Of course, the nobles opposed such a thing.
Even with the effectiveness with the event.
Even with the ability to use chantless magic.
Even with the saving of the princess.
Sylphy in the end is still a commoner's child.
And in addition to that, now there is no longer a way to clear up her familial origin.
Though the claim is that of a hunter's child, there is no evidence of it.
On the contrary, having lived in a farm village, somehow high etiquette was known.
To put it bluntly, her true character cannot be known at this time.
These words were only for the sake of appearance.
This useful child was too valuable to be the princess's new toy, or so it was thought.
Ariel however flat out rejected their opinions.
[Sylphy is the benefactor who saved my life. And is now a friend! Who gives a damn about the fact she is a commoner!? I will not forgive rude behavior!]
At these words, Luke made a bitter face.
Part of his duties as a Guardian Knight, included getting rid of bad insects who would get close to the princess.
As for whether or not Sylphy was a useful insect or a harmful insect he did not yet know, and yet it was still the job of Luke to protect the princess even from insects whose true nature was not yet known.
He also expressed gratitude to Sylphy.
His life had been saved.
The actuality of the thanks was in the appreciation of the fact that only one person had died.
To be granted revenge against the colleague Guardian Magician Derrick, those feelings were a plus.
From the start, Luke had long thought the Guardian Magician Derrick to be a disgusting guy.
Though a little bit of time had changed those thoughts.
While Derrick was a magician, he had sacrificed his body to stop the assault of the Terminate Boar. That was a man of proud character.
If not for him, and the appearance of Sylphy, the princess would have only had death to look forward to.
And also if Sylphy had not appeared, Luke would also have died.
Anyhow because bringing weapons into the garden was forbidden, Luke was swordless.
If there had been a sword, then at least if Luke was not able to win, he still would have been able to let the princess escape...
Because of such circumstances, Luke had a favorable regard towards Sylphy.
Be that as it may, by all rights, the splendid position of the Princess's Guardian Magician has been filled for generations by upper nobility.
To allow an unsophisticated girl to suddenly be ushered into that role is a difficult thing to accept.
It is completely possible for the children of the upper nobility like myself to completely despise this one.
[Whatever the decision is, I will obey it.]
Therefore, Luke said that even if he didn't approve of it, he would not oppose the decision, and closes his eyes in a noncommittal manner.
This matter caused a bit of a fluster among the nobles.
Setting aside their own desires.
Even if the princess is pleased with Sylphy,
Sylphy might not hold the same feelings towards the princess.
The hunter's daughter, a victim swallowed up by the metastasis.
Even with that fact, from here on there will be friction with the princess.
For example, the others of the first prince faction are likely to take advantage of her.
When considered, by no means would Sylphy be permitted to be near the side of the princess.
The reason being, that all Asura nobles are malicious.
Supposing, if Sylphy was just a 'Village Daughter' having no power at all.
And in addition to that somehow it was allowed.
However, the existence of Sylphy had exceeded the category of 'Village Daughter.'
Having intermediate class chantless magic, even if there were some crude bits of commoner, she also understood the importance of etiquette.
Her existence is a mystery indeed.
[I wonder, where in the world did you learn etiquette at?]
[Umm, In my village, I had been accepting instruction from a kind person called 'Lilia-san.']
'Lilia.'
The moment that name appeared, Ariel's impression improved further.
[Lilia! I remember her. When I was a child, oneself was presented with a person which defended myself, she was a Maid of the Imperial Guard!]
And then the impressions of the nobles worsened further.
The imperial guard maid of the inner palace, the story of her becoming unable to work due to injuries, and the story of her dismissal have been heard before.
Mostly it was slips of the tongue that talked about 'secretly dealing' with someone who knew secrets from the Inner Palace.
Lilia had escaped to the Fedoa Region.
[Umm, Lilia-san, ah, she served Rudi's father, whose name is Paul.]
[Paul, you said?]
The new name appeared.
Paul Notos Greyrat
If one speaks of Paul, it is known he is a man famous for being a bad boy of the Notos family.
There are rumors that he held a grudge against the former head of the family as well.
A maid of the inner palace, taken in by the absconded son of upper nobility, instilling etiquette in the user of chantless magic.
This was too good to just be left to chance.
To the nobles, who are absorbed in schemes, it was no longer possible to think of this as fiction.
Investigating further was pointless, since Fedoa Region had already disappeared.
It is difficult to ascertain the truth of the matter.
[Now what should we do...?]
[Hmph.]
The nobles worried.
Ariel rarely says selfish things.
And it is true that the seat of the Guardian Magician is open.
Although Sylphy is originally a commoner, she has certifiable skill as a Magician, and knows etiquette even though it is imperfect.
The ability is not bad.
And because it is not bad, there must be vigilance.
One of the Greyrats belongs to the second princess faction.
The one who is called "Luke" and is symbolically the Guardian Knight.
For Ariel, the Notos, are an ally.
However Paul Greyrat is a man who threw away his title after some discord with his parents.
If they are an enemy of the Notos, then consequently there is the possibility that they are an enemy of Ariel as well.
Was Sylphy not aware of that when she gave the name of Paul?
What was the meaning of that?
If she wanted to receive the trust of Ariel, she should not have given out the name of Paul.
That's something she should have understood.
Then, because she gave that name out, does it imply that they are not an enemy?
However if that's the case in doing so, then who in the world is the mastermind that is pulling the strings of this girl?
At least, there is no mistaking that they are indeed an enemy of Notos.
However the person who wants to be hostile to the large noble family of Greyrat are few indeed.
Saying and doing, it seems all the Greyrat are identical in that.
And so they hit upon something.
Of the similar Greyrat, there was one person unfriendly with Philemon who was the current family head.
It was Sauros Boreas Greyrat.
Sauros is always backbiting and criticizing that Paul should have become the family head, and not Philemon.
However he is not the type of person who would involve such a young girl in politics.
If that's the case then there is another one.
Philip Boreas Greyrat.
If it is him then, he would crush the second princess whom Notos supports, someone like him could definitely wind his hand around the strings of this young girl.
Sauros and Philip, and even Rudeus, they are all missing when the Fittoa territory disappeared.
Supposing, that they were the ones to cause the Metastasis Event, under this guise, it is possible to have something moving in the shadows even now.
Their first approach might just be a girl named Sylphiette.
If it's the case that Sauros isn't taking part, then the ringleader is Philip, for the sake of entrapping James who is to be the next family head, there is the possibility he may be acting to that end.
For the Boreas to usurp the seat of the next family head, it revolves around the supportive position of the second princess, and instead they try to become the support instead or something like that.
If that's the case, then the Sylphy who has been sent, can be considered an ally.
In either case.
The person pulling the strings is either Sauros, or Philip.
So the nobles concluded.
The groundless suspicion was complete.