3. Asherah Glade – (23)
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Time passed quickly.
It feels like just talking to Ed last night, but before he knew it, he was trying to finish the day by doing all kinds of work for the next day.
“An envoy from the Marquis of Birwalce is coming to visit soon.”
After that, one of the servants politely bowed and left the room.
Seeing that, Ashera simply nodded her head instead of replying. Asera nodded like that now, it was clear that anyone could see that she was tired.
In addition to the continuous visits of outsiders, she had to deal with the tasks she had to deal with. Her body, soaked in her fatigue due to that, may not have been able to take a proper rest, and her beautiful face does not show herself like that. I was feeling it little by little.
After her, her own maid waited near her to greet her important guest. Calling Selua, Ashera briefly fixes her appearance.
“…… Why don’t you give her emissary a horse to slow down time for a moment?”
Sellua, who was lightly using her mana while touching Ashera’s blue hair, cautiously opened her mouth.
Sellua’s mana warmly wrapped around Ashera and seemed to soothe her fatigue a little, and she was invigorating her, albeit a little.
Ashera, who closed her eyes for a moment at her warm energy, opened her starry blue eyes and made a small noise.
“Today’s task is to respond to the Marquis of Birbalce… Are you okay.”
She must have worn herself out to the point of causing Selua her concerns. But it wasn’t so bad fatigue that enveloped her now.
My heart fluttered when I heard Ed’s answer on the terrace last night.
The look of Ed who said that he would do his best and that he would follow in Glaad’s footsteps. She just had enough for herself.
It was entirely her own fault that she couldn’t sleep all night with that answer.
She didn’t want it to interfere with her work.
Smart.
The door opens with a knock and a familiar man enters the space.
Under the bright blonde hair, it’s hard to fault anything.
An orderly appearance in a blue knight’s uniform.
Ed Gleaard.
He was nobody else.
As he entered, the female knight standing behind him naturally approached him and said a few things that were part of the escort duty.
As he secretly raises his eyes and looks at Ed, he sees himself having several conversations with the knight, not paying attention to himself.
“This is the end of the singularity that was within the work, and there is not much else to be aware of.”
“Confirmed. Lord Tulia. Thank you for all your hard work.”
As if he understood, Ed lightly bowed his head toward the female knight as he was handed a few things to be handed over.
“Okay, good job then.”
As this saga, her senior knight, naturally tapped Ed on the shoulder and finished her words, Ashera frowned at her handsome army without even realizing it.
And Selua, who noticed Ashera’s appearance earlier, gave a small smile.
Jerbug.
Here, Saga looked at Ed and left the space, bowing to Ashera in the opposite way to her attitude. As if to fill the void, Ed moved her body behind Ashera’s space and stood lightly tidying up his clothes.
I felt like I felt at ease at the distance I had with him. After talking to her last night, it felt like the distance between him and him had grown closer.
And sooner or later he will no longer be able to see him who is doing his escort work.
In the next few days, Azelan Glea de He will leave Gleade, and formally, the main retainers and her grandfather will raise their voices regarding the succession….
Good.
“Ed you see my escort… It’s not long now.”
Ashera murmured softly as she organized various papers and put them in one place.
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“Yes.”
“It will be regrettable.”
“I think so too.”
After hearing Ed’s answer, Ashera immediately stood up.
The time to greet Birbalche’s envoys was just around the corner.
“Ah.”
Then, all of a sudden, Ashera looked back at Ed, who was seated behind her.
Ed looked at Ashera with her blue eyes at her sudden action, and Ashera looked at Ed’s eyes and thought for a while, then shook her head.
What was she thinking? It seemed she was trying to hide it, but a small smile that she couldn’t hide settled on Ashera’s face.
Her smiling face of Asherah seems to take her attention away, so she puts her face in her own eyes and organizes her thoughts within her time.
‘… It feels like he smiles a lot more often.’
Anyway, while escorting the lady… She herself must not let her eyes be sold to her lady’s beauty. Even if it was just a formality, she shouldn’t take the role of escort lightly.
“Stop it.”
Contrary to Ed’s feelings, Ashera’s voice sounded as light as possible, and at the same time they moved to the drawing room.
***
“In the future, with the Birbalche family leading the development of the underdeveloped northern region… There is also a clear advantage regarding the expansion of the monster defense front in the unexplored mountain range….”
As if he had a bright future in his business, Tolish continued to speak fluently, but his eyes turned to Ashera behind her without even realizing it.
There was a young man with a very handsome appearance who seemed to be halfway between a boy and a man.
Wearing her blue knight’s uniform, her chi is not disturbed, and she is holding on to her place.
The features under the blonde hair were perfect, and in itself, a decent woman attracted her attention as if she had a charm to be possessed.
However, the blue eyes inherent in it seem to be prepared for any situation at any time. He calmly held others in his arms.
