The Villainous Noblewoman Is About to Be Forced into Love, Isn’t This Wrong?

"Liana Your Highness." At this moment, Loraviel walked over holding a cup of tea.

"Well, shall we take a short break and start today's training?"
"Olivia glanced at Liana."
"I’m already rested, Lady Olivia, and ready to continue at any time," Loraviel responded, thinking Olivia was speaking to her.

"No, no, no." Olivia shook her head. "I was talking about Liana Your Highness."
"Liana Your Highness?" Loraviel looked at Liana. She wasn't very surprised since Liana was no longer the same Liana she had known.
"What's wrong? Is it strange?" Liana looked at Loraviel. "Is it not your group that hasn't given me enough sense of security? Also, I don't have a suitable slave."

"Sorry, Liana Your Highness." Loraviel felt a bit guilty.
Liana had come this far mostly because Loraviel was unable to use magic. To put it simply, it was because of a lack of power, which is fatal for nobility.
And she, now, was still not qualified to be Liana’s strength.

So, she had to try even harder, working even harder than Liana, as well.
"Just talking won't do. You have to show me with your actions."
Liana said this and thought for a moment. "I mean the one you passed previously."

"What knight assessment? Aren’t you already a junior knight? The requirements aren’t that high, just don’t expect to become anything special, just an intermediate knight, that should be fine."
Now, there were still one year and ten months before the main plot began, and by the time it started, Loraviel would already be a Dark Knight, meaning at that time, her knight level and mage level would have reached the executor standard.
"Liana Your Highness! You haven’t taken the knight assessment! You have no idea how difficult it is! Becoming a knight in a month is already an impressive feat!"

"If you can't even make it as a knight, then stop being my bodyguard."
"Alright." Olivia could only reluctantly agree.
"It's really a wish come true, hurry up and let Loraviel go, she’s such a good girl."

"?!" Loraviel suddenly looked up, "Lady Olivia, please don’t say such things!"
Loraviel hurriedly nodded in agreement, "Alright, I understand, I will try harder, Liana Your Highness."
"Olivia: Truly unbearable."
Liana looked at Loraviel's wound and the slightly swollen fingers, "Forget it, forget it, two months, surely no one can say I’m bullying you now, right?"

"Thank you, Liana Your Highness." Loraviel was relieved that Liana wasn’t worried about her inability to finish the task.
But the more this happened, the more Loraviel had to prove that she had the ability.
"I don’t need your thanks. I just hope you don’t overexert yourself." Liana crossed her arms and glanced at her. "I still haven’t found a suitable woman. If you fainted like yesterday and couldn’t stand up, would you still be able to? This month, I’m going to take one gold coin from you as proof. Understand?"

"Liana Your Highness."
"Do you have a problem?"
"I have no problem."

How could Loraviel possibly have an opinion? It was obvious that Liana was concerned about her overexerting herself, and even though it was said to be deducting one gold coin, Loraviel could guarantee that by the time it was over, she would end up with more gold coins, not fewer.
Seeing that Liana was picking on Loraviel again, Olivia slightly furrowed her brow.
"Liana Your Highness, should you be ready now?"

"Not yet, tomorrow." Liana was eating cookies.
Although Liana had the intention of training, the main focus now was still to figure out magic.
"You..."

"Alright, alright, just because it hasn't started yet doesn't mean I didn’t try, right?"
"Hurry up, hurry up." Liana urged.
"Okay."

Loraviel stood up again, her fingers still hurting, but it was still within her tolerance.
Olivia noticed that the afternoon training was much easier than the first half of the day. After all, Loraviel was injured now. Continuing with the same intensity would be counterproductive.
Loraviel also understood her current physical condition and didn’t push herself too hard.

This was still the first time Liana had watched their training for an extended period. Before, she would just glance and leave, and whenever she came over, it was usually during their breaks.
Sitting in the pavilion for almost an afternoon, Liana still hadn’t gotten what she wanted.

"Why are you always making Loraviel do physical training?" Liana asked.

