Chapter 62 (2/2)

It was obvious how much importance Crow was putting on the date just from the way he was carefully examining everything.

But Fii had a small question.

(Aren’t this girl’s tastes a little childish?)

It was generally children that ordered a hamburg or gratin in an expensive place like this. Usually adults would go for something a bit fancier.

Not just that, but having trouble eating capsic.u.ms and carrots just sounded rather childish.

After dinner, they had a walk around the high cla.s.s shopping district for a little bit before heading back to the castle.

The oil street lamps were now far away with only the dim lights from houses and the moon to light their path.

The large castle they were headed to was lit up brightly on the other hand, and from its surroundings it almost looked like stars in the night.

Because it was so dark, in the end Crow continued to escort her.

Their two bodies were huddled together as they strode down the dark path.

By now, Crow was treating Fii just as normal, with no signs of the silence he had earlier.

They simply headed back together hand-in-hand as they chatted about things like her life at the dorms.

But as they were happily talking, they stopped when they noticed people up front.

“They’re waiting to ambush us, aren’t they.”

“Seems like it.”

The two of them exchanged words in a whisper.

Right now they were close to one of the more dangerous blocks in the city.

Although they hadn’t actually taken a step into it, perhaps the darkness of the night encouraged these thugs to wander a little further.

“Heyy, Mister. On a date with your cute little miss? What a lucky guy.”

“Quite a beauty, ain’t she. I was thinkin’ that I’d have some of your money, but maybe I’ll take her too.”

“That’s how it is, so be good and give us your gold and the girl. If you do, we’ll let you go home in one piece.”

Three nasty looking men were standing in their way.

Although Fii was about to transition into a pre-emptive flying kick, Crow held her back in a hug.

“Crow-san!?”

Fii’s eyes widened in a little surprise.

Crow just smiled gently in return.

“You stay out of trouble this time. After having this princess accompany me all day, it’d shame my name as a knight to make her fight. Plus, you might trip over if you fight in those heels, yanno.”

Given that she wasn’t used to them yet, it was certainly possible.

(Muu…)

Since she couldn’t help it, Fii obeyed.

“Oh? Ya wanna go three versus one, huh?”

“Acting a little too cool is only gunna give you pain, boy.”

Hearing these ruffians caused Fii to let out an astounded sigh.

(The ones in for some pain are you guys…)

It only took an instant for Crow to knock them all out.

The men were sprawled on the ground, unmoving.

Since Fii knew how strong he was, it wasn’t a surprise at all. This was simply the natural result.

Fii didn’t think she could win against him even if she had a sword, to say nothing of these three hooligans…

“I’ve kept you waiting, Princess,”

said Crow as he tried to act cool by giving an impish smile under the moonlight.

The thing was when Crow did it, he really did seem like a knight out of a fairytale.

“Well done. As a reward, I allow you to continue serving as my escort, Lord Knight,”

she replied. The two of them looked at each other for a moment before bursting into laughter, holding hands again as they continued making their way.

“Somehow it’s nothing but trouble when it comes to dates with you. At least it wasn’t boring.”

“Was this a date?”

“Nah, I don’t really know. I mean, I was with a guy the whole time,” Crow replied.

“That’s true. It’s not a date with two guys, is it,” said Fii, before giving a teasing smile.

Making their way down the night road, they continued to talk merrily as they headed home.

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