In a corridor of the central residence in the garrison district.
Riezel had arrived here without a sound, and he was alone.
Without alerting anyone, he moved with a strange, silent gait, suppressing his presence to the lowest possible level as he made his way here and met someone who had arrived before him.
"My lord."
Belti seemed intent on not alerting anyone either. She wore a white robe with a hood that obscured her angelic features, only revealing them faintly beneath its shadow. Not until she saw Riezel arrive did she raise her head, revealing her delicate face and a pure, flawless smile.
It had to be said that the smile was incredibly infectious. Even Riezel felt the urge to look at it a little longer.
But he hid that thought well and approached Belti with a calm expression.
"Sorry to have kept you waiting again."
Riezel smiled helplessly.
It could not be helped. Nearly twenty minutes had passed since the time they had agreed to meet here.
In other words, Riezel was about twenty minutes late, so he should apologize.
If this had been his previous life, making such a beautiful girl wait for him would probably have gotten him cursed out thoroughly.
Yet Belti did not mind in the slightest. Instead, she said understandingly, "My lord was delayed because of Crown Princess Merlot and Lady Naisha, wasn't he? Then it cannot be blamed on you!"
Clearly, the saint had already guessed why Riezel was late.
And it was true.
"Who told last night's events to happen?" Riezel sighed. "This time, I'm going out alone again, and I'm even going to see Princess Lilithia with you. Anyone could tell with their knees that Merlot and Naisha wouldn't be happy about it."
The two people Riezel intended to meet