Running Away From The Hero!

The asts have been acting strange lately.

“Your Highness, this beautiful flowerpot suits you. ”

As I walked past the flowerpot, I was even more embarrassed when I said that with an exaggerated gesture.

“Ast……. Did you move something weird to that Elf in the flower garden? ”

“Sir Ast, why don't you go in early today? ”

“I'll give you the day off tomorrow, so get some medical attention. ”

Leah was also expressing concern that it wasn't just my idea.

“What's the matter with you? ”

Ast only gives us a shivering look at our worries.

Imperial senators once told me. His body mistakenly thinks he knows best, but sometimes he doesn't.

Especially when it comes to mental illness.

“Even though the Asts were not normal, they were more normal than the Flower Garden Elves. It's getting a lot worse. ”

“ ……. ”

“So get some rest today. ”

Gaze at Ast with gracious eyes.

“Your Majesty……. You've grown……. ”

Leah was compassionate enough to admit it.

“Your Majesty……. ”

And looking at me like that, Ast,

“Are you out of your mind?"

I felt free to speak blasphemy about the Emperor.

“Are you looking for a death row? Are you trying to get yourself killed because you've been depressed lately? Is that right, Ast? ”

“No, I heard it's time to die or crazy if you don't do what you normally do, but I don't think you're going to die.... ”

I will act as usual at the time of my death.

It is certain that when death came to pass recently, it was as usual.

“So you're crazy? ”

“That's right.”

This pose is a perfect impersonation of the Royal Highness.

Even an empire and hostile country or organization wouldn't insult a royal like that.

“You're in a lot of pain. ”

Seeing a series of words that can't be said in a sane way, the condition seems very serious.

“Your Grace, didn't Sir Ast usually feel that way? ”

“Oh, really? ”

Leah had a point. Ast wasn't always in his right mind.

“I understand how you and Lord Leah used to look at me. Then I will take your blessings... ”

“Oh, but I have to go to a meeting. It's important.”

You bend your head slightly and grab onto Ast's clothing collar, about to retreat.

“Wouldn't it be better to attend a war council soon? ”

“Can I not attend and not attend the war? ”

“No. ”

As soon as I heard the word war, my face was quite pleasant to rot.

“I have suffered trauma from losing my home to war since I was a child……. ”

“Did someone with trauma go to the Kingdom of Peleros and behave like that? ”

“It was the best I could do. ”

“The war I'm going to wage is in the best line of defense. You must take responsibility, right?”

“Umm... umm... ”

Ast tries to take something white out of her mind, avoiding her gaze for a moment.

“No letter of resignation? ”

“Yes.”

The sighed astronaut puts the resignation letter back into his arms.

“Do you want to go?”

“Yes."

A smile pops out of Ast's back as he walks along his limp footsteps.

“Your Grace?"

“Oh, no. ”

He looked at me with a strange look.

“Anyway, my surroundings.... ”

Leah often acted inappropriately towards the royal family, even though she did not say anything.

Typically that look.

Any other royal would be able to catch a scythe and lay blame just by looking at themselves with that face.

In my opinion, Leah is more of a problem than Ast.

Ast often tries to provoke me.

Since I've acted that way since I knew I wouldn't touch myself, I'll do something else in front of the other royal families.

Compared to that, Leah shows off her personality.

I will do the same in front of the other royal families, and that could have very bad consequences.

“Leah.”

“Yes, Your Majesty. ”

It didn't matter because it has been limited to the imperial court so far, but it is because I have to protect myself in the imperial court in the future.

“Let's have some etiquette training in the future. ”

“Yes?”

The reason I have to protect myself is because I'm free.

It was possible to join the war because I was allowed to be free.

Of course, the king refused, but I had no choice but to let him deal with the promised treaty.

A promise made to the dragon.

A promise that dragons will grant wishes to those with fragments of evil as long as the balance of the world does not collapse.

The power of that promise was with me, and I was able to create a disaster that no empire could stop.

Even if you are the Emperor's father, you can't stop him if you push him out with this!

In other words, I will be able to do whatever I want from now on.

Leah will meet a variety of people, as there will be more places to go in the future.

Then Leah, who will accompany me, will need to learn more about imperial manners.

“That's an order.”

I smiled at Leah, who was frozen by the words, "Etiquette education."

“Yes……. ”

Leah also followed the sagging footsteps Ast showed me a moment ago.

You really don't want to study.

Laughter pops out again in Leah's lazy back.

“You don't like it? ”

“Yes……. I was so scolded by the teacher who teaches education and manners in the family, and did it again.... ”

“You've learned. ”

“Your Majesty, I am also the ceremony of the noble family of the Araes. Basically, I learned it all and became your escort. ”

“Huh? I thought my sword skills were my escort. ”

“Your Majesty……. ”

“Sorry, I'm kidding. About 20 percent. ”

“Isn't the ratio strange?! ”

“Oh, Ast's already there? We must follow them quickly.”

You move quickly to the location of the Ast, avoiding Leah, who appears to be slightly angry.

“Ahh... Your Grace, isn't it normal for Ser Ast to travel in accordance with your movements, not to follow Ser Ast? ”

Leah's words followed me, keeping my limp.

