Common Sense of a Duke’s Daughter

At the salon, drink tea gracefully by yourself.

Although my heart usually soothes in beautiful condiments and decorated flowers... only today, it doesn't.

"Ugh..."

"Well, Iris. What's the matter with you? You look so sunken."

It was your mother who showed up with her bright and soft voice.

"Mother..."

"You there, give me the same thing as Iris."

That said, your mother lowers her back to my opposite seat.

"Maybe a break?

"... Yep. I'm a little tired."

"It's not a good idea to pack the roots. You look just like your husband."

Smiling with Couscous is as beautiful as ever.

The work of taking a tea bowl to my mouth is also beautiful, and I fall in love with it unexpectedly while my mother.

"Are you sure you're just tired? Sounds like you're worried about something?

To your mother's words, I harden in surprise.

Would it be that easy for me to understand?

"... Iris. Hey, let's go outside. If I'm stuck inside, I'll just think of the worse."

That said, Mother started walking with Stasta when she grabbed my hand.

"Huh? Huh?

Mother seems to have the power to differ from what she looks like, and I will be pulled aside.

Looking back, I saw the samurai on my side as a dick.

... your mother pulled my hand for a few minutes.

More than a dozen minutes of being stuffed and rocked by a carriage without any explanation.

They climbed longer stairs.

I was on a tower high enough to see the king's capital.

"... beautiful..."

Beautiful enough to whine so unexpectedly.

The blue sky is closer than usual and the sunlight gently envelops it.

In the light of it, the Wang Capital also looks more beautiful than usual.

"Yeah, you look beautiful. Iris."

"Mother, this is..."

"This used to be a watchtower for Wang Du's security. It should still be under military jurisdiction."

"... we let you in well"

In short, you mean an army facility, right? Though aristocratic, I was surprised that it was something we in the average person often put in.

"Using your father's name would be easy."

I'm afraid of your mother, who said that without warning.

"... I've been here since I was a kid. So I know the guard here."

That's what I said, and your mother smiled.

"... What used to bother your mother?

"Hehe... for example, when you fought with your father, or when your father lost you in martial arts archery"

Mother talks pleasantly.

"And then you came here when my dream was turned down."

"Mother's dream, is...? Mother, what the..."

Mother's dream...... I can't imagine.

People who are proud of their flourishing in the social sphere.

So much so that everything seems to be in its hands.

I don't understand the dreams that such a mother gave up.

"Once upon a time I wanted to be a soldier."

My eyes dotted on the unexpected answer.

"... military, is it?

"Yeah.... I've been learning martial arts since I was a little girl. That's because my mother was robbed of her life by a burglar."

I'm also surprised by the fact that I didn't know.

"Your father's mourning was a tough one. With so many victories, that man who wished for peace in his country... could not protect his own wife, and he never dreamed that it would be taken away by the people who had protected him"

My chest hurt.

A hero of war.... Savior of the battlefield.

I can't believe your grandfather, who is called that way, can't protect your grandmother and take her life.

That, too, to the people who have protected it.

"Me too, my mother died... and I started learning martial arts. Your father didn't object because of your mother.... I don't learn anything like your manners or noble children learn, just like a boy who admires samurai"

I'm just surprised at what you just said.

How many times have I been surprised by your mother's conversation just today...

'Cause it's your mother, right?

I can't believe the kind of mother you call your lady's mirror didn't learn any manners when she was little.

"... Was your father's teaching good or was he just as talented as your father said again? I've never lost an older father's apprentice the same age. Is your father the only loser I remember?

I can't laugh at all at the words I say with a smile.

"... When did your mother ever want to be a soldier? He wants to be a soldier and protect his country like your father."

"... but it was also the people of this country who took your grandmother's life, wasn't it? And yet, why..."

"Right...... You're right, I hated the bandits who took your mother's life, and I had no idea what it was like to be deprived of your mother and your father trying to protect the people. Is it from hate, or really, just because I wanted to protect myself? Honestly, I learned martial arts. I don't even know how to kick ass."

