Seirei Gensouki's
Chapter 117: Because of You

After they finished lifting the curtain ceremony, the last day of the evening party finally began.

「O ~ h, isn't this black knight-dono」

「Do you enjoy this, Mr. Haruto」

「I definitely want to introduce my daughter to mister Haruto」

Rio who just got off the stage was greeted by many people.

They may try to establish a good relationship with newly appointed honorary knights who are considered to be brave.

Despite not knowing what exactly they were thinking about him, everyone greeted him with a friendly face.

As far as the marriage offers of some of them.

The nobles who tried to be intimate with him by calling him like "Master Haruto" or "Black Knight" slowly shaved off "something" inside Rio, especially when they called him "Black Knight".

By receiving an honorary title on his behalf, Rio automatically became a noble despite not serving the country.

Therefore many nobles made their move without regard for their own country towards Rio who had just been sworn in as a black knight.

（At this rate I won't even be able to move as I like）

Despite showing an insincere smile on his face, Rio was actually frustrated that he could not move.

He nonchalantly looked around the place and looked for people who took different actions.

Rio also considered the possibility of Francois wanting Miharu-tachi to attend the evening party when asking permission for Miharu-tachi to enter the castle this morning.

But, she just realized that Miharu-tachi was attending the evening party after the evening party started.

Rio felt that they might need to discuss while taking different actions.

Miharu and the others are not that nervous thanks to Satsuki and Takahisa.

（Actually I want to go see them but ……………. . ）

He looked at the woman standing by his side and the nobles currently encircling him from all sides.

The partner standing by his side today was not Liselotte.

On the king's direct order, Francois Galwark, he assigned Charlotte Galwark, his beloved daughter as Rio's partner.

Charlotte was one of the royalties she protected last night.

As one might expect, Rio who could not ignore the king's orders hurriedly attended the evening party with Charlotte as his partner.

「Haruto-sama, Haruto-sama」

And, Charlotte who showed a friendly smile when something happened called out to Rio.

While at the same time pulling Rio's hand.

Although it might have something to do with her being younger than Rio, maybe she was originally child-majored like when she hugged the arm of Michael, her older brother.

This trait of hers was in full view even towards Rio.

「Haruto-sama」

「Ya, what's up?」

「Didn't your throat dry after talking too much?」

Maybe because she noticed that Rio kept talking since a while ago, Charlotte said those words when she took a breath not to speak.

「Yeah, how disrespectful I am. Then, can I get a drink from the waiters 」

「Fufu, then please bring my part also」

Section 2

Charlotte might be thirsty too.

Just then Rio was about to head to where Charlotte had been waiting before.

「With all means」

He came back in a cute way that reminded him of a small beast and then gave a metal cup filled with fruit drinks to Rio.

"Thank you very much"

Rio received the glass while saying thank you.

「Come toast, Haruto-sama」

"Yes nih . Applause"

"Applause"

Making eye contact as she gave him a smile while lightly raising her glass.

And just like that, he drank the fruit liquor inside the metal glass.

「Fufu, although it feels amazing, somehow it feels like making me a little drunk」

Charlotte said those words with a mischievous smile on her face while elegantly putting her hands on her cheeks.

「Please do not force yourself. Please stop immediately if you feel something is wrong with your health 」

"Thank you very much . But I'm fine with this amount of liquor alone 」

As they engaged in that conversation, Rio saw six people approaching them.

The black haired lady with a tinge of brown on her surface greeted her at the same time as they arrived at her place.

「Haruto-kun」

The one who called Rio first was Satsuki.

There were also the figures of Lilyana, Takahisa, Masato, Aki and Miharu behind her, all wearing formal dresses.

Takahisa smiled awkwardly when his eyes met Rio, Lilyana nodded towards Rio with her usual friendly smile.

On the other hand, the three from Masato, Aki and Miharu were a little embarrassed for wearing a dress that they were unfamiliar with.

「Everyone ........... You wear a matching dress」

Although Rio was confused managed to respond with a smile.

The cause was the presence of a girl in front of him, Ayase Miharu.

Even though he had already seen Miharu figure from afar, he couldn't help but be mesmerized when he looked at her up close.

Her body wrapped in a pale pink dress like a fairy and cute as well as her long black hair braided on the right side of her neck carried a neat and tidy atmosphere.

Although Rio was able to see many beautiful noble princesses in these three days, Miharu was much more beautiful, beautiful, and brilliant than everyone else.

Although Rio was a little stiff because of that, Charlotte who first noticed the situation peered at his face from the side.

