I ignored Pembe's words and whispered slowly.
“Huh. Hey, do you happen to know ‘Kalan’?”
"Why, Kalan! The most capable, agile, and ruthless spy in our service world! Aaaah! It hurts!!!"
Tears welled up in Pembe's dark eyes.
Oh, he's so sad and crying.
But I continued to threaten and fiddle with the squeaky Pembe.
“What about a nimble and cruel spy?”
"What? No way!"
“Yeah, that bug... I killed it by squeezing it so hard in one go? I’m pretty strong. If I were to get upset, I could kill you that hard too...?”
"Ugh!!! Save me, save me!!"
“Haha. Behave yourself, kid.”
I smiled wickedly and put Pembe back on the plate, closed the dome lid, and pressed it down gently with my magic.
The dome lid shook slightly as if Pembe was making a final protest, but it soon became quiet.
I listened intently and heard the sounds of someone eating, "Yum yum, slurp slurp." It seemed like they were probably eating the remaining cake.
'I guess you like sweets. You're cute.'
I decided to try something sweet after a while. I was relieved to find that my magic had returned somewhat.
What would have happened if I hadn't drunk Thiels?
It may seem so insignificant and cute to me now, but if it weren't for Thiels's power, I would have been defeated by Pembe, the strongest familiar I've ever encountered.
A cold sweat ran down the back of my neck.
I need to threaten that Pembe quickly and find out who the hell is trying to kill me.
I hurried to the green locker and pulled out the diary I hadn't opened yet.
The purple jewel embedded in the center of the diary's hard cover shone mysteriously.
Now, strangely enough, I could feel that this jewel was not just a simple jewel, but a magic stone.
My head feels brighter, as if I had drunk an energy drink.
But I was still frustrated because my memories of magic hadn't definitely returned.
Now, I was hesitating about what to do, so I blew the energy that was writhing from my fingertips into the magic stone, just as I had done when I captured the familiar Pembe.
However.
Slurp...
“Hey, is it open?!”
I can't believe it at all.
The hardcover of the diary, which seemed like it would remain closed forever, opened gently!
My incurable disease seemed incurable.
As the magical amnesia that had seemed so distant began to show signs of healing, tears welled up in the corners of my eyes.
“Ah, this is touching.”
I wiped away my tears with the back of my hand and opened my diary with trembling hands.
But, damn it...
Is it because I ate too little Thiels?
The contents of the diary were unknown because Yvonne wrote them in magical language.
“Can’t you just write your diary in the Imperial language, you genius Yvonne?”
I grumbled and flipped through the diary. But I had a definite feeling that something serious was written there.
'What on earth happened to Yvonne?'
I frowned.
'Uh?'
I returned to the very first page and opened my eyes wide.
For some reason, I could read the words at the beginning of the diary.
I spoke the words slowly and stammered.
“...the palace, the glass greenhouse, Empress Giselle.”
What's this.
Empress Giselle's glass greenhouse in the palace?
Is this a clue or a trap?
There's no way Yvonne would have written a trap in her diary.
I tilted my head and looked through the diary some more.
But I closed it because there was nothing more for me to read.
'Hmm.'
All hints and evidence kept pointing towards the palace and Empress Giselle.
Why is it so complicated?
After a long sigh, I put my journal back in my locker and left the lab with the dome dish containing the Pembe.
But when I returned to my room, I saw a happy face.
I smiled brightly and called her name.
“Carol! You’re here?”
"Oh, Princess! I'm back! I wanted to see you! You haven't forgotten me, have you?!"
I was also very happy to see Carol, but Carol burst into tears as if she were seeing her family for the first time in ten years.
Oh my, what do you mean by forgetting?
We weren't even apart for a week.
I grumbled inwardly, but I put down the plate containing Pembe and welcomed Carol with open arms.
“Welcome!”
"Oh, Princess. Sob sob! Are you hugging me right now? Carol Demirant touched by this... I'll be loyal to you for the rest of my life..."
Carol, who was held in my arms, cried bitterly.
Haha. How is this kid the nephew of the Information Guild Leader?
She was born into a family of information guild members, but was too weak-willed and didn't fit in well with the information guild, so she just joined as a maid.
Surely you weren't abandoned by your family?
For some reason, I felt sorry for Carol, so I hugged her tighter and patted her.
Yeah, yeah.
It was quite difficult to let go of Carol, who had been in my arms for so long.
Carol, clinging to me like a leech, whined for just one more hug, and even Eudela joined in, sobbing and asking why I wasn't hugging her.
I started to get confused as to whether I was taking care of the maids or the children at the orphanage.
“Yes, that’s enough.”
