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Episode 51

“The meal is ready, princess.”

A somewhat late breakfast today. Due to the timing, it would be good to say that it also serves as lunch.

I stretched out as I looked at the food delivered to my bed in a cart. No one scolds me if I oversleep or eat in bed. It is the privilege of a princess.

“Mmm, it’s delicious.”

The appetizers made with torn breast meat that preserve the texture, as well as the soft bread and cream, are all delicious. After finishing the meal elegantly, I was enjoying a sweet tea time without getting out of bed.

“Wow, princess…!”

The maid’s face as she looked at me was somehow contemplative. Warm water flowed from where I placed my hand, following the gaze filled with astonishment.

“Blood, blood…! Rosetta, hurry and get the doctor!”

The maid’s voice was extremely urgent. The hand that touched my nose was clearly stained with red blood.

‘…poison…?’

The first thing that came to mind was that word. But other than that, there is no pain or abnormality felt in the body. It’s just that the nosebleed doesn’t stop and keeps flowing.

A red stain that seems difficult to erase is drawn on the pure white indoor clothes. The maids next to me desperately wiped away the blood with pale faces, as if they were the ones bleeding.

Not long after the maid ran out, the royal doctor entered, looking almost out of breath. After seeing my condition, he began examining me with a serious look on his face.

It didn’t take long to run a few tests, including the pulse. When he dabbed the medicine on a cotton pad and dabbed it on the inside of his nose, the bleeding stopped quickly.

As if he had taken a breather, the royal doctor Reynard wiped the sweat from his forehead and spoke with a cautious expression.

“You are not in critical condition right now, princess. It seems highly likely that it is due to mental fatigue… but it may also be due to the psychological burden of being confined in this room.”

Mental fatigue?

It was like that just today, but there are no inconveniences at all while staying here. In fact, compared to when she was full of work as a princess, it was almost like a vacation.

No, if I think about it carefully, there is something that can be called fatigue.

This is a situation that must be endured, with Carmel’s exquisite body just within reach. If I had to say it, I would say that it is the biggest stress for me right now.

As I was thinking that, the door burst open and someone called my name in a loud voice.

“Sera!”

It was King Fehat. Fehat came hurriedly towards us, waving the king’s cloak, and asked the royal doctor with a face filled with deep sorrow instead of dignity.

“Reynard! What is Sarah’s condition?”

The royal doctor repeated the explanation he had given me, looking more nervous than before. Even after being told that his condition was not serious, Fehat’s face still looked serious.

“Ha…”

“I’m okay, father. I’m just a little tired.”

“No. I guess I was wrong. I never thought staying in a place like Carmel would have put such a strain on you… I’m sorry. As expected, I have to treat the punishment given to you as if it never happened.”

huh?

It seemed that Fehat was taking my condition more seriously than I thought. Well, it’s worth it since I saw my only daughter’s blood.

Certainly, now that Carmel is trying to join hands with Laurencia, it may be necessary to secure a situation where she can move freely rather than being trapped here.

However, it would be a waste to give up the privilege of sleeping in the same bed as Carmel every night. It could be said that this is a situation that requires somewhat difficult choices.

I quickly calculated what would be beneficial and answered with a polite smile.

“No, Your Majesty. If you withdraw the decrees you have given as king, your dignity will fade. If it’s my body, don’t worry. I am living here without any inconvenience. If you rest a little, you will get better soon.”

This would be an exemplary response as a noble princess who serves her country. In fact, Fehat seemed quite impressed.

“Seraya…”

“But it would also be a great loss to the kingdom for my body to be damaged and to disturb Your Majesty’s heart. I will maintain the current disposition, but if it seems difficult to endure, I will report this to my father again. Wouldn’t that work?”

“Umm… Okay, let’s do that.”

good.

With this, we can maintain the current situation. Moreover, at the same time, he had the means to stop it if necessary. This might be the best.

At that time, the door burst open again and Carmel came into the room.

“Mother…”

Carmel’s expression was not bright. However, he didn’t look like he was worried about me. It was a stiff, cold expression.

“Good to see you, Carmel. According to Reynard, Sarah needs stability and rest. Please stay with us and take care.”

“…Understood, Your Majesty.”

“Please sincerely. It is my greatest wish for the two of us to live in harmony.”

“Yes. Don’t worry.”

Fehat’s voice asking me to take good care of him was one of the most serious I’ve ever heard. Only after making eye contact with Carmel as if asking, and casting worried glances at me several times, did Fehat leave.

