Lecia watched the exchange between Luviya and Iluna Beath from the side, and only after Iluna left did she smile and say:
"Does that girl also like Shard?"
In fact, Dorothy had met Iluna, so she knew this.
"Luviya, you're pushing yet another girl into the hands of our playboy."
"Dear Her Highness the Princess, it's not me pushing her to the cliff's edge, it's her asking for help to fall faster."
Luviya said, then teased:
"What, are you unhappy with what I'm doing? Do you think I'm indulging Shard?"
"Of course not, Dorothy and I understood long ago, he's not an ordinary person."
Her Highness the Red-Haired Princess thought of her time with Shard, a smile playing at her lips:
"He is quite interesting, devoted yet indulgent. Reserved, but doesn't know how to refuse. Sometimes I wonder if it's a strategy of his... but I still believe he is loyal. When I see him, I can still read from his eyes that passion that wants to melt me."
