Ore wa Mada, Honki o Dashite Inai

He minced what he pulled out of the neck with his sword, and also crushed the remaining meteorite into pieces, returning it to dust.

Look around.

The meteorite itself, and the bad stuff that came out of it.

I could erase everything.

Later... this necklace...

Za, za, za.

Quiet but unpopular outdoor footsteps.

Turning around, Shaw and the other two - a man who seemed to feel close.

"That's great, you got it cleaned up already"

"Well this is it. Can I take care of the rest?... including this one"

That's what I said, I gave him a necklace that was falling at his feet.

There's no trauma, and he'll probably be fine.

"Okay. I took it on later."

"By the way."

I approached Shaw once upon a time, so close that I looked at him.

Shaw suddenly got barometric pressure and glanced slightly at his upper body.

"Hey, what's up?"

"As promised, please make this a feat of Your Highness."

"Oh, sure."

"Please don't do anything to me. No Cross Medal."

Something has happened before, and I emphasized it with all due respect.

"Please don't do anything to me about this. Really."

"All right, all right. He's a really strange man. You are. I honestly suffer from understanding why I hide it so much."

"It's all about people."

"Right. Let's respect that. I asked you to do it here."

Shaw nodded and stared at me in the face.

"Let's swear in the name of Shaw the Aigina. I need to do nothing to get you involved in this case."

"Thank you"

That's what I say and I bow my head.

If you'd told me so far... I'd be fine.

The oath the royalty made after naming his full name is heavy.

I'm glad I took the word "do nothing".

Shaw kept his promise.

Instead of talking about Shaw himself doing something like that to me.

Without even spreading rumors that the meteorite had fallen in the first place, this one case was buried in the dark.

The kicking princess festival is over while I'm somewhat alert in Kanya, and I'm going back to Pindos in the realm in a carriage with my sister.

――♪

"What's wrong, sister? You're in a good mood."

"Hehe, Hermes worked great at the festival. If we get back to Pindos, we have to tell Mimis about it and let her spread the word."

I grinned.

I followed that one.

Nex was angry, and I tried to shame him, and I stuck with him.

I think there's more I could have done now.

but I can't help but do what I've done.

I'll think about it for a second.

"It's a traditional kick princess festival, and we'll do everything we can."

Said.

The result is first place in the same rate.

If you hustle and bust that it was all you could do, it would, to some extent, mislead you.

Besides, this is "normal".

At that kick princess festival, all the nobles who attended did everything in their power to honor.

It is rather normal to argue that I did everything I could, too.

So I said that and tried to guide the content my sister tries to spread.

"Hermes......"

The sister was surprised, and immediately afterwards she moistened her eyes and moved them.

"Finally, Hermes figured it out."

"Well, sometimes."

"Yeah, sometimes's fine. Please keep showing the world what you really mean."

If you feel like it.

That's how I tightened it at the end, but still my sister looked satisfied and kept singing her nose in a good mood.

Is that what you're so happy about? I mean it and the world will recognize me.

Well, that's why I don't dare.

'Cause it stinks.

But good, good.

The meteorite has Shaw doing nothing for me, and my sister retains the matter of the festival in the way she spreads it commonly as a nobleman.

It's rare here these days and things are going well.

This is...

"Speaking of which... what do you do with that thing over there?

"Which case?

"You don't have to hide it, it's about the meteorite."

"Fats!?

I got a weird voice.

Why did your sister tell you about the meteorite?

"It's a rumor, isn't it? A meteorite fell around the Wang capital, and His Highness Shaw ruled it out, but the fact is Hermes did it with dirty hands..."

"Hey, what's that rumor?"

"That's what Baron Nex is saying over there, isn't it?

"That guy!?

"The baron says Hermes got dirty hands, but he can't tell you exactly what's dirty."

That's right.

I didn't use any dirty hands.

"It's just a rumor, and if all kinds of people confirm that. There was indeed a meteorite, which was processed in secret. So, it was apparently His Highness Shaw who did it... but the trace is Hermes yours"

Whew.

Did they examine the traces?

Yeah, already, the Nex guy.

If he hadn't told me, no one would have gone to look into the traces.

"But His Highness Shaw is completely silent on this matter, and whoever hears it won't try to tell us anything."

"Ooh..."

I'm a little impressed.

Shaw, you kept your promise to me.

"Rumors are flying a lot because His Highness Shaw won't talk about anything. The newest one."

"What's new?

"His Royal Highness was in the middle of a festival, so I tried to handle it unknowingly, and I was powerless and pinched. Hermes helped it."

"What!?

"The latest theory is that His Royal Highness, who failed and was helped when she tried to cover herself in secret, is keeping her mouth shut in embarrassment. Maybe the hermes who helped that lord burn his hands are actually amazing? Even."

"Yep, yep!?

"Ah, Baron Nex still calls out 'Dirty Hands,' but all you have to theorize about is a disgraced stomach at the festival,"

"Oh, I don't care that way"

Seriously, I didn't care.

Or... is that a rumor?

"The more silence your Highness keeps, the more credible the rumors are."

"Ugh!!!

Oh, my God!