Chapter 95 Mock Battle(3)

The beginning will be Carls POV.

I had thought that he would change to attacking me with fists like before when he went unarmed, but.

Him concentrating on avoiding in order to read my movements.

Although I was called a promising recruit, Im still naive as well.

I didnt hear it in detail, but it seems that he has wonderful Skills.

I heard the other day that using those Skills, he led in solving the case with Claude which the chivalric order has been pursuing for a while.

I heard that he negotiated with a black dragon, saved Adol, and was bestowed the title Dragon Mediator.

However, even he who had such military exploits is an ordinary commoner without his Skills.

Even though hes just a poor hunter he could go so far as to marry Her Highness Sylphid who I long for.

Piling up achievements, becoming the leader of the knights, having military exploits that no one can complain about Her Highness Sylphid, who hes marrying.

Of course, I understand.

That this is merely a trivial selfish delusion of mine.

A man who crushed such dreams of a poor knight recruit That man is in front of my eyes.

Theres nothing I can say against him.

However, at least in this mock battle theres no way I can lose to him!!!

Im bitter that he saw through my attack and avoided it, but its not like I lost, and Im having the advantage situation-wise.

Readying my short spear in front of me, I observed my opponents [Myne] movements as if slowly drawing a circle.

Hes not equipping his dagger, and is still unarmed.

Since he used a dagger before, there shouldnt be a doubt the weapon he is strong in is the dagger.

However, the punch he showed previously was quite sharp, so I cannot be careless.

At the moment I thought that, he moved.

He charged towards me with an intense force.

What? Did he give up on the battle and is rushing in, resolute in an honourable defeat?

No, thats not it! He already saw through my technique, theres no way hes performing a kamikaze attack.

However, what is with this charge full of holes? Good grief, I cant read his intentions at all.

Yosh, Ive roughly grasped Carl-sans movements.

I think I can probably do this.

Itll be a godsend if this goes well! Lets do this!

I played my movements over in my mind, and become confident that I can turn my thoughts into reality.

Now then, Ill start counterattacking!

Unarmed, I charged towards Carl-san with all my might.

Fufu, I surely look desperate in Carl-sans eyes.

As I predicted Carl-sans mental state, a slight smile surfaced on my face.

Yosh, lets make an emergency brake here and guh, the shock is harsher than I expected.

I slipped into Carl-sans bust and turned in one go.

And in the middle of my turn, I equipped the dagger on my waist with my right hand, and made my right leg the pivot as I stabbed it out.

Carl-san will naturally dodge it, but I pulled back my right shoulder and stabbed the dagger in deeper.

Yes, I returned the attack Carl-san showed me earlier.

The dagger I stabbed out directly hit the right part of Carl-sans chest.

Guwa!!

I pursued Carl-san who fell backwards from the attack, and thrusted the dagger right at his face at the place he fell at.

Stop!!

The knight leader declared the end of the battle.

Phew, although it was ad lib, Im glad that it went well.

I let out a deep sigh, and then sat down.

That was shocking, I never expected that you would use my technique against me

Un, I was surprised as well.

Of course, I thought that I could do it, but I think it went better than I expected.

As expected of the Dragon Mediator, I guess?

That way of address please stop

Aah, just like Prime Minister-sans plan, this title seems to have spread favourably.

Its really embarrassing so I wish itll stop, though.

As I talked with Carl-san, Knight Leader-san and Brother-in-law-san, and also, Sylphy and Aisha, along with Waffle came to where we were.

Huh? Why is even my family here?

Even told I told them not to turn up in the middle of training.

That was splendid! Myne-dono!!

The knight leader held out his hand while speaking words of gratitude.

I gripped the hand he held out, and thanked him.

No, its thanks to Carl-san! I only imitated Carl-san, after all!!

You cant imitate a technique you see for the first time so easily though

Brother-in-law-san talked to me with an amazed tone.

Well, even if you say that, I already did.

Wafu!

Waffle jumped greatly from on top of Sylphys head and flew towards me.

Wait, Waffle? I said this many times, but the person you were on is this countrys princess, you know? Do you understand?

I wonder if he heard the voice in my mind or not.

Waffle turned his cute round eyes towards me, saying What is it? What is it? as he wagged his tail wildly while climbing his way up me.

