It's nice to meet you. I'm... Fitts."
When Fitts met Zanoba, he was a little nervous. If he's a senpai, then he should act more like one. More grand and dignified... or so I was thinking, but the thing about him being shy around strangers might really be the case. Zanoba steps forward with a jerk.
"Third prince of the Shirone Kingdom, Zanoba Shironnoaaa!"
Zanoba was getting cocky, so I kick him behind the knees. He topples a little. It's not like I have plans to reinforce the pecking order. It's just that it'd probably be best to be a little more humble when meeting a senior for the first time.
"Zanoba, the one who came up with our current plan was Fitts-senpai. Pay him your respects properly."
When I said this, Zanoba bent at the hips and greeted him.
"I understand, Shishou... I do not believe I have had the pleasure of meeting you before. I am Shirone Kingdom's Third Prince, Zanoba Shirone. Pleased to make your acquaintance."
"N-, no, it's all go-, fine. Because you're a person of royalty, please stop with that."
While waving his arms in a fluster, Fitts-senpai took his place behind me. Seeing that, Zanoba stared in wonder. There was quite an astonishing gap between his appearance, the rumours about him, and his current speech and conduct.
Despite being a magician of voiceless invocation, and being called Silent Fitts, he was acting afraid like this. Despite wearing sunglasses, and looking a little... once you spoke to him, he was quite typical of his age. He's a good senpai who looks after his kouhai.
"Well then, now that we've all met, let's go."
At my command, the two begin to walk.