It was early the next morning when we were getting out of bed that someone noticed the change.

"Oh wow... I can’t believe you did it, Aster," Lisa giggled, eyeing the ring that was on Katsuki’s finger.

Katsuki straightened herself, "Mistress has shown me the error of my thinking. That is all."

Right... I shan’t tell them how I basically had to fuck your senses out before that happened... But I’ll let her preserve her dignity and simply smiled in response.

Instead, I decided to change the topic, "How are things with those extremist groups, Katsuki?"

"They should be updating me soon, Mistress. Shall I go find them?"

"Can’t whoever is supposed to report come here instead?" I asked.

"Of course, Mistress. Please wait a moment."

She left the room to head towards the balcony before taking something out from her uniform.

I couldn’t see what it was since the object was hidden by her body but she only stayed outside for a few moments before returning again.

Before I could ask her what she did, there was a gust of wind that blew through the room, prompting us to shield ourselves from it.

When I looked up again, another Inugami maid was standing beside Katsuki, her head bowed.

Unlike Katsuki’s maid uniform that had the classic apron and skirt, this Inugami’s maid uniform was more tight fitting and the skirt was basically a miniskirt that barely hid the spats she wore underneath.

And because it was so tight fitting, I could see that her chest assets were... Pretty big.

"Young Mistress, it is an honour to be in your presence. I am glad that we were able to be of service to you this time," She greeted.

"Eh? Ah. Thank you very much for your help... Umm..."

"There is no need for names, Young Mistress. I am currently operating undercover here, it is safer if there are no names."

I’m not sure how that works but seeing that they are the professionals here, I won’t say anything.

She then pulled out a scroll from behind her, "Last night’s operation was a complete success, Mistress. All thirty four hideouts were hit simultaneously and destroyed. All of their members have also been killed and there are no external operatives left. We have recorded the leaders of each hideout as well as the location they were hidden in. This should suffice as proof that you can present to Prince Hisami."

They really just destroyed an entire terrorist organisation in a single night huh... Our maids are scary...

"Umm... Good work... Is there anything else to report?"

"Not at all, Young Mistress."

"Then please help me convey my thanks to everyone involved in this operation."

"I will do that, Young Mistress. Please do not hesitate to call for us if you require anything else. Have a safe journey, Young Mistress."

She then spun around and another gust of wind blew through the room, covering her with a gale before she disappeared out through the window.

That’s cool.

I turned to the girls, "I suppose once we report to the prince that we are done with our side of the contract, we’ll be leaving once again so we should pack up."

Odeta tilted her head at me, "Hmm? We’re going to leave immediately, Sister Aster?"

I nodded, "Honestly... The King and Queen kind of make me uneasy with how they are constantly plotting stuff so I don’t really want to stay here longer than we need to in case they want to try something... So we’ll just go to the palace, tell the prince we did our part and then get out of the city."

Lisa leaned on my shoulder, "Oh just say the truth, Aster~ You don’t want to be here longer than you have to because you feel awkward around the prince after that confession he gave you, right?"

I rolled my eyes, "That is part of the reason... But I really am worried that after he went to tell his parents about it, they might plan for something to deal with it and try and get me engaged to the prince anyway..."

Emilia nodded, "I agree with Boss. From what I’ve gathered about the King and Queen, you cannot let your guard down with them."

Delmare peeked at her from where she still sat on the bed, "Are they really that dangerous?"

My Nekomata lover shook her head, "It’s not that they are dangerous... It’s that they would definitely make up plans that might put you in an unfavourable position if it meant giving them benefits. We have already revealed ourselves so it would be safer to be out of their reach than stay here. At least for now."

"Well... Then let’s pack up and get ready to leave then," I decided, leaping up to my feet.

Even though I said to pack up... It’s not like we have a lot of stuff to pack anyway... And it was just a simple thing of tossing everything into my bangle so we were pretty much ready to leave within half an hour.

Since this was another impromptu visit, we had to walk there ourselves while being guided by a guard.

Surprisingly though, when we were led to a sitting room, not only was Prince Hisami already sitting there, both the King and Queen were also seated beside him at the tea table with several cups of tea and plates filled with sweets laid out on the table.

My mouth watered at the sight of it but I quickly snapped back to attention as I recognised what was going on here.

Tsk... They must have somehow realised that us coming here meant we had completed our side of the agreement and were also planning to leave soon... So they are trying whatever they can to make a last ditch effort in tying me here somehow.

I could tell that was the plan because right now, the prince was not hiding his boobs and they were very clearly jutting out from his chest. He also definitely chose not to wear the sarashi because they were bouncing around with the slightest of movements.

They really want to try and get me to stay huh...

But those sweets really look nice though... Ugh...

I turned to Emilia and gave her a worried look, my Nekomata lover giving me a not so discreet nod in response, "Leave it to me, Boss!"

How reliable~

That means I can just stuff my mouth full with all the sweets they have and leave the talking to Emilia~

The King raised his hand in greeting when he saw us, "Ah! Lady Aster!! How wonderful of you to join us! We were just about to have our tea so it’s great that you came to visit! We made sure there’s enough to go around so feel free to join us! Hahaha!"

I curtsied, "Thank you for letting us join you, your Majesty."

"Bah! I already told you there’s no need to be so formal with us, Lady Aster! Especially after all that you’ve done for us! In fact, we might even have to rely more on you in the future!"

"In that case, please allow me and my girls to join you, your Majesty."

He let out a bark of laughter, "Hahaha! The more people the better, Lady Aster! Come, come!"

We went ahead to settle ourselves down opposite the Royal Family with me seated across the King and Emilia taking the spot beside me since she might be doing most of the talking.

The King picked up his cup to take a sip of his tea before nodding at me, "Go ahead, Lady Aster! Try our tea today and tell me what you think! Oh, and also the sweets too! I think you might like these as well!"

Tch... So he’s going straight for the kill huh... He probably knew from the Queen what happens when I start eating sweets... Well too bad for you, we already prepared for this!

Go Emilia! I choose you!

In the meantime... Om nom nom nom nom~

Emilia took out the scroll that we were handed by the maid this morning to place on the table, "The Nilm Family has done our part in wiping out the two groups known as the Wanderer’s Guides and the Progressive Collective, fulfilling our side of the contract. I trust that this will suffice as proof of the deed."

The King turned to look at the scroll with an unreadable expression, "Hmm... So I see... In that case, could I trouble Lady Aster to advise us on what you might plan to do in our Kingdom so that we can better prepare the documents needed for your businesses?"

Emilia shook her head, "There is no need for that. I will have our people go through the necessary channels to obtain them just to put up a front for all the other merchants. You can then grant us the permits through those channels once we request from the proper places."

"Hmm... But that would be a little time consuming don’t you think? If Lady Aster were to stay..."

"That is not possible as we have not finalised our decision on the businesses that we intend to do yet."

"Ah, then perhaps it would be best if we were to take this chance to discuss it?"

"I’m afraid that this information is something that is secret amongst the Nilm Family, your Majesty. We cannot discuss that with outsiders."

"Oh? Then perhaps you can just give some hints, we could at least prepare ourselves?"

"There is no need to prepare, we would prefer if the permits were issued within the normal time frame that it is usually issued to be less suspicious."

"Oh, but we could also..."

I tuned out the rest of the conversation and just focused on eating the sweets and drinking the tea.

These sweets are so good!!