(They aren’t as similar as Sylvia and her sisters are but……yup. I can really sense the blood in them.)
This was pretty much the impression I held of Mary Fi Crestolia. Though the appearance wasn’t as similar as those three sisters, from the ambiance she put on and the blond hair rolls, I knew they were either sisters or relatives.
「Did you know?」
Falhart, who was standing beside Mary-san, asked that in Mary-san’s place.
「Ah~, I was in Lizwadia just before coming here, and though it was for a short time, I had taken a job teaching there.」
Consenting to everything that I said up to there, Falhart nodded.
「So you’ve met with the little sister. Certainly, the two of them are very similar after all.」
Ah, I knew it. So they are sisters.
「Hmph. I am absolutely not similar to a little sister that would bother with magic despite being royalty of a country of knights!」
Mary-san replied to Falhart’s words with words of denial. Could it be that their sisterly relationship isn’t very good?
……No, I can’t help but compare them to Sylvia’s group but this much is probably normal. Probably. Most likely. ……Surely.
「So, why would that Mary-san be here?」
When speaking of Crestolia, it’s a famous country that while being a small to medium country was called the 『Country of Knights』, and seemed to a country that produced a great number of well-known knights. (That’s what I heard from Leonhart in the past)
Why would the princess of that country be in a place like this?
Mary-san’s face when a bit red for some reason from my question.
「I am on a premarital trip together with Lord Falhart.」
「Hee~, a premarital trip! Well, congratulations on thawhat!?」
When I replied while thinking that royalty and aristocrats probably get really busy after they get married, since there was a word that I heard in her words that I should let escape, I unintentionally let out a weird voice.
What did she say just now? Who was she having a premarital trip with?
「Princess, more importantly……」
Faster than I could pursue that train of thought, Falhart urged Mary-san.
But for me, I’d like to know about the details of that marriage, you know? Eh, a marriage with such an age difference? A princess that only a little bit older than me, with Falhart who looks like he’s passed forty. Looking at the princess’s response, it doesn’t look like it’s a political marriage of convenience but……
「Ahh, that’s right. Yuu Yashiro, I too, will lend aid in the matter at hand.」
「Eh? ……Is that alright?」
I’m thankful for the declaration done with a “How’s that” face but, even if it’s only for an instant, is it alright for the princess of a whole country to do something like that?
「Sylvia-sama, who is Leezelion’s Imperial Princess, had resolved a great number of incidents like this during her journey with the Hero. I, the princess of the country of knights, cannot possibly be allowed to fall behind!」
Ah~……Sylvia did joyfully do stuff like that, didn’t she. Though her sense of justice was strong, most of it was for the reason of being able to act violently in a legal manner. She did love to fight in her own way after all. She might have even appeared in something like the Magic Clad Martial Arts Demonstration.
「Ah~……I understand. I will leave the protection of you to Lord……Falhart.」
Since it didn’t look like she’d withdraw even if I refused her here, I nodded. Even if the worse were to happen, if Falhart’s there, it’ll probably be alright.
「Well then, without delay, just how far have you gotten? Have you caught hold of the enemy’s location?」
The moment I consented, I was heavily questioned by the princess whose eyes immediately brightened up.
This person is unmistakably the same type of person as Sylvia.
When I did a simple report of what happened at the Vodan residence since there was nothing else I could do, Mary-san’s body started trembling all over when she finished listening.
「To threaten him with his lovable family as a shield, what absolute scum! Things cannot stay like this. Lord Falhart, Yuu Yashiro! Accompany me!」
「Wait, oi oi oi! Just where do you plan on going!?」
I reflexively talked in an unreserved way but this wasn’t the time to be worrying about it. I called Mary-san, whose face was red from anger and looked like she was about to start running at any moment, to a halt.
「From one of the town to the other! If we do that, they’ll try to escape, shuffling about like mice, and make an appearance, right!」
「There’s no way that we can do something like that human-wave tactic with only a few people! This town isn’t on a scale like that of a village, you know!? And Falhart, don’t just watch, you stop her too!」