"Brother - not Lady Setuna!

"To?"

Suddenly the voice I heard jumped into Setsuna's ear was the morning after her arrival in Ryufu.

Yesterday, almost half a day after arriving in the dragon, it felt like I was swung by Gracia, and I didn't have time to rest my heart until I got to sleep in my own room. Given Gracia's mood, I don't know why she hasn't gone that far, and if she can distract me, it's Setuna, my subordinate, who wants to do anything for you, but she was, nevertheless, mentally exhausted. I was so exhausted that my eyes couldn't get cold when the morning came, and the lems and the like that came to wake me were so much that Setuna had laughed at the rarity of sleeping slowly.

Such a morning.

I heard the voice I heard when I was finishing my breakfast with Gracia and doing some light post-meal exercise in the outer yard of Heavenly Wheel Palace. Turning to his voice, he saw a chestnut-haired girl rushing over with a black puppy like a hairball. Whatever you think, it was Elina-Carone and Neewe.

"Elina?"

"Yeah, it's Elina!

Running up to Setuna's sight, Elina nodded loudly with a full grin. Seeing how energetic she was, she seemed to gain some strength. Yesterday's fatigue also blows away. At the same time, however, questions arise.

"Why are you in Dragon House?

Elina was supposed to live with her family in the new town of Gandion, Wang capital, and there was no way she was in the Dragon House. Wang Du and Long Fu are far away. The Dragon House is a tourist city and there are many tourists - thanks undoubtedly to the congressman Dunn Edge-Bunell - although it is not surprising that they visited it for tourist purposes.

"I don't know!

"I don't know... dude"

"Sarris, my father brought me here!

"When?

"It was a long time ago! Neewe's with us!

"A long time ago..."

Setuna snapped her words backwards as she bent onto the spot and stroked the tail-wielding puppy Niewe. What I can tell from Elina's vague way of saying it is that she doesn't remember the exact number of days, and also that it's not what happened the last few days.

"It's the master's plan."

When I looked up, Miliu stood behind Elina. I had no idea when I was getting closer, probably because Setuna was too distracted by Elina. That's about it, Setuna was surprised that Elina was in the Dragon House. And I can finally see how she came to Heavenly Wheel Palace. Miryu must have brought me here. I don't know why Miliu knows that Elina is in the Dragon House, but I just need to hear it from her.

"A military teacher? Ein?

"Yeah."

What Miliu thinks as he stares at the nod is about Ein. Ein-Rajar. Why did he send Erina to the Dragon House when he became Gandia's military master? No, coming to the Dragon House a long time ago must be what happened before he became a military teacher.

"How could Ayn?

"Mr. Mireille told me that Saris-Erion's move to the Dragon House was quickly decided, and they moved in with Elina."

"Transfer......"

You said, "Saris-Erion, right?

"Oh."

He is a city guard in Karan, a friend of Faria's and a person who has continued to support where Erina's mother, Mireil-Carone, lost her husband and was mentally weak. I hope Mireille was able to get back on his feet thanks to Sarris, who not only seems to be owed a debt of gratitude to Sarris, but has also become deeply in love with him. Sarris seems to think that continuing to support Mireille and Elina is the purpose of her life, and Elina wants those two marriages. That's why I'm your father, Sarris. They're not married yet, but if they can sort out Elina's father any day, Mireille will be stomping through remarriage with Sarris. That will be for Elina, a return to Sarris, who has supported and protected her for a long time.

Setsuna doesn't know Sarris that deeply. but he was a deeply impressive person. He was the one who praised Setuna when he entered the burning Karan. He would have liked to have tried to save one at all from the city of Karan, which was engulfed by a great fire. I can see from that one thing that you are a man of a strong sense of justice.

It's a relief that Elina is taking care of him like that.

"City Guard...... Wasn't it?

"Yeah."

"Transfer…?"

"Maldia, in conjunction with the rescue,"

Miliu looks lovingly at Elina, who plays with Neewe.

