Her carefully arranged glamorous dress was heavily soiled with mud.

Between disheveled hair, her trembling eyes looked at Asha.
However, Asha, while calmly showing the bow Nia had given her, smiled sweetly.

It meant she had used it well.

Nia’s eyes widened even more, but Asha, without any tension, raised the bow again and began dealing with the remaining monsters one by one.

As she attempted a counterattack, the monsters that seemed to be waiting hidden revealed themselves.

A spider-shaped insect-like monster shot out spider silk, but Asha skillfully bent her waist to avoid it and promptly sent another arrow into its mouth.

Around her hand, a golden wind swirled wildly, hitting the monsters one after another with arrows accurately.

The speed of lifting and shooting arrows was so fast that it seemed invisible.

Everyone stood with their mouths agape, watching the spectacle.

Asha truly leaped around the field like a wild dog, no, like a warrior, engaging in combat.

Whenever she avoided an attack and counterattacked, the violet hem of her dress fluttered as if she were dancing fervently on the battlefield.

Shooting arrows with extraordinary movements, it looked more like watching a dance or a sword dance than participating in a battle.

When another caterpillar-like monster rushed, Asha lightly rolled on the ground in her dress and immediately hit it right in the center of its mouth.

Then, she discovered some knights struggling in the distance and quickly rescued them with arrows.

Coincidentally, all the arrows hit the ‘mouths’ of the monsters.

Realizing too late that it was a warning to ‘watch out for mouths,’ the noble young ladies turned pale.

Without letting out a horrible scream or even having the chance, the monsters fell with a squelching sound.

It looked as if Asha not only gave the monsters but also the noble young ladies a hard time in her own way.

The once peaceful tea party was now a hellish scene, with shattered tables and chairs, and the ground covered in the fluid from the monsters.

After the battle was over, the soldiers and knights who fought together rushed to her, expressing their gratitude by bowing repeatedly.

“Thank you for saving us, Lady Bannet!”

“Thanks to Lady Bannet, we could defend the duke’s mansion!”

Asha, casually sweeping her slightly disheveled hair back with one hand in the wind, replied, “You’re welcome.”

As the soldiers supported their injured comrades and moved inside the mansion, the noble young ladies, gathered like ghosts, stared at her with faces as if they had seen a ghost.

Asha, glancing at them nonchalantly, then turned her attention to Nia, who was lying on the ground.

Approaching Nia, who looked up with a dazed face, Asha extended her hand and smiled sweetly.

“Are you okay, Miss Nia?”

“Lady Bannet… I…”
Nia couldn’t bring herself to speak and lowered her eyes, blushing.

The embarrassment that rushed over her was due to realizing how rudely she had ignored her in such a petty way.

However, Asha, seemingly oblivious to any hidden intentions, spoke with a pure face.

“Thank you for the gift. It’s a really nice bow. How did you know I like bows and handle them well? It was a perfect gift for me.”

Nia couldn’t lift her head in response to those words.

“I’m grateful for the opportunity to demonstrate the gift immediately upon receiving it. It’s an honor. I’m really happy that it can be helpful to the person who gave the gift.”

Asha smiled warmly.

Her smile was so radiant that it didn’t seem like the smile of someone who had just engaged in a fierce battle with monsters.

In a hushed voice, Nia apologized, “I’m sorry, Lady Bannet….”

It was a situation where even the empress could be in danger.

Yet, she had ended up rescuing everyone from the peril.

Asha erased her smile slightly, bowed her head seriously, and said so that only Nia could hear.

“Quickly go back and treat your wounds. There might be hidden wounds as well. Leaving wounds untreated only leads to festering. I can see all of it.”

Nia, with widened eyes, looked up.

Asha, with a sagacious purple-eyed gaze as if she knew everything, spoke seriously.

“If the situation becomes dire, come to the palace. You can receive the best medical care there. You shouldn’t let injuries fester in body and mind, right? If you feel danger, come find me anytime. I’ll protect you.”

Asha spoke like that, smiling once again.

Her words implied that if anything happened at the viscount’s mansion, she should come to her immediately.

Nia looked at her with trembling eyes as if she couldn’t believe it.

Although her hair ornament was loosened and her blonde hair scattered from the fight, her appearance seemed even more like that of a noble goddess.

It was a vast and warm appearance that seemed ready to embrace anyone who came at any time.

The butterfly gracefully fluttering above the flowers, as if always ready to embrace them, was a presence they dared not treat lightly.

Nia only now felt a shiver running through her body, realizing that the woman in front of her was an ‘actual’ butterfly beyond her comprehension.