Free Web NovelUnder the escort of the Black Rose Family knights, an incomparably beautiful girl dressed in a gorgeous and exquisite black formal dress was seated sideways on a warhorse, entering Wind Facing City beneath everyone's shocked gazes.
As the black-haired girl entered the city,
the surrounding people, who had been discussing things moments earlier, instantly held their breath.
For a moment, the entire scene became deathly silent.
Almost everyone's attention, just like Benjamin's, was focused on that stunning black-haired girl.
The girl had a slender figure.
She possessed long black hair as smooth as silk, enviable in its softness, while the ends of her hair were a crimson red like blood.
Although she wore a veil,
the phoenix-like brows and bright eyes revealed above it were still breathtakingly beautiful.
The girl's brilliant sapphire pupils seemed to possess a soul-stealing magic. The instant everyone looked into those beautiful eyes, they seemed to forget how to breathe. As for the soldiers who spent all day buried in military camps training, their eyes nearly popped out of their sockets...
'Who... who is she?!'
Benjamin couldn't help asking inwardly.
Among the Black Rose Family knights, a young girl had suddenly appeared, which naturally made people feel confused.
However,
after seeing a girl with such beautiful eyes, Benjamin's heart instantly grew restless. A wave of heat suddenly assaulted his body. Though it was clearly the depths of winter, his body began to burn hot. His heart also started beating rapidly.
Originally, Benjamin had been extremely resistant to welcoming the Black Rose Family.
But now, that resistance had already vanished without a trace!
The next moment,
driven by the desire in his heart, Benjamin guided his fine horse, worth tens of thousands of Star Source Coins, slowly toward the Black Rose Family's group.
Enmm,
to be precise, toward that stunning black-haired woman.
As a normal man, after seeing such an enticing beauty, what would his first reaction be?
For Benjamin, there was only one response.
Go up and hit on her!
And so,
Benjamin, fully focused on the black-haired girl, completely ignored the Black Rose Family knights around her and failed to notice the dark aura gradually emerging on their faces...
"Greetings, beautiful young lady. I am Benjamin-Duke of the Duke Family. May I be so bold as to ask your name?"
Benjamin respectfully performed a salute, then revealed a smile he believed to be extremely sunny and bright.
Then, he extended his right hand toward the black-haired girl.
Clearly,
according to noble etiquette, he intended to kiss the girl's hand.
After he asked this,
the surrounding black knights seemed to already be wrapped in black aura.
It could be said that if this were the Black Rose Family's territory, Benjamin would have already been thrown into a river to feed the fish...
However,
the black-haired girl at the center of everything didn't seem displeased.
Instead, she tilted her head playfully and looked at the nobleman before her.
Naturally, this black-haired girl was our Miss Yumo.
After officially stepping into a large city of this other world for the first time, Miss Yumo was actually a little excited inside and filled with curiosity toward everything around her.
At first, Qiu Mingtong had suggested that Yumo sit inside a carriage, so as not to "attract bees and butterflies," but in order to better admire the surrounding scenery, Yumo still chose to ride a horse~
There was another reason too.
The carriage was too bumpy, and Miss Yumo didn't like it much.
Thus, after slightly changing her appearance, Yumo wore a veil, rode a horse, and was guarded in the center by the Black Rose Family knights.
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Wum?
So this is the official greeting etiquette of the Snow Night Empire's nobles?
It looks...
kind of unimpressive?
Looking at the man bowing and extending his hand toward her, Yumo couldn't help muttering inwardly.
After all, having grown accustomed to Saiboke-Baniya's standard etiquette, Benjamin's movements now looked a little ridiculous in Yumo's eyes.
Then, with her old habit acting up again, Yumo began carefully sensing the other party's strength.
One had to know, young people were the future~
Then, unsurprisingly, Miss Yumo was disappointed =-=
'So weak. Only early third-tier...'
After muttering inwardly, Miss Yumo couldn't help revealing a look of disdain.
Meanwhile, after performing his invitation gesture, Benjamin still received no response from the other party for a long time, which made him feel irritated. Somewhat displeased, he lowered his voice.
"Miss, not returning the greeting is very rude behavior."
"Hm?"
Hearing this, Yumo frowned slightly.
Uh, there does seem to be such a thing.
And with him doing this...
does he want to kiss my hand?
Although Saiboke-Baniya had sent her many books on etiquette in the past, since she was a building, Yumo had never been interested in learning them.
As a result, Miss Yumo still wasn't very clear about the various forms of etiquette across the continent.
