"What is all this?"
"These are letters addressed to Sir Raymond...."
When she asked again, the servant answered with a troubled look.
Lellia was bewildered.
When she woke up in the morning and sat down to eat, she saw a servant approaching with a basket containing an enormous amount of envelopes.
At a glance, there were dozens of them.
The servant said they amounted to that much because the ones meant to be delivered yesterday but couldn't be, combined with the new ones that arrived today.
The servant placed the bundle of letters on the table in the sitting room of Lellia's quarters and left.
"...."
Left alone, Lellia carefully opened the letters one by one.
The letters contained sentiments such as "I was impressed by your courageous appearance at the ball" or "I would like to build a friendship."
They were all letters from female nobles who had attended the ball.
It seemed they had viewed "Sir Raymond's" approach to Miss Grace, who had been standing alone, in a positive light.
"At this rate, I might look like a playboy...."
She muttered to herself while continuing to open the remaining letters one by one.
Knock knock—a sound came from the door.
Upon granting permission to enter, Romeo walked in.
"What is it?"
Romeo approached with a crooked expression and glanced at the letters Lellia was reading.
Then, as if it were his own room, he sat on the sofa and called a servant to bring tea.
"...Letters arrived. It seems many young ladies viewed me favorably at the ball."
In the past, Romeo would have laughed and mocked, "Wow, looks like you played the playboy role quite well." But now, he couldn't simply laugh.
Because he now knew that Lellia was a 'man.'
That was also thanks to Calix.
Calix had grabbed Romeo yesterday, thrust his forearm at him repeatedly, and explained in detail.
Because of that, Romeo naturally accepted that fact as well.
There were other reasons underlying this.
Lellia had no magical power, so she couldn't have used illusion magic, nor could she have used some kind of alchemical potion.
Such things didn't exist in the world.
It might have been conceit, but Romeo never thought for a moment that there existed a great alchemist he didn't know about.
Let's assume for argument's sake that Lellia was truly a mage or alchemist.
Then that would mean she was skilled enough to deceive the Emperor, who could detect magical power, and Calix—who might look a bit foolish but possessed tremendous martial prowess.
Even if she could deceive the Emperor or Calix, she couldn't deceive Romeo himself.
Romeo had detected neither traces of magical power use nor signs of alchemy from Lellia.
That was why, just as Calix had said, he came to believe that Lellia possessed a male 'reproductive organ.'
"Right, you're... right."
Romeo tried to say something, then nodded his head.
"But what about Lord Calix?"
"Ah, he went out for some business. Griffith will be arriving in the capital within a few days."
"Really?! Within a few days?"
When Lellia asked with a brightened expression, Romeo's gaze turned peculiar. Lellia smiled awkwardly.
"It's just... last time he left too quickly. Leo... my brother told me a lot about him too."
"Ah, really?"
"Yes, he said that outwardly he's cold, but... he has a kind heart."
Hearing Lellia's answer, Romeo smirked and thought to himself.
'Not Leo my brother, but probably his brother.'
He couldn't be certain yet, but if that wasn't the case....
Then you are 'Leo.'