Spica Nerius

[Spica]

You are rather slow-footed.

It has been a while since I got the message that you came back.

I invited you for no special reason.

Since they keep calling for meetings to discuss what has happened during the ritual.

There comes lord of the Heine family.

You seem to move around rather freely considering that you are under confinement.

[Nyhill]

...?

And about the confinement, it is OK as long as I stay in the western wing of the royal villa...

By the way, Skia? What are you doing?

.......

Skia?

She is not here now.

Oh, this must be it.

The shadow duty.

What is going on?

[Skia]

...How could you tell at a glance?

I am busted.

Am I a bad actress?

Even if you are twins, you don't look exactly the same.

I just noticed certain differences.

Really? I am flattered though.

I am glad that you have been looking at me, not Spica.

Hum... It is to protect Spica who will be the head of the Nerius family.

Sometimes, I stand forward instead of Spica.

While my sister learned what the head of the family must know from our mother,

I learned to hide and fight.

That is why people call me the shadow princess.

It is my first time attending an official event in the light.

Anyways, I am filling in for Spica who has left to run some errands now.

I need to show how she is attending the royal banquet with grace.

Thanks to Lady Spica, I get to move around as much as I can now...

When will she come back?

The meeting of the representatives has been over...

I have come to deliver you the message that there is a mission for you.

To be exact, I volunteered since I heard that you were visiting the Nerius family.

It must be about the incident during the ritual, right?

What does the hero have to do with the royal family's business?

Well, you can ask Spica later.

She was there in the meeting, you know.

This conversation is getting too long.

Please go meet my grandfather and father first.

They must be waiting for you.

Hum... I see. I shall ask Spica to fill me in with the details when she comes back.

Then, let's go.

I have to wait for Spica's return and change clothes.

I cannot leave now.

What would happen when I get out like this and encounter Spica on the way?

We will be in trouble.