Chapter 277 – Self Intoxication

When she saw the trouble she caused, Pelle nervously cupped her hands and apologized wracked with ‘guilt’.

Although her acting skills were clumsy, be it her tone or expression, both were very artificial, even Caesar could tell immediately that she was pretending to be shocked and it was all premeditated!

But unexpectedly, Caesar wasn’t angry at all, rather he raised the corners of his mouth.

“It’s okay Pelle, it’s not a big deal.”

Caesar consoled Pelle who was pretending to cry and glanced at ShenDai Ying, after getting back a similar look, he let out a sigh to rejoice.

While he and ShenDai Ying were planning a way to reasonably skip the dance, Pelle delivered herself to them!

Caesar was always unsatisfied with how clingy his little sister was, she was even more annoying than Rosie and was spoiled rotten since young, but this time he was very thankful.

“Don’t worry Pelle, you did a great job.”

Caesar received the towel that the servants brought over in a haste and wiped the stain on his chest while gently patting Pelle’s head.

“I did… great?” Pelle mumbled in a daze, after getting praised by her brother, she really felt like she did something incredible. She turned and made a victory poise towards Rosie then happily held onto her brother’s arms, not letting go.

“Sorry everyone, I have to go change…”

Caesar seamlessly brushed her aside then slightly bowed apologized to everyone in the surrounding, while they made some witty remarks and saw Caesar and Pelle off.

“Princess Pelle, your brother is about to get married, you shouldn’t cling to him like that anymore!”

“That’s right, at that time when his wife sees you clinging to him everyday, that’s going to be serious! Hahaha!”

“Q-quiet, you fools!”

Pelle was clingy towards Caesar, but she wasn’t that gentle towards anyone else, she puffed out her round cheeks and angrily cursed at them, then quickly dragged Caesar away, not forgetting to stick her tongue out at ShenDai Ying.

The sudden unexpected event didn’t affect the dance that much, after Caesar left, ShenDai Ying also left the stage. She held a cup of sweet strawberry wine while enjoying the lively dances from a corner.

She actually didn’t drink much, she didn’t like the baijiu from the Great Qin Empire or the ShenDai household’s specialty rice wine. But after Caesar left, she was suddenly interested. The cool strawberry wine was refreshing, and the sweet and sour taste made it hard to stop drinking.

She originally just planned to take a sip, but for some reason she couldn’t stop.

Perhaps because it tasted good, or because she wanted to drown the depressive feeling she had, she downed a full cup in no time at all. A faint blush also floated to the surface of her cheeks and made her charming appearance even more tantalizing.

“Hehe, isn’t that what you wanted?” ShenDai Ying smiled in response, “You taught her that, didn’t you?”

“Eh? H-how did you know? … No, no, that wasn’t me.” In a panic, Rosie accidentally gave herself away.

“Don’t try to lie to me… Pelle may be obstinate and unruly, but she doesn’t have any bad intentions, unlike you. Rosie, you may look innocent, but you’re actually smarter than anyone.”

“Hm… are you complimenting or insulting me?” Rosie glared at ShenDai Ying, seeing that she was still smiling at her like that, she couldn’t help but soften up, “Well, you aren’t wrong. If I don’t smarten up, how am I going to fight over a man with you? Caesar has so many girls next to him, if I didn’t do anything, I would’ve already been driven away!”

“Hehe, Rosie, you don’t actually have to see me as a rival.”

“What? ShenDai Ying, you’re Caesar’s genuine fiancée, and in a half a year… eh? W-what are you doing!?”

While Rosie was complaining, she suddenly noticed ShenDai Ying swaying and falling towards her!

“Hey! D-don’t try to bully me! Although I’m not a noble, don’t even think of using your identity as a princess, I’m not scared of you!”

Rosie thought that ShenDai Ying was going to hit her, so she wanted to avoid her. But because of her clumsy moves, ShenDai Ying fell firmly against her shoulder.

Rosie was startled and squeezed her eyes shut, preparing to get hit, but the attack she was anticipating never came. When she sneaked a glance, she understood…

ShenDai Ying’s cheeks were flushed, eyes intoxicated, and her legs were weak and she had to lean against Rosie so that she didn’t fall down.

“Uh… ShenDai Ying, you’re not drunk, are you?” Rosie didn’t move and asked stiffly.

