A chat group where you switch bodies with Alicia at the start?

"I'm absolutely certain! I swear on my savings! This bastard named Jiang Qiao is definitely a pink-clad scoundrel!"

Seeing how serious Raven was, even using his most cherished savings as collateral.

Gray Snake, as the adoptive father, finally believed it.

Moreover, given that lord's personality, it seems he really could do what the raven described.

In that case——

"Raven, according to the Lord's orders, your task from now on is to stay by the side of that man named Jiang Qiao and try your best to fulfill all her requests!"

Chapter 72 Are you out of your mind?

In fact, Miss Dodo was thinking, "Look, she's already pretending not to know me, so there's no point in letting me continue to contact her, right?" when she tried to report to Gray Snake in this way.

But to her utter surprise, after reporting everything to Gray Serpent, he would say:

"Raven, according to the Lord's orders, your task from now on is to stay by the side of that man named Jiang Qiao and try your best to fulfill all her requests!"

ha?

Are you out of your mind?

After hearing this instruction, this was Miss Dodo's only thought at that moment.

Everyone else was pretending not to know me, but you made me follow that pink-clad thug around the next few moments and try my best to meet her demands?

"Damn it, is your wiring old? Gray Snake? I'm not interested in joking with you like that!"

Her first reaction was that the lewd old gray snake was teasing and disgusting her. Enraged, Miss Dodo started swearing like never before, and her furious expression made her want to curse the gray snake's whole family.

You really think she's a hostess, don't you?

"I don't have time to joke with you, that's what the Lord means."

There wasn't a trace of jest in Gray Snake's hoarse voice; it emphasized his seriousness.

Miss Dodo knew from that tone that her unreliable adoptive father was indeed serious.

"Your Excellency, this..."

"If you need anything, the organization can reimburse or handle it, but no matter what, you have to be a good match for that man named Jiang Qiao. I have other things to do, so I'll hang up now!"

As the projection disappeared, Miss Dodo, who was squatting on the toilet, was completely dumbfounded.

She never expected that this was actually for real.

The organization can even reimburse and handle it... what the hell! This kind of treatment in World Serpent... could that pink-clad thug actually be the Lord's illegitimate daughter or something?!

Raven was having some existential questions, but no matter how much she couldn't accept it, an order was an order.

Since the order has been issued from above, and it is the Lord's will, as long as I don't want to betray the World Serpent, even if that pink rogue wants to do something outrageous, I can only grit my teeth, put on a smile, and move forward.

Dejected, I walked out of the restroom, and the first thing I saw was a face I absolutely didn't want to see at that moment.

Miss Dodo was filled with resentment, but she could only put on a smiling face and greet them.

...At least this guy looks pretty handsome. Even though he's a bit of a scoundrel, if something really happens, it won't be a loss for me.

You damn Grey Serpent, if you don't give me the maximum reward after this mission, I'm not done with you!

That night, the fat lady successfully got her wish and had a cute girl sleep with her.

The other person seemed very happy.

—Of course, don't get me wrong, they just slept together.

Miss Raven, who had spent a wonderful night with Alicia, was completely bewildered when Alicia woke her up the next day.

To be honest, as a mercenary who travels around a lot, she rarely gets a good night's sleep. After all, she's either on a mission or in a dangerous place, and if she sleeps too soundly, she might never wake up again.

But last night, despite having a very resistant and conflicted heart, I ended up sleeping surprisingly soundly.

It wasn't until the sun was high in the sky that the pink-clad rogue woke her up... Incidentally, this also shattered Miss Dodo's beautiful dream—that she had obtained all the wealth of the World Serpent, become a world-class female tycoon, and have her own island villas all over the world, and even an island villa that flew into the sky, and so on.

Damn it, my beautiful dream!

Miss Dodo, who had just been woken up, wiped the drool from the corner of her mouth, glanced at the somewhat disheveled bed, and then at the pink-clad rogue who was grinning at her.

They really didn't do anything wrong. The most outrageous thing they did was sleep on a tatami mat, which wasn't even a quilt.

Miss Dodo, who was completely heartbroken, had already planned to go to the convenience store to buy medicine... anyway, she could ask that bastard Gray Snake to reimburse her afterwards!

