After being reborn, I was turned into a slave girl by a princess.

"what?"

"Although she is still seriously ill, she insists on seeing you. Once you're ready, come to the ward with me."

……

……

For reasons of secrecy, Cecily does not live in an ordinary room.

To even get inside, one must pass through three shifts of sentries, while Naronat and the other sword and shield guards take turns standing watch at the entrance day and night, verifying the identity and purpose of each visitor.

“Naronate, Princess Dee Cecilu and I have come to visit the real Princess Cecilu.”

"Yes, confirmed... Please come in."

The little girl opened the door for the two of them, and the silver-haired girl lying on the hospital bed also raised her head upon hearing this.

"Yes, Miss Fox and Elusia?"

Compared to her elegance and confidence at first sight, Cecily now looked much more haggard. She resembled a beautifully sculpted ice flower, which could melt under the scorching sun if handled carelessly.

"Ah, it's me... I'm sorry, I took the liberty of wearing Princess Cecilu's clothes..."

The imposter princess was instinctively a little guilty when she met the real princess, not to mention that Lonnie was originally a boy, and at this moment she felt even more ashamed of being discovered wearing princess clothes.

"It's alright. On the contrary, it's thanks to Miss Fox that we were able to get rid of a great scourge."

Cecily glanced at Lonnies, her eyes filled with hope, not blame, but rather as if she were watching a hero go off to fight a dragon.

This gaze made Lonnies feel embarrassed.

"Um, Princess Cecilu, what should I do next? Should I be more serious, or is this just an act?"

"Hmm... I think Miss Fox should just follow her own pace."

"what?"

"Because I'm usually perceived as too serious. So maybe if I show weakness occasionally, I'll be more popular with the people..."

Is that so?

"Yes, I've heard everything from Sister Guyanis. In fact, Miss Fox made excellent decisions yesterday, both regarding municipal issues and the release of the Bloodwalker maids. So please continue to proceed at your own pace, Miss Fox."

"Ah, ah... thank you!"

Lonnie blushed, too embarrassed to say that most of the decisions were actually made by Elusia, especially the release of the vampire maid, which she had been completely kept in the dark about.

"But, Miss Fox, please be careful... especially about Candel."

"Oh?"

"Although it's a bit embarrassing to say, Candel is actually my half-sister. She's the product of my father's accidental capture when he disguised himself as a woman to infiltrate the demon realm..."

"Huh, huh?"

"At that time, the demons were ruled by a vampire countess who took a liking to my father's good looks and forced herself on him. That's how that happened... Because our royal family of Corlotia has demon blood, Candel seemed to think that she should be the master of the Kingdom of Bright Ash and should take back everything that belongs to her."

"!!"

“I also tried writing letters to communicate with her, but…”

At this point, Cecilia blushed, as if recalling many unpleasant things she had said: "But Candel completely disobeyed my orders. She said she wanted to capture me and make me have a baby with her..."

"Huh?!!!!!"

"Therefore, she will definitely do everything she can to confirm my current physical condition. Miss Fox, please be careful during the upcoming princess disguise."

After that, Cecily told Aurora a lot about the Kingdom of Mingjin.

For example, we must carefully observe which people are virtuous and talented and can be given important responsibilities, and which people are talented but lack virtue. We can also do some work to appease the people by observing which people are virtuous but lack talent.

Objectively speaking, the study of emperors is truly a complex subject.

Fortunately, the power of the Kingdom of Clotia far exceeded that of ordinary people, and the fact that the strong were the foundation of their rule had its merits.

Therefore, the domestic situation is currently orderly, and we only need to be wary of the Demon Clan's actions.

……

However, the situation regarding Ling Li's treatment is not optimistic.

After two days of analysis, Dean Cui Biya also came to a preliminary conclusion... Black scale disease is not a simple viral or bacterial infection, but a sudden mutation of its own cells.

Its principle is the same as that of cancer.

However, this kind of cancer cannot be eliminated by killing the cancerous cells through chemotherapy or radiotherapy—because the patient's body structure seems to regard the cancerous cells as part of the body.