Mother's smile was always shady.

exposed to the sun. It feels very dull.

"So I guess it is.... When your father caught the thief, I became a carrappo once. What the hell were you doing martial arts for? I can't see the purpose anymore.... a lot, I've thought about it here. What am I wearing martial arts for? Think about it... thanks to this sight, I've got my mind sorted out."

“Look," he said... along with those words, Mother fingers the sight under her eyes.

A lot of people. And a beautiful city.

"There are people in every one of those buildings..." It's because they're alive, "there's a daily gain, you can cry and laugh. What a beautiful and honorable thing... I thought so."

"Mother..."

"Certainly, some people have lost themselves to the bandits. But there are many more powerless people than that. And don't ever mourn a sudden tragedy like me or my family. Let this sight last forever. I wanted to protect my hands by dyeing them with blood."

That heavy readiness pounds my chest.

"... that, when I was little, I was ready for that...?

"I wonder if it's because I lost someone I care about. I don't want to lose it any more, maybe it's because I felt strongly about it."

"Mother..."

"But, you know, reality didn't work. Because the military is forbidden to women. The words of the men who lost to me in the game shoved reality at me, shattering my dreams by the time I was completely skinless."

The men were also annoyed to say that they were little men... and that it was about the inner past.

Because I am like this, how was your mother's mood at the time?

"Didn't you think to be a knight?

The knight, though slightly, has a door open to women as well.

That's for royal female protection.

"I didn't wear martial arts to protect the royals. Besides, the fact that women knights are decorations is one way or another."

Sure, and snorts at your mother's words.

Though women knights are each required to have more than a certain standard of martial arts, they rarely look into the eyes of the day. He said he was neglected to go out into battle, because he was a woman, and that he would hardly stand on the arrow side of battle.

"... I'm here again. But there was nothing I could do about it all then. Anyway, the goal I found just disappeared."

The vengeful opponent disappeared. Instead, even the dreams I found disappeared.

...... I even thought I had everything in my hand. Reflect on what I thought I had in my mother's past.

That's when I met my husband here.

"Is that your father..."

"Yes. At the time, your husband's father was still about the prime minister's status. Since I've been here on inspection, my husband has loved it so much that he's come here a lot."

... Really, I wondered for a moment if the security here would be okay.

Well, good because he's not unidentified... is he?

"By my side crying, my husband looks out at the view completely indifferent to me. Looks like a disturber came to my favorite place, and I, I'm embarrassed to win."

My mother dyed my cheeks and told me that she seemed to be listening to me gradually. I was losing my temper.

"But to that husband. I was told."

"I was told...... is it?

"Yes.“ If we were to give up, it would have been to that extent. "

Your father used to say those words like chasing a crying girl.

I think your mother would be happy to talk about it.

"" What did you polish your martial arts for? "That's what they asked me.“ To honor the martial arts in the army, or to protect the people? If the former, you should cry as much as you want. If it's the latter, why do I need to cry? "... that's what they said."

"... if the latter, why cry..."

"Yeah, yeah. I guess this is what your husband wanted to say.“ I wonder if the means are intended. "

I see, I'm convinced.

If your mother's dream was to join the army and gain the utmost honor, it would certainly have been completely rejected.

But if you say it's to protect the people...

"" If the aim is to protect, only one means has been crushed. In many ways, we can support the cause of the people. I intend to make it out of sentences, not martial arts.... but it's not far from my father yet ". Yes, he said. I was shocked by the words… I felt like I woke up. Then it's a matchmaking seat for my husband. I respected my like-minded husband, and I fell in love. And tied up with my husband… I decided to set foot on another battlefield"

"Another battlefield, is it"

"Yeah, yeah. A whole other battlefield, the social world."

The way you say that and smile was so proud... dazzling.

And I laughed unexpectedly.

It's definitely a battlefield.

"... Mother. Thank you for bringing me here today. As for, a little more... can I see the view from here?

"Yeah, sure."