Francesca was confused.

I was simply happy when Emma told me to introduce her cat, who is always modeled after an embroidery pattern.

Emma's stinging cat embroidery is so wonderful and so adorable.

Francesca herself did not have many opportunities to see the cats, which were the most expensive of the seventeen years of life.

There are not many aristocrats who can afford to buy a mansion for their pets.

I have seen a handful of people who like flashiness and want to look good show off their cats at tea parties several times.

Francesca belonged to the First Prince (with many relatively flamboyant nobles).

I was confused because I had seen few but common cats.

I was wondering if it was really a cat that was in front of me.

"It's the same thing, Caitlin!"

"I'm rattling, Catherine!"

"No, I've never seen such a big cat."

Both Catherine and Caitlin stroke the giant cat-like creature up to Marion and enjoy its luscious fur.

"Eh... first of all, I wonder if she's a cat?" how can it be too big...? "

Even though the innocent twins can still be seen, it's not too early to accept Marion-sama!?

Even though I felt like I was left alone, Francesca was not convinced that the giant beast in front of her was a cat.

You said that it was the cat that squeaked, didn't you, Catherine?

You heard that it was the cat that was squeaking, didn't you, Caitlin?

I was surprised at the size of the cat until I heard it, but the twins nodded that it was definitely a cat.

Nah!

Come on, Francesca! I just heard a squeak!

Apparently, for the twins, the definition of a cat might or might not sound like a cat.

"Master Francesca, you're cute, Miss Cormei." Because you're so cute, you're decided to be a cat. "

Marion was as frustrated as a lie and enjoyed the furry shape of her thighs.

"Ahh... even Marion-sama... you can trust me..."

Though firm, Marion is the daughter of only four dukes in the kingdom.

She is a super lady.

It is a boxed daughter with muscle money, and it is not strange even if it is a little out of place.

Francesca was worried that she had come to believe herself.

"What? Isn't the cat really this big?"



Hmm?

Huh?

Out of nowhere, I could hear the boy's voice... but I can't see him strangely.

Yaah!

Everyone listened to the boy's voice in a hallucinatory manner. When they looked around, Cormei screamed, staring at the place where there was no one and nothing.

What is Cormei looking at, Catherine?

"There's nothing there, Caitlin."

"Huh? You see something over there?... ghosts?"

The cats stare at nothing, but the young ladies are shivering when they hear the boy's voice.

"Emma, what is Cormei saying?"

Mersa asks Emma, who understands cat language.

"Hmm? I haven't said anything like that in a long time, but..."

What's Emma got to do with it? With such a look, Komei stares at the destination without anything.

"... eh? Words?"

Francesca did not miss the voice of Emma, who translated into cat language in a familiar way.

I can't keep up with the rush.

Nah!

Cormei wakes up naively and walks to the point where he stares at nothing.

"Ah....."

Marion reached out to Cormei, who had lost her hood and left without a trace.

Cormei is staring at nothing and licking it.

And then...

”Uahhhh!”

With a sudden sound, a boy suddenly appeared in a place where there was nothing, and he put his hand on his cheek and grabbed it.

I'm cumming!

“Who is it?

Where did it come from?

The elders who were watching Cormei's movements shouted in surprise.

”Komei-san is so... hey, I thought about hiding...”

Huh?

"I'm not suspicious of the amazing ladies," the boy complains as he raises his hands to appeal.

Is that what Cormei was trying to hide? I still don't have enough training.

It still sounded as if the stuffing was sweeter than Hatta's.

"Hey, Hugh, it's you."

Emma showed up suddenly. What happened to the boy? Tilts his head and neck.

The boy was a ninja apprentice Huey who lived in a slum.

Ah, Emma-sama, it's been a long time.

Nicky laughs and Hugh greets Emma.

Didn't Hugh say he was picking up Mr. Hattler at Simmons Harbor?

Emma remembers that during the extracurricular period, the Imperial ship was due to arrive, and Joshua refused to participate in the crying.