Just like skin on the arm that heals itself after a while, even if the part of the patient that was mutated due to black scale disease is removed, the body will regenerate it through healing.

Therefore, the current approach is to leave the affected areas untreated for the time being and wait for further in-depth research to determine a way to cure black scaly disease.

Chapter 44 Bunny Girl

The next few days passed in an orderly fashion, typical princess life.

With Cecily's full support, her work went much more smoothly, and all political affairs proceeded in an orderly manner. The voices questioning Princess Cecily's serious illness were gradually suppressed.

But at that moment, something completely unexpected happened.

"What? Su-ling, you said... Senior Luo Zhi-sheng has suddenly disappeared."

"Well, we had planned to go to the dessert shop today to buy some small cakes, but I still haven't seen my senior."

"..."

Su Ling and Luo Zhisheng had agreed to meet at 2 p.m., but it was already 5:30 p.m. when Lonnie finished her work.

Compared to Lonnie's helplessness, Elusia asked very calmly:

"Don't rush, Su Ling. Think carefully first, has Senior Luo Zhisheng been acting strangely lately?"

"abnormal……"

"Yes, it's about whether she has said anything unique or acted differently than usual."

"what……"

Under Elusia's encouragement, Su Ling seemed to remember something and suddenly said, "Ah, I remember now. Senior Luo Zhisheng said that she was going to do something secret and then surprise me."

"Startled?"

"Yes, I wanted to ask her what she was doing, but she seemed very evasive. And if there's anything different... it's that she's been drenched in sweat every time she's come back to stay these past few days."

"Sweating profusely?"

"Yeah, and it was very late, I don't know what they did."

……

……

Su Ling's words made Luo Zhisheng's actions seem extremely suspicious.

After all, this senior student secretly sneaked into the school island and did something against the school rules... If it were someone else, they might suspect that Senior Sister Luo Zhisheng had ulterior motives and was planning to do something sabotage.

But Elusia did not.

She simply shook her head and said, "Su Ling, go and tell General Gu Yanis to send a sword and shield guard who is familiar with the capital to accompany us. She should be quick-witted and observant."

"what?"

"Then you go find Zhou Mixue, and..."

Lonnie didn't know what Elusia was planning, but the dark-haired girl's logic was really clear, giving the impression that she was never confused.

Just like now, Elusia pulled Lonnie's hand and walked into the dressing room:

"Alright, hurry up and take off your clothes. I think I know where Senior Luo Zhisheng went."

"where?"

"You'll find out in a moment. Now, after you change your clothes, go and put on the second outfit from the left-hand cabinet."

"The second one..."

As Lonnie unzipped her princess dress and looked at the second cabinet, she froze.

Because what was inside wasn't a proper outfit at all, but a bunny girl costume!

The jet-black silk fabric may look high-end, but even the most luxurious outfit is still a bunny girl costume! Wearing it would completely expose your body's curves!

But what about Elusia?

But as if he had no qualms at all, he simply took off his women's clothing and put on a men's suit.

……

"Lonnies, I told you to wear the clothes from the second room, didn't you hear me?"

"I heard you, but... why are you wearing a bunny girl outfit?"

"Disguise, do you understand? Now that you're playing Princess Cecilu, you need to dress very differently from the princess you usually wear, so that people will have a sense of unease."

After saying that, Elusia changed back into men's clothing.

To be honest, after hiding all her hair, Elusia did exude a boyish handsomeness, and with a little makeup, she would look just like a noble young master.

On the other hand, Lorne, even though she was wearing a bunny girl outfit, just didn't look right in it no matter how she wore it.

This was the first time she had worn such revealing clothes; her chest was completely exposed to the air, looking empty... and there was no fabric protecting her shoulders either, which made people feel inexplicably ashamed.

"Ai...Ailusia, how are you going to go out dressed like that?"

Lonnies, at a loss, tightly closed her black-clad thighs. Although this outfit was quite different from her usual style, it would surely leave a deep impression on anyone who saw it.

"Hmph, put on your coat before we reach our destination."

"what?"

"I need to apply some makeup too, um, that'll do."