As a villain, I really don't want to be pursued by the heroine.

A ray of holy light lingered on that petite body, and in the blink of an eye, it burst out with a terrifying power that was inconsistent with its size.

Gray asked himself, his full-strength attack was only this good!

Alice aimed at the dragon, slid, and raised the sword slantly!

The dazzling sword light was like a straight meteor, cutting through the dark night!

The sharp steel sword penetrated into the soft belly of the Asian dragon, swept through it with overwhelming force, and threw it away completely!

As the dragon screamed miserably, Alice appeared behind it, swinging the sword sharply and spilling blood.

Until then, the dragon finally fell heavily to the ground, lolling out its tongue, and died.

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After finishing tonight's hunting, the scattered teams returned to the base camp in the mountains to rest.

Alice is no exception.

"Our guardian angel is back!"

"By the Holy Light, Miss Alice brought down another Asian dragon today. That creature was a full twenty meters tall!"

"Miss Alice, I love you!"

Whenever the golden figure passed by the tent, it would cause a burst of warm cheers.

Alice was not used to such enthusiastic attitude, but she nodded politely in response: "I'm sorry, my body and mind are already the property of the master."

The girl didn't think there was anything wrong with this sentence, but it made the soldiers whistle with ambiguous expressions.

"Fool, Alice loves the young master wholeheartedly, you don't have that chance!"

"But I heard that Master Ainblood is a loser..."

The die-hard fan of Alice was still unwilling to give in, but was hit in the head with an elbow by his superior.

"You dare to believe that kind of rumor?"

"Don't be rude to the young master!"

"Besides, Miss Alice is so outstanding. How could the young master she respects as her master be an ordinary person?!"

"Yes, there are many false rumors about the master. But the real master is handsome, gentle, kind, brave and upright, and worthy of everyone's respect." Alice, who has always been taciturn, only said a few more words when talking about Roy.

In fact, the lower-level soldiers were not aware of the rumors among the nobles, but with Alice's tireless propaganda like a missionary, Roy's image in their hearts had become that of a perfect young master.

At first, the soldiers were disgusted by the presence of little girls in the army. After all, they were going to fight, not to be babysitters.

Even the extraordinary ones are the same.

Some novice adventurers have extraordinary powers, but they don't obey military orders, don't know anything, and are afraid of seeing blood. They are useless and can't help at all.

Yet this little blonde maid slapped them all in the face.

Obedient, reliable, and able to fight.

She looks cute.

In the past few days, Alice has been traveling around to support the soldiers' hunting in place of Anya, who is too busy. She is deeply respected by the soldiers and is honored as a true guardian angel.

However, Alice herself was very humble about this and said that she was just doing what she should do.

This naturally made people feel more favorable towards the little blonde maid.

Unfortunately, as I just said, she is already taken, and the object is the offspring of the person they are loyal to.

So even if there is an overly enthusiastic fan occasionally, it will not be disrespectful to Alice.

As a superhuman, Alice has her own separate tent and does not have to squeeze together with the smelly soldiers.

After returning to the tent, she finally breathed a sigh of relief, took off her armor, washed off the blood on her body, and changed into a clean maid outfit.

As Roy's personal maid, it was only natural for her to always look presentable.

Healed by the Holy Light, her wounds healed overnight and now had scabs over, requiring no additional care.

Every night after hunting, Anya would come to visit her.

Tonight, the female knight in light armor appeared at the door as promised.

"Good evening, Sister Anya." Alice lifted her skirt and bowed gracefully as if she was prepared, but Anya poked her forehead with a finger, causing the girl to let out a cute whimper.

"Silly girl, you don't need to be so polite to me. You must have worked hard today, right?"

"Compared to me, Sister Anya has a harder time."

"Before I became a maid, I was a knight. But you are different. Actually, there is no need for you to come with me. You can just follow Roy to the royal capital to play." Anya glanced at the dried blood scabs on the girl's white arm, and a trace of pity flashed in her eyes.

Anya once asked Alice about this topic, and the girl always said that she was beaten as a child, so she was used to pain.

Even a knight who had experienced hundreds of battles could not imagine how cruel those ordinary people were to make a little girl so accustomed to pain that she didn't care at all when her skin and flesh were torn apart by wild beasts.

Anya also joined the army when she was Alice's age, but it was during the war and the young man had no choice.

They had the courage to join the battlefield in order to prevent the next generation from embarking on the road of blood and fire.

Now Alice has chosen this path herself.

Anya sometimes hated supernatural powers. Otherwise, children like Alice would not have to suffer such a fate.

However, Alice shook her head, her eyes determined and resolute: "I want to become stronger as soon as possible and help my master."

"otherwise......"

She had no right to stay by her master's side—this decision was hidden deep in Alice's heart, and she never even revealed it to Roy.

Chapter 91 A Difficult Situation

Alice invited Anya into the tent and sat her on the bed. The girl wanted to serve her tea, but Anya stopped her, saying she was injured.

