Chapter 425: Konoka’s Situation Is Conveyed to Robbie

At night, while Robbie was in his room, there was a knock on the window glass. When he opened the curtain, Anouk was there.

When he opened the window, Anouk charged into the room before he could say anything. She was dressed entirely in black, wearing tight trousers rather than a skirt, with her hair still hidden under a hood. She leaned against him, and they both ended up falling to the floor.

Anouk, straddling the fallen Robbie, was in what could be called a cowgirl position. If they had been naked it would have been very welcome, but the atmosphere was not like that now. Still, she was grinning.

"Lord Robbie, it has been a while."

"Yes, good evening. It is unusual for Anouk-san to come to my room. What brings you here?"

Even saying it had been a while, it had not been that many days since they met Takamoto Konoka. What was unusual was her coming to his room.

"The medicine does not need to be today, correct?"

"Yes. I did not come for that talk."

Anouk’s expression suddenly turned serious.

"Then what is the matter? Is it perhaps about Takamoto Konoka?"

"My, you understand well."

"After all, there would be no reason for you to specially come to me for anything else, would there?"

"That is true as well. There are various personal requests I would like to make, but first there is something Her Majesty the Queen entrusted me with, so I will convey that."

While saying that, she ground her hips back and forth, stimulating Robbie’s cock. Having just been taken care of by Lily, it did not react so readily.

"For the time being, Her Majesty the Queen will not meet officially with Lord Robbie."

"Not meet?"

"Various problems have arisen regarding that summoned girl, and it has been judged that Her Majesty contacting Lord Robbie would not be wise. The thinking is that meeting in a way that draws attention would not be good."

"Could it be that the prince who stormed into that mansion is the cause?"

"He did not quite storm in, but it was something close to that."

"So Her Majesty will not meet out of deference to that person?"

"Yes. Rather than deference, she does not wish to cause unnecessary conflict, and she fears that Lord Robbie will be caught in the fallout. Therefore, it has been judged that neither Her Majesty’s position nor Lord Robbie’s would benefit. In the first place, it is being rumored that Her Majesty the Queen and Lord Robbie are on very good terms."

"Is that so?"

"Of course. Even when Her Majesty went to the Eisleben lands, in the end the only close guard was Lord Robbie. The others were people assembled for that journey and had no ordinary points of contact with Her Majesty."

Thanks to that, the distance with Her Majesty also closed considerably.

"There are people saying unnecessary things, such as whether Her Majesty and Lord Robbie are suspicious, or whether they have become man and woman."

"Heeh— so it looks that way from the outside."

"Yes. There are those who say such baseless things. Her Majesty laughs and lets it pass."

"I see. So Anouk-san came regarding that matter?"

"No, that is not it. Now for the main topic. There is a movement to exile that summoned girl."

"Eh!?"

Startled, he sat up without thinking. Anouk nearly fell and placed a hand on his shoulder. This is face-to-face seated position, isn’t it? It would be fine if they were not wearing clothes....

"Um, what does exile mean?"

Anouk shook her head.

"Her Majesty also does not fully understand the meaning of that exile, but it seems to be an intention to drive her out of the Royal Capital."

"Drive her out..."

He did not fully understand the meaning, but perhaps it meant she would be expelled.

"Why would she be driven out?"

"It seems because she will not listen no matter how long it goes on. If she is of no use, she is discarded, I suppose? Perhaps it was judged that there is no need to continue spending money to keep her."

"That’s terrible."

"It may sound cold, but if one says it cannot be helped, then it cannot be helped."

Anouk said it plainly.

"But to call her over by force and then casually discard her just because she does not listen a little."

"I think what you say is correct as well. However, that is how the person managing that girl thinks."

"Then, could Her Majesty or I not take her in?"

"It seems he absolutely does not want to hand her over to Her Majesty’s side. Moreover, handing her to Lord Robbie’s place would be absolutely impossible. Giving her to someone from another country is out of the question. It would be like exposing the country’s shame."

Shame, is it.

"Why?"

"To summon her, loudly proclaim the results of it, and then, because one of them cannot be properly controlled, hand her over to someone from another country is impossible. If something that he himself could not accomplish were done by someone from another country—moreover, a prince of a neighboring country—he would feel that mud had been thrown on his own face!"

It is that serious. When Konoka’s life is weighed against his own dignity, it is an extremely light thing.

"Then what does Her Majesty say I should do?"

"She is asking that you hide that girl at Lord Robbie’s place."

As expected.

"Eh? But what about his dignity?"

"That is why she is saying to secretly bring that girl here and look after her until the commotion settles. So that his dignity is not damaged."

"I see. Hiding her at the embassy is possible, but if Konoka disappears from the mansion, won’t it become a huge uproar?"

"Taking that girl out of the mansion will be done by his underlings. In fact, those underlings appear to be the Duke of Vélez."

"Surely not?"

"It is surely so. There is no mistake."

That will not do.

"They are going that far?"

"At this point, I think it is fair to say that he and the Duke of Vélez are of one mind and body."

What will happen to the Duchess, really.

"Therefore, the request is to secure that girl once she leaves the Royal Capital and bring her here."

"What..."

That is impossible, though.