After Evan finished the quest, somehow Liliana always knew about it and forced Evan to buy her a candy box. She was a spoiled little girl who likes sweet food. She would grab his hair and scratch his face continuously until he gave up and fulfilled Liliana's request.
Surprisingly, Evan even considered the act of bullying as an act of his sister's affection for him. Because Liliana only did it to him.
However, no matter how much Evan bought candy for his sister, his mother, a figure whom Liliana thought was terrible, always forbade Liliana to eat candy because she was worried that Liliana's damaged teeth would worsen.
No matter how clever Liliana was hiding to eat that candy, Mother could always catch her and confiscate a box of her candy. So, before Evan went to take Ellie to the guild, of course, a little thug had threatened Evan to replace the candy box that his mother confiscated a week ago.
"Evan, is it okay if you buy another box of candy for Liliana? Mrs. Hayes will get mad if Liliana eats candy." Ellie was worried about Evan's spoiling Liliana.
"Huff, it's like you just got to know Liliana. Can't you see my face and hair now?" Evan made a pitiful face.
Ellie didn't notice that his hair was messy, and his face was covered with a few red lines. She didn't see it because she kept walking with her head down, waiting for the conversation Evan was going to talk about.
"Waa! Y-your face and hair !!"
Ellie also combed Evan's hair and healed the wounds on his face with her magic on the river bank they had passed.
"Ellie, why is your face flushed? Do you have a fever?" Evan accidentally opened his eyes and looked at Ellie's face, who was healing his face.
"Wh-why did you open your eyes? There's no way my face flushed just because I saw your face. Don't get me wrong, I'm in good health." Ellie immediately stopped her healing and turned around. She really couldn't hold back her emotions when she saw Evan's handsome face up close.
"Ellie, I actually invited you here because I wanted to give my thanks to you for wanting to be friends with a monster like me." Evan swung the diamond pendant right in front of Ellie's face, who had her back to him.
When Ellie closed her eyes to calm her emotions. She did not know that the diamond pendant was already hovering in front of her face. Until a breeze blew the diamond pendant and touched Ellie's face several times.
"Don't tease my face -... Eh! Love Knot pendant ..." Ellie opened her eyes and didn't think that what was teasing her face was a sparkling diamond pendant.
"Oh, so the name of this pendant is Love Knot Pendant, huh?"
"So you bought it without knowing the name of this pendant? Could it be that you also don't know the meaning of this pendant symbol?" Ellie turned around and asked about the intention of giving the pendant symbolizing the bond of love.
"Uh-huh, pendants are still pendants. I know that pendants are only used by feminine girls, and tomboy girls like you rarely use this." Evan noticed the shape of the pendant, which he thought was abstract.
"Who do you think is Tomboy !? Even though my hair is short but I'm still a girl wearing a skirt." Ellie was angry with Evan's view of her and stroked her hair to make it look feminine.
"Do you want to wear it?" Evan offered one more time.
"Would you like your gift pendant to adorn my graceful neck?" Ellie was shy to say that she wanted the pendant wrapped around her neck.
"So you don't want it. Then I'll give it to your grandfather." Evan pulled out his diamond pendant and looked down in disappointment.
"Ahh! Instead of giving it to my grandfather, I will accept it. But put it on my neck if you really want to give it to me."
Evan was happy when Ellie finally accepted the item he had given him. Since the pendant was given to Ellie as a thank you, he fulfilled her request.
"It's so pretty, but how can you buy this expensive diamond pendant?" Ellie looked happily at the Love Knot Pendant.
"This is what I really want to talk about. I'll tell it as I walk."
Evan told Ellie that he got a lot of money from completing the Labyrinth guarded by the Nuclear Dragon. He also said that the Labyrinth contained nothing but the Nuclear Dragon waiting for the Demon King. Ellie could only be amazed by his heroic story.
But besides Evan telling what he thought was lucky, Ellie felt tremendous anxiety after remembering that the client's quest was the Oslesan Kingdom. She didn't know what the Kingdom would do if they found out that Evan had already completed the Labyrinth. Surely that would be a big problem for him.
Evan then felt Ellie's anxiety after hearing her worries because the Sinner Brotherhood Party had cunning people. He also told Ellie where his treasure was stored. He did that just if something happened to him so Ellie could use his gold coins to support Evan's family.
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Six days had passed since Evan finished the Guardian of the Demon King's Sword Labyrinth, Ellie's worried about the royal actions became a reality.
The entrance to Lakemouth Town becomes noisy because the arrival of the royal troops along with the horse-drawn carriage carrying the Royal Princess has arrived.
Ellie, who was suspicious of the royal family's arrival, immediately left the guild and rushed to tell Evan who was farming his field.
"Evan! They've arrived at the town entrance."
"I never thought they would move this fast. I'll go take a look."
"I am coming along!"
Evan, who was worried about the acts of violence from the knights to his family if they didn't find him, immediately caught up with those going downtown.
Once in downtown, Evan could immediately see the cause of the commotion. The unknown horse-drawn carriage stopped there. The design was luxurious and elegant, not drawn by an ordinary horse, but drawn by a mythical beast, the Unicorn. This was something a rich person can have.
Additionally, there were knights equipped with mithril armor that surround the horse-drawn carriage to protect it. And most importantly, they had special carvings engraved on armor and horse-drawn carriage, marks of the royal family.
One of the carriage doors opened, and a teenage girl got out of the horse-drawn carriage. The townspeople and adventurers watched her with a dumb-founded look, as they were all watching in fascination. With the beauty standing before them, the beauty and charming smile seemed like a saint with that graceful appearance.
"Hello everyone, I am the First Princess of the Oslesan Kingdom, Ariella Viessa Oslesan."
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