Chapter 323. After all, ‘bath’ means jjimjilbang (3) There is no particular reason why she and Pena were open to a certain extent.
Regardless, he is a member of the Ernesian royal family.
Even if she is studying abroad, she cannot be sent to a place where no one knows her properly.
Isn’t Arel directly intervening?
For one thing, the reason was that there was no person in the imperial family other than Pena who could talk openly with Meryl.
The biggest reason is that Meryl’s disposition is so free-spirited that it’s difficult for people of low status to control her as she acts as she pleases.
It was because such Meryl also managed to listen to Pena when she heard that Pena was about to marry Arel.
“By the way… Hey Meryl-sama? why?”
“Why did you forget that the princess called me? Didn’t you say let’s have a tea time at this time’?”
“ah??????
Oh I remembered
First of all, it was Pena herself who said that we should have tea time sometimes for regular exchange.
The letter that just arrived made me lose my mind for a while.
‘Uhh… Me too.’ I almost couldn’t see it at all.
Fortunately, the disrespectful thoughts had stopped in my head.
This is all because of what the hot spring water is.
Now let’s save face again.
“oh! I’m sorry, Meryl. Stop because I am distracted elsewhere.”
“Are you losing your mind?”
“it’s nothing.”
As if nothing had happened, Pena drank the tea brought by the ladies-in-waiting and became elegant again…
“So what did you think when you saw the invitation? Would you like to take a bath with Arell? Oh, how bold are you?”
“Call hok! Ugh…
the hot tea got stuck in my throat and I almost spewed it out.
It was an unexpected direct hit.
Meryl just looked at her trembling and weeping slightly with a strange smirk.
The atmosphere between Meryl and Pena has been like this lately.
At first, Meryl also had her own formality, and even now, her outward attitude shows respect as befits a member of a royal family from another country.
But her true nature was already subtly revealed.
“Oh my goodness? Are you young? It’s a good time to be shy.”
Even now, Meryl is looking at Fena, who is still coughing, as if she is pleased with something.
It’s the attitude of being sure of something.
It was a conversation that clearly showed what the relationship between the two would normally be.
If there is no shedding, there is no shedding.
It is a one-sided relationship in which one side gets involved.
“… what do you mean all of a sudden!
What do you think I was thinking!”
“What are you talking about, go to sleep. Did you just look at that invitation? I was just thinking?”
Meryl giggled and pointed to the invitation on the table.
Apparently, he already knew what that invitation was.
“No no. What Pena-sama thinks is perfectly normal.”
“A man and a woman who talk about marriage. It’s the same bath! Of course, I can’t help but imagine that.
Not so. Would I feel the same way?”
“no! Wait? I really didn’t think much of it?!”
What is it that can’t be helped?
“…But is it really? Anyway, both men and women. Such a thing…
“Isn’t that common in Ernesia Kingdom?”
“. Is it like that?”
And Pena, who obediently believes Meryl’s words, is a truly helpless young lady.
Originally, it was quite disrespectful to talk like this to the princess.
opponent is opponent
Because they are girls on an equal footing, there are certain things they can share.
Also, conversations between noble ladies are sometimes more radical in their subject matter.
It’s not that Pena isn’t interested either.
Naturally, Pena couldn’t help but listen to what she had to say.
“Then, really, that’s why Arel….
When Meryl says it like this, for some reason, my useless imagination swells even more.
Are there really intentions?
Oh my gosh…
Meryl smirked as if watching her reaction for a moment in front of the astonished Pena.
Sensing her gaze, Fena regained her seriousness and tried to change the subject.
“By the way, Meryl-sama? Knowing about this invitation…
“Right. Actually, it came to me too.”
I knew it.
Pena sighed.
“Actually, I think I called quite a few people, not just me.”
“Are there many people?”
Of course, I am guessing on that.
But I still haven’t heard who is calling.
“Basically, they will be members of the royal family, high-ranking nobles and aides that Arel usually knows. Well, you can look forward to that.”
“Waiting… aha, that’s it.”
Now Pena understood what Meryl meant.
And after thinking about why he had put himself in this place, he suddenly came to that conclusion.
Merrill explained in the letter that this invitation would bring only a small percentage of acquaintances.
Even if she thought about it roughly, she thought that the people she could bring up were Arel’s mother, the previous king, and some members of the royal family.
And putting yourself in there.
It’s like admitting that Pena is also a person to be there.
“I guess the purpose is to introduce myself before an official event.”
“what? Wouldn’t it be? After all, when that time comes, there will be no time or space to talk. It’s not bad to have a conversation beforehand.”
After teasing Pena, Meryl sipped her cup of tea, feeling relieved, and agreed with her guess.
“So if you actually go, Pena-sama might not have time to feel at ease.”
“…You talk like it’s someone else’s business.”
“Huhuhu, it’s someone else’s business for me.
ah? Look forward to it.”
Saying that doesn’t sound like acting.
It’s pretty nasty.