But he immediately turned towards Miharu and the others,

Section 3

「It is with great pleasure to meet everyone. I am the second daughter of Galwark Kingdom, Charlotte Galwark 」

Charlotte clamped the handcuffs of her dress and then bowed beautifully as she said those words.

When he raised his face, he smiled when he saw Miharu's face.

"Yes nih . My name is Miharu Ayase. Pleasure to meet you also 」

Miharu politely introduced herself with a somewhat stiff smile.

He introduced his given name first because he might follow the customs of this world.

「Sharl-chan's chat. I think you already know about Takahisa-kun and Lilyana-sama but, the three of them are my friends, you know. Although Miharu-chan has already introduced herself, this little girl is Aki-chan and this brat is Masato-kun. The two of them are Takahisa-kun's brothers 」

Satsuki introduced Aki and Masato who fell behind Miharu.

"Yes nih . It's nice to meet you"

Charlotte smiled as she greeted Masato and Aki.

「T-It's nice to meet you」

Perhaps due to their nervousness, Aki and Masato bowed with somewhat stiff expressions.

That might be due to his polite demeanor as a noble, or maybe because they were fascinated by his cute appearance, or maybe because of his close age to them.

「Maybe Aki-chan is around the same age as Sharl-chan. Masato was one year younger. Miharu-chan is one year younger than me, she is around Haruto-kun at 」

So, Satsuki explained about Miharu and the others.

「Miharu-sama, Aki-sama and Masato-sama are not. I must have remembered that. Please take care of me after this 」

"Yes of course"

Aki and Masato answered Charlotte who said those words with a pure smile.

And then, when the others saw the formation of the same age group with a warm smile, the,

「Nevertheless, it seems" Black Knight "-sama himself is quite popular. Hasn't there been a relentless flood of people coming to you to get closer to you since the beginning of the night party 」

Satsuki said those words as if suddenly remembering something.

It was a grinning expression as if he was laughing at something interesting.

Rio face was unintentionally narrow at that moment but,

「………. . It's not like I'm popular, they might just be fascinated by princess Charlotte's true cuteness 」[TL: ........ Rio, you ……. . ]

Rio replied smoothly while gluing his face with his perfect business smile.

Satsuki squinted her eyes in astonishment after seeing Rio's skill to smoothly follow the unexpected situation.

Section 4

「Well, aren't you really skilled at this」

「Haruto-anchan has a very cool title like a black knight！ I envy you so much!」

Masato interrupted their conversation with a completely bright expression.

「A-Yes. ………. Thank you"

Rio replied with a narrow face towards such pure words of praise.

After which, Satsuki who was unable to resist her urge to laugh chuckled.

「A very good title. Haruto-sama 」

Charlotte also praised Rio by riding the momentum created by Masato.

For people living past their puberty in Japan, she, who is a pure person in this world does not even feel the slightest disturbance within her for that shameful alias.

Therefore his words meant nothing but sincere praise like Masato's words.

But that was the case only when Satsuki did not try to hold back her laughter right by their side which was probably because Rio obediently received their sincere praise.

「…………. Thank you very much"

Rio said thank you when in fact he was quite embarrassed.

Because Charlotte was Francois' daughter, the one who gave her the alias black knight.

He could not say and did not want to say terrible things about the alias in front of him.

「However, aren't you getting closer to Charlotte-chan?」

Perhaps because he knew the exact moment, Satsuki brought up the topic to change the subject.

Therefore, Charlotte smiled broadly at hearing that.

"Yes it's true . Haruto-sama is well and fine, it feels like I got a new onii-sama 」[TL: ……. EH !!!!!! ?? I DON'T SEE WHO'S COMING] [TLC: But maybe he's involved in incest, you never know ..]

She leaned against Rio's arm as he said those words.

Despite their difference in rank, the people in the place stared in astonishment and then began to focus on hearing the conversation between Charlotte and Satsuki.

「………. . He's ~, doesn't that make you happy Haruto-kun. You get cute little sister 」

Satsuki replied a few seconds later in a slightly cooler tone than usual.

He smiled with his usual friendly smile but, maybe it was just his imagination, Rio could feel some kind of pressure being released from him towards him.

「It was just a joke. I'm still far from Michael-sama 」

Rio shook his head in denial with incredible bravery despite the cold weather stretching along his spine.

「Fufu, Haruto-sama has a different kind of charm compared to onii-sama」 [TL: One bomb after another]

Charlotte happily said that while clinging tightly to Rio's arm.

Satsuki squinted her eyes and even Miharu who was beside her also saw Charlotte who was clinging onto Rio.

Section 5

（What with this atmosphere?）

Although Rio felt that a strange air was hovering around them, he was unable to understand the reason for it.

