"Um… Princess Elizabeth." At this moment, the Blood Emperor, the two generals, and You Li Jie walked over, and the Blood Emperor spoke to Iri, somewhat embarrassed.
"Hmm! What is it, Emperor Brother?" Iri, still standing on the Soul Eater's back, turned her head and asked curiously.
At this time, Iri was still striking a pose with her arms crossed, believing herself to be majestic and cool, but she found it strange that the Blood Emperor kept looking away, not daring to meet her gaze.
"Princess Elizabeth…" Even You Li Jie looked elsewhere, as if she didn't know where to look.
At this point, Iri noticed that everyone else was doing the same, though the soldiers and commoners further away were staring directly at Iri.
However, after Iri's gaze swept over them, those people quickly turned their faces away and looked elsewhere. What was wrong with everyone? Hadn't she just put on a show? Why were they all averting their gaze?!
"Skirt… skirt…" Renas, anxious, whispered a reminder from the side.
"Skirt?" Iri lowered her head and only then realized the problem.
Because she had torn off her long skirt earlier, finding it inconvenient for movement, the length of her current skirt only reached above her knees. However… Iri was now standing on the tall Soul Eater, which meant that anyone below, looking up, could basically see everything.
Not only that… when she had come into contact with the Corrosion Demon earlier, although she had absolute resistance to corrosion, her dress did not. Many parts of her body had been corroded away, and she was currently in a state of 'full fan service'.
"Wah!!" Iri realized the seriousness of the problem and, out of instinct, frantically reached out to pull down her skirt. As a result, Iri, standing on the Soul Eater's back, accidentally lost her balance and fell directly from the Soul Eater, and she was falling towards the Blood Emperor!
It's over! This wasn't putting on a show at all! This was practically giving the Blood Emperor a benefit! The next step would surely be the Blood Emperor catching her, followed by a princess carry.
If this were in a game, it would definitely be a beautiful CG, but for Iri, letting the Blood Emperor take advantage was simply humiliating!
But there was nothing she could do… it was her fault for getting too carried away, just like when the Blood Emperor had tricked her before, she could only swallow this loss.
Looking at the Blood Emperor, who was smiling and opening his arms, Iri gave up resisting.
She was already planning how to continue the act after the Blood Emperor had taken advantage of her.
At this moment, a dark figure flashed in front of the Blood Emperor, catching the falling Iri, and just as Iri had expected, it was a princess carry.
"Princess Elizabeth, are you alright?" You Li Jie smiled and asked Iri, who was in her arms.
"Eh! You Li Jie? I… I'm fine." Iri was a little surprised to see that You Li Jie had caught her… and also a little delighted, and couldn't help but blush.
"Tsk!" At this moment, Iri heard the Blood Emperor click his tongue behind You Li Jie.
"That's good, Princess Elizabeth," You Li Jie said with a smile.
Uh… was she seeing things?
Why did You Li Jie's smile look so radiant? And what was with the background of blooming lilies?
No, no! She wasn't into girls! Not into…
Iri immediately pulled her racing heart back and then jumped out of You Li Jie's embrace. Good, good… she hadn't fallen in, that was too dangerous.
"Cough… hmm… By the way, what about those injured soldiers and commoners?" Iri feigned composure and forcefully changed the subject.
"Many people are injured, and quite severely." The general looked back at the area behind him, where several Healers could be seen not far away, casting spells to treat the injured people.
"You can't heal them, let me do it." Iri remembered the soldiers who had been caught in the explosion earlier, and those who had been splashed with corrosive liquid. The Soul Eater's presence had been established, and now it was her turn to establish her presence.
"Princess Elizabeth… it's not yet confirmed whether it's safe here. You should come back with me first!" The Blood Emperor grabbed Iri, who was about to step forward, and said.
"The monster has been dealt with, there's no more danger. Besides… those are your soldiers and commoners. Those soldiers were injured protecting you. Are you just going to abandon them and leave?" Iri retorted unhappily, and her voice was very loud, as if she deliberately wanted everyone nearby to hear.
Of course, Iri said it loudly on purpose; this was also a form of revenge against the Blood Emperor!
As an Emperor, because of his own safety, he was abandoning the soldiers who were injured protecting him and leaving first. This would naturally cause the Blood Emperor's prestige to drop. Iri knew that the Blood Emperor was not such a person.
After all, when Bajed had asked the Blood Emperor to leave earlier, the Blood Emperor had not left; instead, he had insisted on staying at the scene, even though that was when he should have left.
Now that the incident was over, instead of taking the opportunity to establish your presence, you suggest leaving first. How are you acting as an Emperor, Blood Emperor?
"Alright, then I'll leave it to Princess Elizabeth. Bajed, can you get my cloak for me?" The Blood Emperor seemed to have given up on something, turning his head to the general and saying.
The general nodded, ran directly to the previous carriage, grabbed a red cloak, and brought it over, handing it to the Blood Emperor. "You really are a fussy Emperor," Iri thought upon seeing this.
But after the Blood Emperor took the cloak, he didn't use it for himself; instead, he draped it over Iri, which greatly surprised her.
"Princess, please pay attention to your own image. Blame me for being selfish, but I don't want everyone to see your beautiful and noble body," the Blood Emperor said slowly.
Uh… she seemed to have misunderstood the Blood Emperor. So, the reason the Blood Emperor wanted to take her away was because of her disheveled appearance?
This was indeed a problem. She hadn't paid much attention to it herself, since she had already been seen anyway, but the Blood Emperor was considering her feelings.
Uh… should she apologize? No, no… she had originally intended to get revenge on him, so there was nothing wrong with slandering him! Iri thought so.
"I'm sorry! Emperor Brother, I misunderstood you. Then I'll go over there." However, in the end, Iri still "reluctantly" apologized to the Blood Emperor, and to hide her embarrassment, she quickly fled towards the injured people.
"Princess Elizabeth, wait for me." You Li Jie glared at the Blood Emperor and followed Iri. Renas also followed, as Renas was now Iri's guard.
After Jierunifu watched Princess Elizabeth leave, he unconsciously smiled. Bajed glanced at Iri's receding back, then looked at the unblinking Jierunifu, his expression complex.
"Your Majesty, have you really fallen for her?" Bajed asked abruptly.
"How… how could that be! I was just playing along! Don't you know my thoughts! How could I possibly fall for the Demon King's daughter!!" Jierunifu was startled and immediately retorted, his voice quite loud.
"Shh… Your Majesty! Lower your voice!" Bajed immediately spoke up to remind Jierunifu. Bajed also knew his Majesty's plan; he had mentioned before that he was trying to curry favor with this willful princess by using his "charm."
"…In short! I have not fallen for her! That's all!" Jierunifu lowered his voice and said, then walked towards the injured people.
"Is that really true, my Majesty?" Bajed muttered to himself after Jierunifu had walked away.
After all, Jierunifu's gaze had been shifty when he was refuting him just now, and his face was red, which clearly lacked any persuasiveness.
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