2nd Rank Has Returned

Adults-4

“…you know it’s too much of a joke, right?”

Arya, who did not want to take the offer of escape too seriously, asked with a forced smile.

“Even if it’s sincere, it’s too much, it’s sincere.”

Leonardo pegged the joking proposition with a stake of sincerity.

It was Leo’s sincerity that always opened her heart.

“…I will be pursued until the day I die.”

If you help the escape, not only the Reinhardt family, but also the temple will pursue them extensively. And if you get caught…

“If caught, the family would be sentenced to death for running away at night with Young Ae, and at the temple for possessing a warrior.”

If you’re lucky, you’ll be subjected to endless torture while barely alive. Still, it’s a worthy sin.

“If that’s enough, I’m going to run away hard. Isn’t it?”

But he was used to being threatened with his life and being pursued until he died. Up until now, counting only the knights that had been defeated or the bounty hunters that had been killed would have been enough to form an army.

“…if Dad or Grandpa had heard of it, he would have had to return his knighthood right away.”

Now, in a completely sarcastic tone, Arya gave her a pin cup.

“I tried to do it once, but it’s not that difficult twice.”

However, Leo was accustomed to sarcasm and was several times more adept at it.

“…why?”

With no hesitation or extravagance, Ariaspil had no choice but to ask the reason. He doesn’t know what to do now, but the boy answers calmly.

That’s why I ask

“Why are you doing that?”

Where does that decision come from?

“I want to.”

It was a very one-dimensional statement, causally natural.

“…No, not like that.”

“Then why did you hold me?”

“…that…”

A question like a counterattack, Arya couldn’t properly answer the question, whether it was her embarrassment. If you have to answer, you may have to confess your feelings completely.

Leonardo’s jaw-dropping answer made him laugh.

“…I just wanted to.”

Representation of causally simple factors.

A very simple interpretation of desire that is put into action.

“It’s really nothing, but sometimes it exerts more power than it has any meaning or reason.”

It was the advice given by Leonardo, who felt the power both for good and for bad.

“If you don’t want to become a hero, I think it’s better not to be. It is not a problem that can be solved by forcing it.”

The end of that responsibility and duty could be experienced by Leonardo as an eternal process.

“But what if… the world is in danger…?”

“Let’s go and think about it then.”

irresponsible answer.

The reason he was able to get such an answer was because he saw the future even a little bit.

The returner quietly monopolized.

“To be honest, if the world is going to be ruined if one person disappears, then I don’t think it would be bad to really ruin that world.”

Because the returner truly had such a thought.

With those words and the words he had said so far, Ariaspil felt an indescribable feeling.

It was a feeling that cannot be expressed in one word.

I felt genuinely grateful for the boy’s words, and when he calmly relieved me of my worries, it seemed absurd, and I even felt respect for the choice without hesitation.

“…Then why are you running away together…?”

“Because I wanted to.”

And with that short answer, Ariaspil knew what this feeling was called.

“I want to be by your side. Then I think there will be less worry and less loneliness.”

He loves this Leo.

I fell in love because I wanted to love Leo.

“…More than anything else, if you stay in the family, you will be beheaded for abetting, right? I have to live.”

put

“…What is that.”

Apart from Finzan, the cloud disappeared from her face. She felt deeply in her heart that the chains of anguish loosened as laughter bursts out at the absurd nonsense.

“…then if…”

As the anguish loosened, I could afford to think of a different future. Arya left room for another possibility.

“What if I said I would become a hero?”

“Then I have to become a knight who will serve the best warriors in the world.”

Laughter erupted from her again. Even though I was expecting such an answer, I felt comfortable listening to it with my own ears.

However, in the meantime, the anxiety that remained in Arya began to twist and shake her heart.

“…can it be? I…?”

“It’s good to think about whether it can be done, but for a young lady, I think the more meaningful question is whether you want to do it.”

That was the advice that only Lee In-ja, who had been with Ariaspil the most, could give.

“…Is that right? Conceptually, it’s the opposite.”

“It’s a strange point to say that a young lady who broke all the common sense I knew.”

The seat of Chagang (次強) is a special seat where you can most properly see the existence of the strongest (最強).

“She is the most special person I have ever seen.”

“…”

Special, that was a word referring to something different from normal. From a conversational context or relational point of view, it must be a word used in a good sense, not in a negative sense.

Love, it’s also the feeling of being special to someone, isn’t it related to the same emotions…!

“…I…really?”

Aria, who covered her reddened face with her head bowed, asked coldly on purpose.

“Of course, the most special person for the good.”

this is for sure You can think of it as sending a signal from the Leo side at all. It was clear that Leo also had a crush on him.

‘…but you can’t be vigilant.’

Obviously, in this flow, Leonardo would always take a step back, or turn the flow of words into friendship or loyalty.

so.

