212-Chapter 14-8 Past man, again

Since the day of that party, the environment and relationship between me and Aimee have changed dramatically.

Because of Tida's flirtatiousness at the party, it was rumored around the academy that she and Aimee had become lovers, and later on the king formally recognized Aimee as a candidate for the future queen (a candidate for the Imperial Grandchild), which caused various controversies among the nobles, and the nobles who considered Aimee's status as a commoner to be a problem I was even going to protest to the king. But as for the nobles who were opposed to the idea just because of their status, they were told of the method I had proposed to the king and were forced to keep quiet. The method is...

'I didn't expect Aimee to become a child of the Otori family and go to Eliza for adoption.......so that means that Aimee will be my sister-in-law in the future?

It is a good thing. Since one of the most important factors in a nobleman's marriage is the "bond" between the family and the family, he was first adopted by the Ootori family, which is a commoner but has influence over royalty and several noble families, and then, in order to supplement his family's status, he was adopted by the Countess of Silphilde, Eliza's parents' family, and from there he married Tida. It was.

Since we hadn't yet officially become engaged, we were about to say that we didn't have to adopt, but Eliza's strong wishes led to the procedure being carried out right away. When I brought this up to Karina and the others, I thought they would have a hard time with the idea of giving Amy up for adoption, but their answer was simple. It was.

'What!　Are you sure?　Please.

That's about it. Karina-san and the others also thought that if Amy was going to be tied to royalty (Tida), she would have to be adopted by some nobleman, and in that case, they were wondering if they could ask the Marquesses of Samoens through me.

When I returned to the royal capital after being beaten down like that, Eliza, who heard the story from somewhere, stormed into the mansion. Soon after that, Eliza's father also came over, apologized for Eliza's outburst and tried to take her home, but since Aimee is close to Eliza, and if she is adopted by the Countess of Silphild, she will be the sister-in-law of the next Duke of Sangha (Albert) in the near future, the Countess of Silphild is the best choice in terms of forming a relationship. As a result of consulting with Maria-sama about Eliza's insistence that it was worth considering, Aimee was adopted from the Otori family to the Countess Sylphilde family.

Some noblemen criticized this adoption, saying that the royal family was using it as a means of gaining profit, but Lady Maria frequently told the wives who attended the frequent tea parties as 'the beautiful story of a commoner girl meeting up with the boy she loves', and this was a good story before the critical tone in the capital. It spread as. Incidentally, there are plans to turn the story into a book when Aimee and Tida are engaged or married.

In other changes, Aimee had several female members from the Konoe and Knights selected as her bodyguards, and Karina-san and the others had a knight's garrison base near her home. However, as for Karina-san and the others, it's like they are part of the entire Seigen's security reinforcement, so I'm not on guard at all hours of the day.

And as for me, I would occasionally attend parties involving the Count Countess Silphilde and the Duke of Sangha.

The purpose of this is to show that the Otori family, the Countess of Silphilde and the Duke of Sanga are cooperating with each other regarding Amy. The party was attended by the acquaintances of the royalist faction, such as the Marquis of Sammons, Cain, and Rion, along with the acquaintances of the neutralist faction (the nobles they met during the previous coup d'état fiasco), and afterwards, by telling each of their acquaintances about the party, the three families are on friendly terms and have the backing of Aimee's I had the story expanded. As a result, it is becoming a situation where even the nobles who do not feel good about Amy are not able to take action so easily. Even so, there are some nobles who are searching for somewhere they can attack, but since the three families are on good terms, there is no breakdown in their cooperation for now.

''So, are you alone in Temma today?''

Yeah. Grandpa said he was going to stay home and relax because it was too much trouble. The ladies said they were going to prepare for the future and then they took Amy shopping.

So far, the parties I've attended have only been casual ones, but there was a chance that I might have to attend some of the ones with women in the future, so he said he was going to buy some clothes to wear then. The reason I took Amy with me was the same, because they told me that I should have some clothes sent from the Otori family.

'Maybe Eliza should have joined them by now.

'So you said you couldn't join us today?

