Princess Who Hides Her Fandom

The only thing I regret is that he doesn’t go with me on the first mission. It was just one thing.

“I will perform well and come back.”

Agnes responded resolutely, then saluted him with her fist pressed to her chest.

She turned around and was about to leave when Cleo made a mistake and added another comment.

“By the way, the weapon you will be issued with is a small pistol.”

A single small pistol could never be used against a monster.

It’s okay if it’s a rabbit-sized monster.

Knights usually used large long guns, machine guns, gun blades, long swords, spears, and axes as their main weapons, among weapons made from magic stones.

The small pistol was merely an auxiliary weapon added as a spare.

However, since the only weapon provided was a small pistol, it was as if i was told to just die if i encountered a monster.

However, Agnes didn’t refute and just left the director’s office.

In my heart, I want to be in the same space as my favorite even a little more….

‘If it’s outside the capital, it’s not far, but i have to leave quickly so i can return before dark.’

In any case, i was now a knight who had to serve Cleo as her superior due to the imperial decree.

Agnes stopped at a weapons depot and, as Cleo had mentioned, was given a small pistol and a palm-sized navigation device to guide her to her destination.

This pistol, activated by an imperial magic stone, was a weapon that only inflicted fatal wounds on monsters.

On the other hand, it couldn’t cause any harm to humans. All weapons issued for these missions were the same.

It was also something that enabled the empire to become the most prosperous and powerful nation on the continent.

In order to deal with the monsters controlled by demons, weapons made of magic stones were essential.

So, the neighboring countries were forced to import weapons from the empire.

The current emperor didn’t abuse other countries by exporting weapons, saying it was a humanitarian issue, but previous emperors all used it to seize diplomatic power.

‘Let’s go quickly.’

In any case, the fact that Cleo had sent her away with only small pistol in her hand meant that all danger had already been eliminated from her.

No matter how crazy Cleo was, there was no way he would send princess Agnes to such a dangerous place alone.

Heading to her horse supply depot, Agnes rode off on her own white horse.

And around that time.

Cleo Gray was on his way out of the director’s office with Jeremy Lanster, who had come to process the rest of her official documents and report to her.

Jeremy Lanster was a member of the Black Knights, a slim and tall man.

Although his eyes were slitted like snakes and gave him a bad impression, he was quite meticulous when it came to getting things done. And there were a lot of unnecessary worries and a lot of talk.

“But Princess Agnes, is it really okay for her to be alone? If something dangerous happens while patrolling the A-15 area alone….”

“…….”

Cleo didn’t respond to his words.

He was returning today from a visit by Jeremy Lanster to a prison for serious criminals outside the capital.

The prisoners I visited were members of the Black Knights during the war, but are now criminals in prison.

Because of that, he didn’t know about Jeremy, who had been away for a few days.

The eastern A-15 area is officially an unexamined area, but it is an area that another Black Knights member has already patrolled yesterday.

As Agnes expected, Cleo sent her to a place where he was sure she would be safe.

There was no need to do things twice, but sending Agnes there was a way of suppressing the momentum and part of a ceremony.

Cleo thought as he pressed his fingers to his temples.

Although Princess Agnes may spits poison out of her mouth, in reality she was a young girl who had just reached adulthood.

Although she was a member of the White Knights, she hadn’t received formal knight training since she was young, and had never even directly faced demons or monsters, let alone fought them in actual combat.

She may be more familiar with the battles of socialites who wear dresses, spread fans, and argue.

So, no matter how proud the princess is, she will feel fear when she enters his controlled area.

An eerie empty village with no one around, devastated buildings with the horrors of war still intact, the tension of what might come out of nowhere.

There may not be a big risk, but just once she goes, she won’t be able to be as arrogant and reckless as before.

Actually, Cleo didn’t want to go this far.

No matter how crazy he was, he was also a man who took the oath of a knight.

It was not chivalrous of him to put a vulnerable woman in danger.

Nevertheless, there was another reason why he did this.

This is because the emperor issued an official strict order not to treat the princess with special treatment, and gave her notice so blatantly that even her idiot could understand it.

“As you know, our Princess Agnes lost her mother when she was young and grew up very lonely.”

The emperor spoke leisurely with a lengthy introduction.

“People say Agnes is selfish and doesn’t work as a healer, but that’s because she has a very weak heart. After her mother’s death, whenever she saw a patient with similar symptoms, she would think back to that day and feel afraid.”

Even as the emperor said those words, he acted as if he was dying of pain just thinking about his daughter.

Although he maintains a golem-like expressionlessness in front of his ministers, the emperor’s human side is revealed when he has an audience with individuals.

“Even her nanny died, and she lived as if he were dead for a while. Of course, I know that I am not too strict with my daughter. But now I can’t help it. It’s harder for me to convince that kid than it is for me to do political work.”

At that point, even Cleo couldn’t help but notice.

The emperor of a great empire summoned the leader of the Knights Templar, who was barely a bastard, and told him in detail about his concerns about raising children.

On the surface, he ordered to treat the princess strictly, but in reality, he meant to treat her with care, like glass art.

However, the emperor’s next words were unexpected.

“But that child can’t live the world like that forever. Shouldn’t she have experienced the bitter and spicy taste of life since ancient times?”

“…….”

Spicy? When I raised my head in puzzlement, Alexander spoke in a casual tone.

“I heard that you did a lot of great work on the front lines during the war. If you fought against demons, you would be able to capture Princess Agnes with your eyes closed.”

Praising an illegitimate child with the blood of a commoner, it meant that the emperor was clear about what he wanted from him.

Cleo clearly sensed the Emperor’s hidden intentions.

Since he was young, he had been fed up with being ignorant.

After running away from home as a child, he lived like a mouse while doing odd jobs, and even after becoming a mercenary, he lived a servile life, worrying about what his clients thought of him.

And after returning to the family at his biological father’s order, his half-brothers and stepmother even noticed him.

But the opponent was the emperor. He is an old man who controlled the greedy nobles and strengthened the imperial power with political and diplomatic power for decades.

I couldn’t judge the inner meaning of the snake-like thing with my own guesses.

Cleo turned around as best he could and asked the Emperor again.

“Then, as Your Majesty commanded, can I just think of Princess Agnes as my minor subordinate?”

“That’s right. If possible, it would be better if it’s someone you don’t like.”

Only then could Cleo be sure. The Emperor wants Cleo to completely break the spirit of the Princess.

It was an unexpected request made by the emperor, who cared for his daughter more than anyone else.

It seemed like the emperor was determined to heal the princess’s mental health from the inside out before it was too late.

After that, the emperor gave a lengthy explanation, adding all kinds of rhetoric, but the conclusion was that he had to make Princess Agnes learn, even if it meant making her shed tears and snot.

‘If it weren’t for that, i wouldn’t have been so harsh.’