Before she could get angry, the sweetness filled her mouth and she chewed on absentmindedly, making a disgruntled sound.

“You really have a strange personality.”

“Curiosity is the beginning of love.”

“You know we haven’t even started our love, right? I thought you didn’t know.”

“The beginning is half, so we have already done half with Your Majesty.”

“……You speak well.”

“Is speaking the only thing I do well?”

This time, it was Latrasil who held out a fruit and put it in Tasir’s mouth. The difference was that Latrasil opened Tasir’s jaw with her hand and put it in.

“Don’t open your mouth until you finish eating that.”

“I can speak while eating.”

Latrasil reached out and covered Tasir’s mouth. Tasir happily continued to eat the fruit even then.

On the contrary, Latrasil turned pale at the movement of the lips felt on the palm of her hand. It was more awkward for her. She didn’t mean it!

He’s really like a big fox. A fox transformed into a human. Fox masks look like foxes, but why does he look like a fox even without a mask?

Suddenly, Latrasil remembered the image of Tasir standing against a fox mask. The sight of them looking at each other and saying ‘Huh?’ ‘You are?’

“Funny……”

“What are you talking about?”

“No. Just something.”

Latrasil dryly answered and then remembered that she was still covering Tasir’s mouth and quickly took her hand off.

When she lowered her head, almost all of the food on the plate was gone.

‘When did he eat all this?’

Latrasil put down the fork she had been holding in her other hand. Anyway, the meal was almost over, so she had to bring up the work for which she had called Tasir.

This was also a change that occurred after Latrasil received a great help from Tasir. Not just calling him and not talking about work.

“How are mom and brother? Any movements?”

“Yes. The Empress has obediently returned to the temple, and Prince Leanne is staying quietly in the star palace.”

“What about the people? Many coming and going?”

“Since the temple where the Empress is doesn’t usually have visitors. But there are a lot of people coming and going in the star palace. Fewer than before, though.”

“What about the birds?”

“Pardon?”

“Do a lot of birds come and go?”

At Latrasil’s question, Tasir leaned his head.

Latrasil told Tasir about the information she noticed when she was in Karisen. Originally, there weren’t many birds in the palace, but at some point, the number of birds began to gradually increase, and now you can hear bird sounds from all sides.

There were circumstances where enemies were taking information very well. It seemed to be using birds. If there are many flying birds, it would be difficult to notice the messenger birds mixed in.

“I see. I’ll check on that side too.”

“Thanks. I always leave the work to you.”

But, around here, Tasir, who usually said something nonsense, was surprisingly turning a teaspoon in an empty cup while resting his chin. His forehead was wrinkled, and his gaze was somewhere in the air.

“Why?”

When Latrasil asked because of his serious face, Tasir finally put down his teaspoon and dropped his arm.

“I was thinking about Guesta.”

“Guesta?”

“It wasn’t long after he entered the palace.”

“Huh, why?”

“I’ve seen Guesta holding a brokenwinged bird.”

“Guesta? A bird?”

“Yes.”

Tasir who spoke soon added with a broad smile,

“Of course, it could be an unrelated matter. I’m not saying Guesta seemed like a spy. His nature is in fact hard to be a spy.”

“That’s true. Guesta is kind.”

“Well, that’s not what I meant.”

The Guesta that Latil knew was kind and innocent. A person who would rescue a wounded bird without much thought. So it was not at all strange that he found and saved a wounded bird.

Normally, Latil would have just passed it off thinking, ‘Guesta is so kind.’ But while she was away, Guesta had stayed close to the emperor even knowing he was a fake.

Not just rejecting the fake emperor who came to him, but even going out to play with him.

Besides, she had been betrayed by her trusted brother and mother, and had even witnessed her brother betraying their mother on the spot.

After a series of these events overlapped, even the fact that Guesta was holding a wounded bird made her a little suspicious.

“Looking at how Lord Chancellor helped me, Guesta shouldn’t be an enemy…”

“Of course. I just mentioned it. I thought of it as we were talking about the bird.”

“…”

“Even if that bird is a problematic bird, Guesta might have just seen it was hurt and helped it.”

“Is that so?”

Latil tapped the table with her fingers, then suddenly stood up. At her sudden action, Tasir looked up at her, his eyes wide open.

“Huh? Where are you going?”

“To send you off.”

“What? Suddenly? Am I leaving? Are you very busy?”

“Yeah. I’m going to see Guesta.”

Tasir’s expression ambiguously changed.

“Are you kicking me out to go to another man? That’s disappointing.”

“You know it’s not for fun.”

Still, looking at Tasir who was exaggeratedly showing his disappointment, Latil helped him up and pointed to the door with her arms crossed.

“Then let’s do this. I’m not going to Guesta, I’m taking you to your room. How about that?”

Latil jokingly looked up at Tasir, expecting him to chuckle and make a silly retort.

However, surprisingly, Tasir was ambiguously smiling.