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I arrived in my father’s room which was now filled with various military officials. Several important assets of the Marquess Rommel military were gathered in my father’s room who seemed to be busy with something.

I was greeted by Sebastian and received a bow from him.

"Welcome back, Lily-sama. Forgive me for not noticing your arrival," Sebastian said as he stood up straight after giving his bow.

While walking toward the corner of the room with Sebastian, I saw the situation that was happening and being taken care of by my father.

"It’s okay, I just came back home in a hurry after seeing the rapidly changing developments on the battlefield. Some noble families seem to have a strong personal grudge against our family," I said while sitting on one of the sofas that didn’t have any important files on the table.

When sitting on the sofa, I received service from Sebastian who suddenly prepared a cup of tea for me.

"I cannot deny that... it is what is happening right now, Lily-sama.

The Marquess Rommel family has many rivals that are hard to count if sorted using revenge.

.. from previous incidents," replied Sebastian who seemed to know the actions of the Marquess Rommel family to gain so many enemies like this.

"Even you can’t deny it, huh?" I muttered while taking a sip of the cup of tea Sebastian had made.

With graceful and elegant manners, I enjoyed a cup of tea made by Sebastian while waiting for my father who was working with his military superiors.

"By the way, what’s going on, Sebastian?"

"I didn’t know my father would be this busy right now, when the war season between the nobles is approaching."

By asking a question that piqued my curiosity about the answer, Sebastian took a deep breath.

"There are some issues regarding the distribution of Marquess Rommel’s troops assigned to guard our borders, Lily-sama," replied Sebastian, while standing straight beside me.

"Some enemy spies have managed to penetrate our defenses and take some important information regarding our combat strength," Sebastian continued to say in a slightly awkward tone as he said.

While enjoying a cup of tea, I also listened to the bad news which didn’t seem so bad if I listened further.

"Isn’t that a common thing?" I replied, placing a cup of tea on the table.

"That is a common occurrence for noble families who focus on the military, but this is not a common occurrence when it comes to information related to the economic developments and troop mobilizations inside Marquess Rommel’s territory, Lily-sama."

"Eh? Does this mean the enemy wants to know how far we can survive from their attacks?" I replied while thinking about this.

"Yes, Lily-sama. That’s what’s been keeping Marquess Rommel a bit busy lately because 30% of the classified information has been leaked to enemy spies. Several Black Maids have been sent to hunt down the remaining spies before the information leak becomes widespread."

"My father seems to have been working hard, I don’t want to bother him with my presence at this time.

However, I must hand this to my father. Could you please give this secret letter to my father, Sebastian?

" I said as I reached into my military uniform pocket and took out the letter that Earl Timoti had given me earlier.

By taking out the important letter to Sebastian, I drank the cup of tea that Sebastian had made.

With gentle and elegant manners, I finished the cup of tea before standing up and slowly leaving my father’s busy room.

"Make sure you hand the letter to my father, Sebastian."

"The letter contains an important report of what is happening on the battlefield and what we will be going through in the upcoming war season between nobles," I said, conveying a crucial message to Sebastian.

Sebastian nodded and bowed respectfully to me, "I will make sure Marquess Rommel reads this letter, Lily-sama."

"Yes," I replied with a nod of my head.

Walking out of my father’s room, I now feel the cold night wind.

My busy father will probably skip dinner.

"Huufftt... this is going to be a busy day by assessing the situation on the battlefield, huh?" I grumbled as I walked towards my room.

As I walked towards my room, there were some feelings in my heart that were bothering me.

"I seem to be forgetting something, but what is it?" I muttered as I walked through the halls of Marquess Rommel’s Mansion.

"Hmm... something important that I can’t get away from... But what is it?" In between my footsteps, an unusual silence made me feel uncomfortable.

Before I could think about what I had forgotten, Aiko suddenly called me from the Soul Tame communication channel.

With that statement, I realized something that I had forgotten before.

"Ah, that’s right, no wonder things have become quieter lately."

"A herd of stealth slimes was left behind at Earl Timoti’s residence, huh..." With a smile that managed to remember what I had forgotten, I tried to stay calm after experiencing such carelessness.

