An Afternoon with the Princess and Her Knight
◇ Furiae’s Perspective ◇
We were going to be leaving for Roses tonight, so this was our last day in Cameron. I was spacing out in the lobby when my knight walked up—he’d finished checking us out of our lodging.
“Eh? What’s wrong, Noah?” he muttered into the air. ”Ahhh...right, right, fine.”
He was (probably) speaking to that goddess he followed. My knight was a believer in the Wicked Deity Noah; apparently, he could not only hear her voice, but see her as well. I found that last part hard to believe.
Just then, the red-headed mage and the fluttery-clothed warrior walked up.
“Makoto, let’s go shopping for gear!”
“Let’s go to a café!”
“Oof!”
The two of them caught him in a tackle hug. Since he was pretty weak, it ended up pushing him to the floor...
There are so many people in the lobby—what are you two playing at?
“Me first,” the mage protested. “After all, I did ask first.”
“Only by a second!” argued the warrior. “We should settle it with rock-paper-scissors!”
“No way! You just change what you use once you see what I pick!”
“W-Well...who knows.”
“I knew it! You were cheating!”
“Come on, both of you...” My knight tried to mediate as the two of them started arguing on top of him. From the outside, it looked like a real catfight. The staff eventually warned them about the ruckus, and the three of them got to their feet and bowed.
Those three...
I walked over to them.
“What are you doing?” I asked.
“Oh, Princess,” my knight greeted before turning back to the other two. He was adjusting his schedule—or, more like negotiating it—to try and grant both of their demands. He tried splitting the day into morning and afternoon, but both of them wanted the afternoon, and so they started arguing again. Eventually, they decided to just go around together.
Uh, and what about me? You’re supposed to be my guardian knight.
“Say...my knight, it seems like you’re neglecting me somewhat...” I pointed out.
“What?! N-No, I’m not, really...”
“Really?”
“Okay, then... You come with us too.”
“I suppose...”
And that was how the four of us ended up walking around town together. There were so many places to go—shops lined with cute clothes, places to eat, and so on. The mage and warrior browsed them all, but I didn’t have the stamina. I looked at my knight and saw that he was just practicing his water magic.
“Are you sure you should leave the two of them?” I asked.
“Hmm, they’re having fun, right? It’ll be fine.”
“If you say so.”
He was surprisingly practical about this kind of thing. After a while, the mage and the warrior came back out of the shops.
“What do you think?” the mage asked, modeling a new dress.
“It shows too much,” I replied.
“Aww!”
“Takatsuki!” exclaimed the warrior. “I bought crepes. Here you go!” She held one out to him.
“W-Well, we already ate...”
“Just take it already!” She grabbed him and stuffed the crepe into his mouth.
“Mgh!”
As he chewed it down, the water butterflies he’d conjured fluttered all around us. Some children on the street thought they were some kind of performance and started clapping.
My knight...really takes things at his own pace. As I gazed at those three, I came to understand that they were just selfish.
I let out a sigh, sank down onto a nearby bench, and watched the people passing by on the street. I’d been doing this sort of thing a lot lately.
I never could back in Laphroaig.
“Here, Princess.”
I startled, jumping slightly. “What?”
My knight had sat down next to me. He held out a cup to me, filled with some kind of beverage. As I looked closer, I saw that it was chilled fruit juice with pulp.
I took a sip. Tasty...
I glanced back at him, but it seemed like he’d already lost interest and had gone back to his practice.
So peaceful...
Life was just so calm...and almost boring at times. I never would’ve been able to imagine it just a few months ago.
I wanted things to continue like this forever.
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