Chapter 63 (1/2)

Three evenings later, Fii found herself on a rooftop with Conrad.

“Peeking is badd, okay? Crow-san will be so mad if he finds us,” said Fii.

But despite her words, she still lay on the roof in wait, careful to stay invisible from below.

Not only that, she even had the pair of binoculars in her hand. It was something she had received a long time ago from Galluzzi-san.

“But aren’t you curious?” asked Conrad, “It’s the first time he’s ever gone so far for a girl.”

Conrad hadn’t even pretended that he wasn’t peeking, even bringing a carpet to lay on.

His hands possessed a pair of binoculars as well.

n.o.body with a conscience was around to stop them.

Actually, there was one person with a conscience.

(Princess Fii! I didn’t teach you the skills of a gra.s.s to peek on people like this!)

But although he screamed this in his mind, the situation was still not serious enough for him to appear, and thus the man ended up saying nothing.

When Crow had left the 18th Division’s gathering place, he was wearing the full ceremonial dress for a knight. It was the outfit used for official ceremonies and the like.

A bright blue jacket with gold highlights with the same coloured pants to match. His waist even boasted a ceremonial sabre.

This was Crow, who said he hated ceremonial dress.

It was Fii’s first time seeing him wearing it.

It would be stranger if she wasn’t curious.

So she got on board with Conrad’s idea, and thus here they were now, waiting on a roof near the high cla.s.s shopping district.

“It’s taking a while, isn’t it?”

“Yeah. How boring.”

It was evening now, and Crow had been standing in front of the clocktower the whole time, patiently waiting for his date.

He had hazel eyes and long blonde hair, and in his bright blue ceremonial dress, he attracted the gazes of quite a few pa.s.serbys. Young girls in particular would see him by chance and come to a stop in their daze.

But his date still hadn’t arrived yet.

Having staked out for over thirty minutes now, the bored Fii and Conrad had begun using the chalk used for contact purposes to play tic-tac-toe.

The two of them decided that there was no problem since the chalk came off in the rain.

Another twenty minutes later, a horse carriage stopped in front of Crow in the plaza.

Crow began to walk towards it with an unusually gentle smile on his face. His date was definitely riding it.

Fii and Conrad abandoned their 121st match as they raised just their heads to look.

“We’re here!”

“So we are.”

Now that they weren’t drawing on people’s rooftops any more, Fii and Conrad began silently observing.

When the door to the carriage opened, Crow’s date finally appeared.

Seeing them, the pair suddenly shouted.

“A married womann!?”

“A loliconn!?”

The reason was because it wasn’t just one person who appeared.

There was a girl who looked about ten as well as a young woman who seemed to be her mother. Both of them left the carriage together.

The two females met eyes with Crow.

(Which is it…!? Or could it be both of them…!?) shouted the peeking duo in their minds.

They then came to a conclusion.

(Either one would be a problem…!)

The little girl went without saying.

And as for the young woman, perhaps she was a widower, but if she wasn’t, it would be adultery. Adultery!

(W-W-W-, What do we do? We have to stop Crow-san!)

Seeing Crow dressed like the ideal knight, as he strayed from their ideals…

As Fii was panicking, a voice called out from behind her.

“What are you two doing.”

“HYAAH!”

The shock cause Fii to scream in surprise.

And when she realised who the voice belonged to, she was greeted with another shock.

“C-, Captain!?”

Turning around, Fii was met with York standing behind her, arms crossed.

His blue-grey eyes were tinged with a little doubt behind his usual mask.

“U-U-Umm, Captain, why are you…!?”

“Since n.o.body was in the meeting place, I talked to the gate guards. They told me that you three left the castle. After searching for a little, I found you two moving about suspiciously on this rooftop.”

Searching for a little was enough to find them in their hiding spot? Just how good was his vision? Fii felt sweat running down her cheek.

And next to Fii, Conrad was trying to sneak away.

“Conrad-san! Please don’t run away by yourself!”

“Ah-, hey, Heath-chan!”

Fii was holding on tightly to his sleeves.

‘We all die together!’ or rather, Fii had not the slightest plan of being scolded by herself. After all, the one who invited her was Conrad-san! Well, the one who asked Galluzzi even earlier for the binoculars was her though.

York simply watched the two, a little astounded.

“What on earth are you two… Mn?”

But his words stopped when he saw Crow far into the background.

“That’s Perciore’s wife and daughter, isn’t it…” he muttered as he looked at the smiling young woman talking to Crow.

“Perciore… you say?” asked Fii.

“A knight in the 5th Division. He was heavily injured during a mission, admitted into hospital for treatment. Thankfully it’s nothing permanent and he should be able to work again with rehabilitation, but I heard that his daughter has been depressed.”

Fii looked through her binoculars again and found the little girl with a gloomy expression.

After saying something to the wife, Crow knelt and spoke to the girl.

And then, handing over a plush toy that he had been hiding, he gave a knight’s greatest bow.

『Little Princess, your father’s injuries will definitely heal. So please cheer up. Today, I, Crow, shall keep you company instead.』

Even though he was too far to hear, Fii’s ears heard him without a problem.

Seeing this knight from out of a fairytale, the girl’s face immediately brightened.

After saying goodbye to Perciore’s wife, he gently took the girl’s hand and headed towards the restaurant. The wife bowed to Crow as well, before heading towards the hospital.

“I see…”

(So that’s why he wanted to check the restaurant…)

The places that Crow preferred were not dangerous exactly, but definitely not safe from trouble at night.

The well-lit high cla.s.s shopping street were safe to bring a child to, even at night.

But the stores there were more catered towards adults.

The sauces had wine in them, and they also often had flavourings that children weren’t good with. That’s why he wanted to try the food first.

A little princess was being escorted by hand by a knight as they headed towards a sparkling and gorgeous restaurant.

The girl’s expression was bright as she looked up at the gently speaking Crow.

“Hmmm, it’s a bit different to what I expected.”

Conrad had a complex expression on. It was kind of a let-down to him, but not something bad either.

“Crow-san really is cool.”