Balance of the World

Episode 4 Pure

Spinel looked out through the swaying carriage window.

I can no longer see Linaria and the Jarossis family who saw me off.

The inspection schedule was delayed by a day, but this kind of lag can happen depending on the weather. The weather is very nice today and it should go smoothly.

"Spinel....Was I wrong?"

Suddenly, Prince Esmeraldo muttered.

Spinel asks, "Why do you think so?"

“I want to protect Linaria. I don’t want her to end up in danger.

"..."

"She looked very sad when I scolded her."

"Don't do that again. …At that time, I will not forgive you.』

When she tried to prioritize the prince over himself, the prince deliberately spoke harshly.

Had Spinel been in the prince's shoes, he would have said the same thing. She doesn't want her to do that, nor does she need to. That's her role.

But she regretted it. She wasn't depressed because she was scolded, but she looked away as if something very painful had been said to her.

“…Why did Linaria do such a thing?”

Spinel was also skeptical.

I understand the motive of wanting to help the prince. However, when he himself was clearly in danger, would he normally be able to say something like "His Majesty"?

She's only 13 years old, and it's only natural to ask someone for help in a crisis. There is no one to tell her to stand alone and do things on her own.

Spinel remembers the time when they shook hands the night before yesterday. He had thin, small hands.

With such a small hand, he still didn't say "help me".

I wanted to ask, "Why did you want to help His Highness so much?" Sometimes she does that and tries to playfully get smoked.

Both the prince and Spinel vaguely suspect that there is something they don't want to be touched.

So Spinel dared to speak brightly.

“Since he is an idiot, he just wanted to help His Highness.

"Why am I so important?"

"Do you know? Ask him."

"I'm afraid you'll say, 'Do you need a reason?'..."

"...It sounds like he's saying that. He is."

If this is love, the story is easy, but it's complicated because it doesn't look like that.

The prince wouldn't have worried like this if she had that kind of attitude. All she had to do was think about whether or not she would respond to her feelings.

"Linaria is so pure...that's why I can't help but feel like I'm wrong."

pure. Spinel thought it was a good way to describe her, but she didn't like it very much.

It feels somewhat distorted to be so pure that you don't care about yourself.

"There's no guarantee that something pure is right. I don't think His Highness is wrong."

She said that His Highness is fine as it is.

Spinel thinks so too. The prince is fine as he is and he doesn't want to change.

"It's just as His Highness said. We're always lacking, so we make mistakes. Not because we're wrong, but because we don't have enough power."

The prince looked up, then looked at his palm.

"...That's right. There are many things to do before worrying."

"If you're worried, His Highness should stop him before he does something ridiculous. I'll help you out a little."

"Is yours a 'little'?"

"What are you talking about?"

"You really aren't honest. I'm grateful, but you don't have to hold back."

"So what are you talking about?"

The prince looked flabbergasted, but Spinel just said, "I don't know what you're talking about."

"If that's the case, that's fine. … For now, I'll practice swordsmanship when I get back to the royal capital. Magic too. I want to train more."

“Understood.

"I have to catch up with you first."

To the prince who laughed while saying that, Spinel fearlessly laughed back, "If you can do it."