Though she said she was not worried, early in the week, after arranging for the maids to prepare breakfast, Tifa very unusually took the initiative to knock on the door of the Master Bedroom in Room Number One on the Second Floor.
Knock, knock, knock~
It was 6:40 in the morning, ten minutes after Shade was usually awakened at 6:30 by the "Mi Xia Alarm Clock."
"What is it?"
Shade's voice answered the knocking sound, and Tifa cautiously asked:
"May I ask whether breakfast will still begin on time today?"
"Yes, we'll be getting up shortly."
Then came Galina's voice:
"No~ Hold me a little longer. It's not even light out yet."
Hearing her mistress's familiar voice, the Head Maid was finally reassured. However, she did not leave immediately. She stood outside and listened for a while longer, only returning to the kitchen with a slight blush some time later.
To avoid getting up so early, Galina had clearly brought out her true skills.
In any case, regardless of what had happened during the night, they had at least obtained the tears. But no matter how hard Shade tried, the tears a person could produce were ultimately limited. Before breakfast began, he melted the tears that had frozen into ice crystals, then carefully dripped them onto the Eternal Flower under Galina and Dorothy's watchful eyes.
The tears slid down the flower's crystalline leaves, but nothing happened.
"Is it because the tears need to be used immediately and cannot be stored? Or was the method given by Shade's historian friend wrong?"
The Duchess said this and even considered suggesting that they try again tonight, but Dorothy pointed out:
"Perhaps True Love's Tears are not obtained this way. I admit that these tears contain enough emotion, but besides burning love, there are