A few days later, Finn found Altina walking in the courtyard spring and suddenly knelt in front of her. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Things in the desert...... I plead with you for all things. ”

"Huh?" Altina whispered in surprise.

"I don't remember anything to apologize for......"

“…… I've lost my temper in front of Lord Altina many times. This is what a knight should not be. ”

Altina smiled.

"It's okay. …… If that's a gaffe, Aaltina is happy to be out of shape in front of me. And...... We're going to forget about that day, right?"

She pulled Finn to his feet.

"Actually...... I have something I want to ask you for. ”

"What's the matter?"

"Just now, Lief and Nanna seized the opportunity, and I haven't said to you 'welcome back' yet. Now, here, let me say it. ”

Altina bent down slightly, raised her hand, and smiled.

"Finn, welcome back. ”

Finn laughed. …… Altina's movements and expressions are somewhat similar to those of Lief and Nanna just now, but they are even more similar to when she met Lagersis, who turned into a stone statue...... No, Altina also had the same expression when she met her in Sarah's villa...... At that time, I didn't look at her expression at all...... Liv and Nanna, as well as Altina, took themselves so seriously, and such a humble self that he had never been able to understand in the past.

Himself doesn't just exist as a knight.

The Lancer approached Altina and carefully wrapped his hands around her right hand.

"Aartina-sama......"

Altina asked softly, puzzled by the Lance Knight's movements.

"What's wrong. Finn?"

“……”

The Lancer could not put his thoughts into words.

I'm not going to leave Lanstad anymore. …… It is not a sense of obligation as a knight and a retainer, but one's will to want to assist Lief and Altina,...... And he wanted to be the link between his hometown of Truckia and Lanstad, Finn smiled.

"Finn...... Hands, it hurts. ”

Sending away the clenched hands, the spear knight knelt down with a red face and apologized. Altina smiled and forgave him...... Then he bent down and kissed him lightly on the forehead.?

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(Novel Author Talk)

The Lancer of Lanstad. He returned to Lanstad after a three-year gap after the Holy War, and I tried to make up some stories about what happened to him during this time. (Please forgive me for some conflicts with the original setting.) ）

I think Finn must have surpassed something in these 3 years, and it was accompanied by suffering. I've seen a lot of sayings on other websites that "Princess Lagersis became Finn's wife, and he went looking for her", and I wonder what would happen if Lagersis wasn't his wife? It makes the knight weak, but he has always been like a god (the original meaning is "oni-like", the Japanese will call the brave man "oni") a reliable person, so it is good to let him show such feelings occasionally. I think as a supporting character, he rarely shows warmth, and he is a person who is quite incompatible (Tanuki?).

At the end, Finn saves Lagersis...... If it's unfounded nonsense, I think he wants to get her compliment. In a sense, if she can be rescued alone, then what she has to do must be completed. …… In reality this is impossible. …… There are other big things that need to be accomplished by him.

The last line is an offer. The Gunslinger who doesn't have any love rumors gives a loving hand...... I think so, but at that time, Finn must have blushed and quickly apologized. (It's the princess who took the initiative to kiss) ...... I love managers like you. He has always been relied on, and it is estimated that there is still a long way to go to learn how to rely on others.

But, somehow, when I wrote about Tina, I had a feeling of happiness and wanted to do something. (Ah~ that child's continuous vacancy in the game is about to explode into anger.) ）

Looking this way?

"Okay-sleepy"?

While smiling wryly at the empty lunch box lying on the table after cleaning up, he ate the last bite of the apple.

The mild sun in spring warms everything that lives on the ground.

Bright afternoon sunlight pours into the classroom.

The window seat is a great place to take a nap, and students are gathered here as if they were seduced by the warmth.

"After eating the bento, I will want to sleep~ The next class is Chinese, right? Can you wake up?"

"No, if you doze off"?

Ayumi, who usually takes classes seriously and never dozes off, seems to have been staying up late lately because she is keen on late-night TV dramas.,It happens to be by the window again.,So I often see her dozing.?

"Teacher Chinese is terrible, ......"?

After Yumi, who was holding her cheeks on the table with her arm club, stretched hard, a classmate at the door called her.?

"Ayumi, the head teacher is calling you. ”?

"Eh, why ...... me?"

Speaking of which, Ayumi seems to have remembered something and made a "ha" sound.?

“…… Didn't I tell you to bring it today?"?

A copy of the LHR that was supposed to be submitted yesterday.?

