Tsuihou Sareta Bannou Mahou Kenshi wa, Koujou Denka no Shishou Tonaru

Clarice smiled at the sleeping filia, but then punched her hand.

I remember something.

"Yes, yes. You know what? Master Philia spent most of her money hiring Mr. Solon, didn't she?

"Huh? Really?

"Yes, 80% of the royal budget allocated to Dear Philia for a year. That's Solon's salary for the year."

I glanced.

Lucy introduced her to the work of a tutor in Philia, saying it was a good job for her.

Indeed, as a tutor, I felt that it was a higher salary, but I thought it wouldn't be strange to have as much reward as it was to serve the Crown Princess.

But if you think about it, the only servant dedicated to Philia has ever been the maid Clarice.

Filia is only one of the many royal princesses and is so cold-handed that only one servant is assigned.

Yet there is no way that emperors or governments would hire highly paid tutors for Philia.

It seems that Filia is spending for me, of her own free will, the unpaid money given to her by the imperial chamber.

"Exactly. That's bad. I'll ask Master Philia to lower my salary later."

"Oh, yeah, that's right, that's not what I said. Just wanted to say that Master Philia is trying to take care of Master Solon...... So if Solon cares that way, Philia will be saddened."

But hey.

"And with as much power as Master Solon, there must be plenty of jobs you can get more money for, and this is still as cheap as it gets, right? It's not just the tutor, it's the escort."

"No, well, that's true..."

"Anyway, you can't ask me to lower my salary because I said something about money, can you? Philia will be so mad at you."

Clarice whispered.

Trouble, but I can't help it for now. Let's figure out what to do later.

What bothers me more is why Philia wanted to hire me.

Originally, they hoped Philia would tutor a magic swordsman like "Solon, Deputy Commander of the Knights of St. Sophia".

However, Lucy, who was asked to mediate, could hardly find someone the Crown Princess liked.

That's where I, or Solon himself, happened to show up, so I introduced him to Phyllia.

I asked Clarice why Phyllia was so obsessed with magic swordsmen like me.

Clarice looked strange.

"Haven't you heard from Master Philia?

"If you're talking about the hero who was active in the famous Knights, Magic Swordsman Solon, I heard that."

"Are you not convinced for that reason?

"Right. It doesn't seem like it's just an admiration for celebrities. Besides, they should be good for Cleon, Sophia or Arte."

"What do you think? I was more supportive of Solon than the Virgin or Cleon."

"That's because I'm the same civilian, right?

"There's that, too, but it's Philia's influence that I became a fan of Solon."

"Heh."

I thought it was the exact opposite.

I thought Clarice, who felt like she loved fashion, had told Philia all sorts of rumours about the Knights of St. Sophia.

The legend of the Knights of St. Sophia is spreading a lot, and the world is told of such martial arts as freeing a ruin that no one could attack for two hundred years, or defeating the legendary Dark Dragon.

The Knights of St. Sophia are popular, thanks to stories like that, though they are exaggerated.

It's just weird that Philia sticks to me just because she overheard that kind of talk.

"I've never even met him in person. I wonder if he could trust me so much."

Clarice replied to my crush.

"So what if we've met in person?

"Huh?"

"Master Solon and Master Philia must have met once before."

Clarice grinned.

I thought about what that meant.

Have I ever met Philia?

When I was a student at the School of Magic, or after I made the Knights, what a chance I had to meet the Empress.

I don't think so, though.

Clarice seemed to know something.

When I opened my mouth to ask Clarice, Clarice put her index finger on my lips.

I blush unexpectedly for the soft feeling.

"Uh, Mr. Clarice?

"Please hear any more directly from Dear Philia. Come on, we need to get back to work!

With that said, Clarice disappeared from the room in an instant.