CH 82

「The Gartland of the Guild Autonomous Region is different from an imperial city in a sense that it was chaotic and lacked a sense of unity so I had a bit of trouble. However, when I asked about Riito-sama at the information guild, the catkin over there told me about you no desu.」

「Eh?」

Adel’s finger is pointing at Mama, no matter how he looks at it.

「…..Mama, didn’t I tell you not to tell anyone about me or this place!」

「Funya, it’s a misunderstanding desu nyaa～….that imperial bullied me while saying “If you don’t tell me what I want, I won’t let you go!”.」

「….Adel」

「The bullying part is a misunderstanding. I only wish to know information about Riito-sama!」

「………yes yes」

「Riito-sama! What’s with that cold attitude!」

「No, I just remembered it now….Adel is like this. There are times when you are too straightforward.」

「Thank you. That’s how we should be, take everything with a strong attitude! That’s the code of the imperial Romancia family!」

「Yeah but you’re “always” coming too strong!」

The imperial family has been fighting against monsters for a hundred years. As far as Riito knows, Adel, the imperial princess, seems to embody this family code the most.

「Riito-sama! Please return to the empire. Losing Riito-sama’s talent is equivalent to the loss of a hundred years of imperial history!」

「You’re overpraising me. The others don’t think so that’s why they kicked me out.」

「Those court mages are the incompetent ones!」

「His majesty the emperor is also not keen on keeping me.」

「…..that is…..perhaps it’s because of me.」

Adel’s voice was unusually choppy and butt hurt.

「Eh?」

「I-I didn’t say anything!」

「Ah, right….?」

Adel turned her head and took a deep breath.

The fact that the engagement talk is being brought up to Adel and the unreasonable treatment of Riito is probably not unrelated.

The fact that the sixth princess Adelia adores the mage Riito is obvious to everyone.

If Riito admitted and told everyone “I’m the brave!”, the imperial family might not mind giving a princess with low inheritance right to him as it will raise the prestige of the imperial family.

However, in the end, Riito was not selfish.

He wanted to be as low-key as possible and spend his life normally — as long as he could study plant magic, he would be happy — but a mage like that and an imperial princess were not a good match.