No, its nothing

Well, Sylphy doesnt seem to particularly mind it, so its okay, I guess.

No matter what, Waffles a Divine Beast, after all.

Danna-sama! Thats amazing!! The fruits of these few days of trainings showing already, isnt it!?

Youre Carl, right? Sorry, are you hurt anywhere?

I am alright.

More importantly, congratulations on your marriage, Your Highness Sylphid!

Mn? Aah, thanks

I have heard of Your Highness valour, and revere Your Highness from the bottom of my heart!

It seems that Sylphy and Carl-san has started talking, huh.

Myne-kun, thank you for your hard work!

This time, its Aisha handing me a towel while greeting me.

Its also difficult for Hime-sama, isnt it?

Indeed, I never thought that that Carl would

Somehow, this time, Aisha and the knight leader are looking at Sylphy and Carl-san while conversing about something I dont understand.

Waffle, do you understand?

Nope

Is that so.

Well, nothing I can do about it.

Rather than that, the mock battles ended after all, so that means my training is more or less completed, right??

As I enquired of Brother-in-law-san, he accepted it, saying Yeah.

This training has certainly ended, but I hope you come here and participate if you have time.

Ill run it by the knight units on my side, so dont worry and come

Although it was only for a short period, it was really enlightening! I even learnt a new technique, after all!

Furthermore, I can participate from now on as well!

Brother-in-law-san, thank you for creating this opportunity for me, thank you!

Eh? Sylphy? Carl-san is?

But he said Congratulations on your marriage didnt he?

Uun, I didnt notice at all.

What Aisha and the knight leader was talking about was this, huh.

Tte! Thats not right!!!

Sylphys my wife, you know!? Even if you say that, Ill be troubled, you know!!

As I was in a feverish haste, Aisha breathed a sigh as she said Please calm down before patting my head.

Aisha, youre becoming more like Waffle, you know.

Its not that Hime-sama has feelings for Carl-dono, but its Carl-dono who has feelings for Hime-sama, you know.

Moreover, even the wedding has been decided, theres no way the royal family will allow it.

Perhaps, I think that there may be a lot of other people who desire Hime-sama as well, you know?

Aah, I see.

Thats right. That shocked me.

Once again, I realised the Princess Knights popularity.

By the way, Myne-kun? The Hime-sama we were talking about seems to be troubled, you know.

Isnt it about time for you to bring her along, I wonder?

Taking a closer look, Sylphy was glancing repeatedly at me, and was sending glances as if imploring me.

I wonder if she wanted to escape from Carl-san but cant now?

Yosh, lets go receive her!

Ive also received authorisation from Brother-in-law-san that the training has been successfully completed, after all.

Ill have to quickly return to the room and rest!

Sylphy, its about time to return!

As I called out to Sylphy, a really happy expression broke out on her face as she nodded strongly.

Aah! Understood, Danna-sama.

Thats how it is, so Im sorry, Carl. Ill work hard form now on as well

Sylphy said that and hurriedly grabbed my arm as she left Carl-san no, escaped from him.

As I took a peek at Carl-san, he was looking at me with an extremely disappointed, and on top of that, seemingly sad expression.

When he noticed me looking at him, he showed a scary expression for an instant, but immediately made a slight bow towards me.

Un, as expected, hes a good person. (TLN: Classic positive Myne)

Though of course, I will not hand Sylphy over!

Making such an ambiguous resolution in my mind, we returned to our room in the royal palace.

Listen! That guy.

When I tried to end the conversation, he skillfully mixed the conversation and changed the topic, and it wont end!

Since arriving at the room, Sylphy had been doing nothing but continuing on complaining about her conversation with Carl-san.

With her position, she cant put it in words in public, huh.

This is a rare thing for her, and its also good for her to spit everything out here.

By the way, Waffle and Aisha escaped, and Im the only one who is listening to Sylphys grumbles.

The content of Sylphys grumbles are repeated over and over, and the two people (?) escaped the moment it entered the third repetition.

Eh? How many times does this make, you ask? Its the fifteenth time.

Im enduring quite a lot of stress.

Excuse me! King-sama gave a summon.

Please make your way to King-samas private room immediately

A maids call reached us.

Somehow, I have a bad premonition for this summon from King-sama.

A summon from King-sama.

I can only feel a bad premonition from it.

