That's Just How the World Works

“Ophilia.”

“Yes, Princess?”

“Would you get mad if I asked what’s going on outside?”

Ophilia looked at the girl asking so casually from the bed and smiled faintly.

“Unfortunately, I don’t know either.”

“No way, you’re lying. There’s nothing Ophilia doesn’t know.”

“There are things I don’t know too, Princess.”

“The Ophilia I know never had anything she didn’t know. That’s weird.”

The girl let a bitter smile touch her lips for a moment. It was a bright smile that might have looked perfectly ordinary and happy at first glance, but Ophilia didn’t miss the red tinge gathering at the corners of the girl’s eyes.

“Maple leaves, huh.”...