“Lily.”
The senior behind me took a step forward.
“Thanks to you, I survived. But what brings you here?”
“Of course I came to play.”
The Princess clasped her hands and twisted her body.
“I came here, and my brother was already here.”
My intuition was telling me.
That woman didn't come to the villa by chance; she followed us.
I thought the biggest enemy was Shish, but I was wrong!
"I heard you were going to a festival, so I came out to see if we could go together. I didn't know I'd be of help to you in this way, though."
The Princess blushed and smiled, then turned her head to look at me.
“By the way, who’s next to you?”
There was hostility in the silver-gray eyes directed at me.
What, you're not the younger sister who loves her brother so much, are you?
“Are you going to marry my brother? I’m picky.”
...That’s right.
First, I introduced myself, and when I told her that I was the daughter of Marquis Hayley, the Princess said, “Ah, that.”, suggesting that she knew me.
It must have been no secret that the Marquis had adopted a daughter.
The imperial knights who came to escort the Princess quickly subdued the thugs.
They were taken to the palace to find out if they had been ordered by someone or if they were simply human traffickers.
According to imperial law, human trafficking is prohibited.
Somehow, I ended up returning to the villa in the same carriage as the Princess, and now we're sitting across from each other in the restaurant.
“If I want to marry my brother, who is the most handsome, smartest, and most capable man in the world, there are many things you need to have.”
The Princess named 'Lily', who spoke like this, was glaring at me as if she was going to eat me.
“Haha, haha hoho.”
As a mere daughter of a Marquis, I could only laugh.
Senior, you had foresight.
Looking at the Princess's eyes, if I were a commoner, I would probably go crazy right away.
“Lily. If that’s how it’s going to be, then go back.”
“Brother!”
"This person is my guest. I will not tolerate rudeness."
The senior spoke to the Princess bluntly, as if she were not a stranger.
The Princess, biting her lips tightly as if she was about to cry, glared at me.
I pretended not to notice and just looked at the food in front of me. Yes, I'm just going to focus on eating, ready to chew my plate!
“Brother. Am I important, or is that woman important?”
To think that such a question would come from a dignified and majestic Princess.
“Of course, the lady is more important.”
Unable to resist the temptation, I raised my head and looked.
The Princess's chin dropped, and her eyes wandered.
Has this never happened before?
After a while, the Princess stood up and shouted at the top of her lungs.
“I hate you, brother!”
And then, like the tragic heroine, she left the restaurant.
Who said this?
It's not me. I said no.
Ugh, I want to go back to the palace and get some rest.
“Now that the intruder is gone, let’s eat, junior.”
The senior seemed to be used to this situation and seemed unfazed.
“Senior, you could have been a little kinder to the Princess.”
"Why?"
“It felt like she was going to strangle me. My life is precious.”
"Haha, I'm sure it wouldn't be someone else, let alone a junior, who would get strangled. You have plenty of guardians."
Those guardians are also necessary for it to be useful.
From now on, I have to take it with me even if it's annoying.
Oh, senior. I'm sorry.
The senior described the Crown Prince as someone with no particular abilities.
“I almost did that earlier. Do you know how scared I was when you got pushed back?”
“Thanks to you, I survived. Thinking of scattering jewels, haha.”
The senior rang the bell next to him, and a maid appeared.
“Bring ‘it’.”
Soon, the maid came with a pouch on a tray, and the senior handed it to me.
"Alright."
I opened the cloth pouch.
My jewel!
Senior, you're a good person for collecting these for me, aren't you?
"If you don't mind, I'd like to ask. Where on earth did those jewels come from?"
“I got it from Shish and Dietrich.”
“The Prime Minister and the Knight Commander? Ha...”
The senior seemed taken aback. He quickly turned toward me, his expression serious, as if he'd made a firm decision.
"When you get to the palace, let's go to the palace treasure house. The palace treasure house has the most treasures, so there's bound to be a lot of things you'll like, junior."
The palace's treasury probably doesn't have the most treasures.
Shish stole everything of high value.
There is a gem mine owned by Tower Master that has not yet been developed.
Of course, I didn't say anything because I'm neutral.
Shouldn't we protect other people's privacy?
Even you, senior, watched it all the way to the end.
Since we had a big event today, we decided to rest early, so my senior and I ate dinner and then went our separate ways. The reason was that we each wanted to get some rest.
When I see things like this, I realize that my senior's behavior and way of thinking are very similar to mine.
