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

When Kolusta woke up, she found that she was lying in Gloria's arms, her arms were wrapped around her slender waist, and there was a slight pressure on her head as if she was being pillowed by someone.

She yawned drowsily, opened her eyes a little, and saw bright light spots outside the curtains spilling on the wooden floor through the shade of trees, like a dark sandy beach covered with golden shells.

The sun is out, it seems that it is around eight o'clock?

It's better to get up early than to get up coincidentally, this time is just right.

Kolusta moved her head, let her soft hair rub against the chin of the person next to the pillow, and whispered lazily: "Last night, you told me not to stay in bed... Le Kesi, wake up, Don't you still have to go out?"

One hand fumbled around the shoulder of the brown-haired girl, and hugged her even tighter. Gloria's sleepy voice still sounded from the top of her head. It was so lazy and seductive that it was so soft that Ke Lu In Star's heart, "Well... what time is it now?"

"The sun is shining into the room," Kolusta took the time to pretend that he was about to wake up, and rubbed his cheek against Gloria's collarbone, taking advantage of it, and then rubbed his eyes While withdrawing from her embrace, he half propped himself up and urged, "Don't try to stay in bed, get up quickly."

"...I really hold a grudge."

The half-dream and half-awake girl lazily raised her hand, stroked her diamond-colored hair scattered like water on the soft pillow, finally opened her eyes, and said slowly, "Okay, go wash up, I've arranged for a carriage, and I'll be there later." Take us to Queen Nulinya [-]nd Street."

"Queen Nulinya [-]nd Avenue?"

After hearing this name that is familiar to anyone in the royal city, Kolusta suddenly turned his head, his eyes as bright as sunlight were full of surprise, and happened to meet Gloria's eyes. A beautiful face with a smile.

Queen Nulinya Avenue is located in the bustling street in the central area of ​​the royal city, only a brilliant square away from the royal palace.This street is named in memory of Her Majesty Queen Nulinya, who made outstanding contributions in the cruel era. When this great woman first took over the kingdom, the human race once declined and retreated steadily until the demons invaded the royal city under.

But at the critical moment, Queen Nulinya eliminated the last traitor of the kingdom, took over the military power, and ordered the knight army to come out in full force. Even on this street, they killed all the monsters who were clamoring outside the palace, and succeeded. The Jedi counterattacked, and for a long time thereafter, they led mankind to occupy the absolute upper hand in many battles.

However, today, under the tide of peace and prosperity for many years, this street, which has witnessed countless swordsmen and rivers of blood, has already become a well-deserved shopping paradise for girls by virtue of its superior geographical location. .

It is divided into three streets, which are called No. [-] to No. [-] Streets.[-]st Avenue is mainly for jewellery; [-]nd Avenue is where clothing stores and high-end fashion dress studios are located; On holidays, when girls come into the shop, the streets are often filled with intoxicating aromas.

But today, the first "date place" chosen by the Duke's daughter for the two of them is No. [-] Avenue where gorgeous dresses are concentrated.

……

Although Kolusta has already studied at the Holy Light Academy of Magic for a semester, for a poor ghost from the countryside like her, Queen Nulinya Street undoubtedly still belongs to the category of "affordable aristocrats" within.

In addition, in order to complete the task, I have already been exhausted enough, and I have no time to play outside the school... Therefore, even if Kolusta has long been "the one who can hug the eldest daughter of the Duke's family all day long." The Chosen Daughter", she has never visited this entertainment world that is regarded as a sacred place by female students.

"We're here, get out of the car."

While Kolusta was staring blankly at the bustling and prosperous scene outside the car window, Gloria, who was sitting beside her, suddenly patted the back of her hand, smiled softly, and reminded her.

After being slapped like this by the other party, Kolusta noticed the stillness of the carriage as if suddenly awakened.

She turned her head with some embarrassment, stuck out her tongue at Gloria, and said quite honestly, "I've never seen such a lively street."

This is true.

