Chapter 6 (1/2)

TL: Note that in j.a.panese, the only native f-sound (fu) falls into the h-row of mora, so the f- and h- phoneme are considered strongly related. Hii and Fii are, I guess, quite similar to j.a.panese speakers.

Being led along by the somewhat frivolous, but kind knight, Fii finally managed to pa.s.s the castle gates.

“I’m Crow. I guess you already know, but I’m a knight of Orstoll. So what do I call you?”

“My name is Heath,” casually replied Fii.

She had properly thought up an alias over these last two weeks.

(No. It’s not an alias. It’s going to be my new name.)

To be honest she had wanted to try a completely new name, but it wouldn’t do if she couldn’t react to the name properly.

The ‘hea’ in Heath sounded a little bit like ‘Fii’, so she chose that as her name.

Even after pa.s.sing through the castle gates, the line of applicants still continued on.

Fii felt that she would be fine on her own now that she was outside, but it seemed that Crow intended on escorting her all the way to the end.

They continued to walk side-by-side.

“So why do you want to become a knight, Heath?”

“Umm, well…”

The question sent her into a panic.

Her goal was so clear that she had actually forgotten to form an excuse to use in public.

And it was impossible for her to honestly tell him that she wanted a new ident.i.ty.

In a fl.u.s.ter, what she managed to come up with was,

“B-, Because knights are cool!”

Quite a stupid reason, if she did say so herself.

She could feel sweat forming at her brow again.

But Crow’s reaction was actually positive.

“Yeah, you’re right. Knights are cool, aren’t they. I’m cool too, right?”

“Yes! I admire you!”

She was sucking up to him a little bit, but it was true that she did find him cool.