Volume 3 - CH 1

Act 3-1: Arriving at the Royal Capital

Two days after staying in Barse, our carriage left and headed toward the Amelia kingdom’s royal capital as per our original schedule.

「That’s the Amelia kingdom’s royal capital, Alamgard!」

Anna pointed at the city surrounded by a tall and big rampart. The royal capital was inside that giant rampart. In fact, the sight of the rampart left me in awe. Well, it was the kind of awe where my mouth opened slightly wider instead of genuine admiration.

「Wa~nanodesu!」

「Wa~~」

Both Faf and Myu snuck out of the carriage and gazed at the giant rampart with awe.

Maybe because their mental ages are close to each other, these two have ended up sticking together like a pair of sisters with Anna being their elder sister. Anna has already taken over the matter of taking care of these two along with her escort duty to Rose. Anna’s tone has mellowed a lot more than before. Now, she even laughs from the bottom of her heart. Yeah, this might be the real her.

Even the children can see that. Even Faf, who had been wary of Anna before, has slowly recognized Anna as an existence with no ill will toward the children. Now, Anna has become the third closest one to Faf after Rose and me.

「Kai, what are you going to do after arriving at the royal capital?」

「I’m going to see my mother first.」

Although this reunion is taking place after more than 100k years from my perspective, I remember my mother’s face. Strangely enough, I don’t feel that there’s anything wrong with that.

Yeah, my original personality has completely changed, leaving behind nothing more than memories. I don’t think…  I can fool my mother.

「I see! Feel free to spend your private time with your mother during our stay in the royal capital.」

「Eh, no! I’m only going for a short visit.」

I mean, my current habit, speech, and personality have changed to the point where I’ll look like a completely different person to anyone who knows the old me. Even my mother might refuse to live with me even if my stay would be for only a while.

「You’re not honest of your feelings, as usual, eh!」

「Nope! I’m always faithful to my will, you know.」

That’s how I’ve lived for 100k years, and I’m sure that it’ll be the same even after this.

「Kaykay, I believe in you!」

Rose shrugged as if she was giving up in some way. Then, her line of sight moved to the royal capital.

The look on her face when she saw her birthplace was the look of someone who had entered enemy territory; it wasn’t the look of someone about to return to their safe home.

Maybe, the royal capital is no different from the demon race’s capital in her eyes. Well, everything will be alright as long as we don’t get entangled in troublesome matters.

At this moment, I felt an ominous premonition inside the corner of my head. And that premonition came true immediately, resulting in me getting further and further away from my original, enjoyable slow life plan.

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Character Design: Kai’s ex-fiancee and childhood friend AKA Lyla Hellne
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