Before the Departure 5

"Now, now, Grace. Stop playing around right about now. Trying to trouble Tak.u.mi wasn't your intention, right?"

I was worried about how to deal with this situation, but Lionel-sama who was laughing out loud stopped it.

"Indeed. Pardon me, Tak.u.mi-san."

Grace-sama who was chided by Lionel-sama apologized.

"Eh? So, you were joking in the end!?"

"No, I wasn't."

"She must have been thinking that if you had accepted, or something like that~"

"Indeed."

I thought she was joking, but it seems that she was half-serious, after all.

"The comment about national interest from a little while wasn't a lie… saying losing you or letting you get away was rude, wasn't it? I personally am really fond of you, Tak.u.mi-san. In truth, I would really like to keep you in the Capital, but we wouldn't be able to hold you back anyway. That's why I thought about sending Alfried with you, so that you don't forget about us."

Grace-sama apologized once more.

"I was startled, but I didn't mind it that much! Please raise your head already!"

I was taken aback just now, but apologizing to me again will make me fl.u.s.tered.

"Haah… not knowing just how serious Mother is, makes me frightened. Mother, let me tell you something. I would only be a burden to them if I tagged along."

"Oh my, is that so? Alfriend, were you so incompetent?"

"…! It's not me that is incompetent, it's just the standard of Tak.u.mi and the children is way too high! I believe that the knights who know about Tak.u.mi are of the same opinion!"

The guards, Wald-sama, Isaac-san, Najack-sama, Kevin-sama, and Claudio-sama nodded with serious expressions.

"Oh my!"

Catching the sight of the knights, Grace-sama opened her eyes wide in amazement.

"That much?"

"That much. When we went to the dungeon together, they were matching my pace quite a lot, after all. Despite that, we arrived to our destination in an astonishingly short time. Moreover, haven't you also heard the rumors about how they captured the entire Dungeon of Ripples in no time! Rather, didn't I inform you of this when I returned from the dungeon before?"

"… Did you, I wonder? I have no recollection~"

As Al-sama said, I feel that the subject was changed at that time~ that was, erm… the first time I met Lionel-sama——Ah!

"Al-sama, Al-sama."

"N? What is it, Tak.u.mi?"

"When you were talking about it, didn't Grace-sama, umm… had a talk with Tristan-sama about the hidden alcohol in his office?"

"Ahh! That reminds me, Father got a scolding then!"

Just in case, I lowered my voice when talking about this, but Al-sama said it out loud.

That moment, Tristan-sama made a sour expression.

"Oh my, that time? Let's see~ I recall overhearing some things, but I didn't hear most of it. Sorry."

Wouldn't that be normal? I would be rather shocked if she heard all of our conversation properly while scolding another person.

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"But, indeed. Tak.u.mi-san is an ranked adventurer. He must be strong. Tak.u.mi-san has this 'I am not concerned with fights' face, so I unconsciously forgot~"

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