I love time travel the most!

According to the information gathered, the only things known are that she once saved Emilia from the slums, and that she is a friend of the Sword Saint Reinhard and currently lives in the Sword Saint family's residence; everything else is unknown.

It seems the other party is on Lady Felt's side.

He acknowledged the other person's character and abilities. Being an ally would be excellent, but becoming an opponent...

Not to mention the help of Reinhard, who is known as the strongest, he is a formidable rival no matter how you look at it.

It seems we need to be careful.

"Oh dear, I misjudged little Philip too."

The cat-eared man flicked his tail in frustration.

He had seen Kobayashi at the border Count's mansion, but his attention was focused on Subaru Natsuki, and Wilhelm was urging him to leave as soon as possible, so he didn't notice that there was a genius who was proficient in water magic beside him.

However, this surprised Phyllis even more.

He's supposed to be the number one water magic user on the continent, yet he didn't even notice Kobayashi's presence. Just how powerful is that person's water magic?

This is the second time the cat-eared man has shown such great interest in someone.

The elegant knight is deep in thought, while the cat-eared man is troubled; the two seem to be planning something.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

In the Sword Saint family's territory.

"—Achoo!"

Kobayashi sneezed loudly.

Then, a charming concern came from beside her.

"What's wrong? Are you sick?"

"No, it's probably someone talking about me."

He rubbed his nose and looked at the two little girls playing in the distance.

I don't know when it started, but they became attached to me.

She appears to be a teacher, but is actually a nanny.

"To be honest, I feel more like an old father."

"Old father? They're 15 and 12 years old respectively, you can't call someone who's only 18 an old father, can you?"

"I was just using a metaphor, a metaphor. And were you saying I can't be a father or that I'm not old? Which one are you referring to?"

"Hmm...you have them all?"

Xiaolin was speechless.

Looking at Elsa beside him, who was intelligent and had a gentle expression on her face, he couldn't reconcile her with the murderer who liked to disembowel people.

The sophisticated beauty noticed the gaze and turned her head in confusion, asking, "What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?"

"I was thinking, if I were the father, you would be the mother."

"...Oh my, are you flirting with me?"

"Yeah, that's right."

This time, Elsa was left speechless.

He had no idea how to respond to Kobayashi's blatant flirting.

Because there was no desire in the other person's eyes, not even fear or apprehension, completely different from people I had met before.

I can never understand what Kobayashi is thinking. It's like seeing my past, but without feeling any annoying sympathy or disgust.

"You really are a strange person."

"Oh dear, I can't pretend I didn't hear that. You know, when a woman becomes curious about a man, it means she's about to be caught."

"Would you like to give it a try?"

Elsa's lips curled up even more, with a clear hint of provocation.

Even without reading her mind, her intellectual yet manic smile and the blood-red glint in her dark eyes told me that it definitely didn't mean that.

"no need."

"But I've become interested in you instead."

After saying that, he pushed Kobayashi down and straddled him.

For some reason, Elsa has started to take a liking to seducing Kobayashi lately, and her methods and actions have become increasingly excessive.

She hugged his arm, leaned against his back, and breathed into his ear, as if deliberately trying to provoke Kobayashi into making a move on her.

However, once he made a move, he fell into Elsa's trap. This ruthless killer who loves disemboweling people would definitely stab Kobayashi in the waist and abdomen.

Kobayashi lay on the ground, letting the other person straddle her. Feeling the other person's resilient and strong legs, as well as their soft and full buttocks, the two looked at each other and rubbed against each other lightly.

They seem to be secretly competing.

It wasn't until the two little girls, who were playing and roughhousing, noticed something was wrong. To be precise, they stopped playing and came over after Elsa pushed Kobayashi to the ground.

Meili, holding the little wolfhound, asked timidly, "Big sister, did big brother bully you?"

“Look closely at Melly, it’s obvious that Elsa is bullying Kobayashi.”

Ferut has her own opinions.

She naturally favored Elsa, who had tried to kill her to silence her, over Kobayashi, who had saved her, even though Kobayashi had plotted against her during the royal selection ceremony.

The doll maid who always stood by Kobayashi's side spoke up: "Lady Felt, Lady Meli. Lady Kobayashi and Lady Elsa are discussing the topic of fathers, mothers, and children. Their movements may have been a little too vigorous, which may have made Lady Felt and Lady Meli nervous."

"Father and Mother..."

"And the children?!"

Mary and Ferut were stunned.

Although they were young, their past experiences had given them a lot of knowledge. Therefore, even though Ryuji's explanation was very subtle, they understood what Kobayashi and Elsa were doing.

"Xiaolin, do you want to have a child with her?"

"Is my older sister about to have a baby?"

The two said in unison.

Although the people asking the questions were different, the meaning they expressed was exactly the same.

Kobayashi was dumbfounded.

Liu Zi's explanation was straightforward and there was no problem; the problem arose because the little girls were overthinking it.

I had no choice but to correct him.

"We're really just discussing the issue."

"Really?"

"real."

Kobayashi nodded solemnly to the suspicious Felt and the puzzled Meryl.

"But you two haven't separated yet."

"——!!!"

It was only then that Kobayashi realized that Elsa hadn't made a move since the beginning, but had been watching him with great interest, as if searching for his nervous and flustered expression.

Why panic and be nervous when you haven't done anything wrong?

Kobayashi responded with a look, signaling her to stop causing trouble and get up quickly.

The alluring Elsa chuckled softly, patted his waist and abdomen, and then slowly stood up.

Those little gestures, if you didn't know better, you'd think they were flirting; if you did, you'd know the crazy beauty had her eye on Kobayashi's intestines.

The two little girls looked at each other and didn't ask any more questions.

When it was almost time, Elsa took them back to the mansion.

Having already entered the selection process, Felt, as a candidate for the royal selection, still has much to learn. Meli's presence is not only as her helper but also as her motivation to continue learning, thus accompanying her in her studies.

In the courtyard, only Kobayashi and Ryuu remained.

As expected, it still doesn't work.

Elsa's decision to help Felt was essentially a transaction of mutual benefit, without any other special feelings involved.

What Kobayashi is doing now is to help her develop feelings for him and the others, and build a bond between them.

In order to heal the wounds of the gut hunters, and also for his own grand ambitions.

I looked at the alluring woman who was walking towards the mansion with two little girls, her figure swaying gracefully, like a mother.

"It seems we still need to be persuaded."

You asked how to influence them?

Of course, we should use love to influence them; otherwise, why would we need to use sticks?

However, breaking down Elsa's barriers requires a gradual approach, and that's exactly what Kobayashi is doing.

night.

Reinhard relayed the news about the capital to Kobayashi.

There's nothing noteworthy about it.

The knights were not proud of punishing a commoner; on the contrary, they felt ashamed.

Because Julius was punished.

and also--

Emilia did not respond to the previous request to discuss cooperation.

Reinhard asked in confusion, "Does that mean they're refusing? Or do they think it's not formal enough, so they're not agreeing?"

"No, I guess Natsuki-kun probably didn't even see Emilia, or he simply didn't have a chance to say it."

He left after treating Subaru Natsuki.