Chapter 236 (2/2)

“We won’t, alright!?”

“Is that so? I thought it would serve as a good practice for our knights~”

A training against intruders? Rather, stop creating a premise for us to sneak into the castle!!

“We have no such skills, so it would end with us being discovered at the castle’s gate! It would serve as no practice!”

“Is that really so? I feel that you guys would be able to sneak deep to the royalty’s private rooms quite easily, though~”

“Nono! I’m telling you that wouldn’t be possible! Rather, why are you saying that all of sudden!?”

“See, it’s that . The first time you came to the castle, you discovered people sneaking in the audience hall, right? Although the audience hall isn’t that deep into the castle, it would be problematic if it’s so easy to sneak inside . ”

… Oh, which reminds me that something like that had happened .

Uhh, there was one intruder behind His Majesty and two intruders hiding in the ceiling if I recall correctly .

“Something like that happened, didn’t it~ What happened to the three you captured?”

“You didn’t hear? Rather than spies, they were operatives working under Granduncle . ”

“… Under Lionel-sama?”

“He was curious about you . He gave them orders half in jest and they were able to easily infiltrate the hall . ”

“……”

Lionel-sama, what the hell are you doing!!

“Granduncle seemed to be even more interested in you when you discovered his operatives . Aren’t you glad, Takumi~”

… That’s a bit complicated . I’m not happy at all~

“Fufu, your reaction is different from usual, Takumi . There are still many people who want to get to Granduncle’s good side, you know?”

Perhaps it showed on my face as Austin-sama giggled amusingly .

Well, there must be quite a lot of people trying to curry favor with the royal family . But, I believe there are also many people like me who try not to get involved as much as possible .

“I’m sure I would be led around the nose otherwise, after all~”

“Like Alfried? I can’t deny that, but I think you would be able to deflect him properly . ”

“You think so?”

There were times I was able to deflect him skillfully, but they were mostly frightening experiences .

“Well, I like things in moderation . ”

“My, oh my, that’s not good~ Well, that’s so like you, though . ”

Austin-sama giggled to himself again .

“And so, when are you going to sneak into our castle?”

“Nonono! I’m telling you that we won’t!”

“I ask you to do it to train our knights . ”

“Ask the people under Lionel-sama to do that . ”

“Is this a lost cause then?”

“Absolutely . ”

Austin-sama encouraged us to sneak in again .

I wonder why the topic returned to that!?

“Say, Allen, Elena . Sneaking into a castle sounds really fun, doesn’t it?”

“”Yea, sounds fun~””

“Allen, Elena, you mustn’t, okay!?——Austin-sama, stop trying to tempt the children, okay!?”

“To make you give up, one should attack from this side . ”

Austin-sama and I kept repeating “Do it” and “Won’t do it . ” for a while after that .