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I thought the inside of the room I was originally in was already like medieval Europe with its decorations and furniture, but the feeling of medieval Europe increased even more when I went out into the hallway.
I was drawn to various things, not only the furnishings but also the knights walking around in armor.
However, the first thing I noticed was the two soldiers in armor standing in front of the room, and one of them had something like a cat's tail growing out of his butt.
"Oh? Lady Maria, is Prince Raymond with you today?"
"Oh, Lord Kyriros. Thank you for your hard work. Yes. I was thinking of showing Prince Raymond the outside soon."
"I see. That's good. If you don't mind, this Kyriros Niarchos will accompany you."
"Oh my! I feel safe with Lord Kyriros here. I'll leave it to you."
Apparently, the man with the cat's tail is called Kyriros.
And the helmet, well, it might not be officially called that because it's a Western-style so-called plate armor, but a helmet is fine. His face can't be seen because of the helmet, but his voice was much lower than I had imagined.
It was a baritone, handsome voice.
"Then, please wait a moment. I'll call for a replacement right away."
Saying that, Kyriros put his hand to the vicinity of his ear, probably.
"............ Ah. This is Kyriros Niarchos. Maria-dono is walking around the castle with Prince Raymond, so I will be his escort. I would like you to send a soldier to guard Lady Maya's room. ............ Thank you. Okay, that's fine now. A replacement will be here in less than a minute. Now, Maria-dono. Where are you planning to go?"
Apparently, he was able to get in touch just now.
What's going on? Mysterious magic!? That's romantic!
"Auda! Abu?"
I tug on Maria's hair and, after confirming that her eyes are on me, tilt my head.
"Raymond-sama? What's wrong?"
"A-bu!"
I want to know how that call just now worked, so I point at Kyriros-san and then press my ear tightly and tilt my head.
It's probably an unnatural action for a baby to take, but Maria probably judged it to be a meaningless movement unique to babies, so she didn't ask deeply, but still kindly taught me as if she was having a conversation with me.
"Oh, were you curious about the Maden?"
"Dau!"
Apparently, the mystery of the call from earlier is called Maden.
"Oh, Prince Raymond has never seen a Maden before?"
"Au!"
When I replied energetically to Kyriros's words, he took off the helmet that covered his head.
His face is a cat. It's completely a cat. Nyan-ko cute.
Beautiful grey fur like a Russian Blue, and blue eyes.
His ears were bent a little, probably because they were being compressed by the helmet, but when Kyriros straightened them with his hand, they stood up straight towards the ceiling.
From his ears hung earrings with beautiful green stones hanging from silver chains.
"This is Maden, Your Highness. A special formula is embedded in this magic stone, and by channeling magic power into it, it becomes possible to have conversations with specific people."
He bent down a little and brought his head closer to me to show me what Maden was.
"Magic stones with these formulas embedded in them to enable conversations using magical power are called magical transmitters, or commonly Maden."
When I looked closely, I could see that there were many glittering lines inside the green stone.
What wonderful technology.
Magic, it's romantic and makes me excited.
Carefully touching the stone so as not to accidentally pull it and hurt Kyriros's ears, it swayed with the impact.
Kyriros, noticing that, chuckled and moved away from me.
"This is......... Prince Raymond seems to be quite intelligent. I thought a child would pull it at least."
"Yes! Raymond-sama is very intelligent. He reacts as if he understands what we are talking about."
"That's, that's......... I'm looking forward to the future."
While we were talking, it seemed that Kyriros's replacement had arrived, and my first ever tour of the castle began!
"That's right. Raymond-sama, Kyriros-sama is also from the Notos United Kingdom."
What.
"Oh? Is Prince Raymond interested in the Notos United Kingdom?"
"Dau!"
That's right. I've never seen beastmen, let alone dragonoids? Lizardmen? Well, I'm interested in the scaled race too!
"Yes. He was very happy when I told him about the dragons living in the Ost Empire, the hometown of Lady Maya, so I told him about the scaled race, and he seemed to be interested in that too."
That's right.
Especially demi-humans, they are a staple of fantasy, aren't they?
"I see. Then, shall I introduce myself again?"
Saying that, Kyriros stepped lightly in front of Maria-san, who was holding me, and knelt down gracefully on the spot.
"Prince Raymond. I am Kyriros Niarchos from the beastman race of the Notos United Kingdom, from the village of Haine-ko (Ash Cat). I have been practicing swordsmanship since I was a child, and I am honored to be a member of the Knights as a swordsmanship instructor for the royal family here. I will be your instructor when Prince Raymond grows up, so please treat me well."
Saying that, Kyriros lifted his waist, took my hand still held by Maria-san, and kissed it.
This is an action that would irritate me if it wasn't Kyriros-san, but I'm even charmed by this handsome cat as a man.
Why does it look so good?
My heart is pierced by those beautiful blue eyes looking up at me from a position lower than me.
Let's call him master. My heart's master. Aim to be a wonderful gentleman like Kyriros-san!
"Auu!"
"............ Is that a reply of approval?"
"Da-u!"
That's right!
Kyriros, amused by my reply, stood up chuckling, and the castle exploration tour began again.
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