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My morning was greeted by a line of stealth slimes paying their respects to me.

When I accidentally gave a name to one of the slime girls numbered forty-seven, they now looked like a group of stealth slimes who wanted to get a name by working hard under my command.

Their gazes filled with the fire of enthusiasm almost made me want to immediately go back into my private tent and sleep some more.

Sraakk...

While I was thinking about that, Princess Anastasia and my twin stepsister stepped out from behind my private tent, their clothes showing the napes of their necks.

Of course... that made them show a red love mark that I had given earlier.

Uhh... that made me a little embarrassed and wanted to hide in a cave.

Seeing the people who were very close to me come out of my private tent, the entire line of stealth slimes paid their respects once again.

"Onee-sama, what should we do today?" Alice asked while tying her hair to the side and showing the red nape of her neck.

"It looks like we’re going to be busy today," said Alyssa, who also tied her hair to the side of her shoulder to show the nape of her neck that was covered in red kisses left by me.

Seeing Alice and Alyssa acting like this, I wanted to bury my face in the pillow and continue my sleep filled with shame.

I didn’t expect that my kisses and licks that gave a sign of love to them would feel so embarrassing like this.

"Alice..."

"Alyssa..."

"You don’t need to show the sign of love that I gave with a confident smile like that," I said to reduce the shame that almost filled my entire face.

Without a mirror, I could feel that my face was covered in a very embarrassing red blush.

"Hehe... Onee-sama... this is a form of my arrogance that has been marked by Onee-sama’s love..." said Alice with a gentle smile towards me.

"Lily-nee, what we’ve done is still better than what Princess Anastasia has experienced," said Alyssa who was directing her gaze towards the entrance of my private tent.

Sraakk...

When the voice that caught my attention was heard along with Alyssa’s words that made me curious, I could see Princess Anastasia coming out wearing the cosplay uniform that I had given her along with her bun hairstyle that showed various positions of the love signs that I had given her.

Puufff...

Poommm...

At that moment, I could feel an attack of shame peaking inside my body. A shame that was very difficult for me to express but could be felt entirely by my body.

My face looked like it was boiling when Princess Anastasia came out of the private tent with full confidence and opened part of her uniform collar so that her bare neck was visible.

"Wuahh... a very daring appearance," said Aiko in a small whisper while directing her gaze between me and Princess Anastasia.

With the words of her small whisper, I immediately glanced at Aiko who was currently experiencing the same thing as holding back embarrassment.

Ehh...

Wait a minute...

Isn’t Aiko a slime girl who shouldn’t understand what happened between me, Princess Anastasia, and my twin step-sister?

Then... why does Aiko seem to understand what I’ve done to these three girls?

"Could it be..." I muttered a little about this to myself after realizing this and became suspicious of Aiko who followed me closely while I was in my private tent.

"Aiko..." I called Aiko with a smile that seemed to dampen the embarrassment that had filled my entire face.

"Is there someone who wants to meet me at night?" I asked to confirm my suspicions about Aiko.

"Hmm?" Aiko seemed to be thinking about something when she got a question from me.

"It seems like there were three old men who wanted to enter the Supreme Commander’s private tent but were blocked by a woman who seemed to be scolding them," Aiko answered while replaying her memories.

"Three old men and one woman?" I replied, thinking of other possibilities of people who could freely enter my private tent.

Plookk...

"Ah! I remember now, Onee-sama!" Alice suddenly shouted.

"Mom said that today there is a family meeting because we got an invitation to a noble party to celebrate the birthday of a twin girl and boy," said Alice while clapping her hands as if remembering something.

"A noble party that is having a birthday?" I asked to confirm the information given by Alice until it became clearer.

"To be more precise, it is an invitation to a birthday party from a noble family engaged in trade. Right after Lily-nee gave a curse to the noble family engaged in trade and now they are a noble family engaged in charity. This merchant family became the new trade leader after we went on vacation," said Alyssa who tried to add other information in detail.

"This sounds like a very troublesome invitation," I complained in annoyance when I heard the information that Alyssa had conveyed.

"I don’t want to ruin that beautiful birthday party by my presence that looks like a disaster, hahaha," I said while giving a joke in the hope of getting laughter from those who listened to it.

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Princess Anastasia, Alice, Alyssa, and the stealth slime group fell silent after listening to my little joke.

No one laughed?

Could it be... this wasn’t a funny joke?

"Maybe... we shouldn’t come to a noble party like that with an excuse like renovating a dilapidated mansion after being left on vacation?" I asked to shake up the suddenly heavy topic of conversation.

