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The next day, Alie woke up to a gentle touch on her hair. As she woke up, she could see Serwin sitting on the bed ready to go out.
“Are you awake?”He asked kindly.
Alie nodded with a blank face. Unlike Alie in pajamas, Serwin was wearing very nice clothes. He was strong and fierce like an unparalleled man, yet his colorful clothes still seed to work well with serious etings. The dignity of an emperor was felt in his cold golden eyes.
‘Cool. If you saw it on the screen, you’d definitely be a fan—.’
But in reality, Serwin had too many personality flaws for Alie to beco a fan.
“You can sleep more. Mrs. Enard will be there to protect you. Don’t cry because I’m not here, play well.”
“…Your Majesty, if there’s a hint of disaster call , okay?”
Alie was very worried that the disaster would pop out when she wasn’t there. The energy of disaster was fatal to living creatures. If the disaster pops out in a crowded place, it was terrible just to imagine what kind of catastrophe would happen.
Alie hesitated and held out her hand. She had already held him a few tis, but she was still nervous when she held his hand.
‘It’s a prevention technique. It’s better than the disaster coming out.’
Alie mustered up her courage, placing her hands over Serwin’s. She felt the cold and hard hand.
“Alright.”
Serwin, holding Alie’s hand, lingered for a while and then left the room.
When he left, she fell asleep again. Serwin kept clinging, so she was still a little tired because he woke her again and again.
‘I’m sleepy—’
Alie closed her eyes again. However, she couldn’t sleep because she kept feeling a gaze. Stealthily squinting her eyes she noticed Mrs. Enard stood by the door watching her constantly.
“Huh.”
Alie, who made eye contact with Mrs. Enard, closed her eyes in surprise.
‘What’s going on? By any chance, did he an that Mrs. Enard would be around?’
Alie pulled the blanket over her head and made sure it covered the top of her head. She wanted to ignore the stare and go back to sleep. But maybe it’s because she’s already conscious of it. She couldn’t sleep because her face stung even with a thick blanket in the way. Even though Mrs. Enrad was just looking at her, it kept bothering Alie.
Unable to resist, Alie jumped to her feet.
“Mrs. Enard?”
“Yes, Miss Alie.”
“You don’t have to stay there, so go out and relax. I’m going to sleep more.”
“I’m fine, so you can sleep tight. I’ll be here all the ti, so that I’ll know as soon as you wake up.”
Mrs. Enard answered politely. She couldn’t say ‘Please leave because I can’t sleep because of Mrs.’ to soone who wanted to work hard…
‘Phew, let’s get up and stop sleeping.’
Anyway, while tossing and turning, all of her sleepiness ran away. Alie gave up her sleep and got up.
“Are you going to get up?”
“Yes.”
“Then I’ll bring you a morning tea and a al.”
“May I just wash up and change first?”
“Are you going to be okay? His Majesty says that Alia is reluctant to go on an empty stomach.”
What the hell is this person talking about? When did she say that? It made it seem like she’s a person with a huge appetite.
“Then I’ll take you to the bathroom. I’ve prepared a al in advance, so feel free to ask.”
“Yes.”
Alie blushed with embarrassnt.
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Guided to the bathroom by Mrs. Enard, Alie realized it was a different place from where she went yesterday. Earlier was a place to take a proper bath, and this room was a place to simply wash up. She doesn’t know why they have to have two bathrooms, but she decided to accept it because this is the luxury of the imperial palace.
On the other side of the bathroom entrance was a powder room. Where maids could pick out clothes and accessories to keep in the dressing room while Alie was washing, she can then choose from among the outfits.
The powder room was very comfortable, considering the circumstances of ladies and gentlen who had to dress up for a long ti. There was a chair where she could lie at an angle and rest, and there were many plants. In addition, it was optimized for getting dressed, with various beauty tools, dressing tables, and a four-sided full-body mirror.
“What’s going on? Where are the clothes?”
As she washed up, she saw the maids bustling around in a hurry. She didn’t even see the clothes they were bringing.
At that mont, she heard Mrs. Enard admonishing the maids.
“That’s…… We couldn’t use the clothes because of water leaking from the ceiling of the dressing room.”
“So many clothes?”
“I didn’t know your size, so we had a variety of things in stock. When I t Alie yesterday, I arranged things that would fit her well, but today I’m looking at them all wet!”
“I asked the maids, and they said it was the place where the water was leaking every morning. I left it there because there was an empty seat, but I didn’t think that was the place to repair it…”
Mrs. Enard looked at her coldly.
“Do you think that’s an excuse now?”
“I’m sorry.”
“I’m really sorry.”
“If you don’t have clothes prepared, you have to think about taking off your clothes as penance! Are you still in your right mind!”
