After leaving the villa, Lynette quickly headed to Fiiru-sama.
But even while her body moved, her mind was filled with Fii-sama.
(She was pretending to be happy, but that promise about the scarf… I knew that she was lonely…!)
She seemed to be eating well enough, but there were no servants in sight, and the villa was worn down and spartan. Even the room had been dusty, and the guards were all unmotivated. They were unmistakably mistreating Fii-sama.
But despite that, Fii-sama was worried about her instead, and put up a show of being happy for her.
(If at least… If at least that lot were serving Fii-sama, then at least Fii-sama would have a little support, but they…!)
Lynette’s nails dug into her palms as she gritted her teeth, as she thought back to those maids who had outright refused to serve Fii-sama.
Even though they were free today, they hated the very notion of serving Fii-sama and instead just wasted time in the palace, pretending to be busy.
(No… I can’t leave Fii-sama to that lot to begin with… They’re maids from Orstoll and all badmouth Fii-sama without knowing a thing… If only I were there, Fii-sama wouldn’t have to feel this way… If only I could serve Fii-sama instead…)
Lynette stopped her feet for a moment, and then hung her head in self-ridicule.
(But I suppose to Fii-sama, I’m the same as those other maids… In the end, I left her too…)
In the end, Lynette had chosen to stay with Fiiru-sama as well.
Lynette thought back to the face of the man who was this nation’s King. The rumours that he was cold to his Second Queen had spread through the nation. Lynette felt this was natural.
(I’m grateful to that man for sheltering Fiiru-sama… But I can’t accept his treatment of Fii-sama.)
That King had misunderstood Fii-sama.
He hadn’t even met her once, and didn’t even intend to. Nobody in this country knew the real Fii-sama.
But Lynette soon shook her head to deny her thoughts.
(No. I can’t accept his treatment of Fii-sama, but I should be thankful enough that he’s helping with Fiiru-sama’s problem. It would be unreasonable to want anything more from him.
I can’t rely on that King.
I need to do something myself. If I let everybody know what Fii-sama is really like, everybody will realise how wonderful she is.
But right now I don’t have the time to move freely…
I have to… I have to find the time, and then let the people of this country understand her appeal. And once they know, there’s no way they’ll treat her in this way.)
As determination burned in her heart, Lynette left the walls of Fii-sama’s villa.