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She was so utterly baffled that her voice rose in volume and even cracked in the middle of calling his name.
Surprised by her voice, Armano hurriedly placed a finger over his own lips.
“Shh, shhh!”
If she had been the original Radis of this timeline, she wouldn’t have felt this intensely emotional.
The Radis right now, who was only seventeen years old, had parted ways with her swordsmanship master only a few months prior.
However, the Radis that was standing here today had been missing her teacher for such a long time.
The time she had spent in that empty clearing with her teacher was the brightest of her childhood memories.
Besides that, he was the one who taught her the swordsmanship technique that had saved her life more times than she could count thereafter, even if it had already been a long time since they parted.
Oh, he wouldn’t know just how much she missed him every single time she raised her sword
!
Radis couldn’t overcome the flood of emotions coming in like waves over her. Holding back her tears, Radis ran straight to him.
“Master Armano!”
Armano was flustered, but he opened his arms wide so that he could catch her.
“Yes, my cute disciple.”
At the small commotion, the people around them started staring.
Considering that he was a valiant knight in a white uniform, the tearful expression on his face right now was unseemly of his post. And so, they stared alternately between Armano and Radis.
“Daniel? What’s going on?”
“Ahh, Claudio!”
Armano patted Radis on both her shoulders, smiling proudly.
“I mentioned it to you before, right? I found a great talent!”
Radis had been yearning for such a chance to hug her teacher once again, and at that moment, all she wanted to do was cry tears of joy.
However, as she was conscious of the curious gazes directed at her, she had to hold back her tears.
Sniffling as she wiped away her tears with her gloved hands, Radis stood upright.
The knight called Claudio sized her up for a moment, a puzzled expression on his face. Then, he asked.
“Don’t tell me, are you introducing a prospective bride?”
“Hahahahaha! Claudio, you’re cracking me up as always.”
Right then, Yves appeared, weaving his way through the crowd.
Seeing Radis practically in Armano’s arms, Yves’ lips hardened at once.
Yves spoke in a low voice, sounding as if he was suppressing himself to the fullest.
“Sir Sheldon, may I ask for an explanation as to what this is about?”
Radis came back to her senses, and her gaze quickly alternated between them.
“Marquis, I told you yesterday, right? This is my teacher.”
Armano had a bewildered but pleased expression on his face.
“Ohh, Marquis! Radis wrote to me and said that she will be under your charge for a while.”
Yves’ lips opened with astonishment.
“You’re House Tilrod’s swordsmanship teacher?”
Claudio looked as if he couldn’t comprehend the situation at all.
“What? Teacher? Daniel, what the hell have you been—”
Armano’s face grew pale.
Clap! He suddenly brought his hands together and clapped once, halting the commotion.
“Wait! Shall we move elsewhere first?”
Observing Armano’s reaction, Yves nodded.
“Yes, it would be better to do so.”
Radis also nodded.
Armano then took the lead. As he walked forward, he turned his head and said to Claudio.
“See ya later!”
“Daniel, you better explain this properly.”
“Ahh
 Fine, fine.”
Radis followed closely behind Armano and Yves, however as she turned around, her gaze suddenly stopped at one point.
Olivier was not far away.
He was in deep thought, covering his mouth with one hand.
* * *
Armano brought Radis and Yves into a quiet lounge area, then he closed the door behind him.
As soon as the door closed, Radis and Yves shouted at the same time.
“Master, how did you come here?!”
“Sir Sheldon! What’s with the alias, Armano? Did you hide your identity and pretend to be House Tilrod’s swordsmanship teacher?”
“Who’s Sir Sheldon?”
“This guy here. Radis, meet Sir Sheldon.”
Armano raised both arms and stopped them right there.
“Now, now, stop!”
Radis and Yves both closed their mouths.
“Let’s all take a seat for now. We need to calm down for a second.”
Just as her teacher instructed, Radis sat down obediently, choosing one of the armchairs in the lounge.
Yves stared at Armano with a wary expression, but he also sat down in one chair, his legs wide open.
Armano sat across from both of them, then he spoke.
“First of all, please make sure that the conversation we’ll have here will not leak outside. I’m not sure if it should be considered top secret, but it’s something that at least needs to be kept quiet about.”
Armano explained, then he looked at Radis.
“I should apologize to you first, shouldn’t I? Radis, I’m sorry to have deceived you. My real name is Daniel Sheldon. I am an imperial knight, and I belong to the Chivalric Order of the White Dragon.”
Like a rabbit caught unawares, Radis’ eyes went wide.