“Lily, please carry this set of sheets over here. I’ll take care of bringing some more drinks and snacks.”“This, then. Yeah, got it.”　This was a storage room filled with everyday items. There, the head maid was selecting and carrying the items she needed to take.The destination was the room where Reese was staying. The head maid usually carried these items herself. However, since Lily was accompanying her this time, the load was heavier than usual.Lily was also stacking up the items she had been instructed to carry.“Since this is your first time doing this, Lily, make sure you remember exactly what we’re going to do.”“I’ll do my best!”“Since this is a job you specifically requested, I’ll be strict with you. If you start acting spoiled, I’ll tell His Majesty to have you dismissed.”“Okay!”The head maid was quite anxious, but since it was the king’s order, she had no choice but to do her best.“Alright, let’s go.”　The head maid left the room, and Lily followed behind her. They

“I heard a maid from the palace kidnapped that royal and ran off.”……Huh?That royal… could it be… Leez?A maid kidnapped a girl like that…?Come on. What’s going on here…“…………Hey. I’m starting to get a bad feeling about this…”“Me too…”“What a coincidence. I was just about to say I have a really bad feeling about this.”It seems the same person popped into both of their minds.I’m curious about the kidnapped royal, but there’s more than one royal. It’s too soon to assume it’s Reese.The real issue is the kidnapper. It seems to be a maid, but there are plenty of maids. It’s only natural for there to be several of them in the palace.I don’t know the reason, but a maid intent on kidnapping a royal must have slipped in among them.Lily has also infiltrated the palace by posing as a maid, but it’s too soon to assume she’s the culprit.She may be a bit of a hothead, but she’s not reckless enough to pull off something this stupid.　So there’s no way Lily is the culprit. It must be the wo

I sat down next to Lily, who was dressed as a maid.But Lily didn’t seem to have any ill intent at all.“First of all, tell me what happened. Why did you do this?”“Well, you wanted to see Reese, right? That’s why I brought her here.”“But that doesn’t mean you had to go about it so forcefully!　I told you not to cause a scene, didn’t I!? We were lucky Randall happened to be here this time, but what were you planning to do if he hadn’t been!?”“I thought of all kinds of things, but this was the only idea I could come up with! Besides, if I’d left him locked up in a place like that, he would’ve gotten sick! I wanted to get him out of there right away!”“Listen… even so, you should’ve realized that causing a scene would just make things complicated—”“Stop it!!”Suddenly, Reese stepped between him and Lily.“Don’t blame her!”“H-hey, Reese. I get where you’re coming from, but there’s a right way to do things…”“It’s thanks to her that I was able to get out! When I told her I wanted to se

“Just to be sure, are you really okay with this? Taking me straight to the Emperor’s location?”“Yeah. Please do.”“…Alright.”After a moment’s hesitation, Randall gripped the reins and began to move the horse forward.As we continued on, we could see a fork in the road ahead.　Randall was about to take the right path without hesitation, but I had an idea.“Wait a second. Are you planning to take the right path?”“That’s right. If we go right here, we’ll reach their fortress. Is there a problem with that?”“Huh. How long will it take to get there from here?”“Well… at this speed, I don’t think it’ll take more than an hour.”“…………”Hmm. In that case, this spot is just about right.If that’s the case…“…………Could you go left instead?”“W-Why? If we go left, it’s a different path, so we won’t make it there!”Randall was right; the path to the right was probably the correct one.But I had a plan.“Just do it. I want you to go left. There’s something I want to do.”“If you insist…”Randall

As we kept moving forward, we eventually reached the back of the fort.We’d lost some time due to the long detour, but when moving without being spotted, we had no choice but to be cautious.“If we go straight from here, the entrance is just ahead. There shouldn’t be any guards around here, but please stay alert just in case.”“Yeah.”Randall started moving toward the fortress.However, the thick weeds made it difficult to walk, and our progress was slow.“This side hasn’t been properly maintained. That’s why no one uses this path.”“Well, with weeds this thick, no one would want to walk through here…”But for us, it was the perfect route for infiltration.　And we managed to reach the fortress walls at the back entrance without being spotted by anyone.Randall walked along the wall and stopped in front of an old gate.“We can get inside the fortress through this gate. There aren’t many people around here yet, but the further we go, the more people there will be, and the easier it’ll b