“Pardon?”
I blinked my eyes. I couldn’t guess at what point he was displeased.
I told the truth with frustration.
“…Was Axion the right person?”
“There’s a better fit.”
“Who?”
I asked back, but yer only looked frustrated and didn’t answer.
I picked my fingers, recalling the other candidates step by step.
“August can’t be used because he’s not sly. And he’s also a priest. They say priests can marry, too, but if we get together and break up easily, there’s bound to be a story…”
“Not August!”
yer shouted out of frustration. But it was not easy for not to be frustrated either.
Not August either? Then…
I asked, frowning.
“What the Commander is talking about is not Tragula, right?”
“…”
yer’s face crumpled.
I didn’t have to listen to him to know that I was firmly wrong.
However, there were only three n within the Black Knights Group with whom I could properly propose a fake relationship.
Others were not appropriate as shields because they were too old or too low in level.
No matter how hard I thought about it, I couldn’t even guess who yer was talking about.
yer’s frustration deepened as I hesitated and couldn’t continue talking.
He was noticeably anxious and soon cried with a deep sigh as if he couldn’t help it.
“…Why didn’t you suggest it to ?”
“Pardon?”
It was strange. I couldn’t understand yer’s words from before.
I was definitely listening properly, but I felt strangely unable to communicate.
I stuttered through what I heard and filled the missing object.
“So now, why I didn’t propose a fake relationship to the Commander… Is that what you’re saying?”
“… Yes.”
yer answered, turning his head.
He was so angry that he didn’t even want to make eye contact with , and his neck was turning red under the collar of his black armor.
Why was he so angry?
I was so frustrated that I couldn’t continue with my story with my mouth hanging open.
After many tis of silence, I finally couldn’t hold back my branching and stood up from my position with a shout.
“People stuck to because I explained that I’m not in a relationship with the Commander. How could I say I was dating the Commander to prevent that? Does that make sense?”
“So you don’t have to pretend to be irrelevant to from the beginning. Why do you hate being tied up with ?”
yer was also furious. Until earlier, he avoided looking at , but this ti he turned his head and faced .
His gold eyes, staring at , fluttered like the sunset shining on the sea.
He doesn’t seem to understand my situation at all, no, his political position.
Well, I didn’t think he was going to understand exactly.
He was a man who would give the position of emperor if he could defeat only the Demon King.
When I heard that, I turned it over as a joke, but the more I learned about yer, the more I realized that he ant it.
Taking a breath and calming myself, I explained step by step.
“The Commander will defeat the Demon King and beco Emperor. He will also marry and receive an empress. I didn’t have anything to do with such a Commander, but what if the one who will be the Empress doesn’t like ?”
“… That will never happen.”
“No, it will. If I were the empress, I would be terribly disturbed by the fact that a woman who had dated my husband in the past was in his entourage. I don’t want to get caught up in such a firestorm, and I don’t think the future empress will either.”
“…”
“It’s the most important thing for the Commander to defeat the Demon King, so you’ll only think about that, but my comfortable life after that is also important.”
As I doubled my suffering in the first round, I ant to say that I wanted to have a comfortable retirent.
I quietly added.
“So say that you should not touch your head under an apple tree. It’s best to avoid situations where you might be suspected. That’s why I don’t want to complicate things like that with the Commander.”
“Is it just because of that?”
“Because of that. What other reason would there be?”
yer covered his head with his hand with a deep sigh at my brazen rebuttal.
Is it sothing to be so angry about? I watched yer’s countenance.
“Still, at least you could have consulted with or… But at least you could have talked to . Why did you run to Axion of all people?”
“I believed that the Commander would understand even if he heard it later.”
Whenever I said sothing, yer pursed his lips well.
He seed to hold back what he wanted to say or not say.
As the title of the Black Knight, his mind was also dark, so I couldn’t tell with my own eyes what changes were made.
It was too difficult to grasp yer’s thoughts.
I glanced at yer, who kept sweeping down his face with his hands, and straightened my back.
‘He’s a more delicate and complicated man than I thought.’
yer murmured as if whispering with his face on his palm.
“I was going to take care of everything on my own… Anyway, you.”
