In truth, I thought there was no way the Great Witch would excommunicate her disciple.
But I couldn’t just leave my junior, who was looking at me with sparkling eyes, like this. Soon, I joined in the support fire with a voice mixed with a sigh.
“Elder Sword Duke, after all, I’m here, aren’t I? For a while, senior Cien and I will perform the representative role together.”
It was then.
The princess, who had been delighted at my help, froze just like that.
“Hmm, that may be so, but… Will it be alright, fledgling? Your burden is heavy.”
“Yes, it’s fine. I’m not alone either. Isn’t that right, senior Cien?”
Senior Cien, who was suddenly called upon, only then snapped back to her senses.
The woman, who had been flustered for a while, cleared her throat with a hem hem, and only then could she regain her composure. Senior Cien soon began to mobilize pretentious rhetoric.
“Of course, O Sword Duke… We two have already become partners who stay up all night cooperating together, so please entrust it to us.”
‘Stay up all night cooperating’?
Well, we did stay up all last night waiting…