Alexei glanced at Lucimar and followed along with his pull. "How did you know?"
"Ah, my sources have always been well informed~" Lucimar said frivolously. "There's no maid I can't handle~"
Alexei gave Lucimar, still quite a handsome middle-aged man, an ambiguous once-over. Considering the man's surname was Ismail, it was not impossible.
"I thought the Ster Family kept its real secrets quite tightly guarded." He frowned, then chuckled softly. "Could it have been the young lady's personal maid?"
"Hey, hey~" Lucimar swiftly waved his free hand, shaking his head along with it. "I may be a rake, but I'm not cheap and vulgar!
Although our relationship with the Ster Family is distant, we wouldn't possibly harm a junior.
Besides, compared to personal maids, I prefer the sort responsible for making beds and arranging curtains~
You understand, right?
Personal maids can only ever be delicately pretty, and whether they appear gentle and approachable or aggressive depends on the young lady herself.
The maids constantly moving around the castle, who have chances to meet guests, are the ones who are truly stunning. And they don't need to stick to a single style.
Tsk~
Oh, right. You were in the royal palace. The palace didn't need to worry about a young lady's image, so all its maids were beautiful."
"The truly beautiful ones are female officials, not people anyone can touch casually." Alexei relaxed slightly before finally taking an interest in talking with Lucimar.
"Hm?" Lucimar looked back at him twice. "Do you have some kind of germophobia?"
"What do you mean?" Alexei asked, confused.
"Once the king has had someone, others can have her too!" Lucimar calmly said something that made Alexei blink rapidly. "He always grew tired of the new quickly anyway. The moment he had someone, he'd cast her