Call The Steward!!!!!

“Thank you, Roze-chan, Mone-san. Eaton, I will be counting on you too.”

Then Shitoen faced me and gently held my hand.

“Thank you, Prince Saryu.”

This smile…

Ahhh… Bliss… This bliss of being able to see this smile up close.

I was home… I had just finished my public duties and come home…

“Ah!! That’s right, Shitoen!”

“Yes?”

Shitoen tilted her head with a puzzled look, and I spoke with enthusiasm.

“I asked Raul about the hot spring matter! Tell me your schedule later!”

“Understood.”

Shitoen nodded happily.

“That’s great, Shitoen-sama!”

“Why not wear them on your trip right away?”

“Th-Ththththththththththat is…!”

Roze peered into Shitoen’s face and laughed, and Mone was smiling too.

Only Shitoen had turned so red that steam seemed about to shoot from her head.

“What is it?”

I gestured toward the three of them laughing together and quietly asked Eaton.

“My lady had told me about the hot spring matter, so we began discussing having several seasonal garments newly made to match it. The tailor left just a short while ago.”

“Ah. So that was what you meant when you said she was occupied earlier.”

So she had been choosing clothes for the trip.

“I’ll pay for them. Did you find anything you liked, Shitoen?”

Even though I said that to her with a smile.

Shitoen’s face, or rather her whole body, turned even redder. At this point, she looked ready to breathe fire.

“What’s wrong, Shitoen?!”

“Today, you know, she bought lingerie rather than clothes!”

“R-R-R-R-R-Roze-chan! Your voice is too loud!”

Roze answered cheerfully, and Shitoen was panicking spectacularly.

I temporarily ceased functioning.

Lingerie.

Lingerie meant.

…No, praise me for not asking, “What’s lingerie?” here, Raul! I had grown! Or rather, I knew! It was underwear!

Shitoen.

Had bought underwear.

For the hot spring trip… with me…!

This was bad, I was going to get a nosebleed!!!!

I was happy that she was looking forward to the trip, but…!

More than anything, the Shitoen inside my head was already wearing lingerie and inviting me!! Inviting me to the hot spring!!!

“My lady was troubled deeply and for a long time, so I asked the sisters to accompany her while I took care of another matter… My lady, have you decided?”

When Eaton asked, Shitoen flustered with an awawawawa, then nodded while still bright red.

Call the steward!!!!!!

If Shitoen liked them, then buy them all!!!!

Pull the budget amount related to Shitoen for this fiscal year from the reserve funds and record it!!!

“Shitoen-sama looked so happy choosing, so I started wanting something new too! Maybe I’ll choose something sweet and frilly, with lace and ruffles!”

“I am sure it would suit you, Roze-chan.”

Shitoen nodded seriously over and over.

“Shitoen-sama didn’t choose it, but I thought that slightly daring type would really suit her.”

D-Daring type?!

What was daring about it?!

What kind of thing was it, Roze?!

“A-Absurd! Something so mature-looking would suit Mone-san much more…”

“It is true that I like that sort of thing, but I think it would suit Princess Shitoen too.”

“…Um, size-wise… Mone-san is, um…”

Shitoen hesitated, finding it hard to say.

…Ah. Well. Mone… yes.

“Ah. Then shall we have them bring a different size?”

“No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!!!!”

Shitoen desperately stopped Mone, who looked ready to chase after the vendor at once.

“The items Shitoen-sama bought are super lovely too, you know. You should definitely wear them on your next trip! It’ll raise the mood, right?”

Roze said happily.

Just what kind of thing had Shitoen bought…? This was bad. Just imagining it made my blood pressure feel like it would rise! I was so happy my head was starting to hurt!!

“No, but, um… I still need to prepare myself mentally a little…”

What the hell――――――――!!!!

It was the kind of thing she needed to mentally prepare herself for――――――!!!!!

“There’s no problem at all, Shitoen-sama! It’ll suit you!”

“That is right. Please have confidence. The most important thing is to proudly wear what you like.”

Roze, Mone!! Encourage her more!!!

As I clenched my sweaty hands, Shitoen glanced at me.

W-What?! What was being demanded of me?!

Should I say something too?!

Like, “Was it enough to buy just the underwear this time? Should I buy the whole store’s stock?” or…

No, that would just make me an idiot!

“I want to see Shitoen in the new underwear she bought,” maybe?

That was too honest!!

Then I’d just be a total pervert!

“Besides, she didn’t buy it for Prince Saryu’s sake. Gross, gross. You’re looking with lewd eyes.”

As I flustered helplessly, Roze swiftly stood in front of Shitoen.

“That is right, Princess Shitoen. Lingerie, clothes, and accessories are all things meant to adorn yourself more beautifully. There is no need to concern yourself with men’s gazes or preferences.”

Mone, standing beside Shitoen, declared it firmly.

“There are guys like that sometimes, right? Guys who get the wrong idea and say, ‘You chose it for me,’ or ‘You’re showing it to me, aren’t you?’”

Roze said with an angry huff.

“I maintain my figure so I can wear these cute clothes well. It’s not for you, damn it.”

“There are men who train their muscles for their own satisfaction too, so why is it that only when women lose weight or put on makeup, people say it’s ‘for their lover’?”

Ahhh… Roze and Mone’s words were stabbing deep into me…

A battlefield… Had this been a battlefield…?

When I finished my public duties and returned to my own mansion, it was still a constant battlefield…

“No, um, Prince Saryu…”

“My lady. Unexpected matters have continued today, and the rest of your schedule is now delayed. It is about time.”

Shitoen tried to say something to me, but Eaton smoothly stepped forward. She then grabbed Shitoen’s shoulders and turned her around.

“Then, Prince Saryu. We will see you later at dinner.”

“Let’s go, let’s go.”

“Princess Shitoen. Come now, quickly.”

It was several minutes later that the head butler came over to me, who had been left alone in the entrance hall, with a puzzled expression.

“Oh my, young master. So this is where you were? Before dinner is prepared, you must change out of your traveling clothes. Come now, quickly. It seems some large luggage will also arrive later, so I am busy.”

…If Raul had been here, he would surely have comforted me.

Thinking that, I began walking after the head butler urged me on.