Once everything calmed down, Madame Giry packed all of Meg's belongings as she and the younger blonde-haired female entered Monsieur Beaufort Mercier's office. 

" Madame Giry. Young Meg. What can I do for you two?" Monsieur Mercier politely greets the two females. 

Meg silently stared at Monsieur Mercier while Madame Giry speaks to him.

" Monsieur Mercier. I wanted to inform you that I am going to leave Palais Garnier for the day since I am going to drop my daughter off at my sister's place since Meg misses her aunt and cousin so much," Madame Giry calmly explains to Monsieur Mercier. 

Monsieur Mercier blinked in confusion as Madame Giry continues to speak.

" Do not worry. I shall return to the Opera House the next morning to make sure that the ballet dancers get prepared for the Spring Musical," Madame Giry firmly tells Monsieur Mercier. 

Monsieur Mercier politely nods his head. 

" Of course. I shall have Madame Alexandria watch over the ballet dancers for you," Monsieur Mercier reassured Madame Giry. 

" Thank you. Meg and I shall get going," Madame Giry politely nods her head while Meg faked a smile since she still does not like the idea of leaving Palais Garnier to live with her maternal relatives. 

" Have a good day," Monsieur Mercier waves goodbye as he watched Madame Giry and Meg leave his office. 

Madame Giry and Meg walked towards the rehearsal room where Madame Alexandria is watching over the older and younger ballet dancers. A knock grabbed everyone's attention as Madame Alexandria turned to see Madame Giry standing by the door with Meg hiding behind her since the younger blonde-haired female does not want to look at her friends. 

" Madame Alexandria. Can you watch over Meg for a bit?" Madame Giry politely asked Madame Alexandria while Meg sadly frowns since she had a feeling that the older female is going to see Erik, to let him know that the younger blonde-haired female is leaving. 

" Of course," Madame Alexandria politely nods her head as Madame Giry leaves Meg at the rehearsal room. 

At the lair, Erik is quietly braiding Lucille's medium length hair since the blonde-haired female wants her hair to get braided. The black-haired male wears a concentrated gaze as he tries his best to make the younger female's hair look beautiful. The sound of a door getting knocked grabbed their attention, which caused the younger male to stop braiding. 

" I will be right back," Erik softly tells Lucille, who politely nods her head. 

Erik stands up as he grabs his mak, and he puts it on his disfigured face as he walks away from the Swan-like bed. The black-haired male gets on the boat as he steers himself across the river to the grand doors. The young male gets out as he walks up to the doors, and he opens it to see Madame Giry. 

" Madame Giry," Erik politely greets Madame Giry as he glanced to the left of the hallway to make sure that the older female came alone. 

" Madame Alexandria is looking after my daughter for the time being as I speak to you," Madame Giry explains to Erik, who turns his gaze to her. 

" Erik. I am going to leave Palais Garnier for the day to drop my daughter off at my sister's place," Madame Giry informs Erik. " Can you please watch over Lucille for me? Her family is still at her relatives' place, and they would be staying there for a while and will return for New Years," The older female explains to the black-haired male. 

" Of course. Be careful," Erik softly responds to Madame Giry since the older female is like a mother to him despite the two not being related to one another.   

" I will," Madame Giry kindly smiled at Erik as she turns around to face the empty hallway. " Also, you two are welcome to stay at my place for the day since I have a kitchen and two beds in there as well as a piano to keep you and Lucille entertained," The older female tells the black-haired female. 

" Thank you," Erik quietly thanks Madame Giry as he silently watched the older female walk away. 

Erik closed the grand doors as he turns around, and he walks away to Lucille, who is comfortably sitting on the Swan-like bed. 

" Lucille," Erik calls out to Lucille, which caused the blonde-haired female to stare at him with a kind smile. 

" Are you hungry?" Erik politely asked Lucille. 

Lucille opened her mouth to say something, but she stopped due to her stomach growling in response. 

" I take that as a yes," Erik amusedly chuckles as he carefully helps Lucille out of the Swan-like bed by holding her hand. 

" Erik. I want to eat Jullienne with Mushrooms for lunch as well as some Macaron," Lucille kindly tells Erik as they stood next to each other. 

" How about I take you to town so that you can get some Macaron at the bakery, and when we come back, I will make the Jullienne with Mushrooms? How does that sound?" Erik asked Lucille. 

" I do not want you to get hurt because of me," Lucille sadly tells Erik, which caused the black-haired male to raise an eyebrow. " You said when we first met that there are people outside of these walls that will say horrible stuff about you if they saw your face," The blonde-haired female worriedly tells the older male. 

Erik's gaze softens, feeling touched that Lucille is worried about his well being. Even though the blonde-haired female wants to eat some Macaron, all she can think about is the black-haired male's safety.  

" It is okay if I do not eat Macaron. I rather have you be safe than get your feelings hurt," Lucille kindly smiled at Erik. 

Erik sadly stares at Lucille. 

' I hate having Lucille see my weak side,' Erik sadly tells himself. ' I want to show Lucille at least that I am a strong man and that I can protect her,' The black-haired male lightly bites his lips.  

" I will be fine. I am not going to let some mere commoner hurt my feelings," Erik firmly tells Lucille, which caused the blonde-haired female to stare at the black-haired male in worry. 

" We are going to get those Macarons," Erik looks away from Lucille as the two begin to walk towards a secret passageway to the sewers. 

" This place smells funny," Lucille put her hand on her nose while her other hand is holding onto Erik. 

" I have gotten used to it," Erik mumbled as they carefully walked through the sewers to a hidden door. 

