As Theodore left his office to return to his search after finishing his business, Garnett broke his seriousness and leaned back against the back.

'I mean, that promise is still alive, isn't it? A lot of things have happened since then, and I thought they'd canceled out and become irrelevant.
'The other side might have forgotten about it, though. At least they weren't going to dig it up themselves.
'Then why did you even bother to cite it?'
It's not nice to leave the debt vague. I wanted to take this opportunity to settle the accounts properly.

　Garnett huffing and puffing lightly.

　Florence looked at Garnett and me in turn and asked me questions in a chatty manner.

'So, how did you come to be lending and borrowing?　I could still understand Travis and Dustin, but I couldn't imagine your connection to Sir Theodore.

　Garnett twitched her small cheeks with a twitch and gave me a sideways glance, demanding that I give her a safe response.

　The story of how I owed Theodore ...... to Garnett is deeply related to Alma, which is precisely the name Garnett used when she acted as the 'Knight Commander's Sister'.

　In the past, Garnett wanted to join the Silverwing Knights, who were likely to be in direct opposition to Agart Ram, in order to avenge her mother's death by herself.

　The Silverwing Knights is a knightly order governed by Garnett's family, and the current head of the order is her half-brother, who understands her situation.

　For this reason, it was quite possible for her to join the Silverwing Knights, which adhered to the old tradition of boys only, by faking her gender.

　The problem was his father, Sir Rembrandt.

　Although he was ostensibly retired, he still had strong influence over the Order and the clan, and he also wanted to increase the clan's power by having Garnett marry some influential person.

　The condition that Garnett gave to convince such a father.
　It was that he would marry someone who would satisfy his father, either when he succeeded in avenging him or when he reached the age of eighteen.

　And Sir Rembrandt demanded that I find a future marriage partner now, when the Demon King's War was over and my duty to protect me was over.

(...... A situation that needs to be kept secret so far. It's a matter that involves Garnett's identity. But the rest of this is ...... a history that I honestly have no problem explaining to you.)

　That day, Garnett followed his promise to his father and returned to King's Landing without telling us what was going on, and was to attend an evening party hosted by his sister's spouse's nobleman.

　When I learned of this fact a little late - I was already greatly upset.

　I think it was one of the highest levels of impatience I've experienced since I became an adventurer.

　Anyway, I made full use of the connections I had at the time and somehow managed to get into the nightclub and convey my feelings to Garnett, as well as informing Sir Rembrandt that I would be accepting the 'appointment as head of the newly established knight's order', which was still pending at the time.

　With this, I was able to get them to acknowledge their relationship up to the point of 'fiancée candidate', which led to the current situation where I am both an arms dealer and a knight commander.

I've been indebted to many people, but Theodore wrote me an invitation using his position as a frontier count's legitimate son. I've been getting requests for help for a while now, but I owe him a debt for that matter ...... and I've been talking to Florence about this area for a while now.

　The relationship between me and Alma is already widely known.

　To the extent that I have had Theodore take advantage of my position in the process of establishing that relationship, there would be no problem in explaining it to Florence again.

　However, Garnett was stealing Florence's eyes and directing silent pressure at her from next to her.

' (Oh ...... I see. You're simply embarrassed to have Florence explain to you where you are).

　It's plain and simple if you understand it.

　They don't want to be talked about out of fear of being exposed, but rather they are appealing to you to avoid it out of personal shame.

　That's a reason that has to make sense.

　If anything, considering that it could upset Garnett and make him feel uncomfortable, I can't say that it would hinder his ability to hide his identity.

'...... Well, a lot of things. There was a situation where I had to rely on that guy's noble title. It's not like there are any serious circumstances, so we'll have to wait until we have time again. For that matter, there's something I want to tell you in the name of the Order: ......

　The topic of the debt I owe Theodore was appropriately played out, and I decided to cut our business out of it.

　Florence also seemed to understand that there was no point in prioritizing it over the errand brought in as the White Wolf Knights, so she got on the track of the topic without seeming to be particularly bothered by it.

''I've been exchanging ideas with the other knights in the royal capital. Of course, there's a lot of things we need to get the guild branch to help us with as well. ......
Of course we'll be happy to help. We're also grateful that the Knights are getting serious about it.

　And so I decided to tell the branch chief (Florence) everything we discussed in the royal capital.

　No, strictly speaking, it wasn't 'all the details'.

　As for the truth that His Majesty the King and Sir Angelica of the Knights of the rainbow, the truth that humans on earth shouldn't know yet is being withheld because such a thing exists.

　No one has any idea what the truth means, and of course, they don't know what problem there is in letting it be known to the people on earth.

　However, considering His Majesty's character, it is unthinkable to conceal the fact that it has no significant meaning.

　If it's merely a new fact that defies conventional wisdom, then it's counterintuitive that they didn't even tell me, the party involved, in the course of that time.

　It's a good idea to be aware of the fact that it's something that will be inconvenient for me to know about - or is it something that will lead to the revelation of the truth that will truly shake up society, to the point where I have to be wary of even leaking information from me?

'(Either way, I'll just do what I can for now. Specifically, from fulfilling Theodore's request.)

　There's nothing good about taking on a problem that is beyond your capacity.

　I was determined to focus on solving the problems in front of me for the time being, while I continued to discuss my opinions with Florence.