Volume 1 Chapter 1

1 The female knight who is drinking too much because her peers are all married is too cute.

This is a bar.

It's a place where men who have finished their work can chat cheerfully over drinks, complaining about work and family, and talking about their relationships. For the most part.

"Ppuha~! After all, sake is the best! Hey Master, another cup!"

However, in the midst of all this, it was my boss, Karen, the female knight, who was drinking more vigorously than any of the men present.

The table was already filled with large mugs, indicating that they had already drunk a lot. At the drinking party at work, I just drink quietly and indifferently, so you don't see me like this very often.

Oh, by the way, I am now blending into this place with a magical disguise. Right now I'm a nice middle-aged romantic guy. I'm underage, so I drink hot milk.

No, but the disguise is one of the essential skills for eavesdropping, isn't it? Well, thank God I had learned this in school.

"Damn it, ......, you're working tomorrow, aren't you? Are you sure? You can't drink this much, it'll ruin your day."

"Ugh, shut up. Is Madeleine giving me a lecture too? If I don't drink on days like this, when am I supposed to drink?"

The person sitting at the table for two, directly across from Karen, who seemed to be worried about her, seemed to be Madeleine.

From the look of her dark-red magic robe, she seemed to be a mage.

Judging from the casual way they talk, I'd say they're probably friends from the knight school days.

"Well, I don't know how you feel, so I'm not going to stop you......."

She then took out a letter from her own pocket. It was decorated with a lot of flair for a letter. It seemed to be an invitation to a celebration of some kind.

"If I were you, I would say, 'Ugh, ......, I'm absent, you bastard!' I'd like to slam him to the floor or something, but I'm a knight captain and I've got a reputation to uphold......."

Karen picked up a similar item and gave it a resentful look. She seems to hate it very much.

"No, I never thought that I would be the last to get married from the same period. When I was a student, I was called the 'Sword Fairy' and the 'Silver Princess'. I was very popular, wasn't I? And yet, at my age, I've never had a relationship with anyone, and I'm a hundred percent pure and unadulterated.

(I over-edited the above para since it wasn't making sense. Here's the original translation was: "No, I never thought that Karen would be the last to get married from the same period. When I was a student, I was called the "Sword Fairy" and the "Silver Princess". You were very popular, weren't you? And yet, at my age, I've never had a relationship with anyone, and I'm a hundred percent pure and unadulterated.")

"Don't speak more! If you say more at this place, no matter how close your best friend you are, I'll cut it you off!"

Karen-san excitedly held up her sword, but Madeleine-san, on the other hand, didn't seem to be fazed at all and just brushed her off with an "Oh, yeah, yeah." Perhaps Karen has been in this situation more than once or twice.

"...... At that time, I wasn't interested in so-called male-female relationships. I was only trying my best to train my sword so that other men would not lick me and say that I was inferior as a knight just because I was a woman."(basically, look down on her)

"No, but a ****** at twenty-nine is a bad idea, isn't it?"

"But ... that's why I'm telling you not to say it !?"

Karen looked impatient and shouted her protest to Madeleine. Her eyes scanned the room, wondering if anyone could hear her. It seems that the other customers didn't hear her because they were all talking about themselves - sorry, I heard it all.

Well, I kind of expected it. It's not something I can say myself.

"Hey, Madeleine, what should I do? I don't want to go to the wedding! If I go to the wedding, I'm going to be talked about behind my back like, 'Oh, look, she's a knight who's still single even though she's in her late 20s,' and I'm going to be mounted by my fellow enemy women."

Karen, who has suddenly turned into a weepy mess, lies down on the table and sobs. Of course, there is no vestige of the Karen who was always calm and collected even when she was drinking.

"Then why don't you take someone with you to suppress voice for now? I'm also going with my husband. You're a knight captain, you can at least force one or two of your men to go with you, can't you?"

You're right, Madeleine. In the meantime, if you want to get out of this situation, you can take me with you, for example, and the problem will be solved. I'm also willing to be Karen's boyfriend. If you want, you can go ahead and really do that.

But at Madeleine's suggestion, Karen's mouth gaped.

"That's not ...... good."

That's what I say.

"What? It's fine. I'm sure they won't notice if you ask them to talk to you properly. Even your muscle-brained subordinates can do that, right?"

"...... Sure, I'm sure they'll come with us if we ask. It's my order. I'm sure he's good at that too. But~"

"But what?"

"I don't want to be rumored to be that ...... 'Yo...Con' or 'Ha...... Sha~' "

"......, what kind of people are you expecting to come with?"

Hmm? Damn it, I couldn't catch the important part because Karen was talking so softly. Hmmm, so frustrating. I guess I need to polish my skills more.

"And anyway! You can't have a partner who is softer than you, even if it's only pretending, even if it's a lie! If any of my current men were stronger than me, ...... Well, I wouldn't even think twice about it. ......"

"Ahhhhhhh, what's with this dried-up woman? That's enough. I don't care anymore. I hope she just talks about her ideals and dies a lonely old woman. I'm going home now. Well, good luck with trying not to look like a fool.

"Ah !? Madeleine, we're best friends, remember? Please don't abandon us."Don't abandon me.

Karen's pleading as she clutched Madeleine around the waist with a big sigh echoed in the night sky, And so it was morning.

However, there is one last thing that bothers me.

Who on earth was Karen thinking of asking to play the role of her partner at the wedding? Again, I, for one, am curious!

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