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Clang...

The sound of two sharp spears rubbing against each other greeted our arrival.

After the Marquess Rommel family’s carriage entered the Royal Palace, we were surprised by the rows of soldiers who had surrounded our carriage while pointing their sharp spears at the carriage.

My father’s facial expression looked confused by this situation but he still got out of the carriage with a sword in his hand.

"What are you guys doing?" my father shouted as he stepped out of the carriage.

The atmosphere looked very chaotic.

Could it be that the message I left earlier had led to this complicated situation?

Srangg...

"Marquess Rommel, do you know about your actions that have stained the Royal Palace with dirty blood and your family’s flag that is flying inside?" said one of the soldiers while taking his sword from the sheath.

"Oh, hahaha... didn’t you guys start it yourself?" replied my father calmly.

"Attacking my family at night?"

"Wouldn’t it be rude of me not to return your toy corpses to their proper places?"

"It’s my manners to return a broken toy, even if it wasn’t me who did it," my father said as he glanced at me in the carriage.

My father seemed to realize that I had gone a bit overboard in giving a small message to threaten the royal family.

Since most of this was my doing, shouldn’t I take responsibility for helping my father as well?

"Somehow this feels so troublesome," I muttered as I stepped out of the carriage.

"Father, is everything okay?" I asked as I walked down the steps of my carriage.

"Lily?" My father immediately turned to me after I got out of the carriage.

"What are you doing out here? Get inside the carriage before… Ahh… That’s right, why should I worry about you after the big commotion that happened last night," my father immediately shook his head after remembering my actions with Mio that brought the honor of the Marquess Rommel family back to the Royal Palace.

"Should I interfere in this matter?" I said while taking out the katana tied to my waist.

Sriinggg...

Seeing myself who took out a sword that looked strange in their eyes, I could hear the sound of laughter that was intended to mock me.

With a quick and accurate movement, I immediately used Sakura Dash to deliver myself in front of the figure who was laughing at me with a threat.

Swuuush...

"Does it sound very funny?" I said while pressing the sharp edge of my katana to his leg.

Because my body size was too short to threaten his neck, I only used an efficient method to threaten a man who needed his sexual organs to reproduce.

For that, I directed part of the sharp edge of my katana to the base of his seeds that were not covered by armor.

Slaaasshhh...

I immediately pulled the sharp edge of my katana and left a thin non-lethal bloody scratch around his genitals.

"GAAAHHH!!" the soldier shouted in a loud tone.

Swuuusshh...

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I could feel a slash flowing towards my body and with quick reflexes immediately returned to my father’s side using Sakura Dash.

"L-Lily, please don’t overdo it. Ruining a man’s future is very sad to do. What if he can’t get married later?" said my father in a calm tone.

"He doesn’t need it if he dies, right?" I replied while pulling my bloody katana to the side and spurting the blood that had settled on my katana until it disappeared.

Splaaashh...

Sraaattt...

The sound of my katana swing was heard until a strong gust of wind and sakura petals appeared beside me.

"Lily-sama! Are you okay?" said Mio in a panicked tone after appearing beside me using the Sakura Dash move.

"Oh, Mio? What are you doing here?" I replied to Mio’s words while observing her body which was now try to grab something from behind her Maid skirt.

Srriingggg...

Cliingg...

When Mio’s two hands pulled something from behind her skirt, I could see a white flash reflecting the sunlight. It turned out to be a small sword that Mio had hidden from behind her skirt.

"Marquess Rommel, please allow me to join this raid attack," Mio said with a cold expression.

"Your name is Mio, right? If you can protect my family, you will receive an additional salary of up to three times," said my father as he prepared his stance to attack.

"That is not necessary, Marquess Rommel. As long as you can guarantee that I will become Lily-sama’s Exclusive Maid for my entire life, that is enough price for my loyalty."

"That can be discussed after your performance is perfect."

Swwasshhh...

Swwiisshhh...

While Mio and my father were talking to each other, several arrows shot towards us who were outside the carriage. Seeing the fast speed of the arrows and aiming at my father’s head, I could feel a magical energy exploding from inside the carriage.

Swiirrsss...

Pinggg...

The fast-flying arrows were stopped by a protective magic circle that formed a shield.

"Oh! Nice move, Amagi!" said my father as he watched his carriage being devoured by the magic circle formation that formed a shield.

Following my Mom who came out carrying a long magic staff, her gaze was filled with a smile and sharp eyes that were fixed on her surroundings.

