Chapter 554 : It's Already Over!

Daiyi changed her clothes quickly.

A loose, off-the-shoulder knitted beige sweater fit snugly on her body, paired with black thigh-high boots on her feet. The rolled-up cuffs of her pants revealed the black stockings underneath.

Her layered, long black hair framed her face, making her dark green eyes seem like pearls on a crown.

"Miss Daiyi, maybe we shouldn't bring you after all," Zervanie said, throwing her hands up.

"Eh?"

"I'm afraid that just after Felyn leaves Dorothy, he'll fall in love with you again."

Daiyi's appearance made even Zervanie feel a little worried and jealous.

This wasn't Zervanie's fault.

In these past few months, she had experienced too many so-called alliances.

For the sake of a common threat, several young ladies would temporarily gather together. But once the crisis was resolved, the comrades from just a moment ago wouldn't even say goodbye before turning face and becoming enemies.

The group sat on the sofa, discussing their strategy.

"I just sent a message to the guards," Lecia said. "Neither Dorothy nor Felyn has left the Capital District."

The entry and exit management of the Capital District was very strict. Everyone was registered, and even Dorothy was no exception.

"Then, they must be in some house within the Capital District, right?"

"Mhm." Lecia nodded. She was wearing a gray casual long-sleeved shirt tucked into a black pleated skirt today. "The royal family is not allowed to own property or land in the Capital District. So Dorothy has most likely hidden Felyn in someone else's house."

"Can't she hide him in a hotel?"

Daiyi shook her head. "Since it's Dorothy making the move, she wouldn't bear to let her Brother Felyn stay in an ordinary hotel. High-end suites are too easily discovered, and they can't stay there long-term. So the best place should be an independent estate."

Lecia continued, "As far as I know, my sister has no private contact or friendship with anyone, except for her Brother Felyn, of course. She simply can't find anyone to lend her a house. So it's very likely that Dorothy bought a property in Felyn's name and is hiding Felyn there."

The Empire's control over the royal family was very strict. Even purchasing property under the name of a subordinate was not allowed.

Zervanie lay on the sofa, swinging her legs helplessly.

Her fishnet stockings were tucked into black leather boots, a combination Felyn considered the best.

"Then we're screwed. There are so many properties in the Capital District. If we check them one by one, it would probably take half a month."

Would they even be able to see Felyn by then?

Even if they did see Felyn, he would surely be holding Dorothy's hand while saying, "Sister Dorothy is the best, I love her the most," and other such unacceptable things.

"It won't take that long." Viloti, who had been silent for a long time, spoke up.

She took out her communication sigil and sent a message to the person on it.

"Viloti, are you going to ask your father to investigate?" Lecia knew what Viloti was about to do.

Logically, as a princess, Lecia was the most suitable person to investigate these things. But firstly, she didn't want to expose the relationship between Felyn and Dorothy, and secondly, investigating Felyn would let people know she was paying attention to him, which would cause unnecessary trouble.

"Mhm."

After typing a few words, Viloti clenched the communication sigil in her palm, waiting for a message to arrive.

The others really had no better ideas, so they could only sit there and wait.

Daiyi leaned against the wall, looking at the young ladies in the room.

At this moment, Zervanie was lying on the sofa, idly fiddling with her hair.

Viloti sat primly and properly upright on the sofa; one glance was enough to tell she was a noble young lady.

Both beautiful girls were very lovable, and Daiyi knew this.

Besides them, there were also Adelina, Dorothy, Eitani, Seraphina, Olivia, and other beautiful girls.

Daiyi began to imagine a day when all the young ladies lived with Felyn in the same house, a picture of them all living together.

That... would be truly spectacular.

But Daiyi wasn't sure if she would be in that house.

She wasn't sure if she would be living in the room closest to Felyn.

Twenty minutes later.

"There's news."

Viloti looked at the message that came through the communication sigil, then led the several young ladies outside.

"In the Saint Adrian district, there is a manor in Felyn's name."

"A m-manor?"

"When did he buy a manor?"

Lecia sighed. "It was most likely a gift from my sister, wasn't it?"

