"Don't worry about your family if you go out and come home late."
"No, don't worry, it's my dorm!
"… it was. But the main thing is, it's a bookstore."
"Ah! I just had a book I wanted to buy! Good."
To Anna, who doesn't seem to pull at all with Nico even if she tries to cloud the words, finally Mr. Abbott.
Eyebrows.
"Mr. Carroll, I'm sorry, but this is what I originally planned with Mr. Marcel today. Please don't hesitate."
When she tells him that she is clear, Anna turns from a smile to a grieving face that is still going to cry.
"Oh, I'm sorry... I... I've never had a girl friend since I came to Wang Du.
I'm glad to hear it. "
"Ah…"
"It was annoying, wasn't it? I'm so sorry."
Originally the small body is rounded further, and I and Mr. Abbott look at each other without expecting to shun depressed.
… I feel like I'm doing something very bad.
When she saw him, Mr. Abbott also said the words of recognition with a smile that drew attention to "If Mr. Marcel would be nice...".
And the three of us moved around in our carriage, went to the bookstore and looked for the book we were looking for.
I think the three books I chose while sharing my recommendations with Mr. Abbott were a very satisfactory purchase.
And Anna, who said she had what she was looking for, said, "Uh, I knew I might have had the wrong release date," and ended up buying nothing.
The bookstore didn't suit my taste very well, there was no view, and it seemed like I was just watching our shopping later.
But when I arrived at the cafe.
"Here! I wanted to come here!
I stare at Parfait with real pleasure with my eyes shining.
"You like sweets."
"That's right! I like anything sweet."
It is true that the shop here not only has parfaits, but also cakes, puddings and other delicious things on the menu that bother me.
But Anna said that Parfait is recommended here. In those words, I and Mr. Abbott made it a set of seasonal parfaits and tea.
And transported, the seasonal fruits are bright and colorful, and lots of served parfaits make me feel heartwarming, too.
"Yummy!
When Anna took a bite of the parfait, she narrowed her eyes and shrugged like a child.
I feel kind of smiling.
You wanted to come here so badly.
Mr. Abbott handed Anna a a napkin, frightened, "Look, it's creamed around her mouth," but she couldn't help it.
When Anna receives a "thank you" for embarrassing it too, she wipes her mouth.
"Speaking of which, Mr. Rachel is close to His Highness."
"Huh?"
"'Cause I had a sweet vibe when I met you before."
"… is that so?"
"That's right! 'Cause I always smile, but that's like a mask. Your face toward Mr. Rachel is much nicer..."
Certainly, myself, confused by the atmosphere of His Highness these days.
The gentle smile that originally fascinated many was nice, but even more recently I often feel a straight gaze with heat.
I can't move once I'm tangled up in that gaze, it makes me feel like I'm floating in heat.
It is unfamiliar for His Highness to call his name sweetly.
I feel my cheeks become red when I unexpectedly remember His Highness.
"If it's true, it's a face that can be directed at me."
Words whining bossly by Ms. Anna never got through to my ears thinking of something else.
"Huh?"
"No, it's nothing"
When Anna asks back, Anna shakes her neck left and right for another bite of parfait.
And raise your face as I recall.
"Ah! Speaking of which, what about the next debutant, Mr. Rachel?"
"Yeah, I couldn't get out last year."
Yes, the annual Dutant's Royal Palace Ball.
Noble children over fifteen make their social debut at this ball.
It can be seen by His Majesty and recognized in the social world for the first time. And at the ball, the debutantes dance with flower decorations on their heads and white dresses.
It's a once-in-a-lifetime thing, and it's something I've always admired about this debutant at a very young age.
"I'm what, too. I was supposed to be last year, but my parents told me to drop you off for a year."
"Well, you did"
Anna stared at me and prefaced with "Um".
"Debatants, can you dance with Your Highness"
"Right... Every year, royalty dances with a few people, but not all of them."
Most people with fiancées are our age, but this ball is also important for those without fiancées to get on a good edge in the future.
And even in the sense of celebrating the debut of the social world, royalty dances with a few of the debutants. It's not decided with whom, but it's often asked to dance by the edgers of those who are still without fiancées as a place to appeal.
"Good! That's a good story."
"Story?"
"Yes, no. Oh, and Mr. Abbott?
"I've already finished last year. But you don't like night clubs or anything. It's depressing to think I have to attend a couple of nightclubs this year."
Mr. Abbott sighs one more sigh. And at some point the parfait had finished eating beautifully and enjoyed the tea after the meal.
Mr. Abbott has a fiancée.
"Yeah, that's why escorts got him even when he was a debutant."
Mr. Abbott's fiancée was told the other day that he had been in the sorcery division since last year.
"Huh! So His Highness does Mr. Rachel escort?
"No, because Your Highness is busy when you're a debutant.
I'm going to have my father do it. "
Anna's face gleams with an anxious look at my words.
"What, good -.
You're right, otherwise you can't dance. "
Abbott asked Anna in spite of the words.
"Mr. Carroll wants to dance with His Highness?
"Huh? Of course. Because it's an important event."
Events?
An important debutant…… event, I wonder.
Well, it's important to girls, isn't it?
And there are many who admire His Highness.
It's normal to want to dance with Your Highness in a debutant...
Everyone, even if it's not her, will have expectations somewhere.
Even during the last debutante, His Highness danced not only with me, but also with Master Katrina and others.
Jealous and arrogant of everyone at that time, I lend you my fiancée, what an outrageous and superior feeling.
I'm not thinking about that this time.
For him, Prince Wang, socializing is important.
I know it's wrong to get in the way of it and feel jealous about it.
And I need to interact with a variety of people myself.
So I also understand that Mr. Anna wants to dance with His Highness, and His Highness will dance if necessary.
… but what is it?
In response to what Anna expects so much to dance with Her Royal Highness now.
… Why does my chest get so messy?
Since then, Anna has asked a variety of further questions, including Her Royal Highness's preferences and personality.
But smiling vaguely at everything, Anna has now asked a lot of questions about my past year.
Speaking only to the extent that she could answer, Anna went home softly, "Please excuse me because I want to come by."
It was as if after the storm had left, and me and Mr. Abbott were just stunned to drop her off.
"Something unusual, kid.
And trying to ask so much about His Royal Highness the King and Mr. Marcel. "
"I knew... did you feel that way?
"That's right. I don't know what I'm talking about, but you might want to rethink your relationship."
I still feel the same discomfort with Mr. Abbott, who obviously wrinkles between his eyebrows to expose his discomfort.
The Virgin and Anna are supposed to be the same person, but for some reason they don't match.
Last time, I think Mr. Abbott was close to the Virgin.
But now Mr. Abbott has no good feelings for Anna.
I wonder what this meaning refers to.
Maybe...
It was the moment a small suspicion arose in me.