Chapter 341 – Date With Anne

Chapter 341: Date with Anne

“Princess Mama… !”

Run directly to the door and open it.

Sigh.

“Hello, I’m a little early.”

“Ah, yes come in!”

“Yes, excuse me.
Hey, how are you?”

“Oh, how are you?!
I am Zach, your lieutenant.”

“Hello!
This is Ludwig, Lieutenant!”

“Yes, I have heard a lot from you both.
We’ve seen each other many times, but this is the first time we’ve talked to each other.”

Haha, please remember me… Thank you.”

“No, of course.
These are the people who worked hard to save me and Her Highness.
Oh yeah, so I prepared a special meal for the two of you.
Follow her maid outside her and she will guide you.
And these are the cookies I made myself… Please eat it even if it doesn’t taste good.”

“Ayu~ What are all these things~”

“Thank you, I will eat well!”

“Please don’t expect it.
Unlike Your Highness, I’m not good at baking and baking…
Then I’ll borrow the deputy commander for now.
Camus, let’s go.”

“Yes.”

“Uh… ?
Wait a minute, old man… You said you had an appointment right now. ?!?!”

“Uh huh?
Is this country… ?”

Leaving the bruised Jacques and Ludwig behind, he goes out with Anne.

“It’s been a while, Mercy.”

“How are you, Your Excellency?
You are Her Highness, the princess, and the savior of my life, but I apologize for being late.”

“Ugh, no.
Please take good care of our princess in the future.”

“It is natural.
If there is anything you want to ask of me, please tell me.”

“Okay.
Oh, are you going to go with me?”

“I will be at the picnic site in advance.
We will wait at a distance so as not to disturb you.”

“I’ll call you right away if anything happens.
Oh, let me know in advance if there are any caveats.”

So, I go on a picnic with Anne.

“I’m sorry, I came earlier without contacting you…”

“No.
I was afraid that I would run out of time, so I was packing my things in advance.
But the place is farther than I thought, so I’m going to walk for quite a while… ?
The sun is also quite bright.
Are you okay?
Can you ride a horse?”

“The carriage is fine, but the horse is shaking too much…
You can ride it just by walking.”

“Hmm… Have you ever ridden a griffon?”

“I-I don’t fly high…”

“If you fly close to the ground like a horse, it is more stable than a horse because it does not shake.
The Royal Griffon is bigger than the regular Griffon, and the riding comfort is good, so let’s ride it.
Both you and I have some luggage, so if it’s okay, we can ride together.”

“Royal Griffon… ?
I’ve only seen Sir Angela ride occasionally… I’m curious.
Then please.”

The advantage of being a second-in-command is that you can freely bring one Black Wyvern and one Royal Griffon with you.
If I need to, I have to send a messenger.

“Now, it’s time to give us a ride today.
Say hello to him.”

Purr. Nod

“Oh, what a surprise…
Can I stroke you?”

“Then. It’s safe.”

Anne was wearing a white dress and a wide-brimmed white hat to match today’s picnic.
With a thin, fragile arm, he caressed the head of the Royal Griffon whose upper body was covered in white feathers.
A mount with the upper body of an eagle and the lower body of a lion.

“How does it feel?
Its feathers are softer than the brown feathered normal griffon, so it will be less rough.”

“Wow… Cool.
He is very quiet.”

“No, it is brutal.
I’m mind-controlling, so I’m quiet.”

“Aha.
You are an excellent pilot.
No worries about flying.”

“Then.
Now, sit back and hold your back tight.”

“…”

I get on first and pat the back seat, but Ann stares at me.
Hmm… Isn’t it normal to sit sideways and hug your waist while riding?

“Ann… ? Is there anything on your mind?”

“Ugh, no.
Please hold me.”

She grabs her arm, but she can’t come up because her arm is weak.

“Well, I can’t help it.
I’ll upload it.
Excuse me then.

“How, kyaaak… !”

I get down, grab the armpit, lift it up and sit down.

“Uh, uh… You are strong.
Like a kid…”

“You are light.”

“And… You can’t do that to her lady.”

“Sorry. Were you full of selfishness?”

“Hmm, do you feel comfortable making skinship with other ladies?”

Ahh! Horses have bones!

“If I get on anyway, I’ll carry her around her waist, so what’s this…
Oh, for safety reasons, I’ll tie you up with this belt.
It’s your first flight, so I’m nervous, so I think you’ll have a hard time.”

Flutter, Flutter…

“How is it?”

“This is not a flight… Isn’t it levitation?”

Now, Geun-Soon is flying about 50cm above Jiyeon.
Occasionally, when the ground is uneven, a Royal Griffon will occasionally kick her floor with her feet to adjust her altitude.

