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With the addition of Mio who will join the expedition into the dense forest behind our Main Mansion, it indicates that our combination attack will be able to come out optimally through maximum synchronization.

The awkwardness after I kissed Mio's lips was still clearly felt in the gazes of Father and Sebastian who were starting to act awkwardly.

"Uh, that's right. We are in Lily's private room." My father seemed to have realized his one small mistake, and he almost forgot that this was my private bedroom.

"Marquess Rommel, maybe we should give a little space for Lily-sama and Mio to make a decision that makes them a little more intimate in the process," said Sebastian while suggesting to my father about my decision to try to persuade Mio to join the expedition into the dense forest behind the Main Mansion of the Marquess Rommel family.

"It's too late, Sebastian. Mio has agreed to join this expedition," I said to interrupt Sebastian who made a late decision with his little suggestion.

"..." Sebastian stood still after hearing this.

"Ah, it seems like I'm too old to have heard your conversation with Mio earlier, Lily-sama," using an excuse of age and poor hearing, Sebastian seemed to want to escape from the awkwardness of accidentally seeing me kissing Mio.

Together with the Black Maid unit that was still filling my personal space, I seemed to get a strange look from their eyes that were secretly fixed on my lips which were still wet after giving Mio a kiss.

Some whispers were heard in my ears like, "I didn't know that Lily-sama's relationship with her Exclusive Maid would be this close."

Or something else that made me extremely embarrassed because of this one whisper, "That Exclusive Maid is lucky after getting a Master who accepts her and knows her abilities that are not wasted like us. Lily-sama's lips seem to have become the best gift that Exclusive Maid has obtained and made her persuaded to go on an expedition into the forest with Lily-sama."

Yes, some other whispers coming from the Black Maid unit made me almost stand up in shame after committing a sinful act in front of everyone's eyes.

Even with the support of my own Goddess, this act seemed to have become the talk of the Black Maid unit.

Along with the whispers that continued to occur to me who had kissed Mio in front of everyone, I got a small touch from Mio who was pulling my arm to talk about something.

"Lily-sama, should I prepare my tent to sleep in at night?" asked Mio who tried to divert her attention from the whispers given by the Black Maid unit.

"Can't we use one big tent to sleep together like usual?" I replied while remembering the big tent that had been stored in the warehouse after not being used as a personal tent to sleep in during the winter.

"Aren't Alice-sama and Alyssa-sama also joining this expedition?"

"The two of them are still uncertain about joining this expedition, my father will try to discuss this with Mom. Isn't that right, Father?" I asked my father who had returned to being absorbed in reading an important document that caught his attention.

"Eh? Ah, yes. Your father here will do his best to invite Alice and Alyssa to join your expedition that is trying to ally with the Elf race," replied my father who seemed to be listening to the important question I was asking him.

"Did you hear that, Mio? My father will do his best to persuade Mom to let Alice and Alyssa come along. But will that be a problem with us sleeping together at night?"

"O-Of course it will cause problems, Lily-sama."

Mio seemed like she wanted to convey her own personal opinion regarding the problems that arose when Mio and I slept in the same tent.

"Rather than creating problems that would trigger Alice-sama and Alyssa-sama's jealousy, it seems like I should prepare my tent to sleep in at night. It would be much better if Lily-sama slept together with Alice-sama and Alyssa-sama," said Mio while giving me another suggestion about my sleeping position together with my twin stepsister while on the expedition.

"That's a great idea, Mio," said my father, who suddenly entered our conversation about placing the sleeping tent like this.

"That's a good thing to make the relationship between families become close to each other in the natural conditions that always change every moment in the forest. By protecting each other, a close relationship between families will be created," with words that gave inspiration and motivation, it seemed that my father and Mio had planned something to cover up something that I shouldn't have known.

I felt a strange connection between their attitudes and my twin stepsister.

[ I'm sure you feel this too, Lily-chan. ]

[ A feeling of loneliness after being left for a few weeks by Mio who went to reforge the cursed sword that made you share a private bedroom with Princess Anastasia and Saintess Hana. ]

[ It could be said that Alice and Alyssa felt lonely after they refrained from meeting and disturbing the vacation time that Princess Anastasia and Saintess Hana were enjoying. ]

[ Unlike those who could meet Lily-chan every day, they gave their vacation time as a form of solidarity between women who loved Lily-chan with all their hearts. ]

[ I think Mio also felt that way when she wanted to give them both free time to get close to Lily-chan. ]

I listened to my Goddess's words carefully.