" This door will take us to an alleyway," Erik explains to Lucille as the black-haired male opens the door, and they stepped outside. " I will be here while you go to the bakery and get a box of Macarons," The young male pulls out a brown bag, and he holds it to the blonde-haired female. " Here is the money for it," The fifteen-year-old warmly smiled. 

" Are you sure it is okay to go to the bakery and get a box of Macarons?" Lucille worriedly asked Erik. 

" Yes. It is okay," Erik reassures Lucille as he gently pushed the blonde-haired female to the light while he stood in the shadows. 

Lucille politely nods her head as she walks out of the alleyway to the town. The blonde-haired female looks at her surroundings to make sure no carriages are in sight, and she smiles when she sees the bakery in front of her. 

Lucille runs up to the bakery as she opens the door, and she gets inside. The blonde-haired female looked at the variety of pastries as she smiled when she sees the box of Macarons. 

Outside the bakery, a carriage arrives, and it gets parked in front of the store. The coach opens, revealing a thirty-five-year-old female with long wavy dark brown hair, chocolate brown eyes, tan skin, wearing traditional royal Spanish attire. The older female is Esperanza De La Rosas, and standing next to her is her twelve-year-old son, Matteo De La Rosas. 

" Your Highness," A male guard politely calls out to Esperanza, which caused the older female to stare at him. 

" Thank you for taking us here, Enrique. My son has been dying to try out some French pastries," Esperanza kindly smiled at the male guard. " Matteo. You can choose whatever pastry you want, okay," The older female turns to her eldest son since her youngest son, Alejandro De La Rosas, is staying at a hotel with her husband, King Samuel De La Rosas. 

" Thank you, Mother," Matteo kindly smiled at Esperanza as he enters the bakery with his mother, Enrique, and the other guards following behind him. 

" Hello, Dearie. What can I get you?" The baker politely asked Lucille. 

Lucille opened her mouth to say something, but she stops when she hears a male voice call out to the Baker. 

" Ma'am. Is it okay if I can get a box of Ma-car-ons?" Matteo politely asked the Baker as he tries to pronounce the name of the French pastry. 

" We only have one box of Macaron left," The baker tells Matteo. 

" I want the Macaron!" Lucille speaks up, which caused Matteo and the Baker to stare at her. " I was here first," The blonde-haired female politely tells the two males. 

Matto stared at the blonde-haired female with a surprised gaze. 

" Forgive me, my Lady. I did not know you were first. You may take the box of Macaron," Matteo kindly tells the blonde-haired female since his mother has taught him since a young age to be a gentleman to a lady. 

Lucille blinked in surprised since she thought the brown-haired male was going to be rude to her for trying to take the last box of Macaron. 

" Thank you!" Lucille kindly smiled at the brown-haired male. 

Matteo politely nods his head. 

" A box of Macaron for me, please," Lucille politely asked the Baker. 

" Of course," The Baker takes the box of Macaron as he carefully hands it to Lucille. 

" How much for the box of Macaron?" Lucille politely asked the Baker while she carefully held the pastry. 

The Baker tells Lucille how much the box of Macaron cost, which caused Matteo to turn to Enrique. 

" Enrique. Can you pay for the young lady's box of Macaron for me, please?" Matteo politely asked Enrique. 

Enrique walks up to the Baker as he pulls out a brown bag, and he gives the money to the Baker. 

" That is nice of you, Matteo," Esperanza kindly smiled at Matteo.  

Lucille wears a surprised gaze when she sees the brown-haired male pay for her box of Macaron. The blonde-haired female opens the case as she pulls out a Strawberry Macaron, which is her favorite. The young female walks up to the younger brown-haired male, and she held the pastry to him. 

" Thank you! For buying my Macaron. Here is a Strawberry Macaron. It's delicious and my favorite," Lucille kindly smiled at the brown-haired male. 

Matteo blinks in surprise that the blonde-haired female is giving him a Macaron. The brown-haired male politely smiled as he takes the Strawberry pastry. 

" Thank you, My Lady. You did not have to give me anything in return. But, I shall accept this Strawberry Macaron," Matteo opens his mouth, and he takes a bite of the pastry. " Delicioso!" The brown-haired male brightly smiled. 

" I am glad you like the Macaron. I should get going," Lucille was about to leave, but she stopped when the brown-haired male calls out to her. 

" What is your name?" Matteo politely asked Lucille. 

Lucille turns to Matteo. 

" My name is Lucille Bernard," Lucille curtseyed. 

Matteo warmly smiled, thinking that Lucille comes from a noble background. The brown-haired male walks up to the blonde-haired female as he takes her hand in his, and he gently kissed it. 

" Nice to meet you, Lady Lucille. My name is Matteo De La Rosas," Matteo politely introduced himself to Lucille. 

Esperanza and Enrique quietly stared at the young children as they smiled, finding the interaction adorable. 

Lucille giggled. 

" Nice to meet you, Mat-teo!" Lucille kindly smiled at Matteo. " I need to get going. My best friend is waiting to take me home," The blonde-haired female politely nods her head at the brown-haired male, and his family as she quickly leaves the bakery. 

" Wait!" Matteo shouts, but he frowns when he sees that Lucille has disappeared into the crowded streets. " I was going to take you home," The brown-haired male sadly sighed since he did not want the lovely blonde-haired female to get hurt. 

" It is okay, Matteo," Esperanza affectionately pinched her son's cheek. " Go buy some pastries. Your brother wants to try some chocolate Eclairs," The brown-haired female tells Matteo.

Matteo politely nods his head as he wonders if he will ever see Lucille again since the blonde-haired female treated him like a normal person instead of a Prince from the Spanish Kingdom.