"This welcome feels warm and makes me excited to cast high-level magic like my youth," said my Mom as she slowly appeared out of the carriage.

"It seems I need to hear an explanation about this welcome, Queen Victoria Rie VII."

When my mom slowly came out from behind the horse carriage with Alice and Alyssa, they had prepared a protective and supporting magic circle.

The line of Marquess Rommel’s soldiers also joined our defense and were ready to carry out an attack that would protect Marquess Rommel with their sword.

"Could this be your retribution for receiving that bad treatment, Victoria!" My Mom suddenly turned her gaze to a glass window that showed Queen Victoria’s expression who was panicking with this attack.

Her shocked and speechless expression was closed with a scream that should not have come from the Queen’s mouth.

"HAAAA!!"

"WHAT ARE YOU ALL DOING, YOU STUPID!" Queen Victoria shouted into my ears.

"Ara~ Ara~ it seems like this will be a complicated political situation. Our decision to become a noble family that stops supporting the royal family seems very right, doesn’t it, Rom-chan?" said my Mom while standing beside my father.

"Rom-chan?" I imitated the words my Mom said to my father.

Rom-chan, huh?

Was that a certain code that only Father and Mother knew to fight with the pride of the Marquess Rommel family?

"H-Hey, Amagi, at least don’t call me by that embarrassing nickname here!" My father shouted while covering his face with both hands. His sword was stuck on the ground and he was more concerned with covering his facial expression that seemed to be holding back embarrassment after my Mom called him Rom-chan.

"Rom-channn!!"

"Rom-chaann!!"

Alice and Alyssa followed my actions in saying that sentence to my father.

I could see his body shaking violently while his hands were covering his face even tighter.

"Enough of calling me like that… Lily… Alice… Alyssa… if possible, please don’t call your father with such an embarrassing nickname like your Mom," my father said in a tone that was shaking with embarrassment.

"Eehh… doesn’t that call sound cute, doesn’t it, Lily-chan?" said my Mom while looking at me and blinking one of her eyes.

Uhmm... does this mean I have to follow her little prank to bully my father?

"Rom-chan!!" I said the sentence once again and saw my father’s body reaction shaking with embarrassment.

"L-Lily, please don’t embarrass your father any further," my father pleaded while trying to stay upright.

I looked around me, some of the private soldiers who were protecting my father were trying not to laugh when my Mom was teasing my father by calling him "Rom-chan".

This diversion seemed to have given enough time for Queen Victoria who managed to come down to meet us.

After seeing her running from a distance with a facial expression filled with panic, the Queen of the Aurora Kingdom now tried to stand gracefully and elegantly in front of me.

"W-Welcome..."

"Haaahh... Haaaaahh... W-Welcome..."

Queen Victoria had a little difficulty when her breath felt heavy after running fast. Without caring about her tilted queen crown and her slightly messy party dress after running with all her might.

"Calm yourself before you speak, my cute pet," I said in a flat tone.

"Wait a minute…" Queen Victoria seemed to be catching her breath with difficulty. After managing to control her heavy, panting breath, Queen Viona suddenly took out a leash often used by pet dogs and locked her neck with it.

"Welcome to the Royal Palace, my owner!" Queen Victoria exclaimed with a smile.

"Your loyal and obedient pet has come to greet you," Queen Victoria suddenly knelt and gave me a leash that was holding her neck like a dog that had been waiting for its owner to arrive.

Praaakkk...

Prannggg...

Swuushh...

When the atmosphere seemed heated because of the internal conflict from my actions in making a tower of corpses in the Royal Palace, Queen Victoria’s behavior invited a sense of surprise that made several royal palace soldiers freeze.

One by one their weapons fell to the ground after seeing Queen Victoria kneel down and hand over the leash that was holding her neck like a pet.

This made me wonder a little about what I had just witnessed.

Why did Queen Victoria act like a pet after this tense situation was created after I managed to build a tower of corpses with the Marquess Rommel family flag stuck on top?

Queen Victoria... no, that’s not it!

My pet seemed to have thought of a unique solution that had never happened before.

My hand immediately grabbed the leash that was offered by Queen Victoria’s hand.

"Hey, Victoria, are you serious about becoming Lily’s pet?" My Mom asked as she faded her magic shield after everyone looked at me with questioning looks.

Uhm, this can’t get any worse, right?

Because of this irrational act, we managed to avoid any casualties by causing new gossip about the Queen of the Aurora Kingdom becoming Lily’s pet who came from the Marquess Rommel family.