Chapter 361 The Princess Wants To Go Out
But because the hole was too small to see everything and the running water pretty much muffled our voices, he could not actually confirm that it was who he thought it was on the other side of the wall.
Even then, the seeds of doubt would have already been planted in his mind, causing him to question if the other times he \'caught\' us were actually Lisa or someone else.
All of that built up to today where Lisa decided to finally let him get the confirmation of her \'infidelity\'.
Even I could tell that the young man was quite smitten with Lisa with how he had been acting, so it\'s no surprise that he\'s currently in a state of shock when Lisa revealed everything to him.
He was even more crushed when Lisa came up to me and kissed me deeply, an unmistakable sign that Lisa was mine.
I thought that I would need to play some kind of role after that but Lisa told me to leave everything to her and I left the classroom soon after.
Since this was her fetish and not mine, I left her to it and waited outside for her.
That was when I realised that Katsuki was waiting outside the classroom for some reason.
"Eh? What are you doing in school today, Katsuki?" I asked.
She bowed, "Greetings, Mistress. I am merely here for insurance."
"Insurance? Oh… Lisa put you up to this, didn\'t she?"
"She did ask for my help if that is what Mistress is asking."
I\'m guessing she\'s there just in case the drug Lisa gave did not take effect fast enough or something else happened and needed someone\'s intervention without needing us to get directly involved.
I\'m not sure if I should be happy to know that Lisa actually planned this far ahead just to cuck him.
I cleared my throat awkwardly, "Well… Umm… I think everything\'s fine now so…"
Katsuki shook her head, "Miss Lisa also asked me to inform Mistress that there\'s no need to wait outside for her here."
"Eh? Why not?" I asked.
"She says that she would also be messing with his memories so it will take a while for her to be done."
"Oh… What about you?"
"I shall remain here in case something unexpected happens and she requires my help, unless Mistress would rather I accompany you instead? I could ask someone else to take over me if Mistress would prefer that."
"Ah, there\'s no need for that. I can go back on my own."
"Understood, Mistress. Please be careful on your way back."
How nice~ It seems like they have become quite close for them to be doing this together.
Just as I was about t o leave, Katsuki called out to me again, "Ah, my apologies, Mistress, but I have something that was entrusted to me to be delivered to you as well."
She reached into her apron to pull out what appears to be a letter of sorts before handing it to me.
Curious, I opened it immediately to read its contents, realising that it was sent by the princess herself.
A quick scan through the letter revealed that she was requesting another visit to my house again, stating how lonely she had felt ever since returning from my place and wanted someone to eat cookies with again.
The letter was written quite formally which told me that she most likely asked someone else to write it for her while she dictated the purpose of the letter. My guess was that Aria probably wrote this.
I suppose it has indeed been more than a week since I\'ve last seen her though.
"It seems like the princess wants another visit," I explained to my Inugami maid with a soft smile. "I suppose I don\'t mind but how do I respond to that?"
"You can leave that to me, Mistress. Allow me to respond to the princess\'s request for you."
How reliable~
Leaving that to Katsuki, I left the place to head home after that.
It was only when I got home did I realise that I did not set a time and date for the princess to come over…
Oh well, Katsuki still needs to write the response letter so I guess I can just ask her to write in the date later when she returns home.
And just as I thought of that…
"Big sister!! I got your letter! I\'m here to play!" The princess shouted, appearing at the doorway.
Eh?! What? How?! I just told Katsuki not even an hour ago!!
Did Katsuki already send a response even before I told her to?
No, that can\'t be possible, Katsuki won\'t do something like that…
If I had to guess, she might have already prepared several responses ahead of time so that she would be able to send whichever one I wanted immediately.
I\'m glad that I was still wearing my mask because of my rendezvous with Lisa or she would have seen my face right now…
"Oh, hello Tiara. I\'m surprised you got here so fast."
"Ehehe~ I was really looking forward to meeting big sister again so I rushed here as soon as I got your letter!"
"Ah… About that… Could I know who delivered it?"
"Hmm? I dunno? Aria was the one who received it and told me about it~"
I turned to look at the maid accompanying the princess.
She inclined her head slightly, "It was your Head Maid Mary who delivered the letter to my hands, Young Mistress Nilm. May I ask if that is a problem?"
"Ah, no… I was just curious. I\'m just… Well… I didn\'t know you would come here so soon so I did not prepare anything…"
"Worry not, Young Mistress," Mary\'s voice came from behind me, prompting me to spin around. "Katsuki has already informed me that this might be a possibility so we already have a few sweets prepared for your tea with Princess Tiara."
Oh my, oh my? What\'s this, Katsuki? You\'re really going above and beyond your role as my personal maid~
I wondered if it wouldn\'t be long before Katsuki reached Mary\'s level?
The princess cheered upon hearing Mary\'s words, "Yay!! We can have cookies together again, big sister! I also had a few of the Royal chefs prepare some sweets too! Let\'s eat together!"
I looked back and sure enough, Aria was carrying a large confectionary box that I have no doubt was filled with sweets for us to enjoy.
Ohhh~ There\'s no way I can turn this down now, can I?
Since Katsuki was still with Lisa, Mary ended up being the one to guide us to the gardens where we would have our tea served by the other maids.
And because this was not the first time Princess Tiara had come here, she was less reserved and constantly bouncing on her seat as she watched our maids wheel out the dessert carts piled high with various sweets.
Waaa~ There\'s so many sweets~
Om nom nom nom~
Ahhhhhhh~ This is bliss~
"Oh, did big sister hear? Brother Lucius is going to travel to the Dragon View Trade City soon~"
I recovered a little from my sweets coma, "Mnnn… Huh? Ah, the third prince isn\'t it? What\'s he going to do there?"
"Unn… I think he\'s going to challenge a Dungeon or something, I dunno. I know he\'s going on a ship to some Dragon place or something."
Oh, she must be talking about Dragon Sanctuary. The Dungeon that he\'s challenging can\'t be the one that I had been diving in while I was young right?
Nah… The place is big, I\'m sure there\'s other Dungeons around that he might be going to.
I did, however, notice the slight feeling of longing in her voice when Tiara told me that though.
"Do you want to go with him as well?"
"Mmmm? Ughh… I wanna go out too… But I can\'t leave the palace. Papa and Mama letting me visit big sister is already something I thought they would not let me do…"
Right, there\'s the thing about her curse.
"If you\'d like, maybe you might want to try training yourself to be stronger?" I suggested.
She looked at me, "Eh? Stronger? Why?"
"Ehehe~ Because if you\'re strong, you\'ll be able to do anything you want without worrying about people coming to eat you~" I giggled, using the excuse that the King had given her.
"Ohhh! But… How do I get strong? My teachers don\'t teach me to be strong…"
I thumped my chest, "Leave it to big sister! I have someone I can introduce to help train you!"
"Waaaah! Big sister is so cool! Teach me how to be strong!"
Ahhh~ She\'s so cute~ I guess I should ask Odeta when she would like to help me train this little princess~