Strange XP

Elia never expected that Luke, immediately after conquering Histerkon, who was related to Catherine, would then go straight to Madame Carol.

‘Aaaah, this guy is so annoying!’

From her background, Madame Carol was merely a viscountess with not much power, certainly easy to deal with.

But from a difficulty perspective, Madame Carol was undoubtedly the hardest.

Because others had psychological issues, only Madame Carol also had physiological ones.

To be precise, Madame Carol’s husband, Viscount Green, had both physiological and psychological problems—he could only get aroused when he saw his wife having an affair with someone else.

Even masturbating on his own, he remained limp.

Viscount Green had consulted many famous doctors and Saintesses, but none could solve his condition.

Madame Carol, out of deep love for her husband, voluntarily offered to satisfy her husband’s fetish needs.

As a result, once the door to a new world opened, there was no stopping, and both became deeply immersed.

This time was no different. Upon hearing of the Hero’s arrival, Viscount Green eagerly started fantasizing about his wife and the Hero getting together…

For someone like Viscount Green, even though Elia was a male in her previous life, she still found it utterly disgusting.

So she believed that any normal man would find it difficult to deal with the combination of Viscount Green and Madame Carol… but reality harshly slapped her in the face.

Luke actually took the time to solve their problem!

‘How did he do it, Iris, what are you even doing?’

The magic on Madame Carol had been improved once, and only Iris could trigger it.

After much thought, Elia concluded that the magic would only likely take effect when Iris caught them in the act.

But with previous experiences, Elia had reason to believe that Luke hadn’t even taken off his coat before the matter was resolved.

And indeed, Iris, thinking Elia was worried, soon returned to report to her:

‘Your Highness Elia needn’t worry, Sir Luke did nothing. We visited them together, and then directly offered to assist Viscount Green with his physical treatment. Although Viscount Green was initially a bit stubborn and even ruined the elixir Sir Luke brought, thanks to Your Highness Elia, everything went very smoothly…’

Elia was speechless.

She admitted that she never considered that bastard Hero a true gentleman, thus overlooking such a straightforward approach of frontal assault.

But Iris, do you even remember your mission was to observe from the shadows whether the Hero would be charmed?

With a supervisor like you glaring from the sidelines, every man would be a Liu Xiahui, for goodness sake!

‘Iris, you’ve worked hard, thank you for doing so much for me…’

But Elia only complained inwardly; outwardly, she had to express her gratitude to Iris, feigning helplessness and exasperation.

However, this wouldn’t happen again; she had already changed it… wait, something felt off?

Elia carefully reflected on the series of events that had just transpired, gradually realizing something.

After two instances of passive “help,” she could no longer stand by idly for the third time.

Otherwise, Iris would start thinking, ‘Hmm, why isn’t Her Highness Elia taking action this time? Is she deliberately not acting? Could it be that… she was trying to harm people before, and only intervened out of necessity? Could it be that Her Highness Elia’s kindness all this time was just an act? Oh my god, I never thought Her Highness Elia would be such a person; I’m utterly disappointed in you.’

This wasn’t her having a persecution complex, but knowing that appearances could be deceiving.

At first glance, Iris greatly revered her, but only heaven knew what she truly thought.

Even if Iris genuinely revered her, if her malicious deeds were discovered, or if she suddenly stopped acting in a manner befitting a Saintess, whether that reverence would persist was undoubtedly an unknown, and she dared not gamble.

Therefore, for the upcoming Catherine incident, she could only continue to help.

But this also meant that the second improvement she had painstakingly made earlier became utterly meaningless.

Tracing it back to its origin, it was still that bastard Hero’s fault.

If he hadn’t skipped Catherine, triggering the second instance of help, Elia would have had plenty of reasons not to intervene.

‘Damn it, why is this guy always ruining my plans!’

The more she thought, the angrier she became, but clever as she was, she quickly came up with a good idea.

That was to help only halfway!

She would help with Catherine as usual, but she wouldn’t help with the aftermath of the interest group or the issue of the male companions’ future, waiting to see how that bastard Hero would offend the entire aristocracy and the Royal Family.

‘Iris, for Miss Catherine’s matter, you must properly assist Sir Luke.’

‘Of course!’

For Iris, after this series of events, her biggest regret, or rather, the most ashamed she felt, was that upon hearing about the ‘socialite trio,’ her first thought was to test Luke, or how to help Luke resist their temptations.

While a great and noble person like Her Highness Elia thought about how to save them.

Even the newcomer Hero Luke, after clarifying the general information, immediately understood Her Highness Elia’s intentions and actively cooperated… everything was just to make this country better, to make the world better.

Her perspective was truly too narrow.

As the Saintess’s personal maid, she was truly unqualified.

To make amends, she gathered enough intelligence overnight and provided it to Luke.

‘Thank you for your help, Miss Iris.’

Early the next morning, Luke smiled and nodded while browsing Iris’s files.

‘Glad I could help… By the way, what should we do next? Go directly to Miss Catherine like before?’

‘No, this matter involves too many factions; we cannot be so reckless.’ Luke said with inexplicable confidence, in a peculiar, almost repetitive tone, ‘Moreover, we also need to consider how to resettle those who have been rescued.’

Iris suddenly understood.

This must be something the omnipotent Her Highness Elia had analyzed for Sir Luke beforehand.

The thought of the two having close contact in a place she didn’t know about made her ‘shipping soul’ burn fiercely.

Perhaps the emotion was too strong, to the point that Luke noticed it.

The latter quickly gave a fake cough, no longer showing that strange smile, and began discussing the aftermath.

Honestly, with the repentant Histerkon’s help, obtaining both the list of involved nobles and the male companions was a breeze.

Histerkon was also willing to offer a considerable sum of money to help resettle the victims and provide them with job opportunities… At first glance, there seemed to be no problem at all.

However, for the Messiah Kingdom, which frequently experienced rebellions, this was already a massive scandal on the level of a fuse, and in the worst-case scenario, it could very likely lead to the Royal Family silencing witnesses and covering everything up.

Therefore—

‘So, the real problem we need to solve now is… His Majesty the King’s attitude?’ Iris reacted.