Yes, Lady Funina!

"I'm asking you, how did you come up with such a reason?"

Sometimes, Funina really wanted to crack open Clorind's skull to see what was inside, and why she had to use this kind of excuse.

Even if Richard asks why you weren't invited to take photos, couldn't you just say you were busy? Why did you have to say you wanted to take some revealing photos with me?

"I...I didn't think much about it, I just blurted it out," Clarinde stammered.

"It's clear that you didn't think much about it, or even that you didn't think about it at all."

Clarinde is usually quite reliable, but when it comes to Richard, her intelligence seems to collapse like a landslide; she'll say anything and do anything.

At a glance, it's clear that Chun Chun has been blinded by male beauty.

"But it's too late to say anything now that things have come to this. Clarinde, have you decided what clothes you want to wear for the photoshoot?"

"Hmm... a swimsuit?"

"Swimsuits... well, that's not a bad idea." After a moment's thought, Funina felt that using 'swimsuits' as the theme for this photoshoot was indeed quite appropriate.

It was mainly because Clarinde took it upon herself to add the element of 'coolness'; otherwise, there would have been no need for such a complicated process.

“But speaking of swimsuits, it seems like I haven’t swum in a long time, and the only swimsuits I own are the older styles.” Funina frowned.

Upon hearing what Furina said, Clorind realized that she didn't seem to have any swimsuits either. The ones in her house were more like diving suits than swimsuits, left over from when she was a duel agent.

After all, as a duel agent, she often receives some strange requests, and Clarind has encountered things like putting duels in the sea before.

"How about we go to a swimsuit store after get off work?" Clorinde suggested. After all, she couldn't exactly go to a photoshoot wearing a diving suit, could she?

"That's the only way," Funina agreed.

Fontaine, a land of water, is a place where all water-related industries thrive, and swimwear is naturally included.

Swimsuits have always held a significant place in Fontainebleau's clothing category, with countless talented fashion designers creating various styles of swimsuits for the people of Fontainebleau every year.

These swimsuits are either daring or avant-garde. It's hard to say whether you can actually swim in them, but they are definitely eye-catching and belong to the kind that minors shouldn't look at.

After get off work, Claude and Furness plunged into Fontaine's largest swimwear store. They were overwhelmed by the dazzling array of goods on the shelves.

Just as they were wondering which style of swimsuit to choose, a familiar voice rang out from behind them.

"Clorind, and this... Lady Furina?" Chiori called out uncertainly, looking at Furina who was completely covered up by a mask and sunglasses.

"it's me."

As a big star in Fontainebleau, she's fine at Momang Palace on ordinary days, but if she wants to go shopping without being disturbed, she naturally needs to dress up properly.

In Furness's own words, this is probably the troubles of being a celebrity.

"You two are here to buy swimsuits, right?" Chiori asked.

“Yes, is Ms. Chiori also here to buy a swimsuit?” Clarinde nodded, then asked in return.

Chiori shook her head. "I just came here to browse around and see if I can find some design inspiration."

"Did you find it?" Funina asked curiously.

"Not yet, but it doesn't matter. Inspiration is something that can't be forced; just let it happen naturally," Chiori said with a light smile.

"Speaking of which, I've recently designed a few swimsuits. Aren't you two looking to buy swimsuits? If the ones here don't suit your taste, why not come and take a look at Chiori-ya?"

Is this considered soliciting customers? Furna and Claurind exchanged a glance, and finally decided to go to Chiori-ya to take a look.

After all, although there are many styles of swimsuits on the market, none of them can truly amaze Funinga.

As a renowned fashion designer in Fontainebleau, Chiori's design aesthetics are beyond question. However, they did not expect her to have any interest in swimwear. Since she took the initiative to invite them, they might as well go and take a look.

Led by Chiori, Funina and Claude arrived at Chiori's shop. After serving two cups of hot tea, Chiori brought out swimsuit design sketches, which showed the swimsuits she had designed over the years.

Although they are just design drawings, it would be extremely easy for Funina and Clarinde to produce whichever design they liked.

