Shut up, brave man! I don't want to atone for my sins to you!

The maid muttered to herself, and at the same time, shyly curled up her cute round toes wrapped in her little leather shoes and pressed them tightly against the soles of the shoes.

Although she took the initiative to put her feet in front of Charles, when she thought of Charles's straight, aggressive gaze, she felt her heart pounding and she felt a little embarrassed.

"This guy..." She bit her lip and glanced at Ciel's profile from the corner of her eye, "He probably wouldn't do such a big thing..."

In order to stop herself from thinking about it, Lacie hurriedly refocused her attention on the topic they had just discussed.

“Even if the Emperor of Victoria doesn’t care about the pressure from the White Tower, we still have to give it a try. What if?” she asked in a low voice.

On the other side, Charles's rhythm of doing push-ups did not seem to be disturbed. His movements were still steady and powerful, and his thinking was clear and quick:

"Well, you are right, let's do as you say."

"Then..." Lacier asked in a low voice, "Are we going alone this time?"

"..."

Charles suddenly stopped moving.

"No," he answered after a moment, "and Joseph."

"Huh?" Lacier was stunned. "Why is he still here?"

Of course she knew Joseph, a warrior in the brave team and one of Charles' few good friends. She had even had a drink with them both before.

That guy looks generous, but he is actually a kind-hearted person with a rough but thoughtful character, which makes him quite likable.

Rachel didn't object to going to Victoria with Joseph, she was just a little curious -

"When did you tell Joseph about Victoria? Even I just found out that the death of the previous hero was related to Victoria..."

"Joseph doesn't know that," Charles answered Rachel as briefly as he could, "but he knows something else."

"Another...thing?"

"Well," Charles answered as he slowly raised himself up, "'The assassin who wants to kill you seems to be from Victoria' - this is the information Joseph told me."

"..."

Only then did Lacie remember that Charles had indeed said something similar to her before, but her attention was not on that at that time.

But it didn't matter, at least now she knew about it.

So she couldn't help asking:

"So you two had planned to go to Victoria at that time? Just for..."

For some reason, Lacie got stuck here before continuing:

"To avenge me?"

She didn't think it was entirely true, after all, the assassin's sword was not aimed at her but at Charles.

The reason why Charles planned to go to Victoria was more out of consideration for the assassination of his hero, to seek an explanation or revenge for her... Most likely it was just a side job? After all, she was not dead, right?

Just as Lacie was thinking this, she heard Charles say:

"Yes, to avenge you."

"!"

The maid was in disbelief.

Really? She didn't believe it - no one had ever been so nice to her before, she felt flattered - so she was in a complicated mood and cautiously tested:

"Just for me?"

"...What else?" Charles asked back with a hint of confusion.

"Well……"

Lacey bit her lip.

"It's bad!"

she thought.

"Maybe he is the kind of idiot who will be fooled by a few sweet words and become obedient?"

No no no!

She can't become a little wife who obeys Charles's orders. She has to stand up! Isn't it just a sugar-coated bullet? Look at her pushing it back!

Although she was still struggling in her heart, her body was no longer under her control. Even though Lacier tried her best to be tough as before, she could only respond softly in the end:

"Oh……"

Perhaps wanting to make amends for herself, she quickly raised her voice and changed the subject:

"If Joseph wants to join us, what about the others?"

This time it was Charles' turn to remain silent.

Obviously, he knew who the "others" that Laciel was talking about were, but he... didn't know how to answer.

After a brief thought, he could only answer as frankly as always:

"I do not know."

"You didn't ask for their advice?"

"……without."

"Tsk," Lacielle sighed and shook her head, "Idiot."

And then, without waiting for Charles to open his mouth to explain, she added:

"Joseph is going to Victoria with us, so Celine will definitely come with us. With the two of them and the two of us, there will be four of us. The only one missing is Godot - why not just invite him along as well? That way, all five of us will be together, the Brave Team..."

She paused, and suddenly her whole body became like a golden rose wilted by the sun, and her voice became weak:

"The brave team will...will reunite...will be together again."

Charles was not stupid, of course he guessed why Lacie became like this, but he could sometimes be malicious and want to give the always stubborn witch a lesson.

So he tried his best to use his acting skills, and said with concern in an almost comical way:

"What's wrong? Are you okay?"

Lacey, who was dizzy over there, immediately woke up after hearing this and quickly waved her hand to answer:

"I'm sure I'm fine. What could possibly happen to me?"

Even though she herself didn't believe it.

