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Chapter 188 O. Henry Ending

"Knock knock knock."

There was a familiar knock on the window, and Catherine sighed and put down the pen in her hand.

"I'll charge you if you come here next time." The princess opened the window, and a night visitor, with the help of the gargoyle, easily jumped over her window frame and into the house.

"Then I'll sign up for a monthly subscription." Lilith's lazy voice sounded.

Catherine: ...Is that what I mean?

Before she could say anything, Lilith took out a gorgeous black dress from her ring and hung it on the handle of her closet. "I have done my job, President. The sponsorship has been negotiated. You will wear this at the ball in a few days. Try it on to see if it fits you."

"It's a bit too gorgeous..." Catherine touched the black dress decorated with silver threads and silver-gray crystals speechlessly, feeling a little resistant. She felt that her eyes were being hurt.

"What's so gorgeous about it? It's okay!" Lilith took off the skirt again and held it high to show Catherine the front and back. "Look at the workmanship, the stitching, and the silver and black color combination! Can't you feel Mrs. Green's ingenuity? This is tailor-made to suit your preferences!"

Because this event was a ball, Lilith, as the only capable person in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, contacted sponsors mostly related to clothing. Among them, the most generous one even made this dress specially for the princess, hoping that she could show it at the ball.

Catherine was silent. Could she say that she liked wearing black dresses just because she wouldn't be noticed if she wore the same one and it saved her extra money?

"——and it's free! Don't be picky about free things!" Lilith held the waistline of her dress and turned around gracefully, as if dancing with her own shadow.

"Is this the dress? This is the love from the sponsor!" Lilith came over, put the dress under Catherine's neck, and compared the size.

"...Okay. Although I still don't fully understand what you mean by star effect..." But, saving money is good! Catherine suddenly found this noisy dress pleasing to the eye again.

When she lowered her head to look at her skirt, she first saw the scarred and red knuckles on Lilith's hands.

"...I heard that you caused quite a scene today." Catherine had heard about the dispute that took place at the training ground during the day, but Lilith never talked to her too much about the hardships of training.

"It's just a little friction." Lilith followed Catherine's gaze and said indifferently.

"Why don't you get treatment? Do you really think of these as medals?" Catherine pulled her hand and looked at it carefully, saying disapprovingly.

"Because everything will be fine tomorrow, why should I waste my mental energy." The most serious injury she suffered today was the bruise on her knuckles caused by the impact when she punched Daniel. Strictly speaking, she hurt herself because she punched too hard.

"It's okay, I have plenty of energy." Catherine said unhappily, refusing to let Lilith withdraw her hand. After a few low moans, a warm bright yellow light lit up and covered Lilith's hand.

Joyful magical elements danced in the small dormitory, and warm light was reflected in the eyes of the two girls.

It’s so warm... Lilith looked at Catherine’s serious expression, felt the warmth brought by the healing magic, let out a long sigh, and her eyelids began to twitch.

"I heard that Daniel was seriously injured. I hope Mr. Wolfe didn't cause you any trouble?" After the redness and swelling faded, Catherine let go of Lilith's hand and said casually.

Lilith curled her lips and looked at Catherine who was about to change her clothes. She endured it again and again, but still said to the silver-haired figure, "I hate him."

After saying that, she felt a little childish again, and explained in a very annoyed tone, "I'm not the kind of childish person who doesn't want you to play with others just because you're my friend! But... I just hate him! And I don't want you to have much contact with him."

Catherine turned around, a look of surprise beneath her raised eyebrows.

Lilith pursed her lips. She understood how difficult it was for Catherine to be the crown princess. When she saw that Catherine could still maintain a polite smile even when facing Johnny who always had a greasy smile on his face, she realized that it was impossible for the princess to socialize according to her likes and dislikes like she did.

Catherine had many concerns...so she never argued with Catherine about those noble young masters and young ladies. She respected and understood her choice, but -

"That guy is a scumbag. I'm not saying bad things about him! This is an objective evaluation!" Lilith straightened her face and tried to make herself look serious.

Daniel's words at the training ground today made Lilith realize that the guy looked down on women from the bottom of his heart. For such a person to assist a female ruler? It was simply a joke...

"Respecting women is obviously an important part of chivalry, but Daniel has no such thing and still calls himself a knight!"

"Okay, I understand." Catherine just nodded calmly.

"...That's it?" Lilith waited for a long time, but Catherine didn't say anything.

"I'll go change my clothes first," said Catherine. This free dress was embellished with crystals and was very heavy to lift. She was stopped by Lilith and had been lifting it for a long time, so her hands were sore.

Lilith pouted and followed Catherine's heels, chattering -

"Hey, hey! Don't be fearless just because you're the heroine! Haven't you read this kind of novel plot? The brave hero who defeated the devil returns home in glory, but falls into the hands of a sinister villain... Oh, yes, this is called an O. Henry ending! O. Henry, you must not know, he, he is-"

"Yeah, yeah." Catherine's voice was smiling, and she still didn't seem to care. She walked into the bathroom and closed the door.

The door closed in front of Lilith's face. She then shut her mouth and angrily muttered to the door, "Hmph, forget it if you don't believe me!"

After a while, Catherine finally changed her clothes and came out. The complicated black dress made her look like a fairy in the dark night. The layers of delicate lace wrapped around her body like night mist. The black silk skirt dragged on the ground, swaying gently with her steps, like a river of ink flowing in the dark night.

"There are too many crystals. They will get caught in my hair." She finally untangled her silver hair from the tangles. When she looked up again, she was the only one left in the room.

"…Are you too sleepy to go back and rest?" Catherine murmured, then she remembered what Lilith said and couldn't help laughing.

……

As the weekend dance got closer, everyone's mind was no longer on studying. Everyone's eyebrows were filled with excitement, full of anticipation for the dance.

But if we were to say who in the whole school was most looking forward to the dance, it would have to be Lucas.

The dance party started, which meant that the day for the graduates to leave school was coming, and it also meant that his painful "special training" routine was finally coming to an end! When Lucas thought of this, he couldn't help but smile, and his steps became lighter.

While he was humming a little tune and walking in the shadow of the wall to avoid the sunlight, a person had been waiting for a long time on the path he had to take.

"...You also received special training?" Lucas, with a bruised face, looked at Daniel, who also had a bruised face.

However, the other party seemed to be in no mood for small talk, and went straight to the point with a cold face -

"You really want to make money, don't you? I can help you."