The day Maria disappeared. My mother welcomed me to her room.
And I immediately realized there was no Maria on my side.
"Oh? Lymond, what happened to Maria?
I think my mother became even prettier when I met my father more often.
My mother has ever had a harsh impression that her unscrupulous fishing eyes were somewhere, but now she has become more honest than before and just turned into a tundra.
And once the side of the mother was settled.
I can't imagine it coming from my mother who had to change sides on that daily basis.
"Come on, Rymond. Come to your mother's lap.
When he gave instructions with his hands to back off to Bossa and go to General Balzer, Bossa would leave with a gratuity, as he understood, not that.
"What, does Master Rymond ride Maya's lap?!? What, that's so rare that you want me to call a painter and make it a picture!
"No, because I'm a seven-year-old, right? I mean, Bossa, get to work. It's the only first step in restoring credibility from me that you can take to get Master Curilos, right?
"This is the seven-year-old......?
I felt so disrespectful that I stared.
"Wow, I know. Now, Maya, Lady Lymond, if you'll excuse me!
After Bossa hastily drops her off from her mother's room, she turns to her mother again.
"Well. I didn't hear you didn't have Nialkos, but your successor, I don't know, you're a free man.
I nodded to my mother and agreed for now that I said so with my hands on my cheeks like I was in trouble.
"By the way, Rymond, isn't Maria here today? So is Nialkos, but it's rare that neither of us is here.
My mother must be purely worried about me. But the daughters of the Mayan aristocracy are no longer with their mothers.
I can see that everyone's ears in the room are focused on this one while I take care of my mother and refrain from being by her side.
Well, that bothers you, doesn't it?
Although they became motherly caregivers for courtesy apprenticeships just like Maria, they were formerly aristocrats. Each of them should be told to report to the best of their fathers.
"Yeah, Maria, I'm off today.
"Oh, I don't know if you're sick... Rowena, you know something?
"No, I didn't hear you say that.
Nevertheless, women who come to the Royal Palace for courtesy apprenticeships are usually women who, like Maria, do not attend school and come to make connections for their future, or to learn implicit understandings and power relationships between nobles.
In other words, greenhouse-raised women unfamiliar with battles and havoc.
He has a genuinely worrying look on his face.
That said, I guess the women, who are at least motherly caregivers, have nothing to do with this one.
"I haven't heard from you at my place or anything. I've never seen anything like this before, and I thought if you were my mother's caregiver, you'd know something... Really............
Honestly, if you're going to grab Maria, I thought it would be the quickest way to use a motherly caregiver, so there's nothing I can do right now without a clue here.
My mother stroked my head gently as I fell apart.
"Lymond, I'll tell Lady Abramo, too. Something that maybe the Grimaldi family needed for an emergency.
I really wish it were.
If Maria ever gets hurt because of me, I'm sure I can't stand it.
If Maria was really caught by a Mayan nobleman and put herself in danger because of me, then I would ask General Balzer for help.
Because I have my brothers, they won't be exploited.
She was letting her face down unknowingly. My mother put her hand on my cheek.
When my mother lifts my face, my eyes meet my mother's fish-eyed winning grey eyes.
"Lymond, I wouldn't count on you, would I? Driven by jealousy, I couldn't even honestly tell my son how I felt until he told me.
That's not true, you're sad you can't deny it.
"Hey, you guys. I need to talk to Lymond for a second. I was wondering if you could step back for a moment.
My mother's sidekicks thanked me for one thing and tried to get out of the room, so I waved gently and dropped them off and I got a smile.
Is this the power of Shota?
Me and my mother facing each other again.
Keep your hands on your cheeks and look me in the eye with your thumb.
"It's my fault. Thy eyes, and thy hair... for thou hast said unto the king prince that I am.
"Even if my mother didn't tell me, someone would have told me sooner or later when she saw my color.
"Rymond is so sweet. Looks like Lady Abramo.
That's why my mother hugged me all the time.
"I will protect Maria as much as I can. Originally, I was a seed.
"You can't do this. My mother will be happy too.
If you say that and hold me back, you'll hold me back just as hard.
"Hey, Rymond. You want to be king?
He asked me that in a calm voice, and I shook my head beside him pretending.
"No, not at all. There's no king for me. Brother Federico should be king.
"So what does Rymond want to be?
When asked “to what”, I realized that I hadn't thought "I want to be this” before.
Being an adventurer is a means of living freely.
I want to be an adventurer because I want to do this, there was no such thing as a specific wish.
"Mmm. What is it?"
My brothers specialize in their respective fields, so I had a desire to be active in another field.
Because I somehow didn't like being called second fry, and I didn't even think I could be active in the areas where my brothers were active.
That's why I wanted to be an adventurer who wasn't anyone.
"I'm not saying I don't like being an absolute adventurer, but I want to look around the world. Maria used to tell me, I'd like to see the Dragon Knight in Ost too.
I think that's why I was so interested outside.
Maria, holding me still unable to move freely herself, spoke to me as she showed me the eastern sky.
Dragon, a godsend who dwells in the rugged mountains of God, all the way east from the Middle Country.
That dragon and the presence of a dragon knight through my heart tickled my fantasy mind.
"Yes, all the royal families of the Ost Empire live with dragons. I had a brother who was a woman, and I didn't get my dragon because I was going to marry him anywhere, but boys, especially my oldest son who inherited the country, always get dragons. You can't have it because you're not the royal family of Ost, but I'm sure if you ask your brother or father to show it to you.
"Yeah. Someday, I'd like to show Maria too.
"Right. I don't have Nialkos today, and leave Maria's search to Master Balzer. For that matter, why don't we talk to your mother?