Extra 40 – Anna Cellars (15) Royal Villa

“Ah!! Prince Sieghart, Princess Lily. I am glad you come back safely…!”

Upon arrival in the royal palace, the maids who wore the matching light blue uniform surrounded the prince and princess and they clearly looked relieved. Around them, some knights looked as relieved.

The maids and knights who accompanied the princess this time awkwardly distanced themselves from the group.

Even an outsider like me could see that the maids and knights who sighed in relief must be originally His Highness and the Princess’s attendants and the ones who accompanied them in the previous trip were the attendants from another fraction.

“Zoffy, I missed you!”

“Ye, yes! I missed you as well, Princess.”

The woman whose dark brown hair was put in a bun grabbed the princess’ hand as she was crying.

At the first glance, she looked like a strict woman, but I noticed that there was a certain trust between the two of them.

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Maybe before I knew it, my physical condition had worsened.

I should find an inn today and take a rest there.

“…Yulian-sama, what are you going to do now?”

“Let’s see. I have finished my role here, so I would like to go back soon.”

“Where had those people gone? I had something to ask…”

“The shadow is now watching the situation. They are not like the people who were practicing the plans, and I think it is best to leave their statement to His Highness.”

Somehow, I didn’t want to look at their interaction, so I talked to Yulian-sama.

My roles had ended as well.

The only thing left was to do some research on that herb.

And to do so, I had to hear it from those maids. I hoped I was permitted to be present in the questioning.

“Yulian Wepp-sama, Anna Cellars-sama. Please follow me. You must be tired from the trip. I will guide you to the detached building.”

While I was lost in my thought, the previous maid and the others bowed at us.

As I was surprised, I moved my eyes towards His Highness and saw he and Princess Lily both smiled.

“Eh, um, I–”

“These two are my benefactors. Everyone, please treat them well.”

His Highness’s words covered my words when I tried to refuse.

“Yes!” All of the maids and knights answered politely at once, and the atmosphere prevented us from rejecting the offer, so we obediently followed them.

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“… I wonder why this is happening.”

The place where we were brought to was the villa which was also the residence of both His Highness and the Princess.

Unlike the dazzling and gorgeous royal palace I imagined, the appearance of the villa was simple.

But it was not plain.

There was no sparkling excessive decorative furnishing, the sculpture on the walls was graceful, and I could tell at first glance that the furnishings were first-class products.

I was passed to this building and was given a room different from Yulian-sama, and somehow several maids bathed me and even changed my clothes.

My maid uniform that was armed with weapons was almost taken off by them until I hurriedly refused and safely took it off myself. It would be a problem if they confiscated the hidden weapons.

Until now, I was in the position where I was the one who did those things for my master, so it was still uncomfortable for me to be the one who was treated like that.

After bathing, I wore a comfortable navy dress. There was no bulge in the skirt part as it had a clean design, and it has a different design from the dress in my country as it had the princess line with a tight waist.

After I was thinking about it, I remembered Princess Lily had worn a dress with such a line. The shape of fashion really differs in every country.

The skirt dropped from the waist, and although it had no bulge, there were a lot of drapes and it gave the sophisticated impression.

Embroidery with sequins was studded on the chest, and it looked beautiful like a starry sky.

I was given a wonderful dress, my hair was set up beautifully, and I was wearing makeup as I was confused right now and it continued.

“It is very nice…”

“If this is the result of your self-made product, you will look even more beautiful if you wear high-grade clothes.”

“Your eyes are very beautiful as they are trapping the blue sky in it. Dress of any color will look good on you.”

I awkwardly gave my thanks to the maids who helped me change.

Because I was in their position until now, I didn’t know what I was supposed to do. When I was confused, someone was knocking on the door.

“—As you can see, she is very beautiful.”

The one who came inside the room was Princess Lily’s maid who was having a conversation with His Highness Sieghart previously.

“It will not be. A high-ranking noble as you are not supposed to bow your head at me.”

At the time I was bowing my head, I got scolded.

“I heard that you are someone important for His Highness Sieghart. While you are in here, if there is something you need, please let us know. We will work together to provide the hospitality for Cellars-sama.”

As Zoffy-san elegantly bowed his head, the other maids all at once imitated her and lowered their heads, and it made me more uncomfortable.

“Um… Please raise your head. I am not in the position where all of you should go that far. I was just accompanying His Highness as his maid.”

Zoffy-san raised her head and continued, “But still.”

“That person… Even if he was only assigned with a maid and escort, it was something that made us happy. For a while, it was really… he tried to keep everyone away… But, it seems he has found someone.”

She smiled gently at me, and this time, I didn’t feel the previous sting. I noticed that Zoffy-san’s eyes were wet as she was ready to cry.

This person who looked older than both His Highness Sieghart and me probably had been working here for a long time.

(…Will she tell me her story?)

“… May I have a request?”

I looked straight at Zoffy-san’s eyes.

As she was surprised a little bit, after she gave me her permission, I decided to ask the questions I wanted to ask.

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