“By the way, you haven't been in the state of Ast lately, have you? ”

“That's true. ”

“That's why we should leave it alone. ”

“You know why Lord Ast does what he does. ”

“I know. It's that strange bottle of flowers from the elf, isn't it? ”

Leah lets out a small sigh, I say.

“Do you really think so? ”

Quite serious face.

“Of course not.”

Then I'll have to take my answer seriously, too.

“You know why Lord Ast behaves like that. ”

“Don't you want to go to war? ”

“That's right. Do you really have to go to war? ”

“Is Leah the opposite? ”

“That's right.”

I was a little surprised.

“You said you would always use your sword for me. ”

“Yes. I will raise my sword at any time, if you wish. ”

“But you don't want a war? ”

“Yes, you are not fit for war. ”

War doesn't suit me... I didn't understand it well.

“Why? I think I'm fine. ”

“That's the problem. I think you can understand war if you tell me. ”

“Well, isn't that fine? ”

“Yes, that's why it's a problem. You're still young. As Sir Ast said, that flowerpots are better suited to war than war. ”

Leah points to the flower beds next to her and says so.

“Really?"

I also turned my head slightly to look at the flower bed Leah pointed at.

It was a flower arrangement that matched the season.

But…….

“Leah, you know what? ”

Looking at the flowerpot, there was one memory that came to mind.

“What are you talking about? ”

“... That flowerpot, that's where the Elves slept. ”

“Eh……. ”

At that moment, the atmosphere that was serious was completely destroyed.

“Do I fit in there? ”

“Your Majesty, that's not what I meant! ”

As a joke, Leah jumps up and down in horror.

The image left by the Elves in the Flower Garden was powerful.

“I know. ”

“You know that. ”

“It's all Leah's fault. That's because it's not as serious as Leah. ”

“I can be serious sometimes, Your Grace. ”

I admit that sometimes. That was really Leah's answer.

“Yes, sometimes. Very occasionally.”

“You don't have to emphasize that sometimes. ”

I start walking slowly, looking at Leah with a slight frown.

“We haven't come to the right conclusion yet, but I think what I've survived has something to do with Ast. ”

“You said yes. ”

I've already looked at Ast's back for several decades.

Leading the way, leaving the owner to fend for.

Who do you think is my deacon when you see him?

“I honestly don't know. Why I'm alive and what Ast did. ”

“Do you know Sir Ast? ”

“No, I don't know what I've done. ”

He didn't even know the Emperor's father. As soon as I came to see him, I saw him embarrassed.

“Maybe even dragons don't know. ”

I heard that the dragons, represented by the symbol of Narcissus, urgently called a meeting in search of the sudden disappearance of the fragments of evil.

“Really?"

“Yes.”

I heard that the dragon is coming with the decision made at the meeting, so I didn't have any more clear information.

It wasn't because I wasn't ready for war, because I was waiting for the dragon to come back with me and Ast.

“I honestly don't know. What Ast did, why I survived. ”

And since there was one thing I didn't know,

“And how I'm going to live. ”

“Your Grace?"

“It was the day of my death, and I came back from the dead. It's a strange feeling you can't express. ”

“I see.”

Is it because it wasn't the right story for someone to hear? At that moment, Leah looks embarrassed, but soon, she opens her eyes and nods.

It was because I realized I was using magic to block sound.

“So I want to go to war. ”

“Too many omissions in the middle! ”

“You have to understand when it comes to this. ”

Leah's words lack consideration made me sigh a little.

“No, it's not caring, it's just not thinking. ”

“You speak small, but you tell me to listen, don't you, Your Majesty? ”

“Yes.”

“Isn't that too easy for you to admit? ”

“Because it's real.”

“Your Majesty!"

Leah's face flashes red and she bursts out laughing again.

“Smile louder, Your Majesty. The more damage it does to crouch and smile. ”

“Oh, really? ”

“But don't really smile! ”

At that moment, you shout out a loud voice and speak to Leah who is in a deep breath.

“I wanted to feel alive. ”

“… If you change the atmosphere too suddenly, I can't keep up. ”

“I learned it all from Ast. As expected, my deacons have a lot to learn. ”

“Sir Ast's resignation will be mine! Sir Ast is no help to your education! ”

“Leah, I'm serious about my life. Will you listen to me seriously? ”

“As your loyalty, I will accept Lord Ast's resignation. ”

It was a conversation with something, but strangely enough, it was working.

“So it's a war? ”

“Yeah, that's why. You said you felt thankful for your unusual peace and life in a war where life and death intersect. ”

“If the soldiers on the battlefield hear you, they will resent you. ”

“I know.”

“Even more so are your soldiers who need to go to war. ”

“I know that. But don't you want more wars and reinforcements to fight anyway? ”

Leah is trying to tell me something more, but she has already arrived at the front door of the conference room, so she doesn't say anything more.

“So, Leah, do you want to bet? ”

“You mean the bet? ”

“Yes. It would be first to realize that I am alive in war.... ”

I glanced slightly at the front door of the conference room.

I can see the astronaut sighing and waiting for us.

“Perhaps Leah should take Ast's resignation first. ”

I didn't know at this time.

I didn't realize I was alive because I didn't take such a big victory and put myself in danger of death, and I didn't expect Ast to run away and make this bet as a draw before Leah even got the letter of resignation from Ast.

I didn't even think about this moment at all.