Common Sense of a Warrior

Then after the lesson I exit the room and I walk towards the front door.

I don't know... but if you visit a boulder every day, you'll see the structure.

No one has guided me already.

That seems to be recognized as my fiancée...... my future family, and I'm a little happy.

"Oh, isn't that Mary?"

Looking back at the familiar tone and voice, Uncle Romel was there.

"Uncle Romel... Dear Romel"

I accidentally tried to say the nickname I was used to, but I'll fix it right away and thank you.

"Uncle Romel said it was good. Even if I'm more afraid now, I'll be lit up."

As always, I laughed a little bitterly inside that I was half uncomfortable being in this mansion.

"... he is such an immature man that, as he said earlier, he uttered his name in an aggressive manner. So can you forgive me until I get used to calling you 'Lady Romel'?"

"... if that's the case, I don't know what else to do. Even so, Mary has changed a lot. Are you squeezed by Aurelia long enough?

"Well... I agree that Aurelia's teaching is wonderful, but it's narrowed down. So we have a story to tell."

"Right.... Sure, your guts are muscled."

"Thank you, I'm afraid."

"Ha-ha-ha... you're totally on the board. Aurelia praises you for swallowing fast."

"Well......"

I finally stopped at the compliments I could hear from the unexpected.

"He's tough on manners inside. But I was happy to talk about you. She said she was a 'strong' lady."

Master Aurelia was told, of course, that it would not mean combat, but spiritual.

I was purely pleased that you appreciated it there.

That's the only weapon I have now.

"Well, good luck with that. There will be a lot of confusion in it when you go to a very different battlefield than before. You could be a strong man there.... Well, it's time for me to excuse myself. I'm sorry I stopped."

When I said that and laughed nicely, I walked down the road where I came from.

I thank you again and drop you off.

I guess you're busy, and I thought I was looking at that back blurry.

Though it was as pleasant as before, there was something thin and neighborly beneath its eyes.

Will Lomel also continue to fight where she has identified herself as a battlefield?

I'm sure you do.

… what identifies the Duke of Almeria family.

Past...... I want to beat the thought of myself before my engagement face-to-face.

Even if they're just one side of them now that I'm watching, they're still 'noble' enough.

It's completely different from what I imagined it to be, but it must be the original aristocracy.

I had a sense of respect for the way I tried to fulfill what I bore by understanding my duty.

And if it were to come true...... I thought I wanted to be the woman this house deserved.

No, not if it comes true.

When I made it happen, I renewed my resolve to do so.

"Mary. What's the matter with you standing here?

Once again a familiar voice enters my ear, and I turn back to me.

"Louis!... sorry, I've been thinking a little bit"

"Right. If there's nothing wrong with that, fine."

Louis also enrolled in school and lived in dormitories, so even if I visit the Duke of Almeria's house every day, I actually only see him enough to count with one hand since that pageant.

... That's what I missed just a little.

Nevertheless, I can't say enough because Louis is also working hard in Louis.

"... do you have time?

"Well... the carriage keeps me waiting, but I don't have any plans after this."

"Right. Then hang out a little bit."

That's how Louis takes my hand and leads the way.

I was connected one day when I strayed in the city. And the same hand.

My mouth angle rose naturally to the warmth coming from it.

At the same time, my cheeks are just a little hot.

We arrived after Louis as it was made, and it was in the courtyard that we arrived.

When he escorts me to the bench on the edge of the garden, he makes me sit there.

And I sat down beside me myself.

"... flowers around here are usually just about now. I wanted to show you someday, but I'm glad it came true"

I feel more and more heat gathering on my cheeks in the words that went on.

"How about a lesson?

"Well, the training... the lessons will be very much studied. Every day I know something I never knew before is more fun than I thought."

"Right. That's certainly fun."

That said, Louis smiled small.

"I can't imagine what Louis doesn't know."

"What are you talking about? There's so much you don't know, huh?... Now you didn't know Mary was a lady of the Anderson Marquis."

"... when they say that, they'll just say yes."

"Ha... right"

Louis stroked my head so as to fix my mood, which was slightly annoying.

"How's school?

