5-6 minutes 07.07.2021

Lexit, who had never shown any kindness to me, stared at me once and held Harris’s hand tightly. Just like how Allen does to me.

The atmosphere did not easily improve. However, there was a person who wanted to relieve the atmosphere.

“My my. Is there anything you can’t do?”

I quickly looked at the sudden voice.

The rustling sound mixed with the voice of an old man. Obviously, it’s a voice I’ve heard before.

“Marquis. Surprisingly, I thought you would be the most opposed.”

“No way.”

“But it seems that all of those who argued about Bebe are ghosts attached to the Marquis. The same goes for the person who chased you last time?”

“No way.”

Despite the Grand Duke’s sharp words, the old man was very relaxed. Looking at his face made me think he was a good grandfather.

Even the men on either side of him were the same. The people with colorful hair nodded at the same time as the old man spoke, as if they were dolls.

“I’m in a position to welcome the new lady. You have a different charm from Lady Harris.”

I haven’t seen his face, but I’m sure he’s the one who stabbed me with an iron last time I was walking through the secret passage. But he looked at me and smiled.

He didn’t even show the slightest hostility.

‘What the hell are you up to?’

There was a sense of uneasiness, but he didn’t show any change in expression, even when I stared at myself.

It wasn’t enough, so the old man tilted his head as if he had been waiting.

“But rather, I’m not here to argue with Your Highness.”

“I can’t believe it’s not you. Then, who came to argue with me today?”

A man raised his hand as if he had been waiting for the Grand Duke’s words.

A man with blonde hair looked at me with an uncomfortable expression as if he had sprayed yellow paint on his head.

“Is it Count Bertram?”

“Yes, Your Highness. I heard that you dismissed my son, Leox Bertram, from being the commander of the knights.”

“That’s right.”

“…It was just one mistake.”

“One mistake. I guess Leox Bertram still says ‘mistake’. He still doesn’t admit his fault. Wasn’t a regular knight enough?”

“No, I admit it.”

As if flipping his palm, the man hurriedly changed his expression.

Whether he was quick-witted or had other ideas, his eyes became a little sharp.

As if to tell me to show what I say from now on, the man stared at me with sharp eyes. When he stared at me, everyone standing at the long table stared at me.

My mouth dried up for a moment.

At that time, a warm hand overlapped over my hand.

When I turned my head, it was Allen.

Allen, who smiled broadly, patted my hand as if not to worry.

“You said you’d admit it, but why are you bringing it up, Count?”

“I’m not here to ask for my son to be reinstated. It’s just that I can’t wait and watch the Grand Duke change strangely because of someone who suddenly appeared.”

“Am I changing weirdly?”

“Yes. I don’t understand all of this. It’s not enough to make a child who suddenly appeared as a princess, but to give her two escort knights. Even in the Grand Duke’s house, that is the level of security only Harris receives!”

“Is that it?”

“I don’t even know why you have to keep them by making three shifts a day.”

As if he were waiting for this moment, the Grand Duke leaned slightly against the chair I sat on.

“Since when did you start expressing your opposition to what I, the Grand Duke, do? I should  have said it last time; it looks strange because I’m calm.”

“No, I just heard that you’ve been treated by a doctor recently.”

“Are you investigating that? If you do more research, will you also check how many times I go to the bathroom?”

The giggling Grand Duke looked at me once and looked at the vassals.

It seemed as if he didn’t have to worry about seeing a doctor.

“That’s not it? We’re just saying this out of concern for the health of Your Highness.”

“Concern…”

He said he was worried, but the words of that blonde-haired man, the Count, had a strong sense of urgency, as if he knew my every move.

“As one of the vassals that have served the Grand Duke from generation to generation, I am only concerned. That alone worries me, but to bring that child all the way here. This is nonsense!”

“Why can’t I do that?”

“She may be someone’s child, or someone from this family, but the reason I bring it up here…”

I looked up at the Grand Duke.

But he wasn’t even a little excited. It looked like he’s enjoying it.

“You don’t know whose child it is… Then shouldn’t Harris be here?”