In Anya's opinion, this child is good in every way, except that he pushes himself too hard.

Children of this age should be a little greedier.

Especially when it comes to relationships.

Although they have different personalities, emotionally, Anya seemed to see her past self, which made her finally do something for the child.

Anya watched Alice's reaction and said quietly, "Come to think of it, Roy and that princess seem to be getting along pretty well, right?"

Alice remained calm as usual: "Well, they even made an appointment to dance together."

"Alas, Her Royal Highness the Princess is beautiful and noble. I hope the young master won't be abducted so easily." Anya sighed in an exaggerated manner.

Alice was stunned for a moment, her little brain not quite understanding: "Kidnap?"

"I mean, emotionally." Anya explained for her with a smile, "Think about it, a man and a woman alone, at a candlelight dance, it wouldn't be surprising if something really happened between them."

However, Alice's direct question threw her off.

"What's going to happen?"

"It's just those things between men and women."

"...Which ones?"

"It's just..." Anya was a little speechless for a moment.

She almost forgot that Alice had never been to school. Although she had made up for her cultural knowledge, she still had only a superficial understanding of many common sense issues.

After all, no textbook teaches people how to fall in love.

Anya even suspected that this child didn't understand what love was.

Fortunately, Alice tilted her head, and suddenly her eyes lit up: "I understand."

"Sister Anya, you're talking about sexual intercourse between men and women!"

"Cough cough cough!" Anya, who was always calm, almost choked to death by the girl's strange words.

"Well, it's not quite the same. But if the princess and the young master did something like that, what would you do? Wouldn't you feel uncomfortable?"

When Alice heard this, confusion appeared in her clear eyes: "Nothing to do."

"As long as the master is happy, that's all that matters. As a maid, I should support the master."

"But......"

"As long as I can be with my master, Alice will be very happy." Alice covered her chest, closed her eyes, and raised a soft smile at the corner of her mouth. There seemed to be a soft light lingering around her, which looked beautiful and dreamy in the dim tent.

Like a holy angel who asks nothing in return.

Looking at Alice's pure eyes as clear as lake water, Anya was a little shaken.

Well, Alice probably doesn’t even understand what love means now.

Even if I try to bring them together, it might be useless.

Alas, I just hope that the young master won't forget his own maid just because of Her Highness the Princess...

"Captain! There's a situation!"

A call came from outside the tent.

Anya cast an apologetic look at the girl: "Sorry, it seems I can't accompany you tonight."

"It's okay, please ask Sister Anya to go and do her thing. Alice can do it alone." Alice responded obediently.

After Anya left, she was left alone in the huge tent.

Although the outside of the tent was filled with the noise and bustle of soldiers, Alice always felt that the air was too quiet.

She lay on her side on the bed, looking at the puppy doll beside her pillow, and suddenly felt a little sorry for the child.

"It would be wonderful if the master could dance with Her Highness the Princess as he wishes..."

Every night they were apart, Alice prayed that Roy's wish would come true, and imagined in her mind the beautiful illusion of the two of them dancing gracefully in a glorious ball.

But tonight she suddenly thought of what Anya said.

That kind of thing between men and women.

Alice had never seen that kind of behavior with her own eyes, but she had read books about it, and someone had also given a special explanation of it at the auction.

Later, with Anya's tutoring, she realized that it was an act that could only be performed when men and women had the same intention, and it was a very beautiful thing.

Your Highness the Princess is very beautiful. If you want to do that kind of thing with the Master, the Master will definitely not refuse.

But he rejected himself at that time.

It was natural for the maid to be happy about her master's wishes.

It's only natural...

But why, when I think about them doing that kind of thing... my chest feels so uncomfortable...

Is this what loneliness is? But, in order to become stronger and help my master soon, I was clearly determined to endure loneliness.

With an inexplicable sour feeling like a rotten lemon, Alice hugged the puppy stuffed animal tightly and closed her eyes in solitude.

However, at this moment, a terrified cry was heard outside the tent.

Alice opened her eyes instantly, picked up the steel sword beside the bed and rushed out of the tent.

The originally well-organized military camp was in chaos. Alice was about to ask what happened, but she found that these brave soldiers were looking at the distant night sky in disbelief and panic.

Alice looked up in that direction, her pupils suddenly constricted.

Even the girl who remained calm during the bloody battle with the dragon felt her scalp tingling at this moment and was so shocked that she forgot to breathe.

The night sky is burning.

Swarms of dragons swarmed like locusts, wrapped in flames, covering the entire sky.

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At the same time in Lionheart City.

The meeting lasted longer than Roy had expected.

Even after the banquet ended, the emergency meeting among the nobles did not end.

An uneasy atmosphere spread among every noble. Roy asked a few of his peers who were easy to talk to, but found that they didn't know more than he did.

This made Roy even more anxious.