I don’t want to childishly argue with that snake fellow.

“Oh my, is that so?”

As I was slowly getting up from my chair, Lilith spoke with an implication of where are you going.

“The tour of the training grounds is still left.”

Damn. I felt a thunderbolt in my head, thinking I was liberated.

“I’m going mad.”

It was truly one hardship after another.

Contrary to my moody and gloomy feelings, the weather was bright.

Chang[dash]!

I looked at the clouds stretching wide and long like cotton candy in the sky, then turned my head at the noise of swords clashing. I was near the training grounds all of a sudden.

Chang, Chang[dash]!

Soon after, the view opened up as I passed the entrance to the training grounds.

Knights were sweating and burning with passion as they practiced or sparred with various weapons, and some were taking a break. I watched them intently as I moved forward.

Meanwhile, Lilith, who had been matching my pace, stopped at the top of the stairs leading to the training center.

“Your Majesty!”

Thinking that the noisy place would drown out her voice, she called Hecate loudly from afar, who was concentrating on training.

“!”

Hecate, who had been so absorbed in her practice that she was sweating, turned her head.

“Darjeeling!”

Seeing me before Lilith, who called her, Hecate quickly returned her sword to its stand and rushed over.

Ahahahahaha[dash].

Next, she embraced me with a flash, spinning joyfully several times, as if she were going to fling sunflower petals. I was frozen, wondering what she was doing until it ended.

“Our daughter~ Mommy missed you, so she came, right?”

I thought she would put me down now, but oddly enough,

“Mommy also missed our daughter so much, she was on the verge of fainting.”

Hecate played the drum and the gong by herself, and I didn’t say anything.

“She’s gone mad.”

I chose silence out of fear.

Most of all, Lilith was behind me. Although the maid saw it every day, thinking that the snakelike creature who knew my identity would be laughing at this situation inside made me want to stick my nose into a plate.

“Spouses resemble each other, they say. Was this what they meant?”

I really hate this. I screamed silently in my heart.

“Oh, right! Was treasure hunting fun?”

“YYes, of course.”

I answered awkwardly and thought to myself.

It was more bewildering than fun earlier.

“Thank goodness.”

Meanwhile, Hecate didn’t hide her happy face, pleased with my response.

“Those treasures are what I made a little every night on the battlefield, thinking of you.”
The fellow in the general’s position was expected, but seeing him forge nonexistent time and smile warmly made me feel strange for a moment.

Tingling[Dash].

Then, a heartwrenching sensation came rushing in like a tidal wave.

‘This feeling again….’

I unknowingly put my hand on my chest and clenched my fist.

“Somehow, all the treasures seemed cute.”

I didn’t exactly get a favorable impression, but I tried to go along with it and escape the awkward situation.

“Ah, Lady Lilis! Why have you brought the princess here?”

However, the situation went against my wishes, and Hecate spoke to Lilis belatedly.

“Her Highness wished to see His Majesty so much that I brought her here. Forgive the rudeness of not giving advance notice.”

Sell your potions elsewhere! I was angered by Lilis’s audacity.

“You clearly said it was a training ground tour earlier….”

“That’s right! I, this mother, will show our daughter the valor of the Royal Knights!”

I objected to being deceived, but it didn’t reach Hecate. He lifted me higher, toward the sky, and laughed cheerfully.

‘No!’

I naturally struggled, but it seemed he could not discern it as an act of denial.

“From now on, all training will cease.”

As soon as he set me down, Hecate, who had grabbed his sword again, ascended.

Bang[Dash].

“Everyone, assemble in rows of ten!”

Then, he forcefully stabbed the sword into the ground in a straight line and returned as General Hecate.

“Today, the only princess has come here to see the skills you have honed.”

With a voice filled with dignity and charisma, Hecate continued speaking.

“Normally, it would be proper to display a sword duel, but there’s a risk that the young princess might get hurt.”

After looking down at the knights who had perfectly aligned, Hecate raised one hand to the sky, gripping the hilt.

“Therefore, you shall present the military song that has united and led us for the past three years!”

“Yes, Your Majesty!”

The knights answered loudly and immediately set their swords on the ground, just like Hecate.

“Raise your swords with loyalty and advance with a sense of mission.”

Next, they gently placed both hands on the end of the hilt and bowed their heads slightly, singing with a solemn expression.

“Our blue spirit is the justice that protects the soul of our homeland.”

“Even if hardships and adversity knock us down, we will rise again and fight.”

“Brave comrades of the hawk.”