After receiving hospitality for rescuing Sarya, Rain and the others went straight to their rooms in the royal castle.
　One room per person.
　Moreover, the room is several times larger than an ordinary inn.

　As expected of a royal castle.
　It was luxurious.

　But sometimes that luxury was the enemy.
　Alone in a large room........not just the pleasure of using a large space for luxury, but also the strong sense of being alone.
　There's no way the still young Nina can endure such loneliness.......



　Nina had sneaked into Rain's room and crawled straight into bed.
　She curled up in a ball and lay down with Rain.

　Rain was Rain, still asleep, and she didn't even know it.
　It was because she had been thinking late last night and had fallen asleep too late.

'Nya ... Nina, she's at Rain's again.
This child is an unexpected ambush?

　There were two shadows staring at Rain and Nina.
　They were Kanade and Tania.

　Let's get Rain up.
　If I can, I'll see her sleeping face.

　Two of the strongest species of love brains thought about such things.
　Apparently thinking the same thing, Kanade and Tania met in front of Rain's room.
　At first, it was their job to wake Rain up!　
　However, it was not a good idea to fight here and cause rain by making loud noises and voices.
　Hence, the two decided to form an alliance and cause Rain together.

　And yet........
　I didn't think Nina, who is younger than us, had beaten us to it.
　Nope.
　I can't believe she's not only getting ahead of me, but she's also sleeping with Rain.
　I'm so jealous!

"Tania.
What?
What do I do with it?
...What should we do?

　I'm not jealous of Nina.
　But that's what children do.
　If you're angry because you're jealous, you're out as an adult.
　We should all be tolerant of each other.

　But I'm jealous.
　It's not very mature to be jealous.
　I understand that, but I'm jealous.
　Reason and emotion don't arrive at the same conclusion.

'Nyahhh ... oh, it just hit me!
"I won't tolerate you if it's a boring idea, you color-blind cat.
'Colorblind!　I don't want Tania to tell me that....
So, what are you going to do?
We'll sleep with you!

　Kanade puffed out his chest and said with a smug look on his face.

''Well sometimes Kanade looks like one hell of a big shot.
Meow?
But it's not a bad idea. Yeah. We came to wake up Rain, but she didn't get up very often, so we had to go with her and... well, that's just the way it is.
Yeah, yeah, it's just the way it is.
Well, I don't want to do this, okay?　But Kanade insists on it, and?　And if I interrupt you, you're going to cry?　So I had no choice.
'It's kind of being blamed on me and ... well, never mind. So, let's get right to it...
Oh, come on!　I'm not going to run away.

　Kanade and Tania crawled into the bed and snuggled into Rain.

　The warmth of Kanade and Tania in addition to Nina's fluffiness.
　As expected, it was hot, and Rain groaned as if she was having trouble sleeping.

''Ugh, ugh...''

Just keep on packing. Look, Kanade's over there.
You'll fall off if you do that!
Try not to be.
How?
What?
'The whole thing?　And irresponsible!
Uh-huh, and in the meantime, I've got Rain all to myself.
Nya.........Tania is quite bold when Rain is asleep, isn't she? Also, she's very obedient.
Shut up. I can't help it. I'm not ashamed to say this while I'm awake.
Well, that's not hard to understand.

　........and so on.
　While we were talking about this and that, Nina woke up with a squirm.

''Huh........hmmm.......kanade?　Tania?
Oh, did I wake you up?
No, no, Nina?　This isn't because I want to sleep with Rain, um, well...
...we're all together. Heh, I'm glad.

　With a smile of 100% innocence, Nina hugs Kanade and Tania.
　As it was, she fell asleep again.

''........Let's just be quiet.''
Well....

　Kanade and Tania also hugged Nina...
　I went straight to sleep.

　By the way.....
　Naturally, Rain woke up afterwards and was surprised to find out what was going on...
　Sora, Luna and Tina were angry that they were left out.



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　Morning.
　Before I knew it, Kanade, Tania, and Nina were crawling into bed, although there was a hiccup...
　We had breakfast and then decided to leave the castle.

'Are you going to leave now?　I'm sorry.

　Sarya-sama had come to see me off a short distance after I entered the castle.
　It's not something I would do to a mere adventurer...
　Does Lady Sarya know about my blood?
　And without knowing it, is it just good intentions?

　I can't help but think about that.

'The exams are a bit further away, aren't they?　You should have stayed at the castle until the exam.
No, that's not exactly...

　We can't use the royal castle as a lodging house.
　Maybe Sarya-sama and the king don't care, but I do.

''It's a shame I would have liked to hear a lot more about you, Rain.
Whenever you get a chance. It's not like this is going to stop me from seeing you.
'That's true, too. I'm looking forward to the next opportunity. Until then, I'll beg the brave Lord to talk to you.
'Brave?　Could it be that Arios is here...?
Yes. I've been staying in King's Landing for a little while now. Right now I'm at an inn in the castle town, but it looks like you're visiting the castle regularly.
...I see.

　I'm glad we didn't bump into each other.
　I don't want to see Arios' face and...
　Most of all, right now, there is the blood I was informed of last night.
　I don't know what kind of face I should put on to talk to Arios.

　Well, maybe I don't need to think that much about it with Arios.
　In the first place, we are not in a position to talk openly to each other.

Well, we'd better get going.
''Yes. Rain and the others are always welcome to come and visit us.
Well yes, thank you.

　The Royal Castle is not a place you can go to easily...
　I chuckled inwardly, but I nodded, grateful for Sarya-sama's favor.

''See you later...''
Bai Bai.....

　At Kanade and Nina's friendly greeting, Lady Sarya smiled and waved her hand....
　With that, we left the royal castle as we were seen off.

　Outside, we were surrounded by warm sunshine.
　The sky was blue with white clouds.
　The sun was peeking through the gaps and shining brightly today.

'This city is so vibrant,'

　Sola says something like that when she looks at the surroundings.

'There were a lot of people in Horizon too but this place is so much more than that. Lots of people, lots of buildings, very interesting.'
Hmmm, not a bad place to be. Lain. I'm interested in the food of the capital. Do you have a stall?　Can we go to the cafeteria?
I'm sure there's one if you look for it, but you just had breakfast, didn't you?
My stomach is the universe!

　How can they get so much in when they are so small?
　Is it a growing season?

'Sorry. We can tour King's Landing, but before we do that, can I finish my original business?
Hm?　Is there going to be an exam already?
'The exams aren't over yet. But I heard that registration has already started so I want to get it done as soon as possible just in case there's a mistake or something.
'If that's the case, it's no use. Hurry to the Adventurer's Guild.

"Humph, don't mock me. I'm growing every day!
Oh no, Luna. Sola thinks lightly of you...

　We moved to the Adventurer's Guild in King's Landing while having a good time with everyone.
　The Adventurer's Guild in the King's Capital was several times larger than Horizon's.
　As expected of the King's Capital, I should say.

　I entered the building while feeling slightly nervous.
　And.........

You....
Axe!
Hi. It's been a while.

　The old figure was there.