Chapter 199.1
Khalfaan Empire
Elena came to pick us up and reunite with us safely, leaving a part of the battalion to support Cutlass, leaving us with Elena and Ron…one company guarding Lawrence, the third prince of the Khalfaan Empire, to go to his country.
On the way, I was in the same carriage as Elena. Normally, I would be in the same carriage with Dalton and the others, but since I was a baroness even in name only, and since I was seen as a close associate of the princess, I was placed in the carriage where the Royal Family was riding.
“Aria, you returned well and safe.”
“Yes, Sera.”
Sera, my adoptive mother, was waiting in the carriage with Ron as an attendant.
Since it was problematic to leave a man and a woman of their age alone in the same carriage, an elderly butler also rode along as Ron’s caretaker, but the rather large carriage still had plenty of room even with the five of us in it.
While Ron and the old butler were confirming their plans, I was reporting to Sera as much as I could about what had happened so far.
It was not a good idea to report to Sera, who was sitting on the other side of Elena. Because I would be talking over Elena’s head, but Elena insisted that I sit next to her, so this happened without any choice. It was as if she were [selfish princess] mode like the first time I met her, but this time it was not an act but the real her wanting to be by my side, and it was somehow unnerving.
A friend…that’s what I called her then, and Elena accepted it without hesitation, even if she never said it out loud.
Sera also noticed that I became Rank 5, but as because there were people on the imperial side, she only gave me a silent glare. It was a scolding look for having done something quite reckless, but her eyes seemed to have the same familial affection as Master’s, making me realize that I had finally returned.
After we finished the whole conversation and touched on the Evil Race, Ron, who had been waiting for us to finish, interrupted the conversation as if he couldn’t stand it any longer.
“Aria, that guy is safe, right?”