However, weve been summoned, so theres no way we can not go.

His Majesty isnt just this countrys king, but will become my father-in-law as well.

However, I wonder what His Majesty needs?

His Majesty didnt just call for me, but my whole family, good grief, I cant think of anything.

Furthermore, the meeting isnt in the office or audience room, but His Majestys private room.

It might be something His Majesty doesnt want exaggerated.

Sylphy, have you heard of anything?

As I asked that, she shut her eyes and pondered for a while, before shaking her head.

I wonder what it is.

Did some big problem like Claudes case happen?

However, if thats the case, Brother-in-law-san would say something about it during training.

No use thinking about something we dont know! Lets hurry to King-samas place

At those words, Waffle moved to the top of my head, and Sylphy and Aisha stood up and followed me.

Wafuu!

Waffle urged me to hurry up and go by patting my head as usual.

Its not because I was urged, but we hurriedly moved to King-samas private room.

Sorry for summoning you so suddenly

When we arrived at the room, King-samas apology flew towards us.

Probably because I am his son-in-law, he somehow easily apologises to me, huh.

As expected, even if I am his son-in-law, I am but an ordinary commoner.

King-sama, please do not fuss about a commoner such as I.

If anyone else sees this, they will surely not feel good about this

As I reservedly said that, King-sama let out a Oh, as if impressed, and after making a serious expression for a moment, His Majesty started laughing heartily.

Uhahahahahaha, I know where I am.

Also its only because were in my private room

Thats not what I meant, but, well, if King-sama says that himself, then isnt it fine?

And, the reason we were called here I wonder if its bad to mention it with this atmosphere?

And, Chichiue, whats the reason you called us here?

As expected of Sylphy, so straight to the point!

I wonder if its because theyre parent and child?

Aah, thats right! Sorry for digressing

While King-sama said that, he sat down on a chair, and prompted us to sit as well.

Did some kind of big matter happen again?

As I said that, Sylphy and Aishas faces stiffened.

Since the battle with the black dragon was dangerous, I requested them both to stay at home, but both of them have the blessing of Skills.

I think they both have the power to defeat Orc Generals by themselves, so no matter what happens, htey will probably follow me.

I think theyre nervous since they know that.

I dont think its another dragon class case, but.

Hm? Aah, I see Thats why you have such nervous expressions, isnt it?

If there are many cases at the class of dragons attacking in this period of time, even I cant bear it, you know?

Un, its certainly as King-sama says.

If calamity class monsters like dragons frequently attack, it will be the end of this world.

However, if its not an incident, then why were we called here?

I cant imagine the reason we were called here at all.

I certainly do not think that we were called to have a chat or something.

Looking at our expressions of doubt, as if saying Then what is it?, King-sama wryly smiled as he continued speaking.

Umu, tomorrow will finally be your wedding ceremony, right?

I want you to decide on a house name by tomorrow morning

House name, huh It certainly is necessary, but this is quite sudden, isnt it?

I wanted more time to think about it, though.

Hm? I told Sylphy to decide on it, though

His Majesty probably saw my perplexed expression, thats why King-sama said such a thing with a little worried tone.

Aah, come to think of it, we did talk about such a thing a little.

Ive forgotten about it completely.

As I took a glance at Sylphy, her arms were folded as she looked back at me with reproachful eyes, as if saying You forgot, didnt you?

I was busy all this time as well. Wont you please forgive me.

Understood! Tomorrow morning, right? I will work hard in thinking about it!!

Cheerfully answering, I decided to quickly return to our room.

Ill have to hurry up and think of one!

Now then, lets start our second family meeting!

As we returned to our room and I immediately announced that, Aisha inserted a retort without delay.

Second, you say? We didnt do a first though?

Yeah, I dont remember it either, you know?

Huh? Did both of them forget it?

The first one was when we decided on Waffles name!

Their responses were exactly opposite, with Sylphy saying Oh! and AishaThat was a meeting?.

Huh? Was that not a meeting?

In any case, this is the second time! I was thinking of deciding on our house name!

Because of that, its become this hurried Im really sorry

As I lowered my head, Sylphy wryly smiled as if saying Cant be helped as she called out to me.

Danna-sama, raise your head

Theres still enough time, so lets all think of a good house name

Ill think about it too

So said Waffle.

