Otome Game no Heroine de Saikyou Survival-Chapter 202.2

A free position. To put it another way, Elena was a friend of the princess’s – she let it be known that I was under her protection and protected me from the state’s attempts to bring me into their ranks and from any unnecessary problems from the Queen or other noble families.

In a way, if I entered Elena’s friend circle, I could also serve as a shield to repel any noble daughters who might try to take up Elena’s cause.

But that was not the point, Elena asked her father for permission to make me her friend, and her cheeks turned a little red when she noticed my gaze.

“…Very well. Then, Aria, please be Elena’s [friend] and stay with her at the academy. I’ll tell the Prime Minister about the other reward later.”

“Yes… thank you.”

I bow my head and thank His Majesty for his words. But… seeing those momentarily visible eyes narrowed as if they were assessing me, I felt that although the King of a country was not well regarded by the nobles, he after all was not a one-trick pony.

It was a sudden audience, but he must have been wary of us since we gave him the black dragon’s materials and other things.

It was yesterday afternoon when we arrived in Cleydale.

***

Elena and I returned to the Kingdom of Cleydale for the first time in about four months.

I had never paid attention to it before, but the smell of the wind and the sun’s rays made me realize how different it was from the dry desert.

But we couldn’t stay like that. Our work did not end here; we had to get Elena back to the Royal Castle immediately.

“Aria, the Lord Viscount who is escorting us is here to greet us, so I will go and greet them. The Lord Viscount is a royalist who manages the land directly under the royal family, but be careful who might be mixed in with him.”

“Understood, Sera.”

Sera warned me, her daughter at a point, and left the place. As expected, it was difficult to believe that the Lord which were directly under his jurisdiction were involved with the aristocratic faction, but it would be better not to let one’s guard down.

The Viscount had sent out a guard, but His Majesty had sent out a Royal Guard to escort us to the Royal Capital. Since Elena’s entourage and the Royal Guard who had been guarding her at the school were there, they must have been looking forward to Elena’s return.

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I was sorry to the Viscount who had sent out his troops, but I did not think their speed would be able to match the speed of the military carriage sent by the castle. Still, they had a job to do.

The priority would be to send Elena back to the castle, but even with four military carriages, there was a limit to what they could carry. Therefore, we decided to give priority to personal belongings and gifts for His Majesty, and ask the Viscount to carry the other items.

Among them were gifts from the Khalfaan Empire, such as cloths, liquors, and many spices, so several members of the Royal Guard were to accompany them.

The Royal Capital was surrounded by a vast forest, but bandits did not appear because soldiers patrolled the area, and only low-ranked monsters appeared.