episode_0017

Magnificent trumpet sound. Knights wearing dazzling armor filled the surrounding area.

A lion appears between them, spreading a red carpet, and shouts loudly.

“Clauwicz family head. Berthier Empire, follow my orders!”

… Nothing like that happened. sorry. This was all my imagination.

In the system. To be precise, I thought it would be because someone from the imperial family came here.

But what I saw was one knight politely conveying something.

And when my father received it, he responded that he would give me the answer right away.

“Um.”

My father checked the letter first and told the contents in front of the family.

“… 2The princess is calling you, Kael.”

“2Her Majesty the Princess, me.”

“For now, yes.”

For now, yes. ‘For now’. That way, you can roughly figure it out.

Expectations go. The second princess was chosen to be the least burdensome.

He would never be rude enough to ask someone who just got home to come back.

However, there is only one reason why they came to see me under the name of Her Highness the Second Princess.

‘Actually, a higher person is looking for me, but I want to keep it a secret from the public.’

It’s something you shouldn’t refuse in the first place, but if this is true, you should definitely go.

I thought about leaving right away, but perhaps out of consideration, the letter said, ‘Come slowly.’ There was a part like this.

I’m not really saying to come slowly. This means that you must depart one day after receiving the letter.

“I guess I’ll have to leave early tomorrow morning. Kael.”

“Alexei, don’t let this mom call you again.”

“Yes. I need to do you a favor. Father, mother.”

Right now I have to appease the person who is most dissatisfied with the current situation.

*

It’s been so long since I returned to my parents’ home that I’m heading back to the islands.

Still, both parents seemed to understand, but not Kaya.

“This is not right! Did you know that you just arrived yesterday?!”

Kaya sits on a garden bench and complains that it is difficult to accept.

I’m glad I didn’t insist on not going like I did when I was younger.

“You know. I know, but what can I do? It’s clear there’s urgent work.”

“Dad said it. There is nothing more important than rest. You should rest at home now!”

“Wouldn’t it be okay to rest again after visiting the island?”

In response to my question, Kaya glances at me and shakes her head.

“I’m doing this because I don’t think I can do that. Oppa.”

“Hmm… .”

To be honest, I do too. I don’t think it’s going to end anytime soon.

When leaving the island, I met and exchanged greetings with several nobles.

So there is no way the imperial palace does not know about my departure.

If you roughly calculate the time, it is not difficult to know the arrival date.

Still, the need to send someone would probably mean that it was urgent business.

“I’m a little anxious, oppa.”

“What?”

“The order to enter the palace was issued by pointing out my brother, not my father. I can’t believe I called someone who wasn’t even a member of the Empire and had no title.”

“It looks like they want to give me a big reward.”

“You’re not giving me a big task?”

“… .”

At times like this, it really bothers me that my younger brother is so smart.

It would be great if I could appease you by lying just a little.

In my opinion, it would probably be difficult to do that for the rest of my life.

“Kaya.”

“… .”

“Oppa, you have to get ready soon. If you’re late, you’ll be in big trouble. It’s an imperial order.”

“Just 5 more minutes.”

Kaya clings to me and doesn’t know how to let go.

If anyone sees this, they’ll think they’re lovers dripping with honey and sesame seeds.

I shouldn’t start a strange rumor and prevent my brother from getting married later.

“Originally, I kept it a secret to show it tomorrow… .”

“Huh? Kaya. What did you just say?”

Since I couldn’t hear properly, I asked again and Kaya cooed softly.

“I… I won it all.”

“You won it all.”

“Knights of our family.”

“Huh?”

“We sparred 1:1 and beat everyone except the leader.”

For a moment I thought I heard wrong. Who does Kaya beat?

“You defeated all the knights of our family?”

“Yes.”

“Except for the leader… wait for a sec. So you even defeated the vice-captain?”

-Nod

Kaya expresses positivity without any hesitation.

There is no way you would lie to me. That can’t be possible.

So it was even more surprising. I was so shocked that I couldn’t even speak.

I know that he has been passionate about martial arts training ever since he was young, saying he would protect me.

He said that my achievements were amazing compared to someone like me who doesn’t have any talent for using my body.

When I was young, knights would clap while watching Kaya swing her spear.

But Kaya is only fifteen now. She’s still just a girl.

My younger brother is not even an adult yet, let alone participates in the war.

But that Kaya defeated all of our family’s knights?

He even beat the vice-captain who was similar to or just below the leader in terms of skill??

“Really? Did you really beat the knights and the vice-captain?”