It was a good thing her sexual orientation was normal, looking at the defenseless ShenDai Ying leaning on her, she almost couldn’t resist sneaking a kiss and savoring this charming princess’s sweet taste.

“Drunk? No, I, I’m not drunk…” ShenDai Ying chuckled, while wrapping her arms around Rosie’s slender waist and propped her chin next to her face and exhaled.

Thankfully they were standing in an inconspicuous corner and everyone else was absorbed in the lively atmosphere of the dance. Otherwise, these two girls would be causing quite a commotion.

“You slut, seducing men is one thing, don’t try to seduce me!” Rosie blushed and tried to avoid her, but ShenDai Ying stuck closely to her, her gentle breaths brushing across her cheeks, making her feel itchy and extremely uncomfortable.

“W-when did I seduce men… really, Rosie, don’t make stuff up, all this time, I’ve only seduced Lin Xiao, hic… hehe.” ShenDai Ying laughed and hiccuped, the smell of alcohol hit Rosie right in her face and made her feel dizzy.

“You idiot, she didn’t mistake the sweet strawberry wine for juice, right?” Rosie waved her hands in front of her in disgust then used a more stable position to support ShenDai Ying’s body and helplessly sighed, “Sigh, ShenDai Ying, is seducing Lin Xiao not enough for you? Look, look at what state you tormented that fool into.”

“Him? Hm, it’s my fault…”

She looked towards that dejected youth with blurred eyes, and she was at a loss for words. She poured another cup full of the sweet and sour strawberry wine, tilted her head and poured it down her throat.

“ShenDai Ying, don’t drink anymore!”

Watching ShenDai Ying indulge herself, Rosie couldn’t worry about her hostility. No matter what, she couldn’t let her get drunk and make a fool of herself.

ShenDai Ying was so strong in a fight, but she couldn’t handle any alcohol, just two cups of it was enough to turn her into a drunkard blabbering nonsense. If she let her continue drinking, something big would probably happen.

Although they were enemies in the open, but she wouldn’t hit someone who’s down. By nature, she was still a kind person, and never took things personally. That was probably why ShenDai Ying wasn’t afraid to lean on her and get drunk unguarded.

“D-don’t worry about me, I’m not drunk, so I want to keep drinking for a bit… hehe.” She continued indulging herself in the drink and downed another cup, and her cheeks became an even more intense scarlet.

“Sigh, what should I do, something is going to happen if she keeps drinking like this!”

Rosie was getting worried since she couldn’t stop ShenDai Ying by herself and could only seek help, but Caesar and Pelle already left, so the only person left she could count on was Lin Xiao.

If it was the shameless Lin Xiao, he should be able to stop her!

“What the hell? Lin Xiao, don’t you like this slutty princess. Now that she’s drunk and needs help, why are you still dawdling over there?”

When Rosie turned to look, she realized that Lin Xiao was surrounded by a couple of people, one of them being some noble young master called Higgins and his friends.

So it’s not like he wasn’t worried about his princess, but he was stopped by people.

“Strange, what are they doing?”

Rosie didn’t know what was happening, so she could only carry ShenDai Ying along the walls to a place she could sit down and observe the situation.

She didn’t know that it wasn’t just that he was surrounded, something big almost happened…

…

…

Several minutes ago.

“Hey Higgins, aren’t you going to find a beautiful girl to dance with?”

As the dance started, everyone began dancing with their partners, but in the corner, Higgins and his companions didn’t move.

“Sigh, I would like to, but it’s a pity that princess Pelle left…” Higgins rested his chin on his hand, irritated.

Originally, he planned to take this chance to invite Pelle for a dance to bring them closer together. Since Pelle was already fourteen, she wasn’t an ignorant child anymore. He wanted to make the first moved and find a way to win her affection so that he could win her hand in marriage when she becomes an adult on her sixteenth birthday and he could become royalty!

But Pelle already left with his brother, and his dream went along with them.

“Sigh, it’s so boring…”

Higgins didn’t feel too good watching all the other people dance with their beautiful partners, while he was stuck there drinking with a couple of other single losers. So he was trying to find a beautiful girl to dance with to relieve him of his boredom.

At that time, he saw the cold maid rebuking her master sitting across from him and got an idea.