After the conversation with Camilia was over, I decided to visit Lillie. Lillie is not in the castle, but often in the forest near Yugufresis.

That said, it didn't seem to be that far from where Lillie was. After transferring to the entrance of the Great Forest, she walked for about 15 minutes, looking at the green scenery, and arrived at the desired location.

The road to here was well maintained and easy to walk to, but the place I reached was also quite beautiful. It was a square with an altar in the center, a bright and mysterious place like a sunny place with light. It was like a secret place in the forest.

"This is a place called the Sanctuary of the Forest." Lillie is often used for various events, and she's often in this place. ”

"Hey, it's a beautiful place... but there's no one there to be surprised at."

“This is basically where Lillie works, so it's not too close to being an implicit understanding except for Lillie's direct reports.”

I see.

As she moved around listening to Alice's explanation, she saw Lillie standing in front of the altar. Sitting in front of a large stone altar illuminated by light, Lillie felt a fantasy atmosphere that seemed to be a very painting.

"... hello, Miyama Kite." And, Chartier-sama. "

Hello, Lillie.

Thank you, I'm here for you this time.

"Master Chartier's? Huh? How can I help you?”

After returning to Lillie to say hello as we approached, Alice cut out the conversation, but I was a little concerned about the interaction.

Because Lillie reads the other person's superficial awareness, she usually says, "What are the requirements?" It's not supposed to happen... but can't you read the surface consciousness of Alice, the Six Kings? "

"No, indeed, with Chartier's skill, it might be possible not to read the superficial consciousness... but Chartier is hiding his thoughts in a different way."

Another way, is that it?

From what Lillie said when she read my superficial consciousness, it seems that Alice is not trying to read my consciousness... but she's using a different method.

Chartier often confronts me by creating a 'false superficial consciousness' and giving me false information.

Huh? Really, Alice?

"Well, it's one of the popular countermeasures against people who read minds." It's like covering your heart with another consciousness. The opponent who reads as deeply as Charovanal, on the contrary, even if they divide their thoughts into tens of thousands, they don't know which one is the truth... I'll use a method like that. "

After all, Alice is the most powerful person to interact with, especially when it comes to this kind of information.

"... like this one, sometimes you are creating a false superficial consciousness that immediately turns out to be a lie, and sometimes you can be confused by a consciousness that doesn't seem very false."

Huh? This time, you're creating a surface consciousness that looks like a gag?

"Yes, a simple joke about raising me to the rank of duke with the adjustment of the knighthood as a result of creating a maid class on top of the duke class...."

"... no, Lillie-san. Unfortunately, that's true.”

Ah, I see... there's a pattern of pretending to be reading false superficial consciousness and actually telling the truth...

After hearing my words, Ms. Lillie leaned her neck after her giggling expression.

"... um, yeah? Facts? Huh? No, but as long as I can read Miyama Kite-san's superficial consciousness... um, no? I, just because I don't know the world... was the maid a title?"

That was... a surprisingly shocking piece of crap. That's right, that's how it usually feels... On the contrary, I didn't feel very uncomfortable. I was just too poisoned by that maid theorist, and Ms. Lillie's reaction was normal.

"... well, I know how it feels to be unbelievable. I don't want to accept it either... but as a matter of fact, I had a maid class above the duke class."

"... erm, Lady Chartier? I'm sorry to ask you so many questions... but why a maid?"

That's the only reason I couldn't convince Ein-san.

Ein-sama? Is that so?

What? Lillie felt like Alice's words weren't making sense. As far as I'm concerned, Alice's explanation is quite straightforward... is that it? "Could it be that Lillie-san..."

"... Lillie-san, maybe you haven't talked to Ein-san much?"

"Rather than talking, I even count what I've seen." Ein-sama rarely appears on the stage. Even at the Festival of the Brave, you don't even go to public places, so you hardly ever see them. Camilia and the others seem to be getting close to each other..... "

Speaking of which, I think that when Mr. Bacchus first encountered Mr. Ein, he said something like, "I rarely see anyone who doesn't appear on the stage here."

And if you think about it carefully, it is true that Ein-san did not appear on the surface at the Six Kings Festival or the Shiratsu Festival, and I don't know if it is her own fate, but I feel that she is going through it behind her back.

"As Kite thinks, there are not many people who have met Ein-san. Even if there is a visitor to Kurosan's castle, basically, Hunfu-san will handle it... In the first place, Kurosan's pattern of visitor to the castle is almost inviting someone who lives there, and the person who invited her will handle it, so Ein-san will not come out."

"I see, I just see you so often, isn't that usually the case..."

Yeah, that's right, except for Kuro-san, who is actually at the top of Kuro-san's camp, Ein-san often comes out and responds to him because he's Kite-san.

I see, Ein-san is widely known by his name, but does it feel like there are almost no people other than Kuro's family and maid-related people to meet?

I'm convinced by what I've been told... but I was a little surprised because it seemed like I'd been seeing you a lot.