Artolia, who answered Ritter without hesitation, did not know that the meaning of 'marriage' she knew was different from the true meaning of 'marriage.' Ritter was certain of this because Merlin had never told them anything about emotions.
As for why Ritter was so sure of this, he could only say that there were not only disadvantages but also advantages to having an idiot with a brain full of mush. For example, this idiot would tell him everything he knew without any hesitation.
"…Let's put this matter aside for now, Toria.”
After thinking for a while, Rittery did not want to tell Altoria what he had learned from Kel about 'marriage' because he was worried that Altoria would tell Merlin about it one day, and Merlin would burn himself to death after hearing it.
Artolia did not understand why Ritter would say that, but she nodded in agreement. Ritter, who felt that he had successfully avoided the danger of being burned to death by Merlin, heaved a sigh of relief."Then…let's go to the practice field and watch me warm up.”
"Ritey, why am I watching you warm up and not with you?”
"Because your stomach hurts and I don't want you to warm up.”
After saying that, Rittery turned around and made a gesture of invitation to Altoria, allowing her to walk ahead.
"Ritter, I…"
"This is the same as asking me to call you Toria and not using honorifics to address you. You need to take your time, so…you don't have to worry about this.”
Rittery was not used to not using honorifics to Artolia, so he knew what she wanted to say. That was why he interrupted her and said those words that she had to agree with.
Artolia looked at Ritter with the same expression. She shook the hair on her head, which Ritter called " interesting and stupid ", and walked toward the direction where his finger pointed.
Ritter shook his head helplessly.""If you continue like this, I will forget that I am your attendant and servant, Toria.”
"It's better to forget about this identity!"
Artolia, who sounded angry, was actually angry. However, she was not angry at Litteri, but at Merlin, who had told Litteri that he was her servant.
"…That's not good."
After a long silence, Rittery said this in a calm tone, which would make Aaloria even angrier. He wanted to nod at her, but he said it out of the blue.
Artolia stopped moving forward. She was about to turn around when she couldn't hear Ritter's footsteps, but she could feel that he was standing behind her. However, she didn't get what she wanted, so she couldn't see Ritter's expression. She said seriously,""Litte, you are mine, not Teacher Merlin's, so…”
"I've been like this for seven years. I don't mind spending another seven years like this. Do you understand what I mean? I'm still a 'very' young lord.”
Rittery had always felt inferior after interrupting Altoria and saying that Merlin would hit him on the head with his staff if he heard it. He also wanted to change his unlucky identity of being a " death warrior " to put it nicely, but a " scapegoat " to put it bluntly.
However, Ritter had never complained about his identity to anyone, nor had he told anyone that he wanted to leave this identity. The reason was not only Merlin, but also Altoria, who had made him equal to him from the beginning.
At first, she didn't understand what Rittery meant, but after thinking about it for a while, she finally understood what he meant. She nodded vigorously at first, then shook her head slightly."Alright, but I won't let you live like this for another seven years!”
"…Coming of age ceremony?"
"Hmm, after the coming-of-age ceremony, I will ask Mr. Merlin to write a recommendation letter for you to become a knight. Of course, even if you become a knight, you are still mine. There is no reason why!”
Without giving Ritter a chance to ask her why, Artolia strode towards the training field with her trembling hair.
"I knew it would be this…Forget it, there's nothing wrong with this.”
After leaving behind a sentence that contained a lot of information, Rittery quickly followed behind. Since he was young, one of his favorite words to hear was 'You're mine' from Altoria, because it made him feel comfortable after giving everything to her.
The two of them entered the shabby training ground, which only had a fence with a diameter of about 30 meters and a broken bed that was made of a few wooden boards. After glancing at each other, they separated in a fast and slow manner.
The faster one pulled out a wooden sword from his belt and shouted," Die!" as he charged towards Kel, who wanted to escape but had nowhere to run. The slower one came to the broken bed and sat down to watch the show.
"Litte, let me tell you, I…you're too despicable! He actually launched a sneak attack!"
