Demon Girl ~Tale of a Lax Demon~

Volume 3, Chapter 3: I Turned Eight Years Old, Part 1

 

I finally turned eight years old.

Has anything changed? Well I might just be imagining it, but the difference in feeling between being a [Little Girl] and a [Young Lady] is very important.

Though I’m growing normally, I wonder how my body’s doing.

 

Well… although I had the customary birthday party, I spent it in the royal capital.
It wasn’t split into multiple events and was neatly resolved in one place… very normally.

I didn’t want to have it in the castle, but thinking about it, given the [Rumors] that have been going around about the Duke’s daughter and all that, it would have been impossible to accommodate all the guests just in the Ducal Villa that we had in the capital.

Anyways, the Archbishop of the main religion in this country made an unusual display of coming in with his entourage of priests in tow.

Are you trying to win me over or do you want to maintain your distance, what do you want me to do?

 

Since I was thinking those types of thoughts, I decided that it was best to end the party in the castle early.

After all, with that guy, I don’t know how to present myself as I talk to him…

 

 

A few days later, I used my authority as the [Princess] and left the royal capital.

Before you say anything, I wasn’t playing hooky.

Father is often invited to many other countries on his diplomatic missions, but this time, the schedules clashed.
Moreover, it was a wedding and a funeral.

So, even though Father was worried about me, I felt like I needed to play my role as the [Princess] and volunteered to go.

I-I’m not running off, okay?

 

Naturally, since I’m the [Princess] who is the diplomatic face of the Holy Kingdom, the school waived my absence.
They’re treating it like I’m away for a holiday break.

What about the school arc? Haven’t you already had enough of that?

 

Anyways, since His Majesty the King bestowed the title of [Princess] purely so that he could spoil his grandchild as a Grandfather, he and Father both opposed it.

Still, I made my cute grand-daughter’s sweetness appeal to Grandfather-sama.
Also, according to Grandmother and Elea-sama’s advice, if I sat on Father’s lap and earnestly [Persuaded] him, he would do what I said.

Now that Father has finally yielded, I’m travelling to the neighboring country Shiguresu where Aunt-sama lives to attend the wedding of my younger cousin.

 

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“Princess-sama! The mercenary company is approaching!”

On the day we departed, Sara-chan, who has become the vice-captain of my escort knight corps, reported to me.

Before I knew it, Sara-chan had become the vice-captain… by winning a fist-fight.

Don’t pick that role with a process like that…

Why is it that the only female knight corps in the whole Kingdom is so hot-blooded…?

 

Mercenaries, the so-called [Jack-of-all-trades] of roughness.

I must regretfully say, there is no such profession as [Adventurer] in this world.

When a monster appears in a village, the feudal lord will usually send out their soldiers, and a convenient thing like a dungeon doesn’t exist… what a dream-crusher.

Instead of adventurers, we have [Mercenary Companies], who are people who undertake nobles’ requests or guard travelling merchants.

 

There were a few mercenary companies in the capital, and as one of the conditions for going to Shiguresu, Father insisted that I should be accompanied by one of the mercenary companies that he trusts.

In the end, the guards accompanying me to the wedding are as follows: Female escort knights: 15 members.
Kingdom soldiers: 20 members.
Cooks and Caretakers: 8 members.
Mercenaries: 18 members.
And with the inclusion of my 4 attendants, the total rounds off to 65 people.

… that’s a lot, you know.

No, even as a representative of the country, isn’t that too many?

Among the caretakers, Vio is accompanying us at Mother’s request.

An impeccable choice.
No matter how capable, Noa and Tina are still children.

As for Bree-chan and Sara-chan, for the sake of [Showing off] to the Shiguresu knights, they’ve been practicing their flashiest drills……

Yup.
I can see why Father and Mother would be worried.

 

Well, whatever.
For now, let’s just greet the representatives from the mercenary company who will be with us.

To tell the truth, I’m looking forward to what kind of dandy uncle would I meet.

 

It’s a Bear… (TL: There’s a pun here, his name basically means bear-man and he looks like a bear)

“Princess-san, we’ve arrived.
Please leave it to us to get you there safely.”

“I’ll be in your care, Bear-san.”

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I gave away my thoughts when I replied too quickly, but the mercenary troop leader, contrary to what I thought would happen, seemed rather pleased that I had addressed him as plainly as [Bear-san].

It seems that god hasn’t abandoned me.