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Lin Yun thought he saw someone among the soldiers kneeling in the rain behind them. The man seemed to be laughing... Well, he wasn't making a sound, but from the way he was trembling, it was clear he was having a hard time holding it in.

He was trying not to laugh...

All right, he wasn't the only one. The people behind Lin Yun were laughing too, especially Kagura, who seemed to be having the best time of all.

At least Kagura knew where to draw the line.

Especially since Lin Yun was right there.

So Kagura opened her iron fan, partly concealed her face behind it, then stepped slightly behind Lin Yun and used him as a "shield."

"Coral, you really... don't remember?" Silly Big Girl asked, trying to spare the man outside—who looked a lot like that guy from school, Hojo, who thought he was incredibly handsome—any further embarrassment.

Of course, she wasn't trying to spare the young lord's feelings because of Hojo.

Speaking of Hojo, Silly Big Girl had nearly given him a piece of her mind.

He was always appearing out of nowhere around her, then vanishing just as suddenly. Most irritating of all was that perpetually smug, inexplicably confident smile of his. It left her baffled—and more than a little annoyed.

Silly Big Girl was only being considerate because they were in Kai Province and the man in front of them was the lord of the castle. It was probably best not to embarrass him too much.

"Hm? Yeah, I don't remember him at all." Coral, the blunt, tough-as-nails Warrior Girl, gave him a straight answer.

"I've completely forgotten him too," Bald Head said. He was about to burst out laughing.

But... he noticed that someone nearby seemed to be trembling too. Huh. He hadn't