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Episode 46.

“I need to change my clothes first before going to bed… Shall I help you, Mother?”

Carmel didn’t answer. After giving me an unpleasant look for a moment, he turned his back on me and started changing into his pajamas. Still, it seemed like he had no intention of covering himself.

He probably thought it was better to act as if nothing was wrong than to be conscious of my blatant dark intentions. Well, I like either one.

I stood quietly and carefully watched Carmel changing. The underwear with a black garter belt had a quite vulgar design. Every time her body shakes slightly, her attractive buttocks line moves together and attracts my attention.

Carmel took off everything on her body except for her panties and changed into thin silk pajamas.

From now on, we will be able to see delicious scenes like this every day. My heart is already pounding.

For three weeks, I will be with Carmel in the same space, breathing the same air, from the time I wake up until the time I go to bed. I think I can feel the real feeling of being alive every moment.

Carmel changed into her pajamas and went straight to bed without even looking at me. Are you planning on ignoring me completely? As if the person is not here at all. That might not be such a good idea.

I also took out my pajamas from the luggage the maids carried and changed into them. It was a light pink, slightly see-through item. After I finished changing, I crawled into the bed where Carmel was lying.

Carmel’s bed smells like Carmel. From now on, mine will also be mixed in. As I thought about it like that, I started to feel even more strange.

I lay still on my side and looked at Carmel’s face with her eyes closed. It is an unbearably fascinating side face.

As she quietly closes her eyelids and the venom emanating from her expression disappears, she looks like a beauty who is completely different from usual.

I want to unconsciously reach out and touch it. I could barely stop my fingers from twitching.

It’s not my plan to get my hands on it already. It is not advisable to recklessly make physical contact like this, prioritizing immediate desires.

But the temptation is much stronger than I expected. I guess I somewhat underestimated the destructive power of being in the same bed with Carmel. Before I knew it, I was getting closer to Carmel.

But the closer I got to Carmel, the more difficult it was to control my impulses. Carmel’s scent was filling all around me, and Carmel’s elegant yet sexy face was making me unable to control myself.

Finally, when I reached out from under the blanket and tried to put my arm on Carmel’s body, Carmel spoke in a low voice.

“…don’t…”

A weak voice without the confidence or ferocity shown during the day. It sounded like a desperate plea. Like the prey’s fleeting wish not to be eaten.

At that voice, I stopped reaching out.

In fact, the urge to violate Carmel was even stronger than before. But now I could bear it.

Because my desire to have Carmel was greater than my desire to violate her.

I withdrew my arms and pulled myself up. I fell asleep while smelling the scent of Carmel emanating from the bedding.

I thought it was a smell that reminded me of a lewd dream.

* * *

The next morning.

When you open your eyes, a happy scene unfolds before your eyes. Before I knew it, Carmel had turned towards me with a defenseless expression on her face.

After looking at that face for a moment, Carmel opened her eyes.

He looked surprised for a moment when he saw my face.

“Sera? What are you doing here… Oh, that’s right…”

“Good night, Mother?”

“…Okay.”

Carmel answered briefly and stood up as if nothing had happened. And when I rang the bedside bell, a group of maids came into the room.

Maids who help the queen with her morning grooming. Today my charge was also with me. No matter how much she is on probation, I cannot bear for the princess’s dignity to be damaged.

Among them, of course, was Cynia. Carmel glared at her with fearful eyes, as if poor Sinia was the cause of all this.

I quietly stepped in between the two.

“Now, please start quickly. Because your mother has a busy schedule today as well.”

This is also the reason why I decided to stay in Carmel’s room. There is no way to change Sinia’s affiliation right now, but as long as I’m with her, it won’t be easy for Carmel to lay hands on Sinia.

Maids who specialize in each field come out and work with Carmel. In an instant, Carmel and I became neat and clean, fit for a queen or princess.