“It was considering the psychology of beginners.
That’s less than a camel’s height.
Aren’t you scared?”

“Not at all.
It feels like riding a donkey… No, it feels like riding a boat on a lake.
Whoops, it’s a lot more comfortable than I thought.
It’s refreshing because of the wind…”

“Yes?
Thank god.
I’m a model pilot. Haha!
Hold on tight so the hat doesn’t fly off.”

She lightly grabbed my waist with one of her arms.

She passed through the castle gate and came to a stream in a nearby meadow.
On the way here, it is fortunate that we were able to pass safely through the muddy road muddy due to the rainy season.
It was good to fly too.

“The weather is nice today.”

“Iknow, right.
It’s the rainy season, but fortunately it’s sunny.
However, it may rain in the evening.”

“I didn’t know you had a talent for astronomy, didn’t you?”

Landed safely.
No, should I call this a landing?
Anyway, when we arrived at our destination, Mercy and her attendants arrived first.
No, how did Mercy come?!
Did I fly
My curiosity was quickly dispelled.

Haha.
Hi… ?”

“What is it, reading that Korean book?
Did my baby come too?”

“Isn’t that a baby?!”

“Okay, kid.
Wait for me.
Come on, Ann.
Hold me tight.”

I get off first, sit down next to her and pick up Ann from the side of the Royal Griffon and carefully get off.
She looked at him and said she was more ashamed of Stella.
Why are you like that?
Ann, who did skinship, is calm.
Me really

“Hey, Queen, weren’t you not with us today?
Did you come to see me?”

“No it’s not?!
I came here to protect my sister from a naughty boy like you?!”

“Oh, Stella.
When you were born, I was already running around.
I don’t know what to do with my younger sister, who has less dating experience than me, being worried.”

Ann interjected with a chuckle.
Stella’s face turned red in an instant.

“Aaaaa… !
Don’t ignore… !
Hey, I got married first?!”

“Oh, the one that didn’t even have a ceremony and only wrote a marriage contract?”

“That’s the most important thing, sister!”

“Haa, it’s like getting married right after escaping from Mosol and showing off right away…
I don’t know whose wife it is~”

Shrug.

“It’s your wife, you dumbass!”

Baek!

“It hurts!!
Are you kicking too hard?!”

“Noisy, heh!
Chii… I brought the servants here, so I’ll go!
Unni, you came down from being hugged by this nugget!
Be careful, right?!
This guy drools at his mouth whenever he gets a chance and aims for his butt!”

“Thank you for your concern, my brother.
Watching you write your name with your butt, I already realized it~”

“Ah! Jjom! Stop talking about that!!”

Stella running around.
She whimpers, grabbing Ann’s slender arm and pulling her momentarily to her side.
Then, raising her tiptoe, she whispers something in Ann’s ear.

“What… ? Uhm, hmm.
Whoa… Okay?
Uhm~ I get it.
Thank you.”

“What… ?
What are the two of you talking about besides me… ?”

“I won’t tell you!
I’ll go then!
You two have a good time!
If something happens, write this order and call me!”

Stella goes through her portal, and she sticks her tongue out at me.
That guy…

“The shade of the trees here is huge.
Would you like to sit down?”

“Okay.
Hey, nice chair.
It’s tea time looking at the meadow and the stream at this time… Long time no see.”

A blue garden that looks like a painting.
Like the word Cheongna Hill, green silky meadows and hills.
And the clear, cool stream flowing in front of us.
I can feel the coolness of my back at the sound of running water.

“Are you okay with lemon tea?”

“Well then.
When it’s hot, something refreshing suits you.
… How long has it been since I’ve been so relaxed…”

“You live a high-density life.”

Haha, I tried to complain.
Until last year, I was in the place I wanted so much, but now I’m greedy for wanting to be comfortable…
You must be grateful.”

“Iknow, right.
Not too long ago, I knew you as an herbalist and met you at the palace…
It’s amazing.
It must have been a really eventful year.”

“I know…
There are so many incidents… There are many good memories.”

“It’s a good memory… For example?”

Anne looked back at me sideways, her eyes twinkling.

“Like a little princess wearing a high-leg leotard and writing her name with her butt…”

“Pooh!”

“I heard that the princess was stealing the lips of a sleeping man.”

“?! I beg your pardon?!”

“Oh, didn’t you know?
I should be proud of this.”

“What is it, what is it?”

Her eyes are shining brightly.
The dark circles under her eyes are still unsettling, but it’s nice to see her smiling at this story.

“… This is how it happened.”

“Oh, my God…
Our Stella was very active.”

“Then~
He’s a little action-oriented, so he’s very good at it.
There is a taste of taking care of each other while bickering.”

Haha, he’s like a younger brother.
I’m glad you two seem to be doing well.”

