Legend

The space was so tingly that even those around them felt nervous.

Everyone speaks without saying... No, someone at the center of this scene finally opens his mouth while he does not.

Reaching for what is on the table… something that is very important to the person.

"... Ray, did you do this?

Ray nods at Frizione's words, which he tells with definitive will.

Frizione stopped moving the moment she walked into the cabin and saw exactly what was on the table inside the cabin.

In other words... I found dried meat and dried fruit searching the cabin when Ray was hungry.

With Ray pleading guilty to his sins, Frizione's expression is slight... really slight but soothing.

What would have happened to Frizione's expression if Ray had spoken that he hadn't eaten it? It's not hard to think about that.

The fortunate thing about being unhappy would have been that the only four people in the cabin were Ray, Frizione, Angela and Widere.

The other Knights of the White Rose Knights, where I think against Ray, were on guard outside the cabin.

Some people are professionally trained to act as gardeners, just in case, and Angela has decided that they are not compatible with Ray.

"This dried meat and dried fruit is what I eat when I rest here. It's a precious item made by a castle cook at a cost. It's something you have to do when you spend time here. Give it... Give it..."

It was a frizione that gave a clear impression, but now the shadow hardly exists.

The way he looks at Ray with a fixed eye is very much with the Crown Princess... I didn't think it was even the 1st Crown Princess with the right to inherit the throne.

Ray, with such a gaze on him, would taste a lot worse if he stayed like this. Decide so and deviate from the spearhead of Frizione's anger.

"Uh, bad. But you said you were free to eat the food in this cabin, right? I just followed it."

"Become!?

It was a voice rising at the same time, but one surprised. The other one is completely different in the sense of an angry voice.

I had the anger that if I tried Frizione, I would have been betrayed by my trusted men, and if I tried Widare, why would I talk to myself here?

Most of all, there's no way you can escape the fact that you said you could actually eat the food in the cabin.

"Wydere? Can I talk to you for a second?

"Oh, no. That, Your Highness Frizione, this is not me..."

How dare you sell yourself. Ray slips away softly from his gaze at a widere that turns such a gaze.

An important story about the future of the 1st Imperial Party was about dried meat and dried fruit for some reason.

For a while it was Angela watching Frizione and Widere interact, but eventually she slaps her hands heavily.

The sound echoes strangely into the cabin, drawing not only Frizione and Wideret, but also Ray's attention.

"His Highness Frizione. Let's leave it at that for now. In the first place, I came here to meet Ray face-to-face, but to discuss what we're going to do."

"... I'm sure Angela's right."

It was Frizione, who once accommodated his interaction with Wideret, but when he turned his gaze towards Angela for a moment before turning to Ray, he shrugged slightly.

"I'm sure I enjoyed talking to Ray slowly, but I'm telling people to play the role of princess properly."

A voice that is a small whine, but sounds solid to Angela's ears.

Naturally Angela tries to say something back reflexively, but decides in the end that the story won't go any further as it is and she silences herself on the spot.

However, when this matter is over, I will try to talk to you thoroughly.

That's what Frizione thinks about Wideret earlier.

Frizione must have also read the disturbing air drifting from Angela's side. Wisely I don't say anything more unnecessary and back down to the couch again.

Always this cabin is a place to come when you want to take your time off alone, but not now.

I know that, but when I come to this cabin, I feel really distracted, I guess, because when I come here, it's almost like a conditional reflex to rest.

Angela and Widere stand behind Frizione sitting on the couch.

We didn't think of ourselves sitting on the couch from the start, beyond being in a position of escort.

"Well, Ray. Let me be frank with you. It was written in the parent book, on the condition that it goes under Merclio. I'm going to swallow this."

"Heh."

Ray speaks out with such expressions as unexpected.

No way, because I didn't expect to accept Merclio's terms lightly either.

But Frizione goes on to say things as if he didn't feel anything about Ray's attitude.

"The terms are fine. I just don't want you to fight as hard as you can."

"... what?

I don't understand what you're talking about. Unlike the words a few seconds ago, Ray speaks out unexpectedly and in other ways.

Nowadays, we have already opened our sides of battle with each other as rebels and crusaders, and with each other - to be precise, with the crusaders - there are not many dead.

Even if they want us to keep the fight from happening as much as we can in that situation...

"You can't do that."

I don't have to think about it. I can only tell you so.

In fact, as Ray, I didn't think I could get a spear in the current situation.

If we take the rebel side, the war situation is overwhelmingly beneficial to us. Moreover, as the name suggests, we are now treated as rebels who disobeyed the Bestian Empire.

More than that, to the rebels...... more precisely to Merclio, it was only natural to aim to eliminate - but not kill - two brothers who had a higher right to inherit the throne than they did.

Even on the crusading side, Schuls, who has strong support from the military, deserved to lose, but there is a huge defeat in the first war.

