Capital, west side. Noble district.
After Shien came out of the Latrard home and onto the main street here, he started walking with some reluctance toward the lake island where the palace is.
“I really don’t want to go though…”
Shien sighed as he caressed the Holy Sword at his waist.
“I wonder if I’ll end up encountering something this time…”
Shien kept feeling like he’ll definitely end up getting involved with something annoying if he goes to meet Lucy at the palace.
Putting aside everything else, there’s definitely going to be trouble dealing those noble simps trying to win Lucy’s favor. If Shien tried to get past them and go into the princess’s room, then here’s no way that nothing would happen.
“It’s like I had to deal with annoyances from those so called nobility every day ever since I arrived at the Capital. I really do want to just copy Baydr for once and do a purge of all those nobles.”
Shien considered that idea somewhat hatefully.
It’s not like he’s afraid of those so called nobles. He just dislikes the annoyance.
Thus, even though he’s obviously unwilling, Shien still picked up his feet and moved toward the direction of the palace.
On the way, Shien passed by a sweets shop and had his attention drawn by a figure.
It was a little girl who was standing in front of the window of the shop.
Shien was drawn by that little girl for a very simple reason.
“So cute…”
Indeed. That little girl was just plain overly adorable.
She wore a princess-like goth loli dress with high boots and white stockings. Plus, she looked super soft and adorable with a face like a doll’s. She was just unbelievably cute.
It wasn’t just Shien who thought so either. Even the other passerby couldn’t help but have their gazes captivated by that little girl.
“Hey, look at that kid…”
“Wow, so cute…”
“Isn’t that a bit too cute there?”
“Is she the child of some noble family?”
“Never seen her before. Maybe she’s from some noble from outside?”
“Oh, I do so want to say hi to her and then take her home…”
“Then go ahead and pick her up.”
“I want to as well, but this is the noble district. If that child really is the child of some high noble, then we’d be in serious trouble, having offended them.”
“True enough.”
The various passerby all quietly chatted like so while looking at the girl with adoration.
If not for the previously stated reason, that she might be the child of some great noble family, then those young noblemen whose eyes were practically bulging out of their sockets may already have gone up to her to chat her up.
Shien looked down at them with derision.
“Trying to chat up such a young child? Perverts!”
Even so, Shien’s own eyes still couldn’t help but shift toward the girl.
Don’t misunderstand, this was a pure kind of appreciation.
After all, he’s not a lolicon. He’s a gentleman among gentlemen. This is a point that Diere could back him up on.
However, on the other side, Shien’s gaze did have a hint of suspicion within it.
“Why is it that I get the feeling that there’s something strange about that child’s magic power?”
Thanks to the [Magic Detection] skill, Shien should have been able to clearly sense the magic power of others.
However, with that little girl, Shien keeps getting the feeling like his own senses are being blocked.
“Am I mistaken?”
Shien considered it.
At this moment, Shien suddenly noticed that the girl had turned around.
And her gaze had, for some reason, strangely set onto him. She was staring at him intently.
That made Shien somewhat confused. He even purposefully took a look around him to see if there’s anyone else in his vicinity.
Too bad though, it was indeed just him there.
In other words…
“She’s staring at me?”
Shien was rather surprised at that.
Then, the person in question acted, proving Shien’s thoughts true.
Right before him, that unbelievably cute little girl was walking toward Shien.
As she got closer to him, Shien finally noticed that she had a small pillow held to her chest.