Chapter 63 (2/2)

“It didn’t fit your ‘request’ and that’s why you didn’t reckon it I’ve spoiled you too much”

“Yes, father…”

Who have you spoiled too much?! I didn’t say it

But even without voicing it, I knew I probably relied on Sir Leonhard too much

Whenever he was next toI could talk to him anytime

Even though I shouldn’t have forgotten that as a man in a position with much responsibility he was under a lot of pressure

Seized with panic, I tried to pretend I didn’t notice this e fault

I was terrible The very worst

Even though I understood now, I still couldn’t bow my head sincerely and admit my mistake Really, as to be done with me?

Father broke the stretched silence

“You do understand he is an extremely talented and renowned man?” he asked abruptly

I raised my head Hesitantly, I nodded “Um, I do”

Even without his title as the Cohts, Sir Leonhard was already a h the neighboring lands, and there were doms who aspired to be like him

“Think how it looks to the people around you when you have ayou”

“How it looks to the surrounding people,” I repeated

“That’s right The , do you believe those spectators will praise you?”

I covered

I thought about it like he told me to

If I asked Sir Leonhard to travel with me

If everything ell, I obtained thethe spread of the disease in the Kingdom of Wind, would the people around me praise me?

“I do not…”

The ansas no

All would assume it was Sir Leonhard’s achievement

In order to gain fame, the princess used him There would also undoubtedly be those who assumed she stole the credit

If the situation was the same as usual, I wouldn’t have even minded It wasn’t like I particularly desired fa credit, it was better than standing out for peculiar reasons I was si Sir Leonhard afterould have been the icing on the cake

But it was different now

I wanted success I had to prove it to everyone around me

In order to stop dom, I needed accomplishments

“First,even to Leonhard when you stand next to him”

Sir Leonhard was the strongest swords officer To top it off, his nahout the lands, and father wanted me to stand on the same level as him? What level was that supposed to be?

What nonsense was he saying to young girl in her early teens!

Even though I thought the words, arded my inner voice as the corners of my mouth lifted up

No matter how hard this road may be, if it led to hi

I are I was being taken in, but there was no turning back

“I will devote myself to it,” I smiled

Wordlessly, he nodded at me

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