Today's party was hosted by Albert, and it was hosted by inviting mainly young nobles who knew each other. In case you're wondering, it was held in the position of being the next head of the Sangha Dukes, so Eliza should be next to Albert.

But it means that Eliza has chosen her new sister over her future husband.

Normally, this would be quite a problematic event, but thanks to the fact that they were all acquaintances, it's a laughing matter. Probably because it's Eliza, she decided to boycott it because she didn't think it would be a problem. Well, his father would be angry with him when he left.

'Come to think of it, what was written in the letter Albert received back then?

That time?

You know, when we were both pissed off at Mary.

It was about the letter that Duke Sanga gave to Albert after Maria was angry with him about the Primera. At that time it was hard to ask and I just forgot about it, but I thought it would be fine now and asked with a light heart....

Ugh....

Albert began to shake, his face turning blue. At this rate, the other participants were going to think that I had done something to Albert, so I casually took Albert to an unpopular room.

'Relax, Albert, I don't want to talk. I don't want to talk about it, you don't have to.

'Oh, I'm sorry ... no, this has something to do with Temma, so I'd better tell you.

When I heard it had something to do with me, I instantly felt uneasy. I didn't want to hear it, but I also knew I had to ask what the Primera had said.

'Let me tell you ahead of time, it was not the Primera's letter. There was nothing in Primera's letter that said anything bad about Temma.

I was a little relieved to hear that, but then I wondered what it had to do with me.

'The letter was not only from the Primera it was also from my two sisters as well as the Primera.

I heard that the eldest and second daughter of the Duke of Sanga's family are married to a royalist marquis and countess respectively, but it happened that both of them had business to come to the royal capital at the same time, so they returned shortly before we returned to the royal capital.

The truth is that both of them were planning to wait until I returned, but they were married in the north, and the snow made it impossible for them to wait.

Just before he returned, he received a letter from the Primera, but since he couldn't see Albert in person, he left the letter behind.

'The letter was mostly an angry letter to me, but it also asked me to give him information about Temma. Perhaps he wants to know if he is a man worthy of the primera. He's not supposed to move during the winter, so if he does come, it will probably be in the spring and after the snow melts.

For what it's worth, the two older sisters seemed to adore Primera and were supposed to check me out in person, and although there wouldn't be an assault on me right now, they wanted me to just be prepared for it, as I was sure it would come at some point.

After that, I went back to the party with Albert, who had settled down after hearing some of his sister's stories, and several of the participants asked me why I was suddenly gone. But when Albert said that it was about the future of the Otori family and the Duke of Sanga family, they didn't ask any more.

''Hmm?　I thought it was cold, but it's starting to snow. By the looks of it, we might as well speed up the end of the party.

It was still just fluttering down now, but from the look of the sky, it could turn into a heavy downpour at any moment.

It was a good idea to have the party at noon. It could be the biggest snowfall of the year.

Later, as the snow began to intensify as Albert had predicted, the party was announced to end and the participants left the Duke of Sangha's mansion in their own carriages.　

To emphasize the friendly feeling with Albert, I stayed until the end to see off the other participants and then decided to walk back to the mansion. Albert was worried about the snow that had begun to accumulate and wanted to leave the carriage, but I politely refused because it would be difficult to return home even if the trip was good, and if I was alone, the worst thing I could do was to fly.

'It's pretty cold out there. It's a good thing I changed before I left.

I thought it might be impolite to change into my usual clothes before I left, since my party clothes were not suitable for walking on the snow and would get dirty. I'm not going to be able to get a good deal more than just a few hours of sleep, but I'm also going to be able to get a lot more than an hour's worth of sleep before I return home, so I'm going to use my airborne magic to fly home. Normally, flying in the middle of the royal capital is a punishable act, but as it is an emergency in the heavy snow, I'll have them forgive me.

With that said, I immediately flew in the sky and aimed at the mansion. However, if you go too fast, the snow hitting your face is not just cold, it's painful, and visibility is poor, so the emphasis is on safety in the air. Well, it's too short to call it a journey.

We flew through the air for a while, and we were almost at the mansion, when we suddenly felt an eerie presence in the air.