The royal doctor also gave various cautions to the maids and left. The maids were busy changing dirty clothes, removing sheets, and preparing hot food.

Meanwhile, Carmel was watching me next to the bed with her arms crossed.

“You guys can go out now. Since His Majesty has ordered me to take care of the princess, I will do the rest myself.”

“Yes? Wow, the queen herself…? Well, that is…”

The maids looked at me because Carmel had a somewhat sharp attitude. That attitude seemed to have made Carmel more angry.

“Are you going to make me say it twice?”

“Oh, I understand!”

As the maids left the room as if running away, Carmel came closer. Carmel said while sitting on the bed with her legs crossed.

“You do some pretty cute things. Did you think you could get out of here if you did that? I guess you’ve become quite impatient too?”

Do you think I harmed myself to cause trouble? It’s a complete misunderstanding, though.

“No, mother. I was just really tired.”

“Well, put it like that. But it looks like his plan to escape using illness as an excuse went astray. There would be no reward for shedding so much blood.”

The corner of Carmel’s mouth twisted coldly. Carmel seemed to be feeling quite happy in this situation.

He doesn’t seem to know anything about the conversation I had with Fehat before he came in. Well, it would be better to just let them get drunk on vain joy.

“Well? But I never thought my mother would put everything aside and come running to me. That alone feels rewarding.”

Carmel snorted openly after hearing what I said.

“Hmph, I guess they’re trying to stop me from moving anyway. Did you want to hold on to my ankles so desperately? There’s only so much you can do. It can be said to be proof that you are helpless as long as you are tied up here.”

You seem to be in a pretty good mood. I seemed to feel quite a sense of superiority in the fact that my plan had failed, and that it was a measure so desperate that it had to be carried out at the cost of my own blood. In reality, not at all.

“Well, it doesn’t matter how you feel about it. But since you sent all the maids away, you will keep your word about taking care of me, right?”

As I said that, I pointed to the closed bowl that the maids had prepared a moment ago. There was warm potage inside.

“…What should I do?”

“You have to feed it instead of the maids. I am in a state where I absolutely need to stabilize myself. Didn’t His Majesty leave with that request?”

“Ha… That doesn’t sound like anything… ”

Carmel made a blatantly disgusted expression, as if she felt uncomfortable just imagining it. But he soon changed his mind and smiled.

“Well, okay. I will allow you to do so out of generosity. Poor Sarah, who can’t do anything, you’ll soon have to get used to that helplessness.”

The reason why he suddenly changed his attitude seemed to be because he accepted the act of feeding me as confirmation of his superiority. Carmel opened the lid of the bowl, took a spoonful of potage, and brought it to me. With a pretending benevolent face.

“Yam.”

Feeling like a baby, I put the spoon Carmel was feeding me in my mouth. Feeling a strangely creepy feeling.

Even if it’s not necessarily intense physical contact, it’s not that bad. The way Carmel and I are probably taking this situation is completely different.

“Hehehe, hehehe… Yes, it suits you to just stay quiet, Sarah. If you do that, you can raise it like a cute doll? Hehe…”

Carmel also seems to be enjoying this situation and is smiling quite sincerely. She seemed to be experiencing an almost decadent joy, far removed from that of her loving mother.

Well, feel whatever you want. As long as I can enjoy this situation of being hand-fed by Carmel, that’s it.

I opened my mouth like a baby bird toward the spoon that approached me again. At that moment, the door opened and someone poked their head inside.

“Uh, uh, um…”

It was Sinia. It seemed like he was trying to look inside without making a sound, but he completely failed. Carmel and I froze in our posture of giving and receiving food and looked at Sinia as if we had caught an embarrassing scene.

“Uh, I’m sorry… Ha, keep doing what you were doing… Don’t worry about me… I’m sorry for disturbing you…”

I feel embarrassed for no reason when I hear Sinia’s voice stuttering awkwardly as if she has seen something wrong.

If you think about it, this is following the king’s orders, and as a mother and daughter, there is nothing to be ashamed of in this scene.

But the embarrassment I felt wasn’t that great.

Clink!

The spoon that was about to reach my mouth fell to the floor with its precious contents still in it. Carmel glared at Sinia with a bright red face.

“Hee, hee!”

Sinia cowered with a frightened look on her face. It seems that Carmel’s face was interpreted by Sinia as anger.

However, as someone who has been humiliating Carmel so far, I was the only one who was able to interpret her expression correctly.

Right now, Carmel is embarrassed to death.