Chapter 55 (1/2)

The Reincarnated Princess’s Request

The map crackled as it spread on the table

Sir Leonhard’s white gloved hand pressed down theout a crease

Sir Leonhard and I were the only ones in the rest area adjacent to the greenhouse right now

The wizards were training, and I was asking Klaus to gather infor ued

The results of et so him

“Princess”

His gaze invited me to look, so I did It was a edom We were here to discuss the vicinity of the border between our kingdom and Laptah, so I focused on the northeastern portion which bordered it

At that very moment, to my surprise, my view of the map darkened The nized the shadow that stood between hed I reached out to that black mass and felt its velvety fine fur

I spoke to the shadow—er, my beloved cat—in a low voice

“Nero”

He paidcarefreely as he looked back atwith curiosity

Ever since his wounds healed and he could freelyme around every day That must have always been his true personality New places caused no trepidation for him, and he explored happily

There was japanese saying that went, “A dog follows its owner A cat chooses the habitat rather than the owner,” but it didn’t seeory Maybe he saw the palace as a big house, which would be rather a

“You can’t hop on the table”

When I reached out to put him down, he smoothly avoided me To my surprise, he ran to Sir Leonhard

“Nero!”

Unaffected by his owner’s frustrations, he cuddled up to Sir Leonhard’s hand Perhaps a little shocked, Sir Leonhard’s eyes widened a few degrees With a soft look in his eyes, he scratched under Nero’s chin with a finger

“He’s quite friendly”

Nero purred happily as Sir Leonhard watched hiht for sore eyes

While I watched with rapt attention, Nero began to climb Sir Leonhard

“Oomph”

“Nero, what—?!”

Like a certain , Nero easily gamboled his way up to Sir shoulders I was shocked No matter how friendly he asn’t this a bit too much? Just how much did he take after his owner??

“I’m sorry, Sir Leon”

“It’s fine I often scare small animals, so this is a happy turn of events”

Nero made himself completely at home as he wrapped himself around Sir Leonhard’s neck like a black scarf Sir Leonhard sently brushed the cat’s head, ready to let it stay where it was until it got tired of hi so easily when I sa attached Nero was

Don’t tell h

“Shall we continue?”

Cat on his shoulder, Sir Leonhard looked at the map I followed suit

The agenda for today was, naturally, the Dark Lord Our desired goal was to locate the shrine where he was sealed

“The story says that the te for should be in this area, correct?”

Sir Leonhard drew a big circle near the border with Laptah

“Yes, it’s supposed to be near a village on the frontier”