Departure to a New Journey

Early in the next morning, I left my house along with my belongings and

headed toward the south gate of Fortress City Lamour, specifically toward

the waiting place for the coach.

When I reached there, I saw around twenty-thirty people waiting in front of

several luxurious carriages. Amongst them was an extremely beautiful

pink-haired girl. Clad in a white dress, she looked as if a goddess herself

had descended in the mortal realm. Raising the cuff of her skirt, she smiled

at me and greeted me.

「You must be Kai Heineman. I'm Rosemary, your fellow traveler on this

journey to the Royal Capital. Please call me Rose.」

Rosemary, huh! She has the same name as the Saintess of this kingdom.

Well, it might be just a coincidence, I guess.

「Yes, my regards to you.」

I also nodded at her, but then…

「You incompetent bastard, how dare you!」

A red-haired woman clad in white armor, who stood behind Rose, seized

my collar with an enraged expression.

「Anna! Stop at once! To begin with, I was the one who requested to travel

with him. Your rude action is only smearing mud on the Sword Saint's and

my faces!」

「M-My deepest apologies!!」

Rose let out an extremely harsh remark. I couldn't imagine a woman with

such a delicate frame could say these harsh words. As soon as Rose rebuked

her, the red-haired woman let go of my collar.

The one Rose referred to as the Sword Saint was my grandpa. He had

arranged my carriage to the royal capital. I had no idea why he did that, but

I know that he meant no harm to me. That's why I shouldn't have met any

problems along the way… or so it was supposed to be.

「Rose-sama, Anna only did that because of her loyalty to you. Please

forgive her.」

The bearded man beside Rose, who had worn a pure white jabot on his

black dress, came forward. He placed his hand in front of his chest and tried

to persuade Rose.

「I understand!」

After saying those words, Rose hit her cheeks with her palms, and her smile

returned to her face.

It seemed that her sense of value was closer to us, the commoners. She

might need to act with dignity as befitting of her status. However, doing

that could've resulted in her accumulating a lot of stress.

「Well then, let's depart.」

Rose seized my right hand and forcefully pulled me into the carriage.

Naturally, the people around us looked at me as if I were their parents'

enemy. Seeing this, I could only heave a deep sigh and feel a sense of

resignation.