I want to protect you in this hand.

The Theodores must board the ship in the third week of the third month. It takes a week from Merrill to King's Capital and another week from King's Capital to Nilm, so you'd better leave Merrill after the middle of two months. Totally acquainted with Merrill, the international student spared the trip.

"I still have a year. You guys stay whatever you want and come back every once in a while."

"Guild Leader, I'm coming to Saim with Nilm for now"

"Oops. There is probably not much known about lambs because they are relatively independent as western territories and there are not many coming to the east. I hope you're relaxing."

"Yes!"

This is the first time the imperial group has travelled northward from Merche that Merrill has made its way to the King's Capital. Though the two moons, the young men ride carriages through the meadows with signs of spring. Even the cold turns into fun. Eventually I saw the king's capital. East Gate.

"No way."

"Naturally, you'll be there."

"Arsh."

"Mr. Ricardo."

Mr. Ricardo smiled gently and gave me a gentle hug.

"I'm not gonna hug you anymore, you've grown up again."

"Yeah, what about Die?

"I'm here."

"Now I'm going to the SEAM."

"Is this Western Territory again? That's a long way to go. If I retire from the captain, I can follow you. I'm so proud of you."

The knights are in a hurry behind them.

"No, we have to protect the King's capital."

"If Arsh tells you, you have to work hard."

The knights are thumbing up.

"Well, I'll be there."

"See you, Arsh."

Have your usual exchange and head to the college.

"Oh, grow up, too. Was there anything to gain?"

"Yes, Doctor. Listen to Old and Merrill."

"I told you about Nash!

"Of course not. Thank you, Lambs."

We could stay in the dorm all three months, but Dan would love to, because he had called us to the Mansion of the King's Capital, so we were supposed to stay there.

"Well, Maria, Sophie, Mal, Arsh, I've been waiting for you! I hope you're not too big."

Dan's mother was waiting.

"Arsh and Mal have grown up again since last year. It's okay, it's within your expectations! We don't have much time. Hurry, hurry."

Then I started trying on my dress.

"Do you go to the Empire to make decent things? Because it's fashionable. But I'm gonna get used to wearing it a little bit this year. Maria and Sophie, of course, will tailor the dress properly as a socialite!

Just a few days, but I finished some clothes, including what I had prepared in advance. We are adventurers. Especially in carriages, sometimes fights are assumed. So, me and Mal, when we skirt, sneak pants are on, too. That said, I'm not showing it, so it's a cute thing that uses cotton wool grass to fluff and quilt and hem. This is really warm in the winter.

Maria and Sophie were mad at me when I first found out, and the tailor told me that there was no hand in not commercializing such a cute and convenient thing, and during that time, Skin Wear Ya was born at the expense of the Glitter Chamber of Commerce. They put it in a tailor's store and sell it.

That's why, as a regular traveler from Wang Du to Nilum, I was feathery traveling in my everyday dress. In the village in front of one of the Nilms, say goodbye. Here's what Sophie said.

"Ah, Arsh and Cyril, Dan's going to Nilm."

"Huh?"

"Is it just me and Mal left?

"'Cause you said the ambassador was sending textbooks. We gotta go get that for the guild for now, right? Don't you want to study early?

"I was...... Will, Mal, can you wait?

"He said he could wait. We're being selfish."

"The rice here was delicious, so I'm fine."

On the way to Nilm, Alois said.

"I've been thinking since I heard about the dress in King's Capital, and you should remember the imperial etiquette and dance too"

"Huh? You need to study to go study?

"I'm sorry to interrupt, but you're orphans, but you're doing the right thing. But that's fine with Ichii, because if you're going to a noble school, you shouldn't even show me a little ski."

"... I thought we were just going to study abroad and have fun studying, but I think there's something about the dress and the modus operandi..."

"It's on me"

"Guess what?"

"I have an older cousin, and I really admire Merida. I was so flattered this time."

"Cousin."

"Yeah, but they say he's weak and honestly could be a few more years of life."

"Poor thing."

"The Empire's wind and earth disease, mainly a disease of aristocracy, is unexplained and a little weaker"

"Oh, no."

"That's why I can't even go to my wife. She wants to come to Merida for once."

But you're weak.

"Just because I know someone, maybe I can figure it out. I'll ask if I can send her as my practice teacher. If you don't mind spending a little time with me."

I saw Cyril and Dan. Dan also graduated, so he's going around about the Adventurers this year. Cyril and Will seemed happy. Dan said.

"You can invite me among me in the king's capital. Don't make your mother happy. Let me have some information about dresses in the Empire. Are you ever aware of your physical condition?"

"Sometimes I just get fever and weak. If you can rest when you have a fever, so be it."

"Well, isn't that okay? Mal and Arsh should be educated properly by women."

"Oh, Dan, what do you mean? You mean not feminine? No, I'm sure not."

"Well, no, I don't know, it's from the beginning, but you guys are pure cultures."

"Even though you're an orphan?

"When my parents were around, my parents took care of me, orphaned me, but only good adults, right? Few women are adventurers, and you're kind to the guild's receptionist sister or something. Wouldn't have had trouble with each other."

"Speaking of which, yes"

"Um, the girls at the academy, there's, like, a faction, there's a leg pull."

"Ha."

"Aloise, here's the thing, Arsh is"

"Mm, I know. I'll ask my cousins to do the same."

"Huh? Huh?

"Be nice when my cousin goes."

"Hmm? Okay."

Nilm was not a fishing port like Cece, it was a port town. Of course the fish seems delicious. The ship from the Empire was already here. We went to the guild for now and received a textbook from the middle of the Empire that we had kept. Sophie greets her arrival. In this town with many blonde blue-eyed people, like Maria and Sophie, the appearance of me and Cyril seemed remarkable. Dan's hazel eyes are rare, but they don't stand out because they're not a flashy shade.

Looking back over and over and feeling a little uncomfortable, I came back. I really say goodbye here.

"Waiting in the Imperial City"

"Good luck with that."

"Cyril, you too. I'm looking forward to it, Arsh."

"Yeah, next year."

I didn't drop him off until the ship. Breaking up here, it all connects. Let's hang in there with each other for that time. Beyond the sea, an invisible promise.