Reborn as the Enemy Prince - Chapter 184

Chapter 32. My Sword (2)

White and soft bread made with milk.

Soup boiled with scentless white mushrooms. Carbonated water filled with soft strawberry syrup.

and.

Beautifully grilled red bell peppers with chicken breast inside. Green bell peppers baked with fluffy eggs. Red bell peppers baked in olive oil with grilled pork in a ball. A bunch of green bell peppers that you can barely tell it’s a salad thanks to the occasional cabbage.

After taking a quick look at the table, Planz expressed his short impressions in a tone that clearly contained a sigh.

“also.”

These days, bell peppers come up every day.

To be precise, the bell peppers started coming the day after I started acting like an annoying older brother. That day, Calian put green peppers on the table with a bright smile on his face without even saying what he talked about with Chase. It was clear that the chef, who thought the princes were crazy about strawberries, now thought they were crazy about bell peppers.

Anyway, this is like,

‘Oh my, my older brother has become my older brother. But what can I do? Adults don’t cover green peppers.’

It’s a diet.

Relic carefully spoke to Plantz, who was barely able to contain the feeling that he was going to turn around due to his younger brother’s plan, which was going to turn around and turn me around as well.

“Prince Calian told me to tell you that he will leave first without eating because the time cannot be adjusted due to Count Manasil’s schedule.”

They don’t even come after setting up a menu like this.

“… Do you want to try it?”

Relic spoke once again, looking at Planz, who was muttering with a face similar to that of a king who had received a declaration of war full of sarcasm from his lifelong enemy.

“If it bothers you, I’ll clean it up and put up a new one, prince.”

The corners of Planz’s eyes furrowed slightly. This is because I knew that Relic was saying this because he knew that I dislike green peppers.

So, I hated green peppers because they were just green peppers.

Unlike other foods that I disliked because they had a lot of flavor, I just hated it. Knowing that, Calian must be playing around with his diet like this.

“it’s okay.”

Reric, who was one year older than Randel, was in charge of Plantz’s valet in a somewhat similar situation to Jan, who came after Silike’s work was completed.

The story that other than Jan there was no one who volunteered to be Calian’s senior attendant was quite famous. The same was true for Reric. Plantz also knew that among those who were worried about getting caught up in the affair with Brisen, Relic was the only one who came forward.

Moreover, Reric was also the first servant to watch Plantz’s every move and not report it somewhere. So, I didn’t want to go through the trouble of just one taste.

Planz, who looked down at the table for a moment, opened his mouth once again.

“sit down.”

“…… yes yes?”

Plantz added his explanation to Relic, who was unable to understand well and was prone to staring and asking questions.

“Let’s eat together.”

A diet full of green peppers.

The amount is so large.

Planz, who was looking at Relic with a face that looked like he was about to cry, spoke once more.

“If you don’t like it, don’t.”

“No, prince! I don’t hate it!”

Plantz quickly sat down, saying there was no way he could not like it, and let out an irritated sigh at Relic, who was looking at him with an emotion-filled face.

For some reason, it occurred to me that the number of troublesome people around me was increasing.

Lucy, who was occupying Plantz’s lap as always, whether aware of those feelings or not, made a sound of cuddling.

* * *

It was a beautiful day.

The sun shined beautifully on its own, and a warm wind blew little by little.

A black and brown horse stopped at the entrance to Kairis Royal Forest, and then two people got off the horse and entered the forest. It was Kalian and Kyrie.

I could still hear the sound of leaves rustling as the wind passed through the forest.

After returning the sword to Kirie, the two almost always sparred in this forest. There was a reason why Kyrie really liked this forest that seemed similar to herself and Kalian, but the bigger reason was that as Kirie’s skills improved, the training area, which was closed on all sides, felt narrow.

While going to the clearing that was perfect for sword fighting without having to think about other people’s opinions, Kirie kept thinking about what happened a little while ago.

– Now I have to do something other than my shield.

Calian’s sword.

Of course, it’s something I’ve always dreamed of and I’ve worked hard to make it happen. But I had no idea that the story about becoming a knight would come out so suddenly.

So Kirie wasn’t very happy or thrilled when she heard that she was going to be knighted. I just sat there with a confused look on my face and followed Kalian out.

“Prince.”

After a while, Kyrie called Calian in a cautious voice. When Kalian turned his head to look at Kyrie, Kyrie opened her mouth again.

“If I become a knight, won’t it be difficult to serve the prince? Princes cannot have knights as guards.”

After hearing those words, Calian answered in a light voice as if there was no problem.

“Anyway, His Highness made it useless. Rather, right now, I’m the only one who doesn’t have a bodyguard.”

Even though it’s not Calian, aren’t there still guard knights following Planz and Randel? Even if it was Lemain’s knight, a knight was a knight anyway. If Kirie acted as a guard on their behalf, there would be no particular problem.

“But I haven’t done anything major enough to become a knight yet. It’s not too late for you to give me the job after I’ve developed a little more skills and become qualified.”

He feels that it has too many shortcomings to replace Calian’s sword.

“If you want to build up your skills, you have to become even more of a knight. You can’t just learn from me forever, right?”

There are clear limits to growing alone.

Calian taught me sword fighting almost every day and occasionally sparred with Planz or Arsene, but of course that alone was not enough.