"Yes."
"Yes."
As I spoke sternly, raising my index finger, Carol and Eudela finally gave up.
Carol found out everything that had happened while she was away at the Agenthoz mansion.
Of course, I didn't tell you that...
She chased and searched Eudela, Liana, and everyone else throughout the mansion. She felt like a very capable stalker... no, a detective.
Well, maybe it's just my imagination that feels a bit like a stalker.
Because she is a close maid and has a very high level of loyalty to me.
When I finally got to the story of how I had gone to the Ielss Townhouse to meet Rudnine, Carol looked shocked.
“Oh, my goodness? Really, Princess?”
“Haha, really? I saw it from the best seat!”
Eudela grumbled at Carol.
When Carol heard about the incident where I got a kiss from Rudnine, she collapsed on the floor like a doomed actress.
And dhe sobbed sadly.
“Ah... I, I missed that important moment for the Princess...”
“Hey, Carol. Isn’t it weirder to be watching that moment?”
Although I reacted in a bewildered manner, Carol didn't care.
He just kept nagging Eudela to properly explain to her what the angle was like at the time and how beautiful their Princess was.
'What the hell is this?'
While I gaped in bewilderment, Carol and Eudela then cursed Rudnine for daring to kiss their Princess on the cheek for a long time, saying that I had not heard from him yet.
I wanted to curse him, too, but I couldn't bring myself to do so.
Because Rudnine is that precious to me, and he is my kind and affectionate first love.
Rather, just as I was about to clench my fist and tell them to stop badmouthing him, Carol came up to me with a relieved expression, as if she had finished gossiping.
"I've completed most of the tasks Princess ordered. And there were some unexpected things."
“Something unexpected?”
“I... Princess, you sold the Rhodia grass, right? I happened to hear you contacting us through the magic communication device.”
“Huh? Uh, yeah. But?”
I nodded, thinking that since she was a close maid, she could hear that much, but Carol looked around, leaned down, and whispered softly.
“Someone put in a request to the Information Guild to track down the Rhodia Gradd distributor.”
"What?"
“Of course, it was discovered that it was a Princess, but I took care of it myself.”
Carol smiled faintly.
I was dumbfounded and asked back like an idiot.
“How do you handle it?”
“I asked my aunt.”
“Ah... I see, thank you.”
I nodded and absentmindedly patted Carol's head, who was shorter than me.
Then Carol's eyes sparkled with joy, and she clasped her hands together.
“Thank you. I would do anything for you, Princess.”
“Oh, really? Why are you so nice to me?”
Even if you've been brainwashed by Yvonne for a long time, that's not true.
She even asked the information guild leader to cover up the request.
Carol's eyes, looking at me, seemed to deepen for some reason, then returned to their usual state.
And then she smiled softly and opened her mouth.
"I'm your maid, Princess. That's enough for me. If you could just pat my head like this every now and then, that would be enough."
“Oh, really? It’s about this much, it’s easy.”
As I stroked Carol's hair a little more vigorously, Eudela, who had been watching us from afar, pouted and grumbled.
“I’m jealous.”
When Carol and I ignored her, Eudela raised her voice.
“Did you know that, Princess? Carol is twenty-nine this year?!”
“...What, really?”
I put down the hand that was stroking Carol's head and opened my mouth wide in surprise.
Oh my goodness, Carol. That was a hell of a time.
Honestly, I thought Carol was much younger than me.
Even if you look at her age, she's probably in her late teens?
Carol glared at Eudela, who had revealed her age, then smiled faintly at me again.
“What does age matter?”
“That’s true, but...”
Still, isn't it a bit strange to be favored by a Princess who is much younger than you?
But Carol liked it so much that I decided not to argue any further.
First of all, Carol was such a great source of information that I couldn't go against her wishes.
Carol quickly told me the information I had asked for.
Regarding the succession to Viscount Rognier, it was said that several pieces of evidence and circumstantial evidence had been discovered that Arthur Rognier was in collusion with Lady Alentia.
“Really?”
I hoped that wouldn't happen.
I groaned, but Carol nodded in agreement.
"Yes. Five years ago, Arthur Rognier became Viscount, and many important figures within the Cardin family changed. They are all Lady Alentia's people."
Carol took a small pen out of her pocket.
Inside the pen was a rolled-up piece of paper with a list of personnel changes from five years ago written on it.
Lady Alentia's close associates, who currently hold the real power.
With this, it was assumed that the Cardin Duke House had been controlled by Arthur Rognier and Lady Alentia five years ago.
'The Empress's family is this easy?'
I couldn't believe it, so I rubbed my index finger and thumb together and thought about it.
