Both Maria and Master Currillos have spoken in my words.
We both have dark expressions about what we're thinking.
After that, without any particular conversation, I reached the eastern corridor and got to my room.
But I invited Maria and Master Currillos into the room for the two of them who still seemed to have something to say.
Master Curilos grabs my arm and opens his mouth, as he decided to do there.
"Can't I be a shield to protect Your Highness?
"Shield, is…….
Honestly, that offer would be greatly appreciated.
If you're on my absolute side, Master Currillos, who I trust more than anyone else, I have nothing to be more comfortable with or glad about.
But you can't do that.
One of the reasons I thought I could go down to the city well was because I know Master Currillos' background.
Master Currillos is originally a civilian, adventurer up.
He was certainly only a handful of S-ranked adventurers in the world. Now I have enough power not to take the arm of that sword for the royalty, even to the Marquis, even though he is a generation aristocrat, in the treatment of nobility and transgression, or even to the Duke's house, which is only famous.
But if you say you're going to follow me personally, it's going to change the story.
"But Master Currillos is an honorary nobleman of this country, isn't he? On my personal side..."
"Yeah. But I'm an adventurer originally. Master Abramo expects me to be an arm of swordsmanship and a nobleman of this country, serving the royal palace, but I don't mind going back to being a civilian now. until it was convenient for me to live. If you're really trying to discredit His Highness Federico, it's still no use if it's for His Highness Rymond, who has been protecting you since you were a child.
"So, will you also be a national bandit? I'm a child now. One of these days, if I grow up, I'll be split between the Lymonds and the Federicos, not the Mayans and the Carinas who took my parents' names. If Maria is just a courtesy teacher at my side at that time, even though Master Currillos and the absurd theory of me dragging Brother Federico down from the throne of Prince Wang begins to come true. If you hit it poorly, you're hitting the neck.
"You're acting like you're not going to, aren't you?
"My measures will only buy me time at best. I'm not as smart as Brother Beltrand, or as good at standing around as Brother Andrea.
"Then that's fine. Let me also hone myself in the time His Highness Rymond has earned. Enough to protect you and Lord Maria.
My head hurts and I hold my temples by my hand to the reward of endless unseen words.
"I......... don't think I want Master Currillos to be my shield.
"So how about a sword?
It has become clear in this short time that no matter what you say, you are unwilling to pull.
But as far as I'm concerned, I don't want to imitate Master Currillos' life.
I want you to think about it. How many opportunities do you say we have in modern society to hold others' right to life and death?
At least I never did. That's why I can't stop.
What I say, what I do, determines what happens to Master Currillos. Even life and death depend.
Fuck that right.
"... I don't need a sword or a shield. If that's enough to put Master Currillos at risk, you'd better die alone. But if Master Currillos isn't dying for me, and you're going to decide to be ready to live for me, I'll decide to be ready to make Master Currillos my katana, too.
"Fine. But isn't it pointless not to be around extra because you call it a katana?
"No way!"
It's not a skull because it's always on the side.
I lost everything to protect myself, and the last remaining lifeline.
It's not just life. Sometimes even the honor of the owner is preserved.
"If I get into someone else's plan and I can't do anything about it, then throw it all away and become my sword. At that time, I'll be ready to die with Master Currillos, too.
"... Yep. At that time, be sure.
If you don't pull even if I tell you, I'll pull you in just the way I wish.
Instead, I asked my master to come to my side when there was really nothing I could do about it.
"Because if you want to give up your life, I'll cut off Master Currillos, won't I? They're not my people! I won't let you die for me.
"Pfft. I understand.
Anyway, even if Master Currillos is fine with this, the problem is Maria.
Master Curilos, who was to lurk in the royal palace as my katana, was clearer. The look on his face, but Maria is more depressed than she was earlier.
She's a woman, and it's hard to keep on my side when Maria says she's not in school.
Isn't that how we can only be together enough to be on my side knowing that we won't go and be back home?
Finding an understandable husband may also be a hand, but Maria is the daughter of the Duke's family in the first place.
If it would be detrimental to the Duke Grimaldi family for me, Maria's father, the Duke Grimaldi, would not allow it.
The Grimaldi family is rumored to have become a Mayan, even now that they have not declared themselves as my caretaker after being sidelined by my mother.
It's closer to a miracle that we're not married right now because we're being raised on the assumption that we're getting married for the house in the first place.
So, if I grow up, there's always a time when I have to break up with Maria.
"Hey, Maria.
"Eh, yes. Dear Rymond."
When I take Maria's hand, she breaks her knee to gaze at me.
"Maria is my mother, my sister and my teacher. So if I get in trouble, don't think I can do anything. Until now, Maria's got it all.
Without Maria, you wouldn't have given me a choice right now.
My caregiver, my mother's sidekick, she was gone in less than a year, except for Maria.
Nobody tries to talk to me more than I need to. Teach me about the world and so on.
I wouldn't have met Master Currillos because I wouldn't have left the room, and I shouldn't have met Brother Jean or Brother John.
It would have been another dream of my dreams, such as talking to my other brothers.
And perhaps a Mayan nobleman was my guardian.
"I have me now, because I owe it all to Maria.
People, knowledge, even this life, thanks to Maria.
Maria, with a crying face, squeezed my still small hand and put it on her forehead.
"Maria is proud to have taken care of Lord Rymond.
"Yeah."
"I cannot protect Lord Lymond like Master Currillos. Not to mention I can't stand next to you or support you from behind. If you grow up one day, you will surely find your own place to go home. Then you won't need me there.
Maria, who was holding both hands in front of her forehead as she prayed, let go of her hand softly and stared straight at me.
"But I will protect Lord Rymond's honor. If you've gone any wrong, I'll hang on to this life to stop you. If you can put on innocent sins, speak up before, louder than, and to the end of, anyone. This is my responsibility to be Lord Rymond's first educator. Even if my father blames me, I will take full responsibility for it.
Strong willed dwelling straight eyes.
Oh, really.
"You're the best woman.
I'm gonna fall in love!