Miss Witch, please don't leave your fragrance everywhere

Chapter 98 The poor girl knight is being played around by the witch
　　"Wait a minute! Didn't we pay?"

　　Almost at the same moment, Victoria realized belatedly that they seemed to ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ have forgotten to pay for the dress when they left the tailor's house.
　　“I’ve already paid.”
　　Angelica was sitting on the bench, rubbing her sore soles and toes. Perhaps it was because she hadn't worn high heels for a long time, so she found it difficult to adapt for a while.

　　Back then, Angelica could dance flexibly in a bunny girl costume. Can we say that time really makes people grow old?
　　"Didn't she use magic to record a lot of photos? Those are the compensations I paid. Using my photos for promotional photos, the tailor should be paying me."
　　"Promotional photos as payment? I think we should still pay in cash..."

　　The stubborn Victoria was upset.
　　"You don't have enough in your pocket to pay the price?"
　　Last time, when she solved the commission for the Dokum Mine, Victoria insisted that the place was no longer suitable for living, and did not ask the governor for compensation. As for the goblins whose reputations were cleared, they were penniless and had no money to pay, so Angelica was responsible for maintaining the economy along the way.

　　Angelica's style of spending money like water even frightened Victoria, who came from an aristocratic family. In comparison, the savings in Victoria's pocket could only be described as shabby.
　　“Wu… If the money is not enough, I will pay it back with my body…!”
　　Angelica wanted to think that Victoria was going to work, but the blush on her face obviously betrayed her.

　　"Don't worry. I can guarantee it with my reputation as a witch. I have been recognized as a beautiful girl for a long time, and people's tastes have not changed. I can definitely bring more valuable revenue to the tailor shop than this dress. Compared to this, Undine's disappearance is what we should be concerned about."
　　Angelica, wearing a dress, became the focus of everyone's attention. Many men came up to chat with her. Victoria acted as a flower protector and avoided a lot of trouble. However, Angelica also collected a lot of information through questioning. Undine was a celebrity in Stavron twelve years ago, so it was not difficult to find out about Undine.
　　What people said was roughly the same as what Angelica had learned before. Undine was gentle and generous, and was the dream lover of many Stavren boys.

　　Thirteen years ago, a year before Undine disappeared, young Undine met a bard named Lawrence at a banquet, and they quickly fell in love. However, this love was not blessed, especially opposed by Undine's family: the Drais family.
　　The Drais family had a good family background and status in Stavron, but they were still eager to form an alliance with the nobles to strengthen the Drais family's status. Before Undine and Lawrence fell in love, the head of the Drais family, Mrs. Drais, agreed to marry Undine to the young master of a prestigious family in Stavron.
　　Undine was strongly against this, she didn't like the young master at all, so her love with Lawrence was regarded as a rebellion against the family. No matter how the Drais family tried to stop her, Undine didn't break up with Lawrence. Her seemingly frail body burst out with amazing willpower and perseverance, and she vowed to fight against the family to the death.

　　Undine even escaped from the party with her fiancé and had a tryst with her true love, Lawrence. This humiliation finally angered the nobles and completely annoyed Mrs. Drais.
　　One day afterwards, Undine disappeared and no one could find out her whereabouts.
　　"Undine's disappearance is an unsolved case in Stavron. Who do you think is the most suspicious, Miss Victoria?"
　　"The missing beautiful young lady... Is there a goblin tribe nearby...?"

　　"I'm beginning to wonder if Princess Knight is racist against Goblins."
　　"I, I was kidding! The biggest suspect... should be the Drais family that Miss Undine belongs to."
　　There is no doubt that the family with the most intense conflict with Undine is the Drais family. Miss Undine's mother, Mrs. Drais, has always had a bad relationship with Undine. According to rumors, Undine may be her father's illegitimate daughter, but there is no clear evidence after all. Their bad relationship is more due to their incompatibility of personalities.

　　After Undine and Lawrence fell in love, their already frictionless relationship took a sharp turn for the worse. Mrs. Drais's attitude after Undine's disappearance was also very negative, and she was not at all interested in finding Undine's whereabouts. It seemed that the inability to achieve a marriage with a great noble was a more serious blow to Mrs. Derays than Undine's disappearance.
　　"Sometimes I really can't understand you nobles. Is it so important to be well-matched? You would rather cause someone to go missing than compromise."
　　"Nobles attach great importance to the continuation of their family."

　　Victoria expressed her understanding. In fact, the nobles had an ambiguous attitude towards this matter. On the one hand, they blamed the Drais family for pushing too hard and causing Miss Undine to meet with an unexpected accident. On the other hand, they found it difficult to understand from the bottom of their hearts why Miss Undine was so infatuated with the bard who had nothing.
　　"If I fall in love with someone who is not approved by the family, my father might break my legs."
　　"Like maybe you like girls or something?"

　　"Yes, just like you said...eh——"
　　Victoria suddenly sang in her soprano voice, then she quickly covered her mouth and desperately apologized to the passers-by who were attracted by her.
　　Victoria calmed down and approached Angelica unhappily.

　　"What you said has nothing to do with the nobility, okay? It's not allowed among common people either."
　　"But witches are always very free in this regard."
　　Angelica opened her arms and put them around Victoria's neck. Victoria realized at this moment that she was very close to Angelica, their noses were almost touching, and at this moment Angelica's pearly and dazzling eyes completely occupied her field of vision.

　　I have to push her away—
　　Although she thought so in her heart, Victoria couldn't help but close her eyes, her heart pounding as she waited for what was to happen next.
　　But the lips did not feel as soft as expected.

　　"What are you doing with your eyes closed, Miss Victoria?"
　　Victoria opened her eyes in surprise. Angelica still maintained the same distance as before and did not make any subsequent movements. However, at such a close distance, she could feel Angelica's fragrant breath.
　　"You're not going to..."

　　"Ah, I mean, I'm still not used to high heels and can't walk. It's too weird to carry this dress on my back like before, so why not just carry me like a princess? Oh? Miss Knight, were you expecting..."
　　“I don’t have any expectations!!!”