I blinked my eyes, staring in disbelief at the mission that had just appeared.
[Choose:
A. Choose Marina's tea and ignore Lilia's.
B. Choose Lilia's tea.
C. Choose neither.]
In front of me, a notification from the system appeared, startling me.
Unlike previous notifications, this time there were options like in a visual novel game.
Strange.
Didn't I transmigrate into a novel world?
Why did something appear that should only happen if I entered a visual novel game world?
[You have 14 seconds left to choose...]
Huh?!
What the hell was this?
Obviously, I panicked.
Why was there a time limit, too?!
[Warning: not choosing all options will reduce your points by 15 points.]
My eyes widened, and I hurriedly reread the options before settling on option A, choosing Marina's homemade tea.
[Congratulations! Your social skills have increased by 5 points!]
I breathed a sigh of relief upon reading the notification message.
Although I was happy with Lilia's efforts, I was the villain.
How could I possibly accept someone else's gift so easily?
And besides, I still did not know what the consequences would be if I didn't act like a villain.
In stories about villains, there must be some consequences if you don't act like a villain, right?
I was a very pacifist person.
It was clear that I would not sacrifice myself for an experiment if I acted outside of my villainous personality.
"Marina?"
Marina walked quickly towards me. "Yes, Lady Yuna?"
"I don't want this one," I said, spilling one of Lilia's teas onto the ground with disgust. "Please make my usual tea."
Marina's face looked happy and satisfied when she heard my order.
"Yes, Lady Yuna! I'll prepare it right away."
I opened my fan, pretending to be indifferent.
I secretly glanced behind my fan, seeing Lilia's disappointed face before it was covered by her sweet protagonist smile.
"It's okay. Maybe everything I gave you wasn't to your taste."
"Indeed. I don't want to accept gifts from you, lowly noble," I replied arrogantly. "I have my own servants; I don't like accepting gifts from people. Why should I accept your gift?"
Maybe that was the reason I became Yuna.
Because Yuna and I were so similar when it came to things like this.
"O-oh... is that so?"
Her voice trembled, and tears fell down her cheeks.
Good. Very good!
"Do you want to be my servant?" I asked again, still in an arrogant tone.
Lilia's eyes sparkled brightly at my sarcastic question.
"Of course I'm willing!"
She wiped the tears that had fallen down her cheeks with the back of her hand and ran towards me like a puppy.
Huh?
What was wrong with Lilia? She was not acting like she should in the novel!
"What do I have to do to become your servant!?" Lilia approached me, her eyes shining even brighter. "I promise, I will be your most loyal servant!"
What was wrong with this broken plot, system!
Why did I have to fix this messed-up story!
And again, why was Lilia so excited when I made such a weird joke?
It was supposed to be a joke!
It was supposed to be just a typical villain's sarcasm, shouldn't it have made her want to cry?
Why did she look so happy instead?
I wasn't really serious!
"Is that so?" I closed my fan, placing it on my chin with the most arrogant style I could think of.
I stretched my foot towards Lilia, saying, "Then kiss my foot right now."
Seeing Lilia staring at my feet, I thought she would get angry.
My eyes widened when Lilia knelt down, grabbed my feet respectfully, and kissed the dirty tips of my shoes.
Her eyes looked at me intently, waiting for my approval.
"Like this?"
Lilia, you shouldn't have actually done that!
You were a noble, why were you humiliating yourself by kissing another noble's feet!?
What was more, I was your rival!
You should be fighting me like in the plot of the story!
I shouted in my heart, even though I knew no one would hear me.
At a time like this, the system didn't even appear!
Damn system!
Points, points, points!
This was supposed to be a novel world, why did it have to use points!?
What were the points even used for? Redeem membership?!
Did this world even have a membership service?! Or was it for high school graduation exams?!
Even if I had to choose, I would collect those points if it could take me home!
I did not want to be stuck here anymore, damn it!
"Next, what should I do?"
"I-it's..."
I stammered, still unable to recover from my shock.
This was clearly beyond my expectations.
I became even more unable to recover when I saw Lilia start licking my shoes without taking her attention away from me.
Swallowing hard, my eyes remained fixed on her.
The way she licked my shoes made me a little aroused.
I could feel myself getting wet down there because of it.
A. Let Lilia do it.
B. Kick her.
Damn system!
I had just thought about it when the system notification popped up again.
Of course, I chose Let Lilia do it.
[Correct choice. Your points with Lilia have increased by 20 points!]
"Oh, so you want to humiliate yourself even more than this? Go ahead. Lick it clean with your despicable tongue until there's nothing left."
"Your wish is my command, Lady Yuna."
"Lady Rochefort to you."
"O-oh, yes, Lady Rochefort, of course..."
There was a hint of sadness in her tone when I told her to call me by my surname instead of my usual nickname.
For some reason, my lips moved on their own to say it. Was this from the system?
But after a while, I saw Lilia smiling happily when I told her to continue what she was doing.
I looked at her while resting my head on my hands on the table.
Meanwhile, Lilia continued her task with complete seriousness.
I didn't know what Lilia was thinking, and I didn't care because it was none of my business.
But having someone obey all my requests... hm, it didn't feel too bad.
"Miss, I've prepared..."
I quickly kicked Lilia when I heard Marina's voice from a distance, telling her to stop.
The corner of her lip bled from being hit by the tip of my shoe, but she didn't protest my rude behavior at all.
She returned to her seat after wiping the blood from the corner of her lip, looking satisfied.
Her eyes were still fixed on me in a cute way, making my heart flutter.
Kaelan was cute, but Lilia was just as cute.
It was as if, if there were scales in front of me, the weight of their cuteness would be almost exactly the same.
I already knew that I had never had a preference in terms of gender; I simply didn't care.
As long as there was someone who made me comfortable, I wouldn't care about small things like gender or social status.
The problem was, no one had ever appeared in my life who made me fall in love until I entered the story of this novel.
"Lady Yuna? What's wrong with your face?" Marina looked at me worriedly after placing all the tea sets on the table. "Are you feeling unwell?"
"I'm fine," I said, clearing my throat to hide my embarrassment, glaring at Lilia, who was holding back her laughter.
Marina followed my gaze, glaring at Lilia.
"Is Miss Sanctis bothering you?"
It seemed that Marina had misunderstood the situation.
"No. Don't worry about it."
"But..."
"I said, don't worry about it," I said coldly. "Just leave it. I want to enjoy your food in peace. Is that not allowed?"
"Right. I'm sorry," said Marina, looking touched by my words. "I won't say anything else. But if Miss Sanctis bothers you..."
"I know. I'll call you if that happens," I said again.
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