So she soon asked in a voice so small that it was almost inaudible:

"You wouldn't... you wouldn't have told me everything... everything about my being alive..."

She wanted to ask Charles if he had betrayed her.

The good news is that Ciel shook his head.

He didn't betray her.

The bad news was that before she could be happy, Charles stabbed her again with a quick move:

"Joseph knew this before me. It seems like he knew your true identity a long time ago."

Upon hearing this, Lacie subconsciously wanted to refute.

How can it be!

Her acting skills are so superb and her deception techniques are so advanced that she even fooled herself, let alone others!

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

——She originally wanted to scold Charles loudly like this, but soon she thought again...her disguise seemed to be a fake. After all, she had no intention of hiding it at all, right? Whether she was a witch or a priest, she actually used the same name.

Although not many people have heard of the Witch of Dawn and Dusk, let alone know her name, it is not impossible to find out her real name if you investigate carefully.

Besides, Charles had offended her, and she was Charles's creditor...

Lacie suddenly realized in despair that this was a flaw that could not be made up for no matter how good her acting skills were.

"Forget it, forget it, it doesn't matter if I'm discovered!" She could only comfort herself with this psychological victory, "Anyway, as long as my buddy is thick-skinned enough and doesn't feel ashamed, then it's others who are ashamed!"

There is nothing to be afraid of anymore.

So she responded to Charles twice in a dull tone and fell silent.

After a while, after learning from her mistakes, Lacie regained her spirits and planned to discuss with Charles other things that needed to be paid attention to during this trip to Victoria.

But she soon discovered that Ciel was still doing push-ups.

The hero's body was muscular and strong, and she couldn't help swallowing when she saw it.

Then, a very wonderful idea suddenly popped into her mind.

She thought the idea was genius, interesting and... exciting, so she didn't even think about it. She slowly sat down on the floor, lay on her back, estimated the distance, and then adjusted her position slightly.

Sure enough, she saw Charles' face close at hand.

The maid crawled under the hero, her face flushed, but she made no attempt to avoid looking at the hero.

The brave man was stunned.

She pretended nothing had happened and asked boldly:

"Why...why don't you continue? Just do it, and just treat me...treat me as if I don't exist!"

[To be continued]

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15. Still married

After taking a shower and using magic to evaporate the excess moisture from her body, Lacie, wrapped only in a bath towel, lay back on the bed.

She didn't have the energy to sit there anymore; she only had the energy to lie down.

Although it was always Charles who took the initiative, she was basically passive and only needed to cooperate very rarely... But even so, she was so exhausted that she couldn't even make a sound to beg for mercy in the end, and could only whimper and groan intermittently.

Too ha.

The current Charles can already torment her like this, so if Charles becomes a true hero and his physical fitness is improved again, she dare not imagine what she will be tormented like.

"Although the process was indeed... indeed quite comfortable." Lacele thought with a blushing face, "But if Ciel could be a little more gentle."

She's become hoarse from shouting!

My legs were so weak that I couldn't move them. I walked with a limp. My waist was sore and achy, and my whole body felt like it was falling apart.

Lacele suddenly wanted to punch Charles twice.

But she really didn't have the energy to do so. Besides, even if she punched Charles twice, he probably wouldn't feel any pain. On the contrary, he might think that she was being coquettish, and even get excited by it, so he would work even harder.

Based on her understanding of Ciel, this was not impossible at all.

"That's horrible, Ciel."

After coming to this conclusion, Miss Witch wrapped the bath towel tighter around her body, as if this would make her feel more secure.

Then she turned her head and looked at the bed beneath her that was in a mess, and couldn't help but sigh softly.

"Ugh……"

It was almost there. This old friend who had been with her for decades was almost going to pass away.

Fortunately, it held up in the end.

Lacee was about to cry. She gritted her teeth and planned to have Charles help her wash the sheets and clothes and reinforce the bed. At the same time, she remembered that she had ruined another pair of stockings today.

Ever since her identity was exposed, she found that her stockings were consumed at an exceptionally fast rate.

The culprit who caused this situation was undoubtedly Sharnasetpi.

"Although it feels good to tear up stockings, and the tattered look is really sexy, but..." Lacey couldn't help complaining in her heart, "Stockings are still quite expensive, okay!"

Although it is possible to simulate the appearance and texture of stockings using the dress-changing spell, in essence, the clothes simulated by the dress-changing spell are still made up of magic power, and magic power is useless in front of that fake hero Ciel...

How is that any different from wearing nothing?!