I Am Raising a Daughter in This Life

Finals (5)

In the end, of course, the victory in the last game of the round of 16 went to Rize.

“Wow!”

“How did you do it?”

“Something great.”

If Patrick’s duel showed the intensity of weapons clashing violently, Rize’s duel could be said to be the pinnacle of skill in overpowering an opponent with minimal use of swords.

I don’t know what it is, but it’s cool.

It could be said that it was an appropriate appearance to give the impression of

Of course, Rize had no intention of doing that, and she simply wanted to use what she had learned from Douglas.

Rize bowed in four directions again, waved both hands in our direction, and left the stage.

Diana, who had been clapping her hands until then, spoke in an admiring voice.

“Rize is really strong. No, I didn’t expect it to be this strong.”

“Because I learned under a good teacher.”

“Ah, is the master there?”

I nodded and turned my face to Douglas, and Diana followed my gaze.

Douglas, who suddenly met him, put on a slightly embarrassed expression, but then opened his mouth with a clearing of his throat.

“Hey, nice to meet you. My name is Douglas, Rize’s swordsmanship teacher. I am a mercenary.”

“Ah, nice to meet you. But, by any chance, you have the same name as the person called the mercenary king… … .”

“I am that Douglas.”

“I knew it! Since he is Rize’s teacher, I thought he would not be an ordinary person. I can understand how Rize is so strong.”

Diana said with sincere admiration as she put their hands together on her chest, and Douglas smiled shyly and shyly.

No, it might just be that conversations with members of the imperial family were uncomfortable.

It would be more comfortable to treat her as Rize’s friend like I did.

As if trying to change the subject, Douglas opened his mouth by gently pulling Scarlett out from the seat next to him.

“This is my daughter.”

“nice to meet you. My name is Scarlett.”

Looking at Scarlett, who politely bowed her head, Diana gave a troubled smile.

“The two of you don’t have to be so hard on me… … .”

“Um, what can I say? Maybe it’s because I’m a mercenary, so I’d be rude if I treated you more comfortably. Just wait a little bit until you get used to it.”

“Ah, Scarlett-nim was also a mercenary. Somehow, Rize said she would become a mercenary.”

“Ah, hahahaha, what… … .”

Diana nodded with an understanding face, assuming that it was Scarlett and Douglas’ influence.

Scarlett smiled and looked at me. It would be whether or not Rize should tell her that she longs for me as a mercenary.

Just then, Irina came down the stairs with a camera in one hand and stood next to me.

“Irvin, I came to meet the lady downstairs. Fortunately, there were no serious injuries.”

“Yes, it was hard.”

“Next to… … .”

“This is Rize’s ‘friend’, Dina. We’re talking for a minute. It reminds me of something to do.”

Deliberately emphasizing that they were friends, he got up and patted Irina lightly on the shoulder.

Irina, who was slightly puzzled, soon met Diana’s eyes and trembled slightly.

There was no way Irina, who was also a knight of the Michelan family, could not fail to recognize those eyes. So I deliberately put strength into the word friend.

Believing that Irina would respond well, I went up the stairs.

There was a little time before the quarterfinals started, so there were quite a few people who were away for a while.

Mixed in with the crowd, I went out of the auditorium and headed to the back of the arena. The moment you arrive at a passageway that seems unlikely to be visited by people.

“Stop there.”

A cold voice came from somewhere, and I calmly stopped my steps.

It was obvious that she was the one who had been paying attention to me since Diana came. That’s why I came here on purpose.

In fact, since Diana sat next to me, the back of my head was tingling, so I wanted to quickly settle the matter somehow.

I clearly knew who the opponent was, so I replied in a relaxed voice.

“Let’s talk face to face, shall we?”

“I will speak sternly as the sword that protects Diana, the first princess of the Faerun Empire.”

As expected, he was completely ignoring my words.

It was the same attitude as always, so it was nice to see it now.

“Prohibition of contact beyond today, and do not become involved in the future. Especially you need to tie your daughter up a bit more.”

“Oh, are you touching Rize right now? sincerely?”

“It’s only natural that the princess was almost in danger because of that child. It was also a mistake to leave it alone. In the first place, the fact that commoners are friends with the princess is beyond the subject itself.”

“hahahaha, that sounds interesting.”

I raised the corner of my mouth with a smirk.

Let’s listen, let’s listen, there’s nothing you can’t say to someone else’s daughter.

“If you can’t even escort properly enough to be caught by an 11-year-old and even miss it, you should feel embarrassed.

“… … !”

Accompanied by the sound of swallowing empty breath, a tingling hostility shot out.

I’m stabbed in the middle, so I won’t have anything to say.

I immediately kicked off the ground, bounced off the wall once, and pushed off the opposite wall again with my foot, quickly swinging my hand where I reached.

“What… … ?!”

When I removed the transparent cloth from my hand, the figure of a person hiding there was revealed.

Robrani with concealment function also use expensive ones.

A female knight wearing light armor behind her robe looked at me with surprised eyes and said,

“How the hell did you find out?”

“It’s clumsy enough that Rize could find out, but I can’t figure it out?”

Perhaps because of my confidence in the cloaking robe, I felt the presence leaking out, and since this is the best place to hide, I had no choice but to notice it.

The female knight, who appeared to be in her mid-twenties, with brown hair in a braid, quickly regained her composure and put her hand on the sword at her waist.

“Are you prepared to put your hands on a knight’s body?”

“Are you really ready?”

“I don’t know what resolution you’re talking about… … From the moment I offered my sword to the princess, I was determined to do anything for escort.”

“Did someone like that abandon the escort of the princess and follow me to give such a trivial warning?”