After all, a swimsuit isn't like a formal dress, so it doesn't require that much fabric. With Chiori's skills, she can make the swimsuit on the spot as long as Funina places an order.

Truly made to order.

Furthermore, personalized customization has another advantage: it ensures that the swimsuit fits perfectly. After all, while swimsuits on the market can be worn, they are mass-produced styles and inevitably have some errors in size.

Especially for someone as big as Clarinde, unless it's a popular style, it's really hard to find her size.

This brings us to the high quality of Funinga products; even children's styles are compatible, which greatly expands the range of choices.

"This one, this one, and this one, please." Funina picked out three swimsuits that looked pretty good.

Chiori's outfit was pure and innocent, which suited Funina's personality. After registering briefly, she looked at Clarinde.

"For me, these two will do." After hesitating for a moment, Clarinde chose two deep purple items that were the complete opposite of Funina's, going for a mature style.

“You have a good eye. I also think these two pieces are perfect for you.” Chiori nodded and also noted down the styles that Clarinde had chosen.

"When will it be ready?" Funina asked.

"Before Saturday," Chiori answered without hesitation.

"That's fine then." Funina nodded, in that case there shouldn't be any problem with the time.

Quite a coincidence.

However, unlike Frynn, Clarinde, with her years of experience assisting the court of law, noticed some problems.

Just as Clarin was about to say something, she noticed that Chiori was smiling at her, moving her lips but not making a sound.

The lip movements clearly indicated the words "Richard".

All doubts vanished, and Clarinde obediently shut her mouth.

Sure enough, there are no such coincidences in the world. She wondered why Chiori, the famous fashion designer and owner of Chiori-ya, would go to the swimsuit shop and be seen by them.

It turns out there was an invisible hand pulling things together behind the scenes.

It's just the client's job.

Since it was Clorinde's own doing, she took it upon herself to cover all the expenses for the custom-made swimsuit. Combined with the calming soup Mora had previously asked someone to buy, it was fair to say that almost all of her salary from last month had been spent on it.

Fortunately, Clarinde had some savings, otherwise she would have had to take out a loan to work.

After paying the deposit, Claurind and Furnessa went home separately.

Time flew by and it was Saturday, the day we had agreed to take photos.

Richard arrived at Funina's house early, so early that Funina was still in bed.

Today is a rare day off for Funina. Usually, she would either be attending trials or various events on weekends. However, today, because she had arranged to take photos with Richard, Funina asked Mrs. Hevima to rearrange her schedule.

She cleared out Saturday, but it was precisely because she didn't need to do anything else besides taking photos that she ended up sleeping in for the first time since becoming a goddess.

Although the mistress, Funina, was still lazing in bed, Lady Hevima still fulfilled the proper etiquette on her behalf.

"Thank you." Richard took the teacup from Madam Hevima's hand. Actually, Madam Hevima didn't have hands because she was in her seahorse form. The reason she was able to hold the teacup... Richard suspected it was due to elemental power.

Elemental forces—they really can explain everything.

"Fu~" Mrs. Hevima responded happily, meaning that she shouldn't be shy and should make herself at home.

Lady Hevima was quite familiar with Richard, knowing that he had an extraordinary relationship with her young mistress, Funina. Out of affection for Funina, Lady Hevima naturally held Richard in high regard.

In fact, several members of the Lonely Hearts Salon in Funina had a good impression of Richard. Well, perhaps Miss Shebeleda's impression was a little lower, probably because Richard had made a delicious seafood soup in front of her using a giant crab that was the same shape as her.

Meanwhile, in Funina's boudoir, Lord Uther and Miss Shebereda arrived at Funina's bedside.

Although this was the first time Funina had ever slept in, the timing was not good; the guests had already arrived, and as the hostess, how could she still be in bed?

This was absolutely intolerable to Lord Uther, who valued etiquette; it was simply too inelegant.

"Woo~" Lord Uther, in his octopus form, nudged Frinina with his chubby, short tentacles, trying to wake his sleepy master.

However, Funina simply changed her position and continued to drift off to sleep, showing no sign of waking up.

Lord Uther sighed upon seeing this. So, he really had to use that method after all?

