In the exclusive dining area for nobles inside the academy restaurant, Second Princess Ilona, Third Princess Amy, and Fourth Prince Dio were sitting together for dinner.
Amy's expression was less than pleasant as she looked at Second Princess Ilona across from her.
She had actually come to the academy today to see her younger brother, Dio. Meeting her older sister, Ilona, could only be called an accident.
Amy did not particularly like this "accident."
"What's wrong? Why do both of you look like that? You don't like having dinner with your older sister?"
Compared to Amy's sour expression, Ilona looked relaxed. She cut into her steak and asked with a smile.
Dio, who looked almost exactly like Amy, was about to speak when his older sister interrupted him:
"...You already refused me, so why did you come to meet us?"
Amy's words seemed to come out of nowhere. At least, Dio had no idea what she was talking about.
But Ilona knew exactly what her younger sister meant.
She put the steak into her mouth and chewed lightly. Only after a while did she say:
"It's not that I refused you. I just don't believe the Crown Prince would do something like harm his own siblings. And I wouldn't either."
"You mean the people who tried to assassinate me in the past had nothing to do with you?"
Amy asked coldly.
Ilona answered with a light laugh:
"Whether you believe me or not, I truly didn't do such a thing. As for the Crown Prince... although he did fight me rather fiercely, I don't think he would go so far as to attack you."
"You certainly know how to wash your hands of everything."
"I was innocent to begin with. Otherwise, you wouldn't have come to me for help, would