Chapter 56 (2/2)

“Er, S-Sir Leon? Um, I’m fine now, so…”

Put me down, I finished, but the words were sed by the bustle of the port town

But it seems like the he did hear me

“Please hold on until we arrive,” he said with a troubled expression, and I couldn’t bring ue It was probably because of how I spaced out earlier He probably worried such a slow child ht if allowed to walk by herself

If I obediently placed ht turn to ood

A part of me wanted to be pampered, but I’d be completely treated like a child

I’d be happy, but s were mixed…

He held me not like a princess, but like a child

I was almost thirteen, but when he treated ht truly be seen as a woman

“Is so?”

He looked atin dejection

“N-no!” I said “I just had so on my mind”

His look turned thoughtful

I’ you, please don’t ask I don’t want to make a pathetic confession to the man I like that I’m worried over whether he’ll ever see me as a woman

“Milady…”

“Eh?”

My head came up Sir Leonhard silently pointed at the sky, and I looked up like he wanted me to

The radiant sunlight beating down ulls flew in file toward the ocean, the peculiar sound of their cries resounded through the air They flew freely over the orange roofs that extended across the landscape The scene seeht out of a postcard

“Wow!” I exclaimed in wonder

Since I was higher than usual, it seeulls ithin reach

“Sir Leon, did you see? They were so close!”

“I did”

“Even they way they cried mya mya was cute!”

“They sound like cats, don’t they?”

So black-tailed gulls were the same, even in this world

I wonder if there were black-headed gulls as well?

“Though it see as well Look, over there”

“Huh? Where…oh!”

On the slanting doard roof of a ho their naps There was a tabby, a white cat, and a light brown cat It looked like they were using each other as pillows, and it was a very heartwar scene

Three fluffy furballs And the world was a better place because of it

I couldn’t help breaking into smiles, and said in a small voice, “They’re so cute!”

Sir Leonhard froze, his eyes widening as he stared me

Uh, uhm??

Did I say so to ruin the mood?

Or, uh, did I make a funny face?

In an instant, I became worried

But in the next moment, my worries fleay

“Yes… Very”

Please don’t say so like that with such a sweet smile

As foolish, and therefore terrifying, as it was, I couldn’t help thinking those words were meant for me

“Speak to the king, and he will indicate that he wishes for you to explore the lands to the east, and that if you return with black pepper, he will declare you a hero and grant you a shi+p” —From

Wow Bisu and Rose are both old school Much thanks toup this reference I just couldn’t figure out why Rose was h, considering this is a fantasy world with a European bent, and spice was a luxury that came from the East Bisu is a history nerd, maybe