His Royal Highness's cats are very hairy.

"Which one can I take?

When Adaline crouches, she stares at them as they lurk in the soil and grow green leaves.

of vegetable gardens, fields of root vegetables.

Adeline tied her hair down to her hair and wore a very simple dress - short sleeves and long, very easy to walk through. The flower hat gets in the way, so I'm wrapping a triangular scarf around my head instead.

Farmer's trail daughter if it's just outfits, but she has no farming experience at all. Of course, there's no way I know how ripe the root vegetables are buried in the soil. As a matter of fact, the rat just accidentally pulled out a little root vegetable.

vegetable gardener and his son daughter-in-law are panicking behind Adeline

"Lady, we will. How much do you want?

"Thank you. But I want to. It'll be a hassle, but can you tell me which ones are good to harvest?

"I'll tell you."

A young granddaughter of a vegetable gardener crouches down to lean against Adeline.

"Well, thank you very much. Can you help me?

Adeline turns around and speaks to Lyle and Deo, who stand idly behind her.

"Ha..."

"... Yes, sir..."

Although I will reply, the two of them are moving dull.

Though sudden, they were officially appointed Adeline's dedicated escort knight today. Adeline nominated him.

It is a great honor for a knight to be your devoted knight. But the two of them have a look that doesn't float for some reason.

-... maybe you didn't want to be my devotee...

I had a problem once. It would have been the only thing left of the two of us to be obsessed with Adeline.

Plus an outrage that makes proud knights do field work. Adeline stopped her hand.

"Um... if you don't like it..."

Millet gets up all the time.

I wonder what's wrong, in front of Adeline looking up, Millet breathes heavily, and -...

"Thank goodness I became the lady's devoted knight! Move it!

"Yes!

"Swimmer!

Both Lyle and Deo started to move like they were played.

That's Millet.

Last night, Adaline asked Millet about the poison.

Millet seems to have known for a long time, but he seemed to have been stopped by Rutvias. Don't let Adeline frighten you.

'His Royal Highness also told me to stop poisoning my daughter. Because if anything happens to me, the lady will be sad... I thought I'd do the poisoning.'

I remember when Millet said, 'Take care of someone like me, too'. That must have been it.

Millet was also working with Aurio to find out about female officers and samurai officers, apparently, in an effort to identify poisonous, mixed paths.

"... Um!

Lyle, leaning against the field, stood up thoughtfully and came all the way before Adeline.

I stretch my spine, turn my hands back, and feel a little nervous.

"One for the lady. Can you forgive me for asking?

"Oh, man. Lyle."

"Go ahead?"

Adeline also rose.

"I heard it was the ladies who chose to follow me exclusively this time."

"Yeah, thanks for taking it on. But if you don't like it..."

"Me... me and Deo are from civilians. Besides, I was disrespectful and discreet towards your daughter.... Why us?

Seeing Deo, he's asking this one too. Apparently, they both cared about that and looked like they wouldn't float.

Joining the Knights is not the child of a real wife, or many noble sons with several older brothers and low inheritance rights, equal to none. Civilians are still a minority in the Knights because it is not a problem for them to join the army, but they will need economic leeway to take the Knights degree. Especially at birth, it is undeniable that those of noble origin will benefit.

Of royalty -... Adeline is not royal yet, but it can be said that it is unusual for people of civilian origin to be nominated as royalty equivalent nobles to become dedicated knights.

Maybe Lyle and Deo can't help but be honest about their birth, and it would be Adeline's duty to explain them to their satisfaction.

My father asked me the same thing.

"What did you answer?

In response to Deo's inquiry, Adeline answered honestly.

The candlestick fire shook.

The Chancellor's office has no wasted ornaments and the shelves are stunningly packed with books. They are precious books with all things written down, such as the history and laws of Rude Saxony, and Adeline's father, Fanias Marcelio, remembers all their contents.

It was just Adeline and my father indoors. Rutvias' condition also settled, and Adaline quit his room as he laid down on his own bedroom. And he visited the Chancellor's office. I want a dedicated knight, to wish.

The Chancellor kept a chair in front of a fireplace without fire and sat there. When thinking, it's up to him to look at the fireplace, whether there's fire or not. That doesn't change even in your own residence.

Adeline stands beside such a father.

"... I don't mind choosing a knight. But why choose those two? There are others who excel."

To Adeline, who gave the names of Lyle and Deo, the Chancellor showed a difficult color. The Chancellor certainly remembered that they had been disrespectful and cautious about Adeline the other day.

