CH 163

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Sapphiras Perfectio, former 2nd son of the Earl of Aldridge

Percival Belisario, 3rd son of Margrave of Vanderwall on the Eastern Frontier

Adeline, Margravine of Vanderwall, Percival’s mother

Susanna, servant in the Belisario household

Anna, servant in the Belisario household

Clarabelle, servant in the Belisario household

※Due to poor health, the delivery will be a little shorter. I’m sorry.

“Mnn……”

My consciousness floats up, as if I’m slowly rising out of the comfortable water.

What, when did I fall asleep……? Somehow, I slept really well.

“Are you awake?”

“Mn……Percival?”

Looking down from above, I realised I was sleeping on Percival’s thigh as a pillow.

“Uwah! I fell asleep before I knew it, sorry!”

How in the world did this happen? The last thing I remember before I woke up was kissing Percival. The kiss felt so good that I fell asleep! That’s unbelievable, me!

I tried to get up in a hurry, but Percival gently held me down.

“You were asleep because of the effects of the medicinal bath. You shouldn’t get up so suddenly.”

“Is that so……?”

“Poisons that enter the body go around the whole body with the blood. So sleeping slows down the body’s functions and prevents the poison from spreading.”

I see, so that tea had that effect too. It wasn’t just that the kiss felt good.

But still, I must have slept for quite a while. It looks like a normal dawn outside the window, right?

“Ummm……maybe it’s morning already?”

“Yeah, you slept well.”

I was told with very warm eyes.

“Uwah! Sorry! I’m heavy, wasn’t I? And Percival’s hurt, too, so you should have left me alone and rested!”

Percival had been my pillow the whole time. Percival must have been tired too, and I’m really sorry about that.

“I just wanted to be by Sapphiras’s side. Besides, just doing this was restful enough. More importantly, are you hungry?”

“Come to think of it……I’m a little hungry, maybe?”

Now that I think about it, I only ate yesterday morning. Of course, what I ate and drank at that tea party doesn’t count. However, I’m not as hungry as I thought. If it were me as usual, I would definitely ask for meat.

I wonder if this is also due to the influence of that medicinal bath.

“I’ll bring you something light to eat. Wait for me.”

“Yeah.”

As if he was handling something fragile, Percival gently lifted me up and left the room.

I’ve caused a lot of worry this time……somehow, I feel like Percival’s worry will continue for a while.

I’ll try not to leave his side for the time being.

I get up and open the window. The clean morning air quickly flowed into the room.

“Anyway, it’s a refreshing morning!”

I stretch out as much as I can and take a deep breath.

Oops, that’s right. I don’t need Crawler to watch my room anymore. I feel sorry for him, leaving him alone in that country forever. I’ll have to send him home soon.

“Thank you for working so hard for so long. Good work.”

I’ll give him plenty of magic power to thank him and send Crawler back to the phantom realm. It’s possible to return a phantom beast to the phantom realm even when you’re far away from it. All you have to do is sever the magical link with it. I don’t want to go all the way out there and accidentally get found by them. For the moment, we’re missing.

I was in good shape and moving lightly when Percival returned with a tray of sandwiches and fruit.

As usual, Percival makes us tea and we both eat the sandwiches.

It’s such a blessing to be able to eat it without having to worry about what’s been put in it! It’s fun to predict the delicious fillings, though.

The sandwich has thinly sliced meat and cheese and even vegetables in it, and the seasoned sauce is very tasty! I truly enjoy sandwiches that are safe and gentle on the body.

When I finished the first one and reached for the second one, I suddenly remembered something. Come to think of it, weren’t we supposed to report the details of the tea party at dinner.

“……What happened to the report on the tea party? I think Madam Adeline said it will be during dinner yesterday.”

“The report will be made today, so it’s okay.”

“About that, maybe it’s my fault, I’m sorry.”

Because I fell into a deep sleep. And got Percival involved.

“No, I’m sure there will be some sort of report from the knights who are staying in Kelsas today, so it was decided that it would be better to wait until the report arrives.”

“I see.”

However, I guess they were still looking out for me. I did a bad thing.

After finishing breakfast, Percival went to train.

He’s been training since yesterday, so he must be serious. He must have been lacking sleep because I was using him as my pillow. Since it’s about Percival, I’m sure he won’t do anything reckless.

While I was thinking about this and looking out the window, Anna-san and Clarabelle-san came over and helped me get ready in the morning. I’m used to being looked after in this castle.

“I’m glad to see that you’ve continued to look after your hair properly over there too.”

Clarabelle-san says this and brushes my hair in a good mood.

I’m sorry. It wasn’t me. Percival was the one who took care of my hair every night because he couldn’t help but notice that I wasn’t wiping my hair properly. Of course, I can’t say that.

Percival is hard on himself, but very lenient to me. Should I take care of Percival’s hair sometimes, too? Or a massage? I was thinking about it, and then Percival came to pick me up.

“Sapphiras, the wind falcon is here. If you’re ready, could you come with me?”

“It’s the message from Kelsas right? Don’t worry, I’m already ready. Thank you, Clarabelle-san and Anna-san.”

I thanked them for getting me ready and left the room with Percival.

“We will report at my father’s office. My two brothers and my mother will be present, is that alright?”

“Of course!”

I wonder what kind of report we’ve received? I’m sure they won’t be able to publicly announce that we’re gone. No matter how you look at it, you can’t say that the son of a margrave family and his fiancée are gone. However, since he seems to have a thick skin, he might just say that we disappeared on our own.

I wonder what they are doing now that we’ve escaped from them, but what I’m more concerned about is what Veritas and the others said about controlling the continent. A continent is not something that can be ruled so easily, no matter how you think about it. Even if they intend to start a war, it would take a lot of money and troops to march across the entire continent.

There is no way to dominate a continent without spending a lot of money and troops……

A thought occurred to me and a chill ran down my back.

“What’s wrong, Sapphiras?”

When I suddenly stopped, Percival gave me a worried look.

“Ah, yeah. I’m sorry, it’s nothing.”

There were too many things going on in that country. I’m probably thinking too much. I don’t want to make Percival too anxious by saying unnecessary things.

Besides, I’m sure I’ll be able to manage if something unexpected happens.