While Angela and Ray are talking, Ray suddenly stops moving and turns his eyes toward the door.

"Ray? What's wrong?"
"...you seem to have come out,"

　Ray's expression on his face probably made him understand who had come. Angela rose from the sofa where she was sitting in a hurry and headed for the door.
　Leaving Ray in the shed, Angela sees a group of people approaching him.
　When Angela finds Fritzione in the middle, she hastily approaches her.

"Your Highness Fritzione," It was a long time before you came."
"Really? It's almost evening..."
"What?"

　When Angela heard Fritzione's words, she hurriedly gazed around at a cloud of red red with the setting sun.
　a scene of dusk in autumn that makes one feel sad
　But Angela has no time for sentiment.
　I was asked to see what kind of person Ray was, but I realized that I had forgotten all about it and was absorbed in the story.
　You must have noticed Angela's appearance. Fritzione smiles a little and then opens her mouth.

"As far as Angela is concerned, she seems to have been able to communicate well with Ray. And what do you think of my future brother-in-law?"
"...I don't know what that expression is."
"Oh,"

　The word "brother-in-law" is a bit...Yes, Fritzione looks unexpected when she feels dissatisfied with Angela for a long time.

(Is this really possible?)

　Of course I don't really think I've fallen in love with Ray in this short time. Still, I could feel that there was no doubt that I had a good feeling.
　But Fritzione continues without expressing her inner feelings.

"Huh, I'm joking. So, I don't have time, so I'll make it short. What was Ray like?"
"Well, there is surprisingly no wall against the nobility. I don't think the expression "wall" is right in this case."
"That's no different from what I've heard from Widere,"

　Fritzione glances toward Widale, who is near her.
　Angela, however, shakes her head at Fritzione's attitude.

"No, it's better than I expected. ...and I felt as I spoke that in Ray, aristocrats seemed to be no different from ordinary people."
"... Ray," I think we've gotten along very well in this short time."

　When Fritzione notices Angela abandoning Ray's name, she looks at Angela with a smile.

"Well, that's... no, I thought we should get along well to know Ray."
"Well, I don't mean to blame you at all. But don't take it seriously?"

　Fritzione tells her that there is a Vihela.
　Angela nods silently, wondering if she knows it.
　They must have thought Ray couldn't hear it because they were talking in a low voice outside the hut.
　In fact, Ray was right if he were an ordinary person.
　But...

(I can hear you.)

　For Ray, who has five senses much sharper than the average person, the conversation was close to hearing, no matter how much he was talking outside the hut or how much the door was completely closed.
　Ray walks out of the hut when the conversation is settled.
　Fritzione opens her mouth with a smile on her face when she sees Ray like that.

"Nice to meet you, shall I say, "Nice to meet you?" I saw your face at a competition, but this is the first time I've seen you face-to-face."
"Oh, that's all right,"

　Ray's blunt language makes several members of the White Rose Knights, who come with Fritzione, look at him with a moment of surprise and sharpen their eyes.
　No one, like Fritzione, Angela, or Widale, knew or anticipated Ray's character, but still a little surprised.
　It's all right to be blunt about the aristocracy. ...no, generally it's not good, but I still understand.
　But I didn't even expect to be a member of the Imperial family, Fritzione.
　Widale, the only one who had seen Ray, Vichela and Mercurio talking here, had no idea that he would use such language when he met Fritzione for the first time.
　Fritzione was the first to make a move.
　open one's mouth with a gentle smile

"I'll be glad to hear you say so," I wanted to greet my sister's lover properly."
"... sweetheart?"

　Ray bows his head at Fritzione's insistent words.
　Of course, I realize that I am attached to Vihela. It's only natural that they've received a blatant appeal.
　Still, Ray has no intention of accepting Vihela's feelings.
　...however, Ray's fault is that he rejected it only once.

"Yes. She's a good boy, but I was worried about her strong habits. I couldn't believe I was already strong enough to overwhelm others, but I couldn't trust myself unless I was stronger than myself."

　He breathes melancholy, but even though Fritzione is already in her mid-20s, she is not married yet, nor has she even decided on her fiancee.

"I'll tell you just in case you're mistaken, but that's not the relationship between me and Vihela."
"... Oh? Did I hear it wrong?"
"No, I didn't hear you wrong. Vichela and I said that was not the case."

　Fritzione slanting her head to affirmative Ray.
　After a few seconds of thinking, he opens his mouth suspiciously.

"What's wrong with her? She certainly has a lot of strong personalities and a bad habit of enjoying fighting with stronger opponents. Needless to say, she is beautiful and has the body that men like. He's both caring and intelligent. -- to be honest with you, but it's such a fine property as an adventurer would have liked."

