all.
At least, she didn't put on airs and pretend to be too good for her princess. If she did… well, even if she did, as a mere servant, she couldn't really do anything to someone her princess cherished.
But if Crystal really dared to wrong her, and her princess stopped caring about the blonde some day, Michelle couldn't guarantee that she wouldn't chop the girl up into a million little pieces.
Crystal coughed as they reached the door to Emilia's room. "I'll take it from here, and will call you if needed, thank you."
Michelle could tell that she was being dismissed, but looking at her princess having no objection, she could only nod reluctantly.
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Emilia's glassy and distracted behavior of course stemmed from the absorption of energy that had been previously released by the world will.
As this was the first time she was experiencing such a rapid inflow of foreign energy in such large quantities, she was understandably a little heady and overwhelmed.
Cynthia had obviously warned her about it already. "While absorbing the chaos energy, you may not be able to think clearly and may feel strange. The process will also take some time, since it has already spread quite far."
Emilia nodded. 'Mhm… about how long will it take?'
The raven-haired girl didn't let herself be distracted from channeling the energy, and absently waved her hand. "Depending on how much energy was dispersed, it can vary. Who knows, if it is enough, we may not even need to complete all three missions, and just two could be enough. But I really want to destroy that world will, though, so hold tight anyway, ehehe…"
Emilia smiled in her mind. 'Okay. Let's do it like that, then.'
At this time, Crystal had already pulled her into the bathroom and started stripping her clothes. Emilia absent-mindedly 'cooperated' by fiddling with the heroine's shirt buttons.
"Emilia, are you okay?"
The redhead nodded. "Mhm."
Crystal sighed. "How come you seem to have gotten drunk by yourself?"
In fact, had she not been with her the entire time, she might have suspected that Emilia snuck off to really get drunk.
But thinking about it… Could it be that Dixie did something during that kiss?
Crystal quickly shook her head in denial. 'Well, it could be that she just got unreasonably turned on, but… looking at her slightly vacant expression, it doesn't look like it's just lust, though it is definitely there…'
The blonde couldn't help but gulp as she tried her best to restrain herself. 'I-I have to shower her first! How dare that bastard touch her knee with his dirty neck, ahhh!'
As Emilia obediently stepped out of her skirt, the heroine had already switched to a more 'professional' mode, completely putting the reasoning behind her strange behavior out of her mind to professionally stare at her purple panties.
Anyway, this wouldn't be the strangest thing about Emilia that she knew. It was fine.
Emilia smiled as she saw the blonde take care of her so meticulously. "Crystal is so cute and caring… I really want a kiss…"
The blonde heroine coughed as she broke out of her thoughts. "W-Who is the one being cute?"
But even as a blush lit up her face, she couldn't help but have some stray thoughts. 'Well, no matter why she's so distracted… Um, l-looking at her now, even if I act like a pervert, she probably won't notice?'
She knew it was a stupid thought, but Crystal couldn't resist the temptation at all. Anyway, even if Emilia remembered and made fun of her later, she would just grit her teeth and bear it.
The most important thing was to achieve the current goal first, consequences be damned!
Obviously, Emilia wasn't completely out of her mind, and when she saw the blonde heroine shyly press her face between her legs, making a few muffled grunts against her panties…
Emilia couldn't help but smile in amusement. 'Is that… adorable… or perverted?'
Looking at Crystal's blushing face and tightly closed eyes, the redhead quickly decided that her act was adorably perverted.
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