“Ask me to be your maid.”
One of the imperial palace maids responded to Dietrich's words as if she had been waiting.
“Yes, I can serve Your Excellency Duke Calypso better than anyone else. I have a record of serving Her Majesty the Empress at one time, so it will be of great help.”
The imperial palace maids' eyes sparkled.
Dietrich glanced at the maids with cold eyes.
All of the imperial palace maids in front of him came from proud noble families.
Empress Erphia, who was killed at the hands of Arthur, must have been displeased with the fact that she was the illegitimate daughter of Duke Gregrick's family, so she filled her ladies-in-waiting with children from her high-ranking noble family.
Among the palace maids, there were no illegitimate children like Erphia.
Erphia, who had adopted the name of the Duke of Gregrick from a proud noble family, made up for her lack of self-esteem with that.
And, this is the result.
Dietrich wasn't even funny.
They once served Erphia, but now they is about to turn to themself.
It would be foolish for him to have humans as his maids who might betray him at any moment.
From the beginning, Dietrich had no intention of accepting the imperial palace maids as his maids, no matter what they said.
“I don’t need a maid.”
At Dietrich's words, the imperial palace maid shouted in an urgent voice.
“Wo, wouldn’t it be necessary for His Excellency Duke Calypso’s lover? If necessary, we can be her companion. I know a lot of interesting stories.”
Dietrich shook his head.
It always bothered Dietrich that he had attached a maid named Ellie to Seliya.
Ellie was blind, but her senses were keen. She was appointed Illeon's subordinate and became Dietrich's maid, but Dietrich knew this and left her alone.
Because he thought there was no threat to Seliya.
However, after he gave his heart to Seliya, he realized what a colossal piece of trash Ellie really was.
Dietrich had no intention of repeating the same mistake.
"Not required."
The maids' faces immediately darkened at Dietrich's firm words.
Dietrich got up without even looking at his maids.
“Because it’s enough for me to be my lover’s companion.”
After sending out the imperial palace maids, Dietrich went straight to find Anderson.
“Ask the knights to investigate the maids who just left. Even if they can’t leave the imperial palace, they can still plan something here.”
"All right."
Anderson bowed his head deeply.
“Have you found Illeon’s whereabouts?”
Anderson answered Dietrich's question by lowering his gaze.
“His whereabouts are unknown. I looked for a place nearby, but I couldn’t find a single hair.”
“...It would be difficult to catch him after a day of running away. But je probably wouldn’t have gone far.”
“The Duke of Portman might know. Anyway, he is the person who set the prison on fire and helped Illeon escape.”
Dietrich knew that even if Balt knew, he would not give him any of the answers he wanted.
This is evident from the fact that he was already persuaded by Illeon and took him out.
Aside from the fact that they don't get along well, they are from the same family of three Dukes, so their bond must not be normal.
As Seliya said, they may have noticed the existence of her abnormal ability.
The longer the fight goes on, the more disadvantageous it becomes.
Anderson began speaking cautiously.
“And, the movement in the world is not unusual. There are signs of riots everywhere. People are going around inciting Madame to be a witch.”
“...That damn witch talk.”
Dietrich cursed. He was very sick of the humans of Abelon.
Ugly people want to blame Seliya for all their sins and chew her up without leaving a single piece of flesh behind.
Some even crazy people claimed that the reason he had Seliya as his lover was because he was controlled by her black magic.
“When was the last time they considered her sacred and praised her as an angel? Now it’s time.”
Dietrich made a very disgusted face.
“The people who caused the instigation also included the Brillion family.”
"Who?"
“Viscount Brillion, Hariel Brillion, Vincent Brillion, Gabriel Brillion. There are four people in total.”
When they were about to make money for them by putting Seliya on the public courting market like they were auctioning off a slave, they now called her a witch and took the lead in instigating her.
Anderson looked at Dietrich's sunken face and continued speaking.
“In particular, Gabriel claims that Madam uses strange powers.”
“...Strange power?"
“Yes. It is said that Madame can use the power of mind control to make the opponent lose consciousness.”
“Yes, I can serve Your Excellency Duke Calypso better than anyone else. I have a record of serving Her Majesty the Empress at one time, so it will be of great help.”
The imperial palace maids' eyes sparkled.
Dietrich glanced at the maids with cold eyes.
All of the imperial palace maids in front of him came from proud noble families.
Empress Erphia, who was killed at the hands of Arthur, must have been displeased with the fact that she was the illegitimate daughter of Duke Gregrick's family, so she filled her ladies-in-waiting with children from her high-ranking noble family.
Among the palace maids, there were no illegitimate children like Erphia.
Erphia, who had adopted the name of the Duke of Gregrick from a proud noble family, made up for her lack of self-esteem with that.
And, this is the result.
Dietrich wasn't even funny.
They once served Erphia, but now they is about to turn to themself.
It would be foolish for him to have humans as his maids who might betray him at any moment.
From the beginning, Dietrich had no intention of accepting the imperial palace maids as his maids, no matter what they said.
“I don’t need a maid.”
At Dietrich's words, the imperial palace maid shouted in an urgent voice.
“Wo, wouldn’t it be necessary for His Excellency Duke Calypso’s lover? If necessary, we can be her companion. I know a lot of interesting stories.”
Dietrich shook his head.
It always bothered Dietrich that he had attached a maid named Ellie to Seliya.
Ellie was blind, but her senses were keen. She was appointed Illeon's subordinate and became Dietrich's maid, but Dietrich knew this and left her alone.
Because he thought there was no threat to Seliya.
