"Alright. What should I start from the beginning?"
In her room, the blonde butterfly-haired haircut girl who brooded while sitting at the study desk staring at the book she had written before, her confused expression made her wonder what she should start from the beginning.
From what the crimson-colored eyes can see, there are several physical training methods that have been written in the book on his desk. Starting with; jogging, push-ups, sit-ups, squad jumps, and several other light exercises made him confused about what to start first.
"If I start from another exercise, I get a little stamina so it'll weigh me down."
Mumbling slowly to convince her that training other than jogging was not good for her, Alice felt that she had to increase her stamina first so that she wouldn't get tired easily.
"Ah, right."
Alice immediately wrote something down on another page after getting an idea in her mind, making her think that the solution to the physical exercise problem started with the time-division problem.
If he manages to divide time between each other, it will make it easier for Alice to be able to strengthen physically without the need for one-by-one exercises because it will take a long time.
Well, even though Alice realized that doing it was like burdening her body with physical training because it would make her tired easily, she would probably sleep after training later.
"Sip, this way, my problems are solved."
Smiling contentedly at what she saw, she did not expect that her experience of helping Yoga first during her life as Nia made Alice able to manage her time and decide what she wanted to do first, what later.
"Now all I have to do is live with it."
Before Alice went to bed, she left her room searching the hall hoping she would meet Annastasia on the ground floor, the floor where the maidens were in their respective rooms.
Going down the hallway of rooms facing each other, Alice descends a circular staircase with a red carpet on the steps with a golden ladder, and is in the lobby on the ground floor.
In the lobby there was a red carpet seen on the floor about 10 meters wide from the main entrance in front, with several photo frames showing art through landscape portraits, the authority of the previous king, and even statues of achievements made by the previous king and queen, including Arga, the current king.
"Alice-sama, what are you doing here?"
Hearing all three warrior knights standing guard in the lobby, Alice only smiled a little at them.
"I want to enjoy the fresh air at night."
"B-But... You can enjoy it in your room..."
There was doubt of the words of one of the warrior knights who was confused, not understanding what Alice's purpose was in the lobby on the ground floor.
"It'll be troublesome."
Can only swear in the heart with the complaint behind the little smile on her face, Alice once again explained to them.
"I'm here to find Anna's room."
"You mean Annastasia?"
"Yes," Alice nodded as she kept her little smile on them.
Those who remained silent for a moment exchanged glances and turned to Alice with serious faces but had a small smile on their faces.
"If you don't mind, I can take you there."
"But I don't want to bother you because you're on patrol."
Hearing Alice's words followed by her slightly tilted head while brooding with the index finger of her left hand on her chin, made them speechless knowing what Alice was saying was true.
"But we can leave this matter to those who stay here."
The other two knights nodded at the words of one of the knights who told Alice, not minding to let one of his colleagues escort Alice to the chamber of Annastasia.
"If I refuse to be accompanied by a knight, it's just like no one's looking out for me."
Realizing that the knight's function is like the bodyguard of her old world, Alice is forced to sigh long and nod, looking at them.
"Alright. But before that, let me look around this place."
"Y-yes. Please take a look at it however you like, Alice-sama."
Glad to hear the words of one of the three knights in the lobby, the smiling Alice again looked curiously at the statue and portrait in the lobby.
Where statues show their achievements in ordering the kingdom beforehand, while art portraits with photographic frames but with beautiful art show the figures of the predecessors thought Alice was the previous king and queen.
"In any case, they have extraordinary achievements."
Once again, Alice's memory leads to her infant self being carried by her mother at that time, Luna.
At that time, Arga, the king informed Luna and Ren of his decision to appoint Alice as heir to the next throne because he believed Alice could make the Kingdom of Thijam better than he had led.
Although, as far as Alice knew, it was impossible for her to rule the kingdom if she herself was weak without physical strength or magic, making her doubt her grandfather Arga's decision because she believed it was a unilateral decision without asking her parents' opinions.
"Well, forget it. My focus now is physical training. The rest I'll think about later."
Staring at the three knights who looked at Alice with curious faces, Alice ordered them to.
"Then take me to Anna's room."
"Fine."
One of the three walked up to Alice and left the lobby, where there were several couches fit for three people, one with a long table between the couches was dark brown, while the couches were light red and comfortable when they were occupied. With a gold lining between the sides including handles on both sides of the sofa.
Not far from the lobby, on the left side of the hallway of the lobby shows the rooms facing each other are the rooms of maidens at the royal palace.
In this hallway, many of the names of the maids were seen on the doorway as a sign that their rooms were there, they placed only one room that Alice could see following the knights leading her in front of her, she saw many names on the doorstep.
"Here, Alice-sama."
Seeing the knight stop, Alice, who looks at the door with a signboard on the doorstep saying "Annastasia" suggests that this is her room, looks at the knight.
