Relaxing in the room given to the Lord, Alicia was recalling once again Jude, who had tried so hard to refuse her request for cooperation.
If you put me in the center, you'll fail.
So he ran away. I guess that refers to himself being neglected by other nobles more than he himself is comfortable with engaging with other nobles.
Indeed, I have heard that several nobles, including Dreyfuss, the director of the regional council, see Jude as a "heretic" who does not even show his face in the social sphere, but only interacts with merchants, and does not prefer him.
In particular, conservatives and others, often in heavy towns in the Privy Council, have put warnings on Jude several times to weigh up noble connections as disturbing noble order.
"Why doesn't Jude like to interact so much with other nobles?
"Come on......"
As the two samurai looked at each other, Alicia stood up, thinking fugly.
"Wow, I'm gonna take a walk in the mansion. You two, you need to rest first."
"Huh!? 'Cause it's such a late hour, isn't it?
So, it's not even that late to be stunned, Alicia grinned bitterly. As always, the two samurai are overprotective of Alicia.
"The sea I saw from the talking room was so beautiful. It's a sight I've never seen before, so I thought I'd take a look at the view at night. Hey, please."
Pan! and the two maids snorted at Alicia, who asked her both hands for a favor.
The truth is, Ani insisted that we follow without danger, but politely refused to do so. I wanted to put my thoughts together looking at the ocean, and in the first place, this is inside the lord's mansion. In the unlikely event that she is in danger.
Thus, Alicia left the room and took a trip to the colloquium where she discussed the proposal during the day.
Alone, quietly, looking out at the sea.
That's how I came to think about it.
"Dear Alicia!?
"Oh! Aren't you a princess!
In the conversation room, there was a client. That, too, the three of us.
"Clovis! And even Robert and Lord Jude"
The first thing that responded to Alicia rounding her eyes was still Clovis. When I quickly rose off the couch, I knelt in front of Alicia at a speed that was inconspicuous to my eyes.
"Sorry! Such an ugly place, touching the princess's eyes, etc......!
"To? ugly?
"Whoa. That's ugly, you. We're just addicted to adult time."
Behind Clovis, he sounded calacolo and cool, and Robert hoisted a rock glass. Then, kneeling in front of Alicia, Clovis flickered a sharp glance at you.
"Master Alicia is noble. In front of someone like that, you're talking nonsense about exposing yourself to intoxication!
"Wait, wait, calm down. Look at that waste of neat eyes. Who here is drunk?
As Robert puts it in a frivolous tone, the three of them are in no different shape than they were when they saw them during the day. Slightly, Clovis also regained his calm, blushing brilliantly as he knelt before Alicia.
"Good evening, Princess Alicia. I'm the one who invited them. At night, I thought it would be okay... Can you be angry?
Jude smiles like she's in trouble, tilting the glass just like Robert. Even if my eyebrows are lowered to eight letters that way, my adorable Ekubo is alive and well. Across the street, Robert flaunts his shoulder, too.
"When I was this man, I would try to turn down your invitation, so I was forced to pull it off. But when I came, I came, and I wouldn't even try to put my mouth on the liquor because of it. Lord Jude will behave himself with the whiskey of the Marquis of Rosen."
"Oh, why?
Indeed, an untouched glass is left intact in the seat where Clovis was sitting. Blinking an empty eye, Alicia stared at the aide in front of her.
"Why don't we have a treat? Maybe you don't like alcohol?
"No, not like that..."
"He can drink. We spent two years together, so I guarantee it. But I came here for duty, so I have to drink tonight. That's what this sturdy thing is all about, my princess."
On behalf of Clovis, who answers badly with his teeth cut, it was the knight with silver hair who answered. Looking again at the aide, the knight's words are apparently true because he is distracting from his beautiful purple eyes. Weird, Alicia laughed.
"You don't have to worry about it. If you don't get some rest, you'll get tired."
"Yes......"
"Good. Now you can make sure that Kuro-kun is sure of the flavour of our territory."
Next to Jude, who grins with dust and joy, is a bottle filled with amber liquid. That must be that whiskey, because the label shows the crest of the Marquis Rosen territory.
"May I join you?... you know, Clovis. You don't have to look like that, I don't put my mouth on alcohol, so don't worry about it, okay?
To the aide who instantly snapped her face, Alicia said a follow-up. Absolutely everyone with Alicia is overprotective. By contrast, the other two flauntingly agreed, so Alicia sat down a bit next to Clovis.
In the meantime, Jude calls the Nicole family maid to instruct Alicia to prepare tea. Alicia thanked them for the warm tea that had just come out, as she was saddened by the increase in their work.