A few hours passed after my conversation with Irene with the magic tool.


    ''''Huh....


    I was still depressed.


    Irene, Christo and the others have already finished their inspection of the first destination and are heading to the second.


    The second place is a military base or training ground where all the soldiers of this country are gathered.


    As expected, no assassins will be coming there I can''t say that, but there''s no way we''ll be able to leave.


    Almost all the soldiers of the Halcyon Kingdom have gathered there, so even if an assassin were to appear, they would take care of it there.


    Therefore, we are going to go ahead of Christo and the others to the third destination and look around for the assassin.


    The third destination was a complete restaurant.


    Very upscale, it''s the kind of eatery that royalty would go to for its umami.


    The building is large and there is supposed to be a lot of places to hide inside.


    The best way to get inside is still to hide with magic, so I had Tina and Nina break in.


    And me and Yulina-san are looking around outside to see if there are any assassins.


    I''m looking for an assassin, without letting my guard down..........I still remember the conversation I had with Irene earlier.


    My biggest regret is that I was too familiar with her anyway.


    I already talked to her from a distance, almost like a lover.


    I was really upset by the fact that we had a conversation out of the blue.


    I just spoke as if I was talking to Irene in a previous life.


    Given my current position, I definitely had to be respectful.


    I''m a princess of one country and a mere soldier of another.


    My position in my previous life and this life are completely different.


    ...When you think about it, isn''t it impossible for me and Irene to meet and become lovers?


    Also, if I marry Irene in this life, does that mean I''m going to be the king of this country?


    No, but this country has to defeat the current king, or Irene''s father, to become king, right?


    ........Could it be that you have to defeat Irene''s father to marry Irene?


    How strong is Irene''s father, King Seredonia,?


    I''ve heard that he lost to Felix, so he''ll never be stronger than Felix.


    But even if I say I beat Felix, I wouldn''t have won without Tina''s strength.


    If the King of Ceredonia had almost as much power as Felix, I might not know if I could win either.


    ...Let''s be stronger, yes.


    No, wait, I''m getting off track.


    I''m talking about how Irene and I were extremely rude when I talked to her with my magic tool.


    And at the end of it.


    "I can''t do it anymore. I''m sorry, I''ll switch.


    I was told.


    From the words and the inflection of his voice, I could tell that he really couldn''t do it anymore, that he couldn''t speak.


    I''ve been thinking about that for the past few hours, even though I have to find and catch the hitman.


    Fortunately, right now, me and Yulina-san have finished looking around outside the restaurant and have already confirmed that the hitman is gone.


    I''ll have to do another round of rounds in time, though, when Christo, Irene and the others arrive.


    So we shouldn''t be caught off guard at all, it''s not a situation where we should be caught off guard at all but we need to switch things up quickly.


    ''''What''s going on, Eric. You''re sighing a lot earlier.


    As I was waiting for Tina and Nina to return on the roof of the building near the restaurant, Yulina-san, who was next to me, asked me that question.


    ''''No, I had a little.......mistake....''''


    What?　Is that what this mission is about?


    ''No, no. It''s just that I personally screwed up...


    You don''t get it. What''s going on?


    Me and the princess of this country were lovers in a previous life, but in this life I might have forgotten that it''s different, and I might have spoken in my previous life''s feeling and hated it....


    How can I tell you all of this in a stupidly honest way?


    As expected, they''ll think I''m crazy.


    ''''When I contacted Commander Anne just now.......there''s a high possibility that I''ve done something rude to the princess of this country.......''''


    ''What?　What do you mean?　Why would a princess from this country get involved when you''ve only contacted Commander Anne?


    I don''t know, but suddenly Commander Anne has been replaced by Christo.


    ''Christo ... oh, you mean Prince Christopher.


    It seems that it''s well known in the Begonia Order that me and Christo are best friends.


    Yulina-san also knows, so she is not surprised when I call the prince without honorific title.


    ''Then it seems that Christo has suddenly replaced Irene the princess.


    Why?


    I think it''s a perfectly decent question.


    I''m not sure why I was suddenly replaced either.


    No, I think it was more like Alisa, Christo''s maid, told me to replace him and forced me to do so.


    She said they became friends, but why she was forced to take over is a mystery.


    ''''As expected, he wasn''t rude enough to become an international issue, right?


    ''Perhaps it''s not that much ... it''s just that, personally, Princess Irene doesn''t like me, maybe it''s just that she doesn''t like me...''


    Oh it seems to gouge my heart even more when I put it into words..........


    ''''Well, wouldn''t that be fine then?　Not that Eric and his Princess Irene will have anything to do with it in the future.


    I''m so desperate.


    I suppose it''s a word without any malice, but Yulina-san tossed me out and I died....