“How worthless is him to dare to be a knight and tell the vulgarity that insults the Lady!”
I couldn’t see why he was so angry, so I opened my eyes round.
“They’re articles loyal to father and family, not to , are they?”
I thought it was all over when I brought in the escort myself.
I don’t want loyalty from knights who don’t recognize the princesses.
This was not only for the knights but also for all the employees.
In fact, compared to starving with rice just around the corner, that kind of curse is nothing.
If Eckliss weren’t involved, I would have just walked by.
“Penelope. What the...”
But the Duke didn’t seem to think so.
He looked at with a vague look, as if he didn’t know where to start.
“...all of the articles of the family are your articles too. It’s going to remain unchanged as long as you’re a mber of the Ekarte.”
“Eckliss is enough for .”
“I’m not just talking about escorts!”
“I’m telling you he’s my article too, Father.”
I didn’t want lose to the Duke, so I went on.
“I told you the other day that I don’t want to take those who don’t want to protect .”
But nothing has changed. Except that Eckliss was placed as an apprentice for dry-dressing knights, not as a servants who do chores.
“Yesterday, on the first day of the festival, there was only one article that kept safe.”
It was true, I was not defending him.
Those who did not respond or even pretend dry by insulting human would never been my knight.
“Whoa...”
The Duke breathed a deep breath with a dim face, as if he could not think of anymore to persuade in the sight of my eyes reciting.
He asked quietly, rubbing his eyes as if this conversation was a little tiring.
“...so, did you buy 600 wooden swords for yesterday’s work?”
‘There’s 600?’
I didn’t know because I haven’t counted every single one.
It was a bit funny because I thought I could see why the butler ca up to my room in the morning.
I’ve decided to imply that I’ll have Eckliss as a knight.
“I felt sorry for him, so I bought him a magic-sword.”
“Penelope Eckart, using blank check for such a place...”
“Don’t be so hard on , Father.”
I stuck out my lower lip, interrupting the nagging.
“You gave it to to relax my feeling.”
To look like a lovely youngest daughter. It was an imitation that I tried because I didn’t want to hear any more nagging.
After adding coyly, I gulped down the cold tea. Because my mouth is dry.
You’re not going to make a fuss about stopping you, are you?’
I used to be a sucker for acting cute.
But if the Duke was so angry about yesterday, I was going to give him a present and act cute...
There was sothing wrong with the order and the situation.
‘Why am I always like this...]’
Over the teacup I was holding, swallowing my tears, I looked at the Duke’s countenance.
“...ck, you want catch a cold so you drinking cold tea. When the tea cos warm, drink it again.”
Fortunately or unfortunately, the Duke might look at disapprovingly drinking tea, but he was not angry anymore at for telling him to stop nagging.
He soon called the maid with a calm face and ordered her to heat up the kettle.
‘That’s a way to work.’
I was relieved at heart.
Last ti, I’m glad I thought of a contingency plan after the conversation with Leonard, which can’t be resolved even with an apology.
After reflecting on the FL of Normal Mode several tis, it was not the answer to just apologize like a pushover in every situation.
The difficulty of hard mode is getting harder.
‘From now on, I have to differentiate myselfs according to every situation.’
It was when I was lost in such thoughts.
“Penelope.”
The sudden call awoke from my thoughts.
“Yes, Father.”
“I don’t think so, but...”
The Duke grazed his brain.
“It can’t be slaves.”
“...yes?”
“Even if he gets his status confird, isn’t he from a defeated country?”
“What...”
I stuttered with embarrassnt at the unexpected remark.
However, the Duke that connects the words was serious about what he was thinking.
“You don’t know what greed he’s hiding behind his fair face. I think there’s one or two people who’s after Eckart’s only princess....”
“Father, father.”
I called him one after another in embarrassnt.
‘You think I’m keeping Eckliss to be a governnt?’
Then it was a very serious misunderstanding. He might kill at any mont.
‘What a fair face! Every ti I lose his favor, my heart falls with it.”
Embarrassnt quickened my speech.
“I know I’m not as good as the rest of the world, but I’m not that thoughtless.”
“I’m saying this just in case when I see his face as fine as a girl.”
“It’s not a novel. What kind of escort would want him to be? And I’m not the type of person who attracted to people younger than .”
