(From Blue''s Perspective)


    "Your Highness, Marquis Alfredo Sunrock is here," a maid said.


    "Has he been taken to a drawing-room?"


    "Yes, to that room."


    "Good. I will be there."


    It was nighttime, so Perita was on the job to guard me. She ced my coat on my shoulders as I stood up.


    "Your Highness, send him away before dinnertime. You must eat your food at the right time. That guy must be annoying to have food with. So, send him away fast," Perita said.


    "Hm, I will see. The conversation should not take long," I mumbled.


    "Your Highness, do you want to change your dress?" a maid asked.


    "No, this dress is fine."


    "Then, I will lead the way, Your Highness."


    The maid led us the way and Perita kept telling me that I should send the Marquis home quickly. I was sure that the Marquis also wanted to leave as soon as possible. After all, a special creature was in the room.


    "Marquis Alfredo Sunrock, have you waited long?" I asked, smiling as I entered the room.


    "N-No, not long at all, Your Highness," he said, trembling a bit.


    "Oh my, is it very cold today? The Marquis is shivering badly. You there, serve us some hot tea. We cannot let the Marquis catch a colding to the Imperial Pce, right?"


    "T-Thank you, Your Highness for your g-generous offer...," he tried to smile but failed miserably.


    "Oh, is my pet bird disturbing you? It likes to sit near specific things," I said, looking at the bird of death that was sitting beside the Marquis.


    ''I''m sorry, Dem. It''s your bird, I know. But let me lie today.''


    "N-No, it is not... Rather, it is looking at me rather oddly."


    ''It wants to eat your flesh because you are moving so much.''


    "Oddly? How dare you use that kind of word to describe my bird looking at the Marquis so cutely?!" I eximed angrily.


    "M-My apologies, Your Highness! I do not mean to insult Your Highness or this curse... I mean, holy bird..."


    ''Holy? Pfft! Uh, I almostughed... Gotta control my reactions.''


    "The tea is served already. My bird is very well mannered, so please be at east. It usually does not attack anyone if not disturbed even though it likes werewolf flesh," I said. "So, the Marquis can enjoy your teafortably."


    "Ah, yes..."


    He kept ncing at the bird which was ring at him. The bird of death did not like to go near people and would attack if someone disturbed him. But since I was here, it would not happen as it listened to me well.


    I told the servants to lure the bird here using the meat it liked the most. I wanted to scare the Marquis, so he would know who he was dealing with. It might sound evil, but I was enjoying myself a lot.


    "Um, not to be rude, but can Your Highness tell me the reason I am called here?"


    "Of course, I have called you for a reason of course. Marquis Alfredo has two daughters, am I right?" I asked.


    "Yes, that is correct, Your Highness."


    "And your sessor is your eldest daughter Merry Sunrock?"


    "... Yes, Your Highness."


    "You see, Lady Merry did some things that made me feel very sad and I was emotionally hurt. Some of her actions showed disrespect towards me and His Majesty, the King. So, tell me, Marquis- being a citizen of this kingdom and disrespecting the King and the Queen- is it something she can do just like that?"


    "No, Your Highness. I have failed as a parent. I apologize on behalf of my daughter."


    "It is not just about yesterday, today, or tomorrow. As the Queen of Querencia, I am worried about what will happen if someone as insolent as her bes the Marchioness," I said. "Does the Marquis know that Lady Merry also visited the pce a few days ago? The pce''s front gate to be precise and wanted to get inside the pce for some weird reasons that only she can understand.


    Now, is it a way she can behave? I don''t care if thedy jumps around in the middle of the market, but I care greatly if she does the same in front of the pce."


    "I am so sorry, Your Highness. This... this kind of thing... I did not know... What can I do topensate?"


    "Nothing much. You have another daughter who is just a year younger than Lady Merry. I want the Marquis to make remove Lady Merry from her position and make your other daughter the heir. I know about your youngest daughter''s abilities as well. I believe she will do a good job as well," I said. "You can surely do this much, can''t you?"


    "Is there no other way, Your Highness?"


    "No," I replied. "I won''t press you if you don''t want to do this. Then you can go home right away. Everything will remain the same. I just will not forget what happened."


    "That... Your Highness can be assured that I will do so. I will officially announce my youngest daughter as my heir," he said.


    "Well then, that is all. I would have loved to invite the Marquis for dinner, but I have some work today. So, next time, let us have dinner together. His Majesty, the King will be present as well."


    "Yes, Your Highness. I will take my leave then."


    "I will be waiting to hear the news."


    "Surely, Your Highness."


    "Little bird, you scared him to death," I said and the bird flew to sit on my shoulder. I was wearing my coat which was very thick, so its ws did not hurt.


    "Your Highness did not scare him any less," Perita said.


    "Well, I guess I did a bit," I chuckled.


    "Your Highness, His Highness is waiting for you in the dining hall. He has been waiting for a while. We told His Highness that Your Highness was meeting up with Marquis Alfredo. So, His Highness decided to wait for Your Highness," a maid said.


    "It''ste. I will go there."


    Perita escorted me to the dining hall where I found Dem waiting. "Are you done with him?" Dem asked.


    "Yeah," I nodded, taking a seat in the opposite direction. "Your bird helped a lot."


    "The bird?" he asked while motioning the servants to serve us our dinner.


    "I told the maids to lead the bird to that drawing-room to scare the Marquis a bit. It was kind of fun... Haha, I sound like an evil woman," Iughed. "The matter is taken care of now. She disrespected me, but that wasn''t the only reason I did it. I actually wanted to meet up with the Marquis to threaten him just a bit.


    But then I found out she did something else too."


    "What did she do to anger you so much? You usually don''t get angry like this," he asked, chuckling.


    "She... she came to the pce a few days ago and was telling the guards to let her in."


    "Why would she do that? Is the Imperial Pce a toilet?"


    "Apparently, it''s her lover''s ce," I said. "At least, that''s what she said."


    "Lover? Heh, we are the owner of the pce. Even if she has a lover inside the pce, that will mean nothing."


    "Haha, what if her lover is the King?"


    "Yuck! What the fuck? Is she crazy or what? Me and her lover? Yikes! I would rather be a dog," he eximed in utter disgust.


    "You are that disgusted?" I chuckled.


    "Of course. I have a beautiful wife. Why would I need a lover? Yuck! I lost my appetite, damn it!"


    "Calix told me that he saw it all," I said. "Don''t make that face. It''s not like it''s a crime to like someone romantically."


    "It''s not. But your and my case are different than others. Only I can like you romantically and the same way, only you can like me romantically."


    "How can you control someone''s feelings?"


    "I can''t. But it''s not like I don''t warn them enough. If men like you romantically, they should keep those feelings to themselves and try not to do anything idiotic. That way, they can be safe. I thought you would not do anything even if women throw themselves at me because you are kind. But I am d that you took action against a woman who imed to be my lover...


    Ugh, it sounds so disgusting!"


    I also thought that it would not matter. But when I only heard that she said she was Dem''s lover, my blood started boiling. I thought if Dem did not go to another woman, it would be fine even if they liked Dem. But I was proven wrong.


    It was not okay at all. I did not want anyone to even say that she was Dem''s lover. Only I had the right to say so. He was my husband after all.


    ''So, this is what jealousy feels like...''