82 – date(2)

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Every step you take, the intense sunlight shines through the leaves of the old tree.

I don’t know when I measured my size again, but sweat formed between the decorative uniform that fit my body and my skin and quickly disappeared.

Cooling effect from magic.

This knight’s uniform, which looked cool to anyone, had no practicality, so the magicians gathered together to give it all kinds of effects.

Things like weight reduction and the cooling effect of magic.

However, since it was not possible to enchant all knights’ decorative uniforms, Lily explained that only these uniforms were endowed with such enchantments.

I said it back, but it means this.

I prepared it with a lot of money, so I have to wear it often from now on? meaning that.

In Lily’s notebook in my head, I underlined and stared the word uniform fetish.

It seemed like it would be really, really useful.

“Wow – no one really recognizes us! It’s amazing!”

Lily whirls and giggles with the parasol.

A necklace of a small size that had never been seen before was also filled with the same thing on my neck, spinning according to the centrifugal force.

“If you go around shouting like that, you might get caught! Didn’t you listen to the court mages’ explanation?! It’s just a disposable item with cognitive impairment, so it’s difficult to be so overconfident!”

impaired perception.

Usually, it is common for the effect of such magic to increase in the order of inhibition-inhibition-disable-extinction.

In other words, with this necklace, which is only a perception impediment, our identity will be revealed immediately if we do something like attracting people’s attention, causing a big commotion, or having a long conversation.

It is said that it is a meager item that is not even close to the tip of the toes compared to the artifacts I used before.

However, there was no problem for the princess of the empire to enjoy the festival without any worries even if it was only an object that hindered awareness.

People don’t really pay much attention to the people around them, especially on a festive day like this.

“This place is right in front of the palace, so there are no people? Aren’t you worried too much, Bin~? Also, why didn’t you call me by a nickname from earlier~?

“…Ugh.”

With Lily, there is a title I decided on beforehand so that I don’t call her Princess or Lily.

No, it’s a nickname that doesn’t include my will at all.

Lily had notified me to call her that at will, but it was difficult for me to say it out of my mouth, so I had been trying not to call her outright since earlier.

But now even that is unlikely to be allowed.

Lily is slowly moving towards me with a smirk on her face.

I can’t run away anywhere, so I’m going to die.

“So? Why doesn’t our driver Mr. Bin call me once?”

Look at this.

He provokes me by using honorifics that Lily doesn’t use except when she’s angry or when she’s teasing me.

Lily’s lips peeking out from under the parasol as she came closer to me.

The cherry-like lips smiling coquettishly were so cute that he had no choice but to grant Lily’s wish.

“…Lady Xia, please pay attention to your words and actions.”

“Yeah~”

Lily raised her hand proudly and answered cheerfully.

Our attire was at least that of a noble lady and a venerable knight, so the title ‘lady’ wouldn’t be too strange.

It’s just that it was a little bit strange to have to call Shiara by nicknames other than Lily.

But if it goes on like this, Ropan Yellowy’s name will cry.

I grabbed Lily’s raised wrist and pulled it towards me.

“Ah, ah! Empty?!”

Po-ok, Lily gently embraced in my arms.

The delicate scent of jasmine wafted from her waving hair.

She hugged the waist of a dress that was neat yet sophisticated and cute.

“and.”

“Ha ha…!”

He whispered with his lips close enough that his breath could reach Lily’s ear.

Lily’s weak point is her ears.

Targeting weaknesses is fundamental to everything.

“Stay by my side. I can’t protect you in case of an emergency. Don’t think about falling anywhere.”

“Ah Okay.”

He couldn’t bear to look me in the eyes and only looked at my chest.

The fact that Lily, like me, was a glass cannon with 0 defense that only focused on attack power was cute.

It was true that I could faintly feel Lily’s excited breath and wanted to kiss her under the shade of the parasol.

Since there were not one or two pupils secretly protecting us, I breathed into Lily’s ear and then let it go.

“Awesome!”

Of course, the small resounding screams that only I can hear and the cutely flinched shoulders are a bonus.

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“Now, now! It’s not a day that comes every day! Now, it’s only 7 francs! On festival days, this price is only available in our store.”

“Celebrate the festival! Flour, milk and egg waffles that nobles usually eat are only 10 francs! They’re so cheap! Don’t compare them to the rye waffles you usually eat!”

“Mister! How much is this mask?”

“Oh, the little boy is the first customer of the day? Let’s see… The top mask is 10 francs, and the bottom mask is 5 francs. Are you going to give the mask to the little girl in the back?”

“Uh, that…yes!”