After all, the ML’s owner is FL.
Besides, I’m going to see the ending before he even reaches adulthood and leave here without looking back.
The Duke was embarrassed and coughed in vain to see if he felt sothing amazing.
“Ehm, yes. I’ll believe you say so.”
“Don’t worry, Father. It’ll never happens, never.”
Vain expectations and useless feelings will only hinder the escape.
I don’t miss this mont and push ahead.
“If you’re really worried, for the ti being, I will not going out anywhere and I’ll on probation in the room...”
“Since you’ve been proficient enough, make sure you’re participate this hunting contest.”
“What? But......”
“Don’t just stay in your room, take this opportunity to get along with your peers. Reduce that nasty temper a bit!”
The Duke clapped his tongue.
A sudden surge of resentnt rose. He think I’m stuck at ho because I’m happy to see soone.
I couldn’t get over my last lingering regret.
“...but father. Yesterday, it was very big! I’ve caused a problem.”
“What’s the problem? It not going to change......alright, then. Let’s stop talking about it.”
The Duke gritted his teeth and then suddenly stopped talking.
I seed to be self-conscious as I thought he would curse badly if I did more.
‘First of all, I’ve asked to strangle a precious knight, and it’s not going to be a good thing to change! That’s too much.’
I pouted my mouth. Nevertheless, it was sad to have to thank the Duke for stopping his anger at this point.
I was given a terrible punishnt to participate in the hunting competition.
“Take this.”
It was then. The Duke suddenly leaned over and lifted sothing from the floor.
It was a big, luxurious wooden box. I didn’t know it was there because it was covered by a table.
Tak, as if quite heavy, it made a heavy noise from the box on the table.
Looking closely, it was not just a regular box, but a box for storing sothing.
It was because there was a handle and a lock button on the top.
Then the Duke, who unlocked all the locks, opened the box and turned it toward .
“It’s...
I was surprised to see the stuff in the box that was showing up in front of .
A magnificent silver crossbow, which is seen in dieval movies everywhere, was placed on a fluffy cushion.
It has shiny color like a new one.
The elaborately carved patterns and glittering jewels in places looked expensive even at a glance.
“It’s your crossbow that I left for care.”
My eyes suddenly brightened.
reward [1 magic crossbow] has btained.
‘Reward? What...’
When I looked at the square window that suddenly popped up, I suddenly rembered that I had forgotten it.
-In compensation, [Renald]’s [Affection 3%] and [A crossbow].
This was the crossbow I got from a quest with that damn Leonard.
“Ah...”
I was so dumbfounded that I could not help but sigh. But the Duke said triumphantly whether he took it wrong.
“This ti, I’ve done more for safety.”
I looked down at the wooden box again at his words.
The crossbow was more like a magnificent ornant to hang on the wall than a weapon.
‘You said it was for safety, but do you made it impossible to shoot at all...?’
By the ti the thought had gone so far, the Duke had reached out and picked sothing up as if denying it.
It was a black pocket that had never been seen before, attracted attention by the colorful crossbow.
“Look at this, Penelope.”
The Duke untied the strap in the pocket and opened the entrance.
Inside it was full of iron beads the size of a thumb nail. I asked with a face that I didn’t know what was going on.
“What is this, Father?”
“I replaced it with a magic bead instead of an arrow.”
“Magic? What kind of...”
“When hit, the beads burst, and imdiately the brain tastasis, causing you to faint for a while. It’s not strong enough to be put to death, so even if a person is hit, there won’t be any serious injury.”
“I see.”
I answered without sincerity. Then later, I felt a little sorry for the Duke, who worked hard to explain it.
But I couldn’t help it. Because I’ve lost all my interest since I couldn’t avoid participating.
“What’s with the hunt..... I’d be glad if I can hide so well from the Crown Prince sight so he wouldn’t notice /.’’
When I didn’t seem to be interested, the Duke’s face hardened a little.
“And, there is one more thing.”
He added with a darker voice than before.
“The magic of losing your mory right before you get hit by a marble.”
“What? ...The magic of losing mory?”
What does the crossbow have to do with the magic of losing mory?
I looked at the Duke in a daze again, unable to understand the language.
Then he opened his mouth with a look of reluctant talk.
“......if you really want to shoot, lure it to where there’s no one around.”
“......Yes?!”
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