"Huh?"
Lucian, who was imbalanced and had fallen on the floor, clearly felt a slight bit of pain near his butt.
He looked up towards the little girl's back, standing while trying to cover him up, prompting his eyes to twitch as he overheard the words from the maids nearby.
Yeah, they were talking about how he was a princess being protected by the knight.
But more than the issue that tricked his mind was not Lulu acting like this—given she was definitely a child—but the issue with that slave girl.
Lucian was already aware that she had ill intentions towards him.
If she came to know that Lulu had identified her and responded with any idiotic actions right now, like charging head-on, thinking she was caught, it would be a problem.
He needed Jully's help while keeping her under the illusion that she was the one controlling the whole situation.
In truth, it was him all along.
