Chapter 16 – He Was the Only One Who Believed They Were Just Bandits Until the End (Touko’s POV)

One midnight, two siblings were sleeping in a mountain cave.

The young man, lying on his back in a relaxed state, did not move even a single twitch.

And a girl was sleeping with a happy face as she hugged the young man’s outstretched right hand.

She was a frighteningly pretty and beautiful girl.

And yet the girl’s b*****s, still in her mid-teens, were substandardly large.

The girl was rubbing her overdeveloped b*****s against the young man’s arm and mumbling in her sleep—

“…Nii-san, are you tired of sushi and tempura? I see. Well then, let me introduce you to a legendary dish from the East called female body sushi… Fufufu…”

Outside such a cave, two girls stood guard.

Needless to say, they were Yuzuriha and Touko.

“…Well. How does Touko see Suzuha-kun’s older brother? Wouldn’t you like him?”

At Yuzuriha’s too direct question, Touko exaggeratedly shrugged her shoulders.

“Isn’t it obvious I want him? Those bandits we told him to exterminate were actually high-ranking knights from various countries. Suzuha’s older brother beat up all the elite knights sent by the various countries to assassinate Yuzuriha by himself.

“And it’s funny that Suzuha-kun’s older brother didn’t notice it at all.”

“He was the only one who believed they were just bandits until the end…”

“When you are as strong as Suzuha-kun’s older brother, bandits and high-ranking knights are equally worthless. In front of a dragon, a mouse and a cat are no different.”

“That’s right. Well, if there are any nobles who don’t want to recruit Suzuha’s older brother, then shouldn’t their entire family be immediately destroyed?”

“But Suzuha-kun’s older brother is already under our Duke’s family. How does that make you feel? Frustrated, I bet.”

“Seriously… Never before have I lamented my own background as much as I have in this situation.”

“Well, the royal family cannot marry commoners.”

Touko is the eldest daughter of the current king, which means she is in direct royal lineage.

As a powerful sorceress with beauty and a figure that could rival an elf’s, Touko was ostracized by her two older brothers precisely because of her ability to attract men.

As a result, she was forced into an honorary but idle position as the director of the Strongest Royal Female Knight Academy.

At least her two brothers thought so.

“…Well, those idiotic brothers of mine might spout nonsense like ‘we don’t need commoners,’ but what do they know, right?”

“They can’t be that stupid.”

“No, no, no, that’s not true—After all, those big fools are stuck in their fixed ideas that the director of the Strongest Royal Female Knight Academy, which Yuzuriha currently leads as the student council president, still holds an insignificant position.”

“Well, I won’t deny that those two princes are a bit flighty…”

Touko once again analyzed the current situation.

Herself, Yuzuriha, Suzuha and Suzuha’s older brother.

The four of them, who are strong as cheats on their own, would be a tremendous military force if they were to join forces.

This means that the possibility of the birth of Queen Touko, which Touko had given up on, is now closer than ever.

“…Anyway, what is Yuzuriha going to do?”

“What do you mean?”

“Pretending to be clueless is useless. I’m asking you the reason why you introduced Suzuha’s older brother to me, regardless of Suzuha. What do you want?”

The non-aristocratic manner in which they spoke to each other because they had known each other since childhood.

When she was young and before she achieved military fame, Yuzuriha was seen unfavorably by the royal family members for being a peculiar daughter of a duke. She only played with Touko, who was also in a similar situation.

Friendship from those days continued to this day.

“It’s obvious. It’s because protecting the country is the purpose of a Duke family’s existence.”

“…The country?”

“If it’s someone as strong as Suzuha-kun and her brother, there will absolutely be an epic struggle. And the two of us don’t have the power to fight them.”

“Wait, doesn’t the Duke’s family stand fully behind the two of them?”

“Of course, but that’s the problem. If we have those two, plus me—”

“What happens then?”

“It could be seen as an overly aggressive force that could easily surpass the royal family.”

“…Isn’t that a bit of an exaggeration, though?”

Touko smiled wryly.

But Yuzuriha remained serious,

“Maybe it seems like that for now, but who knows what could happen in the future.”

“What do you mean for now…?”

“From now on, Suzuha-kun and I will be practicing deadly combat together, just the two of us. Of course, Suzuha-kun’s older brother will be there to provide us with accurate guidance and the best possible massage every time. We’ll be doing it for a year at the shortest, maybe even three years. Five years at the most.”

“It would be clear to anyone that with just the three of you, you could easily become a force that could destroy this country. I see… “

“But that’s not the future I want.”

Touko nodded.

Despite their dissatisfaction with the current situation and the princes, there is an underlying strong will to protect the country.

They naturally thought that this is what being an aristocrat means.

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