The plain and unnoticed me is no more

It's the weekend and Will is coming to stay at the inn tonight or tomorrow, but my mind is still out of order.

He is now and he was when he was young. It was recalled over time that there had been some overlapping events between the two.

For example, on the day of the party, when Will and I first met again in ten years, he applied healing magic to my feet, saying things that were inconceivable in the common sense of this country. Speaking of healing, I suddenly got my hand stuck in my skirt and protested in surprise. If you're angry, hit me on the cheek.

Where in this land can I smack the prince in the cheek?

Wherever touched and uncomfortable, we women have to endure it, especially if the royal family is against them. So I wondered why he said that, but he did the same thing when he was a kid, and he said it because he remembered that I smacked him in the cheek.

When he forced himself to be a child and cast healing magic on me, he remained unconscious, and I remember seeing it, crying back in fear that Will might die.

I have not learned from reading the book that it is dangerous for a child to use healing magic. I saw Will, and I knew the danger. That's why it's light traumatic and makes you feel anxious when you use healing magic.

Even though I wanted to see him, someone who had given up seeing him again was on his side without thinking. It upset my mind more than I thought.

"Ah, yes. Did you hear that, owner? The Virgin went to some village to perform a rainbow begging ritual."

"Huh? When?

For lunch, Sin and Taki sat in a short round chair with three legs, and suddenly began to talk, as Sin remembered, while thinking and silently peeling vegetables.

There was no rumor about the rainbow begging ritual, and it seemed that they secretly set off without informing the general public. I wonder if you did that thinking about what happened.

If you let us know your plans, there may be people who try to steal the Virgin, and in the unlikely event that the ritual fails, there is a risk that the royal family and powerful people who have recognized her as a Virgin will lose their position.

What does His Majesty intend to do if he finds out Sandra has no power?

"Ah... Taki, you must have heard from Irina-sama. Tell the owner."

"Yeah, you know, I left King's City about five days ago and headed for the western countryside, close to the edge of the country, but I still don't know what happened."

"I guess. I think it'll take us four or five days just to get to the border. Then maybe you're performing a ritual by now."

"Yes, but Irina knows it's a waste, so she's more worried about the witches who accompanied her being with the Virgin. I can see that the ritual isn't going well and the Virgin gets annoyed. I'm worried that the spear will be pointed at the witches."

"Ah... yeah, I'm worried about that too."

I've never actually seen it, but I've heard that witches are essential to a rainbow begging ritual and pray to God with their songs and elegant dances. It is a harsh ritual that continues to be performed until God hears your wishes.

But the goddess said. God doesn't fulfill human wishes, he just sees them.

In other words, as long as the accidental weather does not change, the ritual ends in failure.

I wish Sandra hadn't attacked the witch.

As I asked the chief of the temple, I heard that the boy priests who were taking care of Sandra were released that day. Yesterday, Irina came to dine in the cafeteria and told me that she was no longer worried about them.

"What's wrong? Something's wrong with the refrigerator? Owner, what's going on?

"... eh? Yeah, there's nothing there.

"Ah, you just lied. If you're worried, tell us. I've been dozing off a lot lately, and even if I don't put it on my face, I can tell by the change in your color. What's going on here? Something you can't tell us?

Taki finds out my joy and sorrow through the aura. When Fred found out that he was Will, he looked for the commonalities between Will in his memories and Fred, who interacted with him.

I wasn't thinking about it now, but it was a fact that there were too many things to think about and there were more things that were going on.

"... yeah, I can't talk. I'm sorry, I didn't want to keep secrets, but it's not about me...."

Mr. Fred? You said you hadn't chased him, and you really had something to do with him. It's my fault. I didn't want him to go. "

"Ah... I see, maybe you've found out?

"What did you know?

I was upset and stopped peeling potatoes, thinking that Sin and Taki might have noticed who he was.

"Taki! He may not know yet, but don't say anything else!

"... no, I think I know."

"So, what...?

When I looked alternately at Sin and Taki and asked them, the chills at the front threw their faces out from under the hanging shelves in the kitchen and the front partition.

"You mean the prince?

In this quote, the three of us saw Chiyo together. Chiyo looked at me with his little neck bent, for some reason he didn't move at all.

"You... why is that...?

Sin asked Chiyo bewildered.

"Eheh, that was a long time ago, but I heard it. Liam called Fred His Highness. Your Highness means the prince, right?

"Chiyo, did you... eavesdrop on the room conversation?

After watching the scene many times, we wondered whether the child had finally begun to eavesdrop on the room.

"Chi, that's not true. That's exactly what I wouldn't do. Coincidence, coincidence. When I was drying my laundry in the back, the window was open and I heard a conversation. The two voices are very similar, but that was Liam's voice that I could not hear. That means it was Fred who called you" Your Highness. "

I was worried about hiding the fact that I had learned the other day, but all the key employees of this hotel knew that he was a prince. Everyone was hiding it.

"What was my struggle...? Chiyo, you knew that and you used to talk normally. I was so nervous when His Highness Frederick was here."

"That's right. Is it because of Fred's personality? It looks a little scary, but I'm not nervous at all."

When I saw Chiyo saying that, for some reason, I was getting tired.

So, what about Sin and Taki? How did you know that?

"We were talking about... teaching me magic the other day. When I told him about our situation, he responded to it. So he told me that he would teach me how to use magic and how to handle swords."

"Fred understood at that time, but he wouldn't be so kind to someone who might be an enemy. They trusted me because they didn't cover us up."

Did they tell Will everything? Until he's the grandson of Artemis' Witch Princess?

So you're saying that I'm the only one who's hiding her identity in a tough way. I wonder if this is cowardice.

"Um, I don't know Sin and Taki very well, but won't you tell me?

When Chiyo said so to the two, Sin and Taki put their mouths together and rejected it.

"You don't have to know!" You don't have to know Chiyo. "

I was a little relieved to hear that.

Yes, there are some things you don't have to know. But maybe I can tell Chiyo about my house.

Even if Fred knew he was a prince, he wouldn't move, so even if he knew I was the Duke's daughter, he would be able to keep quiet. I despised her. Just because you don't lie doesn't mean you can't keep secrets.

Will came to the inn alone that evening.

Sometimes we stayed together, but I realized that Liam was probably staying in the royal palace instead of Will.

And the only reason he only showed up on weekends was because he went to school on weekdays, just like before I left home.

Welcome back, Mr. Fred.