"Hey, Leo."

Riesch looks down at his crouched knuckle and calls.

Leo raised his face and returned with a vigilant gaze.The man of the future who looked into the eye of the ship looked at the adult with these eyes.

Remembering that, he smiles and asks.

"--Why don't you learn martial arts from Lord Arnold?"

"Hah...!?"

A mixed voice of surprise and fear.

Leo glanced reflexively at Arnold and said he couldn't believe it.

But I finally blued my face when I saw that Arnold didn't correct it even though he didn't seem to mean it.

"Don't, I'll learn!?"

"This guy is really strong.I destroyed the Knights of the enemy on my own during the previous war. "

"I know that much too!!I heard he's the Crown Prince of Garchain, but that means that Arnold Hein!?... ah!! "

Leo blocks his mouth with both hands because he finds his remarks disrespectful.Arnold doesn't seem to care, but it will be a big problem for Leo.

(Nevertheless, I'm really glad His Highness Arnold is here to help.)

It was last night that Riesch installed this promise.

Arnold offered me an "apology" and asked me to take a look at everything.

The first is to help with the festival, and the second is this.

(Mr Jonal was also pleased.... the rest depends on the person's feelings...)

If Rieschett had glanced at Arnold, she would have understood what she wanted.

Arnold told Leo in a cold voice.

"Stand up."



It's a faint voice, but it passes well.

Arnold speaks well.Even the sound of the voice when ordering something is a tightening sound just from your ears.

Leo, who wasn't hiding his confusion, finally got angry.Stand up with your little hands on the ground and your knees firmly pressed.

And he stared straight at Arnold.

"... hmm"

Arnold's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Take a few steps and walk appropriately."

"Yes, yes."

As I was told, Leo started walking slowly through the courtyard.

"Stop."

My feet stop tightly as they are.

Arnold wrinkled between his eyebrows and looked at Rieshe.

"... Liesche"

"Ah, have you noticed, Your Highness?"

When Rieschett cut her neck, Arnold said without hiding his troublesome smell.

"What the hell were you going to do when you picked this up?"

"It's a difficult problem for me, but I'm sure His Highness will do something about it....."

"... you know..."

Arnold, with his eyebrows raised, closed his eyes and sighed softly.

Leo, who remained alert, still asked.

"... I have no idea what's going on."

"I'm sorry, Leo, but I'm really worried about you."

Riescher tells him as he chooses his words.

"You're training something, aren't you?"



At that moment, Leo opened his eyes.

"Ha, why, why..."

"That's quite a rude way to do it.I've hurt my body before, but it hasn't healed properly, and I'm still training like that. "

"Why do you think that?"

"That's how you use your body."

That said, Leo's strawberry-colored eyes shake confusingly.

"It doesn't seem to hurt anymore, but the joints on my right ankle are loose.Because you're unconsciously hiding it, you have a peculiar habit of walking.It's easy to twist my right leg, but I don't have any pain when I twist it. Do you have any idea what that is like? "

"....."

When Arnold sees his silence, he will agree.

Regardless of Riesch, who walked through the woods with him, Arnold only let him walk a few steps here.How many observation eyes do you have that you can see through?

"And then the arm... I think it's better to say shoulder than shoulder.Do you know how to use your right shoulder too much? "

"That's...."

"As it stands, it will hinder your body's growth."

The future Leo Leicher knew was just a little bit different.

Leo, who was caught in a 'former employer' cage, must have been injured all over his body.There were sequelae of injuries on the extremities, and moving the body seemed like a billionaire.

We can still make it.

Behind my head is the memory of my life as a knight.

In the corner of the garden where Leo and the others were training, Leo often came to see the sight.Except then, you never get close to someone else.

(Leo was never watching us back then, he was just watching us practice swordsmanship)

It seemed like an undisputed vision.

I had eyes to dream of a dream that I no longer had, that I would never realize.

If I can, I don't want Leo to look at me like that in this life.

(I don't know why Leo got injured enough to lose one eye.Changing the environment is the best way to avoid it, but it doesn't make sense to provide a path that Leo doesn't want)

Life is always about choosing a path of hope based on your own will.

With that in mind, he looked up at Arnold.

"So, Your Highness."

……

Oliver, his Servant, is also perhaps destroyed by over-training.