Even the market in Westside Town is often crowded with people, but the "lively" in remote towns is fundamentally different from the "lively" in high-end commercial streets.

——The bazaar is filled with the noise of uncles and aunts haphazardly bargaining, or the chirping and laughter of children; but standing on the Queen Nulinya Street and listening carefully, one can only hear the noble ladies' comments on the fashion of the season. Elegant discussions, and the soft rubbing sound of the pile of shopping bags in the hands of their male companions.

Looking at the slightly embarrassed face of the girl in front of her, Gloria did not show any abnormality because of her rustic appearance. Instead, she took her hand calmly, held up the long skirt, and took the lead. Walked down the outside stairs that had been set up by the coachman.

Kolusta was held by Gloria, and she didn't care about the embarrassment. She hurriedly pulled up her skirt and followed her to the ground.

The carriage just stopped under a tall ginkgo tree. Kolusta stood in the shade and looked curiously into the distance. He saw rows of shops standing beside the wide and straight asphalt pedestrian street, and rows of bright windows. It is filled with more sparkling and delicate dresses, lace and tulle, layers of fabric and silk, with luxurious crystal embroidery and complicated patterns, each of which is so gorgeous that people feel dizzying.

Girls holding feather fans or umbrellas kept chatting and laughing as they walked into the open door of the store, and there were also men heading towards a certain formal clothing store with deep or bright colors. The whole street was full of traffic. The sun shines on them through the leaves, elongating the shadows of many people, and even the ground seems crowded.

After Gloria whispered a few words to the driver, she just turned her head and saw the excited and eager look of the brown-haired girl.

She couldn't help showing a smile, squeezed the fingers she held in her palm, and successfully attracted Kolusta's attention to herself.

"Aren't you blind?" the daughter of the noble duke glanced at the street and asked with a smile.

Kolusta pursed her lips, coughed a little embarrassedly, and muttered, "I haven't seen the world."

Gloria raised her eyebrows, stretched out her hand and pinched the other's cheek, before Kolusta pouted coquettishly at her to express her dissatisfaction, the silver-haired girl patted the other's head to appease her, and said dotingly as if begging for mercy : "Then after finishing the business, I will take you around all three streets, so that you can 'see the world'."

"I thought you were here to go shopping with me today, but you were just talking casually last night," Kolusta approached her with a smile, and asked in a low voice, "Tell me, Le Kesi—what the hell is it?" What's the business?"

But Gloria is hard-hearted today, and she refuses to accept her act of being coquettish, and still insists on continuing to sell this pass, "You will find out in a while."

Kolusta had no choice but to shrug her shoulders, completely quieted down, and was held by Gloria's hand again, and led them into the depths of the street with ease.

Along the way, the silver-haired girls who knew this street well were telling her about the different characteristics and development history of the clothing stores on both sides in a soft voice, which made the commoner girl dizzy while listening to the famous street. The long-awaited Queen's Street has gained a lot of understanding.

Useless knowledge has increased!

On the contrary, the system listened with gusto, and even concentrated on taking notes. This high-level quality of not forgetting to broaden one's knowledge on the job really made Kolusta amazed.

In this way, the two girls unknowingly walked through the front and middle section where the crowd was densest, and came to the depths of the street that seemed much deserted in comparison.

"We have arrived."

When Kolusta was about to fall asleep while walking, they finally stopped in front of a shop decorated with dark blue as the main color.

Kolusta blinked, and just glanced around this very low-key store, and saw Gloria stepped forward, stretched out her hand, and gently pushed away the lattice door inlaid with several pieces of glass. shaped gate.

"Good afternoon, my honorable lady."

With the gentle sound of wind chimes, a tall middle-aged woman appeared in the field of vision of the two people at the door. She was holding a long piece of parchment in her hand, and she was concentrating on calculating something while muttering to greet her. The guest said: "Welcome to the custom-made dress shop of the Serentes family... There are still two customers who are trying on the size, please go to the rest area and wait for a while, I am very sorry—"

"Good afternoon, Madam Mary," Gloria said with a smile, "You seem a little too busy today?"