Although it might make one think—could this guy actually be impotent?—he's sleeping in the same room with a beauty like me and doing nothing, and even when I was planning to pay him, he looked at me with—"What are you trying to do?"—Miss Dodo thought about it and decided not to say anything so presumptuous.

Why did you wake me up so late?

Even when they weren't doing anything outrageous, they chatted like girls, going on and on about very deep topics.

Miss Dodo didn't seem to care, since she knew very well that the man named Jiang Qiao was the pink-clad hooligan in disguise. However, after glancing at the sky outside, she was puzzled, as she was very sensitive to time.

It's probably almost noon by now, right?

She could tell that the other person must have gotten up very early.

"Hmm~ Maybe it's because you're sleeping so soundly that I didn't want to disturb your sweet dreams~"

Alicia smiled, but her hands were busy. She took the initiative to tidy up Miss Dodo's quilt, folding it very neatly, and also tidied up the whole room.

Even Seria's mother praised her highly in this matter.

"I can tell you probably rarely get a good night's sleep, right?"

"Yeah, after all, I'm a mercenary."

Raven smiled unconsciously, a hint of helplessness in his smile.

During their conversations at night, she did not shy away from discussing her past.

Or rather, in terms of girls' late-night conversations, Miss Dodo's topics of conversation seemed to consist only of the children she had adopted and her dull, bloody, and money-grubbing mercenary life.

But it must be said that this was an extremely novel thing for the raven.

This was the first time she had ever done something like this, like a girl would do something like this.

"I don't really understand that kind of profession, but as a girl... a beautiful girl like you, Nata, if you don't get enough sleep, you'll not only get dark circles under your eyes, but you'll also get wrinkles, and your skin will even get worse! Ugh~ look, that doesn't look good!"

Alicia, who had moved closer to Miss Dodo, reached out and touched the former's face. This slightly intimate and disregard for boundaries would probably have only offended Miss Dodo yesterday. If it had happened earlier, Miss Dodo would probably have shown you what it would be like to casually approach a mercenary who was wary of his surroundings.

But in today's context, facing Alicia is merely a matter of feeling somewhat uncomfortable.

Is it possible for one night to change one person's attitude towards another so drastically?

These ravens weren't quite sure.

Just watching Alicia meticulously grooming and tidying her face, with her handsome features and the occasional frown, I was struck by her beauty.

She could feel the frequency of her heartbeat.

...This guy doesn't seem so bad after all.

Chapter 73 Surely there can't be any more problems?

"Alright, you've gotten up so late, come and have some breakfast~ I made it myself."

Alicia placed a plate in front of Raven's table. The meal consisted of a cup of hot milk and a bacon and egg toast. It looked surprisingly simple, yet exquisite.

Unlike the white-haired dumpling who comes from the Kaslana family and has terrible cooking skills, the fat lady, despite not being highly educated, is quite adept at daily housework and cooking.

Back when she was in the orphanage, she often helped Maria's mother tidy up the orphanage and prepare meals for the other children. Many adults in the town of Vostok praised her, saying that if she grew up, she would definitely become a very virtuous and beautiful young woman.

"My cooking skills are much better than Mei's, so please try it! Skipping breakfast is bad for your health!"

I was mentally prepared to be stuffed into a puff pastry or at least forced into eighteen different poses, but instead I had a wonderful sleep, and when I woke up, someone had prepared a delicious breakfast for me... Wow.

Looking at the food in front of her, Miss Dodo felt as if she were living in a dream.

...Could I still be dreaming?

"If you don't eat it quickly, it will get cold!"

A magnetic, urging voice sounded in his ear, but Raven felt as if a beautiful young girl was sitting opposite him.

Feeling the expectant gaze, she was somewhat dazed as she picked up her knife and fork, cut a piece of bacon and egg toast, and put it in her mouth.

The taste... was just average.

Of course, we can't expect Alicia to be a particularly skilled cook, since the fat lady hasn't deliberately studied it.

She might pay more attention to the appearance of food than its taste.

It wasn't that the raven hadn't eaten better food than this; in fact, aside from the hastily prepared meals, she had eaten many better things.

But it seems that none of those experiences have brought me this feeling.