When the protagonist of the otome game is unintentional strategy [system]

Of course, Gloria will not let the things that Starangui may have tampered with remain on Kolusta's body, so no matter whether the dress is really unwearable or not, it will sooner or later be destroyed. encounter.

In the end, Kolusta managed to buy two brand-new dresses for free, and was lucky enough to taste the superb cooking skills from Wende.

Fresh and tender veal steak, firm roasted wolf bass, supplemented by refreshing plain dishes and salads... Wende even consciously opened two bottles of iced white wine in Gloria's wine cabinet to accompany the meal , the long and slightly drunken smell filled the entire restaurant, and even the aroma of the dinner seemed to be overwhelmed by the sweet smell of wine.

Gloria glared at her younger brother, but poured wine for herself and Kolusta without hesitation.

The light golden transparent wine was poured into the glass. At the end, a drop fell from the mouth of the bottle, splashing a small splash. Kolusta leaned closer to the glass and sniffed it lightly, her eyes of the same color as the ice wine suddenly lit up , Excitedly said: "Is it sweet?"

Gloria took a sip of the wine, raised her glass to her, and said with a smile, "You'll know after you try it."

The simple town of Seaside loves to brew, and every child there, even a girl like Kolusta, steals from a grown-up's cup as a toddler.But because of the high temperature in the seaside area, she has never drank this kind of nectar-like liqueur made from frozen grapes. When the spicy taste remained in her throat, Kolusta showed an intoxicated expression and exclaimed: "It smells so good."

Seeing her happy, Gloria was also in a good mood, so she couldn't help but drank two more glasses.

Until her snow-white cheeks were slightly reddish, and she was about to reach out her hand to continue pouring another glass, but the glass bottle, which was light golden because of the liquor, was picked up by another slender and big hand with well-defined bones, and the silver-haired girl moved slightly. Suddenly, there was slight dissatisfaction in the sapphire blue eyes looking at Wende, but the latter still had no intention of returning the bottle, but whispered: "You are going to be drunk."

The eldest daughter of the duke's family is good at everything, but she can't hold alcohol.

Wende is notoriously not fond of attending banquets, but he can't avoid social occasions that require drinking - after all, keeping his sister from drinking is also one of the basic things that a qualified younger brother should do.

Qualified younger brother (×)

Qualified tool man (√)

After hearing Wende's warning, Gloria withdrew her hand back with good self-control, no longer obsessed with drinking, but turned her head to look at Kolusta who was cutting the sea bass, the corners of her lips curled slightly, and she smiled There is more drowsiness and laziness that would not appear on weekdays.

"Is it tasty?"

Kolusta raised her head when she heard the sound, just in time to see her smile, she was stunned.

The warm-colored lights coated the girl's silver hair with a layer of golden light, and the dark blue pupils were also illuminated into a dull dark green. On the flawless and delicate face, at this moment, because of this smile, two points of Kolus The tower has never felt a strange charm that makes people involuntarily fascinated.

After a long while, it wasn't until Gloria withdrew her smile a little, and asked again as if urging, that she bit the tip of her tongue hard, coughed, and said loudly as a cover-up: "It's delicious! Mr. Wind awesome."

As soon as the words fell, Kolusta lowered her head abruptly, swallowed the piece of fish that had just been cut up in one gulp, without letting anyone see her flushed cheeks.

Although it is to divert attention, it has to be said that Wende is really good at cooking because he can get the praise of Seaside people for seafood.

But he was obviously indifferent to Kolusta's compliment, and the most reaction was to say thank you in a mild manner - but Gloria looked a little unhappy, and her short-lived smile disappeared. She turned her head, with a sullen face, and gave Wende a gloomy look.

Wende: "..."

Why did he come here in the middle of the night looking for Zuin Shou?

After the meal, Wende said goodbye to the two ladies politely, and went into the room consciously against Gloria's unkind eyes.

The whole living room was suddenly empty, and Kolusta was still immersed in Gloria's smile just now, sending ice cream to her mouth mechanically one mouthful at a time.

She is so pretty.

Klusta couldn't help thinking: If Gloria had green eyes... that would seem very fitting too.

"...green eyes?"

A slightly doubtful voice came from the side, and Kolusta suddenly realized that she had said what was in her heart. She stuttered and turned her head at a loss to explain: "Just now, because of the lighting, senior sister's The eyes look like they've turned dark green - that's why I..."

But before she finished speaking, she was interrupted softly by Gloria.

"Green eyes are beautiful too," she murmured as she leaned back in the soft armchair with her eyes half-closed, as if she had entered some sweet dreamland. Shi... my father said that when she laughed, her eyes were full of light that people couldn't take their eyes off."

Her voice was full of nostalgia, and the soft tone swept across Kolusta's heart like a feather. The brown-haired girl heard the thumping in her chest, stood up in a ghostly manner, and stretched out a hand, white His fingertips brushed over the other's slightly trembling eyelashes, and carefully touched Gloria's eyelids.

"The Duchess must be beautiful," said Kolusta, "as you are."

"..."

Gloria lowered her eyes, moved her cherry-colored lips, and stretched out her hand to grab Kolusta's wrist, but she didn't respond to her compliments, but said stubbornly: "I cook better than Wende—you It’s just that I haven’t tasted it yet, so don’t praise him.”

She wrapped one hand around the brown-haired girl's wrist, and put the other hand through Kolusta's fingers, until she interlocked her fingers and touched her palms, and then she said firmly with a little satisfaction: " You can only praise me."

"..."

Kolusta thought it was fun.

