"It's fine, Fel. Papa is having tea with his daughter… He's not working right now."
Upon hearing Alexios' words, a giant grin etched itself across my features. Especially because based on his tone, he was no longer thinking of me as a mere pest barging in on his family time. There was interest in that voice of his.
"Phew!" Felicity breathed a giant sigh of relief, how cute. She seemed to be a very genuine little lady. Once she calmed her nerves, her excited chirping resumed. "Miss Elf is your lover? Really?"
She then bashfully coughed into her hands, her embarrassment was audible through the artifact when she said, "Although, you didn't try to hide it all too much…"
"Hehehe…" It was Seraphiel who began giggling merrily at the memory of us eating each other up in front of the grand auditorium, finally no longer hiding herself. "It's nice to hear from you, Princess. Truth be told, it was mostly me who orchestrated the scene back then, I didn't like how the Scarlet Lilies looked at my man with disgusted eyes, so I might've gotten a bit cocky in trying to give them a lesson…"
"Miss Elf!" Merry cheering weled her words. "Hehe, now I understand. Miss Lilith and her friends truly looked bewildered back then, you played a good prank on them!"
"Ah, I remember now. Stormlord did submit a report about that day. Is this that eccentric noble who sat next to you in the auction?" Alexios spoke up, managing to put the puzzle pieces together. Stormlord was the head of her bodyguard unit, and also the captain of the four other Aegis Vanguard members present in the outpost where we pulled off the heist of the century.
"Don't be rude, Father. Lord Black is not eccentric, just unique."
"… I see."
"Stormlord said you had a lot of fun with an elf back then, something about crafting nature items together."
"W-what?! I told him not to snitch!" Felicity cried, outraged. They crafted a nature crown together with Seraphiel, which was meant to be her gift for Alexios' 1000th birthday. She wanted to buy something much more luxurious in the auction, but I told her a loving father would be much happier with a gift his daughter made for him with her own two hands instead of some fancy artifact he could buy at a whim. "Once I catch Stormlord, he'll never hear the end of it! Hmph!"
The little lady was furious.
"He's my loyal soldier, Fel… I told him to report every noteworthy event, he was just doing his duty."
Silence reigned supreme for a few seconds, where the royal pair conducted a fierce staredown—well, at least Felicity did. Alexios was doing his utmost to hold the line without raising the white flag.
"Agh, fine!" Felicity grunted, acpanied by an audible stomp of her feet. "Here, father. This was meant to be your birthday gift. Miss Elf helped me a lot with it. Since you know about it, I'll craft an even greater nature item that'll be a surprise!"
A curiously long silence followed her words.
"… Will you put it on my head, Fel?"
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