“Huhuhuhu I’m just looking forward to it in a pure sense. It’s because I’ve been dealing with a lot of paintballs, so it’s kind of tiring. I heard that it works well?”
“Ah, but there may be things Pena-sama expects. As you can see, the facility is as big as a city. Wouldn’t there be plenty of places for just two people, a man and a woman, to avoid everyone’s eyes?”
What are you trying to do by avoiding everyone’s eyes?
Who expected what before?
Rather than that, the topic turned to the wrong side again.
“Oops.”
“Whoa whoop whoop, are you curious? Wouldn’t you like to know the traditional flirtation of the royal family of Ernesia?”
“It’s never… that kind of thing.”
Stop saying nasty things, princess who ate this shit.
Before that, what the heck is the traditional flirtation of the royal family?
Fena sighed and let Merrill talk halfway through.
At first, I pretended to let go.
Originally, this kind of bait is not biting.
“It’s a huge bath, so huhuhufufu. If you think about it, I and my older brothers did this and that before marriage, each of them had affairs with people they were dating, right?”
“….yes? What are you doing?”
“It’s something I had with him in the past. Huhuhuhuhu. Usually in a place like a bath with lovers. Oh, is it a little too much to talk about this with Pena-sama?”
Meryl pretended to cover her mouth on purpose and cut off her words.
weak
really weak
Pena turns her gaze away and pretends not to listen.
soon after sighing.
“…There’s a lot I really want to argue about on that point… but I’ll listen to you for now. there’s nothing we can do. Yes, I really can’t help it.”
Pretending not to be interested in what Merrill is saying is the last remaining pride of Pena.
“I will listen to you for now.”
“Whoop whoop whoop.”
Looking at Pena like that, Meryl smiled as if she was really happy.
Each of the invitations sent by Arell arrived without exception to the people he knew on a regular basis.
And, of course, the invitation flew to them as well.
“Is this a resort using hot springs?”
Meika, who was watching over Kania from escaping from the Knight Commander’s office… no, helping Chi to carry out her duties properly today, asked curiously about the contents of Arell’s letter that arrived in front of Kania a moment ago.
“Why is there something that Arell was making in the city of Fahilia?”
“…Oh come to think of it, I’ve heard rumors that the city will be further expanded. It did something… was it to create a resort?”
It’s a resort… Meika suddenly thought.
That’s a nice word.
Come to think of it, when was the last time you went on vacation?
Even if it wasn’t so, the knights hadn’t taken a proper vacation recently because of the minor handling since the last war with the Holy Kingdom and one unfinished issue.
Kanaya is always full of energy, and basically, when there is nothing to do, she spends time with a sword.
Members, including Meika, were desperate for a vacation.
An invitation to a resort…
“But to create a city-level resort… Fahilia is originally a snowy place. Are you okay?”
“Perhaps Arel is a hot spring from there?
They must have used the warm water provided by the authorities.”
Kania recalled an old memory.
Surely Arel had said that when she was a so-called unemployed living on his estate.
“Is it warm water?”
“It seems to be good for relieving fatigue or something like that. I’m not sure.”
“Fatigue..
Upon hearing that, Meika asked Kania with a bit of anticipation, just in case.
“Are you going only for the captain?”
“no. Hmm… I guess you can take the other members too. They say it’s a resort the size of a city, so there are plenty of seats.”
When she heard that she would invite people she knew and hold a small commemorative party, Meika’s eyes came back to life.
Even if you don’t, this idiot… no, forcing the manager to sit down and get a job is a situation where it’s out of power.
In the meantime, this is an opportunity.
I don’t know if it’s a hot spring or not, but if none other than Arel made it into a resort, it would definitely be a good thing.
“song!”
“huh?”
“It’s a rare invitation. Wouldn’t not going be forsaking the long-awaited favor?”
There is only one reason why Meika actively brings out such an opinion.
It was because Kania was contemplating whether or not to go after receiving this invitation.
Originally, he would have accepted Arell’s invitation, but now Kania has been busy obsessing over some unresolved problem since two years ago.
Even if it wasn’t, I felt like I was going to refuse this time.
“But work…
” “What about work!”
“uh?”
At Meika’s paradox, Kania widened her eyes.
‘Did he eat something wrong today?’ He seems to be thinking.
no, that’s pretty good
First of all, I just had to make Kania feel like accepting the invitation.
That’s why Meika insisted and insisted again.
“Let’s go! Arel-nim usually gave me advice on this and that. Then of course we should go!”
“But the papers…
” “I’ll get that done somehow! no! Just procrastinate! What would anyone say to Kania-nim!”
“I heard you don’t normally do that?!”
“This is an emergency.”
Vacation is a big deal.
If I miss this opportunity, I don’t know when I will rest again.
The daily life of the knights of Ernesia Kingdom is harsh.
So once you see the opportunity, you can’t miss the vacation date no matter what.
“Anyway, let’s go! Let’s all go together!”
Yes.
Kania nodded, pushed by the strange momentum.
