The Girls' Concerns

"Mom, I'm back!"

When Ilya entered the room, a blissful smile spread across her face as she threw herself at Ellie, who caught her and stroked her hair. Feeling Ellie's touch, Ilya narrowed her eyes and smiled happily.

"How was it, Ilya? Did you have fun outside?"

"Mm, it was really fun. Ann and Gureiya took me to lots of places. It was very interesting."

"Thank you both."

"Ah, don't mention it."

Ann waved her hand with a grin at Ellie's thanks.

"We had nothing else to do anyway... And Ilya's so cute."

"Then we'll take our leave."

Gureiya answered softly, bowed to Ellie, and turned to leave.

"Oh my... Ilya really is such a cute and clever girl."

After leaving Ellie's room and arriving in the corridor, Ann couldn't help sighing in admiration.

"I want to have a cute daughter too."

"Ah, yes..."

Hearing Ann's wistful remark, Gureiya merely gave a casual reply. Ann was clearly dissatisfied, however, and turned her head to stare at Gureiya again.

"I, too, want to have a cute daughter!"

"Huh?"

After Ann repeated herself word by word, Gureiya froze for a moment before finally realizing what she meant.

"B-but we're both girls..."

"Of course I don't mean you! I mean the Knight, the Knight!"

Looking at Gureiya's flushed face, Ann sighed helplessly.

"We're the Knight's fiancées. Shouldn't we be more self-aware? There are more and more women around the Knight, so we need to feel some sense of crisis."

"A sense of crisis?"

"Yes. Someone like Lia or Miss Kaname is one thing... But Miss Mary, Miss Ellie, and Miss Medea are all formidable rivals!"

Ann wasn't entirely wrong. In their eyes, women like Lia and Kaname only received Duanmu Huai's favor when he visited their worlds. They were like the lovers nobles