I tried to stay calm and spoke into the Soul Tame communication channel to direct Aiko’s movements who was left far behind in Earl Timoti’s residence.

"Yes, I purposely left you all for this important task. Can you find out important information related to Earl Timoti’s meeting with the noble representatives who will be participating in the noble war season?" I said in a calm tone on the Soul Tame communication channel.

"Yes, you all have to do that too. Your deadline is midnight and I will open the teleportation slash connected to Earl Timoti’s stables.

Make sure you secure the pick-up point location first. Do you understand this orders, Aiko?

" I continued by giving the last order before closing the Soul Tame communication channel.

I could hear Aiko’s enthusiastic words regarding this matter and Sirius who participated in this spy activity.

I hope they don’t cause any chaos in this spy operation.

I immediately closed the Soul Tame communication channel and took a deep breath.

"Haha... who would have thought that I would forget this one important thing," I grumbled as I walked towards my room.

In this silence, I rushed to my room to rest after not being in my room for so long.

Several maids who want preparing dinner passed me, bowing respectfully, and I felt like I had returned to a relaxed and comfortable home like this.

My footsteps that wanted to immediately lie down on my bed were stopped by a strange sight at the door of my room which was being guarded by Alyssa and Alice’s Exclusive Maid.

As if I had a bad feeling about this, I rushed to my room which had been abandoned for several days.

My footsteps approaching my room door were noticed by Alyssa and Alice’s Exclusive Maid.

They both gave an awkward bow towards me.

Without saying a word, I already knew what was happening in my room.

"Let me guess, Alyssa and Alice are in my room?" I asked, watching their nods.

I got a positive response from their nods confirming this.

"Leave this to me..." with this short sentence, I opened the door to my room and rushed inside.

With my footsteps entering my room, I could see my room filled with dolls that came from Alyssa and Alice’s bedroom.

In a dimly lit room with no lighting and a wide open window that revealed the night that had just come, I saw my twin sisters sleeping soundly.

"It seems like your Master is in deep sleep at the moment, what would you like to do at this time?" I asked my twin sisters’ two Exclusive Maids.

"It looks like we need to prepare some warm water for a bath before dinner, Lily-sama," said one of Alice’s Exclusive Maids.

"We also have to prepare clothes suitable for the dinner and celebrating your return as well, Lily-sama," said one of the Exclusive Maids Alyssa.

Listening to the answers from both of them, I immediately took out the bath equipment that I had bought from the Yurifcation Shop. By giving a bath bomb soap that had a strong floral scent, I gave it to them.

"Use this for Alyssa and Alice, while the rest you can use for your own bath needs," I said as I gave the bath bomb soap to my twin sisters’ Exclusive Maids.

"Oh! If you don’t mind, could you two prepare some warm water for me to take a bath too? I’ll take care of Alyssa and Alice in the bathroom instead," I continued while making another offer to Alyssa and Alice’s Exclusive Maids.

"Just think of it as a break for the two of you..."

By making some offers that neither of them could refuse, I saw nods of approval from them.

"Thank you very much, Lily-sama," they said at the same time and bowed to me.

With those words, I immediately went into my room and closed the window that was wide open at night.

With the condition of the room being dark like this, I immediately lit the magic lantern to light up my dark room.

With the light of the magic lantern illuminating my room, I could see Alyssa and Alice sleeping soundly on my bed.

"Haaahh... you two seem to have made my room like your own, huh?" I grumbled, holding back my laughter at the sleeping-face of my two cute twin sisters.

Alyssa and Alice were only wearing a thin white camisole and white underwear that were comfortable to wear for a nap. With a cold night like this, at least they were awake by the cold wind blowing through my window, but they still sleep soundly like this.

"They slept soundly until nighttime, huh?" As I walked towards my bed, I stroked Alyssa and Alice’s hair at the same time.

With a fair caress like this, I tried to wake up my twin sisters who were sound asleep.

"Hey, how long are you girls going to sleep like this?" I asked to disturb their nap.

That made Alyssa and Alice slowly wake up.