A rather childish argument broke out, but in the end, the three of us still ended up having tea together.

Even though we graduated in different years, we were all academy classmates. Aside from Isabel, these two were the closest friends I had, so there was no way I could exclude either of them.

“You've been here with Prince Antonio since a week ago?”

“Yeah.”

“For someone who's the Vice-Lord of the Red Tower, you seem pretty carefree. Or is it that you have nothing to do at the tower and are just wandering around leisurely?”

“...Antonio said he'd use his royal privileges to let me access the magic tomes in the cathedral library. Not that a spinster would understand what it feels like to have a fiancé.”

“W-Who are you calling a spinster?! I'm just a career woman, thank you very much!”