“Hmm”

Lying down on the bed, I was looking up at the ceiling, when suddenly Marie’s figure filled my field of vision.

“Master, is something wrong? Does your stomach hurt?”

Her rabbit ears were moving, she was floating mid-air and was facing me.

“No, I was just thinking for a bit.”

At lunch, Laura’s sadness could be seen on her face, she said her own father and older sister hated her.

I don’t know the king well, but I don’t think Alice hates her.

From what I have observed so far, Alice was righteous and good-natured, and did not seem like someone who would treat her close family in such a manner.

“Thinking....Marie will solve it for you.”

Marie swoops down and settles into my pocket as she says this.

Her light green hair spreaded across my chest, and I could feel her warmth and softness all over me.

I touched her and I could feel the smoothness of her touch on my hand, and Marie looked pleasantly surprised.

“Marie, what would you do if you felt someone close to you hated you?”

“Master.... Are you referring to yourself or Serena?”

Marie thinks with a raised eyebrow at the abrupt question.

“I don’t want to! Marie no longer wants to go back to those lonely days! Even if you hate me, I want to be by your side!”

“I’m not talking about myself. I love Marie and so does Serena.”

Marie presses her head against me. She has a horrific past, so this kind of delicate question was a mistake.

“Then, who is it about?”

Once again, she opened her eyes wide and looked at me.

“Alice and Laura.”

“Ah. That smug-faced, obnoxious woman. She’s taking away Master’s time. ....I’m convinced.”

Marie buried her face in my chest and muttered.

“Hey, Laura is not that kind of person. She was even putting together the paperwork for me today.”

It’s hard to tell because her expression doesn’t change, but she is not the ruthless person Marie says she is.

She is often misunderstood because she never smiles at those around her and performs her work without hesitation, but she is a normal girl who has her fears and can get hurt.

As I was trying to rebuke Marie,

——Knock, knock, knock——

“You may come in.”

The door opened and Alice entered the room.

“It’s Alice!”

Marie floats and I raise myself up.

“Sorry, I came so late at night.”

“Don’t mind it, we can’t see each other unless it’s this late.”

After all, we are both busy every day with parties and training.

If either of us wanted to have a quiet talk, we would have to visit each other’s rooms.

“So, what can I do for you?”

I asked Marie to leave the room, and I welcomed her in.

“Actually, I need to talk to you about my sister....”

Alice looked at me with a clinging expression on her face as she said this.