You think you're worthy of saving the world?

"……fine."

Angelica glanced at Yuri out of the corner of her eye.

And so, the entire awarding ceremony ended in a subtly reserved atmosphere.

After it ended,

"Ah! Yuri! Over here!"

Euryphus wanted to retreat as quickly as possible, but Chaika grabbed his arm.

"I just found out! You and Angelica were childhood friends!"

The vice chairman of Academy City shouted as if he had discovered a new continent.

"Childhood sweethearts or something, I wouldn't say... we just met a few times when we were little."

Yuri was forcibly pulled to Angelica's side.

Chaika looked at the two of them excitedly, then noticed something was wrong and frowned, saying, "You two, don't you get along well?"

"That's not true." X2

Yuri and Angelica spoke in unison.

"oh oh……"

Angelica's astonishing aura startled Chaika, who blinked and said, "That's good, then."

I'm going to wander around over there. You two can chat all you want!

After saying that, Chaika slipped away and left.

"Teacher Chaika is really..."

Angelica watched Chaika's retreating figure and sighed, "Teacher, she must have caused you a lot of trouble at the Holy See, right?"

"Hmm...he's quite a unique person," Yuri said with a wry smile.

"Right? Right? I get really worked up by her all the time!"

The First Princess crossed her arms and fiddled with her curly hair that fell over her shoulders, her full and proud breasts emphasizing their presence.

"By the way... it's been a long time, Euryphus."

"Yes, it's been a long time, Your Highness... Please forgive my rudeness for not greeting you beforehand."

Angelica glanced at Yuri, from head to toe.

"You've changed so much...."

"She'll be 15 next month, so she needs to grow up a bit."

Before she could continue, Yuri answered with a smile.

“I still remember how you scolded Cecilia for getting the order of the etiquette wrong at her 15th birthday party, and she ended up crying in her room. Now she’s making that mistake again.”

"Ugh... Don't remember that kind of thing so clearly." Angelica frowned and scratched her cheek.

Then, with a somber expression, she continued, "I've heard a lot about your remarkable achievements in the capital and at school... How should I put it, I'm quite surprised."

"Yes, even I am surprised that the news industry is so keen on fabricating rumors these days."

"It's not a rumor, is it?"

The First Princess's eyes sharpened.

“I not only heard about it, but I also witnessed your and Aunt’s Singularity Challenge firsthand… Well done, Euryphus.”

"........."

Yuri was stunned.

After a long pause, he nodded and humbly said, "Thank you for your compliment."

At this moment, Yuri noticed that Angelica seemed to be looking around and talking to someone—

Not far from the award ceremony venue, Rosalia, holding a champagne glass, watched with a smile.

The aunt and niece seemed to be exchanging ideas.

Rosalia nodded slightly, and Angelica took a deep breath as if she had made up her mind.

“Eulifesto, I must apologize to you.”

Her expression was resolute, and her bright, beautiful eyes gleamed with a certain determination.

“I once said you would never be the savior; the prophecy of the sacred tree must be wrong somewhere—”

These irresponsible and ignorant words must have hurt you. Please allow me to apologize and take back those words. I am truly very sorry.

"..."

Yuri silently looked at Rosalia, who was not far away.

So that's what they were discussing in the meeting room earlier?

Angelica regretted her previous remarks and didn't know what to do, so she consulted her beloved aunt and was persuaded to come and apologize to me... I think that's how it is.

Yuri readily accepted Angelica's apology.

Faced with such a straightforward princess, there's no need for pretense; honest acceptance is the best course of action.

After Yuri accepted the apology, Angelica immediately beamed with joy and resumed her usual haughty and arrogant demeanor.

“From now on, not only Cecilia, but also Euryphus, you are one of my rivals.”

"That's a real honor."

Yuri bowed his head respectfully.

Angelica proudly puffed out her large breasts: "Hmph, feel honored. To be regarded as a rival by me, Angelica—"

"I mean," Yuri corrected, "it's quite an honor to be ranked alongside Cecilia."

"What……!?"

Angelica's stunningly beautiful face instantly transformed into something resembling a demon, her golden curls billowing behind her.

"Speaking of which, Euryphus! You just touched my butt on purpose, didn't you?"

"Huh? That was obviously an accident," Yuri said, annoyed.

“How could anyone accidentally touch a lady’s butt?” Angelica said angrily. “If you weren’t Euryphus, you would have been hanged by Father.”

"The Augusta Royals are really brutal," Yuri muttered to himself.

“What did you say?” Angelica pressed.

"It's nothing," Yuri shook her head. "Isn't it just because your butt is too big?"

“What the hell—”

Angelica's shoulders trembled for a while before she growled in a low voice, "I... my ass isn't that big!"

"Not big at all!"

After uttering those words, the First Princess stormed off in anger.

Sigh, I was clearly praising you...

"Your beloved Aunt Rosa has a big butt," Yuri secretly thought.

"Yuri! Yuri!"

Princess Gaofei had just left the stage when two more princesses appeared.

They are the proud and aloof fairy princess Grantia, and the older sister-type princess Cecilia.

“Yuri! I just became friends with Lady Grandia!” Cecilia said happily.

"what?"

Yuri looked at the silver-haired elf girl in disbelief and found that she also looked excited.

"I feel like I've known Lady Cecilia for ages, we have so much in common! Isn't that right?"

"Yes! I told Lady Grandia a lot of funny stories about Yuri's childhood..."

"Ahem! Ahem! Lady Cecilia, please don't say such things..."

The elven princess coughed several times, her cheeks slightly flushed, before interrupting Cecilia.

Then they desperately tried to wink at each other.

Yuri: "?"

"By the way, Yuri, how about we go shopping together tonight?" Cecilia asked.

"Sure, just the two of us?"

“And Lady Grandia,” Cecilia said happily, “Let’s go to the newly opened art museum together.”

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

The silver-haired elf princess cast a nervous glance at her.

“No problem,” Yuri agreed.

That evening, he acted as the protector of the two princesses, accompanying them to visit the art museum in the upper city.

191 Bro, your wife and daughter are great!

After settling matters with the Papacy, Yuri began preparations for a business trip to the territory granted to him by Rosalia.

He plans to stay there for at least half a month to get the estate, which has been neglected for many years, back on track.

The first step was to determine the list of people who would accompany me on this expedition:

Yuri chose Annabelle and Irene.

The two women applied for two weeks of annual leave from the seminary and were successfully approved.

This seems to be the first time Annabelle has used her annual leave in all her years of working, while Erin, on the contrary, uses up all her annual leave every year.

"Yay! A lovey-dovey honeymoon trip with Master~" Eileen exclaimed excitedly.

"This isn't a trip, is it? This is serious work, don't slack off too much," Annabelle said seriously.