The crown prince, who was close to 190cm tall, appeared first.
The overwhelmingly well trained beast-like physique and intimidating atmosphere made the villagers hold their breath all at once.
They all looked at him in awe.
It was when I felt my heart sink just by looking at him.
“…Wow.”
People murmured in admiration.
Subsequently, a beautiful man like a statue of an angel appeared.
Heinrich.
He appeared, pushing the heavy and cold air away at once, and brightly reversed the surroundings with his unique atmosphere.
Long silver eyelashes beneath the clean silver hair felt noble.
His purple eyes were terrifyingly beautiful, and his reddish-red lips were ‘arrogance’ itself.
He was a handsome man like a luscious fruit that fell alone on the cold, pure white snow field.
“…Is he a nobleman?”
“He looks like a nobleman.”
“Look at his outfit. Those gorgeous clothes suit him without any sense of incongruity…”
The villagers whispered. It was clear that they were being careful, sneaking glances at him.
I thought about it.
‘It’s ruined.’
Definitely, I told him to come like a commoner, but how was it that he was so glamorous?
‘Heinri… Commoners don’t wear fancy cravats like that.’
‘How could you hang a jewel that is hard to buy even if you save up for the rest of your life on a cravat and insist that you are a commoner?’
And then.
“Ah, I guess those are <Winston’s Shields>!”
People buzzed as they looked at the entrance.
<Winston’s Shield>, dressed in all-white uniforms with Kyle at the forefront, entered the room.
The fact that they were a group in neat and clean uniforms attracted everyone’s attention.
They didn’t look as gentle as knights, rather, they all looked like tough and capable warriors.
Their leader, Kyle Winston, had rather docile eyes and a pure atmosphere, creating a very different feeling.
All the women blushed.
“The uniform is really cool.”
“The leader’s appearance… It’s really different from what I thought. He seems like a really nice gentleman. I can’t believe he’s exterminating beasts and protecting us…!”
“Oh my gosh, that’s Marquis Kyle Winston. I think I saw him in town!”
This time, everyone expressed themselves freely.
Unlike Sislin and Heinrich, who had suppressed the atmosphere, Kyle seemed to be able to be spoken of wonderfully.
The three and the members of <Winston’s Shield> sat on one side at a table (which I made sure to arrange in the corner).
‘Crazy.’
Did I think wrongly?
If the three people were spaced apart, I thought that there would be three spots that the residents would be concerned about, so I put them together.
―But because they were gathered together, there was a huge bouquet effect.
‘Even though I set them at the corner as much as I could, I can only see them…!’
I touched my forehead.
‘It is fortunate that the table is very, very large.’
It was a distance that could be avoided if they wanted to hurt each other.
‘Ignore each other, please.’
I strengthened my grip, hitting the glass again with a spoon to draw attention to me.
Then I smiled broadly.
“Now, let’s have a cake cutting ceremony! It’s a very sweet and delicious cake, so please enjoy it everyone~”
“Wow! Cake!”
“I liwke cwake!”
Fortunately, with the enthusiastic support of the younger guests, the villagers smiled at their cute appearance and paid attention to the cake.
The atmosphere that had been rigid at the appearance of a huge number of guests was relieved to some extent.
“Whew…”
I greeted the guests one after another, and went to ‘that table’ (like visiting a dog house full of hunting dogs).
First up, Kyle Winston.
“Mr. Kyle! Thank you so much for coming.”
He, who had been sitting neatly, stood up with his gentle eyes as soon as he saw me.
“Owner.”
“…….”
“Thank you for inviting us.”
Simultaneously with those words, the members of the shield with slightly scary impressions stood up.
“Miss Annette! I’ve heard a lot about you! It’s really great to see you in person.”
“Miss Annette! …It’s the first time I’ve been invited to a party like this since I was born. It’s touching.”
Among them, the one-eyed man (the other eye was a glass eyeball, which was amazing) brought his hands together tightly to his chest and said seriously.
“Please take good care of our leader.”
“…What? Yes.”
“He may seem strange at times, but he is not as strange as he seems.”
…Yes… yes…?
You know it gets weird sometimes, right?
Then, one of the shields stepped forward and smiled.
“Ah, can I call you sister-in-law?”
“Oh, my.”
“Everyone, stop.”
Kyle stepped forward and cut it off like a knife. My ears were red from embarrassment.
I smiled at the shields.
“I’m glad to see you all too!”
At that single sentence, passionate cheers and animal-like roars erupted. There were others hitting the table, bang bang.
What’s with this reaction… I just said I was glad.
After saying goodbye to them, I went to Heinrich and Sislin.
It was then.
Dang!
There was a bit of a loud noise from the kitchen.
The voice of Aunt Marilyn (the resident who supplied the rum) followed.
“Gosh! What if I mess up the kitchen.”
I thought about it.
‘It’ll be rather good.’
Shashasak, I quickly approached Heinrich and Sislin and said,
“Your Highness the Crown Prince, thank you for coming.”
And since there was only Heinrich around, it was okay to say so openly.
Sislin sat loosely, staring at me with the eyes beneath his dark eyebrows.
“And thank you, Heinrich. Well then…”
Heinrich slightly twisted his lips, showing he didn’t like it.
I greeted them roughly, and gestured towards the kitchen with my eyebrows lowered as if ‘an accident had happened and there was nothing I can do about it.’
Then I quickly ran away.
‘Phew…’
I was relieved only after I turned the corner and leaned against the wall.
‘Thank God.’
The back of the shrimp was unharmed after the greeting.
But it was really weird.
“…I just said hello, but why am I so tired?”
It was clear that my heart had weakened because of the three crazy guys.