"Thank you for bringing me here."
"Yes. If you need any more help, you can tell me or my partner."
Nodding understanding the words of a medium-sized knight, Alice would ask them for help if she had trouble finding the place she wanted to go even though she knew she had remembered every place in this palace thanks to her crawling little self that made anyone overwhelmed to take care of her.
"Then I'll say goodbye."
Bowing and retreating from where it was, the knight left the palace hall with the maid's room until his shadow disappeared in the distance.
"Alright."
Diverting his eyes away from the figure of a medium-sized knight's back who disappears in the distance, Alice knocks at the door slowly hoping Annastasia is inside.
Shortly thereafter, the door opened showing Annastasia wearing purple pajamas surprised to see Alice in front of the door smiling at her.
"What are you doing here, Alice-sama?"
"I have something to tell you, Anna."
Annastasia who came out of her room glanced left-right to make sure no one was there, nodding and then allowing Alice to enter with a gesture of Annastasia's body sideways to the door letting Alice in.
Nodding Alice, she enters Annastasia's room, which shows the contents of her room with one bed with pillows and blankets, tables and chairs, wardrobe, bookshelves, and windows with plain white curtains.
"Simple than my room huh."
Even though Alice's face was normal, her heart was saddened by the court's treatment of them, the maids of this kingdom.
Although as far as Alice knows, the role of maid is very important for their duties which include weight, such as cleaning, washing and drying clothes, washing utensils, cooking, and entertaining guests or putting food and drink in the dining hall, they are not easy.
Had Alice been reborn as a child of them, she did not know whether she would have ended up like them or not, but for now she is grateful for being reborn as a descendant of a royal family whose status is better than her former hardworking self, Corporate slaves who work overtime with no overtime charge or meal money calculated by the hour of overtime.
"What are you doing here, Alice-sama?"
The Annastasia sitting on the side of the bed looked at Alice, who remained standing near the window covered by white curtains, she turned to Annastasia.
"I want to make a deal with you."
"A deal with me?"
"Yes," Alice nodded with a serious face making Annastasia curious.
Alice, sitting in a chair directed back against the table, faced Annastasia and looked at her, her face remained grave which made Annastasia curious at what Alice wanted to say.
"I want you to wake me up at dawn, where no one has woken up."
"Eh?" Surprised at Alice's words, Annastasia could not believe that Alice wanted to be awakened that early morning which even the maid hadn't woken up.
"But, may I know your reasons, Alice-sama?"
Nailed her head to Annastasia, Alice does not mind telling her why she woke her later because she believes that the maid leader sitting by the bedside in her room will not tell anyone about this.
"I want to do jogging."
"I see."
It is understood by Annastasia that Alice wants to be awakened at dawn to do morning exercises such as jogging, making her smile small at the reason Alice says.
"Can you, Anna?"
"Yes, I can do it. But why do you say it's a deal?"
Realizing that Annastasia was curious about the deal Alice told her, a small nod was seen from Alice who kept looking seriously at Annastasia.
"If you wake me up every morning to jog, I'll also help you with maid's work."
But that's not possible, is it?
"Yes, you're right."
Knowing Annastasia's surprise at Alice's words is understandable, according to Alice, it is as much as ordering a successor to the throne to do a lowly job that helps the maids is the worst mistake.
But still, Alice did not want to take a unilateral advantage that benefited her but also Annastasia.
"I object."
"Well, then, how about I help you when you wash your clothes or dishes and glasses?"
"Still, I can't let that happen."
"Ugh....."
Getting a firm refusal from her frustrated Alice, she did not know what else to persuade Annastasia.
Seeing Alice putting on a glum face for getting rejected from her, the long-sighing Annastasia explained to Alice to understand what she was thinking.
"If I hire you after you jog with heavy work like washing clothes or eating utensils, it's just like I'm make you tired that you can end up unconscious."
"I see."
It is understandable to Alice about the explanation of Annastasia.
If she is tired of her current weak physique after jogging and doing her job by helping the maid, there is a possibility that she may end up unconscious is something that cannot be prevented.
If this happens, the possibility that Luna scolded was Annastasia for letting her daughter Alice take care of the maid work that they were supposed to do.
Not only that, there is a possibility that Annastasia will receive a warning if her grandfather, Arga, is being kind. If she is not kind, there is a possibility that Annastasia will receive punishment or whatever punishment she gets, imagining that it has made Alice end the shadow.
"But, I want to help you."
"...."
Suddenly an idea arose in Annastasia's mind, she looked at Alice with a bright face.
"How about just like this? You can be in the dining hall before anyone enters the dining hall, you can help other maidens put plates and glasses there."
"Ah, I don't think that's a problem."
The two smile at each other indicating that a deal has been set, just waiting for the two to work together to benefit each other from Alice's deal on Annastasia.