"... who is it?
"What?"
Back at the carriage departure point, when I spoke to Linnea, the cold reaction returned once again.
"No... it's me..."
"I don't know anyone like you."
"No, even if they say they don't know..."
I thought Linea was joking again, but it feels like she's seriously on guard from what she sees.
But you won't forget about me in such a short time, and it's not like I've changed my appearance dramatically...
"……… Ah"
I thought I was in a hurry, and I came here wearing a robe.
Surely this robe should have incorporated the magic of perception inhibition.
Then there's no point in not knowing that Linea is me.
If a stranger in a black robe talks to you, then don't be alarmed.
With that in mind I took off my robe and spoke to Linnea again.
"Excuse me. Do you understand this?
Linnea's guard was visibly lifted when I took off my robe, but instead, she stared at me.
"... what have you been doing in such suspicious clothes?
"Huh? No, a little for the wild..."
"I see. That's something you can't tell people."
"Stop saying that."
Sure, it's not something I can say very much about having interactions with the princess, and I can't deny it, but the way I say it only creates misunderstandings.
"But you don't deny it."
"There are complicated circumstances to that... It would help if you didn't ask me too much."
"Nothing good. I have a great deal of faith in you just because you don't have the guts to dye your hands in crime."
"You honestly can't be happy with that!?
Ma, well... you don't believe me Rika is better...
"By the way, are you taking that?
That's what I said, and Linnea pointed to the robe I took off.
"Hmm? Yeah, I'll just use a little on Gale Street. I'll take it."
"What do you use it for? No way, even if it's obnoxious..."
"Stop connecting me in that direction right now."
Where has the word gone that you trust me when it comes to not dyeing my hands in crime?
"By the way, it's going to be time for the carriage to leave, shouldn't we go early?
"Huh?"
Seeing, most of the people waiting for the carriage were in the carriage, leaving about us.
"Um, Mr. Linnea? Could it have been noticed since someone else started boarding?
"Yes. You knew that, didn't you?
"Then I would have liked you to say it sooner..."
When I say it, Linea suddenly looks sorry,
"Excuse me. Actually, everyone else started riding around about the time Al got back, so I was going to tell Al that as soon as he got back, but I was surprised he talked to a dubious man in a black robe, and that thing fell out of my mind..."
"I'm sorry, I'm all sorry. I'm so sorry."
Damn. It's all my fault, isn't it?
"Nothing's fine. We're still gonna make it."
Linnea walked out toward the carriage as her sorry expression earlier turned out to be queasy as a lie.
When I was confused by the change, Linea turned to me.
"What's wrong? If we don't get there soon, we're leaving, right?
"Ooh..."
Back to sanity, I rushed after Linnea.
Shortly after we boarded, the carriage left, and we started on the road from Wang Du to Gal Street.