The plain and unnoticed me is no more

When I went directly to the terrace from the reception room on the ground floor, His Highness Wilfred looked around the garden looking for someone without realizing that I was here.

I approach from behind His Majesty and speak quietly.

Good morning, Your Highness Wilfred.

His Highness looked back with surprise and momentum.

Maybe I saw someone like Sin and Taki in the garden and I was focused there.

Besides, you didn't think I'd get dressed so quickly while calling myself. Ordinary ladies can wait at least an hour.

"Can I help you urgently?

"That was quick. I'm sorry to push you at such an insane time. There was something I wanted to check, and I couldn't stand or be here."

I suppose what you want to confirm is pendant. His Highness gestured to grasp the area around his chest pocket.

"Confirm...? What is it?"

"Can you show me the obsidian pendant you showed me the other day?"

Your Majesty's gaze is on my neck.

If I was wearing the usual maid's costume, I could see the chain, but I couldn't visually confirm it because I was wearing a blouse with a collar.

"I'm sorry, I lost it somewhere yesterday. Maybe she dropped it when she went to her friend Maria's party."

His Highness took my pendant out of his chest pocket after a while.

"This is yours."

The pendant top hangs from His Majesty's hand and is swaying.

It must be mine. Where did His Highness pick it up?

"Yes, it's definitely mine. Thank goodness... Your Highness picked it up. Where did it fall?

"... the warehouse district of the port. I rescued one of the victims of the kidnapping last night, but it fell there. I thought you had been kidnapped, so I came to make sure you were safe."

Oh, that time! and patiently endured what I wanted to put in my mouth.

It's natural to think that if it had fallen there, it would have been kidnapped. But if I had been grabbed, our people would not have been silent. Soon the information would have been passed on to His Highness.

Your Highness worried so much about me that he didn't even think of it. I may be tired and my judgment is weak.

"That's where I... shopped yesterday, and maybe someone who works in the harbor picked up what I dropped there."

"... oh, I guess so. Looks old, and the chain might be better renewed than repaired. Don't drop it anymore, it's an important figure."

"Yes, thank you very much."

His Highness offered me a pendant and I received it.

"That pendant... my acquaintance is wearing something similar."

…… You asked me the other day if this stone was in fashion. "

"No, it's not about stones. He says he knows someone who's wearing a pendant that looks just like him. Besides, if I'm not mistaken, he's in this mansion."

……

After all, Sin and Taki were seen.

I unexpectedly ran around looking for them. Without seeing him in sight, he exhales softly.

But His Highness did not miss it.

I was convinced that my reasoning was correct, and I stuck a wrinkle between my eyebrows and grabbed my arm so I wouldn't run away.

"Elaine, tell me the truth. Are you the same person as Lana, the queen of Sumitomoto?

I did not know how to answer, and kept staring at His Highness. The answer is yes, but when I found out that Fred was a fictitious person, I tasted something like an unspeakable sense of loss. I don't want to hurt His Highness.

"Answer me. When I thought about it, the general was also wearing a pendant. The stone was hidden beneath my clothes... but a few days ago, I noticed something very similar from the gap in my clothes."

I can't fool you anymore. When I thought so, His Majesty's gaze turned away from me and caught something behind me.