The next morning, Tinaria was guided to a room where she would live from now on by a servant of the castle. They pa.s.sed by the servant wing, as they headed straight to the corner of the castle, the face of Maria, the maid coming from Lidea, became more and more stiff. Finally arriving, it was exactly a place that could be called a detached room at the end of the castle.
By thanking the servant, who turned back as if having no more business, Tinaria ended the guidance and set foot into the room.
"It is obviously been expelled with a plain room like this with nothing in it… With this, isn"t it like advertising that the Crown Princess is getting ostracized by the persons of the castle! Furthermore, what was this servant"s att.i.tude! Tina is the Crown Princess!"
"It cannot be helped. The people of Lidea are ostracized, paying for their mistakes."
Tinaria returned a wry smile to Maria who starting to tidy up the room while getting mad. As she helped tidying up ———
"Tina! Please sit because I will do the cleaning. Tina is skilled at cleaning, cooking and looking after visitors, but we are not in Lidea. If the Crown Princess were to do the work of a maid, she would be laughed at."
Saying so, Maria drove her away in the sofa of the living room where she picked up the furniture of Tinaria, and headed to the bedroom to clean it. After a while, the cleaning in the living room was completed, a sweet smell of black tea was drifting.
"Maria, thank you for your hard work. Since I boiled hot water in the kitchen at the back, let"s take a tea break together."
The accustomed Tinaria put in the black tea with a friendly smile, Maria swallowed her words of caution and took a seat as she gave up. The reason was that she was weak to Tinaria"s smile. Drinking a sip of the black tea prepared by Tinaria, Maria took out a deep breath.
"As usual… I take my hat off to you. Why, even if it is done the same way, it is so delicious."
"Huhu, I am glad you are pleased."
While watching at the face of Tinaria smiling happily, after a short time Maria ended it with a small cut.
"His Highness Keithfalt… he couldn"t recognize Tina…"
"It cannot be helped. When he was in Lidea, my hair and my eyes were covered by my hood, and to begin with, it was a story that happened more than 10 years ago, it is natural he doesn"t remember."
"… Did you talk about it to his Highness?"
"No, it would be troublesome if I were to reveal about the old days now, besides… Keith has a lover he swore his future to. He is so nice and gentle, it is natural he has a lover… Therefore, I cannot say something unnecessary. I cannot do something that will embarra.s.s Keith."
"Tina…"
"Don"t make such a face, Maria. I am fine. I was able to meet Keith again, it was already like a miracle. If I were to wish for more than that, I would end up being punished. I am sorry if I also make Maria think it is a shame, but…"
"Don"t worry about me! Tina, please take more care of yourself!"
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It became night like this, by the time the cleaning ended, Maria, who realized that the lunch not to speak of dinner, had not been delivered, went to the kitchen in a hurry, what she received was an excessively frugal meal of nothing but a stew and bread. Maria"s anger reached its summit.
"I, I can"t believe it. I am going now to a.s.sault the kitchen just a few minutes…"
"My, my, calm down, Maria. This bread is fluffy and very delicious. Also, let"s eat the stew before it cools down, shall we? Having a warm meal to eat is such a luxury."
Maria collapsed on her knees and hung her head seeing the Crown Princess starting to prepare the meal with a cheerful smile.