Cito answers Valerâs words with a sulky look. Valer laughed openly at what Cito said.
âIâm not going to be afraid of the Emperor when Iâm as big as you!â
Do you really think so? I guess I wasnât the only one who felt that way.
âValer, I donât think thatâs true at all.â
Sanse speaks seriously. I nodded assent to Sanse. Even Iâm scared of my dad. Valer couldnât control his temper at our replies.
âNo! Iâm not afraid of the Emperor because when I grow up, Iâll be a better man than the Emperor!â
âHaha, thatâs funny! Even when you are grown up, youâll still be shorter than the emperor!â
âWhat? How do you know that!â
âI can tell at a glance! What!â
Oh, theyâre fighting. I guess they donât remember that they promised not to fight. Valer and Cito have already grabbed each other by the collar and tried to grab each otherâs faces. You bastards!
I knew it. I thought it was rare. Anyway, I have to stop this, but it was not enough for me to stop this fight if it becomes hand to hand fight.
There is nothing I can do. Summon the Guardian!
âAssisi!â
⦠had already run away. Damn it!
You were here just now! When did you run away again?
Looking back on the empty Assisiâs vacancy, I clicked my tongue. Just help me like this, and like that! Is that hard?! I guess itâs difficult for him. What a dirty world. What am I supposed to do with these two guys? I couldnât even think of stopping them but just watching these two fight, but I got something that was familiar with my eyes.
âHuh?â
What is that?
When I turn around, Sanse grabs me by the arm.
âHuh? Ria, whatâs wrong?â
âThatâs Elyne.â
Isnât it time for her to be in the palace? I think Serira ordered something on an errand earlier. Even so, it doesnât make any sense for her to be here right now. More than anything else, this is an area where I donât usually come for a walk. Something is strange.
As I look at her again, I see Elyneâs hair is unusually shiny than before. Besides, she looks like sheâs wearing makeup.
Oh, wait. This is weird?!
As I frown my face, Valer and Cito, who have stopped fighting, come closer.
âOh, itâs Riaâs handmaid!â
âYou are right.â
âBut why is she here?â
Yeah, Iâm curious about that, too.