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(Derisha Teigitan)

"The Second Princess has escaped again!!!"

"Oi!! The Second Princess jumped down!"

Smash!

Accompanied by the sound of glass shattering, I jumped down, and I expanded some sheets in the air to slow down my falling speed.

"Say goodbye to the old man for me!!"I shouted, and then turned to the soldiers standing by the window.

I turned over the [Black Fang Spear] in my hand, I twisted my body around and stabbed the spear into the wall of the fortress, and slid all the way down, leaving behind long fire marks.

It would be meaningless to land in the palace, so when the height was quite ideal, I jumped from the wall, rolled around and finally landed on the city wall.

The soldiers in front looked over in astonishment, but they didn't catch up.

Ah, did you finally recognize me?

"Second Princess?"

"Bye bye~ don't call a bunch of people to catch me when Icome back next time." With that, I jumped down the high city wall.

Finally - I escaped!

After the old man came back, he immediately shouted: "Derisha! When are you going to get married!"Then he put me under house arrest.

Marry? This kind of thing has never even been thought of by my mother, you stinky old man.

The life of wearing thick and heavy skirts is not suitable for me at all!

I wouldn't have stayed if I didn't simply want to see Nina, whom I haven't seen for a long time!

—However, seeing the old man's healthy body makes me feel relieved.

The Rex family has the stigma of being arrogant and stupid attached to them, and the fact that Father took so long to come back from their territory make me worried that they do something stupidI turns out that he's just having a diplomatic meeting outside the country, and have no time and to pay attention to the boring provocations of the Rex family.

—Speaking of which, the reason why that idiot was not stopped from being so stupid is because the Head of the Rex family died.

Then, that idiot kicked out all the old supporters of the Rex family and replaced them with his own cronies, and then, in a few months, ruined the reputation of the Rex Family that his father had painstakingly built.

It will be a matter of time before the Rex family collapses, that new family head of theirs is really a fool.

—-However, according to the information that I obtained while investigating Melon, there are several not so good rumors about this [Autumn Harvest Festival].

"Please give me some meat skewers."

"Four meat skewers coming right up!"

I then handed out four copper coins to the seller, and while eating the delicacy, I kept thinking deeper about this matter.

Philip Rex, the foolish new Head of the Rex family is going to participate in the [Opening Ceremony] of the [Autumn Harvest Festival].

It is impossible to confirm the authenticity of this news, but it is better to be careful than to be sorry.

I had a hunch that he's targeting Melon.

One of the reasons for My return to the castle this time was, apart from seeing my family, is also to launch a secret investigation regarding the Lizardkin named Melon.

—Because that girl is not an adventurer, I originally thought she might be a famous mercenary or something, but after asking Alice to open her ears to some rumors about a female Lizardkin mercenary,what she gave me is quite different..

Turns out, the only thing that can be attached to Melon is.... Nothing.

It's like this girl just suddenly popped out of nowhere.

There's no record of her name in any adventurer guild, nor in any mercenary group, nor even in any combat training club.

Alice said that there's a faint thread between Melon and a Guild called [$Eyes of the Night Cat$], so I tried to contact them to get more info about Melon, but they refused to disclose any relevant information about her, and because I didn't want to be rude, nor want to force them to give me some information using my status as the kingdom second princess, I gave up on using the [$Eyes of the Night Cat$] guild as an information channel.

It took two weeks, and I finally found her name among the freshman list of the Academy.

Except for her name, age, race, home address, she didn't write anything else.

I tried to visit the place where the address of her home was written, but when I arrived, it was a restaurant called [Dog House], and there was a long queue when the shop was open, so there was no chance for me to get in.

— I was getting off topic.

One of the advantages of being a royal family member is the authority to access student information, so I can find Melon's home address, but other information is not too difficult to obtain after deducting some clues, for example, Melon is a freshman student who is joining the Society of Starlight, and is also joining the [Opening Ceremony].

I think Philip, as the new head of the Rex Family, should also have the ability to investigate this.

Considering that idiot's nasty personality... I got a bad feeling about him participating in the [Opening Ceremony]...

Unlike in the past, I'm just a runaway princess now, and to be honest, right now, my little sister Nina has way more political power than I do.

The only thing I can do regarding this information is to relay it to the old man, and then ask him to strengthen the defense of the venue.

"There are so many people." When I came to the entrance of the [Dog House], there was a long queue of people.

After inquiring more about this place, I wanted to come here very much. It turns out that it looks like this...huh?

Why is there a wolf monster with its ears lying on its stomach at the door! ? That fur color... Nakula wolf! ? Is there a Nakula wolf of this size? ?

This—If it's at this size, it would be classified as a B-Class monster right?

Oi oi oi, that group of children group over there! Stop climbing into its head! At that size, that Nakula Wolf can eat you whole in one bite!

When I was worriedly looking at the group of children jumping on the wolf's back, I noticed the hanging board sign labeled [Dog House] on the wolf body.

Ahhhh... So that's why it's called [Dog House].

Who is the owner of this shop? To actually use such a magical beast as a sign board...could it be Melon? She has the strength to tame a Nakula Wolf, so it might be possible.

Immediately, my interest rose up, without much ado, I patiently queued up.

— The shop was closed before I was able to enter, and I had to leave alongside the disappointed crowd.

I need to come early.