Late at night, inside the bedroom.
Hearing the commotion, Samael and Alicephil rushed to the scene, only to see the King of Knights whose home had been raided, holding up an empty backpack and glaring furiously at the two maids standing by.
Well, well. Stealing loot from the foodie king? That was like pulling a tooth from a tiger's mouth.
After asking a few simple questions and roughly understanding what had happened, Samael looked toward Lijielite, who stood on the left with a lock of slightly curled hair showing as she awaited punishment, his eyes full of admiration.
"Forget it, forget it. I brought those things in without having them checked first. They were only following procedure. It was just an accident, nothing serious."
Seeing the standoff, Samael stepped in to smooth things over. On one hand, he took responsibility and excused Lijielite for her mistake; on the other, he offered compensation to soothe the King of Knights, who had lost her food reserves.
"How about this? The castle seems to be lacking quite a lot of daily necessities. Let's all go into the city tomorrow and stock up."
As he spoke, the ancient serpent turned to Alicephil beside him and secretly winked.
"As long as there's a need for it, we can buy anything, right, Alice?"
"Yes, of course."
Alicephil, who had been worrying over how to mediate the situation, saw the atmosphere ease and immediately smiled faintly as she nodded in agreement.
"All right, then."
Faced with such blatant temptation, Artoria quickly calmed her resentment and nodded with interest.
After settling the King of Knights, Samael turned to Alicephil beside him and smilingly made a suggestion.
"How about Alice comes along too?"
"Me? I can go too?"
The silver-haired beauty froze slightly. Once she came back to herself,