Chapter 35: Is it funny that the ending theme song is “The Tower of Flowers”?

“Master, didn’t you say this morning that you were just going out to buy breakfast and would be right back?”

Seeing her Master Chloe sitting perfectly fine at the table and happily eating watermelon—the Master she had been desperately searching for—little Charlotte suppressed the urge to explode in anger and directed her interrogation at Master Chloe with gritted teeth.

Even if she did explode, it wouldn’t do any good. After all, in all her battles with Master Chloe, Master Chloe had always won. Her current record was zero wins and one hundred twenty-eight losses.

Although she had learned a lot of powerful magic from Master Chloe over the past year, facing an old veteran with nearly a decade of magical experience, she still stood no chance, much like an average Guan Yu challenging the strategic master Zhuge Liang in a duel.

However, sensing that little Charlotte was a little angry, Master Chloe became flustered, like someone who didn’t know how to soothe a crying child.

“Uh… well… Master originally planned to come back quickly… but on the way back, I just happened to run into a little girl who accidentally lost her most precious sapphire necklace. That child was just crying and crying, and I simply couldn’t bear it, so…”

“So, Master, you abandoned your cute disciple who’s been with you for a whole year and was waiting at the inn for you to bring back breakfast, to spend the entire day with some new little sister looking for a big white cat?”

The pressure of a harem rebellion made Chloe immediately break out in a cold sweat.

“Hmm? How did you know we were looking for a big white cat?”

“I only knew because I thought you were lost, Master, so I went out to look for you! A fruit stall uncle told me that you and the little girl had been wandering the streets for a long time looking for a big white cat, and then you went into an alley and never came out. So I followed you in, but I couldn’t find you after searching for ages! I can’t believe you came back so early!”

“Little sister Charlotte worked so hard to look for her Master? I’m so touched!”

“Don’t cry tears of gratitude at a crucial time like this! Do you have any idea that I’ve been hungry all day looking for you? How are you going to compensate me, Master?”

“I apologize, Master was wrong. Master will take you out to eat. Please forgive me, little sister Charlotte.”

“That’s more like it! Then what are you dawdling for, Master? Hurry up and move! I’m going to eat back everything I missed today in one go!”

“Alright, alright. I’ll definitely fill your stomach until it’s huge today.”

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Accompanied by a rhythmic piece of music, this episode came to a close.

“Good grief, brother, you even spliced in ‘Hana no Tō’ as the ending song!” Yukina, watching another episode, couldn’t help but scoff.

“It’s the most classic ending song! Of course I had to use it!”

“But honestly, this episode was a bit bland! I thought there would be some fierce confrontation between you and your Master after all that trouble.”

“Don’t fantasize, Yukina. I still couldn’t defeat Master back then! Every time I fought Master, I was the one who ended up getting bullied!”

“Even being bullied is much more interesting than this bland ending!”

“Yukina, do you just enjoy watching your brother get bullied?”

“Yes! After all, the expression on your face when you’re being bullied is quite delicious!”

“Ew! I didn’t know you were such a sister! I guess I’ll have to be more cautious when showing you my memories in the future. I wouldn’t want you to enjoy it too much.”

Charlotte and Yukina walked along the road home, chatting and laughing.

Because Charlotte had already edited and sent the story Yukina wanted to watch to her phone, it didn’t look strange for Yukina to be walking and watching her phone at the same time.

Although walking and concentrating on a phone wasn’t inherently safe, with Charlotte by her side, Yukina felt it was worth the risk to finish the story quickly.

As the ending song, “Hana no Tō,” began to play, Yukina was about to put her phone in her pocket.

However, she suddenly noticed that the video’s progress bar seemed a bit off.

There appeared to be an after-credits scene.

“Hmm? There’s more?”

Yukina impatiently skipped past the climax of “Hana no Tō” and indeed found a very exciting segment of the plot remaining.

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When Alice returned home, she found a little girl sobbing uncontrollably.

“Wuwuwu, my sapphire necklace! It’s the most precious necklace Mom gave me! It’s gone forever!”

While the little girl was crying, the maids around her were frantically turning the house upside down.

“Did anyone find Princess Elsa’s sapphire necklace?”

“No, we’ve searched every cabinet!”

