Star Country.
Knock, knock, knock. After three knocks, there was still no response from inside the room, so Felix could only say, "Sword Seat, Miss Reina is waiting for you downstairs. She has something very important to discuss with you."
"Give me a few minutes," a lazy voice sounded from inside.
Felix listened to the pitter-patter of rain outside and thought, Gala City is actually getting a light breeze and drizzle in December. Did the Meteorology Office's control system malfunction?
A few minutes later, Sonia opened the door with her expression as normal. She coughed softly. "Just now, I..."
"You knocked over a water cup again by accident, right?"
Felix's expression did not change at all, but it was truly hard to hide the teasing at the corners of her eyes.
Sonia nodded awkwardly, then turned and headed downstairs with brisk steps. From behind her, Felix could still see the flush at the roots of her ears.
Vosrodar Second Miss shook her head and went in to clean up the mess. With practiced ease, she moved Ash onto the chair beside the bed, changed the sheets first, then prepared a wet towel and a dry towel, chatting as she worked:
"You definitely can't imagine the faces of those people in the family. The moment they heard I'd been promoted to Saint Domain, those relatives who used to wish they could point at my nose and call me a bastard came over one after another to show concern for me. They might as well keep insulting me. At least then they wouldn't be jumping in front of me to disgust me..."
"I really wanted to curse them out, but they didn't leave even the slightest opening, and even said things like 'I'm old now, my mind is muddled.' If I brought