Despite saying this, under the gaze of so many people, Sophia's ears grew redder and redder.

"Among all these people, I'm the one giving you the most face, right?" She coughed as if to cover up, "Don't forget to be grateful!"

Looking at the blush on the girl's face that was about to become uncontrollable, the corner of Celitia's lips curved up very slightly.

"Thank you for gracing me with your presence, Your Highness," Celitia cooperated quite well, asking with great interest, "So, what is Your Highness's evaluation?"

"Evaluation?" Sophia thought for a moment, "It was made quite well, next time..."

Under everyone's gaze of "She can even praise this, truly worthy of Her Highness the Princess," Sophia coughed lightly again.

"Next time... could you please not make it again?"

"Pfft—cough cough."

Shanie couldn't hold back her laughter and quickly covered her mouth, holding it in quite uncomfortably.

What the heck!

Celitia puffed up her cheeks and turned her head away in dissatisfaction.

This time was just an accident, she had forgotten that glass bowls weren't heat-resistant!

Next time would definitely be more successful!!

"You see, this time the bowl exploded and scared the teacher and other students, which isn't very good." Sophia tried to coax her.

Celitia muttered: "It won't explode next time, I promise."

"Huh?" Sophia was stunned.

Wait, why was there going to be a next time?!

But she knew that once Celitia made a decision, ten oxen couldn't pull her back.

It seemed that future cooking classes might be quite an ordeal.

Sophia looked at Teacher Jessie, whose mouth was twitching in anger, and sent her a helpless look.

After all, the academy's purpose in offering courses was for students to learn.

They couldn't stop students from being motivated, right?

She could only ask Teacher Jessie to be more tolerant and not get scared into heart problems by Celitia...

After cooking class ended, Celitia's reputation spread once again.

She thought Celitia would get a terrifying nickname like "God of Dark Cuisine," but unexpectedly, the reviews were mostly positive.

Not knowing how to cook and making things that looked terrifying wasn't really a problem.

After all, very few nobles knew how to cook.

Instead...

Celitia, who was always cool and aloof, seeming to be good at everything, actually had this side to her—wasn't it just too cute?!

When this incident spread, inexplicably, Celitia's popularity surged again.

The number of people secretly watching from afar, holding their faces in admiration, became even greater than before.

Celitia was indifferent to this.

When people dislike you, even small things can become reasons for slander; when they adore you, even flaws can be beautified into reasons for affection. hearts were like this, unchanged since ancient times.

Celitia didn't take it to heart, but Sophia felt quite uncomfortable.

Logically speaking, Sophia should be happy about Celitia winning everyone's affection.

Gold will always shine, and in every respect, Celitia deserved everyone's love.

But after the initial happiness passed, Sophia's mood grew worse and worse.

Especially after Celitia received her first love letter, it seemed to trigger a chain reaction—the second and third love letters followed one after another.

Regardless of gender, she attracted everyone indiscriminately, with even more girls than boys.

Watching Celitia carefully store away each love letter, Sophia's expression grew increasingly dark.

"These things," Sophia finally couldn't hold back and spoke her mind, "couldn't you just throw them in the trash?"

Celitia looked up in surprise, glancing at Sophia, feeling that her reaction to the love letters seemed a bit excessive.

After thinking for a moment, Celitia believed she had found the reason:

"Do you think they're too frivolous? Don't be so nervous, Sophia. Moderate relaxation will make studying more successful."

"Huh?" Sophia was dumbfounded, "Have you already decided who to date?!"

Lily thought this was a way to relax moderately?

So she was planning to make good use of this method to make her studies more successful??

Now it was Celitia's turn to be dumbfounded: "What?"

Celitia really couldn't keep up with Sophia's thinking. Why would advising her not to worry about the students' studies be interpreted as her wanting to date one of them?

Sophia suddenly realized she had misunderstood by a mile, and a large blush exploded across her cheeks.

"N-n-nothing." Sophia was so embarrassed she could barely lift her head, "I misunderstood a bit."

Celitia was speechless.

What kind of thought process could lead to such a misunderstanding...?

After thinking, Celitia spoke again to explain:

"You said earlier that romance is a waste of time, and I really agree with that. I won't spend time on such things, and I won't date anyone."

Sophia's eyes widened: "Eh...?"

Celitia had stated that she wouldn't date anyone, so logically, she shouldn't have to worry about being neglected.

But...

But...

Why did it seem like she couldn't feel happy about it?

The answer she vaguely wanted to hear deep in her heart...

Probably wasn't this one.

Sophia became even more conflicted.

When school ended and they returned to the small villa, seeing the elf maid standing at the door made Sophia's inner turmoil reach its peak.

Kassy had tied up her light blue long hair and wore a floral apron, standing at the door waiting with a completely virtuous and gentle appearance.

"Welcome home, Master."

Kassy approached Celitia, trying to take the things from her hands.

Celitia initially wanted to refuse and made a motion to dodge backward, but then abruptly stopped halfway.

A cold light flashed in her eyes as Celitia casually handed over what she was carrying.

Joy appeared on Kassy's face. Unable to suppress her happiness, her voice became even gentler:

"Let me help you remove your outer coat, Master."

Celitia didn't answer, only slightly lifted her chin.

Getting her tacit permission, Kassy was overjoyed and hurried forward to carefully help Celitia remove her heavy outer cloak.

Kassy's movements were very skilled, as if she had done this thousands of times, while Celitia was extremely natural, as if she was already accustomed to it.

Sophia was left to the side, feeling that there was an indescribable strange atmosphere between the two that made her particularly uncomfortable.

All the anger she had been holding in because of the love letters exploded at this moment:

"Who gave you permission to come in on your own? Get out right now!!"

Kassy actually didn't think much of Sophia.

But she had figured out that Sophia was a breakthrough point for her. To successfully stay, she needed to win her favor.

"Didn't Your Highness and Master already allow me to work in this area?"

Kassy spoke with slight grievance, her voice soft and gentle.

"I saw there was no one to serve here, and Your Highness was so kind to me, so I thought I'd come help... Did I offend somehow?"

At this point, Kassy's eyes glistened with tears, already on the verge of crying.