“Huh. Hey, do you happen to know ‘Kalan’?”
"Why, Kalan! The most capable, agile, and ruthless spy in our service world! Aaaah! It hurts!!!"
Tears welled up in Pembe's dark eyes.
Oh, he's so sad and crying.
But I continued to threaten and fiddle with the squeaky Pembe.
“What about a nimble and cruel spy?”
"What? No way!"
“Yeah, that bug... I killed it by squeezing it so hard in one go? I’m pretty strong. If I were to get upset, I could kill you that hard too...?”
"Ugh!!! Save me, save me!!"
“Haha. Behave yourself, kid.”
I smiled wickedly and put Pembe back on the plate, closed the dome lid, and pressed it down gently with my magic.
The dome lid shook slightly as if Pembe was making a final protest, but it soon became quiet.
I listened intently and heard the sounds of someone eating, "Yum yum, slurp slurp." It seemed like they were probably eating the remaining cake.
'I guess you like sweets. You're cute.'
I decided to try something sweet after a while. I was relieved to find that my magic had returned somewhat.
What would have happened if I hadn't drunk Thiels?
It may seem so insignificant and cute to me now, but if it weren't for Thiels's power, I would have been defeated by Pembe, the strongest familiar I've ever encountered.
A cold sweat ran down the back of my neck.
I need to threaten that Pembe quickly and find out who the hell is trying to kill me.
I hurried to the green locker and pulled out the diary I hadn't opened yet.
The purple jewel embedded in the center of the diary's hard cover shone mysteriously.
Now, strangely enough, I could feel that this jewel was not just a simple jewel, but a magic stone.
My head feels brighter, as if I had drunk an energy drink.
But I was still frustrated because my memories of magic hadn't definitely returned.
Now, I was hesitating about what to do, so I blew the energy that was writhing from my fingertips into the magic stone, just as I had done when I captured the familiar Pembe.
However.
Slurp...
“Hey, is it open?!”
I can't believe it at all.
The hardcover of the diary, which seemed like it would remain closed forever, opened gently!
My incurable disease seemed incurable.
As the magical amnesia that had seemed so distant began to show signs of healing, tears welled up in the corners of my eyes.
“Ah, this is touching.”
I wiped away my tears with the back of my hand and opened my diary with trembling hands.
But, damn it...
Is it because I ate too little Thiels?
The contents of the diary were unknown because Yvonne wrote them in magical language.
“Can’t you just write your diary in the Imperial language, you genius Yvonne?”
I grumbled and flipped through the diary. But I had a definite feeling that something serious was written there.
'What on earth happened to Yvonne?'
I frowned.
'Uh?'
I returned to the very first page and opened my eyes wide.
For some reason, I could read the words at the beginning of the diary.
I spoke the words slowly and stammered.
“...the palace, the glass greenhouse, Empress Giselle.”
What's this.
Empress Giselle's glass greenhouse in the palace?
Is this a clue or a trap?
There's no way Yvonne would have written a trap in her diary.
I tilted my head and looked through the diary some more.
But I closed it because there was nothing more for me to read.
'Hmm.'
All hints and evidence kept pointing towards the palace and Empress Giselle.
Why is it so complicated?
After a long sigh, I put my journal back in my locker and left the lab with the dome dish containing the Pembe.
But when I returned to my room, I saw a happy face.
I smiled brightly and called her name.
“Carol! You’re here?”
"Oh, Princess! I'm back! I wanted to see you! You haven't forgotten me, have you?!"
I was also very happy to see Carol, but Carol burst into tears as if she were seeing her family for the first time in ten years.
Oh my, what do you mean by forgetting?
We weren't even apart for a week.
I grumbled inwardly, but I put down the plate containing Pembe and welcomed Carol with open arms.
“Welcome!”
"Oh, Princess. Sob sob! Are you hugging me right now? Carol Demirant touched by this... I'll be loyal to you for the rest of my life..."
Carol, who was held in my arms, cried bitterly.
Haha. How is this kid the nephew of the Information Guild Leader?
She was born into a family of information guild members, but was too weak-willed and didn't fit in well with the information guild, so she just joined as a maid.
Surely you weren't abandoned by your family?
For some reason, I felt sorry for Carol, so I hugged her tighter and patted her.
Yeah, yeah.
***
It was quite difficult to let go of Carol, who had been in my arms for so long.
Carol, clinging to me like a leech, whined for just one more hug, and even Eudela joined in, sobbing and asking why I wasn't hugging her.
I started to get confused as to whether I was taking care of the maids or the children at the orphanage.
“Yes, that’s enough.”
"Yes."
