RTW

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Chapter 261 Gifts

After dinner, Nightingale returned to the bedroom while holding the unopened box in her hands. She was followed by Lightning, Maggie, Lily, and Mystery Moon, who also entered after her, keeping their attention focused on the box the entire time.

"How is it?" Wendy couldn't stop herself from teasing them, "Would you like to take a look at what's inside?"

Except for Lily, the three others nodded again and again.

"His Highness is totally biased!" Lightning muttered, "First he doesn't let us taste the wine, and now we don't even get a gift!"

"He said that it was only for the adult witches, ah," Lily sighed, "Just wait until you are old enough, if you asked him then, you would also get one. Furthermore, I'm not interested at all about what kind of cloth is inside, so why did you drag me over here?"

"Hey," Mystery Moon looked amazed, "I merely called you, no one pulled you along, ah."

"I--"

"Stop, that isn't the important point!" Lightning shouted, "Mystery Moon is already of age, and Maggie is also an adult, but they both didn't get it!"

"That's right, goo!" Maggie pushed the white hair which covered her face to the back and raised her chin in protest, "I also didn't get it, goo!"

"This... His Royal Highness surely has his own reasons for doing that." Nightingale also felt that it was a bit strange, previously Roland had never treated anyone differently, so why did he do so this time? "For now, let us just look at what is inside."

When she opened the box, all she saw was a strange piece of "clothing" – it looked like something made out of a few bands and two pockets. When she touched it, it felt very soft and had evidently been made out of the highest quality silk fabric, but no matter how she looked at it, she couldn't understand what kind of cloth this should be, it was simply too small."

"There is a piece of paper under it," Lightning suddenly shouted.

After spreading out the sheet of paper, Nightingale discovered that it not only contained a description and usage for the gift, but also a diagram describing how it should be used.

"Uh..." Wendy who had opened her own box asked in confusion, "This thing is called a bra?"

"... it can bring relief to the chest area by reducing its weight, it promotes blood circulation, stabilized the posture while simultaneously lessening the discomfort caused by friction to the skin." Reading the letter Nightingale's voice became smaller and smaller, while her cheeks suddenly became hot and red. This thing is actually used to hold the chest? She couldn't stop her eyes from wandering over to Wendy, only to discover that the other witches' vision had simultaneously moved over to her. They all suddenly showed an understanding expression.

"Pfft," Lily couldn't suppress her laugh any longer, "Now you finally understand why you didn't receive a present, right? Tsk, now I have to correct my words from before, even if Lightning was fully grown up, it might be possible that she still won't receive a gift."

"The same seems to be true for you," Mystery Moon said while she goggled at her.

"I don't want it anyway," the latter turned away and showed a supercilious expression.

"This should be similar to a skintight corset, right?" Only Lightning seemed to be completely unmoved. Rather, she was looking at it with eyes full of curiosity and envy, "Can you wear it so that I can take a look?"

"Of course not!" Wendy suddenly exposed a rarely seen embarrassed appearance then started driving the four of them out, only then was she able to feel relief, "How can it be that His Highness suddenly... present us with this?"