It's tiring, so let's each rest in our own rooms.
Shish, Dietrich, and Yuno would have followed me to my room. They probably wouldn't have used a different room in the first place.
My seniors' room was on the first floor, and mine was on the second floor.
I went up the stairs alone to my room, but there was already someone waiting for me at the door.
“Lady Haley.”
The Princess was still glaring at me as if she was going to devour me.
Was yesterday's alarm a warning to the Princess?
“What are you doing hanging around my brother? Get out of here!”
The Princess swung her hand violently as if to strike my cheek.
Boohoo, the sound is no joke, the power is no joke.
But I won't give up either!
I grabbed her wrist before her hand could touch my cheek.
“What...!”
“I’m the one who wants to ask. What are you planning to do?”
I let go of the Princess's hand as if I was throwing it away, and the Princess seemed quite flustered.
In a class society, who would dare to treat a member of the seemingly powerful imperial family like this?
Yeah, that's me.
No matter how much the Princess insists on my guilt, if Shish and Dietrich defend me, she won't be able to hold me accountable.
Above all, my seniors will take my side.
I looked at the Princess with my arms crossed, as if telling her to say something.
A smile slowly spread across the other person's face, and by the time I sensed something was wrong,
“Pass!”
The Princess hugged me tightly.
“All the women who followed my brother around until now were dissatisfied with his lack of spirit!”
Just a moment.
“You just grabbed my hand and stopped me? That’s awesome!”
Excuse me, Your Highness?
“I knew you had an extraordinary spirit ever since I came on a trip with you, but you’re even more amazing than I imagined.”
“Why are you traveling with His Highness the Crown Prince... what’s the problem?”
"I figured this was a way to preempt you. He's never had any scandals to speak of, so the woman accompanying him would surely attract attention, right?"
The Princess's eyes were sparkling, unlike just before.
"Then you'll get a lot of hate! You'll endure that to have my brother! That's what it's like, isn't it?"
“Your Highness, the trip is a secret.”
“Is that so? I didn’t even know that and spread rumors.”
...This Princess?
Of course, Shish would have heard the rumor, Dietrich would have heard it, and Yuno, who was spying on the palace, would have heard it too.
Suddenly, I didn't want to go back to the palace.
The Princess went one step further.
“I want to sleep with Lady Hayley today.”
Yeah, having a room to myself was a luxury for me.
How strange it would be to sleep alone in the Rose Palace, that I would keep waking up?
"My name is Lily. Please call me Lily from now on. What is Lady Hayley's name?"
“This is Retri.”
"Retri! I'll call you Tri from now on. Is that okay?"
The Princess acted very kindly, as if the hostility she had shown me earlier was a lie.
I guess it's not a dangerous situation since the alarm didn't go off.
“Yes, please call me whatever you wish, Your Highness.”
“Please call me Lily. Don’t call me Princess.”
Lily, who naturally linked arms with me and chatted away, looked like an ordinary girl.
Come to think of it, I haven't made a single friend of the same sex since coming here!
A tidal wave of emotion washed over me, as if I had made a friend for the first time in my life.
Oh, I finally have a friend. Although she's a fanboy of her brother, or rather, she seems to seriously love him.
Lily and I naturally lay down next to each other. She didn't discriminate, even though she knew I was of commoner origin.
Rather, she chattered enthusiastically, saying that she would tell me about the atmosphere in the palace.
It was an overly biased story about the imperial family, not the palace atmosphere.
"First of all, Father is the type of person who doesn't care who you bring with you. He himself went undercover and fell in love with a commoner, and ended up marrying her."
Oh, I have no idea about that.
"I have two younger sisters, and you don't have to worry about them at all. They don't care about you at all."
Yeah, it's true that Lily really likes her brother.
“We both have someone we like, so we’re busy chasing after them.”
Lily, who added that they were both out of their minds, looked no less formidable.
Imperial Family, is this okay?
"So, when are you getting married to my brother? I'll help you with the wedding preparations. Marquis Hayley is here, but I want to help too. The dress, the flowers... Just thinking about it makes me happy!"
“Lily.”
"Yes?"
“I will not marry His Highness the Crown Prince.”
Lily jumped to her feet, her silky silver hair swaying wildly.
“Why? Why? Why?”
As soon as Lily returned to the palace, she seemed ready to prepare for the wedding, so I brought up the subject to clear up the misunderstanding, but how should I end it?
I slowly sat up, and suddenly Lily asked.
“Are you thinking of someone else?”