Ayumi, who had completely forgotten about it, should have applied for an extension of one day.?

“…… I hate it~!I forgot about it again!"?

[Squeak], Ayumi removed her chair and stood up and shouted, "I'm going to apply for a delay for another day!" and she rushed out of the classroom.

It's been 7 years together.,It's still a little confused as always.,Can't be hated like a sister..?

Wailing, who was left alone, chuckled, and looked out the window leisurely with his cheeks in his hands.?

"Pretty handsome, huh"?

"Really"?

Mourning turns to the place where the sound comes from.?

Several girls in front of the two seats from the mourning seat looked out the window in the same direction.

Confirmed the appearance of the characters that chased their sights.,I can't stand it anymore.?

…… It seems that it is not the gentle spring sun that attracts them outside the window.

As soon as the sunny grass arrives during the lunch break, it becomes a place for students to play.

Today is no exception, and you can see the posture of the male students chasing a soccer ball there.

"Edogawa-!"?

As if inspired by the sound, the football was kicked into the goal.

The girls in the classroom screamed as their teammates cheered.

"So cute~"?

"You would have made that kind of expression?"

"Do you always feel like you've made some money"?

I took off my signature glasses because it would get in the way, so I could see my face clearly.?

Although it is definitely not a poor expression on a regular basis, the innocent smile on his face that blooms at any time when he is fascinated by football seems to have captured the hearts of the girls.?

(Cute, ...... ）?

His environmental adaptability has never been tolerable...... No, it should be said that admiration.?

He's 24 years old, right?

But when you look at the gesture of playing with teenagers under the age of 10, you think it's a middle school student.?

Even when the bell rang for class, the first person to pick up a football and rush out of the classroom was none other than him.

I remember saying it to him a little sarcastically.?

"You're a real middle school student now. ”?

He replied with an unchanged expression.

"You seem the same to me?"

Everything in the life of Gray Hara is the first time, and the world I touch is very warm, melting the feelings that I have been freezing since I was born.?

Although I have not forgotten my sins in the slightest, it is also true that the moments of happiness that suddenly increase in all of a sudden.

I'm afraid he's seen through his own heart like this. Then the nail of [Don't forget your sins] was pierced. Think so.?

Apparently thinking so.?

He smiled with deep eyes that were irresistibly attractive.

“…… I think that's a good thing. Well. I always feel super happy"?

Because the screams of the teenager who shot the goal for the second time brought Wai back to his senses.?

They still seem to be obsessed with the teenager.?

"Nana, will you look this way~"?

"Call it out?"?

"Don't, you're so shy"?

"If you call it together, you won't be able to?"

The girls talked quietly for a while, then unified their opinions, and then heard the sound of "1, 2"......?

"Edogawa-kun-!come on―!!"?

Is...... It's very popular.?

What is the stance of the other members who participated in the competition?

glanced at the girls who waved vigorously, sighed, and then turned his gaze to the boy again.?

A teenager who suddenly hears a voice of support to himself... Conan Edogawa looked at the classroom with a surprised expression.?

After confirming the appearance of the girls, she blinked a little confused.?

And then, I'm afraid it was accidental.?

Conan's gaze, which was slightly away, collided with the mournful gaze sitting behind the girls, and it turned into an expression of "Ahhhhhhhh

For a moment, the eyes blended. And then.?

The pupils that were as pale as the ocean narrowed, and the corners of the mouths on both sides slowly curved upward, and I was thinking about the expression of a smile.?

Conan raised his right hand, which had wiped his sweat, to his face and shook it gently.

That's really, looking this way.?

“……！”?

By the time Mourning noticed, Conan had returned to the game as if nothing had happened.

Feeling the bloodshot grief of the face, he covered his face with both hands.?

"Waving this way"?

"I hate it~ I'm so happy!"?

The excited voices of the girls can't reach their ears.?

What the hell is going on.?

At most, he just smiled at himself. It's just a wave of the hand like a signal.?

That's it.?

That's just something that makes the heart beat violently.?

“……”?

Even if you don't know it, you see it.?

Such a gentle smile. An innocent gesture of waving his hand in this direction.?

Indeed, the heart was beating loudly.?

“…… So I'm not a middle school student anymore......"?

The lamenting words were swallowed in the white hands that no one noticed, but they still kept covering their cheeks.

Ayumi, who had nothing to do and got a copy to extend her permission to return from the teacher's office, said worriedly, "Xiao Ai, my face is so red" It was a few minutes later.