Lord Uther patted his fat, short hands, and Miss Shebeleta below, upon hearing the sound, jumped onto the bed and then... began to bounce repeatedly on top of Funina.

In her sleep, Funina felt as if she were being trampled by a thousand horses. She quickly woke up and saw Miss Shebeleida dancing on her body.

Upon seeing Miss Shebereta, Funina, who had been physically forced to activate her powers, exclaimed, "Miss Shebereta, what are you doing? Ouch!"

"Hmm~" Lord Uther spoke first before Miss Sheberida could reply.

"What? Richard is here? Now?" Upon hearing Lord Uther's words, Funina instantly woke up and hurriedly climbed out of bed.

While frantically getting dressed, she asked, "What time is it now?"

"Woo~"

"It's nine o'clock? Did I oversleep?"

"Woo!"

"Alright, alright, Richard is outside now, right? Has Claude arrived?"

"Woo~"

"Not here yet? But they should be here soon."

Soon, Funina got dressed. Since she didn't have to go out today, Funina changed into her home clothes, which she usually only wore at home, the same ones Richard had worn when he stayed over.

Ever since Richard praised her last time, Funina has basically been wearing this loungewear at home. It's not that she wants Richard to praise her or anything; she just finds loungewear quite comfortable to wear.

"Huh?" Lord Uther didn't understand what his little master was being so arrogant about all by himself.

Don't you know that the tsundere archetype is out of meta? The current answer is straightforward!

No, why would a little octopus like him think about these things? This is not something he should be concerned about.

When Richard saw Funina come out of the house in the living room, he smiled and greeted her, "Good morning, Funina."

"Good morning." Funina sat down next to Richard. Not knowing what to say, she simply placed her hands neatly on her knees and waited for Richard to start a conversation.

"Speaking of which, why did Funina suddenly decide to do a photo shoot?"

'Because Clarinde wants to film you.' Furina thought to herself, but replied aloud, 'Actually, I've been planning this for a long time, but I just haven't found the right person yet.'

"Is that so?" Richard smiled noncommittally.

However, he knew that Fulina definitely didn't ask him to do a photoshoot for that reason. For a big star like Fulina, photoshoots were something she was already tired of doing. Why would she suddenly have the idea to do a photoshoot, especially with Claurind?

It even has a swimsuit theme.

Isn't this like comparing an egg to a watermelon—just asking for trouble?

Of course, this is not to say that Frynn is bad, after all, she is cute when she is small. It's just that generally speaking, no woman would want to take a photo shoot with a woman like Clorind unless they are the same size, otherwise it would really hurt her self-confidence.

Now that Furnessa and Clorinde are shooting a photoshoot together, especially with swimwear—a subject that particularly highlights femininity—it's clear there's something fishy going on.

Richard had some suspicions about this shady dealings.

It's likely that this photoshoot wasn't Furnessa's idea, but rather Claurind's.

The subjects of the film were not Furnessa and Claurinde, but Richard.

He simply wanted to use the excuse of taking photos to lure him to the swimming pool, and then, under the guise of "since you're here, take a few pictures too," try to obtain Richard's right to take photos.

It seems that even after Richard issued a filming ban on Claudia last time, she still hasn't given up on her evil intentions.

But high-level hunters often appear as prey. After seeing through Clarinde's scheme, Li realized it was necessary to show this girl what the wickedness of the human heart was.

He'll take the bait, but the hook? Absolutely not!

The main focus is on playing tricks on fishermen.

You think I'm the fish? Sorry, you're the one being fished.

"The theme we plan to shoot today is..."

"Swimsuit, I know."

"That……"

"Although Clorind hasn't arrived yet, I think we can start making preparations now."

"Okay, alright." Funina nodded, but then she paused, wondering what preparations were needed for the photoshoot.

Richard smiled and looked at Funina, saying, "Go and change your clothes first."

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Inside the room, Funina stood in front of the full-length mirror, looking at herself in the mirror wearing a pure white butterfly swimsuit, and unconsciously tugged at the hem of her swim trunks with her fingers.

When she saw the design drawings, she didn't think there was anything wrong with it, but after she actually wore it, Funinga realized the problem.