After finishing my grooming, I had a light breakfast. Carmel and I sat across from each other at the table in the room and started eating.

It was simple food consisting of bread, various spreads, and fruit. I asked Carmel as I spread butter on bread.

“What’s your first plan for today, Mother?”

“Today with Archbishop Grengory… No, why do I have to talk about such things?”

“It’s boring to just eat without saying anything, right? Archbishop Grengory, what kind of plot are you plotting this time?”

“Ha, a conspiracy. As queen, I only attend prayer meetings. It’s just boring to listen to hypocritical people flattering the goddess.”

“Hmm. Anyway, have a nice trip, mother.”

“Heung…”

This is Carmel as usual. Was that just sleep talking last night?

After finishing a light meal, Carmel left the room. When I waved at Carmel as she was leaving for work, it felt like we had become a couple.

A few maids and I were the only ones left in the room. I started taking action right away.

I wrote something on a piece of paper and folded it several times. He then handed it to Sina and said.

“Please give this to Sir Pilgret. Please, Siniah.”

“Yes? Ah, yes!”

While on pension, intervention in state affairs is prohibited. But that only applies if official procedures are followed. There is no way to prevent it from being committed in an unofficial way, secretly.

Although it was a mild punishment to begin with, it may be closer to a reward than a punishment. You have received a free 3-week Carmel pass.

After receiving the note, Sinia left the room. I told Pilgret about my current situation and instructed him to be prepared to move immediately in case of emergency.

It was also added that if any subversive movement related to Carmel was seen among the nobles, they were to immediately and secretly report it.

You may already have a headache because of the selection of the commander of your direct division, but I hope you will suffer just a little for the happiness of your lord.

‘Okay, then next time…’

After opening my eyes to detect magical power, I became able to see things that were previously invisible. In one corner of Carmel’s room, an object engulfed in a black aura that had always bothered me. I approached the large chest.

Then the maid waiting in the room urgently called me over.

“Hey, over there! Wow, princess!”

“Yes?”

“Well, that’s because… that box is something the Queen told us not to touch… If we get even a little closer, she gets really angry… maybe even at the princess…”

It sounds like he is genuinely worried that I will get into trouble with Carmel. All of our maids are amazing.

But I have no intention of stopping because of that, of course.

“It’s okay. My mother and I are already one body. You won’t mind at all.”

Smiling at the still worried maid, I approached the chest again.

It looks like an ordinary wooden box. There is no visible keyhole or anything. It doesn’t seem to be locked.

It is quite early in the novel that Carmel obtains the Book of Enekra. Therefore, without the Book of Enekra, we did not know much about how Carmel used magic.

Now that I think about it, magic was used even when torturing Zubaka in the beginning. A terrible magic that causes only intense pain without affecting the body.

This ugly energy. It’s definitely an object used in that type of magic.

I held the lid of the box slightly nervously. And I opened it, determined not to be surprised if any visuals appeared inside.

No, I tried to open it.

‘…it won’t open…’

It doesn’t feel like it’s locked. The lid didn’t even rattle, it just stayed in place and didn’t move at all, as if it wasn’t meant to be opened in the first place.

Although Princess Sera’s physical strength was weak, it was not strong enough to be able to open with more strength.

Well, it probably won’t open easily.

If such an important item was kept in the room, Carmel would have objected more fiercely when I told her I would come into her room.

The fact that he didn’t do that means he was confident that he wouldn’t show me the items inside. It is natural that this level of security measures are in place.

In that case, it wouldn’t mean much if I whined alone. The only way to find out what’s inside and how to open it is to find out directly from Carmel.

I left the box where it was, sat down at the tea table, and asked the maids to make some tea. The two remaining maids also left.

Well, escape is impossible like this. There are two knights guarding the door outside.

The reason I sent the maids out was to inspect the room. There might be something important that Carmel couldn’t hide.

For example, a diary or a letter exchanged with someone.

I started searching the room.