Gloria was so obviously drunk, of course she could tell—the ice wine collected by the Duke's daughter was indeed sweet and mellow, but it also had enough stamina. Even a native of Westside, Kolusta, felt a little dizzy. Gloria was even more so.

But after getting drunk, the noble girl who no longer maintains an elegant and self-possessed posture... is still quite cute.

Perhaps it was due to the alcohol, but Kolusta was much more courageous than usual. She moved closer to Gloria, touching the tip of her nose to each other intimately, and her breath mixed with the scent of ice wine blended with each other. There was almost nothing between them. A few inches away from a kiss - the close enough distance, combined with the uncontrollable drunkenness, managed to make Klusta's heart beat even harder.

The brown-haired girl swallowed nervously, and asked in a low voice, "Why can I only praise you?"

She just felt that her lips were about to rub against the other party's when she was speaking, so she paused a little embarrassedly, but still deliberately spoke in a naive and malicious enough tone, and tried again, "Mr. Wende did it!" The food is really good.”

——That's right, she just wanted to do it.

And the retribution came quickly.

Before Kolusta could finish her sentence, those dark blue eyes that were close at hand opened suddenly. Gloria let go of her wrist, clasped the back of Kolusta's neck, and pressed her hard into the mouth. in his arms.

The latter was caught off guard, and buried his whole body on Gloria's body. His lips brushed against the other's cheek almost all the way, and finally kissed a strand of smooth platinum-blond hair in front of Gloria's collarbone. .

"...!"

The golden eyes widened a little, and the slender hands on the back of the neck gently rubbed the sufficiently sensitive skin. Kolusta was so nervous that her breath almost stopped, but her body became softer involuntarily because of the opponent's movements.

Gloria hugged her, her drunken eyes were covered with water, and she glanced lukewarmly at the closed door of the guest room, full of sourness.

After a long time, Kolusta felt that the life-threatening fingertips on the back of her neck were finally removed and placed on her own hair instead. Gloria ran along the light brown hair once and for all, Turning her face away slightly, and almost touching Kolusta's ear, she said charmingly and dangerously——

"There is no reason." Gloria said indifferently, "The person you admire the most, rely on the most, and like the most...it should be me."

……

Kolusta also forgot when Gloria let her go, and when her muddy mind finally recovered, she was surprised to find that she was already lying on the soft sheet Enter above the four-poster bed.

The dark blue curtain of the same color as the bed sheet looks like a night, and the silver glitter looks like stars. Although I don't know what kind of magic was used to create this effect, but it must be... outrageously expensive just by looking.

There was a light breathing sound from her side, Kolusta turned her head, and through the faint light of those "stars", she saw Gloria's peaceful sleeping face as expected.

It was no different from what she had imagined before.

"..."

She felt that her face started to have a fever again, but it was not as hot as when she was hugged by the other party just now.

Maybe I really am... Sigh.

The surprise at first meeting, the dependence when getting along, the shyness and anticipation when in close contact, even when looking at the world line again and again, the ruins of Westside Town and the bloody battlefield always remind her that Gloria should is her enemy—

But feelings still cannot be faked.

Kolusta just felt dizzy in her mind. The longer the time, the stronger the alcohol became. It was difficult for her to think about how to deal with the next development and how to change Gloria's established villain's fate... she just felt as if she was being raped by something in her heart. Stirring things violently, full of uncomfortable feeling,

The right hand waved upwards irritably, the fingertips brushed against the curtain and stretched out of the bed, with a "snap", as if it had hit something.

Kolusta was stunned for a moment, then glanced carefully at Gloria, and found that she didn't seem to be disturbed, so she sat up quietly in peace of mind, and turned her head to look at the place she just photographed.

There was a dark wooden cabinet next to the bed, and it was a little hard to see clearly in the dark. Kolusta lifted the curtain, reached out and groped for a while, and successfully grabbed back a small box with a square shape.

She lifted the thing in her hand and squinted her eyes to examine it carefully.

The box was made of wood, and it looked too ordinary, like a jewelry box that can be seen everywhere—although such an ordinary thing appeared in Gloria’s bedroom, it seemed not so ordinary, but Ke After all, Rusta didn't have the habit of prying into other people's privacy. After thinking about it, she suppressed her eager curiosity and prepared to put the box back to its original place.

However, the moment the brown-haired girl stretched out her hand again, the silver light of the stars on the curtain shifted its direction because of her movement, and just illuminated the small mark in the lower right corner of the box.

Kolusta froze for a moment, staring at her.

That mark is a crude, yet ingenious looking...pearl shell.

She opened her eyes.

——This pattern is very familiar.

Among the countless times spent in the town of Seaside, the painting that my father likes to stare at in a daze also has such a shell with exactly the same strokes.

The little Kolusta once tiptoed, pointed at the painting, and asked strangely: "Dad, what is this?"

"This is a shell drawn by your mother, little Ruth," said the father. The man's short brown hair was lifted by the sea breeze blowing from the window, revealing a pair of tender and sad eyes. "Your name is also 'shell'—— Because only your mother can draw such lifelike pearl oysters in the entire Nobili continent."

"..."

Kolusta held the box tightly and looked at the shell mark in disbelief.

After a long time, she took a deep breath, stretched out her trembling fingertips to pinch the flap of the box, and exerted a little force...

The wooden jewelry box was opened.

In the dim light, Kolusta clearly saw that there was nothing else in this box, except a small suede cushion.

And on top of this cushion, the two necklaces that are reflecting a faint light.

One is the platinum swan necklace she wears during the day, which Gloria has given to keep;

The other one is exactly the same as hers, even the notches on the swan's wings are equally distinct, only the colors are just opposite, as if they were a natural pair——

Black swan necklace.