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The next thing I knew, it was morning.
“No kidding, the sun is already up?”
I looked out the window, clutching my pitch black book.
I was so focused on opening the book that I couldn’t concentrate. …And in the end, I could not open it.
I left the library with the book. I would like to keep this one with . It wasn’t anything I had at ho, and it would be fine to take it out.
I went back to my room and dived into bed.
I was kind of tired. …Maybe I should take a nap.
Just as I was wondering if I should go to bed, I heard soone knocking on the door. …Maybe I should pretend to be asleep.
It was okay if I didn’t answer sotis, wasn’t it? I thought to myself as I raised the book I had brought from the library to the ceiling.
If there was a book this suspicious, I would have definitely noticed it.
Did this recently arrived at this house…?
“Alicia? Are you sleeping?”
…Duke-sama!?
The voice from the other side of the door made jump.
Why would he be here!
“It’s unusual that Alicia, who always gets up early in the morning, to still be in bed at this hour…”
Big Brother Albert’s voice.
Should I respond “I’m awake”? But I was still in my pajamas.
…No, but I was really curious to know what he wanted from .
I struggled in my mind whether to open the door. I didn’t want to show him my face, which looked so bad after so little sleep.
I wondered if Duke-sama would ever judge for that.
“She seems to be awake, but she doesn’t want to leave her room.”
Duke-sama said this as if he could see through in the room.
…How did he know!
I shouted with all my might in my head.
Could it be clairvoyance? I didn’t rember any such magic.
“How did you know?”
Big Brother Albert asked him in my place.
“Alicia would wake up with a knock. She’s the kind of woman who can respond to the slightest sign that no else will notice.”
“I’d forgotten how superhuman my sister was.”
That was a complint… right?
“Then why won’t she co out?”
Big Brother Albert’s question made let out a small sigh and decide to answer.
“I’m still in my pajamas. Besides, I didn’t get much sleep last night, and my face looks terrible…”
I could hear Big Brother Albert laughing vigorously at my words.
I didn’t expect him to laugh so hard that I involuntarily shuddered.
I didn’t an to say anything funny.
“Ah~, my little sister is acting so cute.”
What!
I was just stating the obvious, you know. Besides, it was just normal, and wearing pajamas in front of the prince was disrespectful.
“I wish Alicia could see Duke’s face right now.”
Duke-sama’s face?
I was curious about that. I wonder what he looked like.
“Alicia has always been cute.”
I blushed at the sound of Big Brother Albert’s voice as he spoke behind the door.
Perhaps sensing my embarrassnt, Big Brother Albert’s joyful voice echoed through the room.
“Ahhh, I’m the only one who can enjoy this situation.”
“Please hurry up and go away.”
I said in as calm a voice as possible.
“Okay, okay. I won’t bully my precious little sister’s maidenly heart anymore.”
Big Brother Albert then told Duke-sama, “Let’s go”.
I put my hands on my face, which was still a little red, to calm it down.
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