"Hello everyone, as you probably already know, I am the princess's familiar. As for my abilities, hehe... you might find it laughable, but I... can only cook." Lu Yi said, standing on the stage and looking at the crowd below.

"What? All you can do is cook?"

"That's just like Louise's familiar, a piece of trash."

. . . .

Although everyone had their own thoughts, no one dared to voice them.

"I'm sorry, Your Highness, I've disappointed you." Lu Yi stepped down from the stage and apologized to Henrietta.

“It’s alright. Since you don’t want to show it, I won’t force you,” Henrietta replied with a smile, shaking her head.

"The winner of this year's Familiar Exhibition is—Tabasa." The host on stage then began announcing the winner.

As the princess personally placed the crown on Tabasa's head on the stage, everyone below watched this scene with envy.

"Boom..." A loud noise reached everyone's ears. Clearly, something had happened. Tabasar, riding on the dragon, flew towards the treasure vault first. He saw a person shrouded in black robes run out of the vault quickly, carrying something in his hands. He then boarded the doll made entirely of earth elementals and fled rapidly to the outer perimeter.

Everyone rushed over quickly, especially Henrietta, who grabbed Louise's hand and said with concern, "It's so good that you're all alright!"

"Your Highness, I am so sorry, the palace treasures have been..." Louise hurriedly knelt down and bowed, and the lady-in-waiting behind her also knelt down immediately.

“This is not your responsibility, Louise Fleischwaz,” Henrietta said, shaking her head.

“Your Highness.” At this moment, Lu Yi walked up to Henrietta and said.

"what's up?"

"The thieves haven't gone far yet. If I go and intercept them now, it's not too late."

Is it really possible to make it in time?

"I'll go and intercept them. You can send some men to support me. However, you need to give me the order. Otherwise, I won't leave your side easily."

“Alright then, I order you to intercept the treasure thief ‘Fukai the Earth Block.’ In the meantime, I will bring reinforcements to support you.” Henrietta gave Lu Yi her first-ever order.

“Yes, my master,” Lu Yi said with a smile and a bow.

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Chapter Five: Bowing Down

As he spoke, he arrived at an open space in the training ground, making strange hand gestures in front of his chest. Countless afterimages appeared in the air, overlapping each other. Everyone looked at Lu Yi strangely, wondering what he was doing. However, what happened below left everyone stunned.

The sudden gesture stopped, and the afterimage slowly disappeared. Then, Lu Yi shouted softly, "Come out, Nine-Tailed Fox." As soon as he finished speaking, everyone saw a huge halo with a diameter of nearly 100 meters appear not far from Lu Yi's feet.

"Roar..." A loud roar came from the circle of light and entered everyone's ears. Then a huge fox appeared in everyone's eyes. Its nine long tails kept waving in the air. The powerful force kept whipping the air, causing the space to distort slightly. The violent wind stung everyone's face and they couldn't help but retreat.

"Let's go." Ignoring the stunned people, Lu Yi jumped onto the Nine-Tails' body, cast a Gale spell, and pointed to the direction where 'Earth Block Fuka' had fled, saying to the Nine-Tails beneath him.

With a "whoosh," it vanished from everyone's sight in the blink of an eye, as if it had never existed.

"You need to hurry, I'll be waiting for you there." These words reached everyone's ears after Lu Yi disappeared.

If everyone hadn't witnessed it with their own eyes, they would have thought it was all just a dream.

"What...what was that just now?"

"I...I don't know either, but it looks a lot like a fox."

Have you ever seen such a big fox? And with nine tails...?

. . . .

The crowd, now fully awake, began to discuss the matter.

Regardless of their exclamations, Lu Yi had already caught up with 'Earth Block Fukai'. With a "boom," an earthen wall appeared in front of the giant puppet, blocking its path.

"Tch... We've been caught up, haven't we? Troll soldiers, break through it." 'Fuke the Earth Block' turned to look at the nine-tailed fox that was getting closer and closer, a fox no smaller than her own, and said to the fox beneath her.

With a "boom," the puppet's enormous fist slammed into the earthen wall. Although the puppet was powerful, it only made the earthen wall shake slightly before it remained standing there as if nothing had happened. During this buffer time, Lu Yi arrived and said to 'Earth Block Fukai', "Put down what you're holding and surrender. You have nowhere to escape."

"Tch... As expected of the princess's familiar, she actually possesses such strength." 'Fuke the Clay' said, looking at Lu Yi not far away.