Hearing that the ship was carrying the head of a ninja master, Hatturi, Hugh was supposed to be helping Joshua with the ninja stationed in the kingdom, Momochi.

"Hmm. It's a bit of an emergency..." Yes, Emma-sama, I circled around here, but I can't find the King. Don't you know? "

Hugh from Slam, the lowest level in the kingdom, is looking for the king.

This is quite an emergency.

"Huh? Your Majesty? Your Majesty..."

Emma looks at the forest.

"Huh? What? The forest!? There's a barrier nearby and there's a monster out there, right?" Huh? What are you doing at a time like this, sire!? "

Huey holds his head.

Do not approach the monster at the barrier.

Even the children of the slums know it.

"Boy, what can I do for you, Your Majesty?"

Checking the surroundings, Marion asks Hugh with her index finger close to her mouth.

If someone asks me badly, I will be caught for disrespect.

"Ugh. Hey, I got a letter from the queen..." I definitely have to deliver it directly to the king. "

When Hugh noticed the king's unexpected behavior, his voice grew louder. He covered his mouth with both hands and replied with a mouthful.

Huh!? My Lady?

Hugh, what's going on?

Emma and Mersa are astonished when they hear that the lord of the letters Hugh brought them is the queen.

I don't see how the queen could entrust a letter to Hugh.

"Um, is it possible that she's lying?"

Francesca had long been tired of going in, but as she progressed, she couldn't help but ask Emma and Mersa why they believed in him without question.

"You're such a rude lady!" Come on, I'm not gonna spit on you, but I'm not gonna spit on you! "

Hugh gets angry with Francesca.

"Hugh, if you say that, it'll have the opposite effect... I think you'll lose your trust."

Unusually, Emma pushes in.

"Ugh... I have to hurry..." Ah, look at the seal on the letter! Isn't that the color of royalty? "

Hugh takes the letter from his pocket.

"Oh! Hugh, this..."

Mersa's face grew stronger the moment she saw the seal.

A drop of bright red wax was dropped on the black sealed wax that only the royal family was allowed to use.

Mersa knew that this was the most urgent letter in the news to the king.

"This seal... isn't it an emergency!?"

"What? You said that, didn't you?"

"We have to deliver it to His Majesty as soon as possible..."

That's why I told you so, right?

When Hugh listens to me, he puffs up his cheeks and complains.

Well, the Emperor at heart is in the woods in a hiccup, but sometimes it's happier not to know.

"That said, all that remains in this camp is the sigh of an aristocrat and his escort..."

I think Mersa is in trouble.

The king most to be protected entered the forest, meaning that moving knights and hunters mostly entered the forest to protect the king.

I can't ask students to study monstrosity or their escorts.

The forest is very dangerous.

"Hey, as expected, monsters can't do that."

I wanted to deliver it as soon as possible, but even if it was a Ninja Apprentice Hugh, it was too exp to deal with monsters.

"Hmm... looks like it's harder than I thought." Maybe I should have negotiated a surcharge. ”

Hugh squeezes the letter and looks up in the sky.

◆◆◆

Go back a little.

In one of the rooms of the Imperial Castle, the Queen Victoria, the Chancellor and the Commander of the Knights were secretly gathered together in an urgent call from the side concubine Rose.

"Oh my God..."

Paying attention, Queen Victoria unconsciously chewed her thumb claw when she saw Rose's handkerchief.

The shock of returning to a well-corrected habit at a young age.

The content of the report written directly on the handkerchief was an emergency.

"Victoria, this may be hard to believe..."

"Mr. Rose, I know."

The handkerchief handed over by Rose is definitely made of real Emma silk.

It's not just embroidery threads, everything from fabrics to tags is emasilk.

It may be worth it.

There are only a few humans in the Kingdom who can possess this.

Only the Stewarts and the kingdom's biggest merchant, the Rothschilds, can spare no effort to replace them with letters.

