Chapter 37: I... came to get oranges (I).
"Tweet! Tweet!"
The woeful bird tries to flee, but its nose was captured by the captivating aroma of those sweets.
Analissa was grinning so wide, it seemed that the bee had smelled the honey.
Losimer, familiar with the villainess, barely stood on his little feet, his feathers shaking not believing to be tempted.
No matter how many times his mind yelled in a warning, "Go! Fly! Before it's too late! Our loyalty stays with milady!"
It was too late.
His little feathers spread, the more he chirped, demanding a piece of that biscuit. "Tweet!"
The demon blur, Analissa handed over the small plate of biscuits, putting it by the porch of the window, and smiled.
Losimer uses one of its claws to grab a hold of the cookie before eating a piece with its beak.
"You sure are hungry, don't tell me you've been watching me work since lunch?"
Losimer tweets with a nod, meaning that it was a yes.
No wonder the poor thing was hungry. Imagine waiting outside and being given a mission to spy on you in the cold.
The blonde girl frowns in pity, she hands over a cookie to the bird holding it for him to take. "Here you must be completely famished."
A biscuit!
Losimer could've sworn that there was a faint light emitting from behind but he was too hungry to care. "Omph!"
"Tweet!"
"Now just asking, and just to be sure- you're one of Lady Evelyn's familiar right?"
Losimer nods happily, nodding to say indeed, he is one of Lady Alarie's faithful! Loyal familiars!
Analissa's heart relaxed that this wasn't any of the male love interest's little secrets familiar or anything.
"Whew, at least now I know how she knows where I worked. So it was through you! Clever little fellow, weren't you also the one who delivered me a new set of uniform?" (Analissa) asks knowing full well that it was this same bird that did such a kind thing.
"Tweet~!"
Losimer nods to answer yes again flowers all over, it was him that gave that uniform under milady's orders but- hold on one moment!
"Tweet... Tweet?!"
Shamefully the bird held a cookie, kneeling on the porch, he stopped eating, realizing that he was answering all of the blonde-haired girl's answers like it was nothing.
"Tweet...!"
The bird couldn't understand what was happening, he only swore loyalty for his Lady the future Duchess of the Alarie household but-
"Grrr... Tweet."
Something was amiss. It shouldn't take Losimer to be tamed by a single piece of bread!
Or two... biscuits.
Okay, maybe three.
"Oh! Thank you so much for giving it to me! I know my old uniform was badly messed up before, it must've been heavy to carry but I owe you and Lady Evelyn my thanks." (Analissa) tells the bird with a warm smile on her face.
Without even thinking, a hand goes over the top of the bird's head. Its soft feathers were soothing to the touch as Analissa tilted her head giggling and patting Losimer's head.
"I like you, birdie."
She was grateful that they were willing to give some uniforms out after hearing how hers were torn into pieces, now the heroine felt more in debt to the Villainess.
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The Japanese streamer was secretly fangirling deep inside her heart about how she was hoping it was Lady Evelyn that gave her that uniform.
She could've just continued on spying but no! Lady Evelyn even made sure to get the right sizes to fit her!
Losimer felt something weird.
Thump!
"...Heehee tweet."
Perhaps now the bird's mind was being clouded by the image of the blonde girl smiling. The bird scratched the back of its neck using his wings and was blushing a little with the sudden confession.
H-He wouldn't mind answering some more questions, I mean he's technically been found out anyways-
Oh no...
"TWEET!"
HE'S BEEN FOUND OUT!
Panicked he did, chirping and wrapping himself into a little ball using his wings to let go of the cookie.
"H-Huh what's wrong?!" (Analissa) leans over to the familiar that was almost in tears.
She gave a confused look not knowing birds could cry like that- "Um... are you okay? Wait- are you crying?!"
Analissa turned to the bird in a panic. "You were fine a moment ago, why are you suddenly crying?"
The bird sniffs not knowing why but he suddenly wanted to vent out everything to the heroine.
"Tweet... Tweet! Tweet... Chirp! Sniff...!"
He tells the heroine by chirping but still, she couldn't understand. So Analissa resulted in doing the last resort.
Logical braincell, I choose you!
Logical braincell came into the rescue while horny and normal braincell clapped at the braincell's fabulous entrance.
Clap! Clap! Clap!
They needed to figure out why this bird was crying.
"So you're asking why this familiar would be crying on the porch not even daring to eat the cookie! I have two theories!" (Logical braincell) holds her glasses in the middle before raising them to the bridge of her nose.
"One, it's clear that he's probably tired of answering our questions. I mean we were always on the receiving end and this bird is getting nothing- he was tasked to watch us now he's being interrogated."
Who wouldn't cry?
"Theory number two! He looked pretty happy eating the biscuits but not until you mentioned the uniform! We didn't know that fact until now, meaning, now that this bird has been found out. Will the Villainess punish him for not doing a good job?"
...
"Ahhh..." (Analissa) felt like what she thought made sense, no wonder this bird was rocking back and forth.