"Isn't it obvious? What's the problem?"
"Isn’t it obvious? Where’s the magic? The magic I wanted to see!"
"Because, Your Highness Liana, weren’t you planning to have Loraviel take the knight assessment?"

"Doesn’t the knight assessment require a magic test? I know well that although the knight assessment is separate, it’s not prohibited to use magic during the assessment, in fact, they encourage combining the two. Liana knows this aspect quite well."
After all, magic was only recently developed in this world. The more people who could use magic, the better.
"Your Highness Liana, haven’t you ever attended one?" Olivia asked.

"You didn’t deny it, right?"
"…"
"Why, is magic so mysterious that you’re holding back? You don’t want to teach Loraviel?" Liana asked.

"No." Olivia’s expression became a little subtle.
"Your Highness Liana, Olivia hasn’t done that. She has patiently taught me many things. If it weren’t for Olivia, I definitely wouldn’t have passed the magic test."
At this moment, Loraviel stepped forward to explain for Olivia.

As a result, she received a hard knock on the head from Liana. "Did I tell you to speak?"
"Sorry, Liana Your Highness..." Loraviel obediently stepped back.
"So why then? Teaching Loraviel magic would make the knight assessment a lot easier, wouldn't it? Besides, she’s injured right now, and you're still making her do physical training? At this point, shouldn’t we change it to magic training? Wouldn't that be better?" Liana continued questioning.

"I..."
"I thought Royal Knights were supposed to be generous, but well, magic is such a mysterious thing, so naturally, it has to be held back," Liana said.
"I would never be so selfish! Magic is the collective wisdom of everyone!"

Liana understood that Olivia was not being selfish, but why she wasn’t teaching Loraviel, Liana wasn’t quite clear. If it was normal, then fine, but now, she also wanted to take advantage of it!
"Then why not? Or do you want Loraviel to fail the assessment?"
"Because I’m a magic rookie! Is this answer good enough for you?!" Olivia said in despair. "My knight rank is a high-level executor, but my mage rank is only a mid-level mage!"

"Mid-level mage? That’s about the same as Mese, but Mese is much younger than Olivia."
"But that’s still not too bad, right? Loraviel is just pretending to use magic, that should be more than enough, right?" Liana asked, puzzled.
"Fine, fine." Olivia completely gave up. She sighed, "I advanced from a low-level mage to a mid-level mage after taking the test 13 times."

"…"
Just hearing that number, Liana understood why.
An apprentice taking the test, even without rest, would need over a year to complete all the assessments.

"I just... didn’t want to delay Loraviel, understood?!" Olivia finally couldn’t help but shout at her.
Liana understood. Olivia had been working hard to learn, but it couldn’t be helped—she had only reached this point.
She never expected to become a mid-level mage back then.

"Since you're not very familiar with magic, don't delay Loraviel, so you don't lead her astray."
Pfft! Hahahahahaha! Liana couldn't help but laugh loudly, "A magic fool? That suits your name well, you're really too one-sided."
But this also proved that Olivia had an absolute strength in some areas to make up for this.

"Is this answer satisfactory to you?" Liana asked.
"Alright, alright." Liana waved her hand. "After all, Loraviel is still a beginner. Although you can’t teach her anything too advanced, the basics should be no problem, right?"
Liana didn’t plan to give up, sticking to her principle that any advantage should be seized!

"Loraviel has already learned the basics," Olivia said. She did want to teach, but Loraviel was smart, so she could only teach the basics.
"I see. So if a grandmaster teaches a magic fool, should I go find someone else to teach Loraviel magic?"
"Kind of," Olivia admitted generously. Loraviel’s magic talent was not low, at least much better than her own. If there was a suitable teacher willing to teach her, she would improve much faster.

"Hey, hey! Don't admit it so easily! Aren’t you always arguing with me normally?"
Cough cough. Liana coughed a few times, "Has Loraviel really mastered the basics? You’re so stupid; you shouldn’t have let Loraviel’s foundation be flawed, right?"
"This doesn’t need Your Highness Liana to worry about; I have no problem with the basic knowledge."