"Really?"

Saint Adrian District.

This area was located on the edge of the Capital District, very close to Viloti's family's hot spring inn.

Only here would there be large plots of vacant land designated for noble manors.

When the group arrived, they knew they had come to the right place.

There were even armored guards patrolling outside this manor. Such a formation was something only Dorothy, as an Imperial Princess, could have.

"Viloti, how did you find it?" Zervanie was very curious. Viloti had actually found the information within twenty minutes.

"I had someone look it up," Viloti said faintly.

Although Viloti said it casually, the actual execution was not easy.

There were countless properties of all sizes in the Capital District, and investigating them was extremely laborious and troublesome.

Not to mention it was now nighttime, and most people had gone home to sleep.

But fortunately, the Silafiel family was no ordinary noble family.

After the butler received Viloti's request for help, he immediately mobilized family members and employees to search.

There was no such thing as unpaid overtime in this world. Faced with ten times the normal pay for overtime, the employees of the Silafiel family were happy even if their legs broke from running.

Soon, under their own family's business, they found the name Felyn Solste.

That's right, this district was also developed and sold by the Silafiel family.

They also discovered that Dorothy had bypassed Felyn and used her authority as a princess to directly buy the manor under Felyn's name, so Felyn was completely unaware of the situation.

"This is it."

Viloti led the group to the fence of the manor, looking at the guards patrolling everywhere inside.

"Everyone, I'll have to trouble you for what comes next." Lecia said to Daiyi and the other two. "If Sylvain and I go in, the impact won't be good. So..."

"Understood."

Daiyi nodded without saying much.

She handed Viloti and Zervanie each a sigil. "These are concealment sigils. They can make it difficult for the guards to spot us."

Zervanie took the sigil and found it a bit strange. It actually had a cat pattern drawn on it. Could this be a special sigil from within the Church of Truth?

What she didn't know was that this was a sigil modified by Daiyi herself, one that not even the Church of Truth possessed.

Lecia watched as the three people who had just been standing beside her suddenly disappeared from her sight after activating the concealment sigils.

"It's... that powerful?" She reached her hand into the air, only to grasp at emptiness.

In order to save Princess Felyn from the Demon King Dorothy, the three young ladies, with the help of Daiyi's sigil, climbed over the wall and advanced into the manor.

Daiyi led Viloti and Zervanie around several patrol teams. Seeing so many guards, she couldn't help but worry more for Felyn.

It felt like Dorothy was dead set on living here with Felyn for the rest of their lives.

Under the moonlight, the group crossed the fountain, passed through the garden, and had almost reached the entrance of the house.

But there was one last obstacle here, an obstacle that Daiyi and the others could not overcome.

The captain of Dorothy's personal knight order, Veronica, was guarding the door.

"Daiyi, can we get past?"

Daiyi shook her head. "Veronica will spot us if we're moving. If we don't move, she won't be able to find us."

This knight lady was very strong and could spot the three of them when ordinary guards could not.

"Then what do we do..."

Just as Zervanie was worrying, Veronica's communication sigil began to vibrate. Someone was sending her a message.

After a brief communication with the other party, Veronica left the doorway alone and walked towards the outside of the manor.

"Great!" Zervanie felt that she had been blessed by the goddess of luck today.

But soon, she couldn't smile anymore.

As Veronica passed by the hidden trio, they overheard her complaining to herself.

"Her Highness the Princess actually wants me to buy lubricating slime. It's so late, where would they still be selling that..."

Daiyi suspected she had misheard, but when she turned her head and saw the astonished expressions on the other two young ladies' faces, she knew it wasn't a hallucination.

Her hand, resting on the tree trunk, slowly began to tremble.

A strange emotion surfaced in her dark green eyes, and her face, which had always been rational and cool, now gradually began to change.

The corner of Daiyi's mouth twitched. She turned to look at the house.

Lubricating slime...

Playing so wildly...

Felyn... you...

At this moment, the idol began to crack. Daiyi's original rationality began to crumble bit by bit.

But this was only the beginning.

(End of Chapter)