Chapter 301 – Three little girls reappear.

After arriving at the inn and entering through the front door, Lara went to the kitchen and found Clara helping another woman prepare a pot full of food. Lara then approached Clara and gave her hair a weak tug.

Clara, after receiving the tug on her hair, was startled.

"What is it, Clara?"

"I felt something pulling on my hair."

"Stop it, we have to finish this quickly."

"It's true!" Lara laughed without letting out any sound.

Since she didn't want to get in the way, she stayed in the kitchen watching Clara's every move until they finally finished preparing the food.

When they were done, Lara left a piece of paper with something written on it for Clara on a table inside the kitchen.

But it wasn't Lara who entered, it was the other woman.

After reading the paper, she called Clara.

"Clara."

"Hm?"

"It seems to be a note for you."

"For me? But how did it get here?"

"I don't know, it was on the table."

Clara took the paper and read it. In the end, Lara had written her old name "Larissa."

The letter told Clara to go up to the second floor because Lara wanted to talk to her.

Clara put a smile on her face, took off her apron, and then ran to the second floor.

When she reached the hallway where the bedrooms were, Clara looked both ways and found no one.

"Larissa? Lara?" Clara also already knew Lara's true identity, so she called her by her real name.

Then, after being called twice, Lara suddenly appeared at the end of the hall.

Since it was a bit dark, it even looked like a horror game where the ghost appears at the end of the hall.

Clara looked pale when she saw Lara, but then she recovered. Wiping away her sweat, she walked to the end of the hall.

"Is that you, Lara?" Clara approached taking slow steps as she continued to sweat.

Lara stood back and waited for Clara to approach, she was having fun with it.

"Lara? You're scaring me..." Clara was already two meters away from Lara. She stopped walking and stared at her. Lara was on her back.

And after five seconds.

"AAAH~~"

Lara suddenly turned around and approached Clara.

Clara screamed and then fell backward.

"HAHAHAHA, I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU GOT SO SCARED!" Lara said as she laughed.

Clara, still lying on the ground, was trying to recover from her fright.

When she recovered, she stood up and advanced toward Lara.

"YOU!!!" She said angrily.

But after remembering who she was talking to, it was as if something in her mind had told her to stay calm.

'...' Clara swallowed dryly and took a step back.

"I'm sorry." She lowered her head.

Lara looked at her for a while confused and then giggled some more.

"What is it?"

"It's nothing, it's just funny to see you acting this way. Come on, just keep acting like you always do."

"Are you sure? But you're the queen now, aren't you?"

"Yeah, but pretend I'm not the queen, it'll be weird if you start treating me differently."

"Okay. But if I say something unnecessary, don't ask them to rip my head off."

"Who do you think I am?"

"You're that woman's granddaughter..."

"But you know very well that I'm not like her."

"..."

"Do you have any doubt about that?"

"Of course not."

After the mood got a little awkward, Lara warned Clara about the ceremony and then said goodbye.

Lara walked out of there with a smile on her face to show Clara that she hadn't been upset, but Clara could tell that that was a fake smile.

'What has gotten into my head to compare Larissa to that woman?' Clara whined.

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After that Lara visited Berpaul, the blacksmith who had sold the things she gave to Ceneli, Meriwil, and Reda.

He was quite calm, so Lara was a little surprised.

And unfortunately, he didn't have time to go to the capital. He said he would try to travel there for the coronation ceremony, but it would be quite difficult for him to be there.

Lara told him not to worry and then went to the inn where the three little girls were staying. Yes, they were still at the same inn.

When Lara entered the inn, she found the same old woman who ran the inn and also the three little girls sitting at a table. They were eating a snack.

Lara approached the table and then deactivated her invisibility magic

"WAAAAA!"

"WHAT?"

"WOW"

The three little girls almost fell off their chairs at Lara's sudden appearance.

Reda had even put on her English punch to prepare for battle.

"Calm down, it's me," Lara said as she smiled.

The three little girls took a deep breath and then took a sip of tea at the same time before calming down.

"Are you guys calmer?"

"Yes, but what are you doing here? Should you be here? You are the queen, aren't you?" Reda said.

"I came to invite you to my coronation ceremony that will take place next month. I thought it best to come here in person."

"You shouldn't do that, you are someone important now!" Meriwil's eyes were shining.

"Ahahaha, you guys seem quite at ease."

"Why wouldn't we be?" Reda said.

"Yeah, why wouldn't we be comfortable?" Meriwil also said.

The three girls tilted their heads in confusion.

"Well, since I am the new queen I expected you guys to act differently... But I'm glad you are acting as usual."

The three girls looked at each other and then laughed.

"It was a little surprising to receive the news that you are a queen. We agreed to treat you the same way if we found you because we know that you are not someone who likes to be treated like a queen."

"You are wrong, I love being treated like a queen."

"Urgh..."

"Who doesn't like giving orders, getting money, and living in a castle full of maids? Of course, I like being treated like a queen."

"That's not what I meant!"

"I know, I'm just kidding. Well, I'm going to leave now, I need to invite a few more people over. Oh, and I'll send a carriage come here to pick you guys up."