Otome Game no Heroine de Saikyou Survival-Chapter 199.1

Khalfaan Empire

Elena came to pick us up and reunite with us safely, leaving a part of the battalion to support Cutlass, leaving us with Elena and Ron…one company guarding Lawrence, the third prince of the Khalfaan Empire, to go to his country.

On the way, I was in the same carriage as Elena. Normally, I would be in the same carriage with Dalton and the others, but since I was a baroness even in name only, and since I was seen as a close associate of the princess, I was placed in the carriage where the Royal Family was riding.

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“Aria, you returned well and safe.”

“Yes, Sera.”

Sera, my adoptive mother, was waiting in the carriage with Ron as an attendant.

Since it was problematic to leave a man and a woman of their age alone in the same carriage, an elderly butler also rode along as Ron’s caretaker, but the rather large carriage still had plenty of room even with the five of us in it.

While Ron and the old butler were confirming their plans, I was reporting to Sera as much as I could about what had happened so far.

It was not a good idea to report to Sera, who was sitting on the other side of Elena. Because I would be talking over Elena’s head, but Elena insisted that I sit next to her, so this happened without any choice. It was as if she were [selfish princess] mode like the first time I met her, but this time it was not an act but the real her wanting to be by my side, and it was somehow unnerving.

A friend…that’s what I called her then, and Elena accepted it without hesitation, even if she never said it out loud.

Sera also noticed that I became Rank 5, but as because there were people on the imperial side, she only gave me a silent glare. It was a scolding look for having done something quite reckless, but her eyes seemed to have the same familial affection as Master’s, making me realize that I had finally returned.

After we finished the whole conversation and touched on the Evil Race, Ron, who had been waiting for us to finish, interrupted the conversation as if he couldn’t stand it any longer.

“Aria, that guy is safe, right?”

“…Yes, Your Highness.”

By “that guy,” I assume he means Camile. Ron had been given Camile’s letter entrusted to Jesha. I did not know what was written in the letter, but I guessed they knew about each other’s situation from the look of relief on his face.

“Aria…it’s fine to act as usual. Think of this old man as my ally since I was a child, like Mrs. Leighton over there as well.”

“…Okay.”

Ron said, concerned about how I was speaking, and the old butler next to him nodded at me with a gentle smile, so I returned to the way I usually speak.

“Thank you for getting that to me. Please give my thanks to that former guild master as well. If she intends to serve as a military officer, I will make accommodations for her. Frankly, a Rank 4 Heavy Warrior is very valuable.”

“I’ll let her know.”

I wonder if she still had the intention to do so.

“Also, I’d like to talk about our plans for the future.”

Elena and Sera told me that they were staying in the empire until the last minute because of me.

According to Ron, the schedule was really last minute, and preparations for the sailing were currently underway, so that any time we returned, we would have to leave for the Kingdom of Claydale in the next few days. And in the days leading up to that departure, not only Elena but also myself must have an audience with the Emperor.

“Why me?”

“Aria is a baroness and a member of the princess’s entourage, right? Actually, you may only be her bodyguard, but the princess has been working so hard for that bodyguard. And Father and Mother are interested in why she was doing so. Either way, Lord Dalton has been invited as well, so you’ll have to accept it.”