Chapter 39

Nikami POV

The messy-haired Knight nodded and stood up.

"Yes, it is indeed a knight's promise…" The messy-haired knight smiled at Yasachu.

"Th-that's amazing! I have never seen that before!" Yasachu's face lit up, nodding excitedly.

"Don't mind the commoner, she's new to these types of things." Shukona sighed and glanced at Yasachu.

"Is that so… It's rare for us knights to do it, I guess today is your lucky day." She smiles at Yasachu, her tail slowly swinging around in calmness.

"..." I felt slightly impatient, when will Raijin arrive?

"I'm sure Rai will only arrive when this knight will introduce herself… But I just need to stay silent and observe them. After all, I'm supposed to be a side character. A secret capture target." I thought, staring at the three of them.

"But I can't be always silent, I'll seem like a creep." I softly sighed, then opened my mouth.

"I'm curious about this teacher, can you give me a small description of her?" I asked the messy-haired knight, wanting to know more.

"I need to know as well, she seems interesting… To think someone could make artificial mana stones, she must be a genius. I would like to meet her." Shukona nodded at my words, agreeing with me.

"A-ah right! That would help us a lot when we're looking for her!! I-if that doesn't bother you… Of course." Yasachu nervously laughed, scratched the back of her neck.

"Ah! No no, it's alright." The messy-haired knight gently smiled and put her hand on her chest.

"I would be happy to serve." The messy-haired knight kept on smiling at us.

"A-ah, great! Thanks so much." Yasachu smiles at the messy-haired knight even more.

"That would be greatly appreciated." Shukona nodded at her.

"Thank you." I thanked her, my face still blank as always.

"Well… Let's see…" The messy-haired knight puts her hand on her chin, thinking about the teacher's appearance.

"Well... If I remember correctly, she had indigo hair in a messy hair bun... she had two different eye colors... I think. One was red and the other was yellow... Or was it pink? Ah... Forgive me, I do not remember well... I am a bit of an airhead you see... But I do remember one feature that she has that no teacher has! She has a monocle that has a mana stone in it." The messy-haired knight nervously laughed, her hand going back to holding the hilt of her sword.

"I-I hope you forgive me." The messy-haired knight cried yet again, tears are falling down her face.

"Different colored eyes…?" I mumbled in confusion.

"Interesting… Different colored eyes are rare, and only mostly found in spirits… She is either extremely powerful or extremely unlucky." I thought, thinking of this teacher.

"Air headed?" Shukona slightly sighed and was about to mutter «how inelegant» but she didn't want to be rude.

"You need to keep control of your emotions, tch… Stop crying. It makes your face look inelegant." Shukona sighed and stared at the messy-haired knight. Folding her arms.

"Ahaha, I can understand you… I fo-forget about things easily as well… Even I myself know that I'm really clumsy… S-so please! Don't cry!" Yasachu nervously laughed at the messy-haired knight, understanding her problems.

Yasachu stared at her, sweating slowly as she saw the tears flow down her face. It's so weird seeing a noble cry like this.

"Well, you have given us a small amount of information, but it is helpful." Shukona nodded at the messy-haired knight.

"I hope you forgive me for my horrible memory." The messy-haired knight knelt down, still crying.

"She really has a lot of tears huh? I'm sure she'll have even more in the future." I thought, looked down at the messy-haired knight who was kneeling down on one knee.

"We forgive you!" Shukona exclaimed

"We forgive you," Shukona repeated, sighing.

"Just stop crying, and get up." Shukona stared at the messy-haired knight, she's conflicted about what to do with this girl. This is the first time she met someone so… Emotional like her.

Yasachu nodded intensely, agreeing with Shukona.

"Yes! Please get up, we forgive you. Really!" Yasachu smiles kindly at the messy-haired knight, letting out her hand for her to grab.

"You didn't even do anything wrong, get off your knees." I sighed, still looking down at her.

"I don't get people like her…" I thought, sighing yet again.

The messy-haired knight looked up and smiled brightly. Tears still fell down her face.

"Ah! Thank you!" She nodded and took Yasachu's hand, smiling at her. And she got up, wiping the tears off her face as she smiled in joy.

"You are all too kind." The messy-haired knight nodded at Yasachu, then me and Shukona.

"A-ah! No? I don't think I'm that kind… This is the normal reaction to this." Yasachu smiled at the messy-haired knight. She looked down at their hands who were intertwined, she quickly stopped holding her hand. Glancing at me.

