“Come to think of it, where’s Noya?”
“He’s been going out every day these days. I don’t know where he’s going.”
“Really? What’s going on… Hey, Lily, are you upset?”
Lily’s voice, who was brushing my hair, somehow felt like it was loaded with emotion. Licking her lips, she opened her mouth in a sullen voice when I asked the question with a quick glance.
“Why would I be angry?”
…So, if you are not mad, are you not brushing my hair too harshly now? Lily’s hand, combing my tangled hair with all her might, made me tear up a little.
As I struggled to endure the pain by biting my lip, a deep sigh was heard. My shoulder sank for no reason, even though I did not do anything wrong,
Through the mirror, Lily’s ferocious eyes met my gaze.
“I wasn’t going to say this…”
“Yeah?”
“His Highness the Grand Duke is really bad.”
“Huh…?”
I blinked my eyes blankly at Lily’s unexpected comment. As I was trying to understand the harsh comments that came after she etched both start and ending words out of nowhere, Lily, who was heated up, added to her words straight away.
“How could he judge people into classes before he even meets them?”
“…What do you mean by classes?”
“How could he say the Young Lady is an extra? How could you be in such a class with an ex-girlfriend!”
“Aak!”
The scream I had been holding back broke out as Lily pulled the comb to match her anger. Seeing me shaking while grabbing my hair, she hurriedly apologized to me as if she had come to her senses.
“Yo-Young Lady! What should I do, it must hurt a lot…”
The comb Lily was holding had a clump of my missing hair.
No wonder… no wonder it really hurts this much—! Tears welled up in my eyes when I saw a bunch of my hair falling out. Noticing that, Lily’s voice trembled as she gazed at me with her worried eyes.
“Oh, Young Lady, are you crying now?”
Seeing her asking with a trembling voice, I wiped the tears dripping down with the hem of my sleeve. Even though we had been together for a long time, it seemed that she was quite shocked by the fact that she made her master cry. After all, should I tell her that I am okay first? Still, I am older than Lily.