“Yes.”

“Perhaps—”

“There’s no way you could have seen it. Oppa.”

but. The knights who walked the battlefield with my father were not ordinary people.

Even if it’s Kaya. The daughter of the owner serving him. Even if you’re a young lady, it’s something you shouldn’t do.

It would be better to do your best to defeat them and then give them the advice they need.

“That’s awesome… .”

“Is that the end?”

Kaya rolls her eyes. Of course, this cannot be the end.

It’s not normal for a fifteen-year-old girl to defeat an official knight.

“Our Kaya, you are a genius. Genius.”

“Hehehe.”

When I stroke its head, it instantly becomes limp and I don’t know what to do.

Should I say that it looks exactly like a puppy? No. A cat that only follows me?

ah. However, I absolutely do not treat my younger brother like a pet.

“If you keep doing this, won’t you become the best spear in the empire?”

“Hmm! I have to do that to help my brother, who will later become Imperial Baek.”

“Kaya helps me just by being next to this oppa.”

No problem. Family is something you just need to be by your side.

I couldn’t do that in my previous life, but it’s different in this life. You can change it.

They are not sacrificing for me, but I am sacrificing for them.

To achieve that, anyone could do anything, including being a genius strategist.

*

“Let’s go in quickly, Kaya. If you want to move right away tomorrow morning… .”

“Oppa, go in first. I’ll go in a little while longer.”

Kaya smiles brightly and gently pushes her brother’s back.

Kael tilted his head for a moment at her words, but then nodded.

He’s not even a five-year-old kid, he’s fifteen, so telling him to grow up early is just nagging.

You’ll take care of it. I’m old enough to do that, and now I have to do that.

Still, Kael went inside first, telling him to go in quickly because the night air was cold.

“… .”

Kaya, who had been staring at her brother’s back, turned her gaze to the night sky.

“Ha.”

I feel uncomfortable. I feel like I’m going crazy because the lies I’m saying are bothering me.

Not to anyone else, but to Kael. I lied to the person I love most in the world.

It shouldn’t be like that. It’s much better to be honest.

Defeating the family’s knights. It’s true. Won against the vice-captain. This is also real.

However, that’s all I said. Even though there was more I should have said and there were things I should have said no to.

“The best spear of the empire… .”

I mutter the words Kael said a moment ago.

“Lady. What the hell is this… When did you become this strong?”

After defeating the vice-captain, Kaya secretly sparred with the family’s knight commander.

The final result was the leader’s victory. However, from the general manager’s perspective, it was no different from defeat.

That’s right, he was very close to Kaya, who was much younger than him and twice as young.

She even tried to compete with a spear rather than her main weapon.

“You’re amazing. I can’t believe I have this level of skill at the age of 15. I can’t believe it.”

“That’s not what I saw. I really gave it my all.”

“But lady. Why do you keep insisting on windows?”

“If it wasn’t for Chang, the sparring just now would have been my loss.”

“In fact, isn’t the young lady’s true inaction lies in her swordsmanship?”

Yes. Kaya Klauwicz. Although she shows herself swinging a spear in front of my brother.

In fact, the real inaction was with the sword, not with the spear. It was enough to break anyone.

Not many people know this fact. Only two people in the Berthier Empire know this.

One is the knight commander who sparred with Kaya. And the other one is Berthier Imperial Bag.

Then why are you hiding this fact? Why did you show Kael using a spear?

‘Because Kael is still good with a sword. I never want to take away the good parts of you.’

The Klauwitz people, who had been active in the military for generations, had outstanding physical abilities.

In contrast, Kael’s physical ability was only slightly above average.

It’s not weak, but it’s not overwhelming either. The martial arts section was also around average.

Fortunately, his swordsmanship was quite excellent. I was secretly proud of that myself.

And since Kaya was watching it right next to her, she didn’t want to mess with the swordsmanship part.

So I grabbed a spear instead of a sword. This was enough to keep Kael by his side.

‘I don’t care if it’s a sword or a spear. Anything is fine for Kael oppa.’

Looking at the moon and stars floating far away in the night sky, Kaya smiled faintly.

*

“Ready, master!”

“Yes. Is it better than that? Alexey? As soon as I arrived, I couldn’t even rest.”

“It’s okay. Rather, it is an imperial palace. My heart feels like it will explode. Hahahaha!”

That’s right. Actually, I feel like my heart will explode too.

How long has it been since you returned to your family? I headed back to the islands.

The only difference was that the final destination was the imperial palace.