Wow wow wow ~ There are girls picking these up

“Today is a good day~ It’s a good day~”

Livia hummed, contentedly patting her heavy pocket.

One must admit, perhaps people with large chests have good luck? Just like how people who smile often don’t have bad luck.

The herbs Alice collected were, overall, more valuable than her own!

It was infuriating, definitely because she was still in the beginner’s protection period.

Livia, clutching silver coins, walked to the counter, “Can I upgrade and change rooms now?”

“Of course, what kind of room would you like?”

The counter lady smiled politely. Even though Livia looked like a child, the silver coins in her hand were shining.

“Room three.”

“Oh? That’s a double room, and it also has a private bathtub. Alright, four silver coins.”

“Hmm…”

Compared to a single room, the price was quadrupled, but it was fine. Since there were two large beds and a bathtub, the environment should be impeccable.

Next…

“Sigh, I have to help her back again.”

Livia arrived at the room and found the silver-haired beauty staring blankly at the ceiling, her eyes downcast.

“Ah, you’re awake?!”

Livia noticed, feeling both concerned and nervous. Finally, she hurried over, but the latter didn’t reply, nor did she show any reaction.

Strange.

She clearly seemed to be breathing, and her eyes were open. Could it be… she had become mentally deficient?

Wuwu, that’s even more pitiful.

Livia sniffled, not forgetting to grab the sword from under the bed. Then, she pulled the silver-haired beauty’s arm over, letting it rest on her shoulder, and guided her out of the temporary room.

Fortunately, the other party didn’t resist her and followed her obediently.

Oh my heavens…

Livia’s little heart pounded.

She was clearly a cold and aloof older sister, definitely the kind of “high mountain flower” in front of people, a tsundere who was indifferent to everyone!

Yet now, she obediently allowed herself to be moved, not saying a word, following like a small animal.

At such close proximity, her slightly raised, ample chest even squeezed against her side waist from time to time.

Who could resist this feeling!?

It was simply too heartwarming!

If she continued to be like this in the future, then Livia would keep her by her side!

“Don’t worry, big sister, from now on, as long as I have food to eat, I won’t let you go hungry!”

Livia patted her flat chest, “I’ve booked a new, bigger, and better room. Let’s go in and rest. Tomorrow, we’ll take the carriage to the central area, and you’ll be my maid. I, on the other hand, have a great cause to pursue~”

Perhaps because the other party couldn’t reply, Livia chattered incessantly by her ear, as if treating her like a little dog that could only listen.

“I’ve looked at the map. Now all five Archduchesses are on the outskirts of the central area. The closest to us are the territories of the First Archduchess and the Fourth Archduchess. Then, I’ll take down the First Archduchess, and my bro… my sister will take down the Fourth Archduchess. Then we’ll both rise to prominence. As your personal maid, you can look forward to a life of comfort, hehe~”

Livia covered her mouth, envisioning the future beside the silver-haired beauty.

Room number three was on the floor below the top floor. After gently kicking open the slightly ajar door, Livia let out a long sigh.

“The money has been paid. This room is ours tonight. Alice, what are you doing?”

After she placed the silver-haired beauty on the bed, the last rays of dusk shone through the leaky window seams, sprinkling like golden powder on the bed by the window.

Livia’s gaze involuntarily drifted downwards towards Alice.

Her breath hitched.

The person wrapped in the quilt was as beautiful as a saint emerging from a church’s stained-glass window.

The girl’s hair was a hazy pink, as if the crushed cherry blossoms of early spring had been scattered into the moonlight, loosely covering the entire soft pillow.

A few strands of hair stuck to her neck, revealing a fragile, porcelain-like, pale blue-white skin beneath.

Her eyelashes were thick and long, casting butterfly-wing-like shadows under her eyes, gently fluttering with her breathing.

“Mmm…”

With a cat-like groan, the quilt slipped halfway down.

Livia then noticed that the girl was only wearing a thin gauze dress, the morning light outlining her delicate curves.

Her skin was so white that the faint blue veins were visible. Tiny beads of sweat gathered in the hollow of her collarbone, sliding down her chest into the cleavage hidden by the light gauze.

What was most fatal were those hands.

They were unconsciously clutching the corner of the quilt, their fingertips a sickly pale pink, as if someone had crushed rose petals and dyed them on.

