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Let me explain how I spent my days in the royal capital.
I got up, went to the royal castle, and chatted with the king until noon.
After returning to the house, I stocked up on house-related items while conversing with Maria, Mina, and the servants.
Then a party in the evening.
I find the few gaps in my busy schedule,
Researching potions and scouting for potions masters in the royal capital.
Reading and writing replies to the reports sent to me every three days or so from the territory of Dicaman.
Finally, sleep
...... You may have noticed that I have almost no time for rest.
Time seemed to move so fast when I was leading this kind of life, and in no time at all, the entrance date to the academy was just three days away.
And then,
“Are you okay?”
ЭOh, I'm fine.”
ЭI'm sorry if you caught my cold, brother.Э
ЭNo, I'm just tired, don't worry about it.”
I had been in bed due to exhaustion.
Maria had been in bed until the day before yesterday due to being either tired or stressed, and even though I told the king that I would finally be able to bring her tomorrow, I was too tired to leave my bed.
I had taken a magic potion to fake the fatigue, but it seemed to have reached its limit, and I didn't know if I had the energy to move at all.
“Excuse me! I brought you some apples!Э
ЭOh, thank you.”
Mina, who knew that I was not feeling well, shared with the other servants and brought me something light to eat while I was at it.
"Soon after, the skin is peeled off. ......"
...... one apple with no peel or anything, and unfortunately, this room only has a bed, a chair, a quill pen and paper.
In other words,
“Um, Mina, there's nothing to cut in here. ......"
“...... sorry, I'll get it right away!”
There is no knife.
Mina was embarrassed when Maria pointed this out to her.
Mina, who was pointed out, was embarrassed, her face turned red, and she left the room again with the apple in her hand.
"I knew it, Mina, you're so cute.""
Maria, who has become used to the noisy environment in the royal capital, is able to talk just as she did when she was at the Dickaman family's estate.
She's getting back on track and is starting to smile a little more.
“Brother?”
Hmm? Well, yes."
'You admit it, don't you?”
For some reason, lately she has been trying to get me to say my impression of Mina.
Maria prefers the words “cute” and “like,” and even I can guess what she is thinking and what she is looking for. ......
“Oh, I admit it.”
"Ooooh!”
As long as there's the fact that I'm going from falling in love to ruin, I'm never going to feel that way yet.
"Huh?”
Hmm? What's wrong?”
What's wrong? All quiet?”
Maria, who had been smiling, suddenly began to look around.
Somehow, I had a sense of déjà vu about the quietness, the last time I experienced it was in King's Landing, right?
Knock-knock.
"hiccup ......”
"Maria, you can stay on this side.”
Mina would call out at the same time as the knock, and Maria, realizing it was another person, would be scared.
She moves to the side of the bed, opposite the door.
"Come in."
'Excuse me.”
The door opens and in walks the Prime Minister, as I expected.
“Oh, come on, Khalil, it's unusual for you to be sick!"
"Don't speak too loudly, Your Majesty, the girl there is scared."
But I didn't hear that the king is here too.
“Your Majesty and the Prime Minister, I'm sorry for the state of affairs.”
“Good, good, is the reason why you can't get moving because you're overworked? I told you to take a break, didn't I?
The reason I couldn't rest is because of the two of them, though.
I swallowed hard and answered with a bitter smile.
"So, this girl has the power of mercy?"
"Yes, Maria, introduce yourself."
Maria, who had been scared of the two for some time now, was pale and looked very pale, though she had an expression of looking at the strange things.
"I am Maria Dicaman.
I greet His Majesty the King and the Prime Minister."
“Yes.”
Her greeting was choppy, but considering how scared she was, she did a good job.
“...... Miguel.”
“Ha, [Stop].”
At the king's signal, the prime minister uses magic.
I don't know if he had put a lot of the power of deadly sins into it, but it didn't work on me, and only Maria stopped.
'Hey, Khalil, isn't this mercy kind of weakness?"
This level is a bit of a disappointment...well, it's better that there's no danger...”
Maria's ability is only to read the minds of others in her field of vision, and so far she has no fighting ability.
“Maria's ability to read other people's minds is the only thing that has not been changed in terms of combat.
It's not very useful."
'If it could work against deadly sins, but there was no response as if she was reading mine and His Majesty's hearts, and she is a horrible level of small fry.
I would very much like to see mercy learn from loyalty.”
Mercy is ripped to shreds by the possessor of the deadly sins that he overcame.
Oh well, I would have thought he was a small fish too if I didn't know about the odd eye that makes mercy stronger with my knowledge.
'But it might get stronger in the future?"
"Really?”
The king looks as if he wants to say, “This is ~?
Khalil has a point.
If mercy only has this kind of ability, it is not qualified as a power position opposite to the deadly sins. There must be some kind of reinforcement left.”
The king, who seemed to be thinking over the Prime Minister's words with his eyes closed, seemed to have come to a conclusion and began to speak to us.
"There is no need for you to report every move to us, but you must report any dangerous activity to us.
Is that clear?”
"Yes, I understand.”
Maria is too weak to be included in the force, but she is a virtue, the opposite of a deadly sin, so there is a risk of her running wild.
The easiest and safest treatment for Maria in her current state is to get rid of her, but perhaps the king was concerned about me and decided to only watch her.
I think I'll go back today, now that I've done my purpose and my visit, and get some rest and prepare for entrance.”
I'll cancel your private schedule so you can get some rest.”
“' ...... Thank you very much.”
I replied, doing my best to suppress the grin that threatened to appear on my face at the mention of the two words “rest.
"See you later."
"Bye."
"Yes, thank you very much for coming all the way out here."
I watched them go out of the door and closed my eyes.
The magic should be lifted in a few moments and time will move normally.
"I forgot to mention that the night before the enrollment, there is a party hosted by the royal family for Khalil's ascension to the throne.
I want you to attend it! Bye!"
This time, the sounds of footsteps started to sound off.
“...... [Sleep Fall asleep].”
Convinced that I would collapse if I did not recover from my exhaustion, I cast a spell on myself and fell into a deep sleep.