Repeated reflection .

“… And that’s what happened . Don’t you think Otousama is too heartless?”

I, who was released from Otousama’s lecture had immediately made my way to the kitchen .
I seized s.h.i.+n who was mostly done with the food preparations and after making sure that no one hear us by erecting a soundproofing barrier, I told him about Tirie-san and complained about the scolding .

“… Hmm . I do find Tirie-san pitiful, but you will act recklessly if you don’t get reminded, Ojou…”
“Ehh? But I did not know this time, so it wasn’t my fault?”

s.h.i.+n is also heartless for feeling pitiful only for Tirie-san!

“Doesn’t Sire constantly tell you to consult with him before you do something, though? It can’t be helped that you got scolded because you didn’t do things properly, no?”

s.h.i.+n looked at me tiredly .

“I told him, though? That I was going to make a new product…”
“… Making new product and hunting Orcs is two separate things . ”
“Eh, but… huh?”
“You can get a lot of things in the Capital . Orcs too, you just have to place a request with the Adventurer’s Guild . They would likely get to you in a few days, right?”
“… That’s certainly true, but…”
“You are carefreely sending Kurogane-sama to hunt for Orcs because you are contracted, but you generally have to wait for requests to be fulfilled, okay?”
Advertis.e.m.e.nt“… Indeed . ”

Ugugu, I can’t say anything after being told that .

“Well… people need to take your personality into consideration and understand that you want to get your hands on things immediately, but Sire still might be overly optimistic about this . I also didn’t think you would hunt for Orcs right on the heels of yesterday…”

Right! Isn’t it human nature to act immediately after getting an idea?
… N? Mr . s.h.i.+n? Wait just a moment .
Wasn’t your statement basically saying that I am an impatient child!?
Are you poking fun of me? Speaking ill of me? It’s quite~ subtle if I say so myself, though!?
Gununu… when I became sulky, s.h.i.+n faced me with a serious face .

“However, Ojou . You are getting scolded by Sire because he’s worried about you . If you run about and do something that cannot be undone, how will Sire help you when he doesn’t know anything?”
“… Eh . ”
“Parents are always worried about their child’s well-being . Understand that . Don’t be making your parents worry all the time… or you will regret like me . ”
“Ah…”

Looking at the sorrowfully smiling s.h.i.+n, I couldn’t say anything .
s.h.i.+n’s parents who were adventurers had already pa.s.sed away .

s.h.i.+n no longer has parents that will worry or rea.s.sure him .
Since I died before my parents in my past life, I caused them a lot of sadness .
Considering that and my current parents who can only worry about me, I can only say that I really lack filial piety .

“… I am sorry . ”
“You shouldn’t be apologizing to me, right? Don’t forget to consult with Sire then next time . Alright?”
“Yeah…”

s.h.i.+n patted my head as I enduring crying .

“All right . Let’s end that talk here . And so, have you decided on the place to dismantle the Orcs? How many do you need?”

Wanting to change the gloomy mood, s.h.i.+n asked with a bright voice .

“… Otousama gave permission to use the back of the training field . He told me to use a barrier and clean up properly afterward . It’s already late today and it will take time to process, so let’s leave it for tomorrow . Inform Head Chef for me, please . ”
“Roger that . I will ask Head Chef to exempt me from noon practice tomorrow . Alrighty then, a dismantling after a while . My hands are itching already . ”

After s.h.i.+n joked about that, he made his way to Head Chef .
… Ah, geez . I am the worst .
I trudgingly made returned to my room .

“… Haah . I hate myself…”

I sluggishly dropped on the sofa, lifted up Mas.h.i.+ro who approached me and tightly hugged him .
Mas.h.i.+ro’s fluff would usually heal me, but I can’t quite feel it today .

“Cristea, you look down… are you okay?”

Mas.h.i.+ro hugged me back .

“Sorry, Mas.h.i.+ro . Sorry for making you worry… I am fine . ”
“… Lord, it seems that I have caused you trouble by annihilating the Village without letting you know…”

Kurogane must have been worried too as he seemed really dispirited .

“No, you did the right thing, Kurogane . You had discovered a Village and did what you had to do . Very admirable . ”
“However, you got scolded because of that, Lord . ”
“I got scolded because I didn’t report to Otousama that I am sending you to hunt for Orcs . I am at fault for causing Otousama and Tirie-san trouble . ”
“However…”
“Let’s see, if you want to be more careful, then you should contact me or Otousama when you find an Orc Village next time . We could then decide whether you should exterminate it immediately or whether we should let the guild send a subjugation unit . ”
“Umu… I understand . ”

The worst thing is that it happened in another fief, so writing the report will be really troublesome .
I hope that Tirie-san somehow manages to deceive them… if another fief’s Adventurer’s Guild gets to know that Kurogane exterminated an Orc Village, it will gather strange attention .
… Is this what Otousama got angry and worried about? Kurogane is currently acting as my personal guard . Even if his ident.i.ty as Sacred Beast doesn’t get exposed, I would like to avoid unnecessary attention .

“Haah…”

I felt even more disappointed in myself who didn’t take so many things into consideration .

“Umm… Cristesama, are you free right now? You have a visitor…”

There, Miria came to notify me .

“… I do?”

Who, I wonder? Mariel-chan, perhaps? But, I believe she would send a letter before coming…

“Anyhow, you better hurry as Sire is calling for you . ”
“Eh? Otousama is?”

What is it, I have a really bad feeling about this, though…