I follow the king and his friends for a few minutes. They come to the room we usually use for parties.

　This is the first time I've ever been in a room with kings, so I'm a bit nervous. The group of princesses may be used to it, but Aeris and I are nervous. Pricia, however, has a very pale face. It's something like this before.

　I know the children's group is trying their best to be quiet because of this atmosphere, but they are so nervous because they rarely get to come to the royal palace. Mei-chan looks like she's about to start running.

　I stroke her head. Then Mei Mei-chan, who has been cowering, stops and looks up at me. Then she smiles at me. She's so cute, I'll pet her some more. Then.

Onii....me too...

　And Haku says that as he picks up the fingertips of his other hand. So I stroke Haku with my other hand. The expression on her face doesn't change much, but I can tell she's happy.

I'm sure you'll be happy to see me.

　Then Master Carey looks at me from before and says something like that. Then Prince Albert, hearing that, looks at me and grins. Hey!　What, "You're one of us! You look like that!　I'm not a pedophile by any means!　I just love you as family!

Come on, let's get inside.

　When the king said that with dignity, everyone instantly went quiet. Mei and Haku read the air and became quiet as well. Great.

　And when the doors of the hall are opened, the nobles and their sons and daughters are inside, waiting for the kings to come in with their gleaming clothes.

　........geez!　Prince Mistgardt is even there. ........did I mention that he's also going to be there at the end of the year? The swelling from my beating seems to have gone down. I was so angry that I didn't treat him, but I guess someone else did.

　Behind me, Clarrier-san bows her head apologetically. Beside him is an old man in a butler's uniform who was there when we first met, and he bows to me too.

　It's annoying for me to be bowed by two people who are not bad. Prince Mistgardt is unconcerned about such things and takes a relaxed attitude. Let's beat him up again.

　In the midst of all this, the king moves on. The nobles around him look at the royalty and then at us in surprise. Well, you'd be surprised. The fact that we are coming with the kings means that we are members of the royal family.

　Well, I'm engaged to Alexia, so it's not a mistake. Everyone's expression is different. Some are welcoming us, some have bitter faces, some are fawning over Alexia and the others, and some are licking their tongues at the man's....man?

　...forget about that one. A shiver ran down my spine, but it was probably just my imagination. Ignore it, ignore it. Anyway, there are various expressions on their faces.

　The king walks through the crowd and makes his way to the top seat at the far end. When he reaches the topmost seat, the queens move to the right and we move to the left.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you are all here.

　That's where the king's story begins. At first it's a review of the year. We talk about how we had a good harvest this year, how few people died, and many other things. Then we talk about the demon race and the goblin horde, and then we get to talking about us.

　About Alexia's engagement, and about me, the person to whom she was engaged, and this and that!　He comes in with so much praise that he is so embarrassing, I wish you wouldn't do that.

　My fiancées are happy to talk about the king, too, and they're smiling smugly at everyone. I wish I could stop that too.

　And next, he began to state his aspirations for the coming year. The first thing I'm going to talk about, of course, is the war against the Regalian Empire. The king declares that we will win this one, he declares. That's a lot of bad news if we don't win.

　That's why he's sent 50,000 men to the frontier counties of Lanwalker. The commander of the army to the frontier count was a female general named Melia Alstad. Apparently, she's the eldest daughter of a knight, but she's risen to the rank of captain with her prowess.

　And when she arrives at the frontier county, she hands over command to Sieg and commands it as deputy commander. Sieg's private army of 20,000, 10,000 troops gathered from the nearby territories, and 50,000 troops dispatched from the King's Landing, a total of about 80,000 troops are said to attack the Regalia Empire's 100,000.

　It seems that 50,000 troops are already in the frontier county. A war could break out at any moment with this. I don't know what the difference of 20,000 will be, but they shouldn't lose that easily. I hope they do their best.

　◇ ◇ ◇.

　December 28.
　Disgallial, the border fort of the Regalian Empire

.... the war is going to start at the end of the year, right?

　I whispered such things to myself, full of anxious thoughts. Today is the fifth day since we came to this border fort, Disgalial. Our destination, the border territory of the Nanor Kingdom, the Lanwalker Frontier Territory, is already just a stone's throw away.

　And General Gregorius, who is leading the army this time, said that the attack will begin at the end of the year. Huh, what a war. ...a lot of people are going to die. More than I can save.

What's up, Kanamin?

　As I was thinking about this, I hear a voice calling me from behind. I turn around and see Mari standing there. And she sits down next to me.



Isn't it obvious?　You're not afraid of Mari?

　When I ask Mari that, she laughs hilariously. Did I say something weird?　I'm a little annoyed and look at Mari with a pukey face.

'Oh, sorry, I'm sorry I laughed. Of course I'm scared of that.

　Mari says with a laugh. Followed by.

But I'm even more afraid of being scared and having Kanamin die because of it.

Mari....

So I'm going to do my best. I'm going to survive this.　Otherwise, we wouldn't be able to do this stuff!

Hi!

　Mari grabbed my chest with a serious look on her face!

'Oh!　Lord Kanamin's tits are so soft~!

Hey, wait, Mari!　No, no!

Oh, ho ho ho~. Is this a good place?　Here?

Oh, oh, no, no, really, no, no, no, no!

Here, here, here!

I told you to stop!

Whew!

　Mari rubbed my breasts so much that I smacked her on the head as hard as I could. But it's not my fault. There are a lot of soldiers around, and all of them are men. I'm sure it's not my fault that she's rubbing my breasts right in front of them.

　I look at Mari, who is hiding her chest with her arms and squatting on the ground, breathing hard. This girl at all......... But.....

You're an idiot, Mari. If you do that again, you'll never agree to it!

　I know you did it to cheer me up. It sucks the way he did it, though. Mari is teary-eyed too, but she gets up laughing.

　I don't want to see Mari get hurt either. So, I'll do my best too. Since the goddess gave me the strength to do so, I'll do my best. Brother, I'll do my best. Cheer for me from heaven.