"Maybe we should do that, Lily-nee. Because right now we are in a faction that doesn’t support the two factions that are at odds. The neutral attitude we show would feel very appropriate with the disastrous situation we are currently experiencing," said Alyssa while thinking of a solution to my random talk.

"I think that’s a very good idea, Alyssa. Refusing an invitation to a noble party with the excuse of a disaster emergency along with sufficient evidence will make the Marquess Rommel family look like they care about the people under their jurisdiction," said Princess Anastasia who seemed to support Alyssa’s statement.

Thudd...

Thudd...

When Princess Anastasia and Alyssa seemed to be discussing something important, Aiko pulled my uniform sleeve and seemed to want to talk about something.

"S-Supreme Commander, if you are worried about this noble family. You can send us to observe the situation with an accurate report," whispered Aiko who seemed to want to be on duty by getting official orders from me.

I considered the request conveyed by Aiko who represented her stealth slime group.

"I can give you such a task, but there must be a stealth slime staying here to help our chaotic situation like this," I replied while observing the situation around me which was starting to be busy with small activities.

The combined soldiers of Marquess Rommel and Earl Timoti’s soldiers seemed to be preparing to start their heavy activities again. Meanwhile, the remaining adventurers seemed to be enjoying the rest of their supplies and waiting in line for the Quest payment for the hunt for the Golden King Bear herd.

"We’re really busy here," I said while putting my hands on my hips after looking around me.

"I-I understand, Supreme Commander. I will convey this to the eight pillar stealth slimes who are currently became special staff who receive official orders directly from you," replied Aiko while giving her attitude that looked like she wanted to carry out my orders directly.

"Does that mean... this is the first order given by the Supreme Commander for our first task as stealth slime unit soldiers?" Aiko asked further with a shining gaze.

Uhmm... it seems like I heard a unknown word that just entered my ears.

Stealth Slime Unit Soldiers?

Are there soldiers like that?

"Do as I command," I gave up thinking further and simply permitted Aiko to carry out my orders.

"We are ready to carry out your absolute command, our Great Supreme Commander!" Aiko said with a curtsy before leaving into the ranks of the stealth slime herd.

"You have heard the orders of our Supreme Commander, haven’t you?!" Aiko shouted, looking excited with her cheerful smile.

"We will infiltrate and gather information from our Supreme Commander’s potential enemies!" Aiko shouted further with a tone full of passion.

"Hmm?" I tilted my head slightly after listening to Aiko’s shout filled with words of encouragement.

Even though I heard dangerous words like investigating my potential enemies, I hope that the enemies of the Marquess Rommel family don’t increase after the Marquess Rommel family declared themselves as a noble family that is neutral in the politics of the Aurora Kingdom.

However, with Princess Anastasia in a place like this.

Can we still be seen as a neutral noble family in the eyes of other noble families?

I don’t know...

And I need that answer to calm my mind.

I Hope, the group of stealth slimes who have called themselves the Stealth Slime Unit Soldiers managed to get some information about what is happening in the Aurora Kingdom.

Twiitchh...

"Onee-sama, are you thinking about something important? Your facial expression looks like you’re thinking about something complicated just like Alyssa and Princess Anastasia," said Alice who was now standing beside me and pulling my arm to draw my attention to her.

Alice who didn’t seem to think too much about this situation only felt confused when she was faced with two types of realistic critical thinker women along with herself who seemed relaxed in facing all the important things in her life.

"No, I was just thinking about why Father and Mother were looking for me in the morning before I woke up?" I replied by diverting myself to another concern.

"Ahh, that’s because right now Onee-sama is acting like the Matriarch of the Marquess Rommel family, right?" replied Alice who suddenly made me realize something.

"So that’s why... Father and Mother tried to tell me information about the invitation to the noble’s birthday party just because I am currently serving as the Matriarch of the Marquess Rommel family?" I asked with an expression on my face that seemed unfamiliar with a position that gave me great responsibility like this.

"I think so, Onee-sama."

"I think... I should quickly return the Command baton that Father lent me. I can’t bear the burden of responsibility that feels so heavy like this. Especially when my parents seem like they’re waiting for my decision after getting an invitation to a noble party like that."

"Eh? Isn’t that better because Onee-sama can easily refuse all invitations to noble parties?" Alice replied with a confused look as if she didn’t understand the great burden of responsibility as a Matriarch.

"Alice... want to try being a Matriarch for one day?" I asked Alyssa with a light smile.

"N-No need and thank you for that terrible offer, Onee-sama," after I gave that light smile, Alice seemed to realize that the responsibility of a Matriarch was very big.

It made Alice look like an innocent girl who was scared when given a choice to become a Matriarch.