Satou's here. There's the saying, "A corpse is buried underneath the Sakura tree", but I don't know whether it's from a novel or a fable, let alone the source's title.
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"It looks grand seen from below isn't it."
"It sure is. It's eerily beautiful."
I muttered while looking up at the Sakura tree.
Someone's pulling my sleeve. It's Mia.
The beastkin girls have moved to the borrowed luggage carriage as its guards, so Mia and Lulu have moved to the vacant seats of this carriage.
"Once again."
"--the 『eerily beautiful』 part?"
"Yes."
Mie ecstatically closes her eyes and pushes her mouth. When I shift my line of sight to the opposite side, Arisa is also taking the same pose.
Astonished, I seek help to Lulu who's sitting in front of me, but she quietly closes her eyes after blushing sakura-color for an instant.
--You girls, did you conspire for this beforehand?
The carriages arrives at the place Baron Muno is staying unaffected with the trifle inside.
We're missing one carriage.
Apparently, the luggage carriage that the beastkin rode had entered through the back entrance.
"Welcome to the Royal Capital."
Guided by the way that's formed from the maids who are standing in rows, we enter the mansion.
It seems these maids aren't Baron Muno's servants, but this mansion's.
As the proof, these maids aren't wearing the maid uniforms, but elegant one-piece-type uniforms.
Pina who's in maid uniform is waiting in the entrance hall.
"We have been waiting for you. Chevalier-sama, Karina-sama."
"It's been a long time. I'm glad to see you're healthy."
"News about Chevalier-sama's activities had also reached Muno territory."
We would obstruct the maids' job if we chat too long, so I cut it off appropriately.
Unlike the battle maids I've seen in Muno territory and the Duchy Capital, Pina is acting gracefully like it's natural, "I've been a maid for a long time", while guiding me to the living room.
Checking on the map, Baron Muno and Consul Nina seem to be in the northern conference room of the royal castle. It seems to be quite an exhausting conference, the Baron's stamina has been greatly diminished.
This is the first time I saw the abnormal status, [Overworked].
"Baron-sama and Consul-sama are currently out for a prior engagement, so please relax in this room until they get back."
The maids are putting several tea sets and tea-cakes on the table. The tea cakes are of still-warm baked sweets and white-candy like things put on small bowls.
The bell on top of the table is probably for calling the maids. I let the maids who are waiting near the room entrance to fall back.
After a bit, the beastkin girls who have entered from the mansion's back entrance meet up with us.
"Mumwu~? Illegal occupation~?"
"First come, first served."
Tama is aiming to recapture the lap that Mia has taken.
Today, the positions of these two are reversed. But, I don't think it's something that need to be competed so much. Pochi tries to climb and sits beside me, she doesn't seem to be interested with my lap.
When my eyes meet with Pochi's who's sitting beside me, she smiles, "He".
That was too cute I involuntarily patted her head.
Now then, I want to talk about our policy from now on, but since Lady Karina is naturally in the room, it's hard to do it.
I guess I'll talk about it once we get to my own mansion I've prepared in the royal capital.