LISA [Liskook]✔️

Chapter 6

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Lisa let Jungkook wait in the receiving room, while she returned to her bedroom to change.

"Princess, where are your maids?"

"Um... You see..."

When she mumbled out the reasons to the maids following behind her, their faces paled into a blue hue. The top palace maids were usually the ones responsible for assigning palace duties among themselves. Thus, they would be the first ones to be punished following today's events.

While she was changing, the maids put in all their efforts to care for her. They were doing anything possible in order to lighten their punishment.

Lisa feigned ignorance. They were the ones who chose not to carry out their duties. She didn't have any intention to call them out for this, but she didn't intend to protest if they were to be punished.

The palace maids who were here today were not here because they were worried about her. They were here because they feared the honored guest who was visiting. In other words, they were afraid of the princess who had the backing of a powerful Duke.

In the receiving room, Lisa looked at the tea served by the palace maids with amazed eyes. They actually had such skills. There was no tea in this palace, but they managed to get a hold of some and prepare it so fast. How long had it been since she'd drunk tea served by the palace maids?

He looked to the corners of the receiving room; two palace maids were standing in each corner. They were ready to carry out any orders and they were here so that an unmarried princess would not be alone in a room with another man.

"Have you been well? From your strength before, you seemed to be well."

Lisa's face flushed red upon the Duke's greeting.

"Yes, Your Grace. Have you been well? I was shocked from your sudden visit."

"I've just followed your example."

He was currently pointing out her previous action of suddenly visiting the Duke's mansion. She was the one in the wrong, so she couldn't say anything. This guy really held his grudges.

'So when there are other people around... he will speak formally to me.'

It was not a surprising action, but it felt like he was being very kind toward her. It seemed his sudden change of tone shocked her quite a bit.

"I have some important things to discuss with you, so it would be better if you could replace those maids with your most trusted servants instead."

"Huh? Ah... I don't have any maids with me at the moment..."

"Did they leave for a task? There isn't a single one?"

To be precise, she didn't have any maids at all. However, Lisa just nodded her head. He thought silently for a moment, then stood up.

"Would you be alright with going for a light walk?"

Lisa glanced at the two maids on standby and stood up as well. The only place they could walk around was the tiny garden by the palace, but if they distanced themselves a bit, they would be able to talk without being overheard.

"Why are you personally overseeing your maids' duties? Have you mistaken yourself as a maid? You even leave the palace with a maid's permission slip."

As soon as they were alone, he dropped all formalities. It seemed it was his own style to talk casually when they were alone. It was shocking last time, but listening to him talk that way a second time, it felt like they had grown a bit closer and it didn't feel so bad.