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“… What?”
After so thought, rc tilted her head, unable to comprehend the words that ca out of Astard’s mouth.
“You an… you’re going to disguise yourself as a woman and try to seduce the Count?”
I see, I see. Astard might pass for quite the beauty if he dressed as a woman.
Astard, on the other hand, was taken aback when he heard rc’s allegation.
“What?”
“Huh? Then are you perhaps planning to drag Kena into this?”
“No. Like I said. You’ll go after Count Fonan.”
Astard stared at rc with a puzzled expression on his face, but rc still couldn’t comprehend what he was saying.
“I’ll do what to Count Fonan?”
“Seduce him, of course… Rumor has it that the Count is quite the womanizer. He’s a sucker for attractive won and young ladies.”
“Stop there. What does this have to do with seducing him? Did you eat sothing funny?”
“As things stand, this is the most efficient ans of obtaining information from the Count. Let’s do our best.”
“Let’s do our best my ass! I’ll be the one doing all the work! Don’t thumbs up ! And why are you acting so excited all of a sudden?! I’ll be the one doing all of the work?!”
Even rc, who had been prepared to do everything she could to assist Doctor Glodel, was taken aback by Astard’s unusual request. For starters, she didn’t think her seduction could help them save the Doctor.
“First of all, just how do you think…”
“I’m sorry for the wait.”
When Kena appeared, carrying refreshnts, Astard and rc paused their strategy discussion for a mont. They imdiately entrusted the care of the sleeping Tetem to Kena and proceeded to Astard’s study.
“Huh? But the drinks…”
rc heard Kena’s bewildered voice, but owing to the urgency of the situation, she just bowed her head in rejection.
“There are a few roadblocks you’ll have to overco in your attempts to woo the Count.”
“Look here… What happened to my apprehension about seducing the Count?!”
“The first roadblock is your appearance. You’re already attractive and feminine, however, you appear to be far too masculine. This makes it harder for the Count to take the bite, and it’s also possible that the Count’s servants are aware of your appearance.”
“Are you even listening?!”
“However, I suppose Kena can make you more feminine, so there’s that.”
Astard strode about the room, contemplating as if rc’s remarks had gone unnoticed. rc, or rather Estert knew.
She realized that in Astard’s current condition, he wouldn’t listen to anything unless it was absolutely worthwhile.
“Next is how to get you to et the Count. If the rumors are true, we can expect that the Count will surely take the bait as soon as he sees you all dressed up.”
“How delightful…”
“However, that won’t work unless he sees you first. So we’ll have to figure out a way to get him to notice you. Let see… Why don’t you ‘accidentally’ fall in front of his carriage when he’s out and about in town? If the rumors are legitimate, he will undoubtedly co out.”
“If he does co out, I’m going to beat the living daylights out of him.”
“Now that everything has been settled, it’s ti for to go out and start preparing. You stay here and rest while keeping an eye on Tetem. Well then!”
“What? Wait!”
Although nothing had been decided in rc’s views, Astard dashed out of the room and vanished imdiately.
rc thought about going after him, but she knew that doing so would be aningless. Because rc had no alternative plans, it would be nearly impossible to persuade Astard, who had already made up his mind, to change his mind. She could stop him by force, but their ‘old friends’ weren’t there to talk with him afterwards to handle any issues that could arise.
Currently, there wasn’t anything that rc could do.
“What a selfish bastard.”
rc returned to the guest room with a sigh of disappointnt. There, rc discovered Tetem lying on a bed, as well as Kena, who was gazing over her with a friendly smile on her face.
“How is Tetem?”
After entering the room, rc said, and Kena turned around in a panic to gaze at her.
“S-She’s fine. She’s just asleep, I believe. Could this girl be Miss Tetem?”
“Huh? You know? Of course, you do. Her na’s on the letters.”
Tetem’s na had appeared on all of Doctor Glodel’s letters to Astard. Kena, who had handed Astard the letter, would, of course, be familiar with the na.
“To be honest, I’m surprised that the Great Sage has been communicating with such a young lady.”
“To his credit, he and this girl don’t have any sort of special relationship. He isn’t that oblivious.”
“What?”
It would be upsetting for rc if one of her old pals was suspected of being a pedophile, so she said what she did to back Astard up.
But, based on Kena’s expression, it seems to have been unneeded. She even looked at rc with a puzzled expression.
