“In Jade’s case, he was heavily docked points because he has no loyalty to Salisbury.”

“… …”

As expected. That Jade guy, it wouldn’t have been hard for him to pretend loyalty, but he couldn’t fool the Knight Commander.

“And Jade is stubborn about his own swordsmanship. So, he doesn’t listen to others’ advice. The Knight Commander seems to dislike that aspect of Jade.”

“Aha …”

So why was Rodri last in line? I stared hard, searching for an answer, and Grayan, looking at me with a smile that seemed to say ‘cute’, gestured towards the training grounds.

I briefly suffered a cognitive dissonance at him looking at me and smiling ‘as if it were cute,’ but I finally managed to shift my gaze to the training grounds.

Rodri and the Knight Commander’s duel was just about to begin.

‘Oh, finally…!’

Not just me, but the rabbit on my lap was also tensing, tightly clutching its front paws. I grabbed the rabbit’s ears with both hands. How much has Rodri’s skill improved?

‘Last time I saw, it felt a little unstable.’

As soon as the duel began, the audience fell silent as a dead mouse. Both Rodri and the Knight Commander were cautiously sizing each other up, rather than hastily closing the distance.

Watching the spectacle, I was on edge to the point of sweating from my hands.

‘It’s okay, Rodri! Just don’t make a mistake!’

A slightly clumsy movement will surely be understood by the Knight Commander. After all, Rodri is a beginner in swordsmanship.

So all he has to do is show that he’s doing his best. No one would reprimand someone for working hard.

The three trainee knights who tormented Rodri? Even those guys will see Rodri today and…

‘Gasp…!’

My thoughts were abruptly interrupted. Rodri and the Knight Commander moved almost simultaneously. They clashed swords two or three times, then retreated. Even though it wasn’t a real sword fight, both were very serious.

Especially the Knight Commander… even though Rodri was just a 15yearold boy, he treated him as if he were facing a formal knight.

As if recognizing Rodri as a proper knight.

I widened my eyes and swallowed my dry saliva. My heart was pounding violently.

‘Something, somehow…’

This was different from the many duels held today. The more I watched, the more my heart swelled. Because of Rodri’s duel? No, rather, this duel itself was amazing.

It was a duel that made me focus only on their movements, unable to take my eyes off them for a moment.

‘Ah…!’

Rodri, who clashed violently with the Knight Commander, staggered slightly. But the next moment, Rodri jabbed at the Knight Commander’s weakness. A sigh erupted from the onlookers.

‘…Truly amazing.’

To be able to duel with the Knight Commander to this extent! It hasn’t even been a month since he learned swordsmanship…!

‘Way to go, Rodri! Truly my soninlaw candidate!’
The pride of having seen a person properly brought a naturally triumphant smile to my face. Hehehe, praise me, myself!

“Wow…….”

“That guy, is he one of ours?”

“Indeed.”

The knights sitting near us were also purely admiring Lodri. As befitting a group of skilled knights, everyone was clearly acknowledging Lodri’s skills as he showed them.

‘And the trio of manners is…….’

With mouths agape, they were staring at Lodri with an astonished look.

I barely swallowed the laughter that threatened to burst out. Those guys, the humiliation must be unbearable!

‘Indeed, who told you to judge a person so rashly? Stupid guys.’

The wager was my victory. I watched the remaining duel with a lighter heart, chuckling.

The duel between Lodri and the captain of the knights ended, as expected, in the captain’s victory. Lodri’s skills were far from enough to beat the captain standing at the pinnacle of these knights.

It was only natural. Lodri was like a newly hatched chick. Yet, he had fought quite impressively with the captain, demonstrating outstanding achievements.

“Quite remarkable, the boy that the lady brought.”

“Hehehe, isn’t it?”

Responding with open joy to Grayan’s words, he nodded his head in reply.

“Even for a chosen warrior, growing so much in such a short time is difficult. He must have exceptional talent in martial arts.”

“Huh, don’t underestimate the guy I’ve groomed. Lodri will be appointed as the escort knight for our April, only for April―.”

“Kkeiang!”

Then, the rabbit protested with a cry.

Startled, I clenched my mouth shut and turned my gaze to the rabbit. For some reason, the angryfaced rabbit glared at me with displeasure.

Why…… why is this happening? I quietly asked the rabbit, taking note of its mood.

“April……? What did I do wrong……?”

“Kkeiaang!”

……I didn’t quite understand, but it seemed I had offended the rabbit’s feelings. However, I couldn’t comprehend what it was saying, so it was frustrating.

I glanced at Grayan for a translation, but he was only observing the rabbit’s mood, not translating immediately.

“Kkeawoong.”

“Hmm, it’s saying not to translate.”

“…….”

There really was no tyrant like this rabbit.

April, when human, was cautious and timid…… but as a rabbit, her character changes so much!

Is this typical for all beastpeople? Or is it just April who has such a big difference between character and temperament?

I imitated April’s ‘crumpled triangular eyes’ and said,

“April is a tyrant rabbit.”

“……!”

“Tyrant Rabbitsama, what have I done wrong? I really have no idea.”

“Kyauwoot……!”

The extremely enraged rabbit swung its front and back paws at me, resorting to violence. The attack still had zero impact. It was merely ticklish. The soft rabbit feet.

Finally, I obediently took the rabbit’s spinning back kick, calmly nodded my head, and clapped.

“It was a splendid attack, Your Highness the Rabbit.”

“Kyahong!”

An even angrier rabbit licked its whiskers and made a threatening noise. The rabbit’s contemptible attack was about to fly at me again.

“Excuse me…….”

At some point, Lodri, who had approached us, stammered to me.

The boy’s red eyes were fixed solely on me.