Imperial Marquis Gorgias looked back at Filia with a dubious face.

　Then he looked at the silver brooch on Filia's chest and looked surprised. The brooch, which was in the shape of a two-headed eagle, indicated that Filia was a member of the royal family.
　She probably didn't realize that there was a royal family nearby.

　Gorgias hurriedly straightened his residence.

''This is the first time I've seen you. The seventeenth princess........Your Highness Iris?''

　Gorgias said confidently.
　The faces of dozens of emperor's children were not remembered, even by the nobles.

　Gorgias was no exception, and he got Filia's name wrong.
　Filia chuckled.

''It's a shame. ''Iris is my immediate older sister,'' she said, ''and I am the eighteenth prince's sister. I'm Filia, the Eighteenth Princess, you know?'

I beg your pardon. And what does Her Royal Highness want with my daughter?

I told you. I told you that Miss Sophia is my guest. So the Marquis has no right to take her away.

But, Your Highness, I am the father of this girl.

'I don't think the Marquis would be a suitable father for Miss Sophia.

I request that His Highness will keep his mouth shut about the affairs of his family.

　Gorgias gave him a mortified look.
　But Filia didn't care about it and stood in front of Sophia and smiled.
　On the other hand, the shy Sofia looked at Filia restlessly.
　Filia asked Sophia a question.

''What do you think?　Miss Sophia doesn't intend to serve me?

　Princess Filia invites the famous Saint Sophia to be her guest and treats her as her squire.
　This proposal was indeed the most likely solution to the current problem.

　No matter how coldly Filia is treated, she is still a member of the royal family.
　In this way, not to mention the Marquis, the Knights and the Church would not be able to carelessly touch Sophia, at least not in public.

　I nodded to Sophia, who looked lost, and I nodded to her.
　I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work.

''So, Your Highness's offer, thankfully.......I will accept it.

　With this, Sophia became Filia's squire.
　The marquis was in a state of exasperation at the unexpected interference, but eventually he looked at us evasively and left without saying a word.
　I breathed a sigh of relief.

'Thank you for your help, Miss Filia. But was it alright?　After I said that to the Marquis like that....

'Solon wants to help this man, doesn't he?　Then I should help him. I have been saved by Solon. You are going to be my squire, so I must get you a room in the palace.

　Then Filia chuckled, as if she had a good idea.

'But hey, I'm the only one who's going to live in the same room with Solon, right?

Do you live here with me?

　Sofia mumbled with a pout, and then compared me and Filia.

'What do you mean?'

　'What do you mean?' asked Sophia to Filia.

'As the saying goes?　Solon is sleeping next to me.

　Filia smiled beautifully.
　I wondered if it was Filia's mischievousness that she was deliberately misleading me.
　I put my head in my hands.

　Sophia's cheeks turned red and she crowded me.

''So, Solon-kun. What do you mean by living with the Princess?　

'Well, it's a long story, but it's not the way Sophia imagines it to be.

　I was about to explain, but Filia interrupted my words and interrupted me with a pleasant smile.

It's a good thing that you're not the only one.　I would wake up and Solon would give me a gentle hug and a kiss on top of that.

　Filia's eyes twinkled, "Well? I asked Sophia.
　If it was this morning, it was more accurate to say that Filia hugged me than I hugged Filia.
　Even though it was a kiss, it was just a light touch on Filia's cheek.

　But Sophia, of course, didn't know that.
　She must have misunderstood.
　Sophia's face turned redder and redder.

''Wow, I still won't forgive you, Solon-kun!　You've never done that to me before!

　I let my eyes wander, troubled.
　I saw one person, Dr. Lucy, who had remained silent the whole time.

　She was alone, looking serious and sinking into a pensive state.