The Villainess with a Heroine Harem

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No matter how much Justine despaired about her fate internally, she could only helplessly leave to fetch her little boss what she wanted.

Thankfully, Dixie wasn't completely petty, and left her alone after pushing her out of the room with another additional instruction.

Of course, as soon as she was alone, Justine removed her blindfold and scoffed. "A matching scarf? Is she so possessive now that she doesn't even want others to see Emilia's face? Hmph."

Justine couldn't help but shake her head. 'To think that girl pretended to be so obedient before, but turned so controlling as soon as she got what she wanted…' 

Unfortunately, she had to begrudgingly admit that the two of them were a better match together than she would be for Emilia.

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Of course, the reason Dixie had asked Justine to fetch a scarf was because she was sure that exposing the real face of her princess to the world would be a bad idea.

Emilia may not have told her the exact details of why she didn't remain in her original form, and reduced her own beauty like this most of the time, but Dixie could pretty much guess on her own.

Since her princess was so gorgeous, her face alone would surely cause her trouble wherever she went. Maybe it was only to bless her eyes that Emilia had exposed herself today, and it was now her duty to prevent such a thing from troubling her while they went out.

Emilia had no idea what kind of misunderstandings her knight was forming, and happily examined the fluffy scarf wrapped around her neck and face as she settled into the backseat of Dixie's car.

Dixie shook her head with a smile as she slid in next to her and closed the door. "Where would you like to go, princess? Your home?"

Although the knight had no idea how many people would recognize Emilia in this state, her family should definitely be able to.

Emilia leaned her head against Dixie's shoulder, closing her eyes with a grin. "Nope. Let's go on a shopping date today. How about it?"

The dark-haired girl could feel her heart skip a beat as her face flushed red at the word. 'D-Date! Hey wait a minute… isn't the order reversed? We're going on a date after having sex?!'

Of course, the will of her princess was paramount, and Dixie instructed the driver uncle to head for the most luxurious shopping complex in the city, unaware of her pummeling image in his eyes.

As someone who also acted as her bodyguard when needed, the man was of course quite observant. He had already become quite fond of the girl whom Dixie doted on so much, often calling her 'princess', and thought that their friendship was quite precious. In fact, secretly he thought the chances of them becoming lovers was quite high, given how much the young miss obsessed over the White family's youngest daughter.

However, today, his young miss had become besotted with another beauty, and bestowed that very same title to her as well. Wouldn't that little girl be heartbroken when she found out?

Unfortunately, whatever his young miss did, he could only keep it secret regardless of right or wrong. But hopefully, that little girl would never find out. After all, being heartbroken aside, the wrath of the White Deer family was not something they could handle.

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Of course, even though this was the most luxurious shopping mall in the city, the richest of the rich rarely came here. Even Dixie wasn't very familiar with the place, though that was for an entirely different reason. Being a tomboy, if not for her mother nagging her, she wouldn't even bother with the appearances at all. 

It may have changed a little after meeting Emilia, but it was only to the extent of not bringing her shame by standing together. For her own appearance, Dixie still cared very little.

The place itself looked decent, with a wide open center from which one could stare at the trademarked snow globe that hung almost three stories up. Some people often joked about that thing killing off hundreds of people once it crashed, but the mall had repeatedly assured everyone that such a thing was impossible.

The shops here were still catered to those who were well-off in the upper-middle class and above, and most goods here would be considered 'cheap', or even unacceptable to someone at the level of her princess. But looking at the things being sold, Dixie thought the quality being offered wasn't actually that different from those of specialized shops. In some cases, it might even be better.

Of course, Emilia looked a little surprised, her eyes shining as they flicked from one shop to another.

It wasn't the grandest sight she had seen, obviously, but Emilia had never imagined that the grandeur of a palace could ever be combined with the liveliness and chaos of a marketplace so seamlessly. Her wonder didn't last long, however, and she soon moved on to browsing through the various offerings.

The first place Emilia 'raided' had numerous gorgeous dresses on display, and had immediately caught her attention even though it was on the first floor.

"Ohhh… this one looks quite similar to what I had in mind when I was looking for something to wear to the party, ah!"

Dixie could only shake her head as an enthusiastic female attendant approached Emilia immediately after they entered, as if knowing the rich prey by some sort of instinct, and started firing praises for both the girl and the dress to high heavens.

Within three minutes flat, the girl had flattered every part of her body, and if her words were to be believed, the most expensive dress in the shop was a match made in heaven just for her.

"I'll buy it! Un un, show me more! Ohh, do you have anything like this, but without the fade, and maybe—"

The young salesgirl knew that today was the day she struck jackpot, and immediately led Emilia deeper into the store.

Dixie couldn't help but chuckle as she followed them. 'Why does this feel like I've brought my newly wed wife for shopping?'

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~ To be continued ~

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