“Nevertheless, as a matter of course, you can read Krushche.”
(Mmm...... I feel like I've just been diverted......?)
I stare, but Leechee can't beat Arnold. I have no choice but to reply to what he asks me.
"I'm not very confident because I learned it with only a few hands. It can't even reach Lord Arnold's feet."
Can I try touching the old thing?
Based on Arnold's reaction so far, I am reluctant to step on the bypass. But there was nothing, and I felt like I was being allowed to go alongside much more than before.
So Leechee asks Arnold.
Who taught you Lord Arnold?
……
Arnold opens his mouth as he looks at the rain transmitted from the roof of the east house.
"Not to anyone.... I used the books around here, and I learned them properly."
"That puzzling language, on its own...!?"
I was surprised and rolled my eyes. Krushade is something that even the bishops of the Order will learn from the skilled and struggle to acquire.
Since I was a child, I've been in an environment where learning is unnatural.
(But no matter what!!)
Arnold, who holds the Shrine Princess in his mother, is supposed to draw the blood of the goddess. Even though the matter was kept secret, he and his mother were surrounded by scriptures in the Krushchevese language.
“Surprisingly, Lord Arnold didn't think you'd be interested in that kind of learning.”
“There is no knowledge in the world that you don't need to know, even if you don't use it.”
"Fufu.... yes, really!"
The unusual agreement made Leechee laugh happily.
Still, it shouldn't have been unusual for a child, Arnold, to learn by himself.
(--I wonder if Lord Arnold had any purpose as a child?)
It's not like I can remember it on the premise that it's knowledge that I don't use.
If I had the brains of Arnold, I might not struggle more than ordinary people, but if it was Arnold that Leechee knew, it seemed unnatural to spend time there.
Leechee thought so, and Arnold suddenly opened his mouth, as he remembered.
"... by the way, only once"
Leechee looks up at Arnold with her neck tilted.
“I once found my mother's script next to my Krushade script.”
……
The words made Leechee a little nervous.
I never thought Arnold would cut out his mother's story.
"... how is your mother?"
Arnold narrows his eyes at Leeche.
Goodbye.
And it doesn't matter what you do.
"I've forgotten the old days."
……
Does that make you feel like your chest is tightened?
Arnold looks at Leechee and laughs faintly.
"Why do you look like that?"
"... because..."
“There's nothing to say.... and as I watched what you were going to show me, there was a lot more to remember."
(What I'm going to show you...)
I want to show Arnold a lot of beautiful, fun, and wonderful things.
It was Leechee's wish, not Arnold's.
On the other hand, even though you were going to continue to do things that were selfish, it would be sweet to be told such a gentle thing.
Arnold is also slowly trying to turn his attention to something beautiful.
"Your Highness..."
……
Arnold's index finger hit Leeche's lip.
"Be quiet" prompts me, and at the same time, Leechee understands.
Someone is approaching this east house.
I remembered the emperor, and my body seemed a little tense.
However, the figure that eventually appeared to avoid the rain was a man wearing a knight's clothes.
"Mr. Gootheil."
Leechee called her name, and Knight Gutheil, after a startled expression, immediately took the form of a thank you even though she was struck by the rain.
Sylvia, the singing princess, fell in love with her. And the bow of awe was as it were on the stage.
"Your Highness Arnold. Dear Leechee." I'm sorry to bother you. ”
(So, what's disturbing you...!?)
I noticed that, but even if I sat next to a wooden chair, it was definitely close. It makes me embarrassed, but it doesn't make sense when I keep my distance.
"I apologize for the inconvenience. - Goodbye."
"Whoa, whoa, please wait!"
Gootheil tries to leave in the rain with Cantera in his hand. Leechee stood up in a hurry and called it off.
"Please stay here and enjoy the rain!" This rain will come to an end soon. Hey, Your Highness!? "
"No, I didn't mean to stop...?"
(That's right, this is the normal reaction!)
Like Arnold, it's rare to take Leechee's judgment for granted.
Leechee looked back, and Arnold, who had a troublesome smell, gave a lazy signal of forgiveness.
"Go on.... you're looking around?"
"Huh. On the way, I saw two lights swaying near the 'Tower', so I thought I'd keep an eye on the surroundings."
(Cantera for me and Lord Arnold....)
That's what I had in my hand when I came to this tower. With the eyes of the current emperor, when Arnold protected me, I dropped it on the ground.
(But)
Is that really all?
Guthey leaned on the corner of the east house, scratching his wet forehead.
"Leeche"
"Yes, yes..."
Leechee, who stood up, was called by Arnold and sat down again on the chair.
There was a strange silence in the sound of the rain, but Arnold didn't seem to mind it.
(...... No one is usually near this tower, right? That was why the repair of the walls and the shearing of the branches that could be an intrusion route were so sweet.)
Even if Kantera forgot something, the lights wouldn't be so far away.
Gootheil was close enough to the tower that he could find a small wave of fire.
(His Highness Arnold was concerned that intelligence might be entering the castle....... At that timing, Mr. Gootheil's actions really stand out.....)
What Leechee thinks is that Arnold can't have come to him.
Gootheil looked awkward and still turned to Arnold.
Lord Arnold, I'm sorry to hear that in such a place.
(...... Mr. Gootheil?)
"The other day, I pleaded with you. Your decision about that....."
Then Arnold grew more and more close to his eyebrows.
"Are you going to tell that story here?"
Apparently, Arnold understands the story of Gootheil. Gootheil looked awkward and lowered his head to Leechee.
"...... you will look ugly to Mr. Leechee." I can't apologize for that. "
"If you're talking about me, don't mind me." Take a little seat... Your Highness!? "
Leechee was surprised when Arnold hugged her back.
"You don't have to care."
"So, but..."
"It was this guy who cut it out, knowing it.... so?"
Gootheil knelt at Arnold's feet without hesitation.
“With the plea from the other day, my intentions became harder and harder.”
(No way)
The voice is spun with the threads hanging down.
"--If you can recognize His Royal Highness Arnold and become His Royal Highness's Kingsguard." I am ready to dedicate my life to my country and live my whole life. "
The offer made Leechee secretly nervous.
(I knew it. As always, Gootheil became your subordinate to support future wars......)
But the next thing Arnold spun was a word he didn't expect.
"I'm not kidding."
(... eh...)
I looked up at Arnold with an elbow on his back.
"I told you once." I don't want to add anyone like you to my bodyguard. "
(That's not true...)
Gootheil doesn't make a fuss.
Perhaps Arnold is still asking for that, prepared to answer.
(...... Lord Arnold has no intention of adding Lord Gootheil to his kingdom?)
That's not what Leechee knows about the future.