“…Lu, got a minute?”
“…”
After the early morning training that day.
Rishe’s smile froze when Fritz called her.
Sven, who was training with them, has gone to the well to fetch water.
It was just Rishe, who was dressed in her n’s attire, and Fritz were in the training grounds, where no other candidates have yet arrived.
Today, Fritz was behaving quite strangely.
The way he wielded his sword was sluggish, sowhat distracted and clumsy.
And Rishe had an inkling to the reason for this disturbance.
“That-After yesterday’s training…”
In the end, I’m sorry you’ve been in so much trouble…
After all, he saw talking to Arnold, the person he idolized.
Moreover, I was cornered against a wall and had my cheek squeezed by His Royal Highness Arnold…
Fritz looked sowhat awkward, while Rishe looked distant. He searched for words one by one and continued in a mysterious manner.
If this is an insensitive question, feel free to punch in the face. You were in the back of the training ground yesterday with His Highness Arnold…
She knew he misunderstood.
With this confirmation, Rishe laughed it off with the excuse she ca up with.
“Yeah. I had His Highness Arnold remove the rubbish in my eyes!”
“–Eh.”
Fritz blinked repeatedly.
While he was stunned and taken aback, Rishe continued her explanation without pause.
“It was windy yesterday, right? I scread when I got so dust in my eye, and His Royal Highness Arnold noticed it and ca over to check on . I was so frightened that I struggled, so he ended up pinning down and I was immobilized. Thanks to him, I was able to get rid of the dust right away and didn’t have to go to the well to wash up.”
“Oh, really?”
“That’s right, Fritz. You could have listened to various stories about swordsmanship, but you hurriedly left!”
“…”
Rishe inwardly broke out in a cold sweat in front of the silent Fritz.
Could she deceive him? At the sa ti she gulped, Fritz finally spoke.
“S…”
“S?”
“–Aweso Lu! I didn’t expect His Royal Highness Arnold to take the dust out of your eyes in person!”
Thank goodness!!!
Rishe almost collapsed when she realized that Fritz believed her.
Fritz looked radiant, and for so reason, looked terribly relieved.
“I see, so there was dust in your eyes…So, that’s what it was…”
Fritz admires His Highness Arnold. I bet he didn’t want to see soone whom he considers a hero pinning a re trainee to the wall…
She felt apologetic when she thought that this bothered him all night.
“By the way, Lu, you tried to stop yesterday. You must have tried to get to et His Highness Arnold! Ah, it’s shaful how I’ve jumped to the wrong conclusion…”
Fritz clutched his head in his hands, so Rishe gently cheered him up.
“There are plenty of opportunities to show His Highness Arnold your talent once you beco a real knight. I’m sure you’ll do just fine.”
“…”
Then Fritz snapped out of it and crouched down.
“…Lu, now I’m going to tell you sothing uncool.”
“Hmm? What is it?”
“I spent the evening thinking in circles, and I got scared.”
There seed to be another reason why Fritz was acting strange.
When Rishe nodded, he began to speak quietly.
“It was under the influence of His Highness Arnold that I ca to be a knight.”
“I rember. Didn’t you say His Highness Arnold saved your town from an enemy’s invasion?”
Fritz nodded his head and continued with a look of dejection.
“Did I tell you about it like it was a pleasant experience for ? But that’s not really true. I was just being cheerful on purpose, but I have other mories of that day.”
Of course, I knew that…
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