'Enmm, if it's a hand kiss...'
Yumo frowned slightly.
She didn't particularly like being kissed by strangers, especially men.
Even if there was a layer of black gauze gloves over her hand...
And just as Yumo was hesitating slightly,
Qiu Mingtong, who was guarding beside her, could no longer watch.
She slowly rode her warhorse to Benjamin's side.
Glancing at the toad who was still bowing with his head lowered, waiting for Lady Yumo's response, a trace of cold killing intent appeared in Qiu Mingtong's eyes.
-Remember, don't let those pests get close to Lady Yumo!-
Recalling the Duke's words, Qiu Mingtong narrowed her eyes slightly.
Lord Duke,
this should count as a pest, right?
Although she had the urge to smash Benjamin into pieces on the spot, considering that this was a public place and in order to preserve the Black Rose Family's reputation, it would be better not to act recklessly.
At the very least, not openly...
Narrowing her orange-yellow eyes slightly, a thread of terrifying battle aura slowly flowed out from Qiu Mingtong's body.
It transformed into an invisible blade and stabbed toward the warhorse beneath Benjamin...
The next instant,
along with a frightened neigh, the startled warhorse kicked hard~
Benjamin: ??!!
Under everyone's caught-off-guard gazes,
Benjamin, who had still been waiting to kiss the girl's jade-like hand, suddenly flew into the air with a confused expression before plunging headfirst into the frozen moat...
"Clang~"
Benjamin, landing headfirst, inexplicably fainted on the spot.
Unable to rise again...
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Seeing this scene, Yumo couldn't help looking at the culprit beside her with a complicated expression.
That culprit was Qiu Mingtong, who wore a face that said, "This has nothing to do with me."
"X-Xiaotong."
However,
before Yumo could say anything else, Qiu Mingtong spoke first, saying to Yumo with slight "displeasure":
"Lady Yumo, do you still remember what your current identity is?"
"My current identity? Y-young lady?"
"Not young lady! Eldest Lady!"
Qiu Mingtong corrected her somewhat excitedly.
"The identity Lord Duke arranged for you is the Eldest Lady of our Black Rose Family. You are Lord Duke's elder sister! A noble among nobles! A person like that just now was nothing more than a lowly toad. He had no qualifications to perform a hand-kissing ceremony toward you. You could have completely ignored him and left directly."
Qiu Mingtong explained solemnly.
"Is that so? Uh, alright. But there really are a lot of people..."
Looking at the crowd around her who wanted to come up and speak with her, Yumo frowned slightly.
After staying shut away inside the Great Winter Forest for so long,
she really wasn't used to being watched by so many people.
Moreover, most of those gazes contained that kind of desire, which made Yumo feel slightly displeased.
Had she known,
she would have taken the carriage after all... freeweɓnøvel.com
After hearing Lady Yumo's complaint, Qiu Mingtong similarly swept a displeased gaze toward the nearby people who seemed eager to try their luck.
Then she pulled out the heavy hammer brimming with killing intent from behind her back and waved it warningly.
The black knights beside her also cooperated by revealing fierce yet polite, friendly gazes.
They looked toward everyone "kindly and amiably."
After realizing how heavy the hostility in Qiu Mingtong's and the black knights' eyes was, the nobles and wealthy merchants who cherished their lives all chose to keep a respectful distance. freeωebnovēl.c૦m
Seeing this,
a trace of satisfaction flowed through Qiu Mingtong's pale yellow eyes.
Then, the monstrous-strength loli restrained her hostility and respectfully looked toward Miss Yumo.
"Well, that can't be helped. After all, Lady Yumo naturally possesses a beauty that transcends the mundane world. Although you changed your appearance slightly and wore a veil, you still cannot hide that beauty. Besides, now that Lady Yumo is wearing a dress, you are even prettier than before~"
Hearing the excitement in Qiu Mingtong's tone,
Miss Yumo revealed a slightly troubled expression and looked strangely at the exquisite, high-quality black formal dress she was wearing.
"Ah, this..."
My thighs feel bare. It feels so strange 0-0
Also,
after putting on a dress, I somehow feel like I've lost something...
My integrity?
However,
enmm,
glancing at the beautiful formal dress on her body, embroidered with the Black Rose crest, Yumo couldn't help revealing a sweet smile. A trace of "appreciation" surfaced in her scarlet eyes~
Honestly,
it seems...
it is quite pretty.
Wearing it once in a while doesn't seem that bad.
And the children seem quite happy too...