"Yes."
As I spoke sternly, raising my index finger, Carol and Eudela finally gave up.
Carol found out everything that had happened while she was away at the Agenthoz mansion.
Of course, I didn't tell you that...
She chased and searched Eudela, Liana, and everyone else throughout the mansion. She felt like a very capable stalker... no, a detective.
Well, maybe it's just my imagination that feels a bit like a stalker.
Because she is a close maid and has a very high level of loyalty to me.
When I finally got to the story of how I had gone to the Ielss Townhouse to meet Rudnine, Carol looked shocked.
“Oh, my goodness? Really, Princess?”
“Haha, really? I saw it from the best seat!”
Eudela grumbled at Carol.
When Carol heard about the incident where I got a kiss from Rudnine, she collapsed on the floor like a doomed actress.
And dhe sobbed sadly.
“Ah... I, I missed that important moment for the Princess...”
“Hey, Carol. Isn’t it weirder to be watching that moment?”
Although I reacted in a bewildered manner, Carol didn't care.
He just kept nagging Eudela to properly explain to her what the angle was like at the time and how beautiful their Princess was.
'What the hell is this?'
While I gaped in bewilderment, Carol and Eudela then cursed Rudnine for daring to kiss their Princess on the cheek for a long time, saying that I had not heard from him yet.
I wanted to curse him, too, but I couldn't bring myself to do so.
Because Rudnine is that precious to me, and he is my kind and affectionate first love.
Rather, just as I was about to clench my fist and tell them to stop badmouthing him, Carol came up to me with a relieved expression, as if she had finished gossiping.
"I've completed most of the tasks Princess ordered. And there were some unexpected things."
“Something unexpected?”
“I... Princess, you sold the Rhodia grass, right? I happened to hear you contacting us through the magic communication device.”
“Huh? Uh, yeah. But?”
I nodded, thinking that since she was a close maid, she could hear that much, but Carol looked around, leaned down, and whispered softly.
“Someone put in a request to the Information Guild to track down the Rhodia Gradd distributor.”
"What?"
“Of course, it was discovered that it was a Princess, but I took care of it myself.”
Carol smiled faintly.
I was dumbfounded and asked back like an idiot.
“How do you handle it?”
“I asked my aunt.”
“Ah... I see, thank you.”
I nodded and absentmindedly patted Carol's head, who was shorter than me.
Then Carol's eyes sparkled with joy, and she clasped her hands together.
“Thank you. I would do anything for you, Princess.”
“Oh, really? Why are you so nice to me?”
Even if you've been brainwashed by Yvonne for a long time, that's not true.
She even asked the information guild leader to cover up the request.
Carol's eyes, looking at me, seemed to deepen for some reason, then returned to their usual state.
And then she smiled softly and opened her mouth.
"I'm your maid, Princess. That's enough for me. If you could just pat my head like this every now and then, that would be enough."
“Oh, really? It’s about this much, it’s easy.”
As I stroked Carol's hair a little more vigorously, Eudela, who had been watching us from afar, pouted and grumbled.
“I’m jealous.”
When Carol and I ignored her, Eudela raised her voice.
“Did you know that, Princess? Carol is twenty-nine this year?!”
“...What, really?”
I put down the hand that was stroking Carol's head and opened my mouth wide in surprise.
Oh my goodness, Carol. That was a hell of a time.
Honestly, I thought Carol was much younger than me.
Even if you look at her age, she's probably in her late teens?
Carol glared at Eudela, who had revealed her age, then smiled faintly at me again.
“What does age matter?”
“That’s true, but...”
Still, isn't it a bit strange to be favored by a Princess who is much younger than you?
But Carol liked it so much that I decided not to argue any further.
First of all, Carol was such a great source of information that I couldn't go against her wishes.
Carol quickly told me the information I had asked for.
Regarding the succession to Viscount Rognier, it was said that several pieces of evidence and circumstantial evidence had been discovered that Arthur Rognier was in collusion with Lady Alentia.
“Really?”
I hoped that wouldn't happen.
I groaned, but Carol nodded in agreement.
"Yes. Five years ago, Arthur Rognier became Viscount, and many important figures within the Cardin family changed. They are all Lady Alentia's people."
Carol took a small pen out of her pocket.
Inside the pen was a rolled-up piece of paper with a list of personnel changes from five years ago written on it.
Lady Alentia's close associates, who currently hold the real power.
With this, it was assumed that the Cardin Duke House had been controlled by Arthur Rognier and Lady Alentia five years ago.
'The Empress's family is this easy?'
I couldn't believe it, so I rubbed my index finger and thumb together and thought about it.
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