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Princess Anastasia continuously inhaled the smell of sweat that I left inside my knitted doll.

Her attitude like a normal girl in general and left her serious attitude as one of the Princesses of the Aurora Kingdom. Seeing her frank attitude like this made me feel relieved that Princess Anastasia had another side like this.

"It seems that you like it, Princess Anastasia," I said while sitting on one edge of my bed.

The warm sheets and the presence of Princess Anastasia sitting on my bed gave off a warmth that was difficult to associate with words.

Princess Anastasia’s hug seemed to lock the doll that had become hers.

Although I knew the main reason she chose the doll was the smell of my sweat that was left inside it.

"Yes, I like Astaly... thank you for giving it to me as a gift of my loyalty waiting for your return, Lily..."

Princess Anastasia’s eyes sparkled as if they were radiated by the stars in the night sky.

The movement of her body tightly hugging my doll and her nose continuously inhaling the smell of my sweat inside the doll made my embarrassment peak.

I could see my reflection in the mirror that was blushing red around my ears.

Even though my face looked expressionless, this embarrassment couldn’t be held back with my expressionless face.

I wanted to lie down and cover my face with the pillow, but it was stopped by the presence of Princess Anastasia who was enjoying her free time with the doll I gave her on my bed.

The doll that already had the name Astaly made me want to ask Princess Anastasia something.

"Princess Anastasia, why do you use the name Astaly for your doll?" I asked while approaching one of the pillows I had and lying on it.

Dampening my cold body on the bed and the warm blanket was a combination of pleasure for lazing around in winter.

"Oh, that’s because I used the combination of the name Anastasia and your name, Lily," replied Princess Anastasia while lifting my knitted doll in both hands.

"A combination of both of our names?" I laid my head down when I heard it.

Using two names to give one name, isn’t that more like naming something precious?

"Yes, a combination of both of our names for the result of our pure love."

My body suddenly felt cold when Princess Anastasia said that.

Her gaze shifted from the doll I gave her and my body as if it were being compared to something.

Princess Anastasia immediately lay down beside me, her golden blonde hair looked soft and flowing on the same pillow as mine.

"Lily, I wanted to thank you for giving me an Elixir potion to remove the terrible curse from my body."

"I know this is very late, so let me say thank you even though it’s seven years late like this."

"Thank you very much, Lily."

When Princess Anastasia lay her head on the same pillow as me, a soft word from the bottom of her heart gave me warmth this winter. The sincere feelings of someone that I haven’t felt for a long time flowed into my body.

Whether it was my body that had become a Saintess or my human emotions, I could feel Princess Anastasia’s overflowing heart of gratitude for being given the liquid containing the Elixir potion.

"This is so funny, I only sold it to the Queen of the Aurora Kingdom and the price for the glass bottle containing the Elixir potion was paid in full by the Queen of the Aurora Kingdom, Princess Anastasia."

"My mother did buy it from you, but I was the one who drank it."

"Princess Anastasia should be the one thanking the Queen of the Aurora Kingdom because the bottle containing the Elixir potion has become hers."

"You are stubborn when it comes to this, Lily."

I didn’t know I could be this stubborn.

"If I think about it, the ownership of the bottle containing the Elixir potion has indeed been transferred to my mother."

"I told you so, didn’t I?" I replied while feeling the warmth from my thick blanket.

"Even so! I still want to say thank you, Lily!"

Those passionate words came from Princess Anastasia and her body that was originally lying beside me immediately rolled towards me.

Her body that came closer and hugged my arm gave off a soft warmth from her body.

"You are so cold and want to make more enemies like usual. Don’t you want to make a relationship with one of the Princesses directly, like relationship with me?" Princess Anastasia looked like she was pouting and pressed my arm into her body.

"Princess Anastasia? What do you mean by the relationship you want?" I asked Princess Anastasia after hearing her statement about wanting to form a relationship with me.

"Don’t you have the political power to seize power like the Crown Prince or Crown Princess in the Aurora Kingdom?" I continued to ask to find out Princess Anastasia’s next goal.

While I was on vacation and studying the royal family tree with my mother, I learned that the Aurora Kingdom had seven pairs of Princesses and Three Crown Princes who were looking for a way to prove their worthiness as the next King of the Aurora Kingdom.

