"What are you doing, Chris?"
"Though we drink tea"
"Drink in your room..."
When I told Alisa to go first, she seemed a little worried, but she immediately left with a gratuity. After dropping it off, Lilia sat face-to-face with Chris.
"Can you come with me? I'm honored."
"Right. I only study when I'm in my room, and sometimes it won't be a bad idea to spend time with you."
"Thank you. Please wait a moment."
When Chris slapped his hand, one maid appeared from somewhere. And leave a cup filled with hot, standing tea in front of Lilia. I left quietly.
- You're a maid of honor like a detective.
- You're just a little surprised.
When I looked at Chris, Chris was smiling bitterly.
"You must be an interesting kid. Until last year I was an apprentice to our secret detective, but somehow I wanted to be a maid of honor, and I tried to hire him."
"Heh... That means you can do a secret detective thing if you want to. Nice."
"How about exchanging with Alisa?"
………… Alisa is mine. "
- Hey, didn't you bother now?
- It's my fault.
That's a shame, Chris said with a smile. I guess he knew Lilia wouldn't respond and he said it. It feels as if it's been tried, but it's also something I can't care less about.
"By the way, Chris, I need to ask you one thing, okay?"
"Is it to me? I don't mind."
Chris seeps a slight but alarming color into his expression. Chris, I have trouble being so vigilant because it's not about the individual, but it would be the same if I asked.
"I'd like to ask you about Frigia Lester."
Chris frowned. I closed my eyes, thought about something for a while, and as I remembered, oh, shrugged.
"I see Tina's home was in Count Lester's territory."
"Well, you know what? So, you know something?
"Right...... If possible, we encourage you not to get involved"
Lilia glances at Chris' words in surprise. Chris wore a faceless mask,
"That kid looks like a grown-up at first sight, but I don't even know what he's thinking. I'm on my side at school, but I rarely have a conversation with her."
I see, Lilia nodded. I can also understand Chris being vigilant. Many of the surroundings often actively talk to Lilia and the others to make a good impression. Being on the side despite the lack of such action is the only thing that makes me wary.
"But I always listened to Master Liliane. So I thought you were Liliane's child, but you're not."
"Yeah, I forgot until recently."
"Oh, really?"
Chris' cheek pulled slightly. Lilia coughed to delude herself, taking a seat.
"Thanks. That was helpful."
"No, let's do a little research from mine."
Lilia waves gently and leaves the spot to her room.
Frigia apparently wants to know about Lilia. But Lilia doesn't have the contacts that come to mind. Most of all, in aristocratic society, Lilia is known for her position, so it's not enough to wonder. But then, you should talk to Lilia directly.
- I can't help but care now.
- So is that. I didn't get anything done, and let's forget it.
However, I still have something to worry about. It shouldn't have been recently that Frigia became around Chris. If I fish my memory, I feel like I've been around Chris at least since I was admitted to this school. Maybe I've been watching about Lilia since then.
About Lilia before.
I wonder what Frigia thinks when she looks at Lilia now. It bothered me, but there was no way I could think or get an answer, and Lilia stopped shaking her head and thinking.
The next day. The first day of the semester is just a day to listen to teachers in the classroom, with no particular classes. Only senior aristocrats are even free to attend on this day. There is no such thing as asking again in order for many of the important contacts to be communicated in advance through servants working in dormitories.
For these reasons, many of the senior aristocrats return to their dormitories on this first day. It's rarer to come back the day before, like Lilia and Chris, and I never ended up seeing a senior nobleman other than Chris yesterday. Lilia herself, until now, went back to her dorm the first night.
However, even this time, I'm not going to go to class, even though I went back the day before. I just arrived the day before as a result of not having to rush to get ready on the day. Not doing anything in particular, Lilia was relaxing and drinking tea.
That's when I started thinking it was time for lunch, the door to the room was knocked. Soon Alisa turned to the door, opened it slightly, and turned her eyes round as she was surprised.
Please wait a moment.
Alisa says and looks back at Lilia. I frowned wondering what was going on.
"Dear Lilia, Your Highness."
"Oh...... Yes, Cynthia, do you have a passageway to sneak out of the room?"
"There is..."
Asking the ceiling, Lilia finally fell out loud enough to hear. Is it really there, Lilia honestly put a surprise on her face.
- Lilia......
Lilia laughed bitterly, joking, at the voice of Sakura. Sigh and nod to Alisa. Alisa leaked a small, relieved exhale and opened the door again.
Alisa leads me in and the prince comes in. Lilia said with a smile as she took her seat.
"We're out of time, Your Highness. Looking good...... Too bad."
"Hey."
The prince smiled bitterly, but immediately tightened his expression.
"Liliane. I need to ask you something"
"What is it"
"Something's wrong with Tina, you know what?
Lilia's eyes narrowed in disgust, and the prince said as he panicked.
"Wait! I didn't see Tina in person! From a distance, I just thought you seemed a little cheerful!
"Really? Maybe you're not feeling well, either."
"No, you don't."
To the prince's assertion, Lilia remembered something a little chilly and took a step back.
- I know how you feel, but calm down. Tina shouldn't be absent until now, so she should rest when she's not feeling well. I think that's what I'm saying.
- Oh, yeah. I thought Your Highness had finally woken up to the stalker.
The prince was tilting his neck wonderfully at Lilia's condition. Lilia coughs to deceive, says.
"Actually, a little fight, I did something like that. Perhaps that's the effect."
"Fighting? You and Tina?