I dont mind, but Waffle Do you know anything about house names??

Hime-sama, itll be fine as long as we think of a good name, so lets do our best!

Un, thats right

That being the case, we will think of our Clans name, but.

Let me see, I think (Kurato)s a good name though.

No! Hime-sama, please think about it!

Isnt Myne Kurato weird?!

Wafu! I think (Supaa) is good!!(TLN: Yeah, I have no idea what these censored words are supposed to be.)

U~n, isnt Myne Supaa weird? (TLN: Probably sleeper, the jp name for the pokemon Hypno)

Isnt Bennett better than those?

Its not bad, isnt it?!

Myne, is Supaa not good?

No wait, Aisha! I think a house name needs to be majestic.

How about Rembrandt?

Three hours passed like this.

Un, this is certainly chaotic.

Umm, how about Fortuna?

Its my first time giving my opinion, but is it okay?

Un, its not bad

Thats right, it sounds right as well

Wafu?

Un, their reactions doesnt seem too bad.

Fortuna The name of the goddess who rules over destiny.

My fate has been greatly changed after obtaining my Skills.

Also, the fate of my two fiancees have changed a lot as well.

Our encounter, and even our marriage is destiny.

Thats why I wanted to make this name our house name.

After that, we discussed for about another hour, but in the end, we finalised the house name as Fortuna, which I had proposed.

Waffle was adamant on Supaa until the end, though!

Un, I stretched my arm above my head as I took a deep breath.

I was steadily getting less drowsy, and my mind gradually became clearer.

Sylphy and Aisha who had been sleeping beside me havent seem to show any signs of waking up.

This day has finally come.

Its finally the wedding, huh. Somehow, I feel like it finally feels real.

The ceremony will be held in the morning at the shrine, and it seems like my two wives need to be there ahead of time.

Ive heard that its because theres a formal dress for marriage ceremonies, and changing into it and putting on makeup will take time.

I myself also have formal clothes exclusive to marriage ceremonies, but it seems to be easy to put on so it wont take that much time.

It seems to be quite difficult, as both of them seem to have practised putting them on a few times when I went for the game with Claude and the others at the Divine Spirit Forest.

To need prior preparations, being a woman is quite tough, huh.

However, both of them were delighted, even with the preparations, so as expected, a wedding ceremonys a special thing to women, isnt it?

On the contrary, from my point of view as a man, honestly, its something I dont really get.

For now, I think that it will feel way more real compared to now once the ceremony starts, though.

Now then, at any rate, lets enter the baths to clean off sweat and any other thing.

I carefully slipped out of the futon so that I dont wake them up.

As I did that, from a basket which had been placed a little further away from the bed came rustling noises, and Waffle crawled out from it.

In order to not wake the two up, he let out a soft bark, Wafu!, and lifted his paw while showing me his pawpad, probably greeting me for the morning.

By the way, due to the request of the girls, Waffle sleeps in an exclusive basket bed.

Why? Of course, that is a secret.

Myne, where are you going

The baths, are you coming too?

Oh, baths, Im going Im going too

I lifted Waffle up, and happily headed towards the baths.

As expected, freshening up in the morning by entering the baths is good!

I am really glad that I came across this thing called baths at the Town of Adol.

Usually, its about time for Aisha and Sylphy to come in, but.

For some reason, theyre not coming in today, huh? I wonder why?

Are they perhaps still asleep?

Come to think of it, after finishing last night, both of them didnt really went to sleep.

Perhaps they couldnt sleep because they were thinking about the wedding ceremony or something?

It might be bad if I dont quickly get out and wake them up.

If it doesnt go well, they might not make it in time to change into the garments.

As I started thinking that, I wasnt able to sit still, and decided to quickly get out from the bath.

I told Waffle who had been happily dog paddling in the bath and making splish-splash noises about it, and as I asked What about you?, he thought for a while before saying Im going too and swam to my side.

Its okay to stay for a while longer, you know?

As I said that, he reasonably replied Its boring alone so I promised to enter together next time, saying Sorry, lets enter and relax next time, and stepped out of the bath.

Yosh, Ive also finished wiping my body, and as I faced the other way to call out to Waffle, and say Lets go look at the both of them!.

For some reason, a large splash of water flew towards me.

W, what!?