Kel, who was standing by the fence and using his wooden sword to block Ritter's attack, didn't expect it to be a feint. After being hit in the chest, he decisively chose to lie through his teeth.
Of course, the reason for Kel's decision was simple. He knew that he couldn't defeat Litte now, so he wanted to attract Altoria's attention in this way. Then, Altoria would come and save him.
Unfortunately, Artolia was in an abnormal state now, so Kel failed to attract her attention. Instead, Ritter, who was spinning the sword in his hand, slapped his forehead with the sword.
After a crisp smack, Kel, who had a three-finger-wide red mark on his forehead, was furious. However, it didn't take long, about half an hour, for Kel to regret it.
At this moment, Kel, who was sitting in front of the brown rectangular dining table in the simply-decorated dining room, had already transformed into an appearance that could scare away those timid maids. The person who had transformed him into this appearance was sitting opposite him, enjoying the milk bread and potato stew with a satisfied expression.
"This is…unfair, Toria!”
"This is very fair, because you made Litte vomit blood.”
"He…"
Kel was about to tell Artolia the reason why Ritter vomited blood when he was interrupted by the sound of porcelain shattering. He glanced at the maid who had broken a plate and was busy in front of the stove with her back facing him."Hey! The maid over there, are you new? She was so clumsy. Didn't she know that this plate cost a gold…coin…Nasha?”
In the end, he realized that the person who had broken the plate was not a new maid, but Nasha, who had come with Ritter and had a special relationship with him. She had been a maid since she was eight years old and had been a maid for seven years. She was regarded as the successor by the old maid leader, Lina.
"Did you call me to add more dishes? Okay, but please wait a moment. I need to prepare well.”
Nasha said with a terrifying smile. Without waiting for Kel's reaction, she took out a color comparison tube from her white apron pocket. It contained an unknown liquid with a strange color.
Seeing this scene, Kel, who was frightened on the spot, ignored the pain and shouted,"Nasha! Poisoning a noble to death would result in beheading! Also, I didn't beat Littey up to vomit blood!”
"…Really? Ritter."
Nasha, who was holding the color comparison tube with one hand and the other hand on the oak stopper of the tube, stared at Kel for a while. Then, she used a different gentle tone to confirm with Ritter, who had his back to her.
"Fake…"
"A bunch of grapes!"
"Three bunches of grapes and a roast chicken.”
"In your dreams!"
"Nasha, if you want to poison our Lord Kel, don't do it now. Someone is watching, so…”
"Don't say anymore. I'll buy…I'll buy, okay?”
Kel knew what Rite meant by what he said. He also knew that Nasha listened to Rite the most. He chose to compromise so that he wouldn't be poisoned to death at night. Even so, he didn't forget to curse Rite in a low voice.
"Eat, eat, eat, eat to death, you good-for-nothing!”
Ritter didn't take it to heart. After waving at Nasha, he tilted his head and looked at Nasha, who had run to his left with a smile on her face."We've been busy all morning. Let's sit down and rest now. If you haven't eaten breakfast, then eat with me.”
"No need, I've already had breakfast. And, Ritter, what are you hissing for? Does it hurt there? Do you want me to rub it for you?"
After saying that, Nasha, who didn't know where Ritter was in pain and didn't wait for him to tell her where he was in pain, raised her small, rough hand that had been a maid for seven years and didn't look like a fifteen-year-old girl's. Not only was it full of cracks, but it also rubbed Ritter's back.
Kel, who saw Nasha massaging Ritter's back but didn't see her hand, was about to say something when Ritter said,""I'm going to the streets later, you can come with me.”
"No…"
"You're not the only maid in Sir Eckart's family. It's fine if you leave for a while. Even if there's a problem, it's fine because you're not a maid of Sir Eckart's family, even though the gold coins you took were given by Sir Eckart.”
Ritter interrupted Nasha, who was about to refuse to go out with him. He smiled and told her the truth that even Kel didn't know, let alone the other maids.
In fact, Ritter had wanted to tell him the truth since a long time ago. The honest Nasha was often ordered around by the older maids, but Nasha didn't let him say anything. As for why she didn't let him say anything, Nasha didn't…
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