“… … !”

When I said that provocatively, the female knight turned her head away with a surprised expression, and I did not miss the opportunity.

Leaning down, he rushed in and grabbed his wrist as he was about to pull out the sword, and while avoiding the other hand that was immediately flying by, he hit his hamstrings with his knee and collapsed his body.

In an instant, the fallen knight’s arms were bent back and the legs were wrapped in the robe he was wearing.

“You bastard! what the heck is this… … !”

“Shh… … . Shall I lower my voice, Roxana or Diorson?”

“… … What are you?”

When her name jumped out of me, the knight, Roxana, was startled enough to stop rebelling and became even more wary.

I didn’t answer that, and continued talking while holding Roxana’s body still.

“I was evaluated as the best among the riders, and I was immediately assigned as an escort knight for the princess. I must be very proud. That’s how strong they are, comparable to the 1st Imperial Knights. by the way… … .”

After a moment of silence, I put my face close to the back of Roxana’s head and spoke softly.

“There are things I can say to a father who has a daughter, and there are things I can’t say. I acknowledged that the princess was a friend, but where are the escort knights putting my daughter down? That’s just off topic. Shall I drag you in front of the princess and recite the words you just said?”

“Keugh… … !”

“That’s why I asked. I mean, are you prepared to take care of your daughter because she cursed at your daughter in front of her father?”

“… … !”

Roxana sighed again and remained silent.

I had said all I had to say, so I waited quietly until Roxana’s mouth opened and a much weaker voice came out.

“first… … Could you please release me?”

“I will.”

With the hostility gone, I got up without saying anything and fell off a bit, and Roxana straightened her body and clothes before bowing toward me.

“First of all, I apologize for all the rude comments I made.”

“Yes, I accept.”

“In addition, I admit that I am responsible for missing the princess, who is the escort.”

Roxana was hard and stubborn, but in the end, she was a person who could communicate.

There’s no frustrating side, but if you know how to handle it like this, you’re a very comfortable type to work with. Not to mention his fighting skills.

After all, he would be called the strongest female knight.

I nodded at Roxana’s candid apology, and when Roxana straightened her back, I bowed my side this time.

“I apologize for what my daughter did on her own. I never even thought that I would have done something like this. No matter how much she didn’t know she was the princess… … It is my lack of education. I’ll tell Rize harshly.”

“It’s a shame that he came back quickly, but if he didn’t, the whole Findel would have been in an uproar. I wish you well in that regard.”

No matter how much Diana wanted to play freely, it was definitely Lise’s fault to steal Diana away from the eyes of the escort.

No, the fact that the escort was caught by Rize in the first place wasn’t the problem.

I had a heart, but now it is better to create an amicable relationship with these words.

“I came all this way with the intention of saying this in the first place, but I almost did something useless.”

“Did you deliberately lead me this way?”

“I told you. Your hiding is clumsy, so I can see right away. If anything, I can teach you.”

“No specifications. After all, I am a knight. … … But thanks to that, I felt a lot of insufficiency in a situation where I was ambushed.”

Roxana reflected with a bitter smile.

I also reflected on my anger at the story of Rize. It was so easy to solve just by talking.

No, no matter how hard it is, I can’t stand Rize being scolded.

Well done, past Irvin.

“By the way, while watching the match of a girl named Lise in the audience, I thought… … .”

After a moment of silence, Roxana hesitated.

The words that followed were predictable, so I knew why. It must have reminded me of what I said about Rize a while ago.

Perhaps because I apologized though, Roxana asked me with a stiff face.

“Isn’t that kid thinking of becoming a knight by any chance?”

* * *

When I returned to the audience, the people sitting behind me looked at me and tilted their heads.

“Roxana?”

“From now on, I will serve you by my side.”

At Diana’s call, Roxana bowed her head and immediately sat down next to her.

Then he nodded in one direction, and the presence he felt from that direction moved away.

It must have been an additional escort assigned to meet me.

Then he suddenly looked at Irina on the other side, blinked for a moment, and then opened his mouth.

“Looking at it now, isn’t it Sir Irina? I didn’t know you were doing something like that.”

That kind of look would mean maid clothes.

Irina twitched her eyebrows and replied in a particularly cold voice.

“The knight quit right away. It seems that Roxana and Sir are still getting scolded for arguing without looking at the other person properly.”

Roxana’s eyebrows twitched this time.

Diana, caught in the middle of a strange war of nerves that suddenly started, looked pitiful and decided to help a little.

“What’s the relationship between the two of you?”

“Since we are similar in age and when we joined, we played against each other every time there was an exchange match. Of course, it was my landslide victory.”

“While I couldn’t see you, the lies increased. There must be a stage set up. Will you make a proper decision?”

When Irina smiled provocatively and replied, Roxana showed her teeth and growled as if she had been caught.

However, instead of answering, Diana raised her voice in the middle as if she finally understood.

“okay. The two had a so-called rivalry. how in the world Could you tell me the story of that time?”

“As much as you like.”

“Shut up, Sir Irina. Hwa, no, Dina-sama. You won’t hear much. It always ended with me winning.”

“If you insist that, let’s talk to each other and let Dina-sama choose what we think is the truth.”

“That sounds like a lot of fun!”

Diana’s eyes sparkled as if she liked Irina’s proposal, and Roxana gnashed her teeth and glared at Irina with resentful eyes.

I also had no idea that Irina knew Roxana.

Well, speaking of the Irina I used to know, she only had her days as a white butcher.

Thanks to that, I was able to hear quite an interesting story before Rize’s match came.

Of course, Rize passed even the quarterfinals with ease.