“Ahaha! What a bold young man! Alright, I feel good! This man will give you two 10-franc masks for 5 francs! What do you think!”

“Ah, go, thank you!!”

“Hey, Damien! You get hurt running around like that! Be careful!”

“Wowaaa!”

“Ha… Who the hell does he look like….”

In the middle of a bustling street.

Now that I see it, we are wearing the decorations we had when we arrived in the Empire.

Emperor’s daughter… Alas, I can’t call you like this now.

In any case, the emperor seemed to think this was the reason why the summer festival was held earlier in time for our coming.

A summer festival that continues with the princess’s return as an opening ceremony.

The imperial family would have helped with the overall money needed to prepare for the festival.

It wasn’t enough to let the imperial people themselves voluntarily welcome us, but it was used as a means to heighten the atmosphere of the village, which had become depressed by the news of the subsequent retreat of the human frontline.

At least now, only empires and a handful of countries that do not have borders with the territory of Mine can hold the festival.

The fortunate thing is that such countries are only huge countries.

kingdom and empire. And Wiridia of the elves is a typical example.

Perhaps, the kingdom of Diark, to which Anna belongs, began to cross the border with the territory of demons just a while ago.

Because of that, Anna said that she would stay at the academy and not return to the kingdom.

Unlike the fate I knew.

It was enough to know that it accelerated much more than the original flow.

The movement of the front line between humanity and the Demon World, completely separate from the academy in which I am involved.

Originally, at the end of 2nd or 3rd year, Ian hears the news that Diark Kingdom has been invaded.

And in the third year, he moved to save Anna’s family in the Kingdom of Diark and met a dragon… Anna’s family is completely wiped out by the dragon’s attack.

The cause of the tragedy is that Anna, who survived alone, relies on Ian, who gave her life to protect her, and uses the corpse of the dragon that killed her family to perform alchemy.

‘Do you want to have two castles like that?’

I am still not a righteous man like Ian Cedric.

However.

Even so, I am no longer a petit bourgeois who will just watch my colleague walk toward death.

-The world like this novel, the tragic stories in a simple book. Draw anew your biography. Draw a happy ending where you and I meet a happy ending.

How could he remain as a petit bourgeois even after hearing such words?

-I’ll take care of your troubles.

A fairy tale princess told me.

You don’t have to worry about it alone anymore.

He embraced me with a brilliant light like the sun and broke my walls with warmth.

Then there was only one thing I had to do.

“Huh? Bin!

“Wolf… are you talking about it? A knight’s uniform?”

“Yeah! Wolf! It’s aloof… isn’t it cool?”

“……Then, I think that fox mask will suit Miss Xia.”

“fox?”

“Yes, aren’t you very good at bewitching people. Especially me.”

“Ah, uh, yes…! Right… isn’t it?!”

To give the happy ending that this princess who charmed me to the bone, who had been confined to the corner of the room because of ignorance, wanted it.

If it were for him, he would have to do as much as he could, even playing the cliché-like role of saving the heroines instead of the main character.

“Hello~ I’d like to buy one for this wolf mask and that fox mask… how much is it?”

“Oh, here’s a precious lady and a knight. Let’s see… Foxes and wolves are both on the top, so 20 francs!”

“Ah, then here’s 20 francs…”

“Ah! You have to listen to what people say to the end, young lady! The young lady and the driver look so good together that I’ll cut it down to 18 francs! For a moment, I thought they were a married couple, not a young lady and a knight!”

A merchant who sneaks a peek at the ring we’re wearing and then slashes the price with a subtly blatant compliment.

Lily is delighted to hear that and gladly hands over 20 francs.

“Well, two francs is a tip, man!”

Then he turns his head towards me and gestures for me to bow down.

I bowed down in response to that gesture, and put the wolf mask on me as if it covered half of my face.

“Ehehe…Look at this! Bean looks good with wolves?”

This innocent princess looks like she doesn’t know how the word wolf is used in any other way.

Yes, my purpose remains unchanged.

However, there are only a few more things to protect for him.

“My lady, are you happy?”

“Huh? Isn’t that obvious? It’s the first time I’ve ever been to a festival like this…”

“…?”

“In the first place, does it make sense that you’re not happy when you’re next to me?”

Lily poked my cheek, which was not covered by the mask, and said it was a stupid question, and took my hand and led me.

He displays an innocent smile that has not been seen very often since he was a child.

All of that to keep this smile.

Now that I’m enjoying a date that suits her wishes, it was no exception, so I squeezed her hand even tighter and answered with a clasp.

“It was a rainy day.”