Mrs. Mary was taken aback, she raised her head suddenly to look at Gloria, opened her eyes wide, and whispered in surprise: "My Goddess of Light! - Lord Gloria, good afternoon - I didn't expect it to be You visited in person, did you come to Queen’s Street to inspect the property today?”

"Inspecting the property has long been Wende's job," Gloria shook her head, "I'm here to order a custom dress this time."

"Oh, I'm so confused," Mrs. Mary rolled up the parchment, tapped her head, and said doubtfully, "But my lord, if I remember this correctly, your dress... should have been as early as three days ago." Has it been sent to the Duke's mansion by someone before?"

"Yes, dear Madam Mary, of course you remember correctly." Gloria said gently, "So, the person who wants to customize the dress this time is not me, but my...a friend."

She turned her head and waved to Kolusta, who was still standing outside the store, and said with a smile, "Ruth, what are you doing, come in quickly."

"..."

Kolusta frowned, stepped into the store, and walked to Gloria's side in a few steps.

Before the latter held her wrist and was about to introduce to Mrs. Mary, the brown-haired girl suddenly grabbed the other's sleeve with her backhand, exerted a little force, and used hints to stop Gloria's words that were about to come out. He whispered: "You want to help me customize a dress?"

"Yes." Gloria gave her a slightly surprised look, nodded, and said without hesitation, "The girl I invited must wear the dress I personally selected."

"...Don't play dumb, you know what I'm talking about, Le Kesi," Kolusta glanced at the dress samples in the store for display, and twisted the fingertips holding Gloria's cuffs even more He tightened his brows tightly, and said solemnly, "Don't think that I don't know the price of a custom-made dress... At best, I'm afraid I won't be able to afford it 100 years later."

"..."

The smile on Gloria's face gradually faded away, obviously she heard Kolusta's unspoken rejection.

She pursed her lips, grabbed the brown-haired girl's fingertips with her other hand, patted them comfortingly, and sighed, "Ruth, you know I didn't mean to make you angry."

"I understand, Le Kesi. But I hope we are equal," said Kolusta calmly. "It's been like this since I was a child—you give me a book, and I'll give you back a rose; you give me a necklace." , I will give you a promise..."

"I don't want to owe you anything because I just want to put myself on an equal footing with you."

Kolusta raised her eyes, looked straight at Gloria, and said this very sincerely.

When I was young, I didn't understand the true value of those gifts, and it was fine if I didn't give the most suitable gift in return; but now that Kolusta is a sensible adult, she must stick to her principles, let alone accept others at will— —Especially important people—a favor that I know I can't repay.

Because she understands that a pure relationship is the most entangled with interests.

Gloria, who was firmly rejected by her, looked at the brown-haired girl's serious golden eyes, and sighed deeply.

"Ruth, I also put you on an equal footing." Gloria pursed her lips and said softly, "But today's matter..."

"You don't need to persuade me about today's matter, because I will definitely not agree."

This time, Kolusta interrupted Gloria's unfinished words in a rare and impolite manner, with a firm face, and said firmly: "Whether in the future or now, I am sure that I will not be able to repay this dress, so I will not pay you back." meeting……"

Following the brown-haired girl's resolute statement, Gloria finally frowned, her eyes darkened, and she opened her mouth slightly.

But before even half a syllable could be uttered, a clear male voice came from behind the Duke's daughter, with a faint smile, and interrupted Kolusta's refusal before she could speak.

"—Sorry, I didn't intend to disturb your conversation."

The two girls who were arguing were taken aback for a moment. The former turned around, while the latter raised his head and saw the young noble who suddenly interrupted not far away.

Louise Hipper was dressed in formal attire and was standing gracefully behind the speechless Mrs. Mary. He smiled, bowed slightly, and said meaningfully to Kolusta: "But... Breviu Miss, the world is unpredictable and unpredictable, so how can you be sure—that your future self will definitely not be able to afford this mere piece of clothing?"