'It's from your father. He asks you to come to the palace after reading this.

　The letter that was just delivered to "Silver Moon" on a quick horse. As soon as she looked at it, Yumina said that to me. I have a bad feeling about this, but I can't ignore it, right?

'Why again?'
I would like to award a knighthood to Miss Fuyao as a reward for solving the case.
""The title!"

　Else and the others shouted in surprise. Ah, I knew it. Well, you did say something like that.
　In a manner of speaking, the marriage partner of Yumina, who is a princess of a country, needs to have a certain status. They don't seem to have any intention of officially announcing my fiancée (provisional) yet, but they want to somehow keep up appearances before then, or something like that.

'How can I say no?'
'They say you can decline, but in that case they would like you to raise your reasons in a proper official capacity and decline.
""Decline!"

　The three of us are surprised again. 'You guys are too loud.

''Putting aside the marriage, though, you wouldn't turn down a knighthood as well! What a waste!

　Else comes up with a really honest opinion. But hey, doesn't getting a knighthood mean you're going to be a nobleman?　It doesn't suit me, you know.

''...To be a nobleman is to serve your country. You have to govern your domain with duty and responsibility.

　Linse murmurs quietly as she strokes Amber's head on her lap. Yeah, it's still troublesome. I'll just say no.

''So, what do you plan to say no to, that is?
Hmmm, I guess adventurer's money is more for me, right?

　I know I'm lying to myself, but that's about all I could think of. I thought it would be nice to say that I'm looking for revenge for my parents, but that would be a complication.

'I think that's fine. I'm sure your father won't force you to do anything either.''
Okay, let's go with that.

　Also, he wants Else and the others to come to the royal palace. She doesn't want them to attend the awarding ceremony, but simply wants to meet and thank the person her daughter has been taking care of. The three of them had refused at first, saying they were afraid to do so, but they finally broke off, as it would certainly be useful to get acquainted with the king for some reason.

'What about Amber?' Are you staying here?
"Me? If the Lord says so, then this is the place...
""No."

　Oh, it was dismissed by all the ladies.

'I can't leave Amber behind,'
Poor thing, sir.
He's one of us, isn't he?
'I'll take care of Ember-chan, please, Fuyao-san.

　Amber is very popular. Ummm, I'm jealous. However, I admit myself that I can't compete with that fluffy fluff, so I decided to take her with me.
　I quickly opened the gate and went out to Yumina's room in the royal palace.
　I say Yumina's room, but it's not a bedroom or relaxing room, but several rooms to receive guests. The king has given me permission to go out to this room if I want to use the gate in advance.
　When I left the room, the knights on guard looked at me suspiciously, but when they saw Yumina leading the way, they changed their attitude.
　After walking for a while, Yumina opened the door of the room at the back of the corridor, and there was His Majesty the King, General Leon, and Olga-san, the Misumid Ambassador, enjoying a cup of tea.

''Father!''
Oh, Yumina.

　When the king saw Yumina, he got up from his chair and hugged his daughter tightly as she ran up to him.

'It's good to see you looking well,'
''Since you're by Fuyao-san's side, there's no such thing as a lack of energy.

　So, I'm embarrassed about that kind of thing........ As I was blushing alone at Yumina's statement, I was approached by the king.

''It's been a long time, Fuyu-dono.
Hi.
'Are these people in the back with you? Don't be so hard, look up.

　When I turned back to the king's voice, all three of us were already on our knees. You guys, that's the same reaction as with Suu. It wasn't like that with Yumina. Well, I guess it was because I took Yumina back then and was dumbfounded........

''Lord Winter Night.

　Before I knew it, Olga was at my side. The fox's ears and tail are dazzling today, too. A rude thought comes to mind as I wonder which would feel better, Amber or me, if I fluffed up.

''I really appreciate what you've done this time. You are not only a lifesaver to His Majesty the King of this country, but also a benefactor of our Mismid Kingdom. If you ever come to our country one day, the whole country will welcome you.

　Deeply, Origa-san bows his head. No, I don't want to put the whole country on the line or anything. I don't want to show off.

"How's Alma doing?
''Oh, I'm fine. I would have brought you here today if I had known Lord Fuyao was coming.

　Origa-san's face froze for a moment as she smiled ruefully. I followed my eyes to see what was wrong, and there was Amber who had followed us.

''........Fuyu-dono, who's that girl?''
Oh, I have a tiger cub, his name is Amber. Here, Amber, say hello.
"Gau

As we discussed beforehand, Ember pretends to be a child tiger. If they find out that he's a talking tiger, it could become even more troublesome.
　While looking at that amber, Origa-san tilted her head suspiciously.

''What's wrong?''
In my kingdom, the white tiger is considered sacred in the Kingdom of Mismid, where it is considered a divine messenger of the gods. It is said that the white tiger is a follower of the White Emperor.

　No, he's not just a family member, he's the person himself.... Well, Yumina also said he was the king of the beast or something.... I wonder if it's safe to take Ember to the Mismid Kingdom with her.
　And suddenly, I feel a shock in my back. It's the general. Can't this person communicate without hitting the other party?

