While Luke, the leader of the group, was heading to Chandler, a member of the group, Garnett, dressed as his imaginary sister (Alma), continued to behave in a natural manner and casually looked around at the people around her.

　Sakura and Erika seem to be still worried about whether their outfits are not floating or not, and they are constantly asking Marida and Mark to confirm that they are not.

　It's a good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for when you're looking for a new job.

　Where was his vocabulary when he complimented Sakura's Eastern style clothes before?

　Even Erika, who just asked if it looked good on her, couldn't give an immediate answer, but her reaction made it clear that she didn't think it looked good on her, and it was like Marida was talking for Mark.

　Garnett realized once again that even siblings can change, after all.

　To Garnett, none of his brothers and sisters were born to different mothers, who were all children of his ex-wife, and none of his blood relatives were born of the same parents.

　But Luke and Mark were siblings born of the same parents, and even though they were reasonably similar in appearance, there seemed to be a cloud of difference in the way they handled this kind of situation.

　That was a strangely fresh fact in Garnett's eyes.

''Uh, how can I help you?''
No, it's nothing.

　Sylvia is suspicious of the fact that she's staring blankly at a point, and she speaks to me in a concerned tone.

'It's just that ...... I still think that Sir Mark is not so much like his brother as he is like you,'
'They're brothers, but they're different people. They hadn't seen each other for fifteen or six years, so they've lived mostly different lives.

　Sylvia agrees with Garnett.

　Fifteen or even sixteen years are the equivalent of a lifetime so far for Garnett and Sylvia.

　The impact of a decade or so as a child may be drastically different from that of an adult, but it is still a long time in the making.

'Also, this is just my imagination,'

　Silvia casually leans in close and whispers to me jokingly.

'Luke-san has been an adventurer all his life, but Mark-san has been formally trained as a knight all his life, so maybe he doesn't have much experience in how to handle girls.
If you ask me, ...... other than the silver wing, female knights are also in the minority, and many of them have different values from the women of the city. ......

　It's clear that Mark is a serious person who doesn't want to get involved in those areas, as he seems to be turning down every offer of that kind of thing from Chandler, who is quick to act on the opposite s*x.

　So, if you ask me if Luke, on the other hand, is inauthentic, I'd do my best to deny that ...... is true.

　Even if he makes more money than Mark in terms of experience, I can assure you that he must have always been sincere.

　I couldn't deny that I felt a tugging at my heart when he was ...... experienced, but I can only think that he was born late for all this.

　It's more difficult for me to be the first to be that kind of partner, as I doubt I was even a baby when he left his hometown.

　Perhaps it was because his thoughts were skewed towards such thoughts, but Garnett finally noticed that his expression was almost unknowingly tactless, and that Sylvia was looking at him with a worried look on her face.

'No ...... it's okay, it's nothing,'
"...... Oh!　Is this necklace a gift from Luke by any chance?

　Sylvia's expression suddenly brightens, and she bends down lightly to peer at the garnet's chest.

　The one shining there is a mithril necklace.

　It is a one-of-a-kind item designed with a combination of fangs and wings.

I'm sure you'll be able to find out more about this. But how did you know it was a gift from that man ......?
Because Mr. Garnett was wearing the same one.

　The blood rushes out of my head and the contents of my skull go cold all at once.

　I almost want to pat myself on the back for keeping a smile on my face.

　Did they find out?　Did he see you?
　All sorts of pieces of thoughts ran through his head at high speed.

　Normally, he spent his time hanging his necklace from his neck and putting it inside his clothes, as it would get in the way if he let it hang around.

　However, he didn't absolutely do so, and in some cases, he usually made it visible from the outside.

　Don't tell me that Sylvia had seen him at that time?

　If I say it was inadvertent, that's true, but what was even more inadvertent might be the fact that he was wearing it right here and now.

　If it's only people from the unrelated royal capital, or even Sylvia and the others from Green Hollow and the knights, wearing an accessory that Garnet Argentia uses regularly is only a risk if you think about it calmly.

　However, the option of taking it off and then playing Alma had strangely not come to mind at that time.

　Because this is a gift from Luke to the woman he(...) called himself.

　What can I do without wearing it now--

'You and your brother and sister are matching. I love it, mithril is similar to silver, but the way it shines is very different: ......

　Sylvia looked at the necklace enviously with an enraptured face.

''--Yeah, yeah!　We had two identical ones made and shared them with my brother!

　I'm trying to mend a big smile, but my heart is beating so fast inside my dress that it hurts.

　The sweat running down my spine also feels soft and cold.

　I've been able to get through it without being found out - is it okay to think that way?

　It was a sense of urgency comparable to the death struggles I've overcome so far.
　He must have been able to deal with it still more calmly if the blade of the seriousness snatched the tip of his nose.

　In fact, to the extent that he couldn't do anything about it with the forceful push of military force, he might as well have been in a much tighter predicament than the past shura.

''That's true after all. Even if you are dealing with your precious sister, there is no way that Garnett would let go of that necklace. I might ask for an accessory of a different design too: ......

　It's okay, isn't it ...... really, isn't it ......?

　Garnett continued to pray that Sylvia's intuition wouldn't get to the bottom of it, while trying to somehow calm her breathing and heartbeat.

　Or maybe she's already noticed and is just keeping quiet out of consideration for us - in that case, there's seriously nothing we can do about it, so it looks like we'll have no choice but to raise the white flag gracefully.