Ch. 104 Munchkin – Chapter 104
by AfuhfuihgsChapter 104
Lucy sat in the armchair in the drawing-room, reading “Who Unbuttoned My Buttons?”
Reading such subtle and profound works made her feel enriched inside.
Then, suddenly, Lucy’s eyes widened.
“…!”
She felt an incredibly strong surge of magical power.
Godwin looked at Lucy with a puzzled expression.
“Is something the matter?”
“Some-Something feels wrong.”
Lucy replied, blinking.
She quickly closed the book, got up, and headed for Billy’s room.
As she reached the door, faint moans leaked out.
“…”
Lucy couldn’t bring herself to enter and cautiously knocked on the door.
“Lilith?”
Instantly, the moaning inside the room stopped.
Lucy told Godwin, who had followed her, to wait for a moment, and then slowly opened the door.
“…”
Inside the room, on the bed, Lilith and Billy were tangled together under the covers.
But Billy looked strange.
Two small horns protruded from his soft blonde hair, and bat-like wings fluttered on his back.
His fair face was flushed red, and his eyes were hazy and dangerously sensual.
Billy had never been unattractive, but now he exuded a much more seductive aura.
He had become an incubus.
“…”
Lucy’s face hardened coldly.
She glared at Lilith with a cold gaze.
“Hic…”
Lilith trembled, covering half her face with the blanket, and begged for forgiveness.
“I-I’m sorry… I couldn’t hold back…”
Lucy’s expression hardened even more as she raised her shadow whip.
But then,
“Don’t-Don’t touch my Queen!”
Billy stood in front of Lucy as if to protect Lilith.
“If you touch my Queen, I won’t let you get away with it!”
“…”
Lucy’s head throbbed.
It felt like being subjected to insubordination.
Even Lilith didn’t stop him, but only trembled with a frightened expression.
Lucy lowered the whip and said to Lilith.
“Turn Billy back. Now.”
Lilith shrank back.
“I-I can’t… It’s already irreversible… Once someone becomes my thrall, that’s it… You know that.”
Billy spoke up from the side.
“I don’t want to go back to normal anyway! I’m happy serving the Queen!”
Lucy looked at Billy with a dumbfounded expression.
“What about the family? What are you going to do about the family?”
Billy said as if there was nothing to worry about.
“I have my brother Alex anyway. He’s much more aristocratic and better than me, so there won’t be any problem!”
“Haa.”
Lucy sighed deeply.
There was no choice but to accept the situation.
She slowly moved and opened the door.
She said to Godwin, who was waiting in the hallway.
“…Come in. There’s something you need to see.”
Godwin entered the room with a bewildered face, and his eyes widened when he saw Billy, who had become an incubus.
“M-Master Billy…? What on earth happened…?”
“Billy and Lilith…”
Lucy said with a sigh.
“Unbuttoned their buttons…”
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Billy, who had become an incubus, eventually followed Lilith to the Demon World.
Godwin was taken aback, but quickly resigned himself to the situation and accepted it.
“Well, there’s nothing we can do since Master Billy chose that path. I’m satisfied if Master Billy is happy.”
There was no particular problem since Alex was the heir to the family anyway.
It wasn’t exactly the direction Lucy wanted, but Billy’s matter was settled that way.
But even after that, Lucy continued to visit the Norchell family’s mansion.
She enjoyed sitting in the armchair in the drawing-room, reading books and eating cookies.
The book she was reading now was “A Good Day to Undress.”
The content was comical and light, making her chuckle from time to time.
Godwin had been busy with butler duties lately, so she could only see him in the evenings.
So, Lucy would laze around in the drawing-room during the day, reading books, and when Godwin returned in the evening, they would talk about the contents of the books before she went home.
Even so, Lucy was rarely alone in the drawing-room.
Alex, who was now the heir to the Norchell family, lingered around Lucy.
Alex didn’t interfere with Lucy’s reading, but he would sit silently next to her, eat cookies, play with toys, and occasionally talk to her.
“Princess, look at this block. It’s a castle wall. It’s really tall, isn’t it?”
Then Lucy would play with Alex, and Alex would be very happy every time.
Even though he boasted about being a noble, he was still a child after all.
And there was one more person who lingered around the drawing-room.
“Alex, hello~”
Camilla, the young lady from a nearby noble family.
In Lucy’s opinion, Camilla seemed to like Alex.
She came to visit every day even though she had nothing to do, and she came prettily dressed up every time.
