Chapter 27 - Cat Plushie and Language Lesson.

After the King somehow explained to Byako that Rei is not anyone suspicious, Byako started meowing to Rei while snuggled her leg with his head as a sign of friendliness, Rei who happened to have a soft heart on fluffy small animals squatted down politely and gently petted that white striped cat.

Then, she once again have a bold thought.

"Uhm... My Majesty, pardon for my wild guess, but would it by any chance that you... Uhm... Don't really trust anyone to tidy up your room for you?" Rei asked.

"Ah... No... It's... Uh..." The King who had been seen through by Rei was slightly losing his words.

"Well, there is nothing wrong with that. For your information, I am pretty much having the same issue as well, except for An Er and Xi Er, I wouldn't allow anyone to arrange the things in my room," said Rei as she continues to pet Byako.

"Well... You are partially right about that. But instead of don't trust people to tidy up my room, it's more like my own persistence towards the arrangement of the room. I don't really like other people to randomly change the position of things in my room, especially when they kept away something I used regularly to a place I can't find or can't easily reach. Instead of having someone to mess up the orders and arrangements of the things in my room, I would rather tidy up everything all by myself." said the King as he tried to reach the empty tea cup on the table but got stopped by Rei.

"If you don't mind, you could monitor me when I help tidy up everything for you," said Rei with a smile as she took away the tea cup from the King's hand.

"Ah..."

After a short hesitation, he nodded.

***

With that permission from the King, Rei started tidying his room that is not even messy. After properly sorting the letters on the table and arranging all the books back on their respective bookshelf, Rei proceeds to tidy up the King's bed. However, the King seems to be a bit nervous about that.

"Ah... It's okay, you don't have to do my bed for me, I can do it on my own." said the King, who sounds a bit nervous and awkward.

"It's alright, Your Majesty, it's just a simple task... Uhm... Or perhaps are you having any problems with me tidying your bed?" Rei asked, she was a bit confused.

In her opinion, the bed is the place that will be less likely to be messed up.

"No... I don't have any problems with that... It's just..."

"I understand, Your Majesty. If you don't want me to tidy your bed for you, I will just leave it, but the weather is quite cold today and that blanket is a bit too thin, should I get a thicker blanket for you, Your Majesty?" She asked, quite understanding.

The King nodded and pointed at a closet near the bookshelf, telling Rei there is a thick blanket in that closet. However, it's an instant regret for the King...

As soon as Rei opened the door of the closet to get a thicker blanket for the King, a cute small cat plushie dropped out from the closet.

"Ah..."

Yes, an instant regret.

"Ah... Uhm... What a cute doll..." said Rei, who tried her best to avoid that awkwardness...

***

After Rei had given the thick blanket to the King, she hastily bowed to the King and left his room to avoid further awkwardness.

However, our poor lady here would never expect that another even more awkward situation would be waiting for her in her room.

As soon as she reached her room, she is greeted by an uninvited (and maybe unwelcomed) guest.

"You sure took your sweet time huh? My lady? I had been waiting for you for your first language lesson. But since I am a bit busy today, I will have to take my leave in an hour, so let's start our lesson fast."

Yup, that's Satoshi.

Out of courtesy, Rei did not reject his 'kindness', despite being a bit unwilling to. And so, they started their plain and probably single-sided language lesson which is a bit annoying and depressing for Rei as Satoshi is obviously not a good teacher, but fortunately, that boring and slightly annoying lesson halted after about thirty minutes it started. Ben suddenly came over to Rei's place with his work case, supposedly to give Rei her daily medical check-up although it was only noon time.

"Satoshi, what are you doing here in a lady's room? Aren't you supposed to be in the town for the preparation of welcoming some important guests right now?" Ben asked, in a slightly stern tone.

"Yes, Dr Ben, I will need to leave in about half an hour," said Satoshi, in a much more polite tone.

"The guests will be reaching the town in less than an hour, and you are planning to depart from here in half an hour? Are you serious about that?" Ben asked again, he sounds a bit irritated by that ignorant of Satoshi's.

"Ah! I apologize for my lack of consideration. I shall take my leave now, thanks for your kind reminder, Dr Ben." said Satoshi as he briefly bowed to Ben and Rei before taking his leave.

After Satoshi left, Ben proceed with all the routine medical check-ups for Rei. After the medical check-up, they have a small talk as always.

"Seriously, even I can feel your annoyance just now, you should just let him know. That person can be a bit narcissistic sometimes," said Ben.

"Mmm... You are a big help just now, Dr Ben. I didn't expect you to come over so early." said Rei, rather grateful.

"Well, I will be a bit busy with something important this evening, so I come by earlier. Moreover, I am kind of worried about you. And... Tsk... For real, if you are interested to learn our official language here, there are whole lots of better candidates that can teach you. You can ask either Jade or me, or even the King. Satoshi is the worst teacher you can possibly find in this whole Kingdom." said Ben, who was a bit mad but at the same time felt a bit ridiculous and funny.

"I am sorry, Dr. Ben. But he kind of volunteered himself when I merely talked with him about that once," said Rei.

"Ah... I see. Yes, that certainly sounds like something he will do." said Ben, who sighed a bit.

"Uhm... Dr. Ben, I know I am not supposed to ask this but... How is that girl this morning? Did she... make it?" Rei asked, in a careful tone.

Hearing Rei's question, Ben is silenced. After about fifteen seconds, he shook his head without saying anything...