episode_0022

The person who opened the door and came out was Rachel, the maid. Lorna lightly opened her mouth and asked because she had received the title of viscountess directly from the royal family and was somewhat acquainted with her.

“What’s going on, Rachel?”

“As expected, it was you, Rona, today. It just so happened to be good.”

Before Lorna had time to think about what Rachel meant, Rachel immediately brought up business.

“The warrior said he would like to see your face, Rona. If it were someone else, I would have had to ask them to tell me separately, but it’s good.”

“The hero, me?”

“Okay, then would you like to come in for a moment?”

Lorna had good feelings towards the hero, but no bad feelings at all, so she was happy that the hero had not forgotten her and found her, but she thought that she could not leave her position when she was on duty, so she put it off until later and tried to refuse.

However, thoughts of Princess Liana, who had just left, came to Rona’s mind, and the words spoken by the guard knight she replaced, made Rona unconsciously make a choice she would not have made otherwise.

“Not for a long time…if only for a moment.”

After hearing Lorna’s answer, Rachel slightly raised her eyes as if she was surprised, even though it was something she had recommended.

It was a change that was difficult to notice unless you looked closely, but Lorna knew that it was quite a surprised reaction for Rachel, who usually did not show her emotions, so she spoke in a slightly grumpy tone.

“Why are you so surprised?”

“I just said it out of courtesy, but I didn’t expect you to actually say it was okay. If it were your personality, I thought you wouldn’t come, saying it would be difficult because you’re at work.”

In fact, that was what she was planning to do, and because her answer just now was rather impulsive, Lorna had nothing to say in response to Rachel’s words and spoke with a small sigh.

“Ugh, then shall we set up some time and come back later?”

Rachel seemed to think for a moment, then shook her head and answered.

“No, I was just surprised because it was a bit unexpected, but it’s okay to come now. I told you not to expect anything right away because I was only going to tell the hero, but I think he would like it.”

Lorna, who was feeling happy after hearing that the hero would like it, suddenly felt Rachel’s eyes staring at her face with strange eyes.

“What, why, why are you looking at me like that?”

“I’m just looking at you, but is there something that stings me? Come in quickly.”

Rachel said, opened the door wide and went inside first.

Even if the horse told him to come quickly, it was polite to inform the owner of the visit and give him at least some time to prepare rather than follow him right away, so Lorna waited a little while and then followed Rachel into the room where the hero was staying.

31.

As Lorna entered the room where the hero was staying, she saw the hero sitting in front of the table and Rachel politely sitting next to him.

Rona, who mainly remembered the warrior’s disheveled appearance during training, felt quite unfamiliar with the warrior dressed neatly and neatly, albeit in light indoor clothes.

Even so, the current situation did not just feel awkward.

The gap between the memory of the warrior covered in dust in the past and the hero dressed like a man now,

A person like that didn’t spare his body at that time and worked so hard….

This thought was growing within Rona a fondness for the hero.

And it may have simply been due to the differences in clothing, appearance, and current situation, but Lorna felt that the warrior’s temperament had become stronger than when she had seen it before.

A certain unconcealable dignity that could be called force, elegance, and charisma, an aura that naturally fascinates people, was not that strong, but it seemed to be hovering by the hero’s side in a subtle way.

It’s not that I haven’t seen the hero at all, but it felt completely different from seeing him in passing and seeing him face to face like this.

It was surprising why I hadn’t noticed any changes until now.

Rona, who had been staring for a moment at the sight of the warrior’s appearance that had changed from before, soon realized that it was rude and lowered her head.

“Sorry for the delay in greeting you. I was distracted for a moment by seeing how much you had changed. It is an honor to see you again. Warrior.”

“What glory? However, although I didn’t call him like this, I must have seen his face from time to time as I passed by, so it’s surprising that he suddenly looks different. What looks so different?”

“Uh, uh, um, that’s…”

Sister, has anything changed for me?

For a moment, it seemed as if such an auditory hallucination was floating around in Rona’s ears.

Although she had never been in a relationship, Lorna had heard countless female acquaintances lamenting what a terrible attack the man’s question was, so she knew in theory.

I had a few model answers in mind, but I wasn’t sure if they were appropriate for the current situation, and I couldn’t remember them properly.

Rona, who was speechless and just gaping in embarrassment, heard the hero’s voice mixed with laughter.