“Because the Great Sage is a kind man, he must have had a reason to rescue Miss Tetem.”
“Y-You’re right.”
“That being said, I feel very sad for this child for being left all alone at such a young age.”
“Well…”
Indeed, Kena’s assumption that Tetem’s only remaining relative, the professor, was ‘killed’ in the attack seed understandable given Astard’s narrative. Everybody would co to the sa conclusion.
In reality, neither rc nor Astard knew if the professor was genuinely safe. As a result, rc could only side with Kena at this mont.
“What happened to the attackers?”
“They haven’t been caught, but Astard and I will take care of it. We won’t let anyone lay a finger on this girl.”
Although rc didn’t think that Count Fonan would go for Tetem at this point, she stated so to soothe Kena.
rc, despite saying that, had not given up her suspicions regarding Kena.
rc couldn’t imagine Kena approaching Astard with any malicious intentions after seeing her gentle smile towards Tetem, who had just lost her relatives and was still unconscious. Nevertheless, rc was certain that Kena had ulterior objectives.
That was sothing she couldn’t help but feel.
“This is an excellent chance. Miss Kena, there’s sothing that I’d like to ask you.”
“Hm? What is it?”
“Why did you approach Astard?”
“……?!”
Kena’s eyes widened for a brief mont as she heard rc’s straightforward remark, and then she tilted her head with a puzzled smile.
“W-What do you an?”
“Don’t play dumb. You have a good amount of Mana, and the way you move around demonstrates that you can hold on your own in a fight.”
“……”
“I find it hard to believe that soone like you would collapse out of hunger.”
Kena kept smiling awkwardly at rc, who stated this while staring at her with unyielding eyes.
“Y-You’re overestimating . I am really clumsy. I make mistakes all the ti.”
“That’s what I’m talking about. That’s what doesn’t sit right with !”
“Excuse ?”
“Astard is not stupid. If I can figure you out in a day, there’s no way he can’t, especially since he’s spent a lot of ti with you.”
“Really?”
“Huh?”
Kena was taken aback when she heard rc’s comnt and forgot to mask her astonishnt with her smile.
Even rc was startled by Kena’s stunned expression, which did not appear to be an act. rc hadn’t expected her comnt to provoke such a reaction from Kena.
“T-The Great Sage… knows? T-That’s…”
“Impossible? If he truly knew, he would have already kicked you out. The fact that he hasn’t indicates that he either doesn’t know or that you aren’t soone he needs to get rid of.”
rc was positive that Astard knew. As a result, she was certain it was the latter. This, however, raised the question of who Kena was.
Astard wasn’t the sort to forgive soone who approached him on false pretenses. As a result, rc inferred that Astard was aware of Kena’s true nature. When rc gave it so more thought, she realized she’d had the impression she’d t Kena previously when she initially arrived at Astard’s ho.
But… there’s no way I could forget about Kena…
rc tilted her head whilst ogling Kena’s assertive bosom. rc, after all, had a good mory when it ca to won with big breasts.
“Co to think of it, Miss Kena. This morning you said that I seed familiar. Who did I seem familiar to?”
“T-That was a mistake.”
“Hmph? That so? In that case, I’ll go tell Astard about you and see how he reacts. Maybe he truly has no idea.”
“N-No!”
Kena almost scread at rc’s remarks, but she quickly shut her mouth, as if she was worried about Tetem sleeping next to them.
She then drew closer to rc with puppy eyes and began pleading in hushed tones.
“P-Please stop, Miss rc. I never…”
“I don’t see a problem. You don’t need to feel guilty about anything, do you? I’m sure this is all a misunderstanding on my behalf, and that when I tell Astard about it, he’ll just laugh it off.”
“P-Please!”
Kena leaned over and gazed up at rc, clinging to the hem of rc’s clothes.
rc’s desires from her prior life as a man were stirred by the big-breasted beauty’s teary-eyed gesture. Those desires then began to boil ferociously inside rc’s body.
Wait, wait! T-This is not right!
“I-In the end, it’s all up to you, Miss Kena. I won’t cause you any trouble if you honestly tell who you really are. What’s preventing you from telling if you genuinely don’t want to hurt Astard?”
“Okay… I’ll tell you.”
rc removed Kena’s arm from the hem of her garnts while suppressing the ulterior motives that were rushing through her head. This was a mont where reason triumphed over instinct.
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