Volume 5 Chapter 1.3 (2/2)

Said the Knights Commander, to which the Princess and that man looked at him briefly only to go back to casually sipping on their tea right after.

「I would be a good idea for the two of you to finally be able to get used to things like that, you know?」

「Since I’m a Knights Commander I always have to attend ceremonies like that. That’s just sad, don’t you think!?」

For a Knights Commander to say such a thing, it was truly horrible!

I approached that man and as soon as he saw me he brought his cup back to the table and gently smiled at me, while behind me the Knights Commander sounded as though he was going to start ripping his own hair off out of desperation. That man then urged me to sit beside him and I did just that, having already missed him throughout the ceremony.

「Umm, please forgive me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t the ambassador of Nerogranto Empire talking to you during the ceremony?」

What was that all about? When I asked him, that man furrowed his brows and nodded his head, confirming my words. So I wasn’t seeing things.

「Ah, that? He was saying something completely incomprehensible to me.」

「Something you couldn’t understand……?」

What was that supposed to mean? It was rare for that man to not be able to understand something that other people were talking to him about. He took another sip of tea that was already cold, but then the Princess stepped in, saying “Ah, that guy, huh?”

「That guy said that he would like to meet Agedilus in private.」

「Ah, come to think of it, I heard that as well. To say such a thing in a place such as this, he must be a really important person.」

Said Widnicol, also joining in on the conversation. And if more and more people knew what that was about it, only goes to show that the social skills of that man were still severely lacking. But since that man has never left this kingdom, he was never involved with people from other countries. Who knows? Maybe such a meeting would be beneficial to him? Or, by extension, to the whole kingdom? That would be great, if nothing else. Or there was always a possibility that the ambassador didn’t tell that to that man of his own volition, but was only a middle man for someone else? Honestly, I didn’t know what to think of it. But what was that feeling I was having? As if something bad was about to happen? Why would someone be interested in a Hero like that?

Now, I would also like for the celebrations tonight to end without any major incident as well. I smiled and then looked at the Princess, expecting her to smile and laugh as well. But that wasn’t the case. The look on the Princess’s face was quite solemn indeed. It was the same kind of expression that my Father wore not so long ago.

「Princess? Is there something wrong?」

When I asked her that, the Princess reacted just like my Father, gasping a little bit and then slowly shook her head.

「…… No, it’s nothing.」

No, judging from her expression alone it couldn’t possibly be “nothing”, but I couldn’t ask her more about that even if I wanted to. So I only grasped the hand of that man and squeezed it tightly, as if that was going to give me strength. In the background, the Knights Commander kept on lamenting. I was hoping that my premonition wouldn’t come true.