148 – promise
“See you again, Commander of the Delta Knights.”
Seeing the unexpected appearance, Lana politely bowed toward me, who had froze in place. As usual, it was a very charismatic move.
Except for the fact that there are blades of grass all over the body.
First of all, the fact that Lana appeared in such a carefree manner means that there is absolutely no possibility that anything bad happened to the mansion. I completely erased the anxiety from my mind.
But that made it even more confusing. What the hell happened, the knights who were supposed to guard the front gate disappeared somewhere, the door was wide open, and Lana appeared from within the grass?
“Did the lord tell you to do that?”
“Did you think I was crazy?”
The vehement denial returned. It didn’t seem like Aurora had forced her to do such an eccentricity. Doubts grew.
“You seem to have returned earlier than expected, Master.”
Lana calmly opened her mouth, not caring about our reaction.
“I had some work. How did it happen?”
Perhaps because the person concerned had such a calm expression, she thought she had to answer, but Aurora answered in a voice that did not hide her uncomfortable feelings.
The girl who had been trembling in fear had returned to the lord of the city before she knew it.
“How is the mansion? Did anything go wrong?”
“Yes. We were fine. What happened to you, Master?”
“That… … .”
Aurora, who had pursed her lips, stopped talking. Then, with his mouth closed, he remained silent for a long time, then relaxed his arm around my neck.
“delta. Let me down for a second.”
“Could you please walk?”
“yes. You’ll be fine now. Thank you for your concern.”
As I said, I knelt on the floor to make it easier for Aurora to get off, and I relaxed my hands that were supporting my thighs. The feeling of the soft thighs was gone. A cool breeze blew into my palms.
Again, my high-heeled feet landed on the marble. Aurora, which staggered for a moment, soon regained her balance. Her slender fingers brushed the shirt here and there.
Every time his body moved, his chubby buttocks were slightly visible under the hem of his shirt. Because she wasn’t wearing panties, everything from straight splits to closed cracks.
Aurora, who had adjusted her clothes in a rather erotic manner, approached Lana and quietly whispered something into her ear.
Lana nodded her head and listened to her master.
“… … Did you? All right.”
As if the explanation had ended, the lips that had been close to my ear separated. Lana was staring at me with jet-black eyes, and Aurora was glancing at me from the side.
I couldn’t figure out what the explanation was for that kind of reaction.
“Captain of the Delta Knights.”
Lana, who put her hands together in front of her belly, bowed her waist at a 90 degree angle.
“First of all, I would like to thank you for protecting my master.”
“It was something I had to do, of course.”
“There are countless examples in the Empire’s centuries-old history of failing to do what it was supposed to do, with devastating consequences. Especially, as the owner said, it will be more so if you are in an urgent situation. We will reward you later for the actions that saved your master’s life.”
I wondered if my actions were like that, but there was no reason to refuse to give me a reward. I nodded quietly.
“What are you going to do now, Commander of the Knights? Are you going back to the castle right away?”
Lana asked questions in succession.
“It should be. Because things haven’t been fully resolved yet. There are many things to ask of her.”
“I think you said you came to visit Delta-sama.”
“right. But I really don’t know why. So, I want to ask you directly.”
Nyx’s appearance has changed like a character that is commonly referred to as a gloomy big breasted girl.
I was really sorry that it would be like leaving Aurora alone, but I can’t leave Nyx unattended in the castle in that state. She’s like a ticking time bomb who doesn’t know what she’s going to do.
“Wait a moment, Mr. Delta.”
I bowed my head to Aurora and told her that I would leave, and I was about to turn around, but Lana stopped me.
“Are you planning to continue what you didn’t do today?”
I thought for a moment what that word meant. There was a high probability that it meant going out with Aurora, which ended in disarray. If that’s the case, you should definitely do it. I nodded.
“of course. I definitely intend to do so.”
“Yes. All right, Mr. Delta. My master will surely be looking forward to that day as well.”
As if satisfied with my answer, Aurora and Lana let me go without saying anything, and I left the mansion with Lana and Aurora seeing me off.
Because they left the mansion right away, Delta couldn’t see Aurora and Lana’s faces.
Lana’s face with a contradictory expression of contentment and emotionlessness, and Aurora’s cheeks blushing when she noticed the true identity of ‘what I couldn’t do today’ that my maid said.
“Congratulations, Master. You received a confirmation that you will continue to do what you couldn’t do today. It will be very nice.”
“… … Should I like this? Are you cheating on Delta?”
“I just hid the truth, so I didn’t lie. Isn’t Master well aware of the difference?”
Aurora sighed lightly. Of course you should know However, I never imagined that the day would come when it would be used in this way.
“And women have very powerful weapons.”
“A very powerful weapon? what is that?”
“If Master honestly confesses that he lied because he likes Delta-sama, he will surely forgive you. Few men will treat a woman who says she likes him.”
Lana also heard it somewhere, so she doesn’t know if it’s true or not.
But most people couldn’t tell the difference between acting confidently without knowing it and acting confidently because they knew it.
In particular, it was much more effective in cases where it was impossible to determine the authenticity because there was virtually no knowledge about the relationship between men and women like Aurora.
“for a moment. But wasn’t it you who just told Delta, not me?”
After hearing that, Lana didn’t even change her expression at all and covered her slightly open mouth with her hand.
“Then I can’t help it. If I said I did it because I like Delta… … It’s a joke.”