"No, I'm not being kind, you are just too sensitive." Shukona sighed, blinking at the messy-haired knight in confusion and slight frustration.

"..." I kept silent, just staring at the messy-haired knight. I closed my eyes and spoke.

"What was your name again?" I asked her, while I was still closing my eyes.

"Ah! Of course, forgive me for not introducing myself any sooner." The messy-haired knight knelt down, her head lowered.

"My name is Saboten Kinmokusei, at your service." She lifted her head up, showing a bright and cheery smile.

"A pleasure to meet you Kinmokusei-sama, My name is Shukona Amatarini. Remember that name well." Shukona did a courtesy bow and smiled gently at Saboten.

"I-I-I'm uhm! Yasachu Kowamekuna! Nice to meet you…" She tried to imitate Shukona by doing a bow, which she managed to do… But not as smooth and elegant as how Shukona did so.

"I'm Nikami Shiromoru, future queen of the Adventurine Kingdom. Nice to meet you." I spoke in an honorable tone, doing a courtesy bow. My bow was far greater than both of them, they could practically see sparkles around me due to how elegant I was.

Though my tone of voice and movement wasn't the same as Shukona, hers was more gentle and smooth. Unlike my pristine cold tone and stiff doll-like movements.

Yasachu looked at me, nervously laughing. She's going to be a queen soon huh? A man will take her away since a queen needs their king… Yasachu felt pity for the nobles that they can't love who they want, and she wanted to change that.

But what can she do? She's just a pleb, nothing more than a simple commoner…

"Kinmokusei… That is the same as Kiyu-sama's last name, correct?" Shukona tilted her head, trying to remember if she got it right.

"A-ah right! Kiyu-sama has that last name." Yasachu nodded, and turned to Saboten tilting her head as well.

"Are you two related?" Yasachu blinked innocently at Saboten, asking her a question.

"A-ah… Well… Yes, we are sisters… Though I'm sure she doesn't think of me that way…" Saboten looked down, making a small sad smile. She put her hand on her own shoulder and held it tightly, for once she actually held back her crying.

"E-eh? But why? What happened? Are you two okay…?" Yasachu felt extremely guilty asking that question, I thought it wouldn't turn out like this. She started sweating bullets, trying her hardest to comfort her.

"Of course we won't have a capture target without a normal back story. To make a long story short… Kiyu-sama wanted to be a knight, and she wanted to be a mage." I thought, staring at the shivering Saboten in front of me.

"They even promised each other to be like that when they grow up, but unfortunately when people found out about Kiyu-sama's magic capabilities she was guaranteed to be a mage. And she had great reflexes and agility so she was guaranteed to be a knight." I thought looking at the expression that she was making, and saw a sickly face… You know that face you make when you are about to puke from being all dizzy.

"So in resentment and enviousness with each other, they don't associate with each other at all." I thought, folding my arms. Staring at her being like this, not even feeling a slight of pity towards her.

"Forgive me… I do not wish to talk about it, is that alright with you?" She looks up at Yasachu, still clenching her shoulders tight. That sickly face that she had earlier was still on, a sad smile plastered on her face… Trying its hardest to stay on.

"At least that's what they both think, they think the other hates them. When in reality they both still really care about each other and are too scared to actually talk about it…" I thought, sighing about it.

Shukona takes a look at her expression and feels personally hurt as well, she knows this expression well. She knows it too well… Because this is the same face she makes whenever she gets compared to her three brothers.

"O-oh… of course, I'm sorry for asking…" Yasachu bowed her head, she's and her little sister gets along so much so she doesn't know how siblings relationships can be so complicated… She only thought that they fight a lot, but still work it out in the end.

Shukona bit her lip, and sighed.

"Forgive this commoner for asking this question…" Shukona's normal sassy voice was slightly out of tone, it was more gentle and hesitant on what to say.

"A-ah, it's alright! It's completely fine! I-I shall go now, if you three don't mind…" Saboten bowed down and swiftly walked away.

Right after that incident, I heard powerful footsteps from the hallway. And whispers from the other students.

"I-its Gakerumi-sama! You better not mess with him… I heard he took out a student with one punch in the entrance since he was pissing him off…" A noble boy whispered.

"A-ah!~ Gakerumi-sama~ He is so handsome isn't he?!" A noble girl squeals.

I froze in my tracks and I felt my heart beating faster and faster.

"Ra-Raijin… Sh-she's… here…" I thought, my mind panicking on what to do. I just stood there silently as I started to sweat uncontrollably.