At the child’s words, Leon finally responded, and Cesar looked embarrassed.

As he quickly wrapped the bracelet around his finger and turned his head, this time Ivonne’s green sparkling eyes blinked right in front of his nose.

“Brother, when Ivonne gets married, she wants to do it with someone like you.”

At the child’s unexpected confession, Leon smiled awkwardly, and a voice filled with anger came from beside them.

“……Ivonne! Roy is here!”

When did Roy become so captivated by Ivonne?

As everyone who was confused at the situation directed their attention towards jealous Roy, they were soon convinced and simply laughed.

The twinkling eyes of the chubby blonde little boy were almost like the gaze of loyalty towards his master.

And then Ivonne, covering her nose, spoke to the weakest in the group.

“What? You stink?”

“Ivonne, I hate you! Waaah!”

Leon couldn’t help but feel bitter about the bracelet he touched on his finger, although he was able to escape the awkward situation thanks to the sacrificial Roy.

A greenhouse full of exotic tropical plants, like a resort.

Amid the large leaves soaking in the sunlight, a woman wearing a fancy hat sat as if she were an ancient statue.

Emily, trying to gather her faraway thoughts alone, was meditating.

But the red sword energy that could not be erased from her mind tormented her like residual lightning.

Was this the dirty aftermath of a shameless school bullying?

Certainly, the swordplay performance that classmate Lucia presented before the academy graduation was not like that.

However, what she saw today was a monster among monsters, felt even by ordinary people.

“Hehe, hehehe……”

Emily, who had understood, was merely laughing with dead eyes.

But then.

Still not giving up on life, she was startled by the small sound and looked around,

“Feathers……?”

The feather seemed too strong to come from the small birds that sang peaceful songs in this greenhouse.

And even the adhesive at the end.

With suspicious eyes, Emily slightly looked up and almost lost her heart.

A large eagle was perched on the top of the tree, looking down as if searching for prey.

Rubbing her eyes at its unbelievable size, Emily eventually screamed.

“Ah, aahhh……!”

The eagle that quickly noticed the sound flew and covered her face with its wing.

Precisely, it covered her mouth, but the eagle had no hands, so it couldn’t be helped.

Thanks to that, Emily was chewing on the feathers that filled her screaming mouth.

Finally remembering that this eagle was a guide, she felt the full taste of the adhesive.

She quickly raised both hands to signal surrender.

And the eagle cautiously removed its wing,

“Hey! I’m sorry for suddenly screaming, but this is not right! When you’re in such a suspicious place, looking so suspicious, of course people get scared…… Ah!”

In Emily’s head that was getting hot, the children who were startled as soon as the puppet mask appeared popped up.

‘So that’s why, I couldn’t go down to the children and had to do it like this from above……’
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The newcomers to the Emperor’s Knights, they heard, had undeservedly joined the children’s outing and faced disapproval.

“……”

The eagle intensely watched the children, despite her scolding.

Feeling strangely sympathetic, Emily thought her situation wasn’t so different from the eagle’s.

“Sigh, are all my colleagues also hiding? Life is tough, isn’t it?”

“……”

The eagle remained silent, still watching something.

Feeling a twinge in her nose at the eagle’s demeanor, Emily offered a bitesized sandwich she had saved for herself.

“Here you go. You haven’t eaten, have you?”

“……?”

“Never mind. I just wanted to give it to you, so don’t refuse.”

At Emily’s words, the eagle finally turned to her and quickly nodded its head.

Yet, Emily felt even more saddened by this action.

“Ah, don’t worry about returning the favor. Just open your beak for a moment.”

Upon prying open the reluctant eagle’s beak,

“……!!!!!”

A chillingly familiar expression, and piercing blue eyes that seemed to see right through her.

The face was no different from that day at the academy entrance ceremony; it was like something locked away in Pandora’s box that should never be opened.

As Emily opened her mouth in a silent scream, a small feather still clinging to her cheek quietly fell.

And before the feather even touched the ground,

“Whaaaaa!”

A sudden cry made the eagle in front of her vanish in a flash.

The finale of lunch and the highlight of the outing: snack time.

After finishing their meals, the children gathered in groups of threes and fives, pulling out pretty boxes from their bags with confident faces.

Most were from Poshet Peperon, but each box differed slightly in packaging and detail due to the expensiveness of their family’s name engraved.