"NITEISHA." A chanting voice came from the sky, followed by a small tornado made of wind elements that blasted towards the 'Earth Block Fuka' doll, but it had no effect, as if it was just tickling it.

"I didn't expect that it would be the same people from the original story." Lu Yi thought to himself as he looked up at the people sitting on the flying dragon.

Next came Sherupster's fireball, but the result was the same—completely useless. Louise was even worse; she only managed to ignite a few flames on the puppet before they were quickly extinguished. Lu Yi stared blankly at the group, rubbing his forehead and thinking helplessly, "It seems I'll have to take matters into my own hands."

"A few little insects dare to show off in front of me? They are really overestimating themselves." With that, he ordered the puppet to throw a punch at the flying dragon in the air. However, it was only halfway through the punch when it was hit by a huge fireball with a diameter of 10 meters that suddenly appeared in front of it. It was sent flying backward and crashed to the ground with a loud "boom".

"Damn it, I still don't know how to use this Staff of Destruction. Although I've heard of its power, it's definitely just a useless thing right now," thought 'Fuke the Earth Block' anxiously.

"Surrender, you can't escape." Lu Yi jumped onto the fallen doll and said not far from 'Fuke the Clay Block'.

"Hmph..." 'Fuke the Earth Block' hardened her expression, took out a magic wand from her bosom and waved it repeatedly at Lu Yi in front of her. In an instant, fireballs, earth spikes, ice swords, wind blades and other spells all poured down on Lu Yi.

Seeing the magic, Lu Yi remained calm. He simply flicked his hands, producing several knives and forks, then swung them around, scattering and knocking down the incoming magic. He then stomped his right foot, causing cracks to appear on the doll's body. Using the powerful recoil, Lu Yi suddenly appeared behind 'Earth Block Fuka' before she could react, his knife and fork already pressed against her neck, rendering her unable to move.

“You’re very strong. I admit defeat this time,” said ‘Fuke the Earth Block’.

"If you hadn't stolen anything, how could this have happened? You only have yourself to blame." Lu Yi whispered in her ear, then chopped her unconscious with a chop to the neck, and her doll disappeared.

“The mission is over.” Looking at the unconscious 'Fuke the Clay' on the ground, Lu Yi thought to himself, picked up the fallen 'Fuke the Clay' and the 'Staff of Destruction' on the ground and jumped onto Nine-Tails. Then he waved to Louise and the others who were still flying in the sky, indicating that they should go back. Then he squatted down and patted Nine-Tails’ head before returning in the direction he came from.

"Wow, amazing! No wonder you're Princess's familiar." Sherupster, sitting on the dragon, looked at Lu Yi's figure with heart-shaped eyes.

“Hmm.” Tabasa nodded in agreement, while Louise looked at Lu Yi and then at her familiar Saito, her eyes showing disappointment. It’s so frustrating to compare yourself to others.

(I'm just writing whatever I think, and I won't take all your opinions into account. If you're not satisfied with what I've written, you can write your own. I won't reply to pointless comments anymore. Whether you read this or not is entirely up to you; I'm not forcing you.)

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Chapter Six: The Mission (Currently preparing for the written exam, requesting a week's leave)

After returning to the academy and handing the prisoners over to others for cleanup, Lu Yi and Anliaita began their return to the palace.

In the following days, Henrietta, as per the script, summoned Louise and Saito to the palace for their coronation. Although they did not contribute much, Henrietta appreciated their courage. Moreover, Louise was a good friend of Henrietta's, so the coronation was reasonable in every sense of the word.

“Congratulations, Louise Fleischwaz,” Henrietta said with a smile as she walked up to Louise from the throne.

“I’m sorry, Your Highness, I really don’t deserve the title of ‘knight’. Moreover, I wasn’t of any help in that incident, so I am truly unworthy of being bestowed with the title of ‘knight’,” Louise said, kneeling on one knee.

“I have witnessed your courage and strength firsthand (really?), you have done very well, and thank you to this reliable familiar.” Henrietta said to Louise, then smiled and said to Saito.

"Haha... It's nothing," the talented man said with a smug smile after being praised.

Standing behind Henrietta, Lu Yi saw Saito's smug smile and wanted nothing more than to slap him away, because Saito at that moment was truly... truly infuriating.

"I hope you will take good care of my most important friend in the future," Henrietta said with a smile, extending her left hand.

"This won't do, Your Highness. How can you allow a familiar to kiss your hand?" Louise anxiously stepped in front of Saito as she saw Henrietta's outstretched left hand.

