Chapter 119.2
“Hmmm…”
Alicia, who had been tilting her head in that “perfectly adorable gesture,” smiled a sincere, unintentional smile when her eyes met Mikhail’s.
“I don’t understand.”
“…Hah?”
Alicia leaned in closer to face Mikhail, who was caught off guard for a moment.
“Because, being nobles, we’re all blood related in some way, aren’t we? It wouldn’t be surprising if I and Mikhail-sama are related.”
“That… yes, but…”
It was true that the Melsis family, which controlled the Melrose family’s immediate domain, was a branch of the Melrose family, so they were related by blood.
But Alicia was adopted. When did she know that she was of noble blood? It was not surprising that she would know that much through gossip, but Mikhail kept feeling a nagging discomfort somewhere in his heart.
“Will-sama thinks so too….”