“Eek!”

I lifted my head at the scream and instinctively knew what was coming towards me—a bucket.

“Ah, I knew it.”

As expected, the bucket fell right in front of me, and thanks to it, I got splashed with the water inside. I couldn’t help but wonder if it was déjà vu.

With a thud, the bucket bounced off the floor with a refreshing sound, and Sylvia, who had been gaping in shock with both hands covering her mouth, rushed to me belatedly.

“Lady Bee!”

Seeing me drenched, Sylvia didn’t know what to do and quickly pulled down her sleeves to wipe off the water.

“Oh my goodness, what should we do? Are you okay? You’re all wet; what should we do about this?”

I shook my head briefly. The maid standing on the stairs froze, lost in thought, her eyes fixed on me.

“It’s not intentional.”

It seemed like it wasn’t deliberately done, so I sighed briefly. If it were intentional, I wouldn’t have let it go, but mistakes happen. I shook off the moisture from the dress.

Late to realize, a maid who had rushed down the stairs knelt in front of me, trembling. Then she prostrated herself on the floor, shivering.

“I-I’m sorry. Lady Bee. I was carrying it, but it slipped from my hand because it was slippery. I’m really sorry.”

It was the same excuse as the ginger incident, but unlike then, the maid’s words were sincere this time.

“It seems like clean water, and there’s no need to act like a villain right now.”

I lightly patted the maid’s shoulder, unlike when I was in the Second Prince’s palace. “I’m fine, so go and do your work,” I said and turned around, and the maids standing not far away were watching me with worried expressions. Only then did I realize that the maids were quite frightened of my notorious reputation.

There won’t be any intentional mischief in the future. Since I can’t clear up the misunderstanding right away, I turned away. First and foremost, it was time to change into dry clothes.

“What happened?”

At this hour, Cahilern, who should be in the office, came over, surprised to see me completely soaked. Cahilern immediately took off his jacket and covered my shoulders.

“The maid accidentally spilled the water because she missed the bucket.”

Upon Sylvia’s explanation, Cahilern frowned, tsked, and clicked his tongue.

“It’s cold, and you came like this?”

Cahilern, embracing me, headed towards the drawing-room. I could see Sylvia stoking the fireplace more vigorously.

“I’ll take care of it, so go outside.”

Upon hearing Cahilern’s words, Sylvia, who was about to come to assist, left the room. I grabbed her wrist as she was about to change into dry clothes.

“I’ll handle it alone.”

“How are you going to do it alone? It looks challenging to undress when everything is wet.”

“Even so, it doesn’t seem appropriate for you to help me change. Then please call Sylvia again.”

“In the bath together, and now suddenly feeling embarrassed?”
Cahilern chuckled as if finding it amusing. Then, he pushed away my hand and once again pushed away my touch while untying the strap on the chest part of my dress.

“It seems like this isn’t right…”

Changing clothes itself was embarrassing, but in situations like these, it was mostly predictable how things would unfold.

With a soft sound, Cahilern, who was untying the dress strap, pressed his lips against my partially exposed chest. The lips that lightly touched mine lingered deeply on my neck. Suppressing a moan, I pushed him away.

“Do you want to go back to the office?”

“Later.”

It seemed like Marquis and Rendolfs would have a hard time. Lately, Cahilern had been complaining about constantly delaying work. However, despite saying such things, they both had content expressions.

With his lips still on my neck, Cahilern, who knew he wouldn’t let me go, embraced me. Although I knew he wouldn’t let go, I instinctively clung to Cahilern’s neck and let out a short scream. Cahilern walked confidently towards the fireplace.

“I’ll change first. It’s cold.”

“Yeah, later.”

Cahilern sat on the sofa in front of the fireplace and, as it was, pulled me into his lap, pressing his lips against mine.

“Go with me to the mine auction tomorrow.”

“No, tomorrow is finally the day Floria and Shanna will be separated.”

Floria, a devoted believer, regularly accompanied the queen to the temple for prayers. Since there was a magic restriction limiting entry to the temple for different races, Shanna couldn’t follow. Shanna had been waiting for this day to come so that she could make a deal with Floria.

“I’ll be there too.”

Cahilern said, pressing his lips against my palm. I shook my head.

“You should go to the auction.”

“Just send Marquis. It’s dangerous for just the two of us to be with that fairy. I’m afraid of what she might do alone.”

“Don’t worry. Even if it’s Shanna, she won’t harm the prince. Besides, if she dares to do anything to me, she won’t be able to find the origin of the Lyn and won’t be able to touch it.”

Cahilern still seemed worried, so I kissed his cheek.

“I’m gradually losing to you.”

“I let you win sometimes.”