“Ah, so I prepared something…”

I got up from my chair for a moment and took out the canvas and charcoal I had prepared.

“Didn’t you covet Stella’s painting the other day?”

“Yes.”

“If you don’t mind, I’d like to draw a new picture and present it to you.”

“Oh, hey, thank you.
What picture would you like me to draw?”

“You.”

“Haha, do you have confidence in portrait painting?”

“Hmm… It’s the first time I’ve seen and drawn like this since Stella.”

“Then I will draw you too.”

“Are you good at drawing too?”

“I’m not feeling well, so I mainly work indoors…
I couldn’t go outside often, so I drew it and watched it in my room.
In fact, I also brought my painting supplies.”

“Good.
Shall we draw each other?”

“Great.
How about granting a wish to the person who drew more like the other person?”

“It’s good.”

Under the shade of a large tree, we move our hands while listening to the refreshing sound of a stream and the sound of insects.
We faced each other, looked at each other’s hair once, and drew a picture once.
They often drink tea and sometimes interrupt others.
How do you interrupt?

“Ann.”

“Yes.”

“What did Stella say in a whisper earlier?”

“Hmm… I gave you some tips for when I go on a date with you.”

“Isn’t it a mockery?”

“No way.
You still don’t know my brother?
I am not the kind of person who will go anywhere and insult the person I love with my mouth.
Hmm… It would be appropriate to say, roughly, ‘I delivered a caution.'”

“I guess that’s it?!
What did you say?”

I stopped for a moment and looked at the picture.
Ann answers, still moving her hand.

“Oh, that’s fine.
Please look at me like you are now and stay still.”

“… Is this a losing bet?
I’ll be quiet for a moment, so please tell me.”

“I will tell you just a few things that might be worth mentioning.
For example… Hmm…”

“What if?”

Wasn’t he actually complimenting him in the way that he was ‘too handsome’?!

“I love stockings, so if I wear stockings under my skirt, I’ll be excited to see them.”

“Isn’t that half-baked?!”

“It seems to be conveying the facts.
Do you hate it?”

“Keugh… Oh no… I like it…
On a first date, telling the other person your fetish is a bit…”

“Oh, don’t worry.
Stella advised me to wear white or flesh-colored stockings, not black stockings.”

“Wouldn’t that be worrying?!”

“Oh my, don’t you like it?”

“Oh, no… It’s really good too…
Since it’s summer, you must be hot… Not!!
You’re ashamed!
What’s wrong with my image from the first date?!
Are precautions the delivery of my fetish?!”

“No, just advice.
Stella has put some stockings in the luggage without me knowing.”

“It is resentful that only you were hurt!
It’s a trap!”

“I think so.
I got burned out and wore it out.”

“Really?!”

Poof!

You saw the ankle, the ankle!
Didn’t you think that the skirt was turned inside out?!

“Oh, that’s a lie.”

“I’m not wearing them!
Why are you so different from your usual image?!”

“You’re disappointed that you didn’t wear them.”

She checks her picture with a smile.

“Hmm~ I’m almost done drawing, but I think I’ll win.”

“Ah, interrupting like this is against the law!”

“In the picture, I’ll show you if I draw wearing stockings.”

“I don’t draw stockings!”

She sighs and draws hard again, and Anne, who has almost finished drawing, keeps talking.

“You draw very well, but you rarely draw people around you.”

“Huh.
… Originally, it was not intended to draw the living.”

“Sure?
Did you just draw portraits… ?”

“About half.
It is because the Demon King’s army is obliged to draw a picture to write a report from the centurion level.
For writing reports, remembering and drawing the faces of the dead, delivering them to the bereaved, and… More than anything, I drew it because I was afraid I would forget it.
Senior, colleague, successor, civilian…
That’s why I rarely draw the living.
At most, this family picture?”

“Ah, that pendant… ?
I want to see you once.”

“Here.”

“Hmm… You look like your father.
When you get older, you will be middle-aged.”

“You will be more handsome.”

“Huh, I’m looking forward to it.
It would be difficult to become more handsome than my father.
Here. Thanks for showing me.”

“My self-esteem hurt… Ugh…”

Shuck, shuck.

“… Is Stella the first to draw a living human?”

“No, there is only one.”

“Who are you?”

“Secret.”

“I think I can guess.”

“Shall I bet?
Treat the correct person to a meal.”

“Great.
The correct answer is the saintess.”

“Where did you hear… ?”

“Whoop whoop.
I’ve never heard of it.
I just saw it myself.”

“?”

“When I visit the saintess’s room, there is a picture frame as the only decoration in that simple room.
It must have been crumpling a picture drawn on crumpled paper.
In the picture that I put in a frame after I straightened it out, there was a picture of a saintess smiling calmly and you hugging me affectionately from behind.
Since the saintess doesn’t know how to draw, you probably drew it.”

