Chapter 357: I’m Not Someone Summoned

“So, Sweetheart, basically I’m the leader of the best information organization in the kingdom; that’s what I was hiding from you.”

“Wow! I really didn’t expect that!”

I mean, that was a surprise, but it answers a lot of questions: like what the marquis gained by marrying her, which he didn’t mention, leaving out that he was in love, and it even clears up some doubts in my inherited memories.

Basically, Lily told me how, after the incident in which the twins were almost kidnapped, she decided to make a change and started looking toward the future.

To improve the gentlemen’s club and bring it to its current glory, she understood that information was a valuable resource and slowly built a network of connections and information that unexpectedly flourished far beyond its initial purpose.

And it took off even more when she married the marquis, expanding it and giving them the mutual benefits we talked about earlier.

With the extensive network of contacts she formed, she gathered information and gave it to Cedric as a priority.

As Minister of Defense, being prepared was a priority, and so he did not hesitate to heavily fund Lily, strengthening all her connections and methods of gathering information.

That was why she was here as the informant; she was the leader of the organization.

It wasn’t her job, but when she arrived in the morning, she called the twins, as she had promised herself that when they both left the capital, she would show them this. The twins clearly knew about it, but they never got involved.

But when the time came, she brought them to see it and familiarize themselves a little with all of this; and well, she did the informant’s job, because she thought it was the coolest part of it all.

Until, coincidentally, her first client here was me, and I ruined it, which is why she was very dissatisfied. I ruined something she had been waiting for for a long time.

“Well, Sweetheart, that’s what I hadn’t told you, but there’s something more important: we haven’t done it in over a week, and I’m at my limit!”

“Oh, that’s true! Priority matters must come first! Let’s get down to business.”

“Hehe~ I expect fair compensation for last week.”

“Huehuehe~ I’ll do it until you pass out, what’s more, I’ll bring a doppelgänger and—!”

“Hey, you two, stop it! Where are your priorities? We’re not done talking yet. Old witch, don’t change the subject! You already said that, but you haven’t talked about the rest, and you have to say that to my mother too.”

“(￣3￣) But I really want to do it. academy ended suddenly and I had a lot to do; this week was crazy, and now I’m horny. That can wait.”

“(￣3￣) Yeah, we haven’t done it in a week, I miss Lily; the rest is secondary stuff”.

“No! We’ll talk here and now! And you have to tell that horny old witch your secret; knowing her, tomorrow she’ll play dumb and continue with this nonsense.”

“Ugh! I shouldn’t have said I was horny; it’s not good for my daughters’ education!”

“It’s too late for that, Lily. Anyway, let’s get these little things over with quickly so we can get to the important stuff faster.”

“Yes, that’s true, but I already said what’s important; the rest is small stuff. The important thing is to go do it.”

“You’re really pissing me off! You more so, you old witch; how dare you say it’s a little thing when you looked like you were going crazy? Don’t even think about dragging this out; this will end today!”

“But my pride… haah~ I guess it’s over. I really lost. Well, Sweetheart, it’s not that important, but the reason I was hiding it from you is, well, because I thought I could figure out your secret on my own.”

“Huh?”

“Ugh! At first I wanted to play with you. I mean, you seemed so sure it was a big secret, and since you didn’t know I was the leader of an intelligence organization, I thought I had the upper hand and could easily figure it out on my own.”

“Huh? You were playing this game too?”

“Yes, just like you did with Aurora; I wanted to figure it out on my own too, and I didn’t want you to tell me. I thought I was capable, but the more time passed, the less I found out, not to mention that Eira kept bugging me to give up from time to time. I just couldn’t lose. My pride as a mother and leader was at stake.”

“Hey! Who was provoking you? I was just telling you the truth; it was useless to investigate. I was just trying to stop that nonsense that you even got my father involved in.”

“But I wanted to act like the one-san who knew everything; I wanted it to be the scenario where he provoked me by saying I would never find out, when I already knew; being the mature one in the relationship, I wanted to tease him.”

“Oh! That makes sense.”

I mean, even though she was different, she must have thought the same way I did about Aura at first. It was fun to see her trying to hide things from me when I already knew them, and it was fun to tease her with things I knew and she didn’t.

“You two are two of a kind, hopeless fools who like to drag others into your nonsense.”

“Haah~ but I could never find out anything about you, Sweetheart. Your information was well guarded, the Silvercrests are more difficult than even the royal family.”

“No, that’s not why, hmm so basically you didn’t want to tell me your secret because you wanted to find out mine first?”

“Yes, I really had no problem telling you that I was the leader of all this. But, you know? My pride was at stake.”

“Yes, Lily, I totally understand you; it’s completely understandable. But I won! Ha! And I didn’t even know I was in a competition, I found you out before you found me.”

“Ugh! Sweetheart, you’re mean. If it weren’t for the fact that it would also be a loss for me, I wouldn’t do this to you today. Okay, now, Sweetheart, what are you hiding? Really, like Eira said, I was going crazy; you know? I was searching and I found a guy from a remote village in the neighboring kingdom.”

