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that morning Reinhardt was seen still asleep due to exhaustion from the day's fighting yesterday. Reinhardt was sleeping leaning back with one of his red spears in his hand even though he was asleep
'hey.. Reinhardt wake up..
'uh?
Reinhardt suddenly wakes up when someone startles him from his sleep
'uh? who are..y-you?
'good morning Reinhardt~
Thud!
'uhhh my apologies your highness for my rudeness..
he began to open his eyes which were still blurry by shuffling his eyes and when he realized that the one in front of him was Kiara, he then reflexively knelt in front of Kiara because he felt he had made a less civilized act as a slave
'A-ah...Reinhardt..don't act like that again..because I'm no longer a princess of the kingdom..after all Empire Alzaria was destroyed a long time ago
Kiara said that with a smile
'Even so!
'Reinhardt..
puff!
'...'
Reinhardt tried to deny the fact but Kiara just stroked Reinhardt's head gently which silenced Reinhardt
'Reinhardt...you have to accept the real truth that I'm no longer the princess of the kingdom like I used to be..so I hope you don't think of me like that anymore and I hope you'll just be loyal and be my friend
'Friend?
'yes..
Kiara said that while gently stroking Reinhardt's hair while Reinhardt just looked down
'did you accept my selfish request Reinhardt?
'...'
Kiara said that with a smile while Reinhardt just stared and thought for a moment then he started to open his mouth to make a decision
'i will accept your selfish request your highness but I will stay by your side even if I have to face danger..
'Reinhardt..thank you...
'your welcome your highness..
Kiara thanked Reinhardt with a smile while Reinhard began to bow his head again in respect
'no..don't call me your highness again..call me by my own name..
'you mean Kiara?
'yes..I will be grateful if you do so
'as you wish Kiara..
Reinhardt tried to bow again as is the custom of the royal family but Kiara stopped him by grabbing his shoulders
'stop! stop! no more customs of slavery and master between us okay! you are my best friend right now and so are you..okay?
'understood..your high-
'I already told you not to practice such manners in front of me, right.. I'm not a royal princess anymore, okay
Kiara said that with annoyance while Reinhardt just made a innocent face
'uh..my bad your high-
'hmph!
Reinhardt started to repeat those words to Kiara but stopped when he saw Kiara making an angry expression
'urk...Kiara..
'hmph!
Reinhardt just scratched his head in embarrassment and was unfamiliar with his behavior that was foreign to him as a slave while Kiara just made a pouting face
'pft..hahahahahah
Kiara who made a frown soon made a happy smile while laughing
'uh.....
Reinhardt who saw that was just transfixed
while Kiara and Reinhardt were engrossed in the situation suddenly Olivia started to enter the situation by teasing Kiara
'hey! hey! what are you two doing?
'huh?
'eeekkk!
'pft! hahahaha!
when Olivia tried to seduce Kiara, her action failed when Reinhardt started turning towards her with a flat expression that made her feel shocked and scared because she was still not used to looking at Reinhardt's face
while Kiara who saw a frightened Olivia just by looking at Reinhardt's flat face started to laugh at her
'pft! hahahhahaah
'.....'
'A-ah..
'huh? what are you looking at Oliv-ia?
'.....'
'A-ah...
when Kiara was busy laughing at Olivia suddenly Olivia made a fixed expression while looking at Reinhardt while Kiara who saw Olivia's expression started to look back at Reinhardt and what she found when she saw Reinhardt was a pure smile etched on Reinhardt's face which indicated that he felt happy when saw his little princess laughing happily
Olivia and Kiara didn't think that Reinhardt could make such an expression even though he would usually just make a flat or upset expression every day
but actually Reinhardt always made such an expression when he looked at his little princess who was fast asleep in his lap or at night at that time only the two of them had never seen that
'how could a demon race make such a happy expression?
'huh?
when Olivia said that in awe, Reinhardt who heard Olivia's words started to return to his original expression which is flat every day and suddenly Kiara started complaining to Olivia who said like that
'Olivia! why did you say that! look! the expression is back to its original form again! I haven't had time to record that moment in my mind!
'ops! I'm so sorry Kiara..hahaha
Kiara made a grumbling expression while Olivia could only apologize awkwardly
'...'
Reinhardt was just silent at that time because he felt confused
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after some time later
zap!
creak!
'I brought some wheat bread..
'thank you Reinhardt!
'yes..ummmm thank you Rein-hardt..
'...'
Reinhardt said that as he entered the room
Reinhardt seems to be patrolling the village to ensure Kiara and Olivia's safety while looking for food sources for them to eat that morning
'how about that?
'umm I don't know...
'ouh then...
'....'
Kiara and Olivia were seen talking in the room while Reinhardt just sat quietly holding his war lance by his side
after some time talking Kiara and Olivia started looking at Reinhardt to tell him about something
'Reinhardt..
'yeah?
Kiara called out to Reinhardt while Reinhardt just sat holding his war lance while Olivia just stared Reinhardt down and towards him repeatedly because she was still not used to Reinhardt's figure at that time
'we should head to the nearest Empire in the east
'you mean..
'exactly! Majestic light Empire!
Kiara said that with enthusiasm followed by Olivia who looked enthusiastic as well although she didn't dare to show it in front of Reinhardt who still had a flat expression
in addition to the fact that Reinhardt was holding his war spear that seemed to be always ready to kill anyone who threatened the life of his little princess which made Olivia break into a cold sweat even though her expression was smiling enthusiastically that time
'hmmmm...
'gulp! so scary!
Olivia said that with fear in her mind as she smiled bitterly
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