It probably didn't want to fail the Villainess of its given mission and well- she probably compromised him and might even get the little guy in trouble.
He's shaking to the small little feet he has!
"Shhh... Don't cry little one." (Analissa) holds Losimer out while he is still in a small wrapped bundle.
"T-Tweet...?" (Losimer) looks confused and didn't even notice that the blonde girl had picked her up to her chest.
"I won't tell Lady Evelyn so we can have this as our little secret." (Analissa) raises a finger to her lips and makes a little shush sound. It made her look charming and kind, Losimer's eyes sparkled looking over the heroine.
"If you won't tell- I won't either. We'll both be out of trouble, you can keep watching me and report me to her, don't worry."
Losimer did not believe what he was hearing.
This girl whom she was tasked to watch for weeks already has found him and his purpose, now that he's been found out the girl was willing to let him do his job?!
"T-Tweet TOT!" (Losimer) buries his little bird head into the heroine's chest crying. N-Now he won't be trapped in that familiar realm! He will still be able to get out and fly more often!
"E-Easy that place isn't exactly um... ah whatever you're lucky you're a cute bird." (Analissa) lets the bird cry its heart out by the chest of her maid uniform.
She was surprised that magical familiars have a high sense of emotional intelligence when it comes to this and have the ability to understand human language.
"I don't know your name yet so I hope you don't mind me calling you birdie for a bit until I find out your name." (Analissa) chuckles picking Losimer away and placing him back on the porch with the plate of biscuits.
"So... should we keep this a secret?"
"Tweet!"
Losimer felt like it was a win-win situation.
The blonde girl was letting him watch over her, gathering intel and giving it to his master. "Ah right, I have work to do and I wanted to um... talk to you for a bit to check if you had any bad intentions to hurt me but you're not a bad bird so-"
Analissa sees the open window and then looks down at Losimer's figure.
She turns back into the restaurant seeing that it was fairly empty, the word still hasn't spread that she was back there again so there weren't many NPCs ambushing her for a crowd.
The wind was cold, if the little bird would continue watching over her it should at least keep warm. "Watch me well, I give you my consent for it birdie."
Analissa winks taking off the scarf that was wrapped around her neck. "But I can't have you watching me while you're cold."
The blonde girl seemed like a cool figure at that moment, taking the scarf in her hands and making a little makeshift nest for the bird to settle in.
She picks up Losimer who has begun to take comfort in her soft hands and was placed in the middle of it.
"Tweet! Tweet!"
Losimer's face was turning even redder. Such a sweet girl was this chivalrous for a bird!
Such a gentlewoman! Praise her!
Le gasp! If only she was his other master... Will his master ever make a move? All this spying and reporting was making him feel sad that they weren't going anywhere!
Analissa was not aware that another party had joined her fan club. She focused on having the bird have its best comfort while it stays inside the restaurant.
For the final touch, she pushes the plates of biscuits near enough for the bird's beak to reach.
"Why don't we talk with each other when I get home? Will you be watching me there too?" (Analissa) asked so casually it almost made the bird choke the piece of biscuit he was trying to eat.
"Ah wait... Farrah might escort me home so- never mind. When you see me get home, you can report back to Lady Evelyn that I'm safe and I didn't take a detour route toward the crown prince's place."
Analissa chuckled thinking of herself taking a detour by the crown prince's place. As if never in a million years- but in the game she did once if she ever picked out his route.
Losimer blinks, tilting its head to the side. The crown prince comment did manage to get his attention but something else grabbed it completely.
Farrah?
Whoever is that?
"Tweet?" (Losimer) asks and Analissa must've understood the bird well enough to know what it was referring to.
"Ah! Right that girl is Farrah inside the kitchen." (Analissa) points at Farrah who was washing the dishes still with her apron, biceps flexing while she rinses the soap out of the plates.
Farrah, who was unaware that two people were checking her out, continued to clean.
"Ah~ Isn't she hot? I mean cool- I mean very well built? Don't you agree, birdie?" The blonde girl sighs, putting a hand on her cheek, watching Farrah clean those dishes with admiration.
She never knew that watching someone clean dishes would be so relaxing. Horny braincell was gawking, she's liking the Pièce de résistance in that kitchen.
"G-Guhk tweet?!"
BUFF, LOSIMER SAW BUFF MUSCLE!
MASTER MAY HAVE SOME COMPETITION!
"Tweet..." (Losimer) felt the urge to tell his master to come back and quickly escort the blonde girl instead to safety!
If his master is not moving to make progress!
He'll just make an opportunity for her to use, to get close to the blonde girl!
"Tweet!" (Losimer) shimmies out of the scarf, taking a cookie before spreading his wings out to fly out of the window.
"Eh?!" (Analissa) saw that the bird was no longer there in the little scarf next that she made and saw Losimer flying in the distance, towards the academy.
"Cough! Wait where are you going?! I thought we were having a bonding moment here! Is he going to report back to Lady Evelyn already?" (Analissa) coughed slightly looking over outside the window and shivered from the cold, little did she know the bird was going to fetch the other contender for her hand.