Vol 3 - Chapter 27

Volume 3 Chapter 27

‘So.’

“Liddy, you’re really bad at keeping things light. That’s the reason why you’re going round in circles.”

“G-going round circles!? I never do that! This is as planned, I didn’t make too much!”

“Oy, stop treating me as your carrier! You lot!”

Lidianne and I were in the deserted terrace along with an extra person.

Three different voices rang out.

Enjoying the aroma of black tea in a high-class tea party — as if, nobody cared for manners in front of this stupidly huge mountain of sweets.

All of us were making a racket while poking the sweets, each of us holding a plate in one hand.

“Why is she here in the first place!? I didn’t hear anything about this!”

“I didn’t know Lufure-sama would be here! Oh well, Liddy’s making good use of you, huh…!?”

“N-no, I didn’t intend to do that! Making good use of Lufure-sama, isn’t — no, wait! When did this happen? Why are you calling me by my pet name!?”

“Eh, you’re asking that now!?”

I widened my eyes when I heard Lidianne’s words while we were in the middle of our rambunctious conversation.

Since when? — even if she asked me that, I didn’t have an inkling, but the way I called her probably changed a long time ago.

‘’Lidianne’ is too long. It’s a mouthful, too.’

Also, even Lufure-sama called her ‘Liddy’ aside from Adoracion-sama.

Of course, I decided to call her that too, and that’s the result.

Lidianne didn’t react, so I continued calling her by that name, but —

“I don’t remember giving you permission to call me that! You’re so rude for arbitrarily using my nickname!”

Hey, you just didn’t notice it.

Lidianne angrily turned her chin away with a ‘hmpf’ before shooting off her mouth, obviously displeased.

“Those things are only done if you’re done after you become friends, right! We’re not even friends! Don’t misunderstand just because I invited you to a simple tea party!”

Lidianne puffed her chest while I blinked in perplexion.

I had a lot of things I wanted to retort, but first and foremost —

“…………….. simple?”

What?

What did she mean by that? — I asked myself as I turned to look at my surroundings.

The sight of the mountain of sweets that almost buried the terrace came into view.

A whole cake, several types of tart, donuts that had been densely piled up, a container filled with biscuits to the brim. An apple pie that she sliced for me sat on the plate I was holding. We haven’t even touched the mousse at the back of the terrace.

We didn’t even have the time to enjoy the aroma of the tea, and yet there was a wide selection of tea here waiting for us to sample.

So many different teas, divided and sorted accordingly from the type of their leaves to the brewing method — ordinary aristocrats probably wouldn’t have the means to get their hands on these no matter how much they tried to.

And yet, this was ‘simple’.

Then, did that mean this kind of event was also deemed simple in the House of Blanchette?

“Nah, this tea party ain’t something you call ‘simple’, right.”

Lufure-sama, who had been requested to carry all of these, sighed exasperatedly in my stead.

He bit into a biscuit then nonchalantly continued on.

“You’ve been preparing for this since last night. Even Adoracion-sama was wondering what happened to you. I was also curious about the person you’re going to meet, and yet it’s her, of all people!”

It was an unforgivable revelation.

Lidianne blushed furiously when the beans were spilled.

Her cheeks and entire face were dyed red, and even her ears and neck turned crimson. Lidianne couldn’t take it any longer, and she roared.

“Argh! Lufure-sama! Why do you have to spout such unnecessary things!”

Lidianne’s voice echoed through the peaceful terrace.

She tightened her face in an attempt to hide her embarrassment, while Lufure-sama didn’t show any signs of stopping his mouth.

I couldn’t help but sigh while looking at the lively scene.

‘Maybe I should invite Kami-sama next time.’

I was laughing, but I couldn’t help but think of Kami-sama, who was currently house-sitting.

When I told him that “I’m meeting someone”, he cheerfully sent me out, but — maybe it would have been better if I had taken him with me.

He was conscious about his appearance, so he didn’t want to go out as much as possible, but still, he would have enjoyed this place —

However, the calm feeling was blown away in the next second.

“— Found you! So you were here, huh, fake Saintess!”

A shriek resounded almost at the same time I bit into the apple pie.

Uneasiness washed over me as I turned around — it was just as I thought.

Rozalie…. No, it was one of her minions, and she was breathing raggedly as she barged into our space.

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