<h4>Chapter 234 Women are confusing?</h4>


    (POV: Lumiere)


    I walked alongside Lucretia through the halls of the school.


    I struggled to find the right words to exin myself to her.


    However, every time I opened my mouth, she''d simply raise her hand, silencing me with a sharpmand to shut up.


    It seemed that no matter what I said, it was bing increasingly impossible to tell her the truth.


    Feeling frustrated, I mustered up the courage to ask Lucretia where exactly we were headed. She turned to me, her eyes shing with anger, and informed me that we were on our way to see the Director.


    "Why the Director?" I asked, confused.


    What''s she gonna do, report me? Wow, so scared...


    "Because you need to exin to him what you''ve done," she replied, her tone stern.


    I couldn''t resist teasing her, trying to lighten the mood. "You''re acting like you''ve never been kissed before?" I joked, expecting a yful response.


    But Lucretia''s face grew cold and serious. Without missing a beat, she said, "That''s because I haven''t. I don''t want to either..."


    Both surprised and stunned, I turned to face Lucretia, unable to believe what I''d just heard. We were interrupted by a new voice from behind us.


    "That''s not entirely true," a woman with a smooth and calm voice said.


    Startled, both Lucretia and I turned around to see a woman with luscious blonde hair and piercing blue eyes.


    Her smooth and wless skin captivated my gaze.


    Lucretia wasted no time in reprimanding the woman. "Simone, he doesn''t need to know about my personal life," she snapped, her irritation evident.


    Simone... so that''s her name.


    She lowered her head in a polite apology to Lucretia.


    "I''m sorry if I overstepped mdy," she said.


    Mdy? She was likely Lucretia?s personal assistant or something...


    Lucretia dismissively waved off the apology. "It doesn''t matter anyway," she muttered, clearly uninterested in any further conversation.


    Curiosity gleamed in Simone''s eyes as she turned her attention towards me and then back to Lucretia. "So, are you two friends?" Simone asked.


    Before I could respond, Lucretia interjected, "Hell no! This bastard," she pointed at me, "kissed me."


    If only people knew I actually was a bastard...


    It wasn''t an insult, it was just a fact at this point.


    Truth be told, if my life was turned to a story it''d be called <<Tales of the Bastard Child>>.


    I let out a deep sigh, frustrated by Lucretia''s inability to give me a chance to exin myself.


    "You haven''t even let me..."


    I began to say, but she cut me off with a dismissive wave of her hand.


    "There''s nothing to talk about," she stated firmly.


    Simone raised an eyebrow stepped in and said, "But Lady Lucretia, remember when Merlin stole your panties? You weren''t half as angry then... you even gave him some chocte to go."


    Lucretia sighed, conceding the point, and responded, "That''s different, Simone. Don''t you remember what I told you...?"


    "Hm?" said Simone.


    "Yunno, about wanting my first kiss to be special?"


    Simone nodded sympathetically. "Ah yes, Lumiere," she uttered, recalling the name.


    Confused, I interjected, "Eh?"


    Who''s Lumiere? I''m Lumiere.


    Lucretia turned her gaze towards me, eyes narrowing.


    "What''s it to you, pervert? Got a problem with that?"


    I hurriedly tried to defend myself, "No, it''s just that..."


    But my words were drowned out as Lucretia interrupted once again.


    "I know Lumiere is usually a girl''s name, but that doesn''t mean the person I''m talking about is a girl."


    Simone chimed in, adding, "But you did say he was as beautiful as a girl, Lady Lucretia."


    Lucretia nodded in agreement.


    "Indeed, Simone. Give Lumiere a dress and apply some makeup, he might even be prettier than you."


    I''d never felt more weirded out in my life.


    This was turning into an awkward discussion, and I can''t say I''mfortable hearing this.


    Still... Lucretia did just say what I think she said.


    With a wistful sigh, Lucretia confessed, "I miss his pretty purple eyes..."


    Simone remarked, "You know, Lucretia, if I didn''t know any better, I''d think he was actually Lumiere."


    She suddenly pointed directly at me.


    Caught off guard, Lucretia''s eyes widened, and in that moment, she rushed towards me. Without warning, she firmly grabbed my cheeks and started pulling on them, as if trying to confirm Simone''s hypothesis.


    Lucretia''s grip on my cheeks tightened, and I winced in pain.


    "Lucretia, please, stop!" I pleaded, progressively getting irritated.


    But she seemed oblivious to my difort.


    With each tug, the ache in my cheeks intensified, and I couldn''t help but wonder how much longer she nned to subject me to this torture.


    Finally, she released her hold on me, and I immediately brought my hands up to gently massage my sore cheeks.


    She already pped one of my cheeks and now this?


    I''d like to p one of hers and let''s see how she''d like it...


    Well, that depends on what cheeks I''m smacking I guess.


    Kek~


    My attention shifted back to Lucretia and Simone, who were both staring at me intently.


    Lucretia, her trembling index finger pointing directly at me, stammered out her question, the wordsced with hope and doubt.


    "Are you... Lumiere?"


    I let out a weary sigh, my frustration with Lucretia''s unwillingness to listen mounting once more. "Yes," I replied, my voice heavily leaning on exasperation. "That''s what I''ve been trying to tell you. But you just wouldn''t listen."


    A serious expression settled on Lucretia''s face.


    "So, you''re Lumiere," she whispered, her voice quivering slightly. "If I had known it was you, when you kissed me... I would''ve pped you even harder."


    "Eh?"


    I blurted out, taken aback by her sudden change of mood.


    Didn''t she just say she missed my purple eyes?


    No, no, scratch that.


    She wanted me to be her first kiss, so why the hell was she...


    Honestly, I don''t understand a thing about women.


    And there''s nothing All-Father could teach me to make me understand them any better.


    I expected some kind of reaction, but this was beyond anything I could have imagined.


    Lucretia turned away from me, her gaze fixed on the ground as she muttered to Simone.


    "Let''s go, Simone. There''s nothing worth our time here."


    "Huh?" I said, my confusion deepening.


    As Simone obediently followed Lucretia''s lead, walking calmly behind her, I stood frozen in ce, my hands still massaging my throbbing cheeks.


    I had no answer to fully exin what had just unfolded before me.


    All I could do was watch as Lucretia and Simone disappeared into the distance.