The way she looked at herself and others clearly felt different from what she had seen the day before.
As if he had sorted out his thoughts that he had been thinking about for a long time, his determined eyes made up his mind.
It wasn’t the kind of eyes that a boy of that age would normally see.
In Tolisch’s opinion, it was like that, and even if he tried to look at it badly, the boy definitely didn’t look out of place or distorted.
But strangely enough, it caught Tolisch’s eyes.
To the point of being very annoying.
‘… Something bothers me.’
Unbeknownst to me, I had that thought.
I didn’t like it.
That such a knight is taking place in close proximity to Ashera.
It’s more annoying than anything else… She seemed to constantly draw attention to herself.
Asherah Tolisch, who was talking about her future days as she merged with her glade along with the vision of Birbalche’s family to tell her of her arranged marriage with her, said her words. Stops and puts her hand on her teacup.
“I don’t think I’ve given my opinion too much, let’s take a break from each other.”
It’s friendly, but as if curious about Ashera’s intentions, Tolish finished her words and placed her hand on her teacup, while Ashera nodded her head slightly.
“No. There are many things to review positively… What you said was of great interest to me as well.”
Asera’s positive answer that came out for the first time during the conversation that started yesterday. At those words, Tolish’s hand holding his teacup trembled slightly.
There is no progress in her, as if she is talking to herself into the void, she gradually sinks into her own heart… Ashera’s answer was like a small ray of light coming down.
And in contrast to Tolish, Ed’s mind was extremely complicated.
‘A political marriage….’
I kept thinking about that word.
Right in front of him, the lady with the attitude of a high-ranking aristocratic woman, with more elegant gestures than anyone else, looked familiar yet new at the same time.
Looking at the young lady like that, she felt that it was natural for her.
The name of a young lady whose name has spread to the extent that no one in the north knows it.
Asera Glade.
There were many reasons why the lady itself was called the blue flower and jewel of the north.
The more I thought about it, the more I thought about it, from the beautiful appearance that attracted people’s attention just by existing, to the flawless personality, and the warm atmosphere around her, the more difficult it was to find the flaws of Lady Ashera.
Befitting the eldest daughter of her venerable knight family, Asherah was told that even her talents with her personalities made her name famous in the Chaldean Empire.
It was a strange thing to turn a blind eye to other famous aristocratic or knight families.
Ashera, who had her coming-of-age ceremony, wondered why she only now realized the reality that she hadn’t connected with another family….
Contrary to Ed’s dignified appearance on the outside, she was blank on the inside when she was thinking about that.
“Ed. Please sit back for a while.”
“… Thank you.”
Ed stood next to her, paying attention to her own demeanor.
It was Ashera who had said that to Ed when receiving guests before, and at first he refused several times at such a meeting, but later, it was not polite to reject the lady’s words at such a meeting, so Ed listened carefully. It was about taking a seat while paying attention to one’s own behavior.
She pours her tea with her own hand over Ed’s seat and hands over the teacup.
It seemed most strange to Tolish and Filia, who were seated across from each other.
There is a maid in one of the parlors.
Even though there is a woman who appears to be a maid, the owner pours the tea herself in dealing with the person who appears to be her escort.
Moreover, at the place to greet her guests.
As the closest aide to the Birbalce family and accompanied by Tolish Birbalce’s escort, Philia felt a strong sense of alienation while looking at Ashera.
Who would show that kind of attitude towards his escort?
And she remembered that just yesterday, she had taken no attitude towards the knight who had escorted her own escort.
It’s like treating someone who doesn’t exist. He was just paying attention to the conversation and to the appearance of himself and Tolish.
It was definitely different now.
From the moment she first appeared in her drawing room, Philia, who had been giving her eyes all the time, felt a certain certainty in the sight of Ashera pouring tea directly to her escort.
‘… Ed Glead.’
A boy with blonde hair. It was clear from his appearance that he was.
As an orphan, he was brought into the family by Aizen Glad and was given the castle of Glad two years ago.
The information known to the outside was a boy whose existence itself was so mysterious that it was virtually the end.
That’s why he was wondering if he was intentionally removing information about him from the Glead family level.
From Ashera’s current appearance, it was easy to guess whose intention was to conceal Ed’s information.
Compared to Glaad’s other direct lineage, he is the only one who tries to conceal Ed Glaad’s existence.
A being that can handle the family’s power that much….
Looking at her attitude now, it was clear that she was Ashera Glade and no one else.
“… Asherah seems to be a knight you cherish quite a bit.”
Filia Nardia, trying to follow Tolisch’s calm tone in her ears, stopped her thoughts.
As she looked away, she noticed something so insignificant that she wouldn’t even notice it if it weren’t for herself… But he saw Tolish, who clearly didn’t like the way he looked.