“Haha, it’s okay, I was just asking, so you don’t have to look so serious. He was strict and serious during training, but it’s funny to see him like this. Vice-captain, no, Lord Braistle? Sir Lorna? How should I call you?”

Lorna answered with a sigh of relief in her heart at the sight of the hero just laughing and ignoring Rona’s inability to properly answer the question.

“Just feel free to call me Rona. Warrior.”

“Okay. Anyway, nice to meet you, Rona. Instead of standing there uncomfortably, you can stop sitting.”

Lorna was glad that the hero remembered her properly, not just as vice-captain, but as Lorna Bracelet, and she carefully sat down in the seat across from him, which the hero had offered her with a wink.

Then Rachel, who was sitting next to the warrior, naturally brought refreshments and placed them on the table.

It was against etiquette for Lorna to pretend to know Rachel and talk about the hero, no matter how personal they were, in the presence of the hero who had invited her, so Lorna only showed her gratitude with a glance at Rachel as she placed the refreshments in front of her. .

And the warrior who caught a glimpse of it spoke to Rona.

“Don’t act like I’m there, but talk comfortably with Rachel. There’s no need to be hard when it’s just us.”

“But warrior…”

Seeing Lorna’s hesitation even after receiving the hero’s permission, the hero waved his hand and said.

“This isn’t a public place, I just wanted to meet you in private for a moment. Why are you so concerned? Rachel also said no to just sitting together, and told us not to do that because it was so frustrating for both of us.”

“If the warrior says so, I understand.”

Lorna couldn’t keep rejecting the hero’s words, so she answered like that, but since there was nothing to talk about with Rachel in front of the hero right now, the mood didn’t change drastically.

The hero didn’t seem to have much expectations either, and took a sip of the tea in front of him before turning to Rona and telling another story.

“You probably already know, but I really just called you today to see your face. I was right next to you during training, but I haven’t seen you properly since. As I said before, I’ve seen his face in passing, but he doesn’t really pretend to know me. Why did you do that?”

Rona’s face darkened slightly at the question the hero asked with a playful smile.

“I…. have no shame. Because I wasn’t good at teaching… I just assumed that the warrior wouldn’t have good memories of me.”

And although Lorna did not say it, she is the vice-captain of the Royal Guard Knights and is in a position to know the importance of heroes. Like Rachel, she not only knew that Anis, Barche, and Elise ended up borrowing the power of heroes, but also how they did it. I already knew.

Looking at it, Rona didn’t do anything wrong, but Rona, who has a stubborn personality, still had a sense of self-reproach in her heart that her teachings were not enough and that a warrior, no matter how much of a warrior he was, ended up experiencing something humiliating that a man would normally not be able to endure. .

Seeing Lorna having difficulty raising her head, the warrior spoke hurriedly with a slightly surprised face.

“What are you talking about? That can’t be possible. How well Lorna taught me. If I had known that was what you were thinking, I would have called you earlier.”

“Thank you for saying that.”

Lorna’s dark complexion did not immediately clear up at the warrior’s words, but as the hero soon became a natural conversationalist, asking about stories from training and the current status of the guards knights he had briefly seen at the time, Rona’s expression gradually cleared up.

As the tension eased, Rachel occasionally joined in and talked about their personal lives, and Lorna, who had been immersed in the friendly atmosphere, suddenly realized that a considerable amount of time had passed.

“Wow, I’ve been out for so long that I’ve lost track of time. I have to go out now.”

“Already? Well, even though it’s fun, it wouldn’t be polite to keep holding on. Okay, then I’ll call you again next time and let’s see each other often like this.”

Lorna was about to say that next time, it would be difficult to come here while working, so she would try to schedule a separate day off, but she kept her mouth shut and nodded that she understood what the hero said.

I might have refused from the beginning, but it was awkward to tell him not to do this again after it had already happened once, and I couldn’t bear to say anything else when I saw the warrior’s smiling and expectant eyes.

Moreover, when the male hero said that he would keep calling her, a momentary feeling of excitement was mixed in, so Lorna had to do her best to hide her feelings and not reveal them in front of the hero.

That’s why Lorna didn’t notice.

The hero and Rachel watched her as she left, looking at her with eyes that seemed to be looking at a fish that had unexpectedly thrown itself into a net.