Her fingernails had a shell-like luster, and her wrists were so thin that Livia suspected she could encircle them with one hand, making her almost faint.

“Water…”

The girl moaned softly, and Alice, who was watching by her side, instantly sat up straight.

“Livia, water, do we have water in our room!?”

“Ah? Water, water, I’ll go boil some!”

The other world was different from reality. There were no tap water pipes here, so water had to be drawn from wells. Livia referred to the knowledge in her mind, but just as she wasabout to run out, she saw the open door of the bathroom.

“Um?”

In the bathroom, there was a large wooden tub, and next to the tub was something resembling a water pipe.

Livia walked over suspiciously, and with a twist of the knob, warm water gushed out.

“Amazing… The deluxe room even has plumbing, so no need to fetch water.”

The water was warm. Livia saw that a red gem was embedded in the pipe, seemingly providing the heat source to warm the water.

It looked so familiar…

She mused inwardly, feeling like she had seen something similar somewhere before.

Gem… gem…

Goblin cave!?

Livia instantly recalled the scene in the cave she had seen before her death, where bamboo baskets filled with colorful gems were piled up inside.

She had originally thought those were valuable diamonds plundered by the goblins, but now she wondered if those gems contained some kind of energy?

“Livia, Livia, Lao Li! How is it?”

“Ah, oh… there’s, there’s water!”

Livia interrupted her thoughts.

The water that flowed out after being heated couldn’t be drunk directly. The water temperature hadn’t reached 100 degrees Celsius, but at least there was water. Livia filled a clay pot from the room with warm water, placed it on the rack, and started boiling it with fire.

“It’ll take a few minutes. How is she? Has she woken up?”

Livia leaned over curiously, and Alice also blinked her small eyes with concern, “It seems so? She might have woken up, but it’s unlikely she has.”

“Well, that’s better than my trash one.”

Livia retreated and sat on the edge of the other bed, lifting her small feet, “Mine has woken up, but it seems unable to speak.”

Alice turned her head, following Livia’s gaze, and her face immediately showed surprise.

“Wow? She’s so beautiful, a bit like a big star from the Seine River. Really, really, have you seen her? Recently that…”

“First of all, I’m not a pufferfish, thank you. And yours is very beautiful too. Let me tell you, she looks a bit slow-witted. Why don’t we just treat them as personal maids? That way, when we go out, we’ll have someone from another world to assist us. More people means more strength.”

“Mhm… I agree with this proposal. You brat, you’ve finally said something sensible.”

Alice completely turned around, placing one hand on the headboard, her eyes curved as she looked at the little white ball. Her adorable face showed a mischievous smile, “I say, you’re not perhaps infatuated with her, are you~?”

“Get out of here!”

Livia immediately retorted, as if triggering a parry mechanism, “It’s because I’m kind. I can’t bear to see her sleep on the grass alone. Besides, what about you? I don’t think you have any good intentions either! You’re smiling so smugly, I know you, you want to ‘pluck’ her, right, Lao Li?”

“Scram, I am pure and virtuous—!”

Just as the two were bickering, the water boiled.

From the clay pot, ‘hissing’ steam emerged, pushing up the lid, almost dislodging it.

Livia quickly scooped some with a wooden cup, shook it, and poured it into the next cup.

Repeatedly, she rinsed the four wooden cups with the boiling hot water, then carefully filled them two-thirds full and began pouring them back and forth between two cups, asking casually.

“Liv, where did you find that poor little thing?”

“On the mountain. I thought, the higher the mountain, the more precious the herbs would be, so I just ran all the way to the mountain peak. I didn’t expect her to be lying under a tree trunk. I was terrified at the time.”

“Hoh hoh hoh, you’re exaggerating. You find girls just by picking herbs.”

Livia complained, handing over the water cup that had almost lost its heat and refilling it, busy with her actions. “I found her halfway up the mountain. What do you think, could it be possible that a beautiful girl is lying at the foot of the mountain?”

“I’m a farmer, and you’re a beet!”

Alice gave a thumbs-up, then slowly helped the pink-haired girl up from the bed. “But who cares, one is enough to worry about. If we pick up another one, can the two of us take care of them?”

As she said this, the pink-haired girl suddenly opened her eyes.