Chapter 6: I Just Want to Do Something

Amelia’s gaze swept across the area and landed on a pile of miscellaneous items not far away. They were all useful odds and ends that Eileen had gathered.

Fountain pens, cloth bags, hair ties, tissues…

Seeing these items, some of the original owner’s memories surfaced in Amelia’s mind.

Although this world resembled a fantasy realm from an anime, its industrial development was quite advanced… No, it should be called Alchemy. Because of Alchemy, there were quite a few things that were close to the modern era of her previous life… but only close. This was not, after all, a world where technology was the main driving force of development.

Not dwelling on the memories, Amelia got up, picked up two black hair ties, and walked over behind Eileen. She gently began to tie Eileen’s hair.

“Your High… Your Highness?”

Amelia’s sudden action made Eileen’s body stiffen instantly. She didn’t know what to do.

“Don’t move.” Amelia spoke softly as she worked on the hair. “Eileen, your hair quality is wonderful. Beautiful and smooth. Hair like this must be well protected.”

Eileen didn’t answer. Her head was swimming.

Her Majesty, the Queen, was actually tying the hair of a mere Guard like her. What… what an honor this was.

At this moment, Eileen’s strength and her heart had yet to grow.

Amelia took two small sections of Eileen’s silver hair and tied them up, leaving the rest cascading down, forming a half-up style with twintails.

After finishing, Amelia moved in front of Eileen to look at her, a satisfied expression on her face.

Such a gaze made Eileen feel embarrassed. In her life so far, she faced nothing but training every day and had absolutely no idea how to respond to Amelia in this situation.

“Your Highness, we should sleep. We need to rest well to leave here tomorrow,” Eileen said quietly, lowering her head.

“Yes, we should sleep. It does seem a bit untimely for me to tie your hair right now.”

“That’s not what I meant, Your Highness!”

“Of course, I know you didn’t mean that. Don’t be nervous.” Amelia smiled. “Let your hair down for sleep. I’ll tie it up again for you tomorrow. A cute girl like you should be well-dressed up. It’s a pity we only have hair ties.”

“Your Highness, I can tie my hair myself. There’s no need for you to do this for me personally,” Eileen said, flattered and a bit overwhelmed.

“Eileen, I just want to do something for you. I’m so weak right now. I can’t do anything. I have to rely on you for everything. But this isn’t what I want. I truly… truly wish I could do something too.”

As she said this, Amelia couldn’t help but feel a little helpless inside.

Suddenly arriving in this world and immediately facing a dangerous escape had left her feeling deeply anxious and fearful.

“Your Majesty is my Queen, and I am Your Majesty’s Guard. It is my duty to do anything for Your Majesty,” Eileen quickly insisted.

“’Your Highness’… The Steele Kingdom has fallen. Am I still ‘Your Highness’?”

“…”

“From now on, you can just call me Lia.”

“How could I do that?”

Eileen shook her head resolutely. Even though the Steele Kingdom was destroyed, her loyalty would not change because of it.

Seeing Eileen’s stubbornness, Amelia smiled. “Then, call me ‘Miss’ from now on. That kind of title… you really don’t need to use it anymore.”

“I understand. If the title ‘Your Highness’ is accidentally overheard, it will arouse suspicion. Then, I will boldly address you as ‘Miss’ from now on,” Eileen said after thinking it over.

Hearing this, Amelia looked helpless. Although Eileen’s reasoning was different, the result was the same, so she didn’t explain further.

Now, it was time to sleep.

Nearby, Eileen had woven together some gathered weeds and covered them with a piece of cloth. Lying on it would be manageable for a night.

As Amelia got up and walked towards this makeshift bed, she glanced at the bullet comments.

【Let me tell you guys something scary. Look at the progress bar.】

【What’s scary? “Journey of the Fallen Kingdom Sword Saint’s Revenge” finished long ago. We don’t need to wait for updates.】

【The person above, don’t be in a rush. Take a look at the progress bar first.】

【Hiss… Why doesn’t this progress bar have an end? I tried, and you can’t drag it either.】

【What’s going on? Did the website glitch?】

【Episode 2, Episode 3, and the rest are all gone. Only this episode is left. What is this situation?】

【I tried it. You can drag the progress bar backward, but you can only skip ahead to parts you’ve already watched. You can’t skip to parts you haven’t watched.】

Looking at the comments, Amelia was startled.

Could it be that the viewers could only see what happened on her side?

But it seemed not every scene on her side was visible, because she had already noticed that the bullet comments weren’t present all the time. For example, earlier when she was quietly eating the roasted meat, the comments had collectively disappeared.

So, the world she was in was like an anime to others, and the scene of her eating roasted meat wasn’t included in the anime’s footage.

If that’s the case, then the flow of time on her side and the viewers’ side might also be different. The specifics were beyond Amelia’s ability to determine. It was a mysterious and unknown situation.

No matter what, since things had come to this point, she could only accept the circumstances.

Amelia lay down.

Although she had slept quite a bit while unconscious earlier, after lying down, she still quickly fell into a deep sleep.

The night’s chill invaded, causing her frail body to curl up into a small ball.

“Cold…”

“So cold.”

Eileen, who had just closed her eyes next to her, got up and looked towards Amelia.

Listening to Amelia’s sleep talking, Eileen hesitated for a moment before walking over and lying down beside Amelia, gently pulling her into her arms.

“Forgive me, Your High… Miss.”

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A cool morning breeze swept through the rolling mountains. The verdant trees swayed incessantly in the wind, the rustling sound echoing through the hills.

Sunlight broke through the clouds on the horizon, casting down beams of light that dappled the vast mountain range in a myriad of colors.

Heavenly Calendar Year 720, September 8th.

Inside the cave.

Amelia, already awake, was eating the roasted meat Eileen had prepared. Although eating greasy roasted meat early in the morning seemed a bit much, she had no other choice right now.

Taking a bite of the meat, Amelia glanced at the bullet comments, then at Eileen.

Through the comments, she discovered that yesterday, Eileen had held her while she slept. But when she woke up, Eileen had long been awake. Without the bullet comments, she wouldn’t have noticed.

No wonder she felt so cold when she first fell asleep yesterday but felt so warm when she woke up.

Since Eileen hadn’t mentioned it, Amelia didn’t ask further.

“Miss, what should we do next?” Eileen, who had already finished eating, looked at Amelia and asked.