As for Kabazid, he had been wiped out without any harm to his opponent after a night raid, completely crushing his face as the first prince.

I don't think Ray has anyone who answers asking him not to start a fight in that, but does he seem to be there?

Turn your gaze toward Angela and Widere, but these two are going to do everything in their power to make it happen if Frizione, the master, wants it.

"I know it's hard. But if no one takes action because it's difficult, this civil war will never end. That's how the inhabitants of the Bestian Empire fight each other to wash their blood with blood, and only resentment, hatred and grief pile up. Besides, as a single family, I want to stop this civil unrest where my brothers are fighting each other."

It's sweet bullshit. That's what I thought in my heart when I heard Frizione say it, Ray, but I still didn't put it to the word because Frizione's eyes were in serious light and he didn't show me how to take a step back.

"... well, I'm not authorized to do anything about that. For better or worse, my position is nothing but an escort, as I was told in front of the cabin. As for the conditions around here, meet Merclio in person, not me, and then talk to me."

In the end, what Ray chose was to shelf it.

Of course that's not wrong. In fact, it is true that Ray is not authorized in any way with regard to the Frizione rendezvous.

(Most importantly, I came back because the conditions didn't meet after I left the castle or the Imperial Capital and joined the rebels... even though I don't honestly expect Kabazid or Schuls to welcome me. When that happens, do you want to pull in that sweet little opinion and join the rebels... or do you want to raise your name as a third force? Either way, it's definitely going to be tough)

What choice does Frizione make in front of you in times of need? That was something I didn't even know for Ray and that's why I was looking forward to it.

"So, regardless of what you're going to do with your claim, do you mean once you rendezvous with the rebels?

"Yeah. Whatever you do, it's true that you need to talk to Merclio and Vihera once."

To Frizione, who nods without hesitation, Ray also nods back without saying anything more.

"I understand the policy. So, when exactly can we leave? I'd appreciate it if you could come this way as soon as possible."

Past Ray's brain is still Kabazid's face, which he encountered near the castle.

I don't have the certainty that I've noticed myself, but I still can't forget the kind of gaze that peeps into the depths of my mind or sees through it.

There are also things about Dune that I encountered with Wideret.

At that time, there was a relationship where Dune's attention was directed toward Weidele, and there was no such thing as being able to see who he was.

But how about over time?

Doesn't it remind you of yourself in some kind of applause?

With that in mind, it was Ray's honest desire to get out of the castle as soon as possible.

... Although it has already been discovered that Kabazid is in the castle and that Ray is in the castle as well.

The only way Ray can still be safe here is from the idea that Kabazid is up to something and when Schuls finds out about it gets his hands on Ray in a detour, he might get caught up in Kabazid's plan.

In the case of Schuls, I'm sure there are some thoughts about making sure Frizione is not in danger.

Sometimes those things, and as Ray, I have a desire to leave the capital as soon as possible.

"Right. I've been getting ready since before Widare got back, but I thought it would take some time."

"To some extent, what exactly?

"If you're going to be completely ready, that's on a monthly basis. If it's okay to get ready for the moment without going that far, a few days. If you can't take anything, maybe tomorrow..."

"Tomorrow would be nice for me..."

Returning the words, Ray turns his gaze toward Angela and Wideret.

But the two of them turned their gazes and shook their heads beside each other in silence.

"Right."

Even Ray understood. It's impossible to escape tomorrow.

It was obvious from the attitude that it wasn't Frizione or fully prepared, and what other nobles would say.

Besides, if we're going to get out of the castle tomorrow, we won't even be able to afford all our weapons and protective gear.

It's a lot of trouble for Ray to escort the unarmed and unprotected, and I don't really care about releasing the equipment - mostly spears - that's in the mysteries.

With that in mind, nature and choice are still to be decided...

"Please do it as soon as you can"

That was all I could tell Ray.

I guess I understand the meaning of the word. Angela and Widere, both behind Frizione, also nod back at each of them.

And snort in such a way that Frizione himself knows.

"I knew it would be the only way. As far as I'm concerned, I'd be more comfortable with the first month."

"I can't do that. If it takes me that long, I'll be close to the limits of everything, and I'm sure there 'll be new moves in civil unrest."

And... and keep the word going inside, Ray.

(There's no reason to leave Seto alone. He tells me to hunt and eat monsters and animals, but it's basically Seto who's nostalgic. If you do poorly, you can get lonely and try to enter the Empire City. There's a kind of junction, so you won't be able to do it from the sky... are you forcibly breaking through the main entrance or something? Wow, I kinda hate to imagine that)

Past the back of his brain was Seto, winged and rammed into the main entrance at full speed.

Naturally if I saw that, I would have to deal with it as a guard... what I was waiting for turned out to be a disturbance that grew so much bigger than this.

"... yeah, I knew you'd better hurry up"

If you make it Ray, who knows how much Seto misses himself, that's not an entirely unlikely option, and that's why you told him that while looking away somewhere.