The senior behind me took a step forward.
“Thanks to you, I survived. But what brings you here?”
“Of course I came to play.”
The Princess clasped her hands and twisted her body.
“I came here, and my brother was already here.”
My intuition was telling me.
That woman didn't come to the villa by chance; she followed us.
I thought the biggest enemy was Shish, but I was wrong!
"I heard you were going to a festival, so I came out to see if we could go together. I didn't know I'd be of help to you in this way, though."
The Princess blushed and smiled, then turned her head to look at me.
“By the way, who’s next to you?”
There was hostility in the silver-gray eyes directed at me.
What, you're not the younger sister who loves her brother so much, are you?
“Are you going to marry my brother? I’m picky.”
...That’s right.
First, I introduced myself, and when I told her that I was the daughter of Marquis Hayley, the Princess said, “Ah, that.”, suggesting that she knew me.
It must have been no secret that the Marquis had adopted a daughter.
The imperial knights who came to escort the Princess quickly subdued the thugs.
They were taken to the palace to find out if they had been ordered by someone or if they were simply human traffickers.
According to imperial law, human trafficking is prohibited.
Somehow, I ended up returning to the villa in the same carriage as the Princess, and now we're sitting across from each other in the restaurant.
“If I want to marry my brother, who is the most handsome, smartest, and most capable man in the world, there are many things you need to have.”
The Princess named 'Lily', who spoke like this, was glaring at me as if she was going to eat me.
“Haha, haha hoho.”
As a mere daughter of a Marquis, I could only laugh.
Senior, you had foresight.
Looking at the Princess's eyes, if I were a commoner, I would probably go crazy right away.
“Lily. If that’s how it’s going to be, then go back.”
“Brother!”
"This person is my guest. I will not tolerate rudeness."
The senior spoke to the Princess bluntly, as if she were not a stranger.
The Princess, biting her lips tightly as if she was about to cry, glared at me.
I pretended not to notice and just looked at the food in front of me. Yes, I'm just going to focus on eating, ready to chew my plate!
“Brother. Am I important, or is that woman important?”
To think that such a question would come from a dignified and majestic Princess.
“Of course, the lady is more important.”
Unable to resist the temptation, I raised my head and looked.
The Princess's chin dropped, and her eyes wandered.
Has this never happened before?
After a while, the Princess stood up and shouted at the top of her lungs.
“I hate you, brother!”
And then, like the tragic heroine, she left the restaurant.
Who said this?
It's not me. I said no.
Ugh, I want to go back to the palace and get some rest.
“Now that the intruder is gone, let’s eat, junior.”
The senior seemed to be used to this situation and seemed unfazed.
“Senior, you could have been a little kinder to the Princess.”
"Why?"
“It felt like she was going to strangle me. My life is precious.”
"Haha, I'm sure it wouldn't be someone else, let alone a junior, who would get strangled. You have plenty of guardians."
Those guardians are also necessary for it to be useful.
From now on, I have to take it with me even if it's annoying.
Oh, senior. I'm sorry.
The senior described the Crown Prince as someone with no particular abilities.
“I almost did that earlier. Do you know how scared I was when you got pushed back?”
“Thanks to you, I survived. Thinking of scattering jewels, haha.”
The senior rang the bell next to him, and a maid appeared.
“Bring ‘it’.”
Soon, the maid came with a pouch on a tray, and the senior handed it to me.
"Alright."
I opened the cloth pouch.
My jewel!
Senior, you're a good person for collecting these for me, aren't you?
"If you don't mind, I'd like to ask. Where on earth did those jewels come from?"
“I got it from Shish and Dietrich.”
“The Prime Minister and the Knight Commander? Ha...”
The senior seemed taken aback. He quickly turned toward me, his expression serious, as if he'd made a firm decision.
"When you get to the palace, let's go to the palace treasure house. The palace treasure house has the most treasures, so there's bound to be a lot of things you'll like, junior."
The palace's treasury probably doesn't have the most treasures.
Shish stole everything of high value.
There is a gem mine owned by Tower Master that has not yet been developed.
Of course, I didn't say anything because I'm neutral.
Shouldn't we protect other people's privacy?
Even you, senior, watched it all the way to the end.
***
Since we had a big event today, we decided to rest early, so my senior and I ate dinner and then went our separate ways. The reason was that we each wanted to get some rest.
When I see things like this, I realize that my senior's behavior and way of thinking are very similar to mine.
It's tiring, so let's each rest in our own rooms.