The sender has the name of the rotosylt.

And even the name of the prince of imperial tasks.

He also heard that the first of the Imperial ships that began diplomatic relations was about to arrive in the kingdom.

What is written is an unquestionable fact.

"Maximilian, what the hell is that girl..."

The handkerchiefs indicated that the Empire's ships arriving in Simmons' territory were carrying cannons, which were aimed at the capital of the kingdom and were ready to fire.

And it was the First Prince, Maximilian, who guided the Empire's ships.

She is the only son of the queen.

I've never heard of a foreign country attacking me by force to find me anywhere in the world.

In the world where monsters emerge, although some stakes are involved, the country and the country have always helped each other.

Without it, mankind could not survive.

Perhaps my son is involved in this imperial plot, which can be called an act of aggression.

It's hard to believe what Rose said.

However, if you don't let your son's cutie dull your judgment, you can take a deep breath and calm your mind.

Victoria is a queen.

The kingdom must be preserved, and the kingdom must be preserved.

"Victoria, we should send a message to His Majesty immediately."

The Prime Minister, who was present, spoke to Victoria in a low voice.

Undoubtedly the biggest crisis situation since becoming Prime Minister.

And yet, there is no king at this time... no, everyone in the Royal Castle knows the king's absence at this time of year.

I mean, your Highness, Maximilian.

The unpleasant sweat conveys your back.

Without a king, the army cannot move.

Neither the Queen nor the Chancellor has command of the army.

Most of the knights stationed in the Imperial Castle were driven to the periphery by monster hunting helpers, and even the king's guards who went to extracurricular classes were divided up, so that only a few knights could move quickly.

Now that the King and the Second Prince are absent from extracurricular classes, only the First Prince, Maximilian, has the power to command the armies of the Royal Castle.

We must return to the king as soon as possible.

There is no point in becoming a prime minister just looking at the king's city as a sea of fire without being able to defend it.

However, even if you ran all night to replace the horses in Skytree, it would take you three days.

At this time, the head of the Knights Regiment, who has a reputation for being luxurious and not moving a bit.

The fact that it will take at least six days before the king returns.

"In the first place, can you get an early horse out of the royal castle without being taken in?" Even if I could, I wouldn't be able to make it in time after all..... "

With His Highness the Maximilian's allies in the castle, an early horse with a tip-off could make them feel like they've noticed something.

……

……

"Oh, what should I do..."

Rose muttered anxiously when she saw the face of the queen and the prime minister silent in the words of the knight commander.

If Maximilian is suspicious and there are other informants in the castle, I won't be able to move.

Without a fight, the interior is enveloped in a harsh atmosphere.

Hugh, the ninja apprentice, had disappeared into such a perfectly paid room and had invaded without being noticed.

(Wow, we're all in trouble after all...)

Until now, the great men of the country had made the movement as Joshua had predicted, and they were stuck where they had predicted it.

So Hugh, as Joshua said, decides to appear here.

Joshua said that when Rose-sama was sad, Emma was sad, so Hugh took a letter to His Majesty at that time...

Emma grieved because she wanted to avoid Hugh.

Shun, with the sound, appears.

I'll take it with me.



Naturally, the four were surprised when Hugh suddenly appeared in the paid room.

"Ah... Huey-kun?"

Rose notices that it was the boy who delivered the handkerchief.

Huey rushes to Victoria to thank his king.

Harold's brother told me that if I could do anything, I would be able to thank my subordinate.

"When... ah, the Knight Commander!" This boy is the one who delivered the handkerchief! ”

Step forward to protect Victoria and explain to the Knight Commander with his sword on his waist that Rose is not an enemy in a panic.

"How did you get into the room?"

The prime minister was also alert and asked Hugh in a low voice.

No matter how good a kingdom spy is, you can't break into this paying room.

"Hee, is that a kigyohimitsu?" Well, then you can take a letter to the king without anyone noticing. ”

"Don't be ridiculous!"

