At noon that day, I left Sophia, who said I still had paperwork to do, and Marialette, who said she had business with King Mactoria, and Zahr and I went out of town together.
The purpose, of course, is one thing this time of year.
"Does Zahr want anything to eat?
"Bread. I don't mind anything else, but if I were to raise one thing, it would be bread"
"Zahr, why do you like bread so much?
"... well. Don't you remember?"
Zahr snaps lonely and then puts his gaze back into my eyes again.
... Also, did I say something that would hurt him?
"Once upon a time, when I was dying of starvation, some people asked me to go over the bread. The bread was never superior, but it is no exaggeration to say that it changed me greatly in the future"
"Yeah. You had that reason."
"... oh"
Zahr chuckles at himself and walks forward again.
I light up cobblestones, smell the fragrant food that tickles my nostrils, and people who go to shopping malls that show off the bustle.
Every one of them distracts me, but by contrast, he doesn't even show the sight and walks away from town.
"Zahr, the mall is at noon, but it's very busy."
"Hmm? Oh. This city is basically like this at noon. I remember being crowded before when I accompanied His Majesty to this city."
"Heh. So, where's Zahr headed?
"Once you get out of this mall and aim for a place where you can avoid the crowd. If we get attacked by a masked person here right now, the people around us will get involved."
... Nature and bitterness spill over into his overly serious response.
I know I can live a little more out of my shoulder, but I guess I have his own way of life, so it might make me uncomfortable to mention it.
Thinking I wasn't sure if I was being rude or rude, I accidentally pointed to the little shade of a tree that Zahr was wandering a little further from the mall.
"There's just a good shade of tree. Let's just say we eat there."
"... eating, what?
"There is no smudge. Don't worry."
That's what he took out of the paper bag was a sandwich on the butter roll.
... I see, he was posing as the body I would leave to him, but he didn't have a choice, actually.
As if to testify to it, there was another paper bag in his arm.
"... don't do it inside"
"I don't mind the luxury. We were forced to stick each other up."
I take one breath at him like that, then I get a paper bag that's in my stretched arm, and I just keep hitting the butter roll inside.
... good. Sweet butter rolls with salt and just the right amount of salt.
The skin is crisp and soft on the inside.
"... I'd love to feed Sophia too"
You were alarmed by the deliciousness of that bread, or what I thought would fall out of your mouth zero as it were.
Zahr, hearing it, was staring at me in the face as if he had seen something surprising and delightful.
"... what the heck. What's that face?"
"... No, I'm sorry. I just remembered I'd still heard something similar to that word."
"Huh?"
"This bread, when accompanied by His Majesty, was bought for a souvenir to Sofia. That's when you said something similar."
"... Huh?
... Sophia told you about me?
No, as a friend, I guess. What are you thinking?
But even as a friend, it's true that you care about me. I'm so happy about that.
"... well, I'm glad"
"Oh. He's fluttering to his temperament, but the roots are nothing more than friendly-minded people. Lazareth, like you."
"... oh"
I take the water bottle handed to me by him and put the cold tea inside through his throat.
The tea was very cold at that time and it washed my tongue clean and refreshing, which was stained with the taste of salt.
Then, after about half a cup of tea, hand it back to Zahr as it is.
Then I could hear the noise around me gradually as I drank the tea and calmed down, and I heard a voice calling us from afar.
Zahr took his eyes off the bread of the rash and looked at Ren, a beautiful boy, as she rushed over here waving at him...... no.
"Knight Commander! Mr. Lasalles!"
"... Len. Have you finished managing the health of your team?"
"Yes! I'm a little short on bandages, but they said that Mactoria would assist me there!
"Right. And the girl over there is your sister, right?
"Huh?... ah"
Ren apparently hadn't noticed, and was stunned that her sister, Lisette, who had followed her along the way, was hiding behind a tree.
At the end of her gaze there was a hint of Zahr, and he knew what those eyes meant.
"Ren, we'll talk over there. I'm the reason Miss Lisette isn't here."
"... Huh?
"You must be scared of me."
"That's not..."
Ren tries to utter a word of denial, but he just shuts his mouth because he can't defend it.
Sure, Zahr's tone and atmosphere have something to be afraid of.
But that's a first-person conversation, and if you get used to it, it's nothing.
As Zahr distracted her and disappeared from her front, the old man and she appeared from the shade of the tree.
But he's still wary of Zahr, and he's obviously wary of looking left and right.
"... Zahr is not a bad person. You might be scared, but you're sweet."
"Brother......"
"Lise, I think Zahr's sad about his attitude right now."
"... sorry"
"Yeah. Next time, I'll apologize to Zahr. Your brother will apologize with you."
"... Yes"
... Well, but I guess Zahr's atmosphere does have something scary for the girl.
Honestly, if we meet in the middle of the night, we might consider ourselves enemies for a moment.
"And what's wrong with you today? Help your brother with his work?
"No, um... I wanted to thank you"
"Thank you?"
"Thank you so much for bringing me this far!
She says so, lowering her head to the right angle and saying thank you aloud to me.
At that time, I was just a little embarrassed to see the people around me.
Plus, it's like you're doing something nasty, trying to get her head up in a big hurry.
"It's okay! It's okay, you know!
"... thank you so much"
"Yeah, yeah! All right, look, keep your head up!
I held her shoulder and let Gui and her head go up like that.
I exhale that fact and speak to her calmly.
"... If you're thankful, I think you should go to Mariarette's than your brother. Because without her, I'm sure it would have been tough."
"Still, if your brother hadn't been here then, I'm sure I wouldn't have come back..."
"... well"
When I held her head gently, that's when she distracted me and I didn't notice anyone walking next to me.
For that reason, the sword tip of the man strokes my cheek and cleaves.
At that moment, my cheek, which had nothing to do with it until earlier, was devastated by tremendous heat.
"... ugh!
When I stood around as her shield and flew off the scene, there was a big man with eyes who had previously entered my house.
When I realized, there was fog all around us, and now it's just me and Lisette on this spot.
"... what can I do for you? As you can see, I was eating."
"We have information that you and Isel and Mactoria are about to join hands. Therefore, you, who are likely to be the bridge, are to be wiped out."
"... Ha, obliterate? If you kill now, there is no doubt that the law of the wise... or head to Forse. Better not."
"Really?
That's all he says, he rips right in front of me, and a sneaky recoil hits our bodies.
And that recoil will be deceitful, tearing apart the savings in my body.
Fortunately, my body became a shield or Lisette didn't scratch me.
"... well, I thought that was it."
"Don't lick it. The guy you're trying to kill is one of those guys who was called a hero four years ago, right?
"I know. But those things..."
"before my sword is powerless"
With his words, the sword is waved down.
The impact was immeasurable at that time, and the trees standing nearby were also shaking under wind pressure.
And it was the metal noise that made us realize the impact.
"... Zar!
"... sorry. It's late."
He was his own sword, taking another large wild sword of the ship-eyed man in front of me.
But it seems that the shock at that time was even more severe on Zahr, and he also looks painfully.
"... you are"
"... that's a pain in the ass. You're the only one who knows I exist here."
"How did you know this was here?" The Forse Prior King "......!
To his words, man...... the mouth of a man called the Forse Prior King creeped away.