Naturally, no third person knew about what had happened between Shien and Tier.
At least, when they got up the next day, Tier was still as calm and self-willed as ever. She showed no signs of anything unusual, and her attitude toward Shien remained unchanged. Though she was slightly less cold and unapproachable with him than with others, she did not seem particularly close to him either.
Shien had likewise recovered from the excitement of the previous night and was as composed as usual.
After all, a man's happiness was simple. A whole night had passed; he should have calmed down by then. Otherwise, wouldn't the sheets of paper in his room have been wasted for nothing?
Under such circumstances, no one discovered that Shien and Tier had entered the great bath together the night before.
However, Tier's actions had not remained entirely unchanged.
It was just that the change had nothing to do with how she treated Shien, but with the pattern of her actions.
From that day onward, Tier was only home for the three daily meals. The rest of the time, she went out into the city.
Tier seemed to have no particular destination. She simply wandered around the royal capital.
Worried about her, Shien secretly followed her several times, only to discover that Tier seemed to be targeting the nobles who came looking to cause him trouble.
That was right. From that day onward, for some unknown reason, the nobles of the royal capital kept coming to make trouble for Tier.
And as though she wanted to throw herself into those troubles, Tier wandered outside every day, luring those people over before defeating them all. It was dull and repetitive, as if she were undergoing some sort of training.
No.
"Wasn't that training?"
Shien had figured