“Your Majesty, you were with my daughter… perhaps Alicia’s caused you trouble.” The lady, a countess, greeted Ivan hurriedly while the girl hid behind her with a look of embarrassment as she realized his true identity.

“….It’s been a long time, Countess Kenboe.”

“Ivan, Alicia, I had plans for you two to meet someday, but this is great too. What were you two doing?”

“It’s nothing, I was just talking to this child,” Ivan said lowly and continued, “I was just free and bored. I unknowingly rolled on the floor by myself. It’s no big deal. No need to bother about it, Mother.”

Ivan felt a sense of shame hearing...