In fact, the Chancellor has always told me to choose a dedicated knight. If you can't choose, even if the Chancellor will look into it.

Adeline, however, had stretched ahead that it was not necessary because she rarely went out outside of the public service. Adeline's escorts are essentially carried out by private soldiers of the Marcelio family, and knights are dispatched from the Royal Palace only during official duties. If you marry and become the Crown Princess, you will be escorted by knights all day long, even if you do not like it. Then it wouldn't be too late to pick your own dedicated knight, Adeline thought.

But now, Adeline wants a knight. To move freely.

Adeline took a small, deep breath. You always need a little courage in front of a tough father.

"I've never done anything like that from them. Because no matter what everyone actually thought, they would bow their heads just because I'm Marcelio's daughter. What the two of them showed me is the face on the back that I don't normally see, good or bad."

Once, Adaline cut the word. Organize your head, assemble your words. Bad work, but not too bitter these days.

-... Your Highness...

Because Rutvias will wait for Adeline.

It was at the beginning of the reunion that Rutvias was at the head of the hurry for Adeline, but now he waits patiently for Adeline to look for words. Don't rush. Thanks to this, Adeline is in no hurry, and as a result, she can quickly find the words she wants to say.

Then, strangely enough, even if someone other than Rutvias was dealing with him, he became less silent in his search for words.

"I need someone I can trust. You can't believe someone you don't know. If they've seen the back and the table, at least I can tell you I know them better than the other knights just on the top."

That's why I chose Lyle and Deo as my dedicated knights.

The Chancellor looked into his daughter's eyes and said:

"What if those two resented you? What if I was trying to do you harm?

"I don't mind if you don't run it. As long as they're loyal to the goddess and to the royal family, they'll treat me politely, no matter what I think."

"That's not true loyalty."

"I will not be far away from being a royal person. You will sometimes order them to give their lives to the country with that authority. But I'm too immature to give my heart to you."

The Chancellor, who thought for a while to his daughter's unpretentious tone, finally said. '... do as you please'.

In the bright sun, Adeline smiled at Lyle and Deo.

"Of course I'd love for the two of you to pledge your sincere loyalty, but I wouldn't say such luxury. Your hearts belong to you. I don't think it belongs to the royal family, it belongs to the goddess, and it should be free. I hope that you will respond to my trust and lend me your hands and feet."

That's how Adeline's long story finally ended. But Lyle and Deo weren't both refreshed by the fact that the question was resolved. Rather, it seems more perplexing...

Bozo, Deo moved his mouth.

"... the lady... what..."

"... frankly, we thought of your daughter as an unknown nobleman."

Deo makes a noise about Lyle, who says he stays on top of the Buddha.

"You're being too candid, you!

chuckled and Adeline nodded.

"No, I'm not. My father was scolded for being sweet around thinking people had only two sides, front and back, and there are far more things I don't know than what I know about the world.... but thanks to Your Highness, I think I've only seen a little something I've never seen before."

Adeline, who has been leaning over.

He was turning away, both from the hard and the painful.

But Rutvias made me look up.

"... so I... want His Highness to know this country"

Lyle and Deo, and Millet, who were quietly talking, look at each other.

I want them to know, Adeline thought. Because they will support Adeline all the way ahead.

Adeline crouched.

The wind blows, and the greenery of the field soars in unison.

"This vegetable, for example. Ten years ago, if His Majesty the former King had fought thoroughly, the farmers could have been driven out to war too"

Without the farmers, the fields would be devastated. I can't imagine how long that reconstruction will take Adeline.

"Then such a fine vegetable garden, I'm sure it wouldn't have been here"

Nor would the children running around have been born.

The path trampled and vandalized by the war horses brilliantly reassembled the cobblestones. Autumn harvests, albeit marginally, are increasing year after year, and after the war, the descent festival of the goddess, which had been removed from the shortage of supplies, now entertains people every year.

I want to show Rutvias this view.

You protected a field full of greenery.

This country isn't all ugly, like what you see in the royal palace.

Adeline looked at the great tower of the royal palace, which was visible in the distance. He will still, wearing a cat, but desperately look into his eyes. Hard, painful, without running away from them.

"... lady. It's too early for harvest."

Suddenly called to Lyle, Adeline turns around.

"Huh?"

"There's just one right behind you!

Deo brightened up and pulled out the green leaves behind Adeline. Dirty mud was, however, large, bright, and about ready to eat.