You've heard the myth that it takes ten years of training to become a knight.

　Sitting on the couch and leaning against me, Garnett continues to drink a little bit of wine.

　It's a gentle smile that I'm sure others - or even my family in King's Landing - won't be able to see, only when I'm alone with him.

'It took Mark's guy ten years to get there too, is that a myth?
The only way to get a knight wannabe from a commoner's background is to start training at about fifteen or so, which is considered to be an adult, all together it's roughly ten years. It's because they need to learn the basic education of a knight.
'Yeah, I believe it was something like that. If you came from a family of knights, it was earlier than that.

　There were boys and girls at the joint ordination ceremonies I attended who might be less than fifteen years old if they were poorly educated.

　Children who have been educated to a high standard from an early age can skip the basic education that applicants from the general public have to receive, so the time period is simply shorter.

'But you know, I'm a bit of a special case. Yeah, no, I don't mean that I'm ...... better, I mean that I'm doing something I wouldn't normally do.

　Garnett leaned deeper into my shoulder, letting her soft golden head of hair rest on my shoulder.

'I lost your mother when I was just starting to remember things or not, and then years later, I said I wanted to be a knight ...... Ezell and I became friends (dutch) during this time... ...... Anyway, I became a knight. was when I was twelve or so.
'I knew it, but it's still early. I thought you were still too little.
No, he's not much taller than he is now. The only thing that has grown since then is one little finger, at most.

　Garnett smiled as he held up the little finger on one hand and lifted the corner of his mouth in a grin.

　If it was still a young child, a woman would grow taller faster than a man.

　A twelve-year-old girl would be past the peak of her height growth and it would be time for her to slow down a bit.

　When I was about twelve years old, I was at the age when I started wishing for my height to grow by now, and I was at the age where I hadn't even imagined the pains I'd experienced from then until I reached my current height.

　What can I say, it was indeed unexpected that I would become aware of Garnett's gender in such a flow.

''Perhaps, if I compared you to the twelve-year-old me, you would be the one who was taller.
Haha, you could be right. And you're growing big, bones and all, and I'm looking up at you, saying, 'Give me some of that.

　It's a good idea to have a good time with them.

It's a good idea to have a good idea of what you want to do with your life. It's a common pattern to train for a while more, and then finally get it done when you're 15.
But I'm pretty sure you are ......
'Yeah. When I met Luke, I missed grabbing Agart Ram's tail so many times that I'd long ago stepped all over the place.
You couldn't wait for ....... So as soon as you got your knight's title, you couldn't wait to go after Agart Ram.

　That's what it means to be special(-) separate.

　The urge to join the Agart Ram investigation as soon as possible and the promise to his father that he could only do so until he was eighteen years old made this guy impatient to participate in actual combat.

　Per that allowed, I suppose it's not an obligation to train until he turns fifteen, but simply the extent to which he often does so.

It's a good thing that I've never had any good relationships to talk about, because unlike you, I've never had any good relationships to talk about. It's a very good idea to be able to have a good time.
'I think the Ezell thing alone is great enough. Isn't it a pretty intense episode to have an uncomfortable friendship with a princess?
I'm totally sure. I was taken along with you to the capital to inform you that your father's successor has been replaced by Carmine, and that's all. I was in the courtyard of the palace, playing with a bunch of kids my own age who looked like they were having a good time.

　I'm sure that's a great story to tell.

　It's not just a matter of time before you're able to get your hands on a new one.

　Of course, I'm in a position to know what's going on, so I can't take such a serious look at it.

It's not a good idea to give up your identity, so I tend to keep my distance from my fellow knights as well. Since I didn't even join the other young knights hanging out on their days off for whatever reason, my colleagues might think of me as 'a nasty guy who's thumbing his nose at the knight leader's brother's position'.
That guy can't help it. When we get all the things we need to do out of the way and we can reveal ourselves without a care in the world, then we can both surprise him to our hearts' content, can't we?
'Haha!　You're going to rake in the Knights of the Order and spoil it!　Sounds interesting, that one!

　Garnett's expression, which had almost become gloomy, brightened at once, and she smiled at me with a blush on her cheeks.

　Is the reason for the red cheeks because of the wine or is it because I thought of a moment of truthfulness with me?

I'm sure I've already said it, but this is a good time to say it. I don't even have a real face anymore.

　Garnett gulped down the wine without being sure which, and continued with a sigh.

Before I became a knight and after I became a knight, I was so selfless that I never had any intention of looking the other way.
...... I think that sounds like you.
'Right?　So, you know, ...... it's only natural, but you're the first person I've ever felt this way about or been in a relationship with.

　Garnett whispers with her shoulders close together.

　Something like sweet heat seeps out of my core, and my heart pulses hard.

　Seriously, this guy is a painful counterattack.

　The one word I threw at Garnett just a few minutes ago was returned so quickly.

　Whether or not you've heard it before doesn't matter so much now.

　It's important that you've thrown this one word back at me in response to my statement that you're the best you've ever heard.

　I don't have the words to counter this one.

　So, more eloquently than any words - I hug my shoulder tightly and try to respond to Garnett's thoughts.

　The night has just begun.
　Today, we'll talk about our memories to our hearts' content.