Princess's Jewelry (Part 1)

"My, my... Matron Grandma Hilda, why are you looking at me like that? Don't tell me that after not seeing me for a few years, you've forgotten all about me... sob sob sob!"

As she watched the brown-haired young woman on the verge of tears, Golden Softie felt several bolts of heavenly lightning strike her, leaving her charred on the outside and tender within.

"Hey, hey... What is wrong with this world? Is it the distortion of human nature, or... cough cough, could Sonia have been replaced by someone else?"

Almost at the same moment Lucy emerged from her shattered inner world, Matron Grandma Hilda recognized the person before her.

"I never expected you, little girl, to become this powerful!"

Hearing Matron Grandma Hilda's assessment of Sonia, the Queen of Complaints felt that not only her mental world, but even her physical body, was continuously cracking apart.

"Well... it was nothing. I just improved a tiny little bit! (Sonia blushed shyly.)"

"Pfft... You call that a tiny bit? Could you give me a dozen too?"

As the princess's guardian carefully trained by His Majesty the Emperor, Sonia naturally knew telepathy magic, so she was perfectly aware of what the Queen of Complaints was thinking. But well... hehehe.

After glancing at Golden Softie, who looked thoroughly unwell, Sonia silently put away the wicked smile at the corner of her lips and said softly, "Matron Grandma Hilda, I heard you talking about some kind of commission just now. Is it something interesting?"

As the dorm matron, Hilda knew this eternal shut-in all too well. If she learned of her plan, the entire Magnolia would know within three minutes. But this girl's appetite for gossip was immense, and her strength was terrifying. Even if Hilda drove her away, she would return later to