The Knight Commander observes Hugh from head to toe and throws up.

How can a child who is less than the height of his own waist do it?

"No, Osan and the others didn't even notice that I was standing next to you!" Besides, if you don't mind, you can go to the sky realm for a day..... "

“What? Don't lie to me! No matter how early a horse is, it's going to take three days! But if that's true...."

"Prime Minister, I can't. Since the king started attending extracurricular classes, the Knights have run horses many times, but all day long..."

No matter how light the knight, no matter how fast the horse was, the Commander of the Knight Regiment shook his head.

"Isn't that right? I still have enough training as a prime minister to be seen on my feet by a boy like this."

The great man of the country was tricked by the boy's words and deeds.

"... Mr. Rose? If my eyes hadn't gone crazy, maybe the clothes this boy was wearing..."

Queen Victoria stops at Hugh's purple clothes.

"Yes, Victoria, this fabric is Emma silk."

"What!?"

The Prime Minister and the Knight Commander look at Hugh's clothes as Rose answers.

Hehehe. Leonardo sewed it for me.

Hugh laughs happily.

"With a child like this, the Count of Emma Silk has no hand... hmm? No hand?"

"Such expensive clothes... and there are cat appliqués on the elbows and knees... right?" You mean... that musculoskeletal count put on the applique? ".

The Chancellor and the Knight Commander were confused about what was going on.

"Victoria, I'm sure Hugh will leave the royal castle and deliver the letter in a day without anyone noticing. There's nothing impossible about the Stewart family."

Convince the Queen that Rose should ask him for help.

"Isn't it impossible for the Stewart family...? Boy, are you sure you can deliver the letter to the king in one day?"

It was a waste of my time to get lost.

Even though Victoria is still [seeing], she wonders if she should trust Hugh, the boy who doesn't feel the signs.

Definitely, I'll deliver it in a day!

Hugh answered confidently.

And the queen nodded unto the answer, and gripped the pen to write the letter.

Well, the power of the Stewards is not so much the power of Joshua's brother as it is the power of the Stewards who can go to the Skytraps in one day.

Skytraps are not by land, but by sea.

Originally, the ocean near the Skytree is a terrain with complex currents, difficult to ship, no beach to land on, cliffs, and winding land routes.

This impossibility was piloted by a skilled and experienced sailor (Jacob, who has completely recovered from his scurvy) who was extremely sturdy and fast (made by the Rotosylt Chamber of Commerce), and Joshua's brother, who was unable to take part in extracurricular classes on the rather nasty route of ninja boats climbing the cliffs.

I'll name it, and when something happens, I'll rush to the course as soon as I can.

For this, Joshua's ancestors practiced shredding their sleep time and climbing cliffs...

...... Hugh feels so good.

◆◆◆

Hey, Hugh, are you listening to me?

Emma peers into Hugh's face.

"Wow, I'm sorry, Emma. I was just thinking!"

When Hugh heard that the king had entered the monster forest, he turned back to his consciousness, reflecting on his previous struggles.

Let's go, Hugh!

It can't be helped... Emma-sama's smile is as cute as usual... but she gets caught at the end of the line.

What? Emma-sama? Where are you going?

I have a bad feeling about this.

"You're going to deliver a letter to His Majesty, aren't you? Shall we go?"

Emma climbs up to Cormei.

"Huh? Who's going?"

I have a bad feeling about this.

"Who's going to go besides us!?" You really didn't hear it at all, did you? "

Behind Emma's inflated cheeks, there are nervous-looking Marion, Francesca with a desperate expression, and Llan and the twins with glowing eyes.

"Me...?"

"Yes, we...♡"

Hugh, me, Marion, Francesca, and the twins.

Emma, who laughs a little, is as cute as usual.

But Hugh remembered that wasn't all.

The daughter-in-law's smile, the culprit of all the disturbances, makes her look exactly the same.