"Well... I guess it's interesting. Because the gathering of all the nobles of the same generation is probably not outside of the school. Senior Parks is doing well, too."

"Well... do you see your brother often?

"Different grades, so it's not that frequent. Ever since I went to say hello as Mary's fiancée, I've been talking to her every now and then."

"Yes..."

I will never meet your brother at school.

Because before I go to school, your brother has graduated.

After all, are you different from your brother in school who shows me as his brother?

I admire your brother as a family, so I'm just a little concerned.

If you're thinking about that, Louis reaches for my hair.

"... hair, you've stretched"

"Yeah, 'cause I'm stretching out now.... What do you think?

I honestly care about Louis because he was exposed to much shorter hair.

"... it looks good on you. Short hair, long hair."

"Hehe...... glad. Thanks."

The wind blew and the hair on my shoulder swayed with salaries.

Put your hand on his cheek a little closer and gaze at his face.

"... hey, is Louis sleeping?

... While asking, I was relieved that I didn't see a neighborhood like Uncle Romel under his eyes.

"What's up? Suddenly."

"I think there was a neighborhood under Lomel's eyes.... I was worried that Louis would do the same if he was busier. Especially since Louis seems to continue to help Lomel even after he enrolls in school."

"... I'm fine. Unlike my father, I'm young. Even if I'm slightly impotent, my body will follow me"

"Say that already. As I said before, it's too late to break your body.

"Thank you for your advice."

"Oh, you can't just take it. I need you to listen in."

Louis laughed again when he said words like I would take a fried leg.

"You took one.... right, I'll try to listen."

"Absolutely.... the aristocrats had the image that pride was higher and shoulder strained in vain.... even though I'm part of a nobleman."

Continue the words with a bitter laugh.

"But when I got here, that changed a lot. Rather, as much as I was ashamed of myself for thinking so. I thought I knew just the impression, and I was judging myself by it."

"Nobility, as you think, will be in there. Besides, if you change your position because it's us, you'll see it differently.... Impressions are horrible. I know only part of it and I know everything. When I feel like it, there's a big mistake."

Sure, yeah.

I found out, and based on that, what a terrible thing to make a decision about.

Being able to peddle what others have heard and fail to think for yourself, or thinking about a group in bulk and not looking at individual differences… so can you put up your chest without regret later that the decisions you make are ultimately correct?

... This lesson will never be forgotten for the time to engage with the various people from now on and make some decisions in it.

"Right. That hurts."

"But you're in training now, aren't you? Then why don't you say, 'It's good to learn something new'?

"Hehe, that's true.... Hey, Louis. One weird question..."

Cut the words and peek at Louis.

He didn't show any tricks to block my words.

"Why would everyone in the Duke of Almeria want to be so aristocratic?

"I don't care why... what is the definition of nobility in you now, in the first place?

"... with that said, what could it be?

So far, it has been Aurelia-like nobility in me.

Understand well the authority you have and use it for the good of the people... such, attitude.

However, I felt a little different when asked if it was all about the nobility.

... would still be a testament left in me that the very definition of nobility has not been consolidated.

"I'm sorry, I'll rephrase it. … how can you think and act for the people?

"I wonder why?... I can only answer that because this is normal in my house. If I insist, in my case, I've been taken out to various places to know the people."

"Yeah......? All the Dukes of Almeria?

Convince yourself with a corner of your head, even as you speak your doubts.

I hear that Lomel and her father met at a city drinker, and Louis and I met all over the city.

I had never slowly thought about the environment visibly changing, but now that I know that the two men are from the Duke of Almeria family, that is certainly unnatural.

It would not normally be possible to meet the great lord, the next lord, if he were walking around the city...

... Though I'm totally putting myself on the shelf.

"Without knowing the status quo, it would be difficult to come up with new measures or amend them, wouldn't it? So I guess. In fact, I decided my own path when I went to the battlefield with the Twiles."

However, if it is for the sake of government, it certainly falls.

I went out into the city myself and made contact with them... because that's how I learned so much.

Above all, I found the guiding principle myself, because I definitely owe it to that experience.

"Yes..."

"But it's stranger to me that you wonder."

"Oh, how could that be?

