After a weak greeting, the red-haired boy... Leben hid behind Viscount Grise's feet again. Viscount Gleese sighed at Leben like that.

"This is Leben. I told you to say hello loud and loud."

"Chi, Father... but..."

"But not! You are the eldest son of my Viscount Gleese family, and one day you will defend this country as a member of the Knights. We need to be firmer."

... this, again, is a bad combination of parents and children. To my weak son to see, a father I can imagine being Spartan... well, maybe I shouldn't stick my neck in too much because of other family circumstances... but I was watching Leben being scolded and I was somehow feeling like I was watching my child and I said it by accident.

"Excuse me... it's not about pinching your mouth from someone else... Viscount Grise. You can't frighten your son too much, can you?

"Mm-hmm? But my son is weak on this street. If you're the son of my Viscount Gries, you need to be more grand..."

Um... well, I hate to say this to the education of other people's homes, but...

"Even if your son is weak, you must not force him. People have a personality. Sure, a tough education like yours will sometimes be necessary... but don't deny your son from the beginning. Your son is not you. Your son is just one son in this world... so I suggest you talk to your son more."

"Are we talking...?

"Yeah. I'll close my eyes with your son and hear the truth... and I'm sure we'll get to a mutually agreeable answer."

I said it gently in conjunction with Leben, who is frightened behind his gaze from Viscount Gleese, who is baffled since he said so.

"Uh... Leben, is that you? My name is Callis Fall. I'm the head of the Duke of Fall family."

"Ha, Ha..."

Leben trembles like a deer when scared. I said after I gently stroked the child's head meditating with my eyes, you must think he would yell at me.

"What...?

"I can't help but be nervous about the first person I meet. But you have a fine father. [M] You can have more grandeur."

"So, but... I, like my father, don't have the gift of a sword..."

"It's early to talk about talent at your age. Besides... if you don't, you just have to make it."

"On... ru...?

I said with a smile to Leben, who leaned his neck in awe but wonder.

"Do you like your father?

"Uh... yes..."

"Well, do you admire your father?

"... yes. I want to be a fine knight one day, like my father..."

Viscount Grease had some surprised look on that Leben's fine but clear answer... but I said it regardless.

"Then you can go for more knights than your father in your own way."

"My way..."

"Something about that will change depending on what you're going to see and experience... but in any way, if you can get close to your father you admire and respect, it's to do your best. Your father says something tough about you because he expects you."

"Expectations..."

"You don't have to take it seriously. It's just... you're loved and wanted by your father. Don't forget that."

Speaking of which, Leben showed me how he had been bothered by my words for a while, and then... he said it in a trembling but definite voice.

"I... I'll try my best. I'm scared, but... I want to be a great knight like your father...!

"Yeah. Good luck with that."

Pompom and I stroked our heads gently and then turned our gaze to Viscount Gleas... and said to Viscount Gleas, who had an incredible look on his face.

"Squeeze from the side. But even if your son is weak, his heart is strong... and he will surely be more of a knight than you imagined."

"I'm surprised... that my son would say something like this..."

Viscount Gleese in flamboyance. Well, it's common in parents and children who lack communication, but what a child thinks is sometimes beyond the parents' imagination. Parents will know anything about their children... but at the same time they must be the ones who are hard to see.

"You should talk to your son a lot more. Well, I have a job to do."

"Ha, yes..."

After passing next to Viscount Gleese, I tried to get back to work and I said, "Oh, you know...! I heard an understated voice, so when I switched - there was Leben with a caged look of determination somewhere there.

"I... will be a great knight like your father...!

"Yeah, good luck."

I smiled at Leben, who lowered his head. It may be a favor... but, well, it would be somewhat fine.