Mona, who was very full and in a very pleasant mood, agreed without even thinking, "No problem, it's just a small matter. Since you let me eat so much, I'll forgive you!"
Hearing that Mona didn't plan to hold a grudge over the forced kiss, Illustrious immediately said happily, "You truly are magnanimous! I really admire your broad-mindedness!"
Wait, forced kiss... Mona suddenly remembered that she seemed to have been forcibly kissed by this person under the pretext of restoring her so-called memories. That was her first kiss! To think she wanted to dismiss it with just one meal—her first kiss was surely not that worthless!
The more she thought about it, the more Mona felt she was losing out. She immediately went back on her word, saying, "No way! That was a girl's precious first kiss! You want to wipe it clean with just one meal? Keep dreaming!"
"But didn't you just say you forgave me? How can you go back on your word! What you're doing is wrong," Illustrious criticized Mona.
"That... that's because I had just woken up and my head wasn't clear yet, so I only said I forgave you then. Now I'm clear-headed! So now I regret it," Mona argued defensively.
"We're both just girls. Even if we kissed, so what? Just treat it as being bitten by an ant. Is there a need to be so calculating?" Illustrious said with a face that suggested it was a trivial matter, acting like she was doing Mona a favor after getting the better of her.
Seeing that Illustrious actually kissed her and then acted like it was no big deal, Mona said angrily, "Don't give me that. I don't care. If you don't compensate me properly, I... I'll..."
"You'll what..." Illustrious said playfully. She was an existence on the same level as the Seven Archons; she didn't believe Mona could do anything to her.
Mona's momentum faltered. Right! This person looks pretty strong! She didn't seem to be able to beat her. What should she do? Was she just going to be taken advantage of for nothing? However, she had a flash of inspiration and thought of a way to make Illustrious behave.
Mona, feeling a bit nervous with a flushed face and fine sweat, took off her top, revealing her snow-white and smooth skin, while using one hand to cover her breasts.
Illustrious, who was drinking from a teacup, spat the water out directly. "Holy crap, Mona, what are you trying to do? Why are you taking off your clothes for no reason? I'm from a respectable family! But if you insist on this, I'll take the loss and have you. You must have been captivated by me! Sigh! Who told me to be so handsome and dashing? I'm always so popular."
Mona gave Illustrious a seductive wink. Illustrious immediately felt she couldn't take it; her phantom limb even straightened up. This little vixen really knows how to torment people! I'll take you right now.
"Awoo!" Illustrious let out a wolf howl and pounced toward the topless Mona.
"Don't block with your hand! Let me feel." Illustrious wanted to move Mona's left hand that was covering her breasts.
But Mona refused to let Illustrious move it no matter what. Instead, she started to laugh sinisterly. "What do you think would happen if I shouted 'indecent assault' right here?"
"What... what would happen?" The wicked fire in Illustrious was instantly extinguished. She swallowed her saliva and said with a bit of fear.
"A group of people would come running, catch you as a rapist, and hand you over to the Millelith. At that time, your reputation will be ruined, and you'll become a street rat that everyone beats," Mona said with a smile.
Hearing that the consequences were so terrifying, Illustrious immediately wimped out. Although she wasn't afraid of her reputation being ruined, she was afraid that the charge of being a rapist would reach Keqing! It would be over then! Keqing might even divorce her right then and there!
Illustrious let go of Mona, returned to her chair, and said with a sigh, "Fine! What do you want?"
Seeing Illustrious give up her resistance, Mona immediately became happy. She put her top back on, straightened her clothes, and said triumphantly, "Wouldn't it have been better to do this earlier? You had to make me go through all that trouble. Even if your strength is greater than mine, so what? You were still subdued by me until you couldn't resist."
"I want you to do something for me. This matter is actually very simple and won't cause you the slightest loss, so you can rest assured. After you complete this, the matter of the forced kiss will be wiped clean."
"What is it? Let me tell you, I won't do anything like murder or arson! I'm a person of high moral character and integrity!" Illustrious said with a serious face.
"You, high moral character and integrity? A pervert who forcibly kisses someone the first time they meet... you have the nerve to say that!" Mona said with disdain.
"Uh! Ehe!" Illustrious rubbed the back of her head and played dumb.
"Stop playing dumb. Forget it, I can't be bothered with you. Listen carefully, I want you to..." Mona suddenly blushed, feeling a bit embarrassed.
"Why are you blushing? Just say it. Don't tell me you want to do something lewd to me? I'm telling you! I'm a person of high moral character and integrity! I'm not as casual as you imagine. Of course, if you insist on forcing me with this, I can only be forced to accept. However, you have to be gentle with me," Illustrious said bashfully with a red face.
Hearing Illustrious's words, veins popped on Mona's forehead. She immediately ran in front of Illustrious, gave her a hand-chop to the head, and said angrily, "Shameless! Who would want to do that kind of thing to you!"
Illustrious rubbed her struck head and said with a bit of pain, "Don't get physical, okay? We're all civilized people. Let's be reasonable, okay?"
After the outburst at Illustrious, Mona's face was no longer red. She said calmly, "What I want you to do is to pretend to be my girlfriend. Don't look so happy over there; listen carefully, it's pretending."
Illustrious wondered what it was, but it turned out to be pretending to be her girlfriend! You should know that this kind of 'pretending to be a girlfriend' usually ends up becoming a real girlfriend in the end! That's how it's always played out in anime and TV dramas! It's just her turn this time. Then she should also work harder to turn 'pretending' into 'real'!
"Why do you want me to pretend to be your girlfriend?" Illustrious asked.
Mona sighed and said, "That's because my master said she would only be willing to teach me the final secret technique—the Great Prophecy Technique—after I find true love."
"The future is full of various possibilities, and each possibility has a branch. But in fact, only the main branch is the true future. Normal prophecy can only predict the branches, but this Great Prophecy Technique can 100% predict the events of the main branch of the future."
"So that's how it is! But why choose me? You should know I'm a girl! Why didn't you choose a man?" Illustrious said in confusion.
"Why find a man? To let him take advantage of me? How good it is to find a girl! Even if I'm taken advantage of, it's nothing. After all, we're all girls. What's the big deal?" Mona looked at Illustrious with a gaze reserved for the mentally challenged and said.
Illustrious felt uncomfortable being looked at with that gaze. It was true that the question she asked was a bit stupid! However, she had one more question. "Then won't your master object to you finding a girlfriend?"
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