Chapter 33 (1/2)

I stand between the thick arbour and watch the blue sky that spreads endlessly.

As a gentle wind caresses my cheeks, I stretched my body and exclaimed.

「…… A pleasant wind is blowing today」

When I said that, Ayla nods while arranging her hair.

「Yes. It feels good.」

The beautiful red hair of Ayla, who replied to me, swayed in the wind. Today, Ayla isn’t in her usual light brown plain dress, but wears a stunning white dress as if she’s shedding light.

Honestly, I was often fascinated by her appearance like a natural princess.

No, I wonder if it’s natural for a real princess to look good? Anyway, A1 also stands diagonally in her back and is looking attentively like a bodyguard.

No, that’s good, but isn’t it natural for you to stand at my back?

When I’m observing Ayla and A1 while thinking such things, I heard a voice of protest from behind.

「…… Mother, Taiki-sama is looking at Ayla-sama again.」

「Hmm, this is troubling… though, it’s okay if Mea and Schnee can join as a concubine somehow.」

「Me too!?」

「That’s a big pressure for Schnee who’s an old maid….. Guhah!」

「Even you Rant is single.」

I look back while smiling wryly at their topic with lively voices and turned to Torraine and the others.

Today, the girls are wearing costumes like a dancer with high skin exposures unlike usual. Maybe they matched it with their blue hair, because they have chosen colors such as light blue or bluish purple. At first glance, they looked like a dancer or belly dancer.

All of it were bought from yesterday’s merchant, but certainly there was a lot of unique and interesting things just as the merchant have boasted. Maybe it matched their cat beastman’s sensitivity, because Torraine and the others have immediately picked up their clothes.

Mea, who is wearing her clothes and whirling around, is very adorable.

When I look at Mea while thinking such things, she’s also looking at me with a somewhat shy appearance. Her tail is swaying anxiously downwards. Maybe because she was nervous when my face turned at her, Schnee also became stiff in a similar manner with Mae.

「Both Mea-chan and Schnee-san are cute.」

When I said that, Mea smiled sweetly in delight and Schnee raised a weird voice and became surprised.

「Cu, cute?! That can’t be……」

She’s waving her hand, but her tail is swaying greatly just like with Mea. Schnee has a dignified atmosphere, but she might have a surprisingly cute personality.

While watching their swaying tail, I open my mouth.

「A mysterious great country that stopped the war between the Kingdom and the Empire, huh? The people who live here are only five people except the King, though.」

When I said that, Torraine and the others laughed as if in trouble. Only Ayla is smiling wryly. By the way, I liked and recommended the dress of Ayla. It seems to be quite plain than the fashion in the Royal Capital, but I personally like it.

Ayla in such a beautiful dress watched the vast sky and opened her mouth.

「…… So, where are we heading?」

When Ayla turned around to me while saying that, Mea was drawn and also turned towards me.

「Where are we going?」

Mea looks at me with sparkling eyes. She looks like a child expecting her first outing.

「I think I would like to see the country called Imperial Country of Fleida.」

「Imperial Country of Fleida?」

Mea tilted her head to my words. Then Ayla talked before I answered.

「It’s a neighboring country of the Empire and the Kingdom. The southernmost is being ruled side by side by the Azul Kingdom and the Imperial Country of Fleida, so it’s a country with similar status, both in terms of national strength and standpoint with Azul Kingdom to an extent.」

Ayla talked about the status of each country and was explaining it with her point of view as royalty, but as an ordinary person, I have more interest in other details.

It’s townscape, culture, rare foods and so on. To put it bluntly, there’s nothing better than feeling like traveling abroad.

It feels that the Azul Kingdom and Blau Empire have an atmosphere of medieval Europe, but I wonder if it’s also the same in the Imperial Country of Fleida?

「Anyway, I’d like to walk around the city.」