Chapter 98: A Princess, Delinquent and Fox Visit The Adventurer's Guild!

Liana watched Yumiko and Ryuji with an vious look. She felt irritated wh they became absorbed in the various shop windows. It became worse wh his lips would brush against Yumiko's cheek after a shared joke. Her body felt a wave of irritation washing over her as she longed for a connection which felt just out of her reach.

Why does it feel so differt? Wh he's with me, I am the focus... or so I thought. But now, it's as if I'm just a shadow, a mere afterthought in their vibrant world.

She couldn't comprehd what it was like to be treated as just another girl. As the princess of the most powerful human kingdom, she was used to being the focus, but now she felt like an outsider to their love story.

A beastkin at that!

"Ryuji, look, our rings are so much prettier. Ehehe~ do you want to get me another one?" Yumiko teased Ryuji as the pair held up their rings. Liana's eyes could automatically idtify most items as she saw their attributes and the meaning behind the pair. Her hand trembled, along with the tight feeling in her chest.

Why do I feel this way? Like my chest is being stabbed... or crushed by his powerful hands.

Though she acted flirtatious, it was because being a Ryuji and touching him made her feel normal, unlike other people who suffered burns or serious wounds from her lightning that could activate at any momt...

He was fine.

He could accept her.

In reality, Kathryn wanted to separate them because of this issue. Although it was a fact that Ryuji could become suitable for the princess. This would likely lead her to be hurt because of her lack of developmt because of her curse.

"Hey Ryuji?" Liana's uncertain voice echoed as the pair turned the corner towards the next store.

"Ah..."

However, before the strange darkness that seemed to fold her inside the sunny city could swallow her, a hand appeared and reached out towards her. "What are you sulking for, Lia? Come with us." Ryuji came back with a brilliant smile on his face as he grasped her hand tight.

Bzzt!

Once again, Liana cursed her existce with this lightning, which took the lives of many maids and people she thought could have be frids in the past... Struck out at the one reaching into her comfort zone to pull her out. "Is it really alright?" Liana looked up—the shock should have hurt because she felt the pain too.

Yet, you just smile at me and don't display any sign of pain, although I can see burn marks all over your palm.

What if I fall for you and cannot bring myself to pull away before it gets too serious?

Smack!

Ryuji's hand tapped their cheek. Liana, her soft cheek squished under his palm, had already become smooth and healed.

"Don't think of complicated things, no matter how much you jolt me. I won't leave you alone, so let's have fun together." Liana allowed herself to be pulled towards him, because she felt chanted by his deep voice that sounded softer and more angelic than ever before.

Liana looked over his shoulder to see Yumiko with a strange, gtle smile while nodding. She felt a strange feeling of doubt. How can she smile at me wh I'm flirting with her lover?

"Hello, what can I help you with today? Would you like to register?"

"Ah, yes, please!" Yumiko replied while Ryuji and Liana remained quiet.

"Th, could you write your name on this piece of paper, please?"

Yumiko th flicked the quill p through her fingers, like she was used to doing so. Which added more credit to her being the lost teacher, Yumiko Sakurai, in Ryuji's eyes. She dipped the quill, and within a few sharp and beautiful swipes, her tire documt was complete.

"I'm finished, thank you."

"Yes, I love calligraphy, so I try to practise as much as possible," Yumiko answered.

However, Ryuji knew that she never practised while with him and he wondered if the memories of her past life were slowly being restored. Though he didn't understand how it might work, sometimes, after the past few days, she acted a little differtly.

"Your information is perfect. Do you have your documts and proof of idtity?" The receptionist didn't treat her differtly because of race, which was another thing Ryuji was grateful for.

Yumiko soon finished all her paperwork and sat on a small table beside the desk, watching Ryuji with her predatory eyes. Liana and Ryuji stepped up to the counter together. It was amusing because Liana still clasped his hand.

The princess th placed three hands on the desk, which reminded Ryuji that these must have be from the forest wh they killed the bandits together the other day.

"Three hands? Two, as well as a wolf ear and a rabbit ear? Very well, I shall first complete your registration. Thank you for keeping the parts stored using a fresh and sterile method." The receptionist looked at Ryuji for a second and th back to Liana, only to reveal a beautiful smile.

"Good, please take your time."

Liana seemed to joy being polite to the receptionist.

"Well, th..." Ryuji interrupted, drawing her atttion to him. "Let's fill in our information..."

However, before he could take the p, a shot of electricity travelled through his body as Liana showed him her hand, which held two completed documts with all his details filled out; what made Ryuji feel amused was she wrote his attributes correctly. "Lia, you're such a show-off."

"Hmph, I'll have you punished for this, Ryuji." Liana turned her head to the side to act sulky and spoiled.

"Thank you very much for the documts. Your guild cards will take roughly one hour to be finished, and I will deposit your rewards onto the cards in the way you specified, Miss Lia."

"It's our side that should say thank you; we will take some time to look at the message board; our Rank is F, correct?" Liana seemed to be quite used to the Advturers' guild; maybe she had be looking for a chance like this for most of her life.

Ryuji realised he wanted to learn more about Lia during this time and let her do as she pleased, as he did with Erika and Yumiko. Not to mtion, she also made a card for Yumiko and Kathryn using the official documts. It seemed like Lia wanted to part with this group in the future.

"Ryuji, you should read this documt; it tells you all about advturing; this documt is specialised for the capital and suring villages. You should always check a guild's help documt because it has information on all monsters in the area.

Yumiko also came over as the trio looked through the documt together while slowly moving towards the notice board.

There will be a lot of goblins, bandits and wolves in the future training.