Avalon’s Dungeon

an…
Because, you know that prince-sama is using your precious princess as a comforter, don't you? Don't tell me you didn't know.
It's so well known in the fort that even I knew about it.
And you don't get angry? Aren't you upset…?」

「Hmm…?」

　Sara tilts her head for a while, then mutters, “Oh, I see,” as if she has realized something.

「Maria-chan, you are a newcomer to the fort, aren't you? So, it's not surprising if you don't know…
Until Alex-kun came, the Krangal soldiers in the fort were very undisciplined and hard to deal with.
Thanks to that, we didn't make any progress in the attack…
But Alex-kun made it right.
Thanks to Alex-kun, things become better.
Including I, Her Highness, Fatima-chan, maybe even Lorenzo-kun.」

「No, I mean…!」

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　Maria says frustratedly.

「Prince-sama…
is making princess sad by stepping on her dignity! As a woman, don't you hate it?」

「Ehh…」

　Sara now had a wry smile on her face, and when she turned around, she made eye contact with Dorothea, who was eating and watching what was going on, and exchanged a wry smile with her.

　The two girls face was sort of like, who's going to say it? Who is going to say it? There was an atmosphere of like that.

　After a while, Sara turned around and she opened her mouth.

「Well…
I think there is a misunderstanding about that.
Not many people who know us well would think that he's stepping on our dignity…?」

「Eh…?」

　Maria's expression is one of incredulity rather than wonder.

　Sara, perhaps considering her state of mind, starts to speak slowly and thoughtfully again.

「Well…
To be precise…
At first, I stopped them myself.
You see, Her Highness is a Princess-Maiden after all, and it's not good from outward appearance, is it?」

「Outwardly…?」

　Maria, who is not familiar with the customs of the Sagrado people, looks puzzled.

　On the other hand, Alexis thought it was typical of Sara to say “external” instead of “religious”.

「But Her Highness never stopped.
Why do you think?」

　Sara asks, and Maria rushes to open her mouth.

「Well, of course, since Prince-sama does that, even if you wanted to stop, you couldn't stop, could you?」

「No, that's not it.
In the first place, Her Highness the Princess-Maiden has a higher position internationally, you know? After all, Sagrado is special in the eyes of neighboring countries.
If we say we are being treated unfairly and ask for help, foreign countries will support us, and we can get protection from them.
So we are not the absolute weakest.
But Her Highness didn't want that.」

「…Well, that's…
A sense of responsibility…」

「Anyway, there's a theory that since she's like that, she doesn't realize that she's in a position where our kingdom has more freedom than she thought, right? Well, that's fine, though」

（Is that okay? Sara, if you know that, tell it to Fransisca.
I've been thinking it's strange that she's so smart but not so smart about politics）

　Alexis thought so inwardly but did not say so out loud.

　Meanwhile, Sara was telling the rest of the story.

「And, the answer I got from Her Highness was…
“No way! I don't want to stop”.
I can't believe she said that because everyone would want to stop if they knew those sensations.
At first I thought it was a youthful enthusiasm」

「Y-Youthful Enthusiasm…」

　Maria makes a strange face.

　After all, it's the phrase “youthful enthusiasm” coming out of a young girl's mouth.
Alexis nodded to himself, “I know exactly how she feel”.

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　”…Yeah, but eventually, I actually thought Alex-kun's was great.
—Dorothea-chan, you are aggree with me, right?” Sara turns to Dorothea, as if trying to get her agreement.

「Wait, why are you asking me that? I thought Sara-san was the one who was going to tell…!」

　Dorothea's face turns red and she complains.

　Sara smiles at Dorothea saying, “Calm down, calm down”.

「I-I can't believe it…」

　Maria's voice trembled and the conversation stopped.

「I-I can't believe everyone!!」

　Maria shouted and pushed Alexis out of the dining room, even though she had not yet arrived at the table.

「Oh, dear…」

　Sara looked at Maria with a wry smile on her face.

「Aren't Maria-chan hungry…?」

　Dorothea puts a spoon in her mouth and asks a question.

「I'm sure she'll be hungry…」

「…Yes」

　The two women said in the same tone.

「You guys…」

　”What are we going to do about this situation?” Alexis thought.
Well, it is also true that he had thought that having a third person explain to Maria, whom he could not help after he explained himself, would help.

（Should I go after her and do something? No, even if I went there…）

　When he was wondering like this.

「Well, I'll explain it to her later when I bring her some food.
Alex-kun, why don't you go to Valencia's place?」

　Sara suggested so, and Alexis nodded his head, “Well, I guess I'll do that then…”.
It was true that it would be much better if Sara, who was of the same gender, went there instead of going there himself.

　Besides, it's not that he can't read the air.
Basically, she is just unwilling, but she will do it when she has to.

（I'm not so sure about that either…）

　In such a case, the ideal is Fatima.
But the next best is definitely Sara.

「Well, I'm sorry, but can you take care of the rest?」

「Okay, I'll take care of it.
Alex-kun, you go on your way.」

　Sara waved her hand and Alexis left the dining room.