"I don't want you to feel the same way about yourself, he wants to protect you... where is the world so determined that you have a noble warrant to survive the harsh training of General Gazelle?

I laugh bitterly at Louis' question.

"In my case, you see... because what drove me when I had the most rigorous training was something different"

"You did.... well, I've respected you since then."

"... Huh?

"Whatever the purpose, I wonder how many people do that General Gazelle training... General Gazelle's training is certainly popular, but on the other hand, its harshness and rigour are famous, isn't it?

It was a remark that didn't get any real sense to me that only your father taught me long after I started training.

Honestly, I wonder what the hell other people's training looks like.

... I won't have a chance to find out anymore.

"I was also convinced that this is why the elite gather beneath General Gazelle.... aside from that, a girl younger than herself continues to be trained to run away with that strong will, too, a big man. Knowing that, I have a lot of respect for you. And I was inspired by your very existence."

"... thanks"

To my words, Louis grinned softly and stroked his head.

Louis' smile really bad for his heart exhales inside as he shifts his eyes away from him.

I usually just wrap a sharp vibe around it, and sometimes when I see you laugh softly, it still beats faster and I don't know why it's good.

"... By the way, does Louis come here often?

"Right. When your father has a report and you have a little free time, don't come for a break very often.... Look, watching the green would calm your mind, right? That's how I feel when I'm tired."

Gently meditate your eyes and listen to the whispers of the wind.

Flowers dance to it, trees sing.

If I opened my eyes to be invited, the sunlight would illuminate the beautiful flowers.

As if the spotlight were illuminating the actor.

"Sure, yeah. So beautiful... so calming."

Gently, now Louis hands on my cheek.

"You've got a good smile."

"Huh..."

For a moment, I couldn't grasp its sincerity.

"As I began to learn under my mother, the atmosphere that surrounded you changed. I felt so tense that I felt so cloudy smiling. That's probably because you're working hard to acquire new knowledge and skills.... but I don't need to lose what's good about you."

"My good, where?

"There 'll be plenty of them, won't there? Towards the goal, straight ahead. Honestly, where I cry and laugh at my heart. And so will the martial arts arms you wear."

"But... I can't be the same as I used to be. Isn't that right?

Like this slightly stretched hair.

"You sure do. Sometimes you will have to suppress yourself in order to blend in so that you don't get bounced off the group as you engage with many people from now on. In that way, we will have to create a thick mask and continue to wear it.... but don't worry about it until it's in front of me. I don't want to wear a mask, but if you stay that way, that's good for me."

"Louis......"

It was a word that never occurred to me.

Since Aurelia taught me, how far away I was from the nobleman's maid... because I understood that very well.

That's why I thought I had to push myself to death until now.

I thought that was also what I needed to do for my way forward.

But Louis denied it.

You've affirmed me so far.... the whole thing, he said he liked it.

"... arrogant, wishful though"

But Louis says so and laughs bitterly.

"Arrogance? Why?

"Because it's like the Ten Himself who dragged me down this road is hoping that I won't change. There's nothing different about it."

"... right. Nothing will ever change."

I lay my own hands on his hands.

"But I am now... saved. As usual, good. There's no other way, you can tell me that. You don't have to truncate what you've been piling up... because you told me so"

Aristocratic preference is one of the weapons.

Yes, even though Master Aurelia said so.

At some point, I feel like I was making all my masks a priority.

Gently, drop a kiss in his hand.

"Thanks, Louis"

Louis grabbed the overlapping hand and looked over his face and overlaid his lips.

"… first, do you want to set up a training center in this house"

After the lips are apart, I wonder if they stopped at close range like the nose and nose touching each other, so I whine.

"Is it good!?

"... you didn't believe what I just said?

"No way. But I can't believe that's good either"

Of course.

"Thanks! Louis!

Too much joy, I held Louis as I was.

"... will continue to put a lot of hard work into it. But don't accumulate. Say anything. Because this is how I'm gonna count on you."

Louis' head hits my shoulder.

Its weight and warmth are terribly comfortable.

"Yeah......"

I thought I could work hard.

He wanted to work hard, that's what I thought.

Next to him, to walk with him.