......, if you're back, you should have come earlier.

　Since the rain of arrows from Sylvia and the others had died down, me and Garnett decided to take a break from everyone for a good reason.

　Garnett was going to be exhausted for good, and I needed to report on the contents of the meeting we just had.

　It's not a bad idea to do the latter while doing the former, although you can't say that reporting can be done later, but it's not a bad idea to do the latter while doing the former.

　We huddle together in the corner of the hall to avoid being overheard, and briefly explain how the meeting ended.

　From here you can get an approximate view of the venue, so if someone approaches you, you can quickly notice and break up the conversation.

　Otherwise, it would be tactless for anyone to interrupt a man and woman talking to each other in this situation.

　People passing by naturally take care of themselves and keep their distance.

　It's also a good cover to make it more or less known that me and Garnett are potential fiancées.

''I knew that high elf wasn't a good guy. I was suspicious of him from the beginning.
''Well, he can't even touch it any more than he already has. And His Majesty will be glaring at him more than ever before.
He didn't care if Alphasul was back or not, he didn't like the idea of using you for that purpose, or using the color scheme to think he'd already succeeded, or whatever.
...... Did you use any color?

　Garnett has maintained a clear, ladylike expression on her face, but has switched her tone of voice to her normal one, so the gap between sight and sound is quite tremendous.

　And yet, when it seems like 'this is it', I seem to have been quite poisoned as well.

'If you say we want to do something about Agart Ram and we're going to provide you with information to do so, I'd like you to do just that and be quiet about it.
Yeah, exactly. If you mess with me, you're going to make a lot more enemies.
'You'd probably say you'd kick both of them to the curb.

　Garnett returned only a smile and did not deny it.

　Regardless of what actually happens, he is probably prepared to be willing to become a two-fronted operation even if it's a two-fronted operation in his mind at the moment.

''So, what are you planning to do next?　You still have a lot of work to do.
''Well ...... for now, I think His Majesty and Commander Angelica will call me again. Commander Angelica in particular is likely to be called again by the end of the day.

　When I met with the knight leaders, we were going to have another policy meeting with the Knights of the Rainbow Rainbow Scales later on, but in the end, the topic never came up during my face-to-face meeting with Eir Sethromnir.

　He didn't think he would be returning to Green Hollow without any kind of reconciliation, so surely there would be another opportunity to meet with him in the near future, I imagine, tonight.

　I heard that Commander Angelica doesn't basically leave King's Landing, so it's likely to be possible at any time during our stay.

　As I was thinking about this and talking with Garnett, a man and woman who looked like a married couple came into view as they approached.

　I wondered if someone somewhere thought they were going to greet the new Knight Commander.

　I waited to respond as if nothing had happened, but next to me, Garnett raised an eyebrow in alarm.

'...... Scarlett ......'
Sister Scarlett, right?　Behave in a manner befitting your position.

　When I heard the name, I realized the identity of one half of the golden-haired couple.

　The other Garnet's sister, Scarlett Argentia.

　No, I heard that she married herself to a certain nobleman in accordance with the policy of increasing the power of the family through marriage, so her surname had already been changed to that of her spouse?

　Garnet cut his gaze from Scarlett and turned his head to the nobleman next to him.

''It's good to see you, Earl Robinson.
'I haven't seen you since the last evening meeting, Miss Alma. The guy over there is ...... Yes, I remember. That's him from the nightclub. Well, I'm glad to see you're getting along so well.

　In spite of the preliminary information that the marriage was like a political marriage, Earl Robinson was an aristocrat with a rather friendly atmosphere.

　I had imagined an aristocrat similar to his father, Lord Rembrandt, but this was somewhat unexpected.

　Of course, there is no guarantee that the face you show in these social gatherings is your true nature.

''It's a pleasure to meet you, Count. My name is Luke White Wolf, and I am in charge of the White Wolf Knights.
''I've heard the rumors. If you are just a former adventurer's knight, then there's a certain amount of them, but I didn't expect you to be a knight leader. I can't help but pay attention to him.

　The Earl of Robinson is talking to me rather aggressively, speaking up in some kind of good mood.

　Garnett looked surprised at this, and Scarlett shook her head in dismay.

'I used to long for the days of adventure when I was young. I couldn't become an adventurer for the convenience of taking over the family, though.
'Some adventurers come from noble families. The Beaufort family, for example: ......
'You're Sir Theodore, right?　I know, and to someone like me, he's a celebrity too!

　...... This bite, apparently, was not a lip service to me and said 'I've always wanted to be an adventurer'.

　If you're just saying the right things to fit the conversation, you can see the pretense of trying to confirm the other person's attitude by asking them how they're coming out of the conversation, 'Is this right?

　But Earl Robinson is not like that, and if he doesn't find the right moment to interrupt, he will continue to talk about it with the force of water.

''I don't know much about aristocratic society myself, but isn't it unusual for a nobleman to admire an adventurer?
'I wouldn't say it's a lot, but it's not so little that I'd say it's rare. That is, if you include the fact that they don't really want to be, but are only vaguely envious of it.

　Count Robinson's frequent nodding of his head suggests that he's happy to be able to talk about it in this way without a care in the world.

'I suppose it could be that the grass next door looks blue, but His Majesty the King's influence is still significant. I'm not one of those types, but there are some who innocently wish to have the same adventures as His Majesty: ......

　The Count continues to talk, and I'm the one who has to listen.

　And next to her, Garnett raised the corner of her mouth and looked at Scarlett sarcastically.

''You and I have a lot in common, don't we, sister?
'This is one of his few flaws. Please don't put them together.