Naturally, most of the Knights' work is humble and inconspicuous clerical work, and this headquarters has a reasonable amount of space reserved for that purpose.

　The room that I heard from Lionel, who met me right after I left the cafeteria and told me that Sophia was working, is one of the places set aside for such work.

　It's fine to work in one's own room, but when you bring in a large amount of materials or have several people knee-to-knee, the space is indeed insufficient.

"Sophia. Are you all right now?

　He called out from outside the door to make sure he wasn't getting out of hand.

'Is this Commander Luke?　No problem, please come in.

　There was an immediate response, so I ducked through the office door with Garnett.

　Then there was a pair of young men and women facing each other across a table filled with several wads of paper - in short, Sophia and Mark.

　The situation could be understood at a glance.

　The composition is that Sophia is enthusiastically instructing Mark, who looks exhausted after using his head too much, on paperwork.

　I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make the most out of your time with us.

...... Sorry to bother you,
No, no, no!　I'm not trying to be a distraction!　This is your chance to take a break, Sir Sophia!　Let's do that!

　I was about to leave the room without a second thought, but Mark struggled to hold me back.

　The door I was about to close was forced back open, so I decided to give up and let him interrupt me.

'I'm just here to check on your work, I'm not going to stay that long,'
I know, I know, I know ......, but please leave me an excuse to take a breath.

　Mark whispered to me in a hushed voice, then turned to Sophia in a deliberate manner.

'Then I'll bring myself a cup of tea!　This kind of miscellaneous work should be done by the youngest person (jakuhaibito) of all!

　Leaving a word that wasn't his true intentions by any means, Mark ran out of the room before I could stop him.

　The youngest person here is not Mark, who is twenty-five or six, but Garnett, who is fifteen or six, but in this case, the youngest would be the youngest in his career as a knight, so me and Mark are all the youngest.

　Well, it must have been a suitable excuse to run out of the room, so I guess he doesn't think too deeply about it either.

　For now, let's put Mark on the back burner for now, and let's talk to Sophia, the main reason why I came here.

'The business is as I said before. As I said before, I just wanted to see how things were going for you. I really just came to see how things were going, so I didn't want to stay too long and interrupt you.
'How dare you interrupt me. It's only natural for a Knight Commander to go over the work of his men.

　Sophia puts her hand over her mouth and giggles.

　Sofia is always calm and strict when she's at work, but when she's away from work, she has this soft expression on her face.

To tell the truth, it was more for the purpose of making sure I wasn't working too hard than to check on my progress.

　I sat down in the chairs around the table and faced Sophia head on.

'You're relying on you for a lot of things in your original job alone, and you're even coaching Mark, right?　I'm not in a position to speak for others either, but I figured if you're getting overworked, you need to think about distributing it a little bit.

　Sir Sophia belonged to the Blue Peacock Knights who were in charge of auditing the various knights, and since it was part of his job to investigate whether there were any irregularities in the knight's accounts, he inevitably acquired various paperwork skills.

　In the case of the White Wolf Knights, which had just launched and had only a small number of personnel, there were few things that had to be audited on purpose, so Sophia had been asked to take on the role of overseeing the administrative work of the Knights.

　That alone is the heart of the White Wolf Knights, but when you add to this the instruction of a newcomer (Mark), it's a way of working that I can't seem to do.

No, that's not true. In fact, I feel more comfortable and less tired than any other unit I've ever been assigned to.

　Sophia smiled across the table.

''The Blue Peacock Knights are auditors. I can't help but become a hated role. Not only does he put his full trust in me, but I feel completely relieved from the heartache of entrusting me with the important aspects of the Knights' management.''

　When I observed Sophia's condition while listening to her story, I didn't see that she was forcing herself to suppress her fatigue.

　If she really felt comfortable with Green Hollow and the White Wolf Knights, then I wouldn't be this happy.

''By the way, just now, I was instructing you on the style of the report to be played directly to the royal palace. It seems that you inevitably follow the template for reports within the knightly order due to your habits: .......
'Oh ...... that's a bit cumbersome, isn't it? There's a lot of words and phrases that I wouldn't normally use.
I know, I know. It's a good thing that you're not the only one. Of course, they're just kids, but they don't show any mercy.
''Since we will be in direct contact with His Majesty's eyes, the Knights will have to be desperate, won't they?

　Garnett also mixes in and has a conversation full of realization.

　His Majesty Alfred himself may not care about the details, but that doesn't mean that the documents that come directly to His Majesty's hand won't be seen by anyone other than His Majesty.

　If they are seen by a minister who cares about the physical aspect of the situation, then that would be a complaint that would go directly to the Knight Commander class.

　...... In the case of the White Wolf Knights, this target would be me.

　Then the three of us passed the time with conversations like this until Mark came back.