“ Ah… are you, mayhaps, the same Grey Mage from several days ago ?” Felix inquires, genuinely. “ W-Well, even if you are perhaps not, allow me to settle this rumor. I have no knowledge of what romantic feelings feel like. If I have experienced romantic attraction to Princess Chiyo, then it was not acknowledged as so. I have been told it is when you want to protect someone, or wish to be something more than mere ‘friends.’ However, I implore that you know that Princess Chiyo and I are… well… friends is a word that is not exactly befitting of our relationship, similarly to my relationship with all royal members. They may treat me on equal terms as them… but a friend, to myself, is someone whom would like to pass time with. It is a shared mutual affection. And I assure you, that I guarantee that Princess Chiyo would rather spend her down time with more refined, interesting persons.