Mrs. Enard yelled. Alie flinched her shoulder without even knowing, at the voice.
‘Is this really a coincidence? Or a ploy to bully ?’
Alie looked out for Mrs. Enard and her maids. Mrs. Enard was furious, and the maids were in a daze.
“I don’t know if I’m understanding this—’
Unfortunately, they glanced at Alie normally.
‘It’s strange that only my clothes are wet, it’s just bullying with the clothes, isn’t it a little bit of sothing?’
If there was more solid evidence, she would have solved it by herself or told Serwin. However, it was ambiguous to do anything in a state of suspicion. Standing by herself, it seems like she’s in trouble. But talking to Serwin, she’s worried about a tsunami of blood.
“That’s enough. I have clothes in my bag, so let’s wear them today.”
“Go get Alia’s bag!”
“Yes, Mrs!”
The maids ran out of the powder room.
“That’s a relief. You brought so clothes,didn’t you?”
“We’re going to make a new outfit soon. How about if Miss Alie asks His Majesty? His Majesty will also want to present sothing to Miss Alie, but that’s a good excuse.”
Milena and Charlotte chatted brightly next to Alie.She felt that they were deliberately speaking more vigorously, in case she was offended. Alie put a smile on her face to reassure them. Charlotte smiled ear to ear, and she glanced at Mrs. Enard who smiled with a profound smile when her eyes t Charlotte.
After a while, the maids returned with Alie’s bag.
“I didn’t know where it was, so I brought everything.”
“It’s in a blue bag, you don’t have to bring it all.”
“This one?”
The maid opened the bag and took out the dress. It contained a dress that was rated as the best fit to wear at Dellahaim. Mrs Enard examined the dress carefully.
“The fabric is good though the style is not trendy. It’s very thin to wear now, but it’ll be okay indoors. It’s hard to get other clothes right away, so—”
Eventually, Alie decided to wear the clothes she had brought. The maids helped her dress up. Since there was no need to go out of the building, it was enough to tidy up her curly hair and lighten up the face with makeup.
“Miss Alie, what should I do with the bag? Would you like to organize your luggage?”
Charlotte asked.
“Please take care of the blue bag. Leave the brown bag. I have sothing to check for myself.”
Having brought the bag, Alie decided for a mont to check on the things in the bag.
Inside the brown bag were tools and precious herbs to make magic dicine. She was going to check if they went bad on the move. But everything inside is a witch’s thing. It wasn’t good to be seen by others.
After dressing up, Alie said to everyone.
“Everyone go out and work. I’ll check my bag for a second and get out.”
“Are you going to clean up your bag? Let help you.”
“Let us do it. I’ll sort it out as you say.”
Milena and Charlotte smiled and offered to help. Mrs Enard was also in her place, not leaving the powder room.
“No, I’ll do it.”
When Alie flatly refused, Charlotte and Milena exchanged glances and sprang to their knees. The won bowed their heads deeply and begged for Alie’s forgiveness.
“Please forgive , Miss Alie!”
“You can’t leave it to us because we made a mistake, right?”
“Ah, that’s not—”
Alie was very embarrassed. Why are they begging for this?
“I’m sorry, Miss Alie. I should have managed it properly.”
Even Mrs Enard knelt before Alie. In this situation, all the maids standing far away knelt and bowed their heads.
“No, it’s not like that. There are so things in the bag that I’m ashad to have seen, so I’m trying to sort them out myself—and that’s the reason why you can’t help.”
“We are Alia’s hands. There’s nothing to be ashad of! Please let us know if you don’t like us. That way, I can serve you better.”
“Yes, that’s right. Please feel free to let us in. If we leave you alone, we’ll be in trouble!”
“You won’t get trouble for that. First of all, let’s get up okay?”
Alie raised Mrs Enard with her own hands in a hurry. She was out of her mind.
‘Is Serwin that scary?—It’s true that he’s scary. It’s easy to kill people when he talk to them—’
In Dellahaim, there was one victim who was attacked by Serwin. Serwin cut off the gardener’s hand, saying he was a gardener who worked in the palace and almost tripped over the less-treated grass. He said he doesn’t need a hand that can’t work properly.
Rember such a thing, it was natural for maids to be frightened. Eventually, Alie gave up opening the bag and headed out to eat.
******
After the al, Alie followed Mrs Enard through the palace. Yesterday was the first ti she’d looked around properly, as she didn’t go out of the bedroom to relax.
Looking around the building, Alia ca out. The outer wall of the white building shone brightly in the sun. Trees surrounded it. Thanks to this, the air was clean and it was good to take a walk along the path.
But Alie couldn’t enjoy the scenery.
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