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In the center of Celestia's busy center square, a statue of the country's founding queen was erected

With the tiave off ascent

Steamed food see steaetables topped with meats and sauces

Other than that, the people alked as they ate a food wrapped in white dough that let offthem in brown paper, their forms as their mouths let off steaht differences he could find froh that was also due to the fact Rudel's group had disguised themselves to play the part of tourists

"Are they different from what you can find in Courtois? They're sweet pastries, aren't they?"

As Rudel put his iirl side him She didn't knohat sort of food the townsfolk ate either

"I can't think those are sweets…"

They let off steam, and the contents were filled with uards, Passan explained

"What Boss Rudel's talking about 's steah 'n steam it, so it's a proper ly knowledgeable"

As Rudel nodded in acceptance, a booth selling soht Cleo's eyes

There, Pono cautioned her

"Prin… ah, no! Young lady, you shouldn't touch those They exceedingly easy to break, and the sort of souvenirs that force whatever tourists pick them up to buy the the stall rim face as he saw that

"It's not like I'm tryin' taprocess, see When youthe words fro about it)

Thought from a customer's viewpoint In truth, if she picked one up and broke it, they would likely be forced to buy it Millia, who had reached out in a similar fashion, now looked truly relieved

"In the first place, that's our guardian deity, who should be treated with care It's their fault for breaking them"

On the old man's opinion, Rudel looked at its form, but it was much too crude, and he could only barely s stuck on; the only part of the doll colored in was an eye-like red point

He could only see it as a rip-off

(Was it et the feeling whoever makes them easy to break and puts thelance at Izu alert of their heavily crowded surroundings And under the robe she wore as an escort, her hand was placed on her katana

Rudel also directed his attention around

There, Emilio took one of the clay dolls in hand and lifted it up

His subordinate Ben warned hihed and returned it to its original place

His eyes were terribly cold

"Now that we've seen the crude dolls that are this area's specialty, let's ht be a little late, but how about lunch?"

Eested lunch to Cleo

She curiously turned her eyes to the food stands While there was so herself to say it

Rudel called out to Passan Producing his wallet from his inner breast pocket and handed over Celestian currency he had exchanged for

"Passan, use this to buy so It seems milady is interested in the food stalls"

"Y-you don't need this much!"

Passan declined to accept such a fortune, but Rudel forcefully had hi, instead giving a nod

"Don't worry about that, just buy enough for everyone Take Pono with you"

Saying that, Rudel moved to stand on the opposite side of Cleo from Izuetic, Rudel shook his head to the side

"No, I wanted to try it as well, so don't worry I deeply apologize for having you keeptactful towards the princess, Izulared at hiht you were being refreshingly thoughtful"

When Millia lifted her hair and said it, perhaps sensing the atmosphere, Passan and Pono headed off towards the stalls Ben enviously saw off their backs

As always, Cleo looked apologetic, so Eh

"I'd appreciate if you left your spats for once you've returned to your own country Right now is ies, Milady"

Hearing that, Cleo gave a bit of a lonesoht"

At that moment, Passan and Pono returned, both their arht way too hed And Emilio naturally started off towards a place in the square where chairs and tables were lain out

"Then let's eat Over here"

(He's used to this Meaning the knights eat here? Despite that, I don't see any around)

Rudel couldn't see any knights eating around

He spotted quite a few soldiers on lookout, and he could see sohts

(Is it a problem with the timeslot?)

Rudel watched Cleo take a seat as he called out to Passan

"Passan, do the knights eat in this area too?"

Taking a sidelong glance at Eht confir to Cleo how to eat the various foods fro at the feast before their eyes

Passan as well, and when Rudel struck up conversation, he troublesomely looked between Rudel and the food

"There's no way they'd coet freeup at these ht? They never stretch their legs in the area and eat at the stalls?"

