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"Yes, let\'s go ba- wait, what...?"

The dark-haired Miriette used to have Zoemi politely offer to escort her back to her room in case she didn\'t have any plans with the first prince, responded by reflex while standing up from her seat and froze mid-air taken aback by the unexpected change in their daily routine.

"I\'m listening."

Horeo\'s response was much more calmer – he also was surprised but he could deal with unexpected situations much better than his fiancee – the gold-haired boy glanced at the dumbfounded girl by his side and asked the black-haired boy, while barely being able to contain his content smile.

"My prince, there is an extremely important matter I have to discuss with you as soon as possible – preferably with no bystanders who could have misunderstood and taken it out from the context."

Zoemi explained while motioning his head back at the other students.

Some of them already left or were leaving but more than just a few hung around the classroom with nothing to better to do on their hands – and despite their best efforts, at least half of them were staying because they wanted to be around the first prince, the young lady Espine, and the devilishly handsome attendant.

"I understand – let\'s go back t my room. My love, do you want to come with u...?"

"HMPH! No, thank you! My attendant seems to have something more important on his mind than staying by my side – so I will go back to my own room and study!"

Horeo instantly realized that Zoemi wasn\'t just playing around – not with those lifeless eyes of his that didn\'t reflect any light at all – but Miritte...

...well, to put it simply – Miriette got extremely salty as it looked like she was being ignored, and thought that the black-haired boy will pick up on how upset she was and correct his mistake on his own...

"That works out pretty well – go back straight to your room then my lady. Thank you for your understanding."

"?!?!?!"

"..."

...and yet Zoemi\'s answer was so unexpected that Horeo straight up took a step back in shock while Miriette even didn\'t react at first, because simply said – Zoemi not wanting to be around the dark-haired girl to be at her back and call was basically unheard of...!

"Teo, you can come in – our lady is going back to her room – escort her back and made sure that she will not be disturbed by others while she studies. I have to do some other things afterward so I will not return straight away."

But instead of doing what he would usually do in this situation, the black-haired attendant merely turned towards the classroom door and called out, summoning the surprised short brown-haired girl in a butler\'s uniform.

"I\'m counting on you, don\'t leave her site and if anything happens, made sure that she is safe."

"I-indeedsh...!"

The aura around Zoemi made it basically impossible to oppose him being the perfect mixture of the stunning appearance of the dark-haired boy that made others want to listen to him, and the tone of voice that made others follow his instructions without questioning it – which resulted in Teo nodding her head so fast that she ended up biting her tongue.

"My prince, if you allow with me now."

Having received the other attendant\'s confirmation, the black-haired boy turned back to the gold-haired prince and beckoned him to follow, leaving the classroom together to the gasp of awe and excitement from the female part of the students staying behind – from which most of them were gushing over the Zoemi going as fat as calling him lord Zoemi instead of the normal way of addressing a lower noble, which was proof enough of how much the boy\'s opinion has changed...

"...eh...?"

But that left the absolutely stunned Miriette lost for words, looking behind the black and gold-haired boys who left without taking her with them...!

"Mistress, let\'s go back to your room."

Teo – who managed to calm down after facing the brunt of Zoemi\'s charms – cleared her throat and spoke in a calm voice while bowing down her head.

...the short girl was still blushing, but she simply could not fail to meet the expectations of the black-haired boy now, could she?

Of course not!

"No, wait – I didn\'t actually..."

Miriette looked around and became flustered after her little attention-seeking stunt didn\'t work at all and she reached out her hand towards the door as if she wanted to stop the attendant and the prince who were already gone.

"It\'s alright, mistress – I will handle everything until sir Zoemi returns!"

Still, it wasn\'t going to work out – Teo instantly grabbed Miriette\'s hand and guided her out of the classroom and then out of one building and into the dormitory.

"B-but I wanted to go with them...!"

Only after the two girls were into Miriette\'s room, the dark-haired girl herself cry out in a shockingly cute and pitiful voice while making a devastated expression.

"Eh?! But didn\'t sir Zoemi say that you were going to study?!"

The brown-haired girl gasped in shock, raising her brows.

"No! Oh, com one...! I don\'t even know where they went now! Uuuugh...!"

The dark-haired girl shook her hair who seemed as distraught as she was, and she stomped her foot.

"Teo – get out! I want to be alone!"

Miriette ended up gritting her teeth and calling out while marching towards her bed.

"Mistress – but sir Zoemi told me to..."

"Teo... I want to be ALONE – alright?!"

Teo raised her hands with a worried expression but Miriette rolled her eyes in annoyance and quickly pulled out a certain piece of clothing from underneath the mattress and waved it around in a rather obvious manner.

"O-ooohhhh... Alone – I understand..."

The female attendant\'s eyes widened and she started backing out slowly, just a little bit taken aback by Miriette\'s sudden forwardness.

"Thank you for your understanding – you can take the rest of the day off too. Now go. I am really pissed off and don\'t want to be mean to you."

The noble lady declared while waving her hand to shoo the female attendant out of her room, which the brown-haired girl hurriedly complied with.

"What if sir Zoemi will walk in on you again...? Should I...?"

Teo was about to leave but then ended up stopping with her hand n the doorknob and she turned back and asked.

"I will LOCK the door – AFTER. YOU. LEAVE."

Miriette groaned furiously and started massaging her forehead...

...with the same hand, she held a certain piece of clothing in...

"I-indeed...! See you tomorrow, mistress...!"

That caused the brown-haired girl to gasp and she hurriedly bowed her head and exited the room.

"...I told you it\'s alright to call me Miriette – we are friends, right...?"

The dark-haired girl furrowed her brows while glancing at the closed door from behind the certain piece of clothing, as walked over and reached her free hand towards the key and locked the door.

"...aahh... now then..."

Miriette smiled to herself taking a deep satisfied breath and turning back towards her bed....