The Mystery Behind the Missing Sweets
"Hmmm?"
Tiararose hummed pensively while she is making sweets in her personal kitchen.
Something is definitely off.
of course, there is no problem in the kitchen itself. Aquasteed ordered to make this especially for her so it is rather, it is not like your ordinary kitchen.
The problem lies in the sweets.
"As I thought, the number of the cookies that I baked earlier decreased a little"
When she is about to transfer the second batch of cookies on the plate, she noticed that the first batch of cookies— which supposed to be ten pieces—…. has decreased to eight for some reason.
The strange feeling that she felt when she was with Aquasteed the other day was right.
――But, I wonder how it gone missing?
She tilted her head, wondering about the strange happening. It's impossibl for someone to enter this room and there is also no way for Philiane and the other maids to do such things.
If so, she couldn't think of any other being but the fairies.
"But the forest fairies would most probably ask me for it"
It is indeed incomprehensible.
"Miss Tiararose?"
"Ah, Philiane?"
Philiane peeked in the kitchen after hearing Tiararose. Tiararose let out a wry smile realizing that she had let out a very troubled voice for Philiane to step in the place she never go to.
"Is there something wrong?" Asked Philiane with apparent worry in her voice. They have been together since they were young, so she decided to confide on her.
"Oh my. The cookies were stolen you say?"
While being shocked, Philiane believed Tiararose's words without any second thought.
"The is no such thing for us to steal it…… as I thought, it might be the fairies? But normally, they don't take it without permission l, am I right?"
"Indeed. That is why it's so mysterious"
The forest fairies love the sweets that Tiararose make. However, they're not someone who will take it without permission.
While thinking of such things, the eight pieces cookies has now became seven without realizing it.
Convinced that something is indeed wrong, Triararose, together with Philiane and her escort Tarmo, headed towards the garden.
The small garden where pink roses are in full bloom is the place that the forest fairy love it is also where they often play.
It is the garden that Aquasteed had made just for Tiararose and no one can enter it without her permission.
" I will be on stand by here"
"Thank you"
Tarmo stands at the entrance of the garden, acting out his job as a guard.
This garden that can easily catch one's eye whenever, is not that big. Its only purpose is to serve as a place where Tiararose and Aquasteed have some tea.
The tea parties where Tiararose invites younger ladies were always held at a different garden which is much more wider.
Therefore, this place is genuinely a private garden.
"Ah, there they are"
『"It's the princess〜!"』
『"What's wrong〜? Let's play 〜!"』
While giggling, the forest fairies that were present in the garden gathered around Tiararose.
These little fairies who all have the same green colored hair, truly love plants—— and also the sweets that she bakes.
『"Ah, it's sweetsー!"』
One of them immediately discovers Tiararose's cookies and is now asking for it. Of course there's no problem with that since she brought it for them but she need to confirm things beforehand.
She asked the fairies to wait for a while and asked them about the missing cookies.
『"Ehh!? Tiararose's sweets has gone missing?"』
『"We don't know it. His highness will get mad at us if we take it without permission!"』
"I have guessed so. Thank you everyone"
――as I though it's not the doing of the forest fairies.
In the first place, they claimed to be scolded by their king who always do his own thing. If Keith is indeed doing his job properly, then there is no way for these fairies to be the culprit.
"So it really wasn't the forest fairies"
"Yes. However, I am hated by the forest fairies and I don not have much involvement with the sky fairies……"
All her clues are now gone.
But it is still an impossible situation for a human to steal it.
"How about you confide this matter to his highness?"
"But Prince Aqua is too busy with his work. I can't afford to bother him just because of some missing sweets"
Philiane suggested but Tiararose shook her head helplessly.
Not wanting to trouble his busy husband due to some trivial matter is her own way of being considerate of him.