“Ugh! Okay, it’s my turn.”

My celebration of my recent and unexpected victory couldn’t continue; it was time for my revelation. I’ve been ready to tell her my secret for a long time.

In fact, Lily is the person I trust the most, and I know nothing will happen. I mean, she herself said and has proven, with Astrid’s body, that she has no problem with women, in any way possible. Sometimes she’s even bolder than I am, and Astrid was a victim of that.

’But what if… she does? What if she wants a man?’

But that thought couldn’t help but pop into my head now that I was about to tell her.

I mean, sometimes the things a person is most confident about are the ones that go wrong. If she rejects me, I really won’t know what to do.

Who said having a harem was only good things? I’ve had to go through this many times before, but I really feel like it’s something that’s never that easy to say or get used to.

“Lily, the truth about my identity is that I… I…”

I was about to remove my morphogenesis, as usual, and get it over with, but the previous thoughts invaded my mind and my nervousness wouldn’t let me calm down.

The feeling of déjà vu came over me; obviously, I wouldn’t make the mistake I once made, it would be foolish to do the same thing again.

But the nervousness wouldn’t stop and my thoughts were wandering, and they were affecting me, and when I finished morphogenizing…

“I am your—”

I have to say that I don’t work well under pressure, and nervousness causes intrusive thoughts to win out and I do what I shouldn’t.

“Daugh- Ugh!”

Bang!!

I didn’t make the same mistake, but I messed up again, and before I could finish, a huge impact hit me in the stomach. It was a concentrated mass of ice and frost.

“Bastard!”

“W-wait, Eira, it was because I was a little nervous. I didn’t mean to do it again.”

“That’s not why, you idiot. Why the hell did you change into my appearance and give yourself big breasts? You’re mocking me!”

“Ugh! Wait… how did you know it was you? … It was Selene.”

“Don’t play dumb. That was my hairstyle! It was obviously me, plus those breasts are even bigger than Selene’s. If you wanted a fight, you got one, idiot!”

“Ugh… wait. To begin with, it was unintentional, I couldn’t concentrate and I had to use the space and… I mean, I was nervous and maybe it was a fusion of both… agh! Don’t bite me there! Hyaa!”

“Excuses! Grrr! Nya! Hey, don’t grab my tail!”

“Don’t think I’m going to let you beat me without a fight. I already said I was nervous, and yet you bit me mercilessly. Don’t expect mercy from me, you damn little chihuahua.”

“Grrr! I’ll rip those tits off, you bastard!”

..

“=￣ω￣=, they’re getting along well.”

“I see you’re happy for your sister, dear, although I have mixed feelings because it seems like you two are fighting. Ouch, that bite on the nipple looks painful… young people are so energetic.”

“…Yep, they get along well.”

“Well, as always, your sister doesn’t express herself correctly, but honey, is it really that shocking? He seemed nervous out of nowhere. I don’t think it’s that bad. I mean, if you know him and still love him, it can’t be that bad, right?”

“Hmm, it’s not bad.”

“Yes, it must not be a big deal. They seem like they’re going to keep fighting, and I really can’t take it anymore. Since it’s no longer a secret, tell me! What’s his secret, where does he come from? Although it’s just a hypothesis, I can only think that he’s one of those beings from another world in legends.”

“Yes, he is…”

“Huh? Really? So, I was right! That explains why there’s no information. I didn’t lose, I just didn’t have confidence in my hypothesis. Ah! It’s not a big secret, it doesn’t matter that he comes from another world, it’s no big deal!… Is there anything else?”

“…He is Phina.”

“Phina? ah! Miss Silvercrest, the one you spend a lot of time with… Wait! What did you say? Who was who? Selene, dear, please use more words, otherwise I’ll misunderstand.”

“Hmm… Chris is Phina… they’re both the same person.”

“What? Wait, are you telling me that Sweetheart is pretending to be Seraphina?”

“…Yes.”

“Hey, no! Wait, Eira, time out, time ou-ugh! Damn take!”

“Argh! Bastard!”

“Alright, time out. Selene isn’t explaining my secrets properly, and that’s not good.”

“Grrr, just get it over with quickly and don’t ever use my appearance again.”

..

I was in a catfight as usual, but I could hear what they were saying. I didn’t say anything before because I thought it would save me from having to say it, but Selene is very bad at explaining.

I had no choice but to do it myself. I separated myself from Eira, who seemed dissatisfied and wanted to tear off a piece of my ears at any cost, and explained, while returning to my original appearance:

“This is the truth, as you can see, I am Seraphina Silvercrest.”

“Sweetheart, what have you done? Even if you were brought to this world, it’s wrong to do something like that. What happened to the real one?”

“Wait, I think you’re confusing a few things. First, I’m not someone summoned to this world. I’m someone reincarnated into this world by a god.”

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