“It couldn’t really be true, could it? That a stray cat stole it, just like the Princess said?”

Beside the little girl, a head maid was patiently comforting her.

“Please don’t worry, Your Highness. We will definitely find your sapphire necklace!”

Seeing everyone in the house bustling about, Alice was filled with confusion.

“What happened?” she asked the head maid.

“Princess Alice!” Seeing Alice return, the head maid looked shocked, but she quickly composed herself. She found a relatively quiet spot and explained the whole situation to Alice.

It turned out that when the little girl named Elsa went out this morning, she discovered that the sapphire necklace she carried with her was missing and couldn’t be found no matter where they looked.

Just as Elsa was frantically about to burst into tears, a kind-hearted witch happened to pass by. After using tracking magic, they learned that the sapphire necklace had been snatched by a big white cat.

They then spent a long time searching the streets for the cat. They managed to catch the big white cat using their advantage in numbers, but they found that the cat wasn’t carrying the sapphire necklace they were looking for.

The kind-hearted witch began to doubt if her magic had been wrong. Since the sun was about to set, they parted ways with the witch.

Following the kind-hearted witch’s suggestion, they started searching around the house, but until now, they hadn’t found a single trace of the sapphire necklace…

Looking at the sapphire necklace in Alice’s hand, the head maid, who hadn’t finished explaining the situation, was stunned.

“Your Highness, why does the sapphire necklace in your hand look so familiar?”

“This is probably the one that little sister Elsa lost.”

“Your Highness, where did you find it?”

“That’s a long story. While you were searching the streets for the big white cat, I happened to run into a little witch who was looking for her Master. While wandering the alley with her, I discovered this sapphire necklace in a hidden corner.”

“Is that so? Thank goodness for your help, Your Highness. Princess Elsa will be able to sleep tonight now.”

The head maid let out a sigh of relief.

The girl she referred to as “Your Highness” was Alice York, the First Princess of the Kingdom of York.

And the little girl who had unfortunately lost her sapphire necklace was Elsa York, the Second Princess.

To mediate the conflict between the Kingdom of the Red Rose and the Kingdom of the White Rose, Queen Gracia York had traveled a great distance to Snow Lotus City.

Alice and Elsa had come along with her.

While Gracia was mediating the conflict between the two kingdoms as the representative of the Kingdom of York, Elsa’s sapphire necklace was accidentally lost, which led to this series of events.

If Queen Gracia found out about this, they would definitely be punished.

After understanding the whole situation, Alice walked over to Elsa.

“Little sister Elsa, what’s wrong?”

“Sister Alice, Mom… the sapphire necklace Mom gave me… it’s gone…”

“Oh… is that so? Then big sister will use magic to help you find the sapphire necklace, okay?”

“Magic? Sister Alice, will that work? That black-haired witch couldn’t even find my sapphire necklace…”

“Big sister is much more powerful than that witch, so of course I can find your sapphire necklace!”

Saying this, Alice reached out and gently touched Elsa’s hair. In the blink of an eye, the sapphire necklace instantly appeared around Elsa’s neck.

“See? Your sapphire necklace is back! Big sister’s magic is amazing, right!”

“Wow! Big sister is so amazing! I want to be the strongest witch in the world, just like you, big sister!”

Seeing her desperately sought-after sapphire necklace finally return, Elsa looked ecstatic.

Alice affectionately ruffled Elsa’s hair.

“Then you must work very hard! Otherwise, you won’t be able to surpass Shaula!”

“Shaula? Who is Shaula, big sister?”

“She’s a very powerful little witch I met today. She’s about the same age as you, but she’s already learned a lot of incredible magic! That black-haired witch you met today is her Master.”

“Is that so? Then I’ll definitely work hard to surpass her and become the strongest witch in the world!”

“Mhm, little sister Elsa is the best! I believe you can do it!”

Just as Alice and Elsa were happily talking, a familiar voice suddenly drifted over from not far away.

“Oh? While I was busy negotiating with those royalty and nobles with your mother, it seems you encountered quite a formidable person over here.”

“Master! You’re back!” Alice looked thrilled when she saw the speaker.

Seeing Alice’s Master finally make her appearance, Yukina, who was watching the “anime” on her phone, suddenly widened her eyes in shock.

“Brother, why is your mother here?”