"Miss Brown, I don't think you need to say her name."
Shade stopped her.
"It was the time she went to Regent Park for an event. I know you turned around, trying to deliberately avoid being seen, but she recognized you from your back alone. That's why I came."
This showed just how deep a psychological scar that incident eight years ago had left on the princess with pale golden hair.
The panic and despair on Miss Brown's face did not lessen. She pursed her lips.
"She still remembers me?"
Shade nodded slightly, looking around the cramped kitchen. The kitchen in his own Room Number One on the Second Floor was at least three times the size of this place.
"Yes. She feels sorry about what happened back then. After you 'died in a fire' in your apartment in Weilun Dai'er City, she was deeply saddened. I think that if she hadn't kept thinking about you, she wouldn't have recognized you from a single glimpse of your back."
Shade spoke frankly.
"Miss Brown, I was merely sent by that lady to investigate you. But in fact, I haven't told her that you belong to Military Intelligence Section Six. Even now, she thinks you're only an ordinary maid."
Shade braced one hand against the table, standing in a very relaxed posture.
"I'm the only one who knows your secret."
As he spoke, he glanced again at the gun on the table.
"And what Her Royal Highness the Princess learns will be entirely up to me."
"What do you want from me? Pounds? Military Intelligence Section Six's secrets? Or my body?"
Miss Brown asked through clenched teeth, but Shade shook his head.
"I don't want to threaten you by saying, 'Miss Brown, you wouldn't want your image in Your Highness's heart to