“That insolent!”
“… Stop.”
“However, Princess!”
The Princess raised her right hand and made the guards and servants to close their mouths. With deadly gaze, the Princess looked back at them and said,
“Haven’t you heard that this room has a patient? Disrespecting the patient can only be tolerated so much.”
“Still, for you to be so respectful to them, they are!”
“If they are lying or not… How can you be certain? Do you all have blessed eyes like the Priestess Priesia?”
“…”
“I’ll confirm it myself. All of you, please leave.”
“P… Princess! Even so, I think you should at least have the guards!”
“I won’t say it for the second time.”
With violent gaze, Princess Reutrina glared at the servants standing outside the door.
“… Kuk.”
The servants could not withstand her glare. The servants were about to place their feet inside the room, but they withdrew. They all looked concerned.
“Princess, if anything happens, you must scream. We will wait here until you come out.”
Watching the servants stepping back after seeing Reutrina’s eyes, Sera thought it was unbelievable. She looked at Reutrina.
Even if it was the Princess’ order, it was hard to fathom how they would agree to leave her alone in a room full of strangers.
‘Is that… all right?’
It seemed Reutrina noticed what Sera was thinking about. Reutrina looked at Sera and peeked a smile. Reutrina walked toward a pot at the corner of the room and said,
“It’s all right, because you are really from the Iphalleta Family. That is… Your name is?”
“I’m Sera. Her name is Nainiae.”
“Sera and Nainiae… Although we didn’t get introduced to each other, we have locked eyes with each other, haven’t we?”
Feeling awkward, Sera scratched her cheek.
In fact, in hiding, Sera was watching Riley and Reutrina having prospective marriage meeting, and Sera’s eyes ran into Reutrina’s briefly.
“I am sorry. It must’ve been difficult to enter without the invitation, right? It’s because of what happened recently at the Solia Castle, so please don’t think too much about it.”
“Pardon? Ah, yes.”
Reutrina immediately brought up the matter of invitation paper. She then picked up two cups of tea that she prepared. Reutrina walked toward Sera and handed her a cup.
“It seems the mood was quite deadly. I am glad there was no casualty.”
Reutrina also walked toward Nainiae and recommended a cup of tea.
“Would you like a cup of tea?”
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Because Nainiae refused the tea, Reutrina put up awkward look on her face. She then brought the tea cup to her lips and apologized again.
“I don’t know what to say. I am so ashamed. I’ll apologize again for there being so much trouble when you tried to enter the mansion.”
“… Yes.”
“It seems Young Master is… not in a good condition.”
Nainiae was wiping off sweat from Riley’s face using wet towel. Watching this, Reutrina had saddened look on her face. She said,
“I thought he would not come, but he arrived. When I heard the news, I wondered why, but… I was not hoping he could come like this.”
“…?”
Sera tilted her head to the side, wondering about how Reutrina seemed like she was hoping Riley would come.
“Since he came without the invitation, he is not here for the banquet… Right?”
Reutrina turned to look at Sera.
“Ah, yes… The thing is…”
“Ms. Sera.”
Nainiae stopped Sera from talking. Nainiae slowly shook her head toward Sera.
“I… I’m sorry, Princess. I am not at liberty to discuss this without permission, so…”
Having realized Nainiae’s opinion that it would be best to be sparing with words, Sera lowered her head, looking ashamed.
“Um… Are you saying you are not at liberty to say? It’s fine. I can understand that much.”
Reutrina scratched her cheek and said she understood. She put the tea cup back to where it originally was and said,
“I’ll personally talk to other people in the mansion, so please tell the servants at the door if there is anything you find uncomfortable. If it is something I can help you with, I will.”
Sera opened her eyes wide and looked at Reutrina. Reutrina was being surprisingly considerate. It seemed Reutrina noticed what Sera was thinking. She smiled and said,