'Long time no see, Mister Wintery Night! I never expected you to end up with the princess's son-in-law! You're quite the highlight! How about I train you, huh?
I'm not my son-in-law yet, so I'll pass.

　If this guy trains me, I'm going to break my body before I get strong. He's the kind of person who'll bang you up instead of greeting you. I guess he's not a bad person, but........ Hmm?
　A red-copper-colored gauntlet hung from the general's waist. It was rugged and unadorned, giving off the atmosphere of a brave man of the past.

''General, that means...''
Hmm? Yeah, I have military training later. Don't you know that I'm a fighter and I'm not gonna be able to hold a gauntlet? "You call yourself 'Flaming Fist Leon'?

　Unfortunately, I don't know anything about it. I've never heard of this one at all. However, unlike me, who was unresponsive to the general, there was someone beside me who overreacted.

Oh, I know you! The user of the Flaming Fist who single-handedly destroyed the great bandit group nestled in the Melicia Mountains with his flaming fist! And other things, like the fight to the death with the Stone Golem and all that!
'Oh! You know it well! You're a martial artist too, aren't you? It's rare for a woman to be a martial artist!

　The general smiled happily at the streamlined left, sharp right and asymmetrical gauntlets lowered around Else's excited waist.

'What do you think? You guys want to join the training afterwards?
Will you let me join you?

　Else nods with a big smile on her face. She must be happy to learn as a fellow martial artist. I was looking at such Else and others when the king called out to me.

''By the way, Fuyao-dono, regarding the awarding of the title...''
'Uh, I appreciate the kindness, but...'

　I'm sorry for the king, but I still return the refusal. I don't want to be a nobleman or anything at the moment.

'Well, I expected you to say that. It's not a good image for the king to repay the man who saved his life with nothing. I want a form of 'I was going to confer a knighthood', in case you're wondering. Of course, this is the best thing to do if you really want to accept it.

　I suppose there's a lot of things that go into being a king, such as physical appearance and appearance. I was feeling a little pity for the king, when suddenly, bam! And the door was opened and someone jumped into the room.

'I heard that Fuyao-san is here!

　I looked to see who it was, but it was Mr. Charlotte. She looked so different from before that I didn't recognize her for a moment. Her jade-colored hair had become shaggy, and there were even more shadows under her eyes than before. He walked toward me with a fast pace and a zunken pace, but the eyes I could see through the glasses I raised were red and bloodshot. Scary! Oh, my God! Oh, my God!
　He grabbed my coat with one hand to keep me from escaping, and with his other hand he held out some glasses, containing several silver coins.

'Um! Those glasses! Could I have two or three more, please! I told you about "Transfers" the other day! Hey!
'What? No, it certainly helped, though! But why!

　I ask Charlotte-san, who seems devilish, quite a bit of a drawback, but I ask her a question.

'Why?' That's because I can't keep up with the decoding at all! There are limits to what you can do on your own! I can't! I can't do it! And no matter how much I decode it, it's never going to end! How many do you think there are! How much do you think you have!

　Why twice? You're upset with me, but you tried to get me to do that the other day!
　Anyway, I was afraid to disobey, so I honestly accepted the glasses and silver coins, activated the modeling and enchantments, and made three more translation glasses.

''Thank you!''

　Charlotte snatched her glasses quickly, as if she had no more use for them, and was about to leave the room as quickly as she had come.

''Just make sure you take care of that, Charlotte. If it gets passed on to the Empire, there could be trouble.
Yes, sir!

　While replying cheerfully to the king, he left like the wind. What's that, what the hell........

''I'm totally annoyed with Charlotte. Ever since I got that tool, I've been holed up in the lab all the time, and sooner or later I'll really break down. If I don't, I may have to ask Fuyu-dono to 'recover' from the situation.

　Apparently I had unintentionally created a single recluse. I guess I'm the type of person who really can't see what's going on around me when I'm preoccupied.

''....Now........you're Charlotte-sama, the court magician?''

　Linse blurts out as she looks towards the door. Well, I understand the feeling. It's not like you're the best wizard in the kingdom.

I wanted to talk about magic and stuff.......too bad.
''Oh, no, no, no, no. If you say that to the current Charlotte-dono, he'll listen to you talk about ancient spirit magic for half a day, and you'll have to go along with the experiment. You'll have to wait until things settle down.

　The general shook his head. It's certainly unlikely that they would be able to communicate in that state.

Now, we have to prepare for the awarding ceremony later on. I'll have Fuyu-dono choose an outfit to wear on the day and have him match it.

　Pang Pang and the king clapped his hands, and two maids appeared from the back door. Ummm, that's troublesome.

''What about Linse and Yae?　Are you waiting for me here?
I'm going to observe my sister's training.
I will do the same, that I will.

　Ok, everyone else will go to training except Yumina. It seems that Yumina will take care of Ember, so let's go pick out some clothes quickly.
　I was led by the maid to the back room to change clothes.