“I am truly sorry.”

A teacup was extended towards me, who was seated at the small table, swinging my legs.

The knight seemed accustomed to such situations, heaved a long sigh, quickly rectified the situation, and brought me to his residence.

“It’ll be fine.”

The children who teased me couldn’t avoid severe punishment for long. After all, their divine power wasn’t high either. If I made it an issue, they might not be able to become clerics. The watchshaped magical artifact that my grandmother had embedded in my wrist would serve as evidence.

The influence of the Mirmod family might not extend greatly into the temple, but nevertheless, we were nobility. They wouldn’t act foolishly, provoking a duke’s family to protect a few novice clerics.

“We won’t dwell on big mistakes.”

However, I responded in a calm voice.

I was indeed being kind, but in reality, I knew how those kids were going to be punished.

‘Even if I don’t make it an issue, those kids are already done for.’

Even a speck of flaw is a problem for the novice clerics. It’s going to be very, very difficult for them to become clerics in the future.

I chuckled mischievously and looked at the knight in front of me.

It was quite a generous statement, but there was an ulterior motive in it.

‘If I speak kindly like this, this knight brother will see me as kind!’

Perceiving me as a kind child, he sighed and thanked me.

“Thank you very much. But, why on earth is the young noble from the Mirmod family here…”

He must’ve only now pondered on it.

He looked at me cautiously.

‘I can’t just say, I came to see you.’

I smoothly opened my mouth.

The way Melodia in the novel had won his favor, exactly the same.

I closed my eyes for a moment and recalled the dialogues from the original work.

“Did you come after seeing the flyer?”

“Excuse me?”

“There’s a person in this temple who’s looking for his family. A person named Ted. So, I came to help.”

“That, you came after seeing the flyer?”

“Yes!”

He hastened to speak.

“I was the one who posted that flyer.”

Ted’s eyes trembled.

Of course, I’ve never seen the flyer he claimed to have made.

I was merely digging into my memories.

I quietly opened my mouth.

“I saw a blond boy with almondshaped blue eyes, identical to the montage in the flyer.”

“Where, where did you…”

“In Pelrod Street.”

The stern knight seemed tense, gripping his teacup more tightly.

The cup seemed as if it would break.

Ted, the knight of Melodia.

Even after devoting all his abilities to God, he persistently searched for his lost little brother.

And in the original work, Melodia helped him find his precious lost brother.

As a thankyou for informing him about his brother’s whereabouts, Ted handed her a hairpin he had treasured and vowed to become her knight once he found his brother.

I was here to take on her role this time.

“If that’s true, I will surely give you a reward, although it might be small…”

“Really?”

“Yes, whatever you desire.”

“Then…… um…….”

After a bit of hesitation, I decided to go straight to the point.

“Would you become my knight?”

“Excuse me?”

He hesitated for a while, then gently shook his head.

“That’s a difficult reward. Besides……. the Mirmod family must have much better knights. I am not particularly exceptional among the knights. And I have someone I need to protect.”

‘Damn, crazy!’

I wanted to swear like an unchildlike child.

‘Someone to protect has already appeared?’

To calm down, I took several deep breaths.

His words might have been just a smoke screen. Because, in the original work, he didn’t have someone to protect yet.

Because I am from the Mirmod family, from a knight’s perspective, he would be even more reluctant to follow me.

To alleviate his doubts, I smiled innocently and provided a good excuse.

My plump cheeks were gently ripening in the sunlight coming through the window gap.

“But I was so impressed by the cool knight who saved me just now.”

“What do you mean…….”

“I have always been in the countryside, always, always just the two of us.”

“…….”
“So Mirmode is scary. If there’s a knight to protect me… that would be great.”

It seemed Ted was aware of the rumors spread about my father and me. His gaze clouded for a moment.

Perhaps seeing the relationship between my younger brother and himself overlapping with the relationship between me and my father, I emphasized my words.

“So, I need a lot of family to protect me, Cien!”

A sparkling in his eyes.

Placing my soft hands on both cheeks and looking at him, he seemed to laugh as if he lost his energy.

“Ah…”

He might be thinking of a naive noble child.

But his expression was already full of debt.

Although it might not be enough to break the vow of a rigid knight living for God.

So, I decided to add more debt to his heart.

“Brother, let’s find together.”

“…Yes?”

“I’ll help.”

I waved my hand at him with a bright smile.

My words offering help were sincere.

“…Even so, I cannot immediately serve as your escort…”