“Then promise me.”

No tee, but definitely nailed.

“Don’t leave anyone special than me.”

“Okay.”

As soon as he ordered, Leo answered.

“…really?”

Arya’s side was rather embarrassed because it came out so promptly. Does this seem like such a simple question to answer right away?

“It’s not that difficult, is it? So far it has been.”

Come to think of it, Leonardo did not fall for the temptation of the Temperius family or the temptation of Eileen.

And even in a life-threatening situation, Leonardo was more concerned about Arya’s own safety than himself.

So Arya’s words were practically fulfilled for two years.

“…uh…uh…”

The laughter of happiness and the moans of shame mixed to create a subtle harmony.

“Are you okay? Does the straw tickle?”

This time, Leonardo’s insensitivity was considered fortunate. As long as you are in the temple saying that this expression is found now, you will have to sleep in a blanket for the rest of your life.

“Then let’s go.”

“Where?”

“To apologize. And I want to go to become a proper warrior.”

Arya brushed off her clothes and reached out to Leonardo. Perhaps it was because the sun had reached its final climax just before it passed from dusk to night, her hair seemed to be dyed golden.

“…then we’ll get it right. Would you like to sit down for a while?”

“…uh? uh.”

Ariaspil sat upright, kneeling on the spot that Leo had cleaned up. Leonardo expressed his feelings in his own way to support Arya’s determination.

“…uh? Why is my head suddenly…!”

“It’s better to keep things tidy than messy.”

Saying that, Leo patted Arya’s head. The comb was made of black stone instead, and when the grain was polished evenly, Leo untied the leather strap tied to his wrist.

“where…”

Then she grabbed her hair with one hand and tied her hair with a thong.

“…This…”

“In the past, I did a lot to the villagers and my mother. With a simple head, you can do it.”

Ariaspil couldn’t control his pounding heart in his horsehair.

If it wasn’t for the situation, I immediately ran to the mirror to check it, and wanted to brag about it to all my family and users.

“Where did the string come from?”

“It’s a leash that I used to tie to my mother in the past. Now I wear it as a bracelet.”

The leash that I kept carrying as a talisman, before returning, when my wrist almost got cut off, only the strap was cut and thrown away.

“…can you give me something so… important?”

“Yes? I’ll give it to you because it’s important. Rather, I’m embarrassed that I can’t give you a nice hair ornament because I don’t have the money. If you don’t like it, don’t use it…”

“no! Very pretty! I will keep doing this!!”

It was a dream full of aspirations for Arya, who couldn’t even straighten her hair by herself. But for such aspirations, Leo truly felt honor and gratitude.

“…but then what if…”

“yes?”

“…can I have a knotted hair? I braided my hair…”

Leo pondered for a moment at Arya’s careful request, and then answered.

“But I don’t have much time, so it’s difficult to braid my entire hair like rice. Even if it’s only the end of the hair…”

“That’s enough. can you do it?”

“of course. miss.”

Contrary to worries, Leo made a knot by braiding his hair with skillful and quick hands.

“How is it?”

Ariaspil’s left head was neatly knotted like a white tail. My hair, which was shiny even without care, seemed to have a glowing halo when I even trimmed it.

“great. very…”

Arya said so and pulled out her holy sword.

surang

What was cut was braided hair.

When he suddenly cut off his hard braids, Leonardo was a little embarrassed by the shock.

“…why hair…”

“Have it.”

Ariasviel pulled out her braided hair with the knot.

“Maybe we won’t see each other for a few years, but it means we hope to see you again.”

Touching his hair, Leonardo made a complex expression. He seemed happy, but he also seemed to be moved by one side.

“…I don’t know if I can take it. For me, this…”

“I’m giving it because it’s an important person. In my mind, I wanted to give you something better.”

Saying so, she stretched out and walked outside the stable in the sunlight. Perhaps it was because of the sunlight, Aria’s hair shone bright enough to make her look blonde.

[The side dishes have increased…]

＜Shut up.＞

He was a sage who threw those emotions into the gutter. While Arya was practicing, it was the moment when Leo’s top goal was to go to the tower and find a way to eliminate or exclude the sage.

***

“…Then let’s go.”

Before Ariaspil left the family, all the servants, knights, and family members of Reinhardt came out to see her off.

“I will definitely come back!”

At those words, they conveyed their blessings and support to Arya, expressing their will to wait until we meet again.

[It goes out well, and if there is a chance, let’s not meet again.]

{You don’t mean to conscientiously leave us. Oh, there was no concept of conscience. That’s unfortunate.}

[Shut up and go to heaven.]

{Yes, you go to purgatory.}

There were people who weren’t (?), but anyway, the moment of parting promised a reunion.

Years pass, and time goes by.

Four years have passed.