I entered the accommodation assigned to me, but I could not see Noxia anywhere.

I turned to Askan with a puzzled look and asked.

“Noxia? Didn’t she say she was waiting for me?”

Before Askan could respond, Jellin, who was busily tidying up, heard my words and opened her mouth with a strange expression.

“Eh? Miss Noxia? I haven’t seen her.”

What? Was it a lie?

As I stared at Askan with an incredulous expression, he shrugged without changing a bit of his expression and said.

“I must have been mistaken.”

Although it was a bit ridiculous because there was no reason for Askan to deceive me intentionally, I didn’t feel like it was something to be seriously scolded about.

I found it strange that he, the clever one, would have made a mistake, but since my head was already filled with various things, I decided not to think about it and move on.

“Askan, you’re confused about something like this, I guess the sun will rise from the west tomorrow.”

Somewhat tired, I slumped down on the bed.

Today was the first time I participated in the academic fair, showed K01, and received more attention than I had expected.

I had just sat down on the bed to rest for a moment, but I felt the soft mattress like my room, and I wanted to lie down right away.

“The bed is nice. I heard rumors, but the accommodation is not bad at all.”

“Yes, miss. I heard it was a VIP room, but I was surprised because it’s so good that it’s not far behind compared to the Brellopf mansion.”

“You also had a hard time organizing things today. Let’s eat dinner and rest soon.”

“Yes, they say they provide meals at the restaurant. Where do you want to eat? It’s going to be crowded in a while when I see the time.”

I could have asked them to bring the meal to the room if I wanted to, but I didn’t want to increase the workload for Jellin or Askan unnecessarily.

I got up vigorously from my sluggish body and said.

“Let’s go. We have to eat and rest.”

“Yes, Miss!”

Jellin smiled brightly, she seemed hungry. I don’t know what Askan was thinking, but he nodded in agreement.

When we went down to the restaurant, which looked like a highend restaurant, there were already more people having dinner than I thought.

There were people eating together with people they knew, or quietly eating with their employees. It was truly diverse.

The round tables were generously arranged, and there were more than enough seats, so I sat down without any worry.

As soon as I sat down, a waiter came over as if he had been waiting and said.

“Please look at the menu here and choose, and we will prepare it for you right away.”

I was a bit surprised when I looked at the menu that the waiter handed me. It was a thoroughly prepared academic festival with participants from various countries, but all the dishes were valuable ones that could not be seen on the market.

I decided what I wanted to eat and handed the menus to Askan and Jellin.

“Is there anything you want to eat from this?”

“Um, I……”

Jellin carefully selected while looking down at the menu with sparkling eyes.

As soon as we ordered food from the waiter, a lot of lavish food was served enough to fill the table.

The taste of the food was also excellent enough not to be far behind compared to a firstclass restaurant.

The three of us had a satisfying dinner and were about to get up from our seats.

“Are you Miss Brellopf?”

A group of women approached me and pretended to know me. Since I had never seen any of them before, I asked without hiding my curiosity.

“Who are you?”

“Oh, I’m Celine. We’re all from the Regent Empire. We saw the K01 developed by Miss Brellopf at the venue and were very surprised. If possible, I want to be friendly with you.”

There weren’t many noble girls of my age in the Arwen Empire who had this ability. That’s why Noxia and Leiana have been compared a lot.

But there seemed to be many noble girls about my age in the Regent Empire.

After a moment of contemplation, I nodded. It wasn’t bad to build friendships with many people to prevent wars in the future.

“Okay. Shall we have a chat while taking a walk?”

At my permission, the girls from the Regent Empire smiled with bright faces. And they came up to me in groups and walked together.

Somehow, at the word “Regent Empire”, the face of Decain, the submain male character I met earlier, came to mind.

As I was about to leave the restaurant with the girls…

Suddenly, I spotted the women sitting with Leyana. All their faces were etched in my memory from the mockery they’d given me at the banquet.

‘Enemies do meet on a single log bridge, and here we encounter them in this unexpected restaurant.’

I was already acquainted with Leyana, but the other three were women I did not even know by name.

Overall, they seemed older than me, but I didn’t mind much. The important thing was that they’d slighted me, and I had to pay them back in kind to feel better.

So, I walked toward the table where Leyana was sitting, noticing one of them had her dress unusually long.