As Rishi entered the room, Chrisina approached with a worried expression.

“Are you okay, Lady Iris?”

“I’m fine.”

There was no reason not to be fine.

Kei was aware that he was popular among women. He had expected to face such issues a few times even after getting married.

However, he didn’t expect the other party to be a princess of a kingdom.

The Minas Arik Kingdom was a powerful nation, so it couldn’t be dealt with lightly. Of course, Kei had no intention of interfering first.

Loving someone is not a sin. If Maeri’s intention was just to provoke Rishi by expressing her overwhelming love for Kei, Kei had no intention of actively confronting her.

But if she crossed the line, Rishi wouldn’t stay quiet.

“Chrisina, do you know what kind of person Princess Maeri is?”

While sipping tea and eating cookies brought by the maid, Rishi asked.

Chrisina put down the teacup and hmmed, frowning.

“What kind of person. A shameless girl who chases after a man with a wife…”

Eruel, who grumbled like that, couldn’t finish her sentence as Chrisina poked her side, as always.

“Quiet and gentle, likes music, art, and animals. That’s what I know because of her calm personality. She’s popular among ladies too because she listens well to others. On top of that, being praised as the most beautiful woman on the continent, everyone wants to be friends with Princess Maeri. Princess Maeri’s parties are as popular as parties hosted by Lady Journal Countess.”

The compliments continued afterward.

According to Chrisina, Maeri was a woman who was perfect for every man. Rishi recalled evaluations of Maeri from her past life, confirming this.

“However,”

Chrisina added.

“It’s not certain, but as someone close to Lady Iris, there’s something I want to inform you about…”

“Please tell me.”

“Princess Maeri’s attendants and maids often change.”

According to Chrisina, attendants and maids tended to quit their jobs and leave the royal palace often.

“The problem is that all of them have died after leaving the palace. Shortly after leaving, sometimes a few days later, sometimes a few months later. They all died, or there were cases where attendants and maids had to be replaced because of death.”

“The cause of death?”

“It varies. Some due to illness, accidents, or cases where they were murdered.”

“Is Princess Maeri related to all this?”

“I can’t judge that, Lady Iris. But what I can tell you for sure is that the number of people who died like that is over thirty.”

Although Chrisina didn’t explicitly say it, the meaning was clear. Be cautious of Maeri.
No matter how royal, a world where one cannot escape punishment for killing someone without reason. Even though more than thirty attendants and maids who served Princess Maeri have died, the incident does not come to the surface.

‘She must have kept an exceptional person by her side.’

Rishi, among those who were with Maeri earlier, tried to recall if there was anyone who seemed special. They were all dressed in elaborate attire, making it hard to notice anyone in particular. Rishi had also been focused entirely on Maeri.

“Rishi, I’ll go in for a moment.”

When Kei’s voice was heard, Chrisina and Eruel tried to get up quickly.

“Just stay seated.”

Rishi stopped the maids and replied.

“Come in.”

Kei entered Rishi’s room with a very awkward and apologetic expression. Rishi, sitting on the sofa, looked at Kei silently.

Although it wasn’t Kei’s fault that the princess intruded into the mansion, it was Kei’s fault for not properly settling matters with a woman he had a relationship with before marriage.

Rishi wasn’t furious with Kei, but she had no intention of letting this matter pass as if it were nothing.

“Rishi, I want to talk with you alone.”

“We…”

She said to the maids trying to get up again.

“Just stay.”

The maids sat back down.

“What’s going on?”

When Rishi provocatively raised only her eyes and stared at Kei, he smiled bitterly.

“You don’t want to talk with me now?”

“…”

“Okay, Rishi. I’ll come back next time.”

Kei stood there for a moment as if hoping Rishi would stop him.

But Rishi didn’t speak, and Kei had no choice but to turn away like a scolded puppy.

+++

Using one of the rooms in the main building, Maeri, who had just entered the main residence, looked around, but there was nothing particularly eye-catching. She had no intention of finding nonexistent flaws.

“Lady Green Countess seems a bit different from the rumors.”

One of the maids, Emera, mumbled with a dissatisfied expression.

“That’s true. When I saw her in the newspaper articles, they said she was very elegant and quiet… Did you see that dress? It was really tacky.”

Caroline quickly intervened to stop Emera.

Maeri recalled the dress Rishi was wearing.

A black dress that accentuated the curves from her ample chest to her slender waist and down to her hips. It wasn’t flashy, but it harmonized well with Rishi’s silver hair shining with a hint of pink.

Looking at her long and slender arms and her delicate neck,