What my eyes landed on was Waffles shaking his body violently.

Aah, so thats the case.

Wafu?

After wiping Waffles body with a towel, I re-wiped my own body and put on my clothes before heading to wake them up.

As expected, theyre still asleep.

As expected, they werent able to fall asleep, huh.

Wait no, this isnt the time to be saying something so leisurely!

We really wont make it!

Sylphy, Aisha, wake up! Wake up!! We wont make it for the wedding ceremony, you know!

As I shook both of them who had been naked, Aisha was the first to open her eyes.

Aisha! Well be late, you know, quickly wake up!

Huh? Myne-kun

She was still half asleep for a while, but once she woke up and understood the situation, she screamed as she jumped to her feet.

KyaWell be late!

Hearing Aishas scream, this time, Sylphy jumped to her feet.

W, what!? What happened? Huh, Danna-sama

Sylphy, hurry up, well be late to the wedding ceremony, you know!

Hi, Hime-sama, this is bad, the time

Seeing my panic and Aisha who was at her wits end, she probably understood the situation.

At last, Sylphy also started acting in a fluster.

At this point in time, there is about an hour left until the appointed time.

It will take roughly 30 minutes to reach the temple with a carriage.

Theres the fact that we will be our unveiling to the citizens, so it has been planned that we will head there slowly.

For now, enter the baths and wash of the sweat!

As I said that, both of them rushed into the baths in a panic.

Will today really be alright??

Wafu

In the end, both of them finished their morning preparations with an unbelievable speed.

As expected, we didnt have time to eat breakfast though.

If the situation at the time is to be put into one word, it would be tempestuous.

Its a secret that I felt surprised as I looked at their figures which is fresh and different from usual.

Waffle and I could only look at them, astonished.

I never imagined that Waffle, who is a Divine Beast, would be confused and astonished.

And right now, we are in a carriage which had come from the temple to pick us up, and is now heading towards the temple.

I could hear blessings from the crowd of the people on our route there.

We also showed our faces a little from the window and lightly waved towards the people who were giving us their blessings.

For some reason, me waving my hand at such a large crowd of people feels really strange.

Receiving such a large number of blessings, the carriage we were on safely arrived at the venue of the ceremony, the temple.

For some reason, I recalled the time when I received my Skills here.

Come to think of it, this is where my life changed greatly.

As I thought that, I felt deeply moved.

As we alighted the carriage, we were guided to different waiting rooms, separated by gender.

Aisha and Sylphy will hence change into the formal clothes exclusive for wedding ceremonies, and has been arranged to received blessings from the head of the temple.

Waffle is following me.

After that, the three of us once again received blessings from the head of the temple in front Kami-sama on the altar.

As the established routine, the brides will receive blessings two times, it seems.

Why, I wonder, I dont really understand it, though.

Originally, it was only the people who are getting wed and the temple head who can enter the altar, but our wedding ceeremony is a special case, and Waffles presence is also acknowledged.

Even though Waffle is a child, he is still a real Divine Beast-sama.

There isnt a more suitable candidate to give blessings along with Kami-sama so the temple head requested us.

By the way, the only one who knows that Waffle is a Divine Beast other than royalty is the temple head.

Now then, I finished changing and it didnt take even five minutes, just as planned.

However, I have plenty off time until the real thing, but what should I do?

As I pondered on that, a knock came from the door.

Who is it, I wonder, is it Temple Head-sama?

In a panic, I replied and as I opened the door.

There stood the male members of the royal family with King-sama leading them.

Receiving congratulatory words one by one starting from King-sama, followed by Brother-in-law-san, His Highness Lewis, and His Highness Lecter, I was deeply moved and as usual, Brother-in-law-san hit my back.

It hurt just like every other time, but for some reason, the pain felt pleasant today.

By the way, the two Queen-sama and Ari seem to have went to Sylphy and Aisha.

Which reminds me, Myne. You have decided on your house name, have you not?

King-sama enquired of me.

Yes, we have decided, it will be Fortuna

Oh, you have decided on quite the good house name, have you not? Very well

Receiving King-smaas acknowledgement, from today one, my name will be changed to Myne Fortuna. (TLN: smh I can only read this as Myne For Tuna)

Today is literally a new step in my life.

The beating of my heart quickened as I will step onto the big moment in my life in a few hours.