The Branded Female Fencer

Three Dragon Knights, Part 7 - The Empress of the Dragon Knight

"Second princess..."

"Princess!?

Alphilis raises his bare voice. Anneclose seemed somewhat boring, but I nodded when I looked at the Alphilis and the others.

"I don't know. I've been working as a soldier since I was 12, so the world would be a long way from being a public princess. I don't like court practice either."

"Wow! I might be new to being a princess friend or something!

"No, tell people stories..."

"Hey, what's a castle living like??

Alphilis is no longer hearing anything about Annecloses. Alphilis is also a woman, and sometimes she admires the presence of a 'princess' all the way. Fenna was a royal once, but a forest people, and the settlement itself was small and different from human fun. Speaking of princesses in the alphilis, I guess it still means human royalty.

Before Alphilis, who shagged like a child before Annecloses, he watched Alphilis with faces like Annecloses and confusion, but he couldn't help it.

"Alfie sounds like my sister."

"Anne has a sister?

"Ten years apart."

"Uh, I'm not that young, am I?

Anneclose chuckles at Alphilis, who says so and swells like a child. Come here. Anneclose was also completely alert to Alphilis again. Inside, a strange daughter, Anneclose seemed interested in Alphilis.

"But come on, okay? What a great second princess is taking a bath without a mercenary or escort?

Ask a question with Miranda slightly shuddered.

"I don't mind. If anything happens to me, Romansland 30,000 dragon knights and 300,000 legions come after me to the end of the earth. Are there any fools who would commit such a fool?

"I see. You think it's safer to scatter?

"You could say that. It depends on who you're dealing with most."

Miranda shrugged her shoulders and said nothing more, as Anneclose niggered. After all, there is only the Empress of the Great Powers, who also combines sagginess. I don't care about that, the Alphilis are talking to Annecloses tightly.

"Why is there a princess here?

"Inspections, I wonder if my country is taking it seriously. There have been a lot of disturbing rumors these days. But don't tell me I'm here. Well, I guess it's a knockout. I heard rumors about Alfie and the others along the way, so I thought this might be a hassle, but apparently it's off."

To that word of Anneclose, Alphilis thought it might not be, but he stopped telling the truth. Anneclose doesn't seem to be asking me anything unnecessary, and then I don't have to tell Anneclose what's going on. At some point, Alphilis no longer hated Anneclose, but he still didn't trust me that fully, and it wouldn't be anything that would happen if I told him about the Orange Bull.

Alphilis is soaking water up to his mouth and bubbling, but Anneclose began to spill her stupidity by entering the hot tub after washing her body all the way because of her breaking her guard.

"Besides, if you are in the military and you are petitioning your father to leave the country for duty, there will be a delay in the military. Your father is overprotective. There are so many kids, you can make them like me."

"Heh, did Romansland have that many direct descendants?

"Five men, three women."

Anneclose answers just like that.

"I'm fourth from the bottom, so I'm probably making you like me the most. My father can't help but be cute because one person is away, such as Willania at the bottom, and I always keep him beside me. Thanks to Willania, I can do whatever I want, and the castle people are burning their hands. Still, I love other brothers, but only to me, for some reason."

Anneclose complains of bumps. I wondered if Miranda and others would tell the stranger mercenaries about the situation within Romansland this way, but for some reason Miranda didn't hate that there was apparently some resemblance to Alphilis. Miranda thought there were many more difficult people in the Romansland royalty, so some of them were against expectations. Miranda thought it might be easier to do some of this as the Arnelian Church if these people were in charge of diplomacy.

"(Oh, but the first meeting sucked, and maybe this is the kind of race Romansland is)"

Miranda was thinking while getting her body out of half the water. Alphilis, on the other hand, is throwing more and more questions at her, looking intrigued by the story of Anneclose.

"Anne is the highest dragon knight (dragon master), isn't she?

"Oh, I recited the medal about six years ago"

"Wow - that's how well you handle dragons, isn't it?

"... I don't know about that"

I see Anneclose's face snap a little, and Alfie Reese snaps her neck. And Anneclose notices the curse on Alphilis' arm. Alphilis had already stopped hiding the curse. On the contrary, it seems suspicious, and it was rather the result of talking to Miranda and Lisa that if Fairtoose was such a curse that he couldn't tell if he saw it, it would be okay for anyone to see it somewhat.

"What's that?

"Oh, this one. This is a curse to seal my power."

"Seal... I don't know much about magic, but can I ask you something?

"Hmm... don't you want to be asked too much?

"Then let's not. Speaking of which, I have a strange mark too."

"Huh? Where?

"Behind my neck..."

