Chapter 150 – There Is a Fountain in the Meeting Square.

“It’s today. Come and go comfortably.”

Breakfast time as usual.

My sister did not forget to bring up her story about an appointment with her brother for this evening.

“Yes!”

“If you need anything or can help me out, you can tell me now.”

Chloe laughed at Eclair’s words and shook her head.

“It’s okay since I’ve prepared everything for now!”

“…You did your best.”

Eclair can sense Chloe’s gradual growth in her weak but confident tone.

“It would be nice if you could eat together today…”

I’m sorry to my younger brother, but Eclair doesn’t sincerely avoid the place where Chloe and Roman are together.

The conversation I had with Rike is different.

Even though I was worried about Roman’s mischief. She’s sure they’ll have a good time together.

Still, she couldn’t this time.

Since there are many things that happen and burst from time to time, it is the schedule of Eclair that most of them cannot be guaranteed until the day.

On a day like today when there is a definite and important schedule, it is a day when you don’t have time to spare.

“I’m sorry, but today is a busy day, so I can’t help it. Instead, I promise to do it next time. This isn’t the last time, and there will always be time.”

“That’s right. From now on…!”

Chloe smiled while shaking off her regrets as she understood, and was full of anticipation for a happy and enjoyable future.

The inner side of the blue-eyed girl, who has come to cherish her fidelity to the time ahead, has moved beyond the form of a raw stone and has begun to approach a refined gem.

‘I should really thank Roman for this.’

It cuts things that couldn’t be cut cleanly.

The situation where you no longer feel tired from the daily training makes you realize the word ‘growth’.

The indicator of growth for humans is not just military force.
Éclair can bet that’s not the most important thing.

The parts of life that are really hard to grow and the hardships that are hard to overcome don’t have a clear shape.

That’s why it’s boring

The path of inner growth is like walking through a forest tangled in darkness without a single light.
I can’t see the point I need to reach, and I’m not sure if I’m walking straight.

I used mana, created an aura, succeeded in blinding, and slashed the steel that had been scratched in the past with a single knife. It is easy to feel a sense of accomplishment and experience progress alone if there is a standard that is visible to the eye.

Since the path of mental training is not clear, let alone feel it, once you start to lose your direction, it becomes difficult to get back on track.

‘It’s better than the ones that are already shaking and only have titles as knights.’

Although she is an immature human being herself, she is not in a position to evaluate Chloe’s process of refining her inner self.

It can be seen that Chloe is walking taller and bolder than Eclair herself, who suffered like an idiot in the past.

*****

I don’t know how the academy class went today.

I definitely had a delicious lunch with Rike and Seria.

She rolled hard in the practical class with her older brother, and even felt heavy fatigue in her body, but her memory was full of holes.

Looking back slowly, they are all memories that will find their place, but Chloe couldn’t afford to do that right now.

‘Let’s hurry.’

Returning to her mansion after her academy, Chloe began to change into the clothes she had hung in her room.

If you hadn’t decided on your outfit in advance, it would have been difficult to meet the appointment time while thinking about it.

Just-!

I unfastened the black brooch on the jacket and put it on the desk, took off the jacket one by one and hung it on a hanger.

Flashy styles or revealing outfits do not suit you and are not your taste.

She brought a long skirt that reached her ankles, a white shirt, and a plain cardigan to wear over it.

‘I should wear a brooch too!’

I think it’s polite to go around as much as possible from the point of view of receiving the gift, so I put a black brooch on my shirt.

Seruk- Sarak-

“Um~?”

When I look in the mirror and twist my body around, I don’t know if my fashion is okay.

When I took out all my clothes the day before and thought about it, I thought this set was okay and the best. When I tried it on, I wondered if there would be a more formal outfit.

When the certainty and indecisiveness smirked up again, Chloe took her eyes off the mirror.

‘Let’s go like this!’

I still have time to spare, but I can’t be vigilant on my first trip.

I packed a gift for my older brother, put on slightly heeled loafers, and got into the carriage owned by the Dritna family.

I was holding a cardigan in one hand and a paper bag with a bottle of alcohol in the other, so I thought about carrying the bag, but the wagon was already running hard, so it was too late to regret it.

As thoughts filled her that it would have been nice if she had already taken care of it, and that it would have been better if she had worn it, Chloe leaned her head against the glass of the carriage.

The cold energy of glass seems to cool your head a little.

‘Let’s not think too much today…’

After the practical class, I walked towards the place I had decided in advance through a short story with my older brother.

From the point of view of the nobles, the location was selected considering their own position to rise to the cubic state.

I got off the carriage and walked along the road as my brother told me.

Again-

“Wow…”

I never thought there would be such a quiet and peaceful place even in the capital, which I thought was complicated with colorful and crowded empires.

There are few buildings with more than two stories, and old buildings account for a high proportion, but I could feel the care and maintenance done with care.

I thought security would be really bad in the outskirts of the capital, but even looking through the alleys, there was not a single person who looked bad.

It was as if someone had stepped in and cleaned it up.

‘There’s a small fountain along the way… Ah!’

There was a small fountain that served as a meeting square that could be seen far away.

The promised partner had already arrived there.

Chloe, who was about to run hurriedly, saw her brother squatting and laughing and talking with a child, so she slowed down and approached.

Looking at the child’s behavior, even Chloe, who is dark in the world, can tell what’s going on.

‘A child who sells things…?’

Children who live day by day earning fiercely.

Children putting things in baskets and selling something on the roadside can be seen everywhere in the capital city.

Looking at her older brother’s appearance, even adults and men who say her liver is a bit large would avoid it on their own, but she was a girl with great courage.

