“I’ll be back, mom!”

“Yes. Make sure you listen well to the words of Her Majesty and don’t make any trouble.”

“Hehe! Don’t worry!”

Lindsay’s eyes bent into a gentle curl as she saw off her daughter. Although Elsia quite resembled her beloved, her personality was completely different. Come to think of it, she had been just like Elsia when she was but a girl, when the Pendragon family was still a duchy.

She had been a young, cheerful girl who was curious and naïve to the world.

“Please take good care of them, Sir Killian.”

“There is no need to worry at all, Baroness Conrad!”

Killian thumped his metal armor while shouting bravely, He had been appointed as the captain of Elena and Elsia’s escorting knights. Killian felt as if he were soaring through the air.

It wasn’t just because he was going on a trip after such a long time. Rather, it was because his lord had returned safely. 

In addition to his lord’s safe return, someone else had returned after several years. This figure was one of the few beings that Killian feared.

Karuta.

Killian felt overjoyed at the return of his...