Two True Feelings
Lux’s Side
I never imagined that Felisiana-sama would arrange the flowers she bought yesterday in her private room at the royal castle.
And that she even did it with her own hands… that really makes me happy.
After Violet-san had gone home.
While I was in my room getting ready to study and thinking about that…
There was a knock on my door.
“Master, may I have a moment?”
It was Siana’s voice.
We’d just parted a short while ago, so I didn’t think she’d have business again so soon. I wondered what it could be.
“Yeah, you can come in.”
When I said that, Siana slowly opened the door and came into the room.
Then, when she came over to my side, she spoke with a somewhat downcast expression.
“Master, um… how did you feel when Violet-sama hugged you earlier?”
“…H-huh!?”
H-how did I feel about being hugged by Violet-san!?
“W-why are you asking that?”
“I just can’t help but be curious! Please, tell me!”
Siana said it forcefully.
“U-um… it’s hard to say how I felt, but Violet-san is a kind person, so being hugged by her didn’t feel unpleasant at all.”
“Then, how would you feel if I were to hug you, Master?”
As for that question, I didn’t need to hesitate or think about it, so I answered immediately.
“Of course, I wouldn’t feel bad about being hugged by you either, Siana. If anything, knowing you care about me that much would warm my heart.”
“Th-then! May I hug you, Master!?”
…Ah.
I didn’t really understand the meaning behind this sudden exchange, but this was…
“Yeah, that’s fine.”
“Thank you very much!”
Saying that, Siana hugged me.
“…Did seeing Violet-san hugging me make you want to hug me too?”
“Yes… because you’re my master, and mine alone.”
“I thought so… but still.”
As I spoke, I gently patted Siana’s head.
“If it’s you, Siana, you don’t need to go out of your way to check something like that. You can hug me whenever you want… because you’re truly very important to me.”
“Master…!”
As she tightened her arms around me, Siana spoke with a slightly embarrassed look.
“Master, if it pleases you… I’d like to go out into town together again, just the two of us.”
“Yeah, of course. Is there somewhere you want to go?”
“Th-thank you very much! The place I want to go is…”
After that.
Siana and I spent a long, pleasant time together, talking just like we always do.
Siana’s Side
“Then, Master… please excuse me.”
“Yeah, see you later, Siana.”
After bowing her head to Lux and leaving the room, Siana headed toward her own room.
Interacting with Lux as the maid Siana.
It was true that, as the Third Princess, she was hiding her identity in that sense. But there was no falsehood at all in her desire to respect Lux and serve him as the maid Siana.
If the Third Princess Felisiana was the manifestation of her wish to take Lux by the hand and make him happy, then the maid Siana was simply the manifestation of her wish to support Lux and make him happy. Both were her true feelings.
And because Siana believed that as long as her desire to make Lux happy was genuine, everything else was nothing more than superficial, she couldn’t understand Floria Florence’s way of thinking. That made conflict with Floria unavoidable.
On top of that, naturally… conflict with Elizalina, who was even now scheming and taking action to bind Lux to herself, was also unavoidable.
“…The one who’ll make Lux-kun happy is me.”
And for that reason, I’ll have to make Elizalina-anesama withdraw from Lux-kun, no matter what.
Declaring that firmly in her heart, Siana entered her room where Violet was waiting and immediately began making plans for the day before the event Elizalina was holding.
Everything was for Lux’s happiness, and for her own happiness together with Lux.