Holy Knight Ashley Noble. She is one of the former guardians of the Sealed Dungeon.
Though she once protected the Sword of Affirmation for the sake of peace among the people, now that the Sealed Dungeon itself has vanished and she has been granted noble status, she spends every day studying desperately in her study.
「Young lady, perhaps you should get some rest now.」
「Just wait a little longer.」
This exchange has happened countless times. Many of those who work at Ashley’s manor have been serving since the time of the previous Noble family, and they have never hesitated to call her 「young lady」 since her childhood. They had all united to support her as she carried her difficult duties.
Currently, though released from her duties as a Holy Knight and having become a noble, she still has the responsibility of managing a small domain, modest as it may be.
However, unavoidable as it may be, almost all of Ashley’s domain management is handled by two men: Justus, who has long served her, and Johann, who was dispatched to her from the state. Sadly, there is little work she can do herself, which constantly frustrates her. That’s precisely why she pushes herself so hard, desperately trying to learn so she can participate in managing her domain as soon as possible.
It’s only natural that the manor staff, who have watched over Ashley since her childhood, would worry about her.
A few days later. Justus finally tells Ashley, who remains holed up in her study as usual:
「If the young lady doesn’t rest, the manor staff cannot rest either.」
Led by Justus, all the manor staff had been worried about when their treasure, Ashley, would take a break. But no matter how long they waited, she showed no signs of even taking a breath. Having lost patience, Mr. Justus took this drastic measure as everyone’s representative.
Of course, his words weren’t meant to be taken at face value. He said this thinking that Ashley, who cares for the manor staff like family, would listen obediently.
Ashley isn’t so insensitive that she wouldn’t notice this, nor is she so stubborn that she would reject their concern. She apologizes and expresses gratitude to Justus and each member of the manor staff, agreeing to take a week’s rest.
◇◇◇
Since childhood, Ashley has lived a strict life in preparation for inheriting the position of Holy Knight. Though she became a Holy Knight at age thirteen, in addition to intense training, she had the duty of protecting the inherited Sword of Affirmation. Furthermore, she had the task of receiving those who came to pay their respects to her as a Holy Knight.
For Ashley, from childhood until now, her free time has been extremely limited.
So now she sits cross-legged on her bed in her room, muttering to herself:
「Hmm. It seems I have too much time on my hands.」
She doesn’t know how to rest properly. She picks up the teddy bear sitting by her pillow and hugs it.
「Hey, Kumanda. What should I do?」
Ashley presses her cheek against Kumanda’s head, asking in an almost childlike manner. This is such a top-secret side of Ashley that she would die if anyone saw her like this!
「’Ash, isn’t there anything you want to do?’ you ask?」
「Hmm,」 Ashley looks up at the ceiling. Her hobby used to be having private fashion shows wearing the dresses that admiring young ladies had given her. However, it’s been a long time since those young ladies stopped visiting, and something wells up in her chest whenever she looks at the dresses, so she shakes her head.
「’Ash, what else do you like besides wearing dresses?’」
Ashley, who rarely goes into town, loves reading. Whenever she reads a book, she projects herself onto the protagonist or heroine, experiencing the story vicariously.
「I like books, but… I’ve already read them all.」
Ashley has forgotten to acquire new books due to being so busy. But asking someone to pick out books for her now would be—
「Ah… I just had a good idea.」
She’s been holding back all this time. Surely it would be fine to let loose a little bit. She envisions the coming day.
「Kumanda, I think I’ll go into town for the first time in ages!」
She declares this to her beloved Kumanda.
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Chapter 262
◇◇◇
Holy Knight Ashley Noble.
She is one of the former guardians of the Sealed Dungeon.
Though she once protected the Sword of Affirmation for the sake of peace among the people, now that the Sealed Dungeon itself has vanished and she has been granted noble status, she spends every day studying desperately in her study.
「Young lady, perhaps you should get some rest now.」
「Just wait a little longer.」
This exchange has happened countless times.
Many of those who work at Ashley’s manor have been serving since the time of the previous Noble family, and they have never hesitated to call her 「young lady」 since her childhood. They had all united to support her as she carried her difficult duties.
Currently, though released from her duties as a Holy Knight and having become a noble, she still has the responsibility of managing a small domain, modest as it may be.
However, unavoidable as it may be, almost all of Ashley’s domain management is handled by two men: Justus, who has long served her, and Johann, who was dispatched to her from the state.
Sadly, there is little work she can do herself, which constantly frustrates her. That’s precisely why she pushes herself so hard, desperately trying to learn so she can participate in managing her domain as soon as possible.
It’s only natural that the manor staff, who have watched over Ashley since her childhood, would worry about her.
A few days later.
Justus finally tells Ashley, who remains holed up in her study as usual:
「If the young lady doesn’t rest, the manor staff cannot rest either.」
Led by Justus, all the manor staff had been worried about when their treasure, Ashley, would take a break. But no matter how long they waited, she showed no signs of even taking a breath. Having lost patience, Mr. Justus took this drastic measure as everyone’s representative.
Of course, his words weren’t meant to be taken at face value. He said this thinking that Ashley, who cares for the manor staff like family, would listen obediently.
Ashley isn’t so insensitive that she wouldn’t notice this, nor is she so stubborn that she would reject their concern.
She apologizes and expresses gratitude to Justus and each member of the manor staff, agreeing to take a week’s rest.
◇◇◇
Since childhood, Ashley has lived a strict life in preparation for inheriting the position of Holy Knight. Though she became a Holy Knight at age thirteen, in addition to intense training, she had the duty of protecting the inherited Sword of Affirmation. Furthermore, she had the task of receiving those who came to pay their respects to her as a Holy Knight.
For Ashley, from childhood until now, her free time has been extremely limited.
So now she sits cross-legged on her bed in her room, muttering to herself:
「Hmm. It seems I have too much time on my hands.」
She doesn’t know how to rest properly.
She picks up the teddy bear sitting by her pillow and hugs it.
「Hey, Kumanda. What should I do?」
Ashley presses her cheek against Kumanda’s head, asking in an almost childlike manner.
This is such a top-secret side of Ashley that she would die if anyone saw her like this!
「’Ash, isn’t there anything you want to do?’ you ask?」
「Hmm,」 Ashley looks up at the ceiling.
Her hobby used to be having private fashion shows wearing the dresses that admiring young ladies had given her.
However, it’s been a long time since those young ladies stopped visiting, and something wells up in her chest whenever she looks at the dresses, so she shakes her head.
「’Ash, what else do you like besides wearing dresses?’」
Ashley, who rarely goes into town, loves reading.
Whenever she reads a book, she projects herself onto the protagonist or heroine, experiencing the story vicariously.
「I like books, but… I’ve already read them all.」
Ashley has forgotten to acquire new books due to being so busy.
But asking someone to pick out books for her now would be—
「Ah… I just had a good idea.」
She’s been holding back all this time.
Surely it would be fine to let loose a little bit.
She envisions the coming day.
「Kumanda, I think I’ll go into town for the first time in ages!」
She declares this to her beloved Kumanda.
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