"Yeah, this hts eat 't proper restaurants This place is just right for the penniless soldiers to fill their stoet to be a knight, it's looked down upon, er rather…"

Seeing how he struggled to say it, the knights likely avoided eating at the lo food stalls

(Do they look down on the food eaten by the ly delicious, but…)

Rudel's wariness towards Es stood, he didn't have any evidence Even if he had his doubts, they were at a level where they'd clear up if the ht

"Passan, you can havethat, Rudel took one hted Passan brought the reot this fro a feast today!" "Thank you!"

Giving a bitter s three, Rudel went over to Izumi and sat down by her side While he kept wary of his surroundings, he took care not to direct that towards Enored her for now

"Did so definitive, he gave as a preface as he whispered back Rudel hi at best

"It's E feels off about hi her eyes, she lent an ear to his words

"This ht not be so si that and standing, Rudel h they were in theinto theirfun as she watched the status, to be more specific

It wasn't as if Rudel didn't understand the feeling

(Perhaps every royal fae points in this matter He honestly couldn't believe the reason they were called over was because the country's own knights weren't trusted

(No use digging too deep into it That's not our job)

Rudel changed his train of thought to focus on nothing but the h as she listened in to Ben's party's conversations, he grew just a little curious

Turning his eyes to E?)

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Aleist had cli the center square

To be more precise, Nate had led him there

They both wore robes, weapons at the ready as they waited on standby

Keeping her body low, Nate used her telescope to check the surroundings When the sun was so high in the sky, the reason they didn't stand out was because of the ic and skills he didn't use in-gaht were useless, to think there were such convenient uses for the?)

He had still yet to hear the reason Nate had come to Celestia But Aleist had been led off frouard

There had been some combat with those he suspected to be soldiers of the Gaia E troubleso at?)

Nate peered into the lens as she called over to Aleist It was alhts in the palm of her hand

"Are you curious about me, senpai?"

… But that was quite evidently aThere was no way Nate could understand how Aleist felt

(Well, if she's noticed, I'd best not beat around the bush)

Giving a bitter smile, Aleist offered Nate a correction

"I'm pretty sure what I'n nation to do so like this In the first place, you've yet to explain e had to run away froe bunch"

While she heard out his take, Nate continued observing so at what seemed to be the central square of the busy et of her surveillance, as she didn't re that now? I'd really prefer it if you either asked earlier, or stayed silent and showed some stoicism as you silently watched over me"

"That's not in my character If you don't like that, hurry up and find a boyfriend, and raduation"

"Uwah… senpai, you're terrible After you did such a thing towhen Aleist was pushed down It was in his student days Dropping by the graduation party, Aleist ran s out drinks, and she ended up pushing him down

"I was the victim there, wasn't I? And It really was hell back then"

Recalling his school days, Aleist breathed out a sigh as he slumped his shoulders

"Senpai, I don't want to be the one to say it, but there aren't many students out there who enjoyed their school life as irls, with friends and rivals… it was the best, wasn't it? If that's whatto punish you"

Aleist had an a of Nate's words

It was a fact he truly did have soirl I like, and I still haven't gotten a response No, that's already, how should I put it, yeah, hopeless, but see…"

"Hah, are you so unsatisfied with a cute girl like me?"

As Nate called herself cute, Aleist averted his eyes and muttered

"I think the part where you praised yourself is no good Are you overly self-conscious?"

Nate lifted the telescope up and hit it into Aleist's head Was it really alright to use an expensive article in such a ht as he robbed his head

"It's e for me to say it too This sort of, I'd like if you were more mindful of a maiden's heart It's just the two of us, so shouldn't it be fine if there was a bit of a better atmosphere between us? Like, when I call myself cute, you could at least say, 'You definitely are cute, Nate'"

Nate's face reddened in embarrassment, but…

"That sounds like a pain"

Aleist bluntly called it troubleso Nate silently sht actually be a little cute when she's e even Nate had some cute parts to her Due to the abundance of violentit as cute

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