Lana checked Aurora’s expression and neatly took a step back. Even Aurora knew that those words were just something she had said, so she passed on without questioning further.
Instead of questioning his maid, who at some point went beyond being bold and even brazen, he turned his golden pupils to Delta’s back, which was much smaller than a little fingernail.
“… … Did you go?”
“Yes. master. Do you regret that Delta-sama passed away like this?”
“It would be a lie if it wasn’t. The atmosphere was pretty good until the incident happened. By the way… … .”
Aurora looked Lana up and down. I brushed it off, but the stains on the maid’s skirt did not completely disappear. Here and there, light browns and greens remained.
“What happened? Aren’t the knights gone, isn’t the door open? Why did you come out of the grass again?”
“It was for my master.”
At the answer that seemed absurd at first glance, Aurora crossed her arms as if to listen to what she was saying.
“If Master achieved his initial purpose and returned to the mansion with Delta-sama, he would have looked at us for no reason as he headed to the room. Conversely, if he returned alone without achieving his purpose, he would have needed time to cool his head.”
“Either one of you is better off without people, so you vacated the seat?”
“Yes. Of course, you can rest assured that we did not neglect the boundaries of the mansion. The knights are watching the garden from inside the lodge through the curtains on the windows.”
“yes. Let’s leave everything else like that. Lana, why were you in the grass?”
“Is this an order that requires an answer?”
Aurora, who was about to tell her not to order, changed her mind after seeing Lana’s attitude. There was something to pinpoint.
“It’s an order.”
“Do you want a plausible answer or the truth?”
“truth.”
A similar question and answer followed once more.
I noticed right away that it was Lana’s earnest request to please not ask any more, but I neatly ignored it. Because this is the fault of the one who made people curious.
“… … There had to be at least one person to take on the role of surveillance to prevent any unsavory thing from happening, and I just assumed that role.”
Although I did say it in a roundabout way, in summary, it means that I tried to openly observe the relationship with my master.
As expected, this time it was the master and the maid.
“What about Nix?”
“As you ordered, I put it in the captain’s room. I was also closely monitored.”
I returned to the castle as soon as possible.
The people who had fled to this place seemed to have calmed down and returned home. Only the knights who took off their helmets were wandering around with restless faces.
I fiddled with the handle of my weapon as if I was uneasy about the fact that the witch was in the castle.
“How many people went in as surveillance?”
“Five. Originally, I was going to put in more than that, but the space was small, so more than that seemed like a hindrance.”
“I was openly monitored, but there was no sign of displeasure?”
“I didn’t go in, so I don’t know, but I told you not to worry because it was the captain’s order and I’ll follow it without saying anything. Except for occasional laughs that made me feel bad, he was docile until he entered the room.”
A thin gorge formed on Laxia’s forehead. Just thinking about it made me feel uncomfortable.
I think he’s talking about laughing like hee hee, but it definitely felt strange. I wondered if the modders changed the setting, saying that a gloomy character should smile like that while touching his personality.
“okay. And, when I get to the room—”
He said, but paused for a moment.
I didn’t know how far Nix knew me, so the conversation had to be between the two of us. It’s really odd, but you might find out that I’m possessed here.
However, it was also true that I felt a little uneasy about going alone with Nix without an escort.
“Captain? Why?”
Laxia called me with a worried expression, perhaps because she suddenly stopped talking and shut her mouth.
“Nothing. I was going to tell the rest of us to wait outside.”
“… … Are you okay?”
“I don’t know either. So I was just thinking about it. But even if it’s not okay, I have to do it. If it leaks out, it might become a big deal.”
“All right. Please be careful.”
Laxia greeted me politely.
The first impression was a bit like that because it was the first time we met that he was being coercive with me and then being hit with a broken straight sword and making a groaning sound, but when he was given the role of an adjutant, he was showing off his competence without hesitation.
It seems that he is not dissatisfied with the fact that he suddenly became my subordinate. This might be because the leader of the Golden Twilight Knights has a twisted personality, so I look relatively like a fairy.
“Croa. open it The captain has arrived.”
Laxia arrived at the room and knocked. Soon the door opened and the scenery in the room came into view.
The room of the commander of the knights was not much larger than the rooms of the members, so the interior space was almost filled with as many as five heavily armed knights.
It was only at that point that even wielding the weapon properly seemed difficult.
“Oh, are you here? lol.”
And, Nyx, the subject of surveillance, was lying on my bed like a chrysalis, with the blanket rolled up and the pillow tightly hugged.
“… … ?”
I stopped in place, and Laxia opened her mouth with a frown.
“Why is that woman doing that?”
“As soon as we entered the room, we jumped on the captain’s bed without a chance to stop him. I tried to pull it out somehow, but I felt like the blanket would tear first if I applied more force to the barrel that was holding on so stubbornly… … sorry.”
“no it’s okay. He wants to do that, but what can he do? I should leave it alone.”
I read through the articles. Laxia won’t let them go if they just move on here.
“Laxia. I’m taking the kids out.”
“Yes. Captain.”
Laxia took the knights and disappeared. There was a click and the sound of the door closing.
Nyx, the only man in the room, looked up at me as he half buried his face in the pillow with his characteristic sullen smile. Because of his short stature, he looked very full-bodied overall.
“Hey, you know what?”
Nyx grinned.
“Am I naked right now?”