However, after he gave his heart to Seliya, he realized what a colossal piece of trash Ellie really was.
Dietrich had no intention of repeating the same mistake.
"Not required."
The maids' faces immediately darkened at Dietrich's firm words.
Dietrich got up without even looking at his maids.
“Because it’s enough for me to be my lover’s companion.”
***
After sending out the imperial palace maids, Dietrich went straight to find Anderson.
“Ask the knights to investigate the maids who just left. Even if they can’t leave the imperial palace, they can still plan something here.”
"All right."
Anderson bowed his head deeply.
“Have you found Illeon’s whereabouts?”
Anderson answered Dietrich's question by lowering his gaze.
“His whereabouts are unknown. I looked for a place nearby, but I couldn’t find a single hair.”
“...It would be difficult to catch him after a day of running away. But je probably wouldn’t have gone far.”
“The Duke of Portman might know. Anyway, he is the person who set the prison on fire and helped Illeon escape.”
Dietrich knew that even if Balt knew, he would not give him any of the answers he wanted.
This is evident from the fact that he was already persuaded by Illeon and took him out.
Aside from the fact that they don't get along well, they are from the same family of three Dukes, so their bond must not be normal.
As Seliya said, they may have noticed the existence of her abnormal ability.
The longer the fight goes on, the more disadvantageous it becomes.
Anderson began speaking cautiously.
“And, the movement in the world is not unusual. There are signs of riots everywhere. People are going around inciting Madame to be a witch.”
“...That damn witch talk.”
Dietrich cursed. He was very sick of the humans of Abelon.
Ugly people want to blame Seliya for all their sins and chew her up without leaving a single piece of flesh behind.
Some even crazy people claimed that the reason he had Seliya as his lover was because he was controlled by her black magic.
“When was the last time they considered her sacred and praised her as an angel? Now it’s time.”
Dietrich made a very disgusted face.
“The people who caused the instigation also included the Brillion family.”
"Who?"
“Viscount Brillion, Hariel Brillion, Vincent Brillion, Gabriel Brillion. There are four people in total.”
When they were about to make money for them by putting Seliya on the public courting market like they were auctioning off a slave, they now called her a witch and took the lead in instigating her.
Anderson looked at Dietrich's sunken face and continued speaking.
“In particular, Gabriel claims that Madam uses strange powers.”
“...Strange power?"
“Yes. It is said that Madame can use the power of mind control to make the opponent lose consciousness.”
Dietrich judged that Illeon could not possibly not know what the Brillion family knew.
Dietrich could not leave alive those who were desperate to kill Seliya.
Dietrich immediately gave an order to Anderson.
“Tell all the knights. The Brillion family and Illeon can be killed on sight.”
***
It was that night that Seliya, who had lost consciousness, came back to her senses.
Seliya barely managed to lift her half-closed eyelids. When she had fused with Dietrich, a blunt impact hit Seliya, so she thought it would hurt a lot when she woke up.
However, contrary to her expectations, her body felt light as if it had been reborn.
Seliya got up from her bed.
Popo, who had been dozing off by the window, noticed that Seliya was awake and flew over her left shoulder, flapping his wings vigorously.
“Popo.”
When Seliya called Popo, Poppo squeaked and shook his beak up and down.
“You have to be quiet.”
Seliya left Popo on the nightstand next to the bed and went out into the hallway alone.
As soon as she went out into the hallway, Dietrich’s face came into Seliya’s sight.
Dietrich, dressed in black armor, was leaning against the wall with his eyes closed.
The dark shadows under his long eyelids clearly showed that Dietrich had not slept well.
Nevertheless, his face, bathed in moonlight, was dazzlingly beautiful.
Seliya quietly looked at Dietrich, who was sleeping while standing.
“...Not sleeping in the bed with you. It’s uncomfortable.”
Seliya said softly and caressed Dietrich’s cheek.
Dietrich opened his eyes at the touch of his cheek.
The red eyes that had been closed under his eyelashes revealed themselves.
His eyes, overflowing with affection, stared at Seliya quietly.
Seliya cupped Dietrich’s cheeks with both hands. Dietrich was so tall that Seliya had to tilt her head up to see his face clearly.
“Aren’t you tired? Don’t sleep standing in the hallway. Come inside and sleep with me.”
Dietrich responded to Seliya with a small laugh.
“I can’t possibly leave you alone.”
Dietrich hugged Seliya.
Seliya shivered at the feeling of the cold armor touching her bare skin.
Dietrich released Seliya from his embrace and caressed her cheeks as Seliya had caressed his own.
“I think I’ll have to leave the palace tomorrow morning.”
Seliya asked with a worried voice.
“...What’s wrong?”
Seliya thought her question was really strange even after asking it.
In fact, something could happen at any time.
Since she entered the palace, incidents and accidents have been happening constantly. The old Emperor lusted after her, and she killed the emperor, the old Emperor’s son lusted after her, and the Empress tried to kill her.
Illeon sat on the throne, and Arthur lusted after him.
Now Illeon had escaped prison, and she was accused of being a witch.
“No, nothing happened.”
Seliya immediately realized that Dietrich was lying.
“Don’t lie.”
“...Why do you think it’s a lie?”
“Do you think I don’t know that you’re trying to reassure me? Tell me what happened while I was asleep.”
Dietrich slowly closed his eyes and answered Seliya’s question.
“...I found out where Illeon is.”
Dietrich's face was extremely dark for someone who had found out where he was.
“Where is he?”
Seliya asked back.
Soon, Seliya’s eyes widened at the answer that came out of Dietrich’s mouth.
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