Chapter 8

And Elmar, Ulysses' brother and the heir of the ducal family, works as a guard for the king and the crown prince Spencer, and is entrusted with important duties as the next head of the knights.

The Macrone ducal family also has a daughter named Giselle, who is the fiancée of the crown prince Spencer of this country.

Amarillis and Giselle often interacted, but a complex feeling arose in her heart, unsure of how to respond to Giselle, who greeted her so warmly.

I remember that Ulysses, like Amarillis, was adopted into the Macrone ducal family.

Ulysses probably dislikes Amarillis as well, his expression rigid, and his disdain clearly visible.

"……I'm sorry, Lord Ulysses."

"……"

"I just got so happy from the sense of liberation…"

"……"

"It wasn't intentional… I just did it. I just did it."

"……"

Another reason Amarillis finds Ulysses difficult to deal with is his sharp gaze, which doesn't match his sweet face, and his taciturn nature, which makes it hard to know what he's thinking.

No matter how experienced Amarillis is, if there's no response or reaction, it's impossible to win someone's favor or make them fall in love.

Ulysses is, in any case, expressionless and unresponsive.

Unable to bear Ulysses' piercing gaze, she hurriedly spoke to fill the silence.

"About the knight earlier… I didn't realize it was you, Lord Ulysses."

"……Omar is my subordinate."

"Is that so?"

It seems the kind knight from earlier is named Omar and is Ulysses' subordinate.

As she waited for Ulysses to say more, he finally spoke.

"……I won't let you lay a hand on my subordinate."

"Yes…?"

"Did you plan to seduce Omar to get out of the cell…?"

"……"

It seems he thinks she was trying to seduce the knight to escape from the cell.

(Probably because I asked for help taking off my dress, he took it that way.)

Indeed, if a woman asks a man to help her take off her dress, it could be interpreted that way. Amarillis has always skillfully used influential men to navigate society.

Ulysses, knowing this, likely thinks the same.

(I really just wanted to take off my dress, I had no such intentions…)

Additionally, she hugged Ulysses and said, "Thank you, God."

To Ulysses, it probably looked like she was trying to flatter him.

From Ulysses' reaction, it seems Amarillis' actions were not well-received.

"None of the maids in the castle nodded in response to Omar's call…"

"Huh…?"

"Amarillis Linoverta… you are disliked by everyone."

"……"

"……"

Ulysses is a man who speaks quite straightforwardly.

Now, I understand why Amarillis finds him difficult to deal with. It seems she is so disliked that even the maids in the castle won't help her.

Earlier, the knight Omar, who was trying to help her change, went around asking the maids in the castle for assistance. No one agreed to help, so he turned to Ulysses for help.

However, now is not the time to lament being disliked.

There are many things she needs to do to survive in this cell.

To confirm, she asked Ulysses.

"Then, does that mean I will have to stay here without anyone to take care of me?"

"……I didn't say that. But we can't find anyone to take care of you."