He was just talking to himself, but it was unusual to let it go. Just in case, I stamred and asked.
“Commander, no way… Sending a notice to all the expedition teams in the Imperial Palace… You didn’t an to do that, did you?”
“…”
As if I had hit the nail on the head, yer stopped talking again.
It was a stupid thing to do.
I slamd my palm down on the desk where yer was sitting.
“The Commander didn’t even say a word, just went about his business! Did you get this angry when I didn’t co to see you right away?”
“Ahem, ahem. When did I get angry?”
“You’re obvious!”
yer cleared his throat and averted his gaze. The serious look on his face had disappeared and he was now only moving his eyes from one to the other.
yer asked softly, his voice more gentle than before.
“Hmm… Anyway, you don’t trust Axion more than I, do you?”
“No.”
“Or is Axion your cup of tea…”
“No, he’s not. When you put it that way…”
yer is more to my liking.
The way he looks is the way he is. I have a preference for big, handso n with good bodies…
As I thought about this, I realized I had misspoken and swallowed my words in a panic.
I hoped yer didn’t hear .
But there was no way that yer, at the 80th level, could not hear the words I mumbled right under his nose.
yer raised one eyebrow and asked.
“When I put it that way?”
“Nothing.”
“Tell .”
yer seed not to back down easily. At his appearance of persistently inquiring until he heard an answer, I shook my head with a sigh.
“Anyway, Axion is not my cup of tea. I don’t like red hair.”
“What? You don’t like red hair?”
What nonsense is this? I crumpled my face.
“It reminds of Fabian. I still feel bad at first glance. Of course, Axion has long hair and Fabian has short hair.”
‘I just thought of Fabian’s face and it made feel sick.
Seeing my grimacing embarrassnt, yer looked stunned.
I doubtedly looked through yer and took a glance.
“Are you still thinking that I might have forgiven Fabian?”
“Huh? No. No. You said absolutely not.”
yer quickly leaped to his feet and shook his head. How could the Black Knight yer Knox be so foolish? It was a very suspicious attitude indeed.
Continuing to be the ex-man, no, my current boss who cares about my forr boss…
“Co to think of it, did Axion say that he’ll follow your beat without a reward? A cranky person who cares about nothing but magic?”
I don’t know who’s being cranky to whom. Perhaps when asked about yer to Axion, he would answer, “He is a cranky human who cares about nothing but dungeons.”
“… I decided to do sothing for him later.”
“What is it?”
“It’s nothing special…”
When I didn’t answer, yer stared at my lips in frustration.
I swallowed my breath small.
I was afraid of how yer, who hated to enter the appropriate level dungeon, would react when he heard that I decided to join the dungeon that fits Axion’s level later.
If it was the first ti I entered the drawing-room, I would never have told him honestly, but his atmosphere had definitely eased compared to before.
He might not be so angry.
I said it carefully.
“We’re going to a break dungeon together later.”
“Later? When?”
“When my level goes up.”
“Anyway, that guy… It can’t be helped.”
yer sighed and shook his head. It was a much milder response than expected. I asked with a big smile.
“Do you want to join ?”
“Okay. I’ll co with you then, so I’ll report it in advance.”
Sure enough, he didn’t send off smoothly either.
“I’ve thought about it a lot. Even if you enter the Demon Lord’s dungeon, you will have to deal with many demons before you et him… In order to be as safe as possible there, it’s better to raise your level to the maximum.”
“But…”
“Now that you’ve crossed the wall, it’s ti to attack high-level dungeons. Axion is more reliable than the trio. And I’m more reliable than him.”
yer was firm.
Well… For , I just have to go to the dungeon with Axion.
It didn’t matter because I never said I wouldn’t tell yer.
I nodded gladly.
“Okay, then I’ll tell the Commander before I go.”
“Alright.”
yer smiled with satisfaction. I looked at him with a sideways glare.
‘I’m really fickle. My heart almost fell.’
Still, I could feel relieved to have solved one of the things that had been bothering the most. I let out a small sigh of relief.
***
The rumors of the imperial palace also went into Fabian Ignis’ ears.
“Ha, Axion?”
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