Level 1 Strongest Sage ~

I went with Father to the Royal Capital to participate in the Harvest Festival. Father had to greet the other nobles first, so I took some of the servants with me and went ahead of him to do some sightseeing in the festival.

By the way, Mother’s belly is huge because there’s a baby inside her, so she didn’t come with us this year. She’s currently relaxing in the mansion with the maids.

I told her I’ll bring back some souvenirs, but she just told me to have a great time.

Still —-

(Ahh, shuddup, just go and die!)

(Huff, huff, finally found you~. The festival’s too crowded so it can be quite tricky, but I can watch you from a closer distance than usual. Alright, lemme see how you’re gonna behave today, too!)

(Fuhihihi, so, which unlucky bastard am I gonna stab today?)

Yeah, as expected, there are a lot of people with strong inner voices mixed in the festival, and it’s making me sick.

Someone who held malice towards other people, some who behave like stalkers, and there’s even a guy who plans to kill others without caring who it is.

…I won’t be able to enjoy the festival at this rate.

By the way, I had the escort guards who came with us to the royal capital capture that guy who wanted to kill someone, and he was handed over to the military soldiers.

I can’t just let criminals on the loose even after knowing they’re here. I’m Father, the Count of Silveray’s daughter, after all. Well, there are a lot of nobles who will just let them be, though.

In order to lure the man holding the knife, I intentionally walked into his line of sight on my own, making sure he could easily attack me. Sure enough, he took the bait and approached me.

He was obviously a complete amateur as he approached me with his hands in his pocket. The escort immediately thought he was suspicious and grabbed him.

The man with the knife was completely focused on me, so he didn’t notice the strong guards who were on standby nearby. I read the escort’s thoughts and adjusted my position so that they were out of the knife man’s sight.

The escort noticed that he was hiding a knife, so he was captured and taken to the military soliders.

It’s not like he did anything wrong, but the mere fact that he approached me, the count’s daughter, while hiding a knife was enough to apprehend him, with suspicions that he might stab me somewhere in this festival.

At any rate, the most suspicious guy was dealt with.

The guards had already taken him down before he could even take out the knife, so it wasn’t such a big deal. The festival went on as if nothing happened.

Perhaps, it’s my role to secretly protect the peace with my mind-reading skills.

But I am still weak.

I need to get stronger as soon as possible, so that I’ll be able to stop those who harbor dangerous thoughts on my own, without relying on the guards, or anyone else!

That’s what I thought, but yup, the royal capital really is buzzing with strong-willed people so…

I hadn’t fully mastered my skills yet, so I can’t completely block the inner voices no matter how I tried to. It’s pretty hard listening to other people’s negative thoughts all the time.

I’m already… at my limit…

“Charles, it’s been a while.”

“Elder Brother Cain!”

The voices around me suddenly disappeared.

That’s because Elder Brother Cain’s voice is too pure and very powerful.

Whenever I talk to him, no matter how strong the surrounding voices were, they would definitely fade into nothing. Maybe the desire to listen to Elder Brother Cain was so strong that I unconsciously tuned everyone else out.

The fact that I am able to control my mind-reading skill only during these times was one of the reasons why I believed that I still had room to improve for this ability.

“Are you alright? You look pale…”

(My lil sis is really cute as usual. Ah, but why does her complexion look bad? Did something happen?)

I’m cute, he said…

Elder Brother Cain always told me that, but he even thinks of it. I’m so happy!!

“Actually, a guy carrying a knife almost attacked me…”

“W-What!?”

(Alright, that guy is so dead, gonna obliterate him.)

“W-Wait, the guards already captured him earlier, so I’m fine now. It’s just that… I was scared.”

Even with my current physical ability, I can evade an attack of an amateur since I could read his thoughts of haphazardly attacking people.

Still, deliberately using myself to lure him out with the possibility of being attacked was scary.

I still didn’t have the capability to defend myself and defeat him, after all.

“I see… But then, you don’t have to worry about it. As long as Charles is in the Royal Capital, I’ll be the one to protect you.”

(I will definitely not let anyone hurt my lil sis!!)

Oh dear…

Elder Brother Cain’s protective thoughts towards me made my heart all fuzzy warm and it’s very comfortable to listen to. I really love talking to my Elder Brother Cain.

I had never met Elder Brother Cain in the Royal Capital before. That’s why I didn’t know that his voice was enough to make me unable to hear the voices of the people around me.

Being able to meet Elder Brother was enough reason for me to endure going to the Royal Capita, but everything was worth it. With him by my side, and only his voice ringing in my ear, I will be able to enjoy the festival to my heart’s content.

“Thanks, Elder Brother. Alright, let’s go around the festival! It’s been a while, so you have to stay beside me for the whole day, okay?”

With that, I pulled my brother’s hand and run towards the stalls lined up in the center of the festival.