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Due to the checks and balances between the Karina and Maya factions around me, I lost even more freedom than before.
Cyrillus-sensei is still in a bad mood because he is being used by Baltzer-shougun, and Maria is also in a bad mood because Bossa is trying to enter my room under the guise of guarding.
I can't meet with my Anis because the surroundings are noisy when I and the Anis meet, and Andrea-aniue, for example, distorted his face dissatisfiedly every time his eyes met me in the royal palace, saying that he was able to interact with me after all.
Only Bertrand-aniue, who doesn't care about the eyes around him, and Jean-niisama, who is not related to any faction in the first place, come to see me.
But I don't go to meet them.
Because nothing good happens when I leave the room.
The nobles will definitely swarm around me, right.
I can't do that without Cyrillus-sensei.
I can't trust Bossa either.
In all likelihood, Bossa is the ear and eye that Baltzer-shougun sent.
Otherwise, the timing is too good.
Even though Cyrillus-sensei is an honorary noble, nobles who are not good at it can't easily give orders to him because of his background.
In the contract with Father, guarding the royal family of this country is the top priority.
That's why only Baltzer-shougun, who has the title of duke and is also responsible for the national defense of this country, can assign another mission to Cyrillus-sensei.
Bossa came in to replace that Cyrillus-sensei, so Bossa is indeed a spy from Baltzer-shougun.
I can't spread bait to other nobles when there are eyes and ears nearby.
I can stay in a safe zone now because there is a structure that someone behind me is giving me instructions.
If there is a backer, if someone tries to capture me and reach out to me, that someone will come out.
An unidentified Mr. X. That becomes a deterrent and a breakwater.
If it becomes known that that Mr. X is a complete figment, they will desperately try to capture me directly.
I won't be able to do anything about it if that happens.
Therefore, I must not be thought to be thinking and speaking for myself.
If I have a belly-to-belly probing with other nobles to spread bait now, Baltzer-shougun will know that I haven't met anyone for a while.
On top of that, if I use the same kind of bargaining that I did with Baltzer-shougun with another noble, Baltzer-shougun will start to consider the possibility that there is no one behind me.
Therefore, all I can do now is be a NEET in my room.
Maria teaches me the basics of studying, so I don't need to let anyone into the room, and I don't need to leave the room.
I honestly don't know if this Bossa is excellent or not at this point.
If his usual self is his true self, he is too stupid.
What's the point of making me wary? Is he still a spy, a spy?
I won't let my guard down because I'm afraid this is a trap to make me careless.
Well, in any case. Other than trying to stay in the room when Bossa comes to my room to guard and trying to stay in the room when he is relieved of guard duty, it was mostly peaceful.
That's why I may have forgotten.
I am a member of the royal family after all, so if someone tries to harm me, they will become a traitor to the country. This also applies to Jean-niisama.
Cyrillus-sensei is the strongest class in swordsmanship, needless to say.
Then what about Maria?
"Maria isn't coming."
The sun should have risen high long ago, but the room is dimly lit because the curtains are closed.
Usually, before I wake up, she opens the curtains in the adjoining private room, takes out the clothes I will wear that day from the wardrobe next to the bedroom, and prepares them on the side table next to the bed.
After that, she waits in the room of the follower until I wake up.
At the latest, she comes to my room within a few minutes of me waking up to wake me up.
"Raimondo-sama! Aah? Huh? Raimondo-sama.........? Still sleeping...? No, he's in bad condition..., but that's strange."
Bossa's voice can be heard from the private room next to the room where I'm sleeping.
I heard the sound of Bossa, who seems to have changed guards from the night guard, opening the door to my private room carelessly as usual.
A hesitant voice. In the end, there's a slight mix of impatience.
Even if he's rotten, he's a soldier. Bossa, who erased his footsteps, walked quietly in the next room, and the sound of opening the curtains to secure a light source.
And a little after that, Bossa slowly and quietly opened the door to my bedroom.
".........Raimondo-sama? Are you there?"
A subdued voice. At that voice, several steps lower than usual, I kicked off the futon.
At the same time, Bossa drew his sword and turned it towards me.
"Uh, Raimondo-sama!?"
Bossa, who hurriedly sheathed his sword, approached the side of my bed quickly, but while properly checking his surroundings.
"What's wrong today? It's much later than usual... What happened to Maria-san?"
Bossa, who knelt right next to the bed and asked me that, seems to be impatient after all.
Even so, he is restlessly turning his gaze as if to be wary of his surroundings.
Honestly, whether this is acting or not. Whether Bossa is an excellent man wearing the skin of an incompetent man or not doesn't matter anymore.
I haven't spoken to Bossa directly until now.
That's because he forced Maria unreasonably, and it doesn't matter that he was rude to me for such a reason.
More than anything, what is most important to me is Maria's safety.
Seven years. This has never happened since I was born.
Maria has never left my caretaker except when I had a cold, because she mustn't pass it on to me.
Maria is at an age too. She would want to go shopping in the castle town, too. She would have wanted to hang out with her friends, too.
She could have looked for a fiancé as she was told by Father, too.
Even so, Maria prioritized me.
She wasted time, that life, for me for seven years.
Whether it's pity or whatever. That's the truth.
Bossa, who assumes it's the usual thing that I don't answer, looks around restlessly and looks for Maria's figure.
"Hey, Bossa."
I only turn my gaze to Bossa, who opens his eyes slightly as if he's very surprised that I spoke to him.
"You also think that you should repay your debts, right?"
I smiled at Bossa, who made an expression as if he wanted to say that he didn't know what I was talking about.
"We'll form a united front. To find Maria."
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