It was probably Arnold who changed the training of the cadets to take into account the burden on the body.

"I won't make a difference if you want me to.... what matters is what this child chooses. "

Arnold looks down at Leo with cold eyes.

"If you're ready, I'll make a foothold on the strength you want.But I'm not going to help a half-capable person either. "

"Ah, I...."

"I have your master's approval.Make your own decisions. "

Leo patrolled slightly, seeping with a little fear.

"If you're going to learn martial arts, I have to go to Garchain."

"Yes, it's up to you how long, but you're leaving the Jonals for a while."

……

The little boy's head drips with carelessness.

"Then I can't go."

……

In the words, Arnold made a boring expression.

Leo's words, which seemed unintentional, prompted Richie to ask.

"Leo, are you sure you don't regret that?"

"... it must be there."



Somehow, the signs of fear disappeared from Leo.

Instead, his voice seeps with regrettable color.Leo looked up at Arnold with the light in his mouth.

"Ah, so! Can you at least train me while you're here!"

……

"I will never train again in vain with what I've been taught.Please! "

Cut to the chase and keep your head down.

A small shoulder was trembling.

Arnold looks at it and tells it without changing his expression.

"- Well, I'll take the time from tonight's evening."



He raised his face as if he had been played, and Leo opened his eyes.

"Leesher, I don't mind if you do."

"Yes, of course, Your Highness. But I'm busy with business during my stay....."

"In the first place, the church has asked me to extend my stay by a few days.They won't be able to keep it if they let me do my job. "

(Ah...... I do do do my official duties on a daily basis with little rest......)

If Arnold were to clean up the Grand Shrine, of course there would be a lot of congregation involved.

Arnold's work schedule must be harsh for them.With that in mind, I look out for Leo.

Thank you very much.

Leo lowered his head deeply with the biting words.

Though relieved by the state of things, Riesch thinks with her heart.

(... I don't want to go to Garchain, but I can't.... it's an unnatural choice of words for Leo)

I haven't told Leo, but Leicher knows something else.Perhaps Arnold is also reading.

But we should not pursue it now.

"I'm sorry to surprise you, Leo."

Apologizing, Leo looked at Richie with an unfaithful expression.

"Absolutely. Shouldn't you bring me here after explaining this to me?"

"But you were about to escape."

"Every common man in the world has to flee the moment he hears that he will meet the royal family of another country."

Arnold looks at Riesch as he talks about it.

"... have you known this child before?"

(That's why your intuition is too sharp!?)

I shook my neck sideways without putting it on my face.

"No, why did you think that?"

"My servant's childish charm feels very comfortable with you."

"... that's..."

While feeling awkward, Rieshe stretched out and slapped Arnold in the ear.

"You think I'm a substitute, not you...."

…………

Saying so, Arnold turns away from Riesch.

At first glance, it is faceless, but I don't miss the slight tremors on my shoulders while holding my mouth with a large hand.

"--Eh!? Your Highness, are you holding back laughing!?"

"... I didn't."

"You're absolutely lying!! Hey, don't look at me like that!!"

Wow, as he circled around Arnold, Leo reached out to Riesch.

When I look at his face, I can hear the colour of his worry: "Is it okay to take such an attitude towards the Crown Prince even though he is a substitute?" Gentle.

"... anyway, I had a conversation, so it's time I went back to work."

(Falsified...!!)

But Riesch had a lot to do.I used it to help Miriam in the morning, so I had to resume the interrupted ritual in the afternoon.

(And about Leo. Even if His Highness were to guide me, I don't think this has changed his future.....)

With that in mind, there were signs of people approaching the courtyard.

"Lord Arnold, and Mr. Riesch."

Mr. Oliver.

Oliver greets and looks at Leo's presence.

He made a slightly disturbing gesture, but he stood beside Arnold and made a speech.

"I want to put something in your ears."

"Not only to His Highness, but also to me?"

I have a somewhat unpleasant feeling.

Arnold raised his eyebrows slightly and ordered Oliver.

Speak briefly.

"Well then... the festival may be postponed."

Oliver sighs and talks.

"--Needles finishing Miriam's dress fell ill."

"... no way..."

This is the second time after the carriage.

Richie was breathtaking news of the event against the white dress, "what Miriam refused."