The Great Witches, each wearing different expressions, followed Galina, with Miss Lorraine leading the way. Angelina did not follow them. She politely thanked the maid who handed her a towel, then stood in the entrance hall and looked around.
"Your Highness, would you like me to take you to your room now?"
Miss MacDonald asked from the side. She was now merely an ordinary Witch follower, while Angelina was a reserve apprentice, the great-grandniece of a Great Witch, and a genuine Princess, so she spoke respectfully.
Angelina smiled sweetly.
"You are Miss Eve MacDonald, aren't you? There's no need to be so formal. You began studying under Teacher Astley long before I did. I should be the one treating you politely. Please just call me by my name. I'll follow your arrangements; anything is fine."
Miss MacDonald immediately developed a much better impression of the young Princess.
"Then let's go see Teacher as well. I hope Teacher is all right."
She had the other maids take Angelina's servants and luggage to the room, while she herself led Angelina through the dining room and along the Awakening Corridor toward the entrance hall. The group ahead was walking quickly, so the tall girl and the little Princess had fallen far behind them.
"Come to think of it, Angelina, you've known him for a long time too, right?"
"Shade? Yes, I've known him for a very long time."
The tall girl thought of that question again. Angelina had seemed very sensible just now, and her temperament appeared gentle, so she asked:
"Then would it be convenient for you to tell me? What is your relationship with him?"
Angelina blinked, quickly selecting an appropriate answer.
"He is my brother-in-law."
"I see, brother-in-law. Hmm?"
Remembering what she had just learned, the girl with rose-gold hair