“Joint visit? Today?”

Startled, Lamein asked back as Jane slowly nodded in confirmation.

“Yes. Isn’t today the monthly visit day…?”

Did she really forget?

Jane, who responded with a doubtful voice, examined the surprised face of her mistress.

Lamein, who was stunned by the unexpected joint visit story, soon composed her expression.

“Ah. Right. It’s the day of the joint visit.”

Then she spit out a calm voice.

Only then did Jane gently smile and nod quickly.

“I got it. Prepare the bathwater.”

“Yes, madam.”

Jane quickly left the room.

Thud.

Lamein, who had been sitting on the bed, lay down as she was.

She stared at the smooth marble ceiling with violet eyes as if to penetrate it, recalling the contents of the original work.

Lamein and Cedric’s first joint visit day.

Naturally, nothing had happened.

‘We just stayed in the same room as if we were playing separately?’

Cedric sat alone by the window, tilting his wine glass, and Lamein fell asleep reading a book in bed.

And a quiet night when all the people in the mansion were asleep.

Cedric avoided people’s gaze and left the room, returning to his room at dawn.

“It’s just a joint visit in name. Just moving rooms to sleep.”

There’s no reason anything special would happen today.

She was thinking that she should take some books with her when…

“Madam. The bathwater is ready.”

Jane’s bright voice got her up.

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When she fully immersed her body in the warm water, it felt like her fatigue was melting away.

Beautiful flower petals were floating on the bathwater that enveloped her body warmly, and a fragrant scent was pricking at her nose.

“Jane. Is this a lavender scent?”

She deeply inhaled the faintly emanating scent and asked.

“Yes. I used the bath product that the Duchess gave to the neighboring lord as a gift to you last time.”

“Oh. I see.”

She didn’t know, but she pretended she did anyways.

“The Earl loves this scent the most.”

Jane said with a shy smile.

“Ah, right.”

She didn’t care that much about whether the man would sniff her body up close, so she pretended to know it halfheartedly this time.

While she was comfortably leaning on the bathtub and easing her fatigue, Jane was busily moving and kept floating strange herbs in the bathwater.

“Jane. What’s that?”

Lamein, who was watching quietly, asked.

“This is a herb that eliminates bad energy in your body and fills it with good energy.”

“…..”

“And this one is, um….well….”

Jane’s cheeks started to blush as she hesitated and trailed off.

“What is it?”

“Well…it’s a herb that helps you have a child easily.”

“Ah.”

What a pointless effort. She held back the words she wanted to say and awkwardly smiled.

“It’s a herb that the Great Madam painstakingly acquired.”

Lamein, who silently nodded her head, let out a sigh without showing it.

Mothersinlaw wanting to see their grandchild seemed to be the same in every world.

‘I’m sorry, ma’am, but if you get to see a grandchild, the mother won’t be me.’

Thinking that, she sunk her tired body deep into the bathwater.

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At the same time.

“So I decided to invite Miss Clarin next time.”

“I see. I’m sure it will be a good time when you invite her.”

The Lady and Elina were taking a walk in the main garden.

“Miss Clarin also likes embroidery. It will be fun to talk while embroidering together.”

Clarin was the younger sister of Earl Karin.

Looking at the happy Elina, the Lady showed a warm smile.

“Elina, are you having fun?”

“Of course. Killian and Cedric are always there, but the two are actually busy.”

“There’s Lamein.”

Elina, who had been looking straight ahead while walking, slowly turned her head towards the Lady.

“Yes. You’re right. Lamein is there, but she doesn’t hang out with me.”

“Lamein?”

When the Lady asked, the tip of Elina’s straight gaze dropped pitifully.

“Even when I asked her to have tea or go out together, she refused many times.”

The Lady blinked slowly.

“I think she’s deliberately avoiding me.”

“……”

“A few days ago, when we returned to the mansion, we were going to have tea together, but Lamein said she wasn’t feeling well and went back to her room.”

Hmm. The Lady made a small sound at once.

And after a long silence, she finally spoke.

“So that’s how it was.”

Elina nodded her head with a still pitiful expression.

“But was Lamein really not feeling well?”

“…Pardon?”

“She did faint before. I’m thinking she might have been really sick that day and that’s why she couldn’t be with us.”

Elina, who momentarily widened her eyes, soon softened her gaze.

“Yes, I thought so too. That’s why I wasn’t disappointed that day.”

“I see.”

“But I was upset because it happened repeatedly.”

Looking at Elina with a glum expression, the Duchess of Roger softly smiled.

“Lamein may not be as affectionate as Elina, but she’s not deliberately avoiding you.”

“…Pardon?”

“She’s just a child who’s suddenly come to a strange place. If we treat her warmly like a family, Lamein will open her heart.”

“But as you know, many things have happened in the meantime…”