That night when I arrived at Quinn's private residence.

　Quinn hosted a welcome party for me and Una and I. The guest room in his private residence was decorated with flowers and smelled very fresh.

　The guest room in the private residence where it was held was filled with flowers everywhere and smelled very fresh.
'All the flowers in this room were grown by Menoko in his garden,'
　Quinn laughed at that.

　Nevertheless, this was a lot of work.

　On either side of the entrance door.
　The flowers are arranged at regular intervals on the wall and on the table in large vases filled with flowers.

By the way, all the flowers on display are edible varieties.
　Kirko, the White Fox tribe, explained the aperitif to me while geeking out about the aperitif before me.

　Come to think of it, yesterday Quinn mentioned that the garden is a field, and I couldn't help but chuckle at Menoko's thoroughness....

　In the midst of all this, Kirko was serving everyone a meal.
Let me help you with that.
　Saying that, when Unya got up from her seat and was about to move at a fast pace towards the kitchen, Kirko stood in front of her.
"I appreciate the sentiment, Conn, but to have had to help entertain a guest who should be welcomed, as a maid in this Quinn-sama's private residence...
　Yes, Kirko explains in a vague way.

　........Only, before she could finish talking about it, Unja slipped by Kirko's side and went into the kitchen.
''Wait a minute Kon!　That's why I can't ask you to help me, Con...
Well, no hard feelings.
But, sir, Con...
　I can hear their conversation leaking out from the kitchen.

''Quinn-san, I'm sorry. My chaperone took the liberty of........
　I felt that this was too much, or rather, rude to Quinn, who was hosting this meeting, so I said so in apology.
　With me in front of him, Quinn
''No........I'd rather enjoy seeing that always calm and collected, always cool Kirko in a hurry.......''
　As he said that, Quinn seemed to be trying hard to hold back his laughter as he leaned forward....

　If you look closely, you can see that Dengo the sheepman and Lerdo the demon, who were standing behind them, were also laughing hysterically....

　Well, although he said so, I felt that I had to be very careful with Una later on.

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　Soon after, the food was ready to be served in the guest room, the venue, and the welcome party was ready.

　At the long table, in addition to me, Unja, and Quinn, there were also two other people, Dengo and Lerdo, who were seated at the long table, except for Menoko, who still had some cooking work to do, and Kirko, who was serving the food.
　At first, "If you allow me to say hello, we will go to the other room.......
　That's what they said, but I thought that I'm going to be taking care of them for a while from now on, so I asked Quinn to allow them to sit together.

　Well, it's not that I didn't have a feeling of atonement for that sin, that Una had made a crude mistake in the first place, but.......
　I'm going to apologize to Kirko again later.

　
Now, when you're ready to go...
　As she said this, Quinn stood up heavily.
　
　She usually dressed as a man and ran this and that shop business, but now she was wearing a light red party dress. She's also wearing makeup, which she doesn't usually wear, but looking at her like this, Quinn is still a beauty, she thought.

　Quinn smiled at me as she smiled at me thinking about that.
"We are delighted to welcome Lady Gossage, Lord of the Small Frontier City of Liberty, into our home.
　I hope that during his stay in King's Landing, you will make this house your home away from home.
　Here's where Dengo, who had been standing up with Quinn
We, the servants, will do our best to make Master Gossage feel at home in this house.
　He said, and bowed reverently.
　And the Lerd followed.

　At the same time.
　Menoko and Kirko, who had appeared at the kitchen and the door that led to the pathway of this room, also took a bow on the spot.

　In response to this.
　I got up from my seat and thanked the servants for letting me use their room and said, "Thank you for your help from now on.

　Quinn grabbed an aperitif.
So, cheers.
　As he raised that glass while saying so sternly, the welcome party began.

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　The food that Menoko is cooking for us is
　While not flashy, all of the dishes are very tasty and bring out the flavors of the ingredients well.
　There is a different wine to pair with each meal.
　I couldn't help but be impressed by the many ways in which the wine was prepared.

"You should try this wine with this meat dish.
　Kirko even follows up with this and that at the right time to match the pace of my meal.

　Quinn has been telling me about the situation in the capital.

　Since this is the first time I've spent this much time in the capital since my parents' house was disowned, I listen to every single one of his stories with great interest.

　Quinn said.

　It is said that a law is being drafted in the direction of taking some kind of action against the lord-less cities that exist in the remote backcountry.
　And that's because
　My frontier small city of Liberty, even though it's a frontier, is still a category close to the royal capital.
　I've heard that there are quite a few frontier cities that exist farther out than that that are left without lords because their lords have died or disappeared of their own accord.
　It seems that they want to take care of those namby-pamby cities and fix them up once and for all.

　I also heard that in the area far to the west of the royal capital, where only sub-humans are said to live, the conflicts between the cities are becoming quite intense.
　The rumors about that region are only about a subhuman nation, so it's extremely unusual for the topic to come up in the capital city, which has a policy of racial supremacy.
That's why we receive many orders for armor from medium-sized merchants like us.
　So Quinn told me.

　

　That chamber of commerce is making money on sub-human partners.

　It's because too many of them think that the mere mention of it will hurt the sign.

　There are some business associations like Quinn that do business in good faith, regardless of race or ethnicity, and to such business associations, orders come in from sub-humans, and at the same time, information like this is brought to them.


　While listening to such conversations with great interest

　And I will talk about the summer festival at Liberty the other day, and

　Thus, the meeting continued in a harmonious mood.

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　I returned to my room on the second floor, which was supposed to be my room, and took the shower provided in my room to lightly sweat off the sweat.

　As soon as I got out of the shower.
Come in, little girl.
　And he handed me a bath towel with both hands.

　I didn't want to have to wait at the door.


Hey, little man, what are your plans for tomorrow?
　Unja asked me that as I was changing into my nightgown.

　There's still a week before the training begins.

''Well.......for now, let's take a look at the entire city of the royal capital.
　And since we're going to be commuting to that area, it's probably best to get to know it a little better.
Well, I'll ask Dengo to arrange a carriage for you in that direction.

　Unja bowed reverently and walked out of the room on her feet.

　A closer look revealed a cup of herbal tea on the desk.
　I'm not much of an expert on these things.
　The herbal tea that Unna makes me before bed sometimes contains herbs that have a relaxing effect.

　I took the cup in my hand and walked over to the window.
　When I opened the curtains, I saw a beautiful starry sky in the sky.


........I wonder if Eldena and everyone else in the city is looking at this starry sky

　I carried the herbal tea to my mouth as I thought about it.