Chapter 44: The Scheming Miss Jeanne

By the time Keiko finished all the treatment, it was already past eight o'clock in the evening, and the soldiers who accompanied them had already left. 

When she left the treatment room, there was no one else in the corridor, only Jeanne was hanging her arms and standing gracefully not far away, waiting for her in the middle of the night. 

She had recovered from the fear and helplessness back then and has regained the appearance of the unfathomable queen, except for her eyes who was still a little bit red and swollen and the paint that still sticking on her hair, which was the leftover from her embarrassing state before.

Keiko stepped forward and said, "Major, you should go back to rest."

Jeanne looked at her and said nothing. 

Keiko was a little uncomfortable when she looked at her like this. She turned her head, avoiding Jeanne's gaze, and rubbed her elbow unconsciously.

Jeanne noticed her small movements and broke into a faint smile.

"Second Lieutenant Lee, if you don't want to be found out, you should pay attention to small gestures like this in the future. You like to rub your elbow when you are embarrassed. Your habit is too obvious."

Keiko paused her moment right away, blushing in embarrassment. 

But then she suddenly realized something wrong, 'Rubbing my elbow is my habit, when did it become the former Keiko's habit? Why are we have similar habit?'

While she was wondering, Jeanne's words continued, "Thank you for saving me today. I'm sorry for causing trouble for you these past days."

She was so polite it really didn't fit her usual image as the Lady Queen, and Keiko didn't know how to reply to her.

Suddenly, Jeanne changed the conversation, "I was wrong to bully you in the field I'm best at so I let you bully me in something you good at, so we are even now. I'm not going to ask you the secret between my dad and you anymore. You can train with peace of mind these days and I won't make trouble for you again. For the harsh words I said to you before, you should treat me as being angry, don't take it too seriously."

"…" Keiko was a little suspicious, did the eldest miss was really going to let the matter rest this easily?

"Okay, we are all injured today, let's go to rest early." Without waiting for Keiko's reply, she took the lead exited the hospital.

Jeanne's uncertain and unpredictable behavior was really puzzling Keiko.

She might show the temper of the eldest young lady—reckless and wilful—on the surface but Keiko suspected that she did these actions with a purpose in her mind. It was just that what that specific purpose was, Keiko didn't know and she felt Jeanne's intention was still covered in a layer of fog.

She originally thought that Jeanne was trying to make things difficult for her, to make her feel like she was being targeted, and thus strengthened her vigilance. Then she deliberately showed her tough, brave, and cute image in front of her to win her favor, so that she would feel at ease and subconsciously dropped her guard around her. In this way, Jeanne only needed to sit down and have a good talk with her and she could get the information she wanted directly from her mouth. 

But, after every step was done, leaving only this last crucial step to set into motion, Jeanne actually gave up to continue to investigate that matter, causing Keiko to become more confused. In the end, Keiko couldn't figure out why she had done what she have done. 

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Also, every word she said didn't seem like much at the time, but when you analyzed it carefully, it made people feel a subtle meaning coming from it. 

For example, when Jeanne said, "Second Lieutenant Lee, if you don't want to be found out, you should pay attention to small gestures like this in the future," no matter how Keiko tried to discern the meaning of this sentence afterward, she felt that it was very wrong.

But was there such a coincidence in the world? How could she and the previous Keiko have the same habits, even for a small gesture? If the small probability of it happening by chance was ruled out, then when Jeanne said this, she clearly wanted to see Keiko's reaction, and Keiko's reaction at the time... Looking back, Keiko's reaction had been not too good. 

There is also the sentence "I was wrong to bully you in the field I'm best at so I let you bully me in something you good at, so we are even now," which sounds very childish. When the eldest lady said this sentence, it was soon followed by the sentence "I caused you trouble, please forgive me."

According to the arrogant character of the eldest lady, what she said seemed to be natural, but Keiko had a strange feeling that Jeanne's expression was very subtle at that time as if it wasn't her who said this but she was just repeating a sentence someone had said to her before.

After saying this sentence, Keiko clearly remembered that there was a strange pause between the next sentence. Jeanne glanced at her before looking away and continuing to speak. 

The eldest lady was clearly trying to figure out something, but she didn't realize it at the time. When she came to this conclusion, Keiko broke into a cold sweat almost instantly. Could it be that Jeanne was already aware that she was not the original Keiko? If her guesses were correct then perhaps her identity had been exposed.

This kind of scheming... As expected of a resourceful senior officer in the army, with such a deep mind, it was impossible to guard against it! 

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