Is this alright…?


    No, I don’t think diapers have anything to do with this.


    Leon-sama, please don’t expose the diaper story that is probably black history for him while eating sweets with a smug look on your face for the sake of His Majesty’s honor.


    … Or rather… this was telepathy, right??


    It’s a good thing I couldn’t think of a way to react and kept quiet, but what if I had mentioned the diaper story out loud!?


    (Leon-sama, please stop reading people’s minds. And also, please don’t use telepathy out of nowhere, it startled me!)


    (Oh? Sorry, sorry. I don’t usually use telepathy with people who are not my contractors because it would surprise them, but I figured you wouldn’t have a problem with it.)


    Don’t just figure it, geez!


    But it’s a fact he was protecting me.


    I cannot waste Leon-sama’s kindness.


    I clasped my hands tightly.


    “… As a citizen of the Doristan Kingdom, I want to do what I can to help. However, I don’t want to take advantage my Sacred Beasts just because they are under contract with me.”


    I made firm eye contact with His Majesty, who was looking at me with a serious face, and continued.


    “… I understand that this is selfish of me. However, the reason I made a contract with them was not to use them. Now that I have made a contract with them, I want to be there for them and also do my best to protect them.”


    “You want to protect them?”


    “Yes. I am well aware that there is only so much I can do. But if I can protect them from people’s intentions, I want to protect do my best for them.”


    “Heh…”


    His Majesty looks at me with amusement.


    Is… is this alright? Isn’t this a crime of disrespect, after all?


    “Well, she’s quite a determined young lady. She’s Stewart’s and Anrietta’s daughter, indeed. What do you say, Lily?”


    His Majesty started chuckling to himself, so I was taken aback.


    Eh, umm? D, determined, he said…


    “I told you, didn’t I? That Cristea-chan is a good girl.”


    Lily-sama replied to His Majesty with a smug face, but what is this about?


    (You are such a fool… you should have just kept shut and let me protect you, ahhh~ Now he’s totally interested in you.)


    Hah? Eh? Interested? His Majesty is??


    (I don’t like this…)


    (Yeah, unpleasant.)


    Eh?? Kurogane?? Mashiro??


    They heard Leon-sama’s telepathy??


    While I was flustered, Kurogane and Mashiro stepped forward imposingly.


    “My Lord is kindhearted, and will do everything in her power to protect us, even the strong, us. I will not allow anyone to take advantage of her desire.”


    “I won’t forgive anyone who makes Cristea feel cry.”