Aris nodded as if it were obvious.

“That’s right, isn’t it? The reason I ended up like this is because I tried not to cause any harm to you and the family after you became a princess, right?”

“…?”

“I was considerate, but you were fooling around with Princess Lahratu and Duke Karsatuna. That’s why I got into trouble.”

Lost for words at the absurd and forced explanation, my expression was not visible, but Aris continued to speak reasonably.

“You can see that the atmosphere at home has worsened because you worry about me, right? So, please return the princess title quickly. Since we are both from the same family, it wouldn’t matter if I took the title in your place.”

Regardless of whether it was possible or not, I became curious about her brain structure that proposed such a solution.

“Even if I marry the crown prince, it’s okay. I can sacrifice that much for the family. Didn’t you dislike marrying that savage man?”

Tyrin coiled his smooth tail around Aris’s neck.

“What is this foolish woman? The smell of greed is overwhelming. The stench of a disgusting and unmatched human. I felt sympathy for his words this time. It was disgusting. Very much.

Unaware of the fierce spirit circling above my head, Aris held my hand and whined.

“Sister, no? If you do that, I’ll treat you really, really well! You can be as close to Hubert as I am.”

I looked down at her with a bemused look.

There was a mixture of some expectation in the gaze looking at me.

Tak!

I withdrew my hand. To her widened eyes, I whispered gently as if nothing had happened.

“If you want something, show some sincerity, miss. At your age, the time to grasp a toy with a tantrum has long passed, hasn’t it?”

“…….?”

“With this incident, all the friends must have left, and only Hubert is left, you know? He likes well-behaved children, but he hates foolish ones. Miss, you should work hard. I’m giving you sincere advice.”

Aris’s rock-hard eyes began to tremble with anger.

Before she could vent her emotions, I quickly threw her out of the room and closed the door.

Aris pounded on the door from outside.

Thump, thump, thump, thump!

“Sister, open this. Won’t you open it? I told you to open it!”

I shrugged my shoulders and immersed myself in the original work as if I couldn’t hear anything.

When I lifted my head after handling the report, it was already quiet outside.

A playground for nobles. The secret bar known only to a few people was quiet with no customers.

“Hooong.”

From a corner of the store, cries began to spread.

Aris, who came out of the mansion after hitting Igraine, was sobbing.

She had even violated the royal order to sober up, but she didn’t care.

She had tried to vent her unjust and sad feelings to anyone. However, the cold reality waiting for her was that no one was there to listen.
“Aw, Lady Dorencia. Is it okay for you to come here? You’re still recovering, right?”

“Argh, uaaah!”

The crying intensified.

The staff exchanged awkward glances.

Even if there were some embarrassing scenes involving nobles, none of them had ever witnessed a young noblewoman crying so openly in a public place, especially pleading for a business to leave.

But that wasn’t surprising. In a situation where her friends were avoiding her openly, no one could be casual.

The noble youths who had been enjoying themselves just a moment ago witnessed Aris and hastily got up, leaving the scene. The employees who saw this instantly closed their mouths tightly.

The fall of a flower.

Although Aris wasn’t the only outstanding one among the beautiful and cultured ladies in the social circle, her unique background as a water deity had made her shine brightly in the social scene.

But the rumor that she had been abandoned by the deity pulled her down to the ground in an instant.

Aris’s claim that she had fully recovered now fell on deaf ears.

A rampage of a deity was not a common occurrence. The power of deities and gods was an unknown territory for ordinary people.

Ignorance brought vague anxiety and fear, and Aris became an outcast in an instant.

“Igraine, you wicked!”

After scolding Igraine for a while, Aris, who changed her target and saw me, cursed the ‘friends’ who ran away from her like they had encountered a bug.

“Why are they all like that? Even though we hung out so much, I invited them to my house a lot, and they don’t even say a word to avoid me? Ha! Wretched bastards.”

Aris wiped away the tears that didn’t stop with her sleeve.

“Listen to me. It’s strange, Igraine. Why did the power that was perfectly fine suddenly become like that?”

As Aris murmured to herself, she suddenly stopped speaking, struck by a hazy image in her mind.

“…It feels like someone came into my room that day.”

In fact, the moment when the power went out was all vague in her memory. She wasn’t even sure if she had gone to the bathroom or not.

The lingering presence of Igraine holding onto her.

Was it a dream, or was it a memory from that time?

“Clearly, Igraine did something.”