“I got hit.”

“Gambling is a disease.
I hope you learn a lesson that you shouldn’t bet even light bets.
Now, I have finished drawing.”

“Me too.
Let’s see together.

I pick up my canvas and go and sit next to Anne.

“You draw well…”

What I drew is a full body picture of Anne sitting down.
A picture of a certain princess who has a weak and delicate body, but reveals the strength hidden within.
It is the calm, intelligent figure of Ann.

“You draw very well too.”

Anne drew my bust.
A picture of her upper body above her navel.
Her face is serious because of drawing her picture, but the picture shows the playfulness hidden in her eyes.

“Look at the delicate hair…
The expression of the shading is also very good…
I lost.”

“I worked hard because I wanted to win. Whoops.”

“No, didn’t the shading work too hard?
I thought I drew without paying much attention…”

“It was a strategy to confuse Kamyu.
I am good at multitasking.
However, I like Kamyu’s drawing.
How to say… I think you know what my image is like.”

“I’m glad you like it.
Hey~ I can’t even give you a business card with my shy drawing skills.”

“I’ll give you my picture as a gift.”

“Thank you.
I’ll give you my picture as a gift too.
Next time, let’s face each other by drawing our own faces.”

“Oh, drawing portraits is good too.”

“Huh. Next time…”

Look into her eyes
It’s fortunate that my health has improved a little, but when fall comes again, and when winter comes… I don’t know.
Always healthy, I hope she can smile like today.
That’s why this word is thrown.

“I want to present myself to you as well.”

“Me too…”

When we want to see each other, we can see each other’s paintings.

***

After that, we enjoyed a pleasant lunch with the delicious food served by the servants.
A really enjoyable excursion.

“It is already afternoon.
Time goes so fast.”

“Iknow, right.
Are you going to go straight to the banquet hall?”

“I’m going to change into some clothes and go.
I’ll wait for you
Let’s go back together.”

“Yes. Thank you.”

“Come on, get in the back.”

“…”

“Huh? What’s the matter?”

She looks at me with the same eyes she used to see when she left in the morning.

“… Would you like to ride in front?”

“Yes. Thank you.”

She nods.

“If you ride in the front… Hmm…
You don’t need to tie her belt.”

But it gets too tight.
Doesn’t the posture look like I’m hugging you?

“Actually, I wanted to ride in the front even when I came.”

“…”

Under the sky that gradually becomes cloudy, it flies as if it touches the ground and returns.

Flutter, flutter.

She sits sideways in front of me, held in my arms by the reins.
She took off her hat and held me lightly in her arms… Fly away in my arms
Her hair brushed against her nose was softly fragrant.
Even after she went back, the scent remained, and she kept tickling her nose…

***

“Today’s banquet begins with a celebration of victory!
Commander Ezio of the Field Army who led the great victory, please say something before toasting!”

“You have built me ​​up like this, so my eunuch is in awe, Your Majesty.
I would like to say something out of lack of confidence.”

Rumika, who sits at the top of her table, holds her glass in a gorgeous black dress.
Ezio, who was the commander-in-chief of this battle, stood up and shouted a toast.

“If it weren’t for the full support of Her Majesty the Demon King and the wits of the Allied Queen, we wouldn’t have been able to achieve such a great victory.
For the first victory of the demon king, the invincible army of demon kings, and the rightful queen of Amitie!
Cheers!”

“Cheers!”

After that, the commander-in-chief of Amitié’s Stellar Forces, Duke Dupre, got up from his seat and got a chance to speak.

“For the final victory of the allied forces and the prosperity of both countries! Cheers!”

“Cheers!”

A chattering conversation followed.
Performances of dancers and musicians.
And…

“…”

Duke Dupre, who keeps making eye contact with me.

“Rumi, I’ll be back for a while.”

“Yes, brother.
I’ll announce it at sunset, so be sure to be back by then.”

“I will be back soon.
You and I are the main characters today, aren’t we?”

Jjook.

Hehe…
Meeting you was the best thing I ever did in my life.”

“Me too, pretty.”

Leaving aside the bashfully smiling Rumika for a while, she approached Duke Dupre.

“I’ll raise you a drink, great-grandfather.”

He is also the grandfather of Stella, her second wife.

“Heh heh, Guk Seo gave me a drink.
I will upload it first.”

“No, as an adult, you should get a drink.”

After arguing, I pour myself a drink first.

“Are you worried these days?”

“Uhm, I wanted to tell Guk-seo too.”

“What is it?”

Duke Dupre looks at me meaningfully.

“Ann… I am going to marry into the southern royal family.”