In the lord's mansion, in the study.

　I was alone with Amelia, the head maid, facing me.

'How is she?　How do the people react?
"About half of them are welcome,
"Half?

　His brow wrinkled.
　That's a much lower number than I thought.

Why?　Why are you not so welcoming to me and Angel's marriage?

　I asked Amelia to come out to investigate why.

　I had the whole Avalon community react to the wedding of Angier and I. I asked her to go out and gather responses.
　I'm not going to stop just because people are against it, but rather I want to marry Angier with blessings, so I'll squash any opposition in advance.
　But there were surprisingly many voices of opposition, and I was slightly confused.

''Yes, most women of the right age are against it. "Yes, most of the women of the right age are against it: 'I was aiming for the national father,' 'I'll switch to aiming for the concubine,' 'If I were 80 years younger, I'd be ......' and so on.
"...... eh
That's what it means.

　I'm troubled in a different way.
　You can't help it if you disagree with me in that sense.

What do you want to do?
Hmmm, that's just the way it is. Angers is my front room, it's non-negotiable.
The master is irresistible.
Is that so. Yes, it's popular among some of the wiser women, especially the nobility, to get them to adopt you.
Why?
There is a rumor going around that a nobleman's daughter could be his master's maid. I would like to get to know my master that much.
That's right.

　I nodded and thought about the report I'd received from Amelia.
　I can't help it.
　Well, that kind of opposition is like admiring a famous actor or poet.
　We just have to let nature take its course and wait for it to go away.

What's the other objection?
"Almost, no.
"Yeah, that would be nice. Thank you, Amelia.
I'm sorry.

　After being complimented, Amelia happily withdrew into my shadow.

　Not only Amelia, maids tend to quickly retreat into the shadows after their work, especially after being worked on by me.
　I don't know the details, but they always seem happy after doing so, so I don't go into it too much.

　Congratulations!

"Dear Alec, ...... are you okay now?

　I knocked and it was Angier.
　She stepped out the door timidly and looked at me.

"I'm fine. Can I help you?
"Yes!　I'd like you to see something for yourself, Mr. Alec.
"To me?　What's up?
"Let's see, the garden
Okay.

　I don't know what you're going to do, but Angier asked me, and I had no reason to refuse.

　I walked with Angel and went down the hallway to the garden.

　Ange brought me to a corner of the sunny garden and I saw Calamity.

　Calamity, the Sky King, the guardian dragon of the empire.
　One incident made me master and I have lived in the mansion ever since.
　He originally lived in the Carlisle mansion, but moved here when Avalon's mansion was completed.

　The reason you rarely see her is because she's only in the garden of the mansion, eating and sleeping with Angier.

You look good today, Calamity.
I'm glad the Lord is in good health, too.
So, Angel. What's wrong with Calamity?
Yes, please watch. Sorry Guardian Dragon, please.
It's a no-brainer.

　Calamity then used her mouth to tear off a paw.

　The biting and tearing caused so much blood to spurt out that the whole area was a pool of blood.

Calamity!

　Startled, Angier gingerly stepped out from beside me.
　I held out my hand to rest it on Calamity's torn paw.

　I could feel Angel's magic growing.
　The Mupapato method of magic management, a technique of detecting the highest point and continuing to produce a limited amount of power.
　Ange casts a healing spell with it.

　My specialty was healing magic.
　Ever since he learned it from my first magical tutor, Angier has only practiced healing magic.

　The result--now it's taking shape.
　Calamity's resistance, even her resistance to healing, dampened it, and the healing spell passed through Calamity, and in no time at all her paws were regenerating.

　In less than a minute, Calamity's paws were completely restored!



"Fufu ...... Mr. Alec!

　Taking a breath and coming up to me like a puppy, Angel .

"Oh, my God, Angel. I didn't think you could do it.
"Thanks to Mr. Alec.
"Hmm?　Did you know that?
Yes. I knew I had to be worthy of being Alek-sama's bride, so I tried my best to heal my guardian dragon.
"...... Oh, you mean that?

　I was happy to see Angier's good health.
　I want to be worthy of my bride.

　They say that a goal makes a human being grow more easily, but this was surprising.

That's what you mean ......?　What does that mean?
As a matter of fact, I was just being mean to Angel.
"To me?

　Angel, nodding his head, like he has no idea what he's talking about.

Yeah, I've been trying to sneak in a little bit of extra calamity resistance.
"...... eeeeee!
How much did I raise?

　Ask Calamity.

"Power from the Lord, double the original
"Are you double?
I've been training Angel by sneaking a little bit up. You know, there are ways to plant saplings and jump over them every day to work on your jumping ability a little bit. Like that.
"Haha. ......
So when you said it was thanks to me, I thought you'd found out, but you didn't.
I had no idea. ......
"It's great, Angel.

　I reached out and patted Angel's head.

　I stroked him as usual and gently held him in my arms, reminding him from .......

Thank you, Angel.
"Dear Alec, ...... could I be worthy of being Alec's wife?
"Of course, my wife is Angel, you're a good one.
"...... ehehe

　Angier happily buried his face in my chest and hugged me tightly.

　But how could I cure Calamity like this?

　If it's only about healing magic, Angel might be better than me.
　You worked so hard for me.
　I loved her so much that I squeezed her back.

　In the garden of the villa, we hugged each other so tightly that we could feel each other's warmth and heartbeat.