　Fritzione, who talks about her sister's appeal with a serious expression, reminds me of Mercurio, and for some reason I think they are sisters.
　Even if the mother is different and only half-blooded, it's enough to understand that Fritzione loves Vihela.

"I know that. I don't think he's a good match for me. But... I'm afraid I can't live up to that feeling now."

　Fritzione somehow understands the situation at what Ray says.
　a princess but a woman That's because there are endless rumors of love... and, on the contrary, I've been living in a social world that's overflowing all over the place.
　Contrary to such Fritzione, however, some of the White Rose Knights do not understand the circumstances.
　Or perhaps they understand it, but they cannot forgive their attitude and language towards Fritzione.
　Women knights who belong to the White Rose Knights have trained themselves rather than feminine play and love.Their insolent way of speaking to their lord, Fritzione, their appearance -- at least to the female knights -- and their strongest presence in the sense that they are fighting in the Empire of Bestia.
　Those mixed feelings were beyond my patience with a word of it.

"I can't believe that you have a crush on me, but I can't respond to it."
"I agree, Your Highness Fritzione. We should never let such a man take over Mr. Vihela!"
"I can't believe I'm going to replace a woman just because I look good..."
"Mr. Vihela must have been deceived!"

　Ray laughs bitterly at each of them, Fritzione sighs and Angela twitches her cheeks.
　In Angela's case, in particular, I couldn't just sit back and watch Ray insulted -- though I didn't know what kind of favor he had.
　Fortunately, Ray's role would not have been Mercurio's envoy, but rather the one whom the Fritziones sent to guard the rebels as they joined them.
　If he had been sent in the form of a special envoy, the insult would be an insult to not only Ray but also to Mercurio behind him.
　However, even though he was not a special envoy, Ray was still the one whom Mercurio went out of his way to send.

"Don't do that, gentlemen! It's rude to you, Sir Ray!"

　The first explosion was not Angela but Widere.
　glare at the knights with angry eyes
　Even Widale likes Ray as much as Angela does. Angela is not the only one who likes her in the sense that she is a person of incomparable strength.

"But I beg your pardon!"

　Widale's angry voice brings down all the female knights who blamed Ray.
　I wonder if the uniformity of the movement around here is due to the hard training together.

"If you're going to apologize, apologize to Mr. Ray,
'I'm sorry!'
"No, don't worry. But I'm not good at honorifics. If you feel uncomfortable at all, I'll try not to talk as much as I can from now on, but would that be better?"

　He turned to Fritzione and asked her, but she returned with the gesture of shaking her head.

"That's not the case," It's true that it's the first time I've ever met someone like you, but it's refreshing and interesting."

　The men closest to him are Trajist, the emperor, Kabazid and Shurus. And a little further away from Mercurio.
　Kabazide, however, has polite language and Shurus has a blunt but different atmosphere.
　Mercurio, though his brother, was closer to Vihela than to himself, so he was not as close as Kabazid and Shurus.
　I haven't had a proper conversation with my father in recent months.
　There are also knights of the Imperial Guard and nobles, but even for them, Fritzione cannot be comfortable speaking to them as long as she is in the position of princess.
　In that sense, Ray was also the first to Fritzione.

(I wonder if the expression "first man" doesn't taste good in many ways.)

　She is shy inside, but she pretends to be calm without showing any expression.
　She must have grown up to be the first princess to use this attitude differently.

"...well, I don't mind if that's all right with me."

　When Fritzione hears Ray reply, she turns her eyes to the knights she had just cursed.

"You, too, understand?"
"Yes! I'm sorry!"

　Fritzione's concerted apology is as harmonious as that of Widale'sidale earlier.
　Perhaps it's because Widale is the boss and Fritzione is the lord.
　Fritzione nods satisfactorily, looking at the knights of the White Rose Knights.

"Well, everyone. Talking in a place like this just stands out, and I and Ray, Angela, and Widale are going into the hut, so watch out for the rest of the world. I think it will be all right, but if any of the factions above Schles or Kabazid come, contact me so that I will never know that Ray is here."

　Seeing everyone nod to his words, Fritzione turns to Ray with a smile.

"Well, let's talk about it in the hut." I also wanted to talk to my future brother-in-law slowly."
"... no, that's why Vichela and I don't have that kind of relationship."

　With a sigh, Ray heads into the hut with the rest of the members, deciding that it would probably be no use telling the woman in front of him any more.
　The reason why I felt the gaze of the gardeners on my back was probably because of the presence of Fritzione.
　Although Fritzione himself did not seem to have anything in mind about it.