Chapter 50

"Whether or not to give it to Monica, I might try making it. It's simple, after all."

"Of course, I'll take one of those bottles."

"Wh-what?"

Monica booed without hesitation at the words "whether or not to give it to you."

"You've become less reserved, haven't you?"

Looking at the recent Monica, Prince Egiedilus seemed to have some thoughts. Before Lina came, he had never seen Monica like this. She used to be one of the maids who did her job competently but only smiled out of politeness, not genuine warmth. But now, she shows her true self, both good and bad, and it's refreshingly human and interesting.

"I-I'm very sorry."

Monica was startled by Prince Egiedilus's words and hurriedly apologized, realizing that her behavior in front of the prince was disrespectful.

"It's fine, especially when you're with Lina."

Prince Egiedilus laughed. He was actually surprised and amused by the maids' natural behavior.

"Thank you for your understanding."

Monica was flustered. She had only just realized that she had been mistaken, thinking Lina treated the prince too casually, and was now grateful for his leniency.

"Ah, right, I almost forgot. Here, I'll give this to you."

Prince Egiedilus took a small, cute, light blue shoulder bag made of hemp fabric from his magic bag.

"Hmm? What is it?"

"The magic bag you wanted."

"Really? You're giving it to me!?"

She had even forgotten that she had begged for it, thinking it was impossible and unnecessary.

"Well, you probably won't misuse it... so the permission was granted."

"Yay!! Thanks, Ed!!"

"Y-Yeah."

Lina's straightforward joy made Prince Egiedilus feel oddly ticklish. He scratched his cheek, perhaps to hide his embarrassment.

"Can I use it right away?"

"Yeah, Prince Schuzel registered it for you."

He works so fast. I should thank Prince Schuzel and the others...

...But meeting King Felix is scary...

"By the way, how do you register it?"

Lina peered into the magic bag and examined it from the front and back, but it looked like a normal bag with no special features.

"I can't tell you that."

"Alright."

Well, if everyone knew, anyone could register it.

"You... you're pretty reasonable about things like that."

Prince Egiedilus was impressed that Lina didn't press the issue and accepted it easily. Normally, people would be curious and ask a lot of questions.

"Because sometimes it's better not to know, and if I don't understand it, it doesn't really matter."

I just asked out of curiosity. Since I'm getting it, it doesn't matter.

"...You really are interesting."

Prince Egiedilus was even more impressed. Usually, people would ask about rare items like this and pretend to be uninterested while actually being very curious.

But Lina really didn't seem interested. She slung the magic bag over her shoulder and started drinking her tea.

Prince Egiedilus found her refreshingly and amusingly different.

"Ah!"

"What is it?"

You're still curious, aren't you? Prince Egiedilus thought.

"How much can this hold?"

"About six tatami mats?"

"Hmm."

...The same size as my room over there...

Thinking about it made her feel complicated.

"By the way, Ed, you took this out of your magic bag, right?"

"Hmm? Yeah."

"If you put something in a magic bag, then put that magic bag inside another magic bag, and then put another magic bag inside that one... can you do that infinitely?"

Like a set of nested dolls?

"......Don't say such complicated things..."

Prince Egiedilus furrowed his brow, perhaps trying to imagine it.

"But can you?"

Well, even if you could, what would you do with it?

"I've never tried, but maybe? ...But why would you do something so complicated?"

It would take a lot of effort to retrieve items from the first magic bag you put in. Is there any point in doing that?

"I won't do anything with it."

I just asked out of curiosity. I have no intention of doing it.

"......You, Lina..."

Prince Egiedilus was exhausted by Lina's incomprehensible question. If you don't plan to do anything, why ask?