The day after tomorrow, the woman in question came.
　From the window of his office in Ivalice, he sees Alistair Rottenmeier.
　She is as beautiful as ever.
　Her blonde hair looks good against the pure white armor.
　She has two guards with her, both wearing the same design of armor.
　The two of them were also beautiful women with golden hair.

''I wonder if the White Rose Order's officers can only be blonde women.

　As I was letting out such thoughts, Lilith let out this sarcasm.

''Ike-sama likes blonde women, right?

　Lilith puffed out her cheeks.

'Well, I guess I don't hate it.'

　I jokingly return it, and Lilith spins on her heel.

'Where are you going?'
I'm going to dye my hair.
..........

　I don't want to be really dyed in the wool, so I'll tell you the truth.

'It's not that I was looking at Alistair. I was just checking to see if she had a crest on her shoulder.

A crest?　Is it?
Yeah, we'll see if there's a coat of arms.
What do you mean?

　Lilith makes a stern face.

'If Alistair has the crest of the White Rose Order on his shoulder, it confirms that he has officially been reinstated to the Order. If not, we can infer that he came on his own without the king's permission.

Oh, I see. Oh, he's got a coat of arms.

　Lilith looked down at Alistair as she mouthed, 'Which one?

'And furthermore, if that white rose emblem was made of gold, I'd say I'm back as a Commander, I guess. How about that?

　I can't confirm that much with my human eyes, so I ask Lilith, but it seems that Alistair has officially returned as the Commander. Lilith said, "It has an expensive looking crest on it.

''I see,'' I divulged, and continued, ''I see.

''Then I'll have to treat you as an official messenger of the Kingdom of Rosalia.

　It's Satie, of course.
　I'm sure she can be treated with the utmost luxury, regardless of her status.
　I've been busily preparing for a banquet since yesterday, and Satie is still running around the house.

　Normally, this is taken care of by Satie alone, but when there is a meeting of the corps size, a temporary maid is hired to lead it. But perhaps because she is a hard worker by nature, the girl named Sati doesn't just give orders, she also ends up working for others.

　Occasionally we pass each other in the corridor, but she works so hard that she doesn't even have time to talk to you.
　While observing such a maid, a nice aroma tickles my nostrils.
　It's probably the scent of gravy over roast beef, Satie's signature dish.

　The woman, Alistair Rottenmeyer, is said to be the daughter of a great nobleman, and Satie's cooking would satisfy even her discerning palate.

　I don't know what Alistair, the woman, came to visit me for, but I can be sure of that much.
　That's how good Satie's food is.




　When Alistair visited my mansion, Alistair, first of all, greeted me briefly and suggested that I rest in my guest room to relieve myself from the fatigue of my long journey.

　She stuffed me with fire-urgent business, but I still forced her to rest, saying that if it's an important matter, it's better to do so after you've recovered from your fatigue.

　In fact, all of them, including his attendants, had a look of exhaustion on their faces.

　It was quite a distance from the royal capital Rosalia to the World Tree Forest. And from there they came to Ivalice with a forced march. It's impossible not to be exhausted.

　It's a good thing that you're able to get to the point where you're able to get to the point, but when the squire stopped you, you decided to rest in your room.

　She nodded her head and went upstairs when I told her the time for dinner.
　Satie politely showed her to her room and went straight to the kitchen.

No time to "take it too far.

　At this rate, she'll make the best food by evening.　
　In the meantime, I just had to pass the time.
　Nothing in particular to do.

　There is one way to do it, eavesdropping on the room where Alistair is resting, but I'm sure the girls would be at least that alert.

　Besides, even if they didn't have to do that, a few hours later, Alistair's own mouth would tell them the purpose of their visit, and bugging a lady's room is not something a gentleman would do.

　As I pride myself on being a gentleman, I have no further intention of eavesdropping on a lady's room.
　When I returned to my room, I reached for a book I was reading.
　It's a trivial book of adventure activity, but it's a good way to pass the time until evening.
　In fact, as I finished that book I was reading, the sun began to set and we were ready for dinner.
　I checked my immortal robes in the large mirror to make sure they were undisturbed and then headed to the Supper Room.


　I headed to the Supper Room and found a beautiful lady there.

　She was dressed in a pure white dress like a noblewoman's dress. Just a quick glance at the elaborate design of the dress allowed me to guess that it was expensive enough for the average person to live on for half a year.

　Of course, the person wearing it was our guest, Alistair.
　It seems that she is not such a wild woman as to show up at a dinner party in armor, as expected.
　I'm not sure if she has had her hair neatly tied up by her attendant, or if she doesn't have the ruggedness of a warrior at all.
　However, this woman doesn't look like a warrior even if she is wearing armor....

　When Alistair Rottenmeier met with me, he had a slightly frightened expression on his face and thanked me, "Thank you very much for preparing a wonderful dinner party for me.

　I wondered what he was frightened of, but I had a number of things in mind.


　I'm a demon race to begin with. There's no one who isn't frightened at the sight of this deformed form.

　Besides, this girl was crushed once on the battlefield, and I am aware that I surprised her a bit when I went to visit her afterwards when she was imprisoned in the tower.

　Maybe it's more of a stretch to say don't be frightened.


　However, it's also annoying to be licked while negotiating, but it's no good talking while being frightened.

　I tried my best to make a gentle voice.

''Alistair-dono, please relax your shoulders. It's a good thing that the demon race has a deformed appearance, but it's more human than you think. I don't mean to say it myself, but I'm a prime example of that, especially me.

　At any rate, I can't reveal that I'm human inside, but anyway, I sat her down at the table and recommended the food that Sati had prepared for her.

　Alistair was afraid to take a bite of the food at first.

　It was prepared by the demon race. It's hard to know what kind of ingredients were used, he said, but when he took a bite, his face changed.

"It's very delicious,
Our maid is very proud of her work.

　As she says this, her quickness to rustle her knife and fork gradually quickens.
　This wouldn't make her open up to me, but it would make it a little easier for me to talk to her.
　After waiting for her to finish her meal, I decided to get to the 'main topic'.


　Why did Alistair, who was relieved of his duties as the leader of the White Rose Order, come to see me?
　What kind of story did he bring to me, I'm curious.
　I asked at the same time as Satie stepped back with her after-dinner drink.

'Well, Lord Alistair, what business have you come to me on this occasion?

　When he cut that out, Alistair's face became tense again and he opened his mouth.

''Actually, I came here with a favor to ask Lord Ike.

　With that, she began to talk about the main issue.