NOVEL NEXT Chapter 014: Bad Women Challenging Worse Women
“Miss Elysia, it’s truly a pleasure to meet you.”
Rita held a broom in her hands, and her movements were somewhat unusual compared to regular housework. It looked more like she was holding a long-handled weapon. Their eyes locked, and there was an indescribable pressure in the air.
Elysia didn’t seem to be afraid at all.
Could it be that she was well-prepared, or was her position too high, being the girlfriend, and she didn’t feel threatened by anyone?
Blind arrogance only leads to self-destruction.
Rita held her ground and faced Elysia without showing weakness. If a gaze could kill someone, Rita would have killed Elysia in a very elegant way.
Even her fierce assassin’s gaze wasn’t having an effect?
Elysia’s pupils were like peach blossoms, an extremely rare heterochromia. The entire circle around her pupils was a rippling blue, with the center being a thin, translucent pale pink, like a petal of peach blossom falling on a lake.
This was the finishing touch.
Peach blossoms and flowing water, all the tenderness and beauty were condensed in this one detail, portraying the girl’s exquisite charm.
If every pretty girl had an artist, Elysia would undoubtedly have received all the artist’s favor. Even a woman as charming as Rita felt that a towering peak had been erected in front of her.
She had drawn a line in front of all the pretty girls; you can only go this far, not beyond. On one side of the line was Elysia, hand in hand with the captain, and on the other side was Rita doing housework.
How tragic.
“(。???)ノ? Hi~”
Unconsciously, this prolonged eye contact had taken up too much time. Elysia broke the silence, greeted Rita with a smile, and brought her nearly escaping soul back.
The elegant maid promptly realized her lack of composure.
“Miss Elysia, I’ve always been curious, how did you capture the captain’s heart as soon as you boarded? After all, this is Hyperion, and there are many outstanding women here.”
The implication was that, as a pretty girl, Elysia’s advantage hadn’t reached an unbeatable level. She still had competition, like Rita.
“In fact, it has nothing to do with being exceptional. The most important thing is to take the initiative,” Elysia said happily. “The captain just wants a warm embrace, after all…”
She pretended.
Then she continued pretending.
Beneath the golden-gray bangs, Rita’s disdain was almost overflowing.
After all, she was an assassin maid. Rita was good at pretending as well. Perhaps because they were of the same kind, she could see right through this seemingly innocent pretty girl. In reality, her heart was filled with darkness.
Pink hair…heh.
Rita had a serious bias against pink hair.
What puzzled Rita was that if the captain just wanted a girlfriend with a heart full of darkness, why didn’t he choose her? As an elegant maid, Rita was quite confident that her heart was no less dark than Elysia’s.
“There is one thing that puzzles me,” Elysia said, extending a finger and acting very interested. “Miss Rita Rossweisse, you are a Valkyrie, aren’t you? So why are you working as a maid on Hyperion?”
Her pupils sparkled with curiosity.
“Every Valkyrie who boards the ship has their own interests and hobbies. Miss Mei likes working in the cafeteria, Miss Bronya enjoys the internet and ship broadcasts, and I like housework.”
Rita blinked, her tone light, her fragrance wafting, presenting a completely different kind of charm from Elysia.
“Oh?”
Elysia’s eyes lit up. “Interests and hobbies are something everyone can freely choose?”
“I can too?”
“Of course.”
“Your current girlfriend is your future wife~”
Luo Ming walked forward steadily, pretending to be stable and profound. In his mind, all he could think of was Elysia. Just as he admitted, his heart had already been captured by Elysia, and in this lifetime, he would have no more joys or sorrows.
Decision made!
When he reached the dormitory door, he planned to casually shout, “Hi, wife,” and if Elysia didn’t object, he would take it further and keep calling her that.
Would that be too naughty?
Luo Ming wondered, turned a corner, and arrived at the dormitory area. To his surprise, besides his girlfriend Elysia, there was another charming woman standing at the door, chatting happily with Elysia.
Rita Rossweisse.
Luo Ming had seen yuri images and knew that Rita’s CP (Couple Pair) was Bianka. Sometimes she would transform into the lolicon who harassed Theresa, but most of the time, she was into the blonde-haired girl. They were a very classic pairing.
‘Durandal…’
According to calculations, before Elysia boarded the ship, she was the pinnacle of combat power in Hyperion. Her combat power was absolutely unmatched by other Valkyries, to the point that it could only be described as tragic.
Only Delta could compete with Durandal.
So, when facing other Valkyries, Luo Ming was cautious, but when facing Rita, he was doubly cautious.
Durandal was a very easygoing and calm person, but Luo Ming couldn’t predict her intentions. After developing an ambiguous atmosphere with Rita, would Durandal suddenly ignite the flames of yuri passion and drag Luo Ming to practice on wooden logs?
He was the wooden log.
What could be the reason for his wife and Rita chatting together? Luo Ming walked toward them, filled with worry.
“Look, the captain is here.”
The conversation with the bad girl became awkward, and Elysia took a step back to greet the captain who was approaching slowly. Rita followed suit, albeit half a second late. Facing Luo Ming, she slightly bowed in greeting.
“Captain, sir.”
“No, no, don’t call me with that much respect, or I’ll be in trouble.”
Luo Ming quickly signaled Rita not to call him “sir.” Rita shook her head helplessly.
For some reason, the captain and she always had this distance between them, even avoiding each other, which was probably why Rita had been struggling without much success.
Without a beginning, there could be no progress.
“What were you two talking about?”
Luo Ming asked.
Elysia’s eyes lit up. “Rita said she was cleaning and came to check on me. She told me about some of Hyperion’s operating mechanisms. Can we really choose our secondary jobs freely?”
Elysia casually tossed a paper ball.
A cleaning robot immediately approached silently and sucked the paper ball into the waste disposal pipeline. This scene did not escape Rita’s eyes.
Rita’s breathing became noticeably heavier.
She understood what the pink haired girl was trying to imply.
There were specialized robots for cleaning up trash, so there was no need for her to come, but she had come anyway, initiating a conversation related to the captain. This was a challenge.
You challenge, I accept.
Elysia sweetly smiled, and Rita responded with an equally seductive smile.
The two women looked at each other with soft expressions, their slender hands politely clasped together. Compared to the dazzling sparks that flew between Elysia and Delta, this was like smokeless gunpowder.
A hundred times more powerful but without the smoke.
“You two are really harmonious,” Luo Ming watched and listened to them talk, unable to help but wipe his sweat.
He worried about Elysia. On one hand, he feared that she might be swept away by Rita due to this harmonious atmosphere, and on the other hand, what if Elysia couldn’t compete with Durandal?