For the victory of our kingdom
To the Duke of Habillu who worked hard with us
I'll send you a small gift.
I hope you enjoy watching it.
A knight of honor from a defeated nation has entered our mansion as a slave.
Her hands and feet were tied behind her back. The dark circles under her eyes, the gunk in her eyes, and the faint smell of blood and stench prevented her from even greeting me properly, so I sent her into her room with the servants.
"What do you think, Miss?"
"hmm... "
"Should I change it to someone else? It doesn't have to be the author..."
"No, it has to be that kid.
"You're different from those little shits who pretend to be innocent, even from the look in your eyes."
After some time had passed, someone knocked on the door and said, "Let me in." - The slave who slowly entered my room with the sound of the door creaking looked completely different from before. I only asked him to wash me, I didn't ask him to dress me up like that.
Judging by the thorny ropes still binding her hands and feet, she didn't seem to have washed properly, but it was enough to look clean.
"Untie the rope."
The butler said to me.
"I don't think it will work yet."
"Why?"
"that is..."
While the butler was mumbling, he himself said, "Fuck it," and told the answer.
"How cheeky."
I dismissed the servants and butler who had entered the room. It was just the slave and me. His arrogant gaze remained, but his hands and feet were tied, making it quite amusing to see him unable to do anything.
"What are you going to do if you start rebelling against your master already?"
"Why the fuck are you my master?"
"Then, do you want to do that great honorary knight thing again here?
"He was quite proud of being an honorary knight..."
"..."
The slave quirked an eyebrow and dropped the drop of water he was holding in his mouth. As he let the drop fall, he realized how pathetic it was to hold his breath, gasping for air to protect his pride. He couldn't bear to see it any longer, so he stroked the slave's cheek and said.
"What if an honorary knight sheds tears over such words?
Stop it - ... ahh!"
It gave me goosebumps to see him biting my hand and smiling with the corners of his eyes wide. Ah, so he wasn't a knight for nothing. He wasn't holding his breath, he was holding back laughter.
"I've done much uglier and dirtier things than this."
I won't die with something like this.