'Where's it coming from?'

I searched in the direction where I felt the presence, but I couldn't locate it due to the snow. I quickly used 'search' to locate it.

'Across the mansion from here and on the other side of the mansion... are the Amur's fighting!　The guy is.....

Led by Amour, the two escort knights, who were accompanied by Amie, were fighting with some people, the members who had gone shopping today and Eliza. However, Jeanne, Aura, and one of the escort knights, and one of the escort knights, kept their distance from the attackers and kept their defenses with Aimee at the center. However, against the three (Amour, Eliza, and the escort knights) excluding the four of them, the raiders seem to be fighting not just evenly, but pushing back. At this rate, it wouldn't be surprising if they overtook the three of them in the next moment and attacked Jeanne and the others.

''Who's your opponent!''

I increased my flying speed, and after getting the scene in sight in less than five minutes, I used 'appraisal' against the opponent that Amour and the others were fighting. The opponent the three of them were fighting against........

"Keios My Sails...

He was a former (...) martial arts tournament winner who fought in the first martial arts tournament I ever participated in.

Amur SIDE.

It was a good buy.

I don't care much about clothes, but Jeanne told me to follow her because I needed to go out to a party with Temma, and I got a nice one. Well, it's not clothes, it's a small sword but I don't really know how to pick out clothes, so I let Jeanne and Aimee pick out the clothes for me. If it was Aura, she was going to jokingly bring something weird, so I refused from the beginning. For that matter, this little sword was made by a proper craftsman, and for that price, I wouldn't change it!　Maybe....

'Amour, since we're all here to shop, I thought we'd have a little tea.

Maybe it was Aura who suggested it, but I agreed with her. So I immediately nodded to Jeanne's suggestion. Well, Temma's sweets would be better, but if I taught Temma the sweets I had eaten elsewhere, I'm sure she would make something even better.

With these hopes in mind, I entered the coffee shop with Aura's guidance, but....

Not good.

Really, it's not as bad as they say.

'Amour, Eliza, we're still in front of the store!

It tasted like a disappointment. If this is the case, the sweets Jeanne made are better. Jeanne was embarrassed when I told her this, but she pushed me back and pulled me away from the front of the shop.

'When I was taken to the royal castle, the guy who worked nearby said it was good... but it wasn't as good as I thought it would be.

Aura said that and Amy nodded, so I guess all but the two knights felt the same way. The knights had a look on their faces as to what they were unhappy with in that shop, but maybe that was because they had never eaten Temma's sweets before. If they ate the sweets Temma made, these two would understand immediately.

''Um~........it seems like the snow is getting stronger, so why don't we go home soon?''

As I was discussing my thoughts on the snacks with Jeanne and the others, Aimee said something like that to me in a reserved manner.

'Ummm, cold!　I'll be home early!

Go home early, take a hot bath and drink cold milk!　...Why does cold milk taste so good after a bath, even on a cold day?　Well, whatever works for you, as long as it tastes good.

'Bath!　Bath!

As I walked towards the mansion while saying "bath bath", Jeanne and the others came after me at a fast pace.

''Ohu ... everyone, stop!''

As we turned the corner at the head of everyone, we saw a man who was clearly suspicious coming towards us. He was wearing ragged clothes and his face was also hidden by a dirty cloak, and he looked like he was a vagrant, but I had never seen a vagrant in the streets of King's Landing before, let alone on the edge of King's Landing or outside of it, and most importantly, I got a bad feeling from that man.

''Amy, stay away from him!

Eliza seemed to notice that the man was acting strangely, too, but she tried to get Amy to back off and get in line beside me, but

'The drill is going down!　The magic of the drill is dangerous in the snow!

'This isn't a drill!　But you're absolutely right. I'm going to be the backup. I'll leave the vanguard to you!

As soon as Eliza stepped back, one of the knights in Amy's guard stepped forward. The other knight around Aimee was accompanied by Jeanne and Aura, so I guess they are going to keep that man in check. It seems that Jeanne and Aura have taken out their weapons and are ready to bring out the golem at any time, but the road isn't very wide, so if they put it out poorly, it would block their view and might be dangerous in reverse. The two of them understand that, so they are probably trying to find the right time to let it out. If this was a wide road, they would have let out the scorpion-shaped golem they both have and would be the first to run away with Amy.

