Smiling at the two who continued to look worried, Dellina said.

“Is the work all done?”

“Yeah.”
It was a little while later when Dellina and Noah found themselves alone again.

Dellina, who had moved to the room and was waiting, opened the door and smiled when Noah entered. Noah continued, saying, “There was more work piled up than I thought.”

“Well, what can you do? It’s the place you manage.”

Before Dellina knew it, the sun had set, and it was getting dark. Noah smiled and asked, “Shall we eat? What do you want to have?”

“I had some dried fruits earlier, so I think I’ll have them later. By the way, that princess, did she leave?”

“Yeah, she just left.”

“What kind of request did she make? And who is that princess exactly?”

In response to Dellina’s question, Noah explained, “She’s the princess of the kingdom right next to us. Well, even though it’s called a kingdom, it’s not even a tenth of a fraction of the Helium Empire, and lately, it’s been quite unstable.”

“Why?”

“The king there isn’t a particularly good king. Sometimes he even asks for investigations into women he fancies, that sort of thing.”

Noah said with a mocking tone. Dellina, who had been listening quietly, asked again.

“So, by the way, is that Princess Roji, is she very beautiful?”

“…….”

“When I first found out about Princess Roji, we weren’t even in a romantic relationship. So, you can be honest. I don’t mind.”

With eyes that seemed quite concerned about it, Dellina spoke.

“It might have been lonely in a foreign land, right? Maybe you two caught each other’s eyes. I’m fine, so feel free to tell me. Honestly.”

“Nothing happened.”

“Really?”

“I don’t care about appearances in the first place.”

“Is that so? Well, then… What? You don’t care about appearances? What about me?”

“You have an extremely beautiful heart.”

“Would you like to leave as beautifully as you are now?”

When Dellina opened her eyes fiercely, Noah chuckled.

“So, I was trying to say I prefer someone like a clown, but you told me not to say that so strongly from behind.”

“Well, probably, people who don’t know what it means to call someone a clown don’t understand… Ah, right! Do you happen to know about that?”

“What?”

“The legendary clown.”

Dellina, looking awkward even to mention it, managed to say it. Hearing that, Noah smiled.

“Oh, I know. That.”

“Really? But why didn’t you tell me anything?”

“I found out about those rumors recently too. Even without that, I investigated about clown rumors, and there was nothing strange. Besides, honestly, those rumors aren’t lies, are they?”

“That’s true, but…! Still, it’s so embarrassing!”

Thinking about people praising her as the legendary clown made her body involuntarily cringe. Realizing this, Noah said as if he just understood.

“So, earlier, you were concerned about the clown talk.”

“Right. Since I’ve used a pseudonym, I will definitely keep it a secret that I’m a clown. Definitely.”

Dellina clenched her fist as if making a determined decision.

“Ugh! What’s wrong with that woman!”

In the deep night, loud noises echoed in Roji’s room as various objects collided with the floor or walls.

The servants trembled in fear, their bodies shivering. Roji, breathing heavily, muttered to herself.

“No, this won’t do. I can’t go on like this. If I want to marry James after all, there must be another way…”

Roji quickly wrote her name on a piece of paper on her desk.

Then, right next to it, she wrote the name ‘James’ and raised the corners of her mouth in satisfaction. At the top of the paper Roji was holding, a short phrase was written.