The Villain Daughter Enjoys Her Seventh Life as a Free-Spirited Bride (Hostage) in a Former Enemy Country

"... Lou, can I talk to you for a second?"

……

After early training that morning.

After Fritz had spoken to her, Riesch froze her smile.

Sven, who was training with him, is now going to the well to fetch water.

The training camp, where no other candidate has come yet, is the two of Fritz and Riesch dressed in men's clothes.

Today Fritz has been acting strange for a long time.

The sword did not struggle to move, it was blurry somewhere and looked like a contemplation.

And Riesch knew the reason for the malaise.

"Well, after yesterday's training...."

(... after all, I've bothered you a lot...)

After all, I was witnessed yesterday talking to Arnold, Fritz's admirer.

(It was also hunted by the wall, where His Highness Arnold was holding my cheeks...)

Fritz looks awkward to Richie, who had long distant eyes. He keeps looking for words one by one, in a magical way.

"If this is an insensitive question, don't hesitate to hit me. Lou met Lord Arnold yesterday behind the training ground....."

I knew it had been misunderstood.

Convinced, Riesch laughs with her thoughtful excuse.

"- Yes, Lord Arnold took the trash out of my eyes!

"To..."

Fritz blinked again and again.

While astonished and stunned, Riesch continued to explain.

"The wind was strong yesterday, right? When the trash came into my eyes and I screamed unexpectedly, Lord Arnold noticed it and came to see how it was. Because I was so afraid that I accidentally went out of control, it was firmly fixed. Thanks to me, the garbage came out quickly and I didn't have to go to the well to wash it."

"Really?

"Yes, Fritz. That's why I should have listened to all the stories about swordsmanship, but I'm going somewhere in a hurry!

……

Riesch sweats cold in her heart in front of the silent Fritz.

Can I be deceived by this? Fritz opens his mouth as he drank a sticky saliva.

"Su..."

Su?

"--Awesome Lou!! I can't believe you let Lord Arnold take the trash out of your eyes!!

(Good...!!

I knew Fritz believed me, and Riesch was about to lose his strength.

Fritz, who had a clear face, was somehow relieved.

"Oh yeah, there's garbage in my eyes... What, was that so...."

(Fritz admires His Highness Arnold. I bet you didn't want to see a scene where someone who thinks he's a hero is hunting down a trainee on the wall....)

I wonder if I've been bothering you all night about this, but I'm really sorry.

"Speaking of which, Lou, you tried to stop me yesterday. Maybe you wanted me to meet Lord Arnold! Ahh, hurry up and tell me what's pathetic..."

With Fritz holding his head, Riesch gently encouraged him.

"The chance to show His Highness Arnold what's good is as good as the real knight. Fritz will be fine."

……

Then Fritz crouched and drooped.

"... Lou. I'm going to tell you a terrible story."

"Yeah? What's wrong?"

"I was thinking about it last night, and I realized I was scared."

There seems to be another reason why Fritz is acting strange.

As Rieschett slapped his neck, he began to speak quietly.

"It was Lord Arnold's influence that made me a knight."

"I remember. Lord Arnold saved the city of Fritz when the enemy attacked it, didn't he?

Fritz nodded and continued his words with a sinking look.

"I told you it was just a happy thing for me, right? But the truth is different. I just said it brightly and there are other memories of that day."

(... I knew it.)

Fritz said he had seen Arnold's sword.

But if he was a child who was safely escaped, there would be no such opportunity.

The emperor Arnold Hein, whom Leishe knew, was at the forefront.

In this life, Riesch is on her way to Garchain. When the carriage was attacked by a bandit, Arnold stepped out of the carriage and waved his sword, despite the knight of the guard.

(His Highness Arnold is always in the most dangerous spot on the battlefield)

If you saw the sword, the Fritz was left in a dangerous zone when Ciutena entered the battlefield.

"It was like a dream to me that Lord Arnold helped me.... everything that happened that day was some unrealistic dream."

"... yeah"

"But it was all real."

As Riesch stares at Fritz, he keeps leaning.

"Isn't that pathetic? When I saw the person I yearned for, I even remembered what I was afraid of. It's been a long time since I dreamed of that day, and I became a knight and I was in Ciutena. But unlike Lord Arnold, I was too scared to move at all."

……

"I couldn't help Lou in my dreams."

Riesch gently crouched down and aligned her eyes with Fritz's.

Fritz, don't be scared.

"... eh"

He put his cheek cane on his lap and smiled gently.

"War is natural to be afraid. It's only natural that I feel scared and disgusted."

"But I'm trying to be a knight. Fear of fighting is worthless as a knight. No matter how much sword practice you've had, you're the weakest on the battlefield."

Liesche shook her head sideways.

"Can't Fritz be weak? You were a victim of the Battle of Siutena, and I was really scared. --And yet, with a yearning that can also be called hope for the future, I worked hard to make it a reality."

"... Lou"

Looking straight at Fritz's eyes, he looked deeply surprised.

"If you know the fear of battle, you'll be a good knight."

I mean, Richie wasn't scared.

The day I lived my life as a knight and fought to protect my masters, I was not afraid of dying. That was the knight's home, and he risked his life to stand on the battlefield.

That's why he died.

I never regretted choosing to die that way.

But I can say it clearly.

"Fritz gets stronger. --Because you can be properly afraid of what you should be afraid of."

……

Fritz's eyes, shaped like almonds, were surprisingly round.

He chewed Richie's words, slowly showed the appearance of thinking inside himself, and then chuckled.

"I'm fine.... but I'm sorry, Lou."

Though it sounds troublesome, it has a refreshing voice tone. Fritz laughs like a prank and says:

"Just because you promised me you'd be 'strong' doesn't mean you're scared anymore."

"... fufufu!

Then, what Rieschett said will be returned to nothing.

Richie stood up laughing at the joke. Fritz also had a blow-out expression while imitating it.

Let's be knights together, Lou.

……

Instead of responding to the words, Riesch smiles softly.

"... Lou?

"It looks like Sven's back. Let's go get the cleaning gear, Fritz."

"Ah, ahh...."

As she walked out with him, Rieschett finally turned her face back.

(I'm sorry I lied, Fritz)

I'm not qualified to nod here.

In this world, Riesch is not on the front line as a knight, but on the side that sends them into battle.

But that's why.

(- I have to do what I have to do to protect you from war)