The thing he understood was that he would be in a more difficult situation if Charlotte continued to stick to his arm like this.

Nevertheless, it was not like he could only forcibly let go seeing that the other party was a noble.

「Fu ~ hn, Haruto-kun's charm is that. I wonder which part it is？ 」

"Religion . He gives this reliable air that makes me feel at peace just by being by his side 」

「………. . I saw . I understand your feelings 」

Satsuki reluctantly agreed with Charlotte and even Miharu who was by her side also nodded lightly at that remark.

But, a group of people who came from Japan looked at Satsuki with slightly confused expressions.

Somehow, Satsuki is currently displaying a daughter's emotional wealth that matches her age.

It was a rare case for him.

Satsuki was almost like a flawless girl in the eyes of the surrounding students in Japan, which also included Takahisa.

Because of this he was branded as an exemplary student by his environment and he easily established his position as chairman of OSIS with ease, he gave an image that was difficult to approach because of the results.

Naturally he will respond well if someone talks to him but, maybe because he is not open about himself or because he is making lines, he said, he established himself as a calm and composed person without many emotional aspects.

That Satsuki's meeting the expectations of the surroundings was because she didn't show any part of her true self even to those close to her, but, the current Satsuki naturally revealed such feelings on her face.

"Right"

Charlotte said so while bringing her face closer to Rio's arm as if rubbing her face.

Therefore, the severity of Satsuki's gaze on Rio's arm increased to a higher level.

Despite giving an unconcerned look, Miharu's gaze also locked onto Rio's arm.

Although Rio was already driven by the urge to leave this place as soon as possible, Charlotte remained stuck to his arm.

It's bad .

Rio who instinctively felt danger approaching himself was looking for something that could be used as an excuse to free himself from this situation.

After which, he found an empty glass held tightly in Charlotte's hand.

「Can I borrow your glass, Charlotte-sama?」

"Yes nih . This her？ 」

Charlotte obeyed Rio's words despite being a little confused by his actions.

「Although it has been emptied, the remaining fruit drinks will make your beautiful dress dirty if spread. Let me return the glass 」

After taking the glass, Rio nonchalantly took some distance from Charlotte.

And then, when he managed to break free from his previous fixated state,

「Yes, as expected of a man. How wise you are, Haruto-kun 」

Right at that moment, Satsuki said that in awe with slightly loosening lips.

Although the reason for that was incomprehensible to Rio, even the strange atmosphere that dominated the place until a while ago disappeared like a lie. [TL: Haki !!? did he just release a haki?]

Instead, Charlotte showed a slightly bored face but no one noticed that. [TL: UH!? …………… EEEEEEEEEEH !!!!, AN EVIL LOLI APPEARS ONLY !!!]

Section 6

「Nothing because this is an important issue …………. . 」

After replying with a wry smile, Rio went to the nearby table to return the glass.

He heaved a sigh of relief in a slightly separated place after being released from the elusive pressure.

（Yup, I have to go back first）

Rio walked towards his original place with the preparation of a soldier who was about to march towards the battlefield.

「Do you enjoy this party, Miharu-san?」

After returning, he greeted Miharu first.

He who was watching the conversation despite being part of the group trembled and then turned to face Rio.

She stared at Rio's face with a face as if asking “What's wrong?”.

Miharu smiled as if a little embarrassed and then,

「Uhm, I'm a bit nervous」

He answered while twirling the ends of his lines.

Just like that, they slipped into a place slightly separated from their group.

Although Takahisa seemed to show a slightly worried face, he did not call out to her.

「I'm happy then. I'm worried whether you really force yourself to participate in the evening party but, it seems like my worries are in vain 」

"Yes nih . Because Lilyana-sama said that this will be beneficial in the long run because we can thank the king if we attend the party tonight 」

"I saw………………"

Despite showing a slightly pensive expression on his face, Rio nodded while grumbling in a small voice.

「However, Masato-kun and Aki-chan seem to enjoy this as well kan」

Saying so, Rio was looking at Masato and Aki.

The two of them chatted with the people around them while laughing cheerfully.

「They were a little excited when it was decided that we would attend the evening party you know. They were a little nervous before the party though 」

Miharu chuckled when saying that.

「How come they like it so much」

Rio replied while smiling lightly.

After a while, Rio realized that he was enjoying his conversation with Miharu.

「Somehow, it feels like it's been a while since we talked like this just with the two of us」

And somehow, Rio revealed his own thoughts.

Actually the two of them did not have much chance to be alone with the two of them despite living under one roof.

The last time they had this kind of conversation was probably when they made the last meal before going to the capital.