This might have been a problem if the guy was just a hobo, but the guy was a marauder, just as I thought he was. Almost as soon as we formed up, the man drew his hidden sword and started running.

'Fast!　But.....

The man showed that he was going to attack me, and then attacked the knight next to me. But the knight saw through the feint and fought back, dodging the attack. The man managed to block the knight's attack, but...

Mmm!

It was blown wide open by my attack.

'It failed. If it had been a Bardish or a halberd instead of a spear, it would be over now.

I took out my spear on the spur of the moment, since I've been using only spears for a while now, but in my current situation, I would have preferred a weapon that could knock it out. But.

You don't look too strong.

They seem to be pretty strong there, but if you fight as usual, you won't lose first. I'm good enough on my own, but we have even more Eliza and her escort knights over here.

''Airball!''

When the man managed to stand up, Eliza released a spell. The knight also jumped in line with the attack and cut the man down.

''Mm, that's it!

The knight's blow stopped him, and the man sank into a pool of blood. Well, it looks like he's just barely alive, so if they can just stop the bleeding and keep him from dying, the guards will take him away and interrogate him afterwards.

The knight who attacked last seemed to be thinking the same thing and approached the man to capture him. But then.

f*ck you.

The man took a suspicious vial from his chest and drank it down in one go. When the man took out the vial, we thought it was some kind of dangerous drug (explosive or poisonous) and reflexively jumped backwards from the spot. However, when the man sipped the contents, we decided that it was some kind of suicide or recovery drug and ran towards the man, saying that we needed to get him into custody or get him to spit out the drug quickly. But the pills the man took weren't poisonous or recovery pills.

Puffer!

It was a thing with an effect I had never seen or heard of before. The man who had taken the drug should have been dying, but he stood up and punched the knight away with his bare hands. His body was more than twice as big as it was at the beginning, and his muscles were raised to a funny degree.

'Drill, more back!　Jeanne, Aura, Golem!

I slammed the man's arm and the spear into his brain with all my strength.........

Gghhh!　Ouch.... ouch... ouch, you bastard!

The man grabbed the spear while guarding it with his hand and swung it at me and myself.

''Mwah!''

He was going to be knocked to the ground if he continued, so he let go of his spear and got away from the man.

''If it comes to this, I'm going to smash him off!

Since I had let go of my spear, I took out my Bardiche instead and turned the golems that Jeanne and Aura had put out to face the man, looking for an opportunity to land a blow.

I thought that if they attacked a few golems at the same time, it would create an opening, but most of the golems I had directed at them had collapsed with three punches of ni. The worst ones were crushed by a single blow.

''Now!''

I didn't expect it to be broken like that, but one of the golems I'd sent towards it hugged the man from behind and stopped moving for a few moments. I didn't miss the opportunity to approach, and with a big swing of my bardiche, I

Nuh-uh!

I slammed it down as hard as I could.

'Yup, abusive!'

The full force of the blow sliced off the man's right arm as he tried to guard it, and his right leg was sliced wide open as well. And yet, I was blown away by the attack from the left (...). Probably the bones in my arm were shattered now. I know I have to get away immediately, but I can't move my body properly because of the pain.

'Come here!'

Eliza is firing off a series of 'airballs' but the man is approaching us, eating the magic.

''His arms....grow....''

What looked like a bunch of tentacles grew out of the place where he'd cut them off, forming what looked like an arm. The legs, too, had muscles rising up and closing the wound.

''Everyone, niggle........''

A man walks up to me and slowly swings the arm of the re-grown one. Out of the corner of my eye, I see Eliza coming running, but it doesn't look like she's going to make it in time.

The man's arm swung up to the top of my head, and just as I thought I was done, I closed my eyes.

Get away from Amur!

Temma's angry voice could be heard, and the man's right arm flew through the air once more.

Amur SIDE Done!