[Royalty]

//pain.//

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"Ara~"

Louise's face was coloured deep red colour than even Kirche's hair. And just as she was slowly getting used to Ordell's teasing, [no she wasn't] he whips out a bombshell like this onto one of the least likely people to ever pay them a visit. A fucking princess! A royalty from the royal palace! Louise wanted to do nothing less than borrow herself underground and wait for the shame to pass. Unfortunately for her, such a notion was unfeasible. The slightly teasing but also curious look Henrietta gave the pinkette didn't help. Not one bit.

"Yup. So, you two know each other?" thankfully, THANKFULLY, the male familiar actually had some curiosity in himself to change the subject.

"Oh, quite so. I and Louise used to play together when we were little."

"Heh? Is that so..." Louise didn't like the way Ordell's voice trailed off, he now had this dangerous, SUPER HIGH-LEVEL TEASING AURA around himself... "Tell me all of Louise's embarrassing moments."

"DON'T!"

The princess only laughed lightly as she watched the two interact. It was quite entertaining, to say the least, almost as if the roles of the master and the familiar were reversed, the only indication that proved otherwise being the fact that Ordell possessed a pair of horns.

"Aww~ But I wanna hear about Lil' Louise~"

"YOU CERTAINLY WILL NOT!"

Only it could be considered a miracle that Louise's shouting somehow didn't raise Siesta back from the land of the unconscious. She'll probably flip once she learns that the princess of their home country has visited them personally and at such late hours. Honestly, someone could probably make a scandal out of this, considering Ordell's less than unfamiliar flirty nature.

"Right, anyway," and like that, Ordell pretty much flipped his own switch and ignored his adorable master's angry remarks about delving into her younger days without her permission, "What brings you here, pretty miss?"

"Oh, well, it's mostly to talk to a childhood friend. I really needed someone to talk to, someone that won't have a presumption filter on their mouth. The recent events involving Count Mott's treachery are... well, stressful, to say the least," while Henrietta spoke such things without worry and full of innocence, beads of sweat started to trickle down Ordell's and Louise's foreheads.

The two shared a quick look of panic, both seemed to mentally give each other a non-verbal warning after profusely screaming bloody murder in their minds. They would have to tread carefully lest they reveal that Count Mott's demise was nought treachery, but rather an... assassination but with extra steps.

"W-Well, princess, you will always have a friend in me," Ordell coughed into his fist after he stuttered at the beginning of that sentence, it wasn't very Ordell-like but Henrietta didn't need to know that.

"How charming~ I'm just really happy Louise isn't lonely anymore."

Ordell couldn't help but stealthily rise an eyebrow at that statement. Henrietta was very "motherly" in a way, yet she also had this "big sister" energy around her that he just couldn't quite push aside. Not to mention she seemed both genuinely happy that Louise finally had a lover and a good familiar, but also kind of... sad?

No, that wasn't the right word, not exactly... She almost looked jealous, but not in the romantic kind of way when a woman would look upon another woman with jealousy in her eyes because her ideal romantic partner is being stolen away. No, this was a bit more childish form of jealousy. Like when your best friend talks to somebody else for the first time in a while and you feel completely left out of the conversation. Ordell genuinely felt kind of bad for her, such a pretty girl yet so alone. But, as a royalty, he sort of could understand why she would be so lonely. Being in such a high position of power left a massive gap between her and other people, and so the only real playmate she could have had in her childhood must have been Louise.

But, to see Louise move on, get more friends, a lover even, must have somewhat both soothed and hurt the princess' heart. And Ordell can't have that, not when she's so pretty and friendly! Not to mention she's Louise's childhood friend! Imagine the possibilities there! So much content to listen through on his master's childhood!

"Well, dear princess, since you're already here, feel like having a cup of tea?"

Louise had to blink to see if her eyes were deceiving her, Ordell, being so polite with her there? She almost forgot this is how he was before he managed to spread her legs. Anyways! She didn't quite know how to feel about THE princess of Tristain staying longer in their room where an unconscious maid lay in their shared bed while the man is in a room and can run his mouth on and on about how he railed her in a library. Oh dear Brimir, she's going to fucking die...

...Actually, maybe not! One of the greatest ways to let off stress is either, well, sex, or just vent out all of your frustrations to a friend. Talk/rant about things that piss you off until you feel satisfied. That is exactly what Ordell managed to accomplish with Henrietta, only in a more classy and orderly fashion. The princess mostly talked about how frustrating it is to deal with self-entitled nobles, cross-country relations and the constant nagging of possible suitors, all of which always end up rejected.

Hell, she even mentioned a guy that came back FIFTEEN times just to ask for her hand again. Yet as this topic was further expanded upon, Ordell noticed that the princess seemed to physically withhold some information, not that he wanted to pry into her personal life but he was just curious as to why she chose to do so. Oh well, that's a story for another time, he assumed.

Their talk lasted for actually a while, so long in fact that they drank all the tea in the kettle. Only then did Henrietta realise that she messed up and had overstayed her welcome, much to the disagreement of the other two people in the room. Louise enjoyed their talk, it was nice to see that her childhood friend still held her in high regard while Ordell just enjoyed the eye candy. Can't blame him really, Henrietta is... well, one of the most beautiful women out there. Still, his loli will forever be his loli, and nothing WILL EVER CHANGE THAT.

"I enjoyed our talk and I'm sorry I dragged it on for so long," the princess actually bowed lightly with an apologetic tone in her voice.

"Don' worry 'bout it~"

"Y-Yes, just like he said, princess. We're happy that you visited us, please come again whenever," Henrietta almost looked like she wanted to tease Louise for her professional-sounding voice, but Ordell had beat her to it.

"Hey, come on master~ She's your childhood friend, at least call her by her name~"

"ACK!"

But Henrietta only lightly chuckled as she put her hood back on and gave the two lovers one final farewell before leaving, "Thank you, and goodnight."

"Goodnight... Henrietta."

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"Sleep well, Hen~ri~et~ta~"