Chapter 289: The Princesses’ Dining Table
After returning to the royal castle, Felisiana changed out of her maid outfit and into formal attire befitting a member of the royal family.
With the intention of pressing Elizalina the moment she returned about what kind of conversation she’d had with Lux today.
Felisiana waited for Elizalina’s return at the entrance of the royal castle.
“Seriously, not only did she hold Lux-kun’s hand with both of hers, she even hugged Lux-kun…”
As she recalled that scene, Felisiana’s eyes grew unfocused without her realizing it.
If at that time it had been a situation where there would’ve been no problem with cutting Elizalina down, she would’ve done so without hesitation.
That was how intense her anger was.
And just as she was thinking of hurling that anger at Elizalina, who would surely be returning any moment now, at that moment.
“…!”
She heard footsteps.
For an instant, Felisiana thought Elizalina had returned.
But those footsteps weren’t coming from outside the castle. They were coming from within the royal castle.
“Hm?”
Perhaps the owner of the footsteps noticed Felisiana, because they let out a small sound.
Then, just like that, they approached her.
“Felisiana, it’s been a little while since we last met. What are you doing standing around in a place like this?”
“Rezamiliana-anesama…”
Just before coming face to face with Rezamiliana, Felisiana pulled herself out of her unfocused state.
Though flustered by this unexpected situation of running into Rezamiliana here, she continued and spoke.
“There’s something I want to confirm with Elizalina-anesama, so I was waiting here for her to return.”
“I see. It’s about time the sun started to set, so Elizalina should be coming back soon. I was just thinking that myself and was about to head to the dining hall.”
“…To the dining hall?”
“Yes. Today, once Elizalina’s event ends and she returns, we’re supposed to confirm at the dinner table whether there were any problems.”
That’s… troublesome.
For Felisiana, if it wasn’t a situation where she could be alone with Elizalina, she wouldn’t be able to draw out what she wanted to ask properly.
If possible, she wanted to be alone with Elizalina.
And there was only one way to create a situation where she could be alone with Elizalina under these circumstances.
“I see… if that’s the case, I’ll be heading to the dining hall later, so Rezamiliana-anesama, please go on ahead…”
She would remain here at the castle entrance and have Rezamiliana go to the dining hall first.
By doing that, she’d be able to be alone with Elizalina, who would surely arrive at the entrance later.
That was what Felisiana thought as she tried to put those intentions into words… but.
“Huh? It’s Rezamiliana-oneesama and Felisiana. It’s rare to see the two of you together in a place like this.”
“…!”
At the worst possible timing for Felisiana, Elizalina arrived at the entrance of the royal castle.
Because of that, Felisiana felt her anger toward Elizalina deepen even further.
But Rezamiliana was completely unaware of Felisiana’s feelings and spoke as she normally did.
“You’re back, Elizalina. I was just about to invite Felisiana to the dining hall, but are you fine as well?”
“Yeah. I’m totally fine, just as planned.”
Saying that energetically, Elizalina walked closer.
“What about you, Felisiana?”
“…”
Now that it’s come to this, I don’t have any choice left.
Thinking that, Felisiana responded to Rezamiliana’s question.
“I’ll head to the dining hall together with you both.”
“I see. Then let’s go.”
“It’s been a while since the three of us ate together. I’ve got a feeling this’ll be fun.”
“…”
Facing Elizalina, who truly never seemed to change no matter when she saw her, Felisiana recalled what Elizalina had done to Lux today and felt a surge of killing intent.
Even so, together with her two older sisters, she headed for the dining hall, and before long, they arrived.
The three princesses took their seats around the dining table.