Relieved that she somehow managed to fool her, Fii looked forward to the first tea brewed by Lynette in quite a while.
In the past, she would often brew tea when Fii was with Fiiru, or when she had free time from her maid duties.
The fact that she was able to serve the royal family was testament to Lynette’s variety of skills, but her tea brewing was outstanding even amongst those.
After the tea was done, the two of them drank it together.
Lynette tried to decline the seat opposite her, but Fii said that it was lonely, and got her to sit down.
“Maids really aren’t allowed to do this kind of thing, you know,” Lynette said, but in the end she obliged.
As Fii had expected, Lynette’s tea was especially delicious.
“Has Fiiru been well?”
Since Lynette was here, Fii decided to ask about her sister too.
“Y-Yes. She wanted to come meet you too, you know!”
“I see… But she’s probably busy, which is why she can’t come, right?”
“Yes…”
Lynette’s expression sank.
Fii was sure that the Queen of a huge country like Orstoll had plenty of important duties.
Fiiru would probably be completely busy for the first year, at least.
Actually, considering how closely she served Fiiru, Fii was shocked that Lynette could even be here.
Not only that, but Fii had the feeling that Lynette’s expression clouded over after her question.
“Did something happen? If you’ve been having any problems, why not talk to me about it? I probably won’t be able to help much, but I’ll listen, okay?”
But Lynette shook her head.
“No, things are fine on our end. I should be telling you to speak to me about any problems you might have, instead.”
Again, Lynette was worrying about Fii.
(She’s such a good girl.)
Lynette had always worried about Fii like this since their days in Déman.
Because of that, to begin with, Fii had never intended to tell the two how she had lived in this villa.
Things were fine now that she was a knight apprentice, but to those two, just the thought that she might have continued living like that was…
Fiiru and the King of this nation were lovers, and Lynette was Fiiru’s closest maid. Fii wouldn’t allow herself to get in the way of things, even a little.
Plus, things were better now.
One day she would become a fine knight, and once things calmed down on Fiiru and Lynette’s ends as well, at that time she would tell the two of them how she was living now.
Time passed as they enjoyed their peaceful teatime.
Apparently she really was quite busy, because as soon as they finished their tea, Lynette began preparing to leave.
“I really wish I could stay longer, but…”
“It’s fine. Don’t worry about me and just go help Fiiru.”
“Yes…”
Lynette nodded.