"... you mean in anticipation of a conspiracy to rebel"

Sounds like it.

"But why again?

"Well, isn't it because Setuna would be hurt if something happened to your apprentice or his family?

"Me?

"Can you think of anything else? I don't think that the Master will think of me."

Miliu has gone on with his sarcastic look because he knows exactly what kind of thought a person named Ayn-Rajar acts on.

"... Indeed"

"For Setuna's sake, I'll go along with it."

"Right..."

"But, well, that's okay. I don't know about me. If your apprentice and his family are safe."

Miliu's words were also Setsuna's thoughts. If Elina and her family are safe, the process doesn't matter. The fact that they are safe is important, and it's a trivial story, such as what worked for them.

"Master!"

"I'll see what I can do with my personal training later."

"Yes! Regards! Master!"

"Ugh."

(Ein... na)

It was Ayn's face smiling past Setuna's brain staring at the heartwarming exchange between the master and his disciple. I had nothing more than to thank him for thinking that far, and then when I met Ayn, I thought I had to convey my thanks in person for this.

Elina is one of Setuna's most important people. If anything happened to her, Setuna would have gone mad, and if it did, I don't know if she could have restrained herself. Gisellcourt had nothing to do with the citizens of Wangdu after the reign of Wangdu, and there is no record that the Gisellcourt army worked abusively. Gisele Court was righteous in his conspiracy to rebel. You must not have wanted to do anything more violent against the King's city people than to do righteousness. Even if Elina and the others were in the king's capital, there would never have been anything to hurt them.

But sometimes just in case.

What Ein feared was its potential, and for that reason he worked for the City Guard, transferring Salis-Erion to the Dragon House. At the time of the Maldia rescue, it may be said that the City Guard was under Gisele Court's control, and it can be imagined that Ain's manipulation of Sarris' transfer would have been some time before that. I don't know what's really going on, and maybe I went in a situation where it's under Giselle Court's control.

In any case, I guess it means that he, the chief of operations at the General Staff, was somewhat before breakfast.

"Oh, it's not Elina. Are you here now?

And it was Gracia Leia-Gandia, whoever she was, who showed up with words she would never imagine. Then, once again, there is one thing that shows an unexpected reaction.

"Oh, Shea!

"Ha......!?

"And Shea......!?

To Elina's word, Setuna looked at Miliu and her face, just, stunned. My head turns bright white for a moment.

Gracia walked over fine, bending over and hugging Elina, then stroking the puppy Niewe's head. Niewe is wielding a round tail even towards Gracia.

"Niewe, how are you today?"

"Seems happy to see you, Shea!

"Ugh, I'm glad to see you too, Elina, Niewe."

Gracia's full grin was as if the words were coming from the heart.

"How much, what do you mean?!?

"Whatever Elina is, she's Shea..."

"Nothing like this, either?

"I'm a friend!

She looked back at this one and proudly introduced me to Elina, but she felt uncomfortable from Setsuna's and Miliu's reactions, and put on her little neck. The trick was strangely adorable.

"What, do you know your brother and his master?

"I don't know anyone..."

"Her Highness the Queen..."

When Miliu told him, Elina rebelled and stiffened the word.

"Empress... Your Highness..."

"Oh, I'm so bulky."

Niewe licked her cheek as Gracia lowered her eyes sadly.

"I thought you had a reciprocal friend because of..."

"Shea is Her Royal Highness the Queen...... Yep, yep, yep!?

"Disciple, you weren't a king city citizen..."

Against Elina, who was as stunned as she was, Miliu looked troubled. I don't seem to know what to do with my apprentice's reaction anymore.

"Were you? But just because you live in the king's capital doesn't mean you know my face, Miliu."

Gracia smiled, holding Niewe.

"Something that hasn't been on the table much lately"

He said that exiting the rear palace was rare in itself and even forbidden from exiting the royal palace compartment.

