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"That's good, then there's even less of a problem."
"You don't need to bring any of this stuff; you'll be provided with brand new things later."
As the ruling class of the Empire, the Sternritter held great power and enjoyed significant private space.
It was entirely enough for Beltz, a cook, to reside in.
Beltz's room could now be vacated.
"I knew it, Lil must have gone looking for that handsome young man."
When Liltotto brought Beltz back to Silbern, she saw the members of The Bambies gathered again at the previous railing, looking at Liltotto with mischievous smiles.
"That's right, that's right, it's the first time Lil has disappeared for so long."
"You know where my room is, right?" Liltotto looked at Beltz again.
"I do," Beltz answered honestly.
"Alright, then you go to my room first, and I'll be right there." Saying this, Liltotto pulled a key from her pocket and tossed it to Beltz.
Beltz took the key, glanced at the women, nodded, and then left.
There were two perverts in The Bambies: one pervert who liked to rape then kill, and one cross-dressing pervert. He didn't want to interact with those two deviants for the time being.
Although, if one had to say, the cross-dressing deviant Giselle wasn't entirely out of the question.
Cough, cough, 'not entirely out of the question' refers to contact, interaction.
Isn't Giselle trying to become a girl?
That's fine!
The Wandenreich cannot fulfill that wish, but One Piece can!
Isn't it just about becoming a woman?
There are plenty of methods!
Ope-Ope no Mi, perform a personality transplant surgery on you, change your body to a woman's!
Hormone-Hormone Fruit, directly transform your body into a woman's!
Sickness-Sickness Fruit, create a disease that turns men into women!
Just as food could manipulate Liltotto, if he could turn Giselle into a woman, she would also owe him a favor.
So, after walking some distance, Beltz looked back at Liltotto, then at Giselle, before turning back and quickly leaving.
After Beltz left, the members of The Bambies immediately gathered around Liltotto.
"Spit it out, what are you planning?"
Candice asked Liltotto suspiciously, "I don't believe you've really taken a liking to him, although he is quite handsome."
"What are you talking about? Our Lil is also of age."
"Stop it, Lil is still a child!"
Liltotto felt speechless listening to them speak one after another. She took a lollipop out of her pocket, unwrapped it, and put it in her mouth.
"He can cook."
"..."
As soon as Liltotto spoke, the group immediately stopped and looked at Lil simultaneously.
"It seems... there really isn't much of a problem."
"Is that so?"
They seemed to accept this explanation immediately.
It appeared they also knew that delicious food was the best way to manipulate Liltotto.
"But even if he can cook, bringing him home to live together right away is too much, isn't it?" Meninas said naively, "Isn't the progress too fast?"
"I promoted Beltz to be my deputy," Liltotto stated calmly, "My deputy position just happened to be vacant."
"Deputy? Him? He doesn't look like someone capable of handling that position."
"Are you an idiot? I already said he's being made deputy because he can cook, not because he needs to fight anyone."
Liltotto rubbed her forehead with a headache, then put on a solemn expression, "However, there is actually one more thing..."
"Hmm?" Everyone else immediately stopped and looked at Liltotto again.
But Liltotto stopped talking.
"Hey, Lil!" Bambi was displeased, "What's the other thing?"
"Aaaah!!! It's so annoying to stop mid-sentence!" Candice wailed.
"Never mind, it's nothing," but Liltotto still didn't say it.
In her mind, however, she recalled the events from before.
As the wise one of The Bambies, how could she not notice the abnormality about Beltz?
That unfamiliar yet delicious scent, and that lavish dinner... It was possible that Beltz could cook, but it was somewhat unlikely that Beltz could cook.
The Empire prohibited entertainment to prevent people from indulging in pleasure. Although they had contact with the outside world, most of the time they only procured necessary living supplies.
Even if Beltz was a great chef, she couldn't have only just discovered it now.
She had stayed at Beltz's house for some time before. Beltz's kitchen was simple, everything inside was new, and even many cooking utensils were newly bought—it didn't look like someone who cooked often.
And purely buying groceries... would that take so long?
Beltz had disappeared for at least six hours.
She had even walked around the vicinity twice, but still found no trace of Beltz.
In reality, she didn't care much about what Beltz was like.
Beltz's strength was weak anyway, and he couldn't cause any significant trouble.
Why not just eat him in one bite?
But, Beltz really could cook, and he cooked very well.
This satisfied Liltotto greatly.
So... she deliberately kept Beltz by her side. Firstly, she could eat delicious food, and secondly... keeping him close made it easier to monitor him!
Beltz probably could guess Liltotto's thoughts.
He was a cautious person and wouldn't underestimate others.
Especially people who were portrayed as somewhat intelligent in the manga.
Some people were limited by the wisdom of the original manga author and could not portray the IQ of a supreme genius.
But his setting was such that in this world, he was a genius.
For example, when he was previously in One Piece, he saw Shakky.
According to the setting, Shakky was the most beautiful woman of that era, captivating even heroes like Rocks, Roger, and the Golden Lion to the extent that she put the future Pirate King under pressure.
But Shakky in the manga did not reach that level.
However, once he arrived in One Piece, Shakky was indeed that beautiful, completely different from how she was drawn in the manga.
After all, if she truly looked like she was drawn in the manga, then the women in One Piece would somewhat be related to Robin and Nami.
Therefore, Beltz would not underestimate someone like Liltotto.
But Liltotto thought she was on the second layer, while he was on the third, when in reality, Beltz was on the fourth layer.
As the saying goes, to capture a woman's heart, you must capture her stomach.
And another saying goes, the beginning of a person's infatuation with another is curiosity.
Combining these two sayings, how could he not win over Liltotto?!
He wasn't trying to be a galgame protagonist to capture Liltotto's affection, but rather to make Liltotto stand on the same side as him in the future!
To resist Yhwach, and to help him expand his territory in One Piece!
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