I don't want to be a dragon maid!

"No, Lady Shelley, that area is very sensitive, please don't touch meow~"

"No!!!!! Meow~"

Noah's screams echoed from the crooked cabin, reverberating across the night sky like a fleeting shooting star.

Thirty minutes later, Shelley slowly woke up from the furry illusion, while Noah was still lying on the floor, his body twitching slightly, and a humanoid white smoke seemed to slowly float out of his body.

"Noah... are you alright? Cheer up!"

Shelley panicked when she saw Noah in this state and quickly said something.

When Noah heard Shelley's voice, he slowly got up from the ground. She looked completely lost, with a tear hanging from the corner of her eye.

"Lord Shelley, Noah... Noah can't get married anymore. Noah has been played by Lord Shelley. Noah is no longer innocent, meow~"

"It was just a few touches, it can't be that exaggerated, right?"

"My tail is so sensitive, meow~ It's like a man's phantom limb, meow~"

Noah touched her bald tail, sat on the ground, and said dejectedly.

"My innocence is gone, meow~ Noah is unwanted now, meow~"

"Who said nobody wants me? I'm not..."

Shelley quickly said, but seeing a hint of cunning in Noah's eyes, she stopped talking, coughed, and awkwardly said...

"You maid, really! You already have a master, what other partner do you want? Let me tell you, you're going to be my maid for life. Don't even think about getting married or finding a wife in this lifetime."

"Lady Shelley, you're so domineering... Meow~"

Noah said with a regretful expression.

To be precise, Noah didn't want to hear Shelley say that... she wanted to hear Shelley frankly express her feelings for her.

But Shelley's reaction was too quick. Oh well, Noah won anyway.

Noah shook her head, picked up the soup bowl beside her, and walked towards Shelley.

"Noah, what are you doing?"

Shelley's guard went up instantly when she saw the strange-smelling medicine. She kept a close eye on Noah's every move and quickly backed away.

“Lord Shelley, every gift of fate comes with a price tag attached.”

Noah tasted the medicine, and after confirming the temperature was right, she covered her chest with her paws, looking aggrieved, and said...

"Lord Shelley, you've just toyed with Noah's body, isn't it time to pay? It's not expensive, just a bowl of medicinal soup, a special price for Noah's master! Meow~"

Upon hearing Noah's words, Shelley immediately deflated. She looked at Noah timidly and spoke cautiously.

"Noah, can you relax a little? I'll only drink half a bowl, and I'll drink the other half in a few days?"

"No, Lady Shelley, this medicine needs to be taken all at once to be effective, meow~"

Noah shook her head, and her foxy smile returned.

"Lady Shelley, you really are like a child! So afraid of hardship, meow~"

"Little kid, who are you calling a little kid?"

Shelley's backside seemed to have been set off by a firecracker. She stood up, looked at Noah, and said angrily.

"Lady Shelley, is it just a child? Children hate taking medicine, meow."

Noah tilted her head and said with a smile.

"I understand, I'll take the medicine, okay?"

Shelley sat back down in her chair, raised her head, and said with an air of arrogance.

"You think I'm really afraid of a bowl of medicine? That's laughable! I'm a future grandmaster of magic!"

"Lady Shelley, this is the aura you've got! Have a sip, meow~"

Noah smiled and handed Shelley a spoonful of the medicinal soup.

Faced with the strange-smelling medicinal soup, Shelley, who had been so aggressive just moments before, wilted again. She shut her mouth and looked at Noah pitifully.

"Lady Shelley, you can't drink your medicine with your mouth closed, meow~"

Noah said with a smile.

"Noah...that cat paw..."

Shelley let out a coquettish sound, looking at Noah's cat paws, and said softly.

Noah looked at Shelley's longing eyes, nodded, and stretched out her cat paw again, revealing her pink paw pads.

"Ah, that's the feeling... Awoo!"

Shelley grasped Noah's paw and smiled happily.

Noah seized the opportunity and shoved a large spoonful of medicine into Shelley's mouth.

"It's so bitter!!!!"

Another scream rang out from outside the cabin, and several crows were startled into flight from the branches not far away, making strange noises in the moonlight.

……

After finishing the medicinal soup and tidying up all the miscellaneous things, Noah finally won the final bet.

What to do next is self-evident!

Noah, carrying her newly bought quilt and pillow, excitedly went to Shelley's spot, intending to have a good chat with Lady Shelley before going to sleep.

"Lord Shelley, let's sleep together..."

Noah said with great enthusiasm.

"I won't sleep, I want to study."

Shelley flipped through the spellbook in her hands by candlelight, and said without turning her head.

Learning makes me happy.

Chapter Ninety-Seven: Shelley Brenda's Bedtime Musings

"Lord Shelley, it's very late tonight, you should go to sleep!"

Nuoyan, clutching her blanket, looked at Shelley, who was engrossed in her reading, stretched out her body, and said with a dissatisfied expression.

"Sleeping is so much fun! You can learn so many new positions..."

"Noah, even if I sleep now, I can't sleep with you!"

Shelley looked at Noah and said with a helpless expression.

"But, Lord Shelley, you promised us you'd sleep with us..."

Noah was slightly taken aback, and she quickly said.

"Sleeping in the same room together is still sleeping, isn't it?"

Shelley smiled slightly, pointed to the floor, and said softly.

"I'll sleep on the bed, you sleep on the floor."

"Is this okay? But I don't care."

Noah scratched her head, spread the blanket on the ground, and said with a smile.

"Anyway, I've already won because I got to see Lady Shelley. I'm so sleepy..."

"You're so easily satisfied, Noah."

Shelley looked at Noah, her pink face slightly flushed, and said softly.

"But I'm afraid I can't let you see it tonight. After all, the class placement exam starts in two days, and I need to study as much as possible now."

"But you need to get enough rest to study better, and if you keep staying up late..."

Noah hesitated for a moment, then spoke softly.

"Noah, you don't need to worry about that. I don't know which silly maid fed me a big bowl of medicinal soup, but I still have plenty of energy."

Shelley looked at Noah with a speechless expression and said softly.

"Hehehe, Lord Shelley, are you saying that the medicinal soup has a refreshing and invigorating effect?"

Noah was also stunned, and her face turned somewhat pale.

"What do you say?"

Shelley snorted and said expressionlessly.

Oh dear, I was careless! I've completely dug my own grave!

"Lord Shelley, why don't you take another nap? Or, Noah, I'll turn into a cat again and let you hug me."

Noah scratched her head and said awkwardly.

"That's fine, I still want to study hard!"

Shelley's expression changed, and she quickly looked at the book, saying somewhat awkwardly.

"Noah, stop thinking about weird things and go to sleep..."

"But I want to sleep with Lady Shelley, and explore many new positions together..."

Noah's voice trailed off as she spoke slowly.

"You've really gone too far, Noah! Didn't I tell you? I'm absolutely not sleeping with you right now. You might as well give up on that idea!"

Shelley raised her head and said with a haughty expression.

Before she could finish speaking, Shelley heard a soft snoring sound. She turned around and saw Noah with his eyes closed, curled up in a ball under the covers.

"Noah, she fell asleep so early. I've never seen her fall asleep so quickly before. But she's been busy all day, so it's normal for her to be tired."

Shelley breathed a sigh of relief; she could finally study properly now, and focusing on her studies was the most important thing.

But as Shelley read, she couldn't help but look at Noah, or more precisely, at her sleeping face and lips...

Shelley subconsciously touched her lips, thinking of the pudding she and Noah had shared, and also of the "accident" where they almost kissed...