A word that shook my heart after hearing it.

A feeling of loneliness occurred after they refrained from meeting me in order to respect Princess Anastasia and Hana's vacation time who were always busy every day as important figures in the Capital of the Aurora Kingdom.

This made me feel guilty after ignoring them for the past few weeks.

It felt like we hadn't met for a long time and only greeted each other during dinner together.

Tookkk...

Toookkk...

"Onee-sama? Are you asleep?"

"Lily-nee... do you want to sleep together with us?"

When I thought about the sad thing about my heart feeling a little distant from my twin stepsister. I heard a knock coming from the entrance to my room and the sound of my twin stepsister calling me to sleep together.

"Lily-sama, allow me to open the door for Alice-sama and Alyssa-sama," said Sebastian who moved quickly in this situation.

I just nodded to permit Sebastian to open the entrance to my private bedroom.

Krraaakkk...

"Onee-sama?!! Eh? Sebastian? Why is Sebastian in Onee-sama's private bedroom?"

When Alice wanted to run into my private bedroom, she stopped after seeing Sebastian who made the entrance to my private bedroom and surprised her.

"Good evening, Sebastian. Is Lily-nee busy with something that makes you in her private bedroom?"

Unlike Alice who was surprised by Sebastian's appearance, Alyssa had peeked into my room first by tilting her head past Sebastian's upright posture.

"Right now we are indeed busy doing something related to an expedition that penetrates the depths of the dense forest," said Sebastian to give an answer that satisfied their curiosity.

"If Alice-sama and Alyssa-sama are curious, you can enter after getting permission from Marquess Rommel," Sebastian smiled softly as he said this and tried to cover up an important document that my father was studying.

"Is father still awake in the middle of the night like this without getting a little slap from Mama's hand to force him to sleep?" asked Alice who seemed to know my father's habit of being forced to sleep by Mama at night.

"I guess that's an exception for today," said Sebastian who started to walk away from the entrance of my private bedroom which showed my father sitting relaxed on one of my chairs with my study table filled with important documents that he was reading.

"Father? Eh? Why is father also in Onee-sama's room?" Alice who didn't pay attention to the situation around her seemed unaware that there were several Black Maid units spread around the corner of my private bedroom as well.

Alyssa who realized our father's presence immediately gave a small greetings as a noble girl which was then imitated by Alice.

"Good evening, Father."

With matching tones and the same body movements, I was really surprised by their synchronization they looked like two identical girls and identical twins. Although there were some of their opposing behaviors, it did not make them forget their identity as identical twin sisters.

The greetings given by Alice and Alyssa received a greeting back from our father.

"Good evening you two, please don't stay up late like your father who often gets a hard slap from your mother to go to sleep," replied my father giving a small glance at Alice and Alyssa who were still giving an elegant greetings.

"Father, is it okay to be in Onee-sama's private bedroom until midnight like this without telling Mama about what Father is doing this time?"

"Urghh, if your mother knew about this. I'm not sure I would be able to get out safely after destroying this secret document about her family being deliberately trapped in debt by this barbaric noble family," said my father without moving his eyes away from the important document he was reading.

Whoosh...

When my father said that, I could feel a gust of wind covered in camouflage magic moving towards my father.

Using sensitive eyes that could see the movement of magic energy, I could see that my mother, who was in a wind camouflage magic spell, had approached my father and was reading an important document that my father was reading.

Alice, Alyssa, and I looked at each other after seeing Mom who was present in the room using her wind camouflage magic chant.

"Father, is it okay to be here like this without telling mother?" I asked to calm down a situation that would be chaotic if not prevented early.

"You don't need to worry about me getting a hard slap from your mother, Lily," said my father who didn't realize that Mom had stood beside his body and was reading an important document that was successfully found out by the stealth slime herd who were infiltrating and spying on the residence of the troubled noble family.

"If this makes our family strong and succeeds in getting through the problems given, it is worth the slap given by your mother," continued my father who didn't realize that my mother slowly released her wind camouflage magic chant.

"I've seen enough of Lily mother and Amagi who also got too many problems that were intentionally caused by others. If this... me... your father could give a happy smile that makes your current mother feel comfortable living as a Marchioness. That would make me feel happy with this simple happiness."

My father said some sweet words that made my mother unconsciously shed tears.

When the tears wet the document that my father was reading, it made him aware of our mother who appeared beside his body suddenly.