Ibelia arrived at the Crown Prince’s residence and hesitantly asked Falin for tea. Then, she headed straight to the reception room and took out Felix from her pocket.

Felix, who seemed quite cramped inside the pocket throughout the return journey to the palace, transformed into a human figure as soon as he came out.

“Ugh, feels like my joints are all sore.”

“You’ve worked hard. Thank you so much for what you did for Father.”

Ibelia still forced a smile towards Felix with a face full of concern.

“If you’re going to make such a strange expression, you might as well not smile. I know it’s not a situation to smile about.”

Despite her efforts to make him feel comfortable, Felix’s response made her quite embarrassed. Nevertheless, as she lifted the forced smile, at least her facial muscles didn’t seem too stiff.

Ibelia let out a deep sigh she had been holding. Even though she had returned to the palace as Felix suggested, her heart felt more uncomfortable than ever.

Although her complexion had improved considerably, not being able to witness Edwick waking up weighed heavily on her heart. However, she couldn’t just stay by his side until he woke up.

Before leaving for the palace, she had sent a messenger to Jade asking him to inform her as soon as her father woke up. Now, all she could do was wait for the message to arrive.

“Haah.”

A sigh escaped her lips involuntarily. Around that time, Phailin, who had gone to prepare tea at Ibelia’s request, opened the door and entered the reception room.

“My lady, is the Marquis all right?”

Phailin asked anxiously while carefully placing the tea on the table. Ibelia, about to answer immediately, had to forcibly bite her lips again.

It was because she now became aware of Felix’s presence behind Phailin. The existence of Felix standing behind Phailin made Ibelia look alternately at Phailin and Felix.

“Uh, P-Phailin…”

“Yes?”

Should she try to explain about Felix? However, her confused mind couldn’t function properly to come up with an excuse.

Ibelia looked at Phailin with eyes full of confusion. There was no way Phailin would not find her strange.

Phailin approached Ibelia, tilting her head. At that moment, Felix’s voice suddenly echoed in the reception room.

“Just do what you were doing. Anyway, your maid can’t see me. Oh, and she won’t hear my voice either, so you don’t need to worry about that.”

Ibelia, who was still staring at Phailin as she approached, had no choice but to turn her gaze to Felix. The idea that Phailin wouldn’t be able to see him or hear his voice was surprisingly shocking to her.

“Why are you saying that, my lady?”
Phailin worriedly glanced at the pale Ibelia and soon turned her gaze following her. Ibelia, startled, tried to grab Phailin, but it was already too late.

Phailin turned back, and Ibelia, with a tense face, swallowed dry saliva. Surprisingly, nothing happened.

Phailin looked at her with a puzzled expression, and there was a blankness in her eyes about Felix’s presence.

“My lady, it seems like it would be best for you to rest in the bedroom for today. I will prepare the tea again later, so please go to your room now.”

“Ph-Phailin…”

“Yes, my lady.”

Phailin kneeled and sat in front of Ibelia. Her face was full of worry. The more Ibelia failed to hide her surprise, the more profound Phailin’s concern became.

“Really, in your eyes…”

Ibelia trembled her lower lip. Even if she couldn’t believe the situation at all, asking Phailin if she really couldn’t see anything was a statement that brought more confusion to Phailin.

She desperately closed her mouth. Although she couldn’t calm her surprised heart, she forcibly held Phailin’s hand, pretending to be okay.

“No, Phailin. I’m fine. Father seems to be much better than last night. Still, I feel a bit uncomfortable in my heart… I’ll have some tea to calm down.”

Even though Ibelia conveyed her words with difficulty, Phailin couldn’t change her expression easily. However, as if accepting the situation, she rose from her seat. After supporting her up to the table, she left the reception room.

After hearing the sound of the door closing tightly behind her, Ibelia sent an incredulous look towards Felix.

“What… what happened?”

Ibelia was too perplexed. She was aware that he had mysterious abilities, but she had never imagined such powers.

Felix wiped his tired face once and approached her. Ibelia could feel her body tremble, but she didn’t mind. At this point, she also needed to know the truth.

“It’s nothing surprising. Borrowing the body of a hamster, fixing your body, and even giving energy to your father earlier…”

“…”

“When you think about it, aren’t all those things equally amazing and hard to believe?”

Ibelia stared at him without even thinking about responding. His words were correct. When considered, all those events she had seen so far were equally unbelievable. However, even so, her amazed heart didn’t calm down easily.

“First, sit down. You seem unable to stand.”