chapter 46 : we meet again

After her talk with her party stella went back to the duke estate to get some rest and probably explore the kingdom some more befores her vacation is over.

So, she decide to spend her time by exploring the kingdom, as she walk she spot the place where she and lucilia had their first night, which brought the girl a sense of nostalgic as she decide to go there to buy some food.

"One chocolate crepe please" "one vanilla crepe please,"

At that moment stella look at the other person who buy the vanilla crepe flavor as her eye widen as well as that person.

She has a snow white hair that reach her waist with light purple eye colour on the upper side of her eye and blue eye colour on the bottom, she wearing a coat that cover her body and her face.

At that moment the woman suddenly hug stella who was shocked before she embraced the woman gentlely, "i really miss you ella," say the person who try to hold back her tear as stella rub her back as she teleport to the top of the house.

"I miss you as well, lucy," say stella to her fiancee who she doesn't see for 7 year, just like stella, she has become a fine woman, like her mother.

"By the way, you become really beautiful, i almost didn't recognize you," say lucilia to stella, is has been really long time since they have meet, and to think that they first meeting was in here, the place where they spend their first night together, feel like fate is guiding them.

"Well, 7 year is not a short time, we eventually grow up," say stella as she remember that she used to be embarrassed by just looking at her body, but now she already get used to it, to the point that she can even sleep with the other woman without making herself uncounciousness.

"By the way, do you know how worried i'm when i heard you fight a dragon," say lucilia as she shake stella really hard, while the girl try to ease lucilia that she is fine, although the girl in her arm shaking out of worry for her.

"But still, i can't help but worried you know," say lucilia to stella who touch her shoulder as she lean the girl toward her shoulder to comfort her.

"Don't worry, juat believe in me alright," say stella to lucilia who seems to calm down, after a while they decide not do anything and enjoy their time together.

"Oh, by the way stella, a while after you leave there is one servant who suddenly missing from our estate, the other servant was kind of worried since that person was really close to almost everyone in the estate," say lucilia to stella who narrow her eye and remember an event that happen 7 years ago when she and lucilia have a night out rogether.

'I see that servant is the spy huh,' though stella before she thinking about her-in-law, she need to visit them to confirm it first.

"What about your parent, did they said anything to you, ?" Stella ask.

"They said that the servant was going back to his hometown, though i don't know the detail," say lucilia to stella who nod about the answer she got.

'As expected, they really did do something,' though the girl who doesn't seems to be suprise that the archduke and the archduchess cover it up.

After a while stella and lucilia decide to head back home with stella escorting lucilia since is been a while they last meet and stella want to spend a little more time as posible with her, the same goes for lucilia who enjoy every second with stella.

"Alright, i guess this is it," say lucilia with a dissapointed in her tone, she want to spend more time with her lover, and she could't help it, is been 7 year, but right now their relationship is still a secret and she doesn't want to burden her more.

"Se-" but before lucilia couldn't finish her word, she was suprised by stella who was giving the girl on her cheeks, "alright bye," say stella as she suddenly dissapeard from lucilia sight.

While lucilia had a blush on her face as she quickly run toward the estate with her face was cover by her arm try to hide the blush she got, stella was the same as she laid down on her bed while thinking about her action to kiss lucilia on the cheeks already make her ear blush as she try to cover her face as well.

After dinner, stella was in the duke office where she was going on her first mission after 7 whole years.

"Coorperation with one of the lancer, ?" Say stella to the duke.

"That right, i know for a fact that you have the abilities to wipe out an entire army alone, so i think right now is one of the best way to show of you skill by going on a dangerous mission especially with one of the most influence people in the kingdom," explain the duke.

"I see, so what kind of mission i will be going, ?" Ask stella as she heard all the detail from the mission she got from the duke.

Apparetly some of the local people from the dwarf kingdom found a cave that was filled with a lot of monster after an earthquake that happen a few days ago, the people in there was worried that something might happen so they request for help to the naval kingdom to send reinforment to explore the cave.

After a long night stella quickly equip all the thing she need and walk toward the gate where she saw a bunch of knight and a carriage, as she walk toward them, she saw a man with blond hair wearing armor while holding a spear.

'Is that one of the lancer,' though stella as she approach the group as the group itself notice stella who aproach them, at that moment one of the knight simply walk and greet stella.

"Hello, what is your purpose walk toward us, ?" Ask the knight to stella.

"I came here for the mission that was send by duke arbento," say stella to the knight who widen his eye, as well a few of knight who whisper to each other.

"Duke arbento she say, does this mean she work for the duke, ?"

"I don't know but isn't she too young to come on this mission, furthurmore i never heard of a fox girl like her apart from the lady fox,"

"Well, maybe she come for support, you know that this mission will be dangerous right,"

At that time the knight with a spear on his back suddenly approach them and glare at stella.

"Girl, i'm not gonna say this twice, tell me what your purpose for coming here," say the man as he releasing a powerful magic around him as he use it to intimidate stella.