“Protecting you is tantamount to swearing allegiance to me, and those who are loyal must be rewarded accordingly,” Henrietta said.

Hearing Henrietta say that, Louise didn't say anything and stepped aside.

"Hands? They still treat me like a dog..." Saito said speechlessly, looking at the hands in front of him.

“No, extending your hand means you can kiss,” Louise whispered in Rencai’s ear.

"Huh??? A kiss... that's so open..." Ren exclaimed in surprise upon hearing Louise's words. After speaking, he looked at his hands in front of him, somewhat at a loss, and stood there without making any move.

"Hurry up and do it. It's very impolite to keep His Highness waiting," Louise said, nudging the lady-in-waiting beside her with her elbow.

"Ahem... Well then, I apologize for my rudeness." Saito coughed twice, then walked up to Henrietta, took her hand, and pulled her into his arms. Henrietta lost her balance and fell into Saito's arms. Then, to Louise's astonishment, he brought his mouth close to Henrietta's mouth and kissed her.

"Hey, Mr. Saito, when are you going to stop kissing me?" Saito, who was still enjoying the kiss with his eyes closed, suddenly heard Lu Yi's voice. It sounded a bit rough, so he opened his eyes and saw that his lips hadn't kissed Henrietta's lips, but rather Lu Yi's white-gloved hand. His expression froze for a moment, and that moment of hesitation caused Lu Yi to slap him so hard that he flew away, crashed into the wall behind him, and slid down like a dead dog.

"You... what were you trying to do to Her Highness the Princess... ah... you... you dog..." Louise roared at the woman still crawling on the ground, then took out a riding whip she had prepared beforehand and lashed the woman repeatedly. Lu Yi, not satisfied, joined in, and immediately, the woman's pig-like screams echoed throughout the palace, carrying far and wide. Anyone unaware of the situation would have thought the palace was haunted.

"I...I'm sorry." After the fight, Louise brought Saito to Henrietta's side and apologized.

"Hey, you should go apologize too!" Louise yelled, shoving Saito's head to the ground as he stood there dumbfounded.

"I...I'm sorry," Cai Ren said, forced into a corner, his words mumbled incoherently.

"N-nothing... Actually, there's something I'd like to ask you two for a favor." Henrietta said with a trembling smile, looking at Saito, whose head had been beaten like a pig's by Lu Yi and Louise.

"No... whatever it is, please just say it. If you're going to order someone to die, then let's throw this stupid dog out the window right now," Louise said, pointing to the maid beside her.

"Hey, what did you say?" Saito was displeased and sat up abruptly, pointing at Louise with displeasure.

"Shut up!" Louise roared. That tigress-like appearance probably scared Saito into immediately shutting his mouth.

“I hope you can go and live in the city for a while,” Henrietta said.

"In the city?" Saito and Louise looked at Henrietta with a puzzled expression.

“This is a certificate of identity issued by the royal family,” Henrietta said, handing a piece of paper to Louise.

"So, you want us to conduct intelligence gathering activities in the city?" Louise continued.

“Recently, there have been rumors that some nobles are treating commoners very tyrannically. I’ve asked around about this, and they say that nobles are role models for the common people and would never do such a thing. But… judging from what happened to Count Mort, it seems that this isn’t entirely unfounded. Therefore, I hope you will secretly observe the city’s movements. This is a very difficult task…” Henrietta said worriedly.

"I understand, Your Highness. Even if it costs me my life, I will complete the mission." Before Henrietta could finish speaking, Louise pulled Saito aside and swore an oath.

. . . .

"Is it really a good idea to leave this to them?" Lu Yi asked after Louise and Saito left.

“It’s best to leave it to them. If I go myself, I’ll be too conspicuous and won’t find anything,” Henrietta said.

"Henrietta, I'm leaving for a while." Hearing Henrietta say this, he didn't say anything more, but after thinking for a moment, he added.

"What's wrong? Why are you leaving?" Henrietta asked anxiously when she heard that Lu Yi was leaving.

"It's nothing, I just wanted to find some people to serve you," Lu Yi said with a smile.

"No need, having you is enough."

"No... this is something I have to do."

"why?"

“I have to take precautions in advance because I feel that the contract between us is slowly disappearing.”

"How could this be... how could this happen?" Henrietta exclaimed in shock.

"This is the result of your distrust of my power. If things continue like this, our contract will be completely broken, and I will disappear as well. Therefore, I must ensure your safety before I disappear."

"No...no way..." Henrietta murmured absently.

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