At first, the royal family and Marquess Rommel matched me with one of their Crown Princes. However, after going through something I didn’t want and the endless hostility from one party, my father made a bold decision to oppose the royal family.

The cancellation of my engagement with one of the Crown Princes of the Aurora Kingdom was a fulcrum for my father’s decision to leave one of the noble families that supported the royal family.

Our status, which started as nobles who followed the royal family faction, has now changed to neutral after disappearing under the pretext of a family vacation.

After we return to the territory of the Marquess Rommel family, my father will become more passive if there are political interests from the royal family.

My father’s decision was also supported by my mother, who seemed to know the reason behind my father’s actions, which were enraged by the royal family, including the faction of the three Crown Princes, who were looking for their supporters to ascend the throne.

The six Princesses of the Aurora Kingdom had been divided equally to support the three Crown Princes of the Kingdom. Princess Anastasia was an exception because of the rumors about her genius brain, who controlled the Aurora Kingdom from behind the shadows.

My mother confirmed the genius brain possessed by Princess Anastasia because she had read Princess Anastasia’s advice notes when there was a gold bar fraud that had lowered the price of gold bars on the public market.

My mother gave an bold note that Princess Anastasia was a genius who was trained to work behind the shadows while the position of the King and Queen of the Aurora Kingdom was in front of her shadowy political game.

"You’re right, Lily. I don’t have political power because my job is to control the kingdom’s disputes behind the scenes," Princess Anastasia answered my question in a sad tone and her eyebrows looked weak.

I felt a little guilty when I saw her sad like that.

My hand immediately tapped her cheek and gave her a warm caress.

"Princess Anastasia, my family is currently in a neutral position after experiencing the events in the past timeline. You must know what I’m talking about, right?" I said while caressing her cheek.

"About my foolish brother who embarrassed you at the noble party and the monster attack that was categorized as a disaster by the Aurora Shrine?" replied Princess Anastasia who had caught the meaning of my words.

"Yes, those two events are related. Especially with the Aurora Shrine seemed to want to invite me to become one of their Saintesses. Because of their impolite actions, it seems like Hana was furious when she found out about all of that."

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"Hana?"

As I was explaining my reasons for my family’s position and Princess Anastasia’s rejection of support to build a good relationship between the Marquess Rommel family and the royal family, I could see Princess Anastasia’s gaze darken and her little words calling Hana’s name.

"Hana... Hana... Ahh... That shameless little Saintess?" muttered Princess Anastasia with her dark gaze that didn’t reflect any light.

"Lily… I remember something now," Princess Anastasia’s dark eyes brightened again as her eyes blinked.

Princess Anastasia suddenly moved closer to my body and hugged my arm tightly.

"Is what Hana said true?" Princess Anastasia asked with a forced smile.

"Huh? What did Hana say?" I didn’t know why Princess Anastasia hugged my arm even tighter.

"Hana once told me when Marquess Rommel’s family went on vacation… it was about you and Hana kissing while fighting a slime… Uhh… If I’m not mistaken, it was a sin-eating slime. She say... you and her kissed to defeat the sin-eating slime, is that true?" The question filled with curiosity pushed Princess Anastasia’s body closer to my lips.

I could feel Princess Anastasia’s heartbeat pressing against her body.

"That’s true," I admitted it because that was what happened. At that time, I was still too weak in launching complicated magic formations.

"With the help given by Hana, I managed to cast a purification Fireball to defeat the sin-eating slime," I continued to explain the situation that had occurred at that time.

"..." Princess Anastasia fell silent and her hand moved to touch my lips.

"Lily, you’ve kissed my mother’s lips too, right?" Princess Anastasia asked with her gaze locked on my lips.

"You don’t need to answer, I already know about it."

"Aren’t you being unfair if you don’t kiss my lips too?"

My instincts suddenly worked, it was a statement from a woman that was often said to me because I rarely gave them more attention that was not evenly distributed to each other.

A feeling of jealousy because I am being unfair.

I immediately slipped my hand and supported Princess Anastasia’s body to be on top of mine. Our breasts touched each other and I could see her lonely gaze as if abandoned.

Taking advantage of this situation, Princess Anastasia buried her lips in mine.

The kiss that pressed my body gave a warmth in this almost over winter. The soft and warm kiss made Princess Anastasia’s gaze shine again and smile to me.

"Lily... may I kiss your lips again?"

"You can do as you please, Princess Anastasia."