Loraviel had been listening closely to Liana’s words. She knew that some of the things Liana was saying now were for a reason.

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Not to mention, Liana seemed to have been dwelling on this topic for quite some time.

"Could it be..."
"Olivia, I don't understand some of the basics. Could you please explain them to me again?" Loraviel asked.
"But..." Olivia seemed to hesitate, as Loraviel hadn’t seemed the type to forget, but since this was the first time Loraviel had asked so actively, Liana obviously couldn’t refuse. "Alright."

"Thank you so much! Loraviel!" Liana nearly jumped up.
"Where did you forget?" Olivia asked.
"If possible, could you please explain it again, Lady Olivia? I want to confirm it once more, in case I missed something." Loraviel said.

"Alright."
Olivia took out a magic stone. "The moment you awakened your magic, your body already knew how to use magic."
"However, if you don’t start practicing, you won’t be able to control the magic proficiently. If you release magic too frequently, it will waste energy. So you need to use this magic stone for training." Olivia’s body emitted magic waves as she slowly filled the blank magic stone with red. This was the color of her magic.

"This magic stone is extremely fragile and has no uniform specifications. A little extra force will cause it to shatter. This is also the first item in the magic assessment."
"Mm."
"Oh? So this is for practice?" Liana had seen many of them before but wasn’t clear about the exact purpose.

Mese didn't teach her about this. Too much!
But, she must have thought she would clear things up with Olivia, after all, Olivia was on her side, trustworthy, so she hadn’t told her these details.
Time was precious in assessments, and Mese probably didn’t want to waste it on such matters.

Who would’ve thought Liana hadn't told Olivia about this!
As for why not? It wasn’t because she was worried Olivia would spill it, she just wanted to see Olivia’s little expression. It was fun to watch, she loved it.
She liked watching her being so serious and having no way of dealing with it.

Buzz.
Then, every person’s magic reserve has a limit.
It requires constant effort to increase it, and this is the most important aspect of the later magic assessment.

Increasing the magic limit not only requires long periods of training, but also requires a certain level of physical fitness.
Otherwise, your body might not withstand the strain when using magic.
Magic recovery also depends on absorbing magical factors from the air. The higher the magic affinity, the faster the recovery.

For example, fire-affinity individuals recover magic faster when in contact with flames, and their spell strength increases as well.
Also, certain environments have the same effect.
The Magic Forest has much more magic than our human world. In the Magic Forest, magic recovery speed increases.

But... in the Demon Realm, our magic recovery speed slows down, or even stops. But you don’t need to worry about that. The demons have been asleep for a long time now."
Olivia said.
"…"

Olivia said a lot, and Liana also heard many things not recorded in books.
"So?" Olivia asked.
Loraviel glanced at Liana out of the corner of her eye. "No problem."

"Lady Olivia."
"If you have any questions, feel free to ask me anytime, but it’s best if it’s about magic," Olivia said, clearly lacking confidence on the magic topic.
"I understand." Loraviel nodded.

"Then today’s training ends here."
"Mm."
Loraviel followed behind Liana, "Liana Your Highness, may I make a request?"

"Do you dare to make requests as a personal servant?" Liana looked angry but still asked Loraviel what her request was. "Speak up."
"It’s about the magic stone Lady Olivia showed earlier. I would like some of them to train, may I?" Loraviel asked.
Liana’s eyes widened in surprise. She couldn’t let this happen! It was just the right excuse for her to take the magic stone away!

Cough cough, "Magic stone?"
"Mm, I feel that my magic control is still not perfect. I only barely passed the mage assessment, so I want to train more." Loraviel explained.
This person—Loraviel—got full marks in the mage assessment.

"Alright, fine, you’re just going to be a nuisance to others." Liana quickened her steps, avoiding Loraviel from seeing the helpless look on her face.
After learning the truth, Liana really was, well... soft and understanding.