Shish, Dietrich, and Yuno would have followed me to my room. They probably wouldn't have used a different room in the first place.
My seniors' room was on the first floor, and mine was on the second floor.
I went up the stairs alone to my room, but there was already someone waiting for me at the door.
“Lady Haley.”
The Princess was still glaring at me as if she was going to devour me.
Was yesterday's alarm a warning to the Princess?
“What are you doing hanging around my brother? Get out of here!”
The Princess swung her hand violently as if to strike my cheek.
Boohoo, the sound is no joke, the power is no joke.
But I won't give up either!
I grabbed her wrist before her hand could touch my cheek.
“What...!”
“I’m the one who wants to ask. What are you planning to do?”
I let go of the Princess's hand as if I was throwing it away, and the Princess seemed quite flustered.
In a class society, who would dare to treat a member of the seemingly powerful imperial family like this?
Yeah, that's me.
No matter how much the Princess insists on my guilt, if Shish and Dietrich defend me, she won't be able to hold me accountable.
Above all, my seniors will take my side.
I looked at the Princess with my arms crossed, as if telling her to say something.
A smile slowly spread across the other person's face, and by the time I sensed something was wrong,
“Pass!”
The Princess hugged me tightly.
“All the women who followed my brother around until now were dissatisfied with his lack of spirit!”
Just a moment.
“You just grabbed my hand and stopped me? That’s awesome!”
Excuse me, Your Highness?
“I knew you had an extraordinary spirit ever since I came on a trip with you, but you’re even more amazing than I imagined.”
“Why are you traveling with His Highness the Crown Prince... what’s the problem?”
"I figured this was a way to preempt you. He's never had any scandals to speak of, so the woman accompanying him would surely attract attention, right?"
The Princess's eyes were sparkling, unlike just before.
"Then you'll get a lot of hate! You'll endure that to have my brother! That's what it's like, isn't it?"
“Your Highness, the trip is a secret.”
“Is that so? I didn’t even know that and spread rumors.”
...This Princess?
Of course, Shish would have heard the rumor, Dietrich would have heard it, and Yuno, who was spying on the palace, would have heard it too.
Suddenly, I didn't want to go back to the palace.
The Princess went one step further.
“I want to sleep with Lady Hayley today.”
Yeah, having a room to myself was a luxury for me.
How strange it would be to sleep alone in the Rose Palace, that I would keep waking up?
"My name is Lily. Please call me Lily from now on. What is Lady Hayley's name?"
“This is Retri.”
"Retri! I'll call you Tri from now on. Is that okay?"
The Princess acted very kindly, as if the hostility she had shown me earlier was a lie.
I guess it's not a dangerous situation since the alarm didn't go off.
“Yes, please call me whatever you wish, Your Highness.”
“Please call me Lily. Don’t call me Princess.”
Lily, who naturally linked arms with me and chatted away, looked like an ordinary girl.
Come to think of it, I haven't made a single friend of the same sex since coming here!
A tidal wave of emotion washed over me, as if I had made a friend for the first time in my life.
Oh, I finally have a friend. Although she's a fanboy of her brother, or rather, she seems to seriously love him.
Lily and I naturally lay down next to each other. She didn't discriminate, even though she knew I was of commoner origin.
Rather, she chattered enthusiastically, saying that she would tell me about the atmosphere in the palace.
It was an overly biased story about the imperial family, not the palace atmosphere.
"First of all, Father is the type of person who doesn't care who you bring with you. He himself went undercover and fell in love with a commoner, and ended up marrying her."
Oh, I have no idea about that.
"I have two younger sisters, and you don't have to worry about them at all. They don't care about you at all."
Yeah, it's true that Lily really likes her brother.
“We both have someone we like, so we’re busy chasing after them.”
Lily, who added that they were both out of their minds, looked no less formidable.
Imperial Family, is this okay?
"So, when are you getting married to my brother? I'll help you with the wedding preparations. Marquis Hayley is here, but I want to help too. The dress, the flowers... Just thinking about it makes me happy!"
“Lily.”
"Yes?"
“I will not marry His Highness the Crown Prince.”
Lily jumped to her feet, her silky silver hair swaying wildly.
“Why? Why? Why?”
As soon as Lily returned to the palace, she seemed ready to prepare for the wedding, so I brought up the subject to clear up the misunderstanding, but how should I end it?
I slowly sat up, and suddenly Lily asked.
“Are you thinking of someone else?”
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