“—Then, Lady Alisa, how far did you go with His Highness?”

“H, how far…? We haven’t exactly done anything…?”

At Felix’s question, the butler, I shook my head.

However, there was a smirk on his cute face.

As of the present, while I was sitting in the mansion dinning room, Felix was bombarding me with questions. By the way, Alex-sama was away on a business trip.

“…Even though you went into the banya naked, just the two of you?”

“W, we weren’t naked—! Y, you see, we were wearing towels…”

“As in, half-naked?”

My cheeks flushed at Felix’s words.

Indeed.

Yesterday, I went into the banya—a steam bath—along with Alex-sama.

Certainly, I did something bold.

“Then, did the two of you at least kiss?”

I averted my eyes at Felix’s teasing tone.

Slightly in shock, Felix’s dark eyes glimmered.

“—Did you!? Really!?”

“W, we’re engaged! I don’t think that’s a problem…”

“Of course. There’s no problem at all. Congratulations.”

Felix smiled gently. In response, I nodded slightly.

“Thank you, Felix.”

Felix had been supporting our relationship for a long time. In fact, claiming that our bond had progressed as far as it did was thanks to Felix, someone who knew Alex-sama well, wouldn’t be an exaggeration.

“Then, did Felix manage to become friends with Elena?”

“What’s with the sudden question…?”

Felix panicked.

While I was certainly grateful to Felix, it didn’t mean that I wouldn’t tease him in retaliation.

“Felix, do you like Elena?”

“N, no way…! Besides, she already has a fiancé…”

Felix lowered his face.

That was right. My sister, Elena, was already engaged. While it was apparent that Felix had a crush on Elena, Elena already had a fiancé—namely, the second prince.

However, the second prince didn’t seem to be interested in Elena at all. Not only that, he probably only saw her as a political instrument.

I couldn’t allow my precious sister to be treated like that.

“If it’s Felix, I’m sure that you’d make Elena happy.”

“I… not only am I a third son of a count family, I’ve also been banished from my house… I’m unworthy…”

“But at the same time, aren’t you also the first prince’s most trusted aide? I’d also like for Felix to become my brother-in-law.”

“I, is that so…?”

“Yes, if someone as cute as you were to become my younger brother, I can boast about it to everyone!”

“…Do you even see me as a man?”

Felix puffed his cheeks as I smirked.

How peaceful.

I hoped everything would stay as it was.

At that time, the beautiful voice of a girl drifted over from behind me.

“What? What are you two talking about? Felix? Becoming our younger brother?”

Looking back, Elena was grinning mischievously as she stood at the entrance to the dining room.

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***T/N: Is Felix’s budding the main focus of arc 2?

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