NOVEL WEB c97
"And where is your carriage to take you home?”
"It's right here.”
The princess spoke to the servant who was waiting at a distance with her eyes still a little moist, and said something about directions when she didn't know where it was. ......
The Marquis Dicaman was easy to talk to for some reason.
“If it weren't for this first meeting, I'd have been tempted to befriend you and establish a good relationship with you.
That's good to hear.”
The servant guiding me was nearby, so the conversation was bland.
As soon as I saw the carriage in front of me, I had a bad feeling.
Even though it was a bad feeling, it was not as bad as an insect's warning, but a bitter feeling like when someone knows something you don't want them to know.
"I'm really sorry about today, Marquis Dicaman.
I knew about the relationship between him and myself, but I decided it would be better to call on you, the most dynamic person in the room.
Once again, I am truly sorry.”
It is strange for me to say this, but our Dicaman family is currently the most prestigious noble family in the country, and the majority of those who have a faction would want to draw us in.
The princess was one of them.
However, knowing the relationship between the descendant of a hero and herself, she must have been impatient and decided to make this recruitment.
"No, I don't mind any longer.”
It's true that I don't care about it. I'm wary of it, but I can only see its value as an object of observation for those who are on the verge of ruin.
But I sensed from the apologizing princess in front of me that she felt guilty about it.
And I was relieved that she was calm enough to blurt out “he,” the descendant of a hero, for the sake of apologizing in the presence of servants.
“Well, Marquis Dicaman, we'll talk again when we have a chance.”
"Yes, if we have another chance."
I'll do my best to avoid such a chance!
I said a few last words and got into the carriage.
The inside of the carriage was lightly magically enhanced, and there was a bed where I could lie down and rest.
And then..,
“Letter ......?”
There was a familiar envelope in a very obvious place, and at first glance I knew what the feeling was.
I opened the envelope with trembling hands, just as I had done when it arrived at the mansion, and checked the contents of the letter.
What, you're going to be alone with her at night? Well, she's my blood and she's good looking.
Besides, if you want him, I'll make him fall into slavery, you know?”
A letter this light and cruel, written as if it were a matter of course, is definitely the king.
And I want to say it out loud.
'You are wrong, Your Majesty: ......'
I wanted to charge into the King's room right now, but ruthlessly, the carriage was starting to move.
ーーーーー
In the mansion given to the Dicaman family in the royal capital, some of the lights were on even though it was the middle of the night, and the servants were getting ready for life in the mansion.
I have received orders to pick you up tomorrow evening if the Marquess Dicaman so wishes."
"Then I shall ask him."
With a final deep bow of his head, he returned to the castle.
Ah... ......"
As I opened the door to the mansion to rest, I noticed a problem.
What room should I sleep in?
Normally, it would be easy to find out by asking the servants, but it is a little awkward to talk to those who work late at night. ......
I'll take a rest on a sofa or chair in a proper room.
“Soo ......” zzzz
When I entered the mansion, I saw a sleeping person.
The furnishings brought from the Dickaman house and the furniture purchased in the royal capital were still placed near the entrance, and Mina was sleeping on one of the sofas.
'Isn't it cold?'
'"It's chilly...... ”zzzz
"?!"
Did she talk in her sleep?
“......” zzzz
I thought she was awake, but she just reacted unconsciously because she was not sleeping well?
“I think I have ...... in my item box.”
My item box contains not only valuable magical tools, but also valuable materials.
One of such materials.
“Fairy Cloth.”
A cloth that can block all outside air, despite being so thin that the other side can be seen through it; a cloth that can block all outside air.
It is also used as a part of the dress that the wife of the king wears when she announces her engagement, and it is such a high-class material that the daughters of nobles dream of wearing a dress made of fairy cloth at least once.
Well, there is no use in magic potions.
Well, I put the fairy cloth on Mina and sat down on a big chair nearby.
'Hah, I can finally rest.'
I had a real lot of headaches today.
The incident with the wren predator, the dinner with the king, the princess's call, the disgraceful misunderstanding.
With all this going on from the first day I arrived in the royal capital, no matter how many deadly sins I've committed and how my body doesn't fit into the human frame, I'm going to collapse from overwork on the day of my entrance into the academy.
"......”
I sit deep in my chair in the soundless entrance and close my eyes a little.
I don't need to sleep, but I feel like I need a little sleep to get some of the fatigue and dulness out of me.
"Hmmm...“......” zzzz
I catch a smiling voice from the sleeping Mina.
"Don't give Mina a hard time. ......"
Standing between Maria and the servants, studying magic while also doing her job as a servant......
Although nowadays I am getting used to such a lifestyle and show less signs of fatigue, my body may still be tired.
"Thank you.”
I said this and closed my eyes.
Thus ended the first day in the capital.