“Escorting to the point of rumor, then? So it’s a scandal for the Crown Prince. He’s been there once after the whole world knew about his formal engagement, so isn’t it a level he has already experienced once? At this point, the Princess of Ferendel will have a lack of diamonds in her injury. Add one or two more, Your Majesty.”

“What, what…!”

The Emperor’s and Chancellor’s eyes were ablaze, receiving it back several times.

Above the suddenly made ring were two men, each carrying their sons on their backs, as if fighting an invisible battle.

Then it happened.

Kwagagagagang!!!

A huge roar from the opened window.

“Ch, Chancellor, did you hear?”

Startled, the Emperor and Chancellor looked outside the open window simultaneously.

“Your Majesty……. That is……!”

“Isn’t that where the Grand Armory is?”

Yes. The proud knights of the Grand Armory were falling like dominoes.

Could it be, has Ferendel attacked because of a shortage of diamond mines? That couldn’t be……!

The Emperor was again afraid that war might start.

He had no plans to advance, but it was frustrating to sit quietly and wait for the next situation, surrounded by tiresome noises.

At that moment, a guard rushed in and shouted.

“Emperor, Your Majesty! It’s a big problem! The reinstated Black Knight Commander is smashing the Grand Armory!”

“…What? How, how come!”

“I can’t know the details, but it seems there was a discord with the other Knight Orders!”

The Emperor grabbed the back of his neck momentarily.

During the 5 years without Lucia, he took care of the Black Knights separately, but he couldn’t look after them during paternity leave, and the complaints from other Knight Orders had escalated.

It was somewhat expected, but…

‘But still! Breaking the Grand Armory?!’

The Chancellor couldn’t help laughing at the Emperor’s exaggeration.

“……Khahaha! Your Majesty. Will you be able to handle a Crown Princess who smashes up the house?”

“If our cute guy’s wife becomes the Crown Princess, it will cha, change…….”

“No, that won’t happen. It’s ridiculous.”

“…….”

Without anyone to feed them, the two looked at each other’s faces and a moment of silence flowed.

Perhaps many words were exchanged in that silence.

“Then, I’ll go to Commander Lucia, who will be summoned for discipline. There’s something to discuss.”

“Ah, that matter? Leave it to our Aileen. I should create an opportunity.”

“Hmm, since my son won’t do it either. Alright for now. But in return, will you estimate the budget for the new Grand Armory?”

“What, what are you saying? That’s your responsibility as Chancellor…!”

Already out of sight, the Chancellor.
Outside, whether she was exercising or not, with her coppercolored skin, she was always robust in strength, even though she would say she was aging.

The Emperor secretly cursed at her back and hastily pulled out several documents from his desk drawer to check.

And clenching his upper stomach, it seemed as if he felt sick at the thought of using this year’s reserve budget on the grand military armament.

As soon as the grand military armament was over, a hastily convened disciplinary meeting.

As if they were waiting for the day Lucia would return to work, they gathered like a swarm of bees as soon as Lucia was given the work.

Lucia, surrounded by the table, looked over the order given to her once again.

It was a document that looked hastily prepared.

Moreover, in the document, where the Commander’s seal should have been while he was away, there was only an unfamiliar seal.

When she pushed the order to them and silently pointed at the strange seal,

“Ah, that’s the seal of the new assistant. You’ll be there on the day the Commander returns, right? Just so happens, at a time like this, an accident occurs. Hahaha.”

Those cunning people had surely threatened the inexperienced assistant because they somehow wanted to punish Lucia.

The order’s content was to deal with magical beasts that randomly appeared in the border region with the Ferendel Kingdom.

The problem was that killing the beast was not difficult, but as it appeared randomly, there was no knowing when it could be caught.

Leaving the child for a day or two was fine, but an indefinite business trip?

Not only because she had to keep the secret that she was a saint, but also because she was a special child, what if the child with the small head forgot her while separated?

At this time, children grow quickly and become unfamiliar if not seen for a little while….

…Such unnecessary worries were plaguing Lucia.

“I cannot accept it.”

At her unexpected words, all the nobles, except for the smiling Count Rendor, began to stir.

Even Lucia could not disobey, as it would be a knight’s disloyalty.

“Refuse an order? Then you must face the corresponding punishment now. How will you react if you’re told to step down from the captaincy?”

Count Rendor led the ridicule of those in front of him.

He seemed to have anticipated the situation to some extent.