As I took a few more steps and approached the fountain, I could hear the conversation through the sound of the water.

“Is this one flower two fairy tales?”

It wasn’t an angry tone at all, but her little legs trembled.

“Hey! Ha, even one… It’s okay.”

Her frightened little girl trembled and folded one of her fingers.

Should I say that he is a typical adventurer with a big smile?

Seeing that attitude, the older brother smiled coolly and took the child’s hand and squeezed something from her.

“Little boy. Two fairy tales are too cheap. I worked hard, but I have to take care of this much. This flower is a hand-made artificial flower… It is a skill that is indistinguishable from a real flower.”

“…!”

Seeing a silver coin in her hand, the child’s mouth opened and her eyes widened to the size of a lantern.

The older brother, who covered it with a large hand, confirmed that her surroundings were quiet and reminded her child of what to do.

“Uh huh! Take care so you don’t get noticed… Don’t carry money around, eat or buy something you need and go back right away?”

Anyone who has lived here will understand what that means.

Even in the capital city, where guards patrol, a person without the strength could encounter a disaster that they cannot handle just by holding money.

She lowered her head and looked at the child as she hurriedly disappeared into her alley, then turned her gaze and met her eyes at the same time as her brother’s.

“…You came out early!”

“I just got here too. It’s not yet time for Chloe. Did you come out early?”

My older brother was wearing a white shirt like himself.

Thanks to that, Chloe, who had been thinking that it was a good idea to wear it as it was, had an artificial flower in her hand before she knew it, and she stared blankly at it.

My brother, who handed over the artificial flowers he had just bought, casually took the cardigan and box he was holding in both hands.

“Ugh…! I-I’ll carry it!”

“It’s okay. When I lift it, I can lift it with one hand like this, right? This is efficient. If it’s cold, tell me then and I’ll give you clothes.”

“···Yes.”

As I followed him in an off-beat and stamped his feet, my brother brought out his words mixed with laughter.

“Didn’t you make it well? It doesn’t smell, but it’s no different from a real flower. Your dexterity is amazing. I’m not good at crafts, so I’m envious of this kind of talent~”

Chloe touched the artificial flower in her hand and said to Roman.

“Your brother is benevolent and living…”

At Chloe’s words, a cool laugh sounded that could never be heard in an academy class.

“Haha! This is not a noble and great thing like giving. Rather, it’s like an immature child who pays the price because the surprise reaction is fun.”

She’s hard to understand, but the side she doesn’t know.

It also seems to make sense, as her older brother says that her older sister is playful and she is mischievous.

“Yeah, but…! From the point of view of the children, it will be of great help.”

“Umm~ In the first place, there aren’t many children who approach me… But if I helped, it’s a reward for courage. Wouldn’t it be nice to live if even a little luck came to me as much as I did?”

Seeing her older brother scratching her chin, Chloe’s mouth went up slightly.

*****

Éclair went to work and, as usual, was on her way back to the office after showing her face to the members.

Leo Floyd came to see me with a pale face that seemed to be in a state of ill health.

He said he had something to say with a serious expression, so he gave me some time.

She suddenly put the name of the Floyd family on her head and sent a formal marriage proposal to the Dritna family, but she naturally refused without even thinking about it.

She thought it would be better.

Rather than annoyingly circling around her while prodding, she would only appreciate the number of things she could reject with such certainty.

However, there is a degree to being careless, bottomless, and endless.

Even though I was busy, it was a good day from the morning. Eclair’s mood was on the verge of plummeting.

At the same time as he was rejected, Leo shadyly raised one corner of his mouth, added a word, and handed out his resignation.

He was usually rude, but today he seemed to have become a psychopath whose desire was unbridled.

‘There is no need to be here because there is no purpose…?’

She was openly provoking herself for what she had the guts to do—there was a grotesque foreboding that, though very faint, stimulated her keen senses.

I got angry at his selfish behavior and way of speaking that didn’t follow formal procedures, and my hand went up to the sword at his waist.

If this is a monster created by the fanatical favoritism of the 4th knight Floyd, it feels pitiful.

‘Whoa… That’s absurd.’

Thinking that the more handsome men in the empire were like this, she thought it was good to meet Roman, and her anger subsided in an instant and laughter came out.

Only then did Leo, who seemed really offended, return the tokens and supplies and disappear.

…

“Captain… I will pass on Leo Floyd’s resignation to the department and have it accepted.”

In a situation where even his vice-captain was paying attention, Éclair let out a big breath and refreshed his mind.

“I’m sorry. Please, please.”

“To make a hole like this even though he knew it was the day the saintess would come… If this fact were known, Floyd’s image would not be harmed.”

“Well. I don’t care about that at all.”

Now, for Éclair, the whereabouts of power and politics were really good.

Taking Leo’s resignation in his arms, the vice-captain left his seat for a while, then returned quickly and reported to Eclair.

“Captain. I got a call from the church saying they were leaving.”

“Um- tell everyone to get ready.”

From the point of view of Eclair, who protects the imperial family, today’s event is unavoidable no matter how you feel or how your health is.

It was because I informed you yesterday that a person as rare as Urus Party, an outgoing platinum adventurer, would suddenly return to the capital today.

“You are still free.”

Eclair agreed with the vice-captain’s words and nodded.

Her return is always unpredictable, so there is a high probability that the church only learned about it the day before and hurriedly informed the empire.

When the saintess of the order returns from her pilgrimage, she hears the order. She comes to the heart of the capital and blesses the road ahead of the empire.

Although it is a short ceremony, the saintess who returned from a long journey reads the prescribed prayer and bestows blessings.

It is also a display that proves the close relationship between the imperial family and the church.