Camilla’s appearance was quite cute, so Lucy wanted to befriend her.
But Camilla was cold to Lucy.
“What are you staring at?”
“…Nothing.”
“Hmph.”
It seemed like she was wary of Lucy because she liked Alex, and Lucy was secretly disappointed by that.
If she was the type who clung to her like Ellie or was shy like Estelle, she would have showered her with affection…
“I should read a book too!”
Camilla was currently absorbed in reading a book called “Secrets to Successful Romance” that was on the drawing-room bookshelf.
It was a book about how men seduce women, and Camilla was diligently putting the contents of the book into practice.
“Alex, do you know what the sweetest thing in the world is?”
“Um… Honey?”
“No, it’s you.”
“I’m not sweet.”
“…”
Like that.
Or she would suddenly take Alex to the wall and slam her hand against it, uttering clumsy lines like, “You’re kind of cute today?”
Of course, Alex’s expression wasn’t good every time.
“Camilla, are you sick or something?”
“I’m not sick…?”
“You look sick.”
“…”
Watching Camilla like that made Lucy’s hands itch.
She wanted to caress Camilla wildly.
It seemed like she would have to go to Leyton Castle soon and relieve her desires with Ellie.
Camilla came to the drawing-room again today, glared at Lucy, who was eating cookies, threw the words, “Eating too many cookies will make you fat.”, and started reading a book.
Alex sat on the floor and started playing with a knight doll, and Lucy also read a book recommended by Godwin.
Then, in the afternoon, Camilla was nowhere to be seen.
She usually stayed in the drawing-room until evening, and then went back when her escort knight came to pick her up.
Lucy glanced at the book Camilla had been reading.
The page the book was open to had this content.
———
-Just handing over a flower made the other person fall in love?!
The miracle flower that countless lovers have experienced!
Named “Lumiella’s Tears”!!
A miracle fresh flower that makes them fall in love without confession!
The flower language is “An Unmissable Fate”…!
A legendary flower that snipes the other person’s heart in just 1 second!
-Where can I find it?
Deep in the forest, on a cliff with strong winds and thick fog!
-What does it look like?
Three lavender petals, with sparkling dew in the center!
-What are the precautions?
When picking the flower, think of the other person’s name and be earnest!
Greed is forbidden~! Just one flower!
By the way, giving it without sincerity has no effect!
“Just handing over one flower… He looked at me.”
–Silverlin, 14-year-old Academy Magic Department student
“I received a confession as soon as I gave this flower I picked from the cliff!”
–Vanessa, 16-year-old noble young lady
You too, right now! Find Lumiella’s Tears and start your fateful love!
———
“…”
Lucy frowned.
What is this nonsense book?
She looked at the cover.
『Magical Romance Recipes to Bloom Your Fate: I Can’t Cook, But I Can Romance♥』
It seemed like a childish book that young girls read.
Lucy lost interest and leaned back in the armchair.
Suddenly, a thought flashed through her mind.
Could Camilla have gone to find that flower…
‘Nah.’
But she shook her head.
Even though she was young, Camilla wasn’t foolish enough to believe such nonsense.
She probably just went back to the mansion.
Lucy started reading the book again.
A real book, not the nonsense Camilla was reading.
『I Tried Unbuttoning My Buttons』
It was a side story of the Button series, but honestly, it wasn’t very interesting.
She was just reading it because it was a familiar taste.
It was then.
“Excuse me, by any chance!”
A man in armor rushed into the drawing-room in a hurry.
It was Camilla’s escort knight.
He asked Lucy.
“Have you seen Miss Camilla?”
“She was here a while ago, but she suddenly disappeared.”
“Oh no…!”
The knight’s expression darkened.
“What’s wrong?”
“There’s someone who witnessed Miss Camilla leaving the city alone and heading into the forest…!”
“…”
Lucy subtly turned her gaze to the book Camilla had been reading earlier.
It seemed like her hunch was right.
Camilla seemed to have believed that nonsense and gone to pick the flower.
Lucy told the knight the truth.
“T-That’s…”
The knight hurriedly left the drawing-room, and Lucy couldn’t just stand by, so she closed the book and got up from her seat.
Alex blinked and asked.
“Princess, where are you going?”
“To find Camilla.”
Author Note
A/N (Author’s note):
Sorry for the delay…! (＞﹏＜)Hope you have a wonderful day!!
Translator Note
T/N (Translator’s note):
Enough about the buttons!!!
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