Project 11 Plan C: Let's Build a Maze Garden

Amazing! This is amazing, Master! Thank you!

Surprisingly, this turned into quite the maze.

Wherever you look every single hedge is trimmed perfectly. Scáthach's pruning technique is flawless.

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Then go and get lost. That's what's so fun about mazes.

I mean, entering a maze and not getting lost? How boring! That's why...

Fou?

Hehe. You're not allowed to walk ahead. You might find the exit by smell. I'll hold you!

Fou!

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Yes, I do. A lot!

Hehe. "But of course"... is what I should say, I guess? Not a single objection, that is!

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Is there a reason you like mazes?

Hmm? Well... It's difficult to answer when you put it that way. There was always one where I lived, after all.

There was one at Versailles, and at Schönbrunn in Austria. Oh, that's the palace I was living at when I first met Amadeus.

But the one at Versailles isn't there anymore. I liked it, but my husband...

Yes. Perhaps that is the reason.

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When I became the queen, and entered into the royal family, I wasn't allowed to lose my way any longer.

What I needed to do had been predetermined, and things I couldn't do were also decided for me. I went through a lot.

But in a maze, you're allowed to not know where to go. Like a child, you get lost, and just simply search for the exit.

So perhaps that ended up being a way to relieve stress for me? I'm not sure, though.

I can't say for certain, but... I do think I understand.

I think you don't have to try getting lost. But yes, let's have fun.

Senpai, we just came from this direction!

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F-Fou...

Fou's making a face like, "Why can't you dumb humans smell your way out of this maze!?"

Okay, we can't lose to Fou! Let's find our way out!

But if it's dinnertime and we still can't find our way out, let's have Fou help us.