- I always feel good after a big job is done safely.

Whether you were working as an adventurer, starting a weapons store, or starting to get involved in important things like being a Knights, that's all that's changed.

Open to relief, accomplished to fullness.

There are all kinds of emotions mixed in, but in fact, all of them are positive emotions, and it doesn't seem to make any difference which emotion was the main one.

Usually at times like this, we gather everyone for a sumptuous dinner around the Spring Leaf Pavilion, but it's not always something everyone's schedule fits.

Today, Alexia is holding a consolation meeting at the Union of Skilled Technicians, and hosting something here is a step forward.

"... I understand the situation, but why are you pushing me to HQ (this way)? Shouldn't you be taking your time at home?

"If the Knights Commander comes to Knights headquarters, he shouldn't. There's no decision, is there?

As I was indulging in the discourse room at the headquarters of the White Wolf Knights, Mark, who had finished his work, came with a smile on his face.

"Well, that's not strange as a general theory,"

Mark dared to sit down in a chair in a position that didn't fit into each other's sight, carrying on the words without giving us a glance over here.

"Normally, you wouldn't even show your face if you didn't have to, would you? I know it's because I work with an arms dealer, but that's why I see you so lenient..."

"Something foreign, too?

"Yeah, that's it. Foreign body. That's pretty strong."

"Pick a few more words for me."

I laugh bitterly as I keep my weight on my back.

I feel my relationship with my brother (Mark) has improved compared to when I first met him again in fifteen years, but still this way.

If I were to describe the atmosphere a while ago as being distant, should I also say that the air now has a small poke at my shoulder or back after filling the distance?

When I told Garnett about this before, she told me she was a lot cuter than my brother and sister (today), and I couldn't help but get back to her.

Sure, the way you interact with Mark is a troublesome seed, but some of the marks that stick around become extraordinarily easy to deal with compared to Valentine Argentia and Scarlett Robinson.

"Speaking of rare. It's also unusual that the captain of the regiment and Sir Garnett are not together. I was wondering if he was with me at 4: 00 or 6: 00 because he was in charge of escorts."

"You don't have any escorts or anything inside headquarters. He's got something for himself, too."

"Oh...... I see. The point is, I'm here because I miss leaving alone."

All of a sudden, I get hit with a hell of a statement, and I'm about to let you hold my hand trying to get some tea.

Fortunately, though, Mark hadn't seen this one, so he could be deluded without being given a strange look.

"If you had told me so, I wouldn't have been too stingy to deal with the lonely captain myself."

"It's you... because you're not a child"

Of course I don't hold it, such as loneliness derived from childlike emotions.

But it would be a lie to say that I don't remember the slightest sense of solitude for the absence of a girl who has been acting with me from day to day.

This in itself is not a special emotion, etc.

If someone close and dear is absent in an unusual way, it's a natural emotion that anyone feels.

"It's also a bad idea to stay in captivity all the time for an escort. I think you're gonna be showing your face to your friends by now."

"Friends...? Speaking of which, you're not too familiar with Sir Garnett's friendship. Are you a local?

"No, you're an adventurer, too. Now that Sakura and Nagi have the new equipment they ordered, they're going to show it to their inn."

No, Mark stood up for the momentum of not just kicking down the chair!

"Is that the thing! I've heard rumors! Zac formula based on the five attribute concepts of Oriental spells! Realized its own idea of converting (converting) the magical attributes of Western streams into Eastern streams......! I hear the look of the gear also mimics the Oriental outfit, and I was hoping to show it to you someday, was it done!

With the same inclination towards oriental hobbies, there are no more words.

Digging poorly in this direction was going to keep me talking, so I dare decide to hang off the subject.

"... I don't think I had that hobby when I was in my hometown, but did I start to fit in after I became a knight?

"Yeah, well. Since I was a trainee, Sir Justin, the Knight Commander of the Purple Horse, has taken care of something. As we looked into the jurisdictions of Ziju, we discovered the beauty of Oriental culture."

"There would have been fewer Orientals then than there are now, how well I was going to find out"

"Let me tell you something, exploratory curiosity makes it harder for adventurers to get into dangerous dungeons."

I have succeeded in defying the topic, but conversely, the novel from a different angle begins.

In the meantime, I tried to do it over with my mouth on black tea, and the prick accidentally disappeared from Mark's voice color, a voice like a mixture of kindness and loneliness.

"Speaking of home. You haven't told your mothers about your right arm yet."

"Oh, it just makes me worry."

"Wise. I've been wanting to show you my concern for over a decade now."

"I have no words to give back"

I get a thornless novel, with a caged grin of emotion in my mouth that's different from a bitter smile.

I can't deny my desire to be with Garnett all the time, but sometimes it would be nice to have this kind of time.

Fifteen years' worth of distance and certainty will have to be filled in little by little.