First of all, Arsene was a wizard, so the fight with Arsene was closer to learning how to react quickly to various situations rather than learning swordsmanship. And in the case of Plants, since Kirie was giving up on one move, it was difficult to provide much help in improving Kirie’s skills. To be precise, it would be closer to improving patience by hiding one’s lethal intentions toward the opponent or taking a step back.

Therefore, it was absolutely necessary to face the swords of many people other than these, but it was difficult to get such an opportunity due to the current position. In the ‘past’, there was the Knights of Bern, and wasn’t Kyrie who mingled with the knights of that order?

“No matter how good you are with a sword, in the eyes of those knights, you are just a servant. Not everyone in the world is like my brother.”

As Arsene explained a moment ago, in order to compare skills on equal footing with other knights, Kirie had to be in the same position. It’s rather strange that Prince Planz is learning the sword without paying attention to Kirie’s status.

Kalian, who said this, continued while pointing to his red eyes.

“Kiri. There are many people in the world who determine value based on what they see. I don’t want to see my evaluation of you change because of that issue.”

Therefore, there is a clear need to take care of visible things, such as when Lemain gave Allan the title of earldom and when Calian went to a dinner party wearing a fancy robe.

“I don’t know the reason, prince. But I still think it’s too early. Besides, if His Highness gives you a title…”

Kirie, who had been talking up to this point, trailed off.

“ah.”

Calian made a sound as if he had noticed something. This is because I have finally found out the real reason why Kirie is not happy with the decision.

“It’s because of the pledge of loyalty, Kirie.”

“…… yes.”

After hearing Calian’s words, Kyrie seemed a little hesitant before answering.

If Lemain directly awards a knighthood, the procedure for the knight to pledge loyalty in front of his future lord is omitted. Kirie didn’t like that, so she kept making different excuses.

Calian stopped for a moment and turned towards Kyrie who was following him. Then he slightly raised his head and looked at Kirie.

“I’m not taking it. I am.”

What Kyrie swore to Bern and Bern to Chase.

The person who will become a knight kneels before the person who will be his lord and promises loyalty. Asking for permission to swear that he would die before his lord.

– I will allow it.

“I don’t think I’ll be able to allow it this time.”

It is obviously sacred and noble, and it is the most important ritual and procedure for Kirie who cannot remember the past, but even so, I feel like I will never be able to give a simple answer to allow it.

Kyrie’s eyes calmed as she guessed what the one thing Calian could not allow was.

“Kiri. The answer I heard here is already enough for me.”

The moment he said that the last thing he showed to Calian in the ‘past’ was his back, everything was already enough.

“That day you already became my sword. What more do you need?”

Calian said that the moment he handed the sword back to Kyrie was a pledge to Calian.

Kirie heard those words and just smiled silently.

For Kirie, who had better hearing than others, even the quiet palace was always noisy. This place, far away from such places, was a rest for Kyrie.

The sound of water was always nice. The sound of a refreshing breeze. The sound of Calian’s small breathing in and out. I have the feeling that it will make a pleasant sound even in the sunlight shining down on it.

Kirie, who was willing to do anything in such a nice place, opened her mouth.

“One day, Hina said something like that. She said she would live to help the prince until she dies of old age. At the time, I didn’t know how important that was, but now I understand why she called me an idiot.”

In fact, I had called him an idiot not only to Kirie but also to Calian, but I couldn’t let that be known.

Anyway, Kirie, who was so lucky, stood facing Calian properly.

In the middle of the forest, Calian was built on the vast ruins that had been crushed, cut down, and completely burned, just like in Calian and Kyrie’s hearts.

“I haven’t yet memorized the oath I took to become a knight.”

And I quietly knelt in front of him.

I knelt down in front of Calian on the ground that had faded to black.

“Kiri.”

“Still, there is something I want to tell you.”

Kyrie said this after interrupting Calian. Calian quietly closed his mouth and looked down at Kyrie.

– I don’t want to give a stiff greeting like other people.

Whatever it was, Kirie listened to everything Calian said, but she didn’t want to hear Calian’s words that he wouldn’t take the oath of loyalty. So I was stubborn like this.

– I will hold the sword and shield on behalf of the King. I will die on behalf of the King.

– what. In the end, it’s the same thing as other knights’ oaths.

– I think you just have to tell the truth.

Calian laughed quietly as a memory from one day came to mind once again.

– Just memorize it and say you don’t want to say it.

– Isn’t it enough to just say what I want to say without any flowery language?

Kirie probably doesn’t know.

Even back then, I had already arbitrarily taken the oath of knighthood.

Kyrie opened her mouth again as she looked at Calian, who was thinking about the events of that day. This time, I started making arbitrary promises.

But it was a very different promise.

“Someday, if you get tired or drunk again, I will carry you or hold you. I will become strong enough that you will not have to go ahead alone, prince. I will become a strong person who doesn’t need you to worry or protect me.”

Instead of making fancy remarks from knights who have seen and learned a lot, he said this once again. Kyrie quietly laid down the promises she could make in front of Calian.

“I will protect you so that you will not be left alone and not forgotten. I will give it to you.”

That was Kyrie’s pledge.

Calian, who was looking down at Kyrie at those unwavering promises, closed his eyes for a moment. He smiled slightly with his eyes closed. Because it

was a better word to hear than before.

“….. . Yes.”

The sound of laughter and the small sound of breathing in and out were heard again. Kirie, who does not listen to anything in Calian, listened to that small sound. “I will allow it.” A good day. The flowing water was refreshing

and

falling

. On a warm, sunny day,

Kyrie became a knight of Calian.