Alphilis seemed to like its refreshing character more and more because Anneclose hadn't even cared about the curse since. Even for Anneclose, Alphilis seemed easy to talk about, even an honest sister, who felt comfortable about the dragon, and rapidly became friends.

"Bye, Anne. Good night."

"Oh, Alfie. Sweet dreams."

The two of them, who had not exhausted their conversation after leaving the bath, talked amicably without regard for their identities. I can no longer resist calling each other by their nicknames. Anneclose thought she was a strange daughter. Thinking we might have killed each other if things were different, it seems extra strange. Maybe you can think of Dorche as letting me get involved.

And when Uty and Larna, who have finished their treatment there, return and tell them that Doche is safe, Anneclose goes to see how Doche is once. Doche slept with even a napping breath, already to such an extent that no trace of her belly wound could be known.

When Anneclose strokes her chest down relieved, she tells the watch to contact her as soon as there is any change in Doche's condition, and she returns to the inn to sleep. When Anneclose returned to the inn, there were already few guests either because of the late evening or in the tavern. And when she casually looked at the corner of the tavern, there was Louis and Lexus still doing the little thing. Annecloses that annoy me when I look at that Louis.

"(No way...?

Anneclose speaks to Louis as she grabbed over to that table.

"Excuse me. It's a bump, isn't it Louis-Nightloo-Highlander?

"... you don't know such a big name. The eagle is just 'Louis'."

"That talk, for sure. Long time no see, Senior Louis. It's Anneclose."

"Anne... I miss you"

Seeing that interaction, Lexus took a seat silently. I guess I thought it was a better story without me. At times like this, he gets a proper distraction.

And when Anneclose sat in the seat where Lexus was, she looked at her like Louis was embarrassed.

"Wouldn't it be something the Empress would lightly utter her own name?

"I thought Mr. Louis had forgotten about me."

"There's no way you're gonna forget about that cute junior? I remember you."

"Then... ah"

Louis caressed Anneclose's egg so much that she could be caressed, but left it untouched, while she ate her face.

"I miss you. This is how Anne used to stroke her head when she first came to the eagle."

"Yeah, Mr. Louis is my first educator, isn't he? You were the only one who didn't hesitate to know I was an empress. Others treated me as if I were swollen."

"Others don't shy away, either. I don't need to hear about your life in battle."

"That's why I didn't think you'd get your ass kicked in the face for the first time"

Annecloses with such a deliberate face. Louis laughs bitterly when he sees that face.

"I miss you again."

"But because of that, you raised your stock the other way. As the owner of fairness that even kicks the princess's ass."

"That's because Anne's bad. Initially Anne was exhausted, unable to act collectively. Although it is probably due to the fact that the instructors have not taught properly until then. But it's been almost four years since the eagle flew out of the country... how's Anne doing now?

"We now worship Air Warfare Division III, Division Manager"

"If you're the division leader... well, if you're the top dragon knight, you deserve to be."

Louis drinks up with Gubili. When she also recommended the cup to Anneclose, she also drank it up in one sip.

"Uhm, you got a nice mouth"

'Cause you trained me.'

"I miss those days when I was sober."

"We're not old enough to miss the old days, are we?

Anneclose tried to correct Louis' words. But Louis doesn't care.

"I'm getting old. A lot of things have happened too much in the last few years. Amarina quit the army and the eagle. There were times when the three of us discussed supporting Romansland."

"Yes, each trying to be division leader"

"Anne made it happen"

"I am not my own power"

Anneclose looks sorry.

"But it's true that you've become division leader."

"If only that hadn't happened..."

"Come on, that's what politics is. I was angry at the time, but now I think I am."

"... because you're a mercenary?

Louis looks surprised at Anneclose's inquiry.

"You knew?

"The captain of the Blackhawk has a woman swordsman who uses an ice sword in a wind newsletter. There are no swordsmen like you."

"I see, have eagles become famous too? I haven't heard from the house since I was a weasel."

"It's..."

When Louis saw that the liquor bottle was emptied, he brought another bottle of liquor of his own accord. Has the master already slept or is no longer in the store? All the guests are home at some point too. Louis thinks I wish I had a word to say if I was going home, but I recall that if I could drink free booze, I shouldn't complain.

And when I got to my seat again, I poured it into the glass side by side and started drinking.

"Well, if you don't hear from me, it'll be refreshing. I don't want to get involved in that house anymore, either. But... is your sister and sister alive?

"Yes, Lord Lilsha was given a safe birth the other day."

"That's a blessing. What about Mira?"

"Mira... has officially enlisted in the army"

"What?

Louis' complexion changes for the first time. He stopped his hand about to drink perfectly and looked to Anneclose with a serious face.

Continued