Such Gracia and Elina said they got to know each other because Elina got lost in the Heavenly Wheel Palace when she was taking a walk in Niewe.

Although the Heavenly Wheel Palace was laid with strict precautions by the Dragon Palace Guards, it was extremely difficult to catch Elina chasing Niewe, who jumped into the property, he said. It is also natural that such a report was not raised by the Dragon Palace Guard in the pitiful story. Then we reviewed the security system, and we talked about it never happening again, but at that first glance, Elina met Gracia, and she became friends. If this wasn't Elina, if it was an outsider intrusion, it would have been a big case.

Gracia said she became friends because her owner, Elina, appeared where she adored Neewe, who had strayed into Heavenly Wheel Palace, and didn't know about Gracia.

Gracia seemed to want a friend who would treat herself not as a queen, but as an individual named Gracia. Age difference doesn't matter there, which is why Gracia said she had touched Erina as a real friend and looked forward to her visit to Heavenly Wheel Palace.

"Will you continue to be my friend on the street?

"Shea... if His Royal Highness is okay with that..."

Erina tried to respond with a traceable salute, but Gracia clouded her expression as soon as possible.

"Oh, no, call me Shea."

"So, but..."

"Elina, please"

Setuna was struck by Gracia's appearance as she looked up at Erina to her ascendancy.

"... Elina"

"Is that okay?

"That's what they want."

When Setuna snapped softly, Elina nodded small.

"Yeah...... okay. Shea, keep it up."

"Thank you, Elina. You can keep it that way."

"Yeah!"

"Ugh. Setuna, thank you too"

Gracia laughed with heartfelt joy. That smile alone blew the anxiety in Setuna.

"I've never been a regular friend before, Elina."

That one word of Gracia was something that made me think about her life, born to a nobleman and married to a king.

The days in the Dragon House were both peaceful and extreme as well as difficult.

Not knowing that the exodus of Gracia Leia-Gandia, the queen free from the royal palace, would remain, because Setuna and the others, had to be swept by her.

That gives rise to the perception that it is more a part of the job than a vacation.

The other queen is the queen. It is no exaggeration to say that he is the king's mother and is at the apex of Gandia's power. He is more powerful than the few Setuna. Neither did Setuna, and Gracia had nothing to disagree with Gracia's selfishness as one of those in the Dragon House that Setuna couldn't.

Nevertheless, there is nothing like pushing the impossible.

Gracia's selfishness and other cute things, Setuna and the others were exhausted and had nothing to hate about Gracia. Rather, I liked it more and more.

First, on the second night, Gracia's proposal that Setuna and Faria's birthday party be held surprised the Setunas, while also impressing them. Faria's birthday was May 4th and Setuna was born the next five days, both of which were about the end of the war, and it is new to her memory that she was not celebrating her birthday. Even after the war, time passes without time to celebrate birthdays and even after a month the need to celebrate them diminishes. Last year, we had that fancy birthday party. It was about the arrow tip I thought I might not have to do anything this year.

It seems that Gracia had been secretly thinking about it since she found out about Setuna's visit to the Dragon House, and she was working out what feast to make with the samurai and the samurai.

Not only was Setsuna impressed by the honor of having a birthday party with the Empress Mizu, but she also reinforced her admiration for Gracia.

Sometimes it's Setuna's birthday party, and it goes without saying that it's become a big one. Setsuna is the leader of the Dragon House. If it is to be the birthday of Uncle Tsuruo, the leading men of the Dragon Mansion will have to join us. Once called the Pendragon clan and one of the privileged classes of Zalwarn gathered, he also visited Eula-Ribaien, head of the army regiment on the Zalwarn side, and that night the Temple of Heavenly Wheel Palace Tae became a fuss.

Setuna and Faria, thanking Gracia for her care, burned in her eyes the figure of the Empress, who looked delightfully at the birthday party, which even began to present a festive look.

I guess Gracia likes doing something for someone from the bottom of her heart.

It seemed natural for the Gandian people to respect Gracia like that.