<i><span>I’ve lived my life over and over again, so what if I told him that I know what the future holds. What if I told him that His Highness Arnold is going to start a war and I don’t want you to give him the gunpowder?</i>


    <span>Michel told his experimental coborators at the time that he didn’t want a “Tyrannical King”.


    <i><span>What if I told Teacher that giving His Highness Arnold the gunpowder will bring about a catastrophic future.</i>


    <span>But Michel didn’t regard hearsays about someone’s reputation for granted.


    <span>He must see for himself, prove it, and judge personally. Then, in the end, contacting Arnold would be inevitable.


    <span>Another option came to Rishe’s mind.


    <i><span>If I were to leave the country and go away with Teacher Michel, would he still reach out to Arnold?</i>


    <span>Then he might smile and say, “I’m sorry.”


    <span>“…”


    <span>Thoughts ran in circles in her mind.


    <span>She took a deep breath and slowly opened her eyes.


    <span>She noticed something strange on the other side of the balcony, where the curtains weren’t closed.


    <i><span>… Light?</i>


    <span>When she looked up, a very small speck of light swooped across the outside.


    <span>Realizing what it was, Rishe hurriedly got up from her chair and stepped out onto the balcony, still in her nightdress.


    <span>And then he let out an involuntary gasp.


    <span>“… Whoa.”


    <span>A lot of fireflies were flying around.


    <span>It was as if fragments of a star hade down and were fluffily ying around. Rishe looked up and her eyes sparkled.


    <span>In the midst of all the time loops so far, she has gotten used to these creatures.


    <span>Perhaps because of this, she could immediately recognize their type just by looking at the characteristics of their glow.


    <i><span>They’re Luci Fireflies. How lovely.</i>


    <span>These fireflies were and-based species that could fly quite high. They were rtivelymon on this continent, but when seen close up, they were very beautiful.


    <i><span>It’s a shame to appreciate them alone. It’s bath time for all the maidservants. That guy, however ……</i>


    <span>Rishe nced at the next balcony.


    <span>It was then.


    <span>She heard a click, then the door opened.


    <span>The owner of the adjacent room she was thinking mighte out, appeared onto the balcony.


    <span>“!”


    <span>Then they looked at each other.


    <span>“Go…good evening.”


    <span>“…Hmm.”


    <span>The events of the day were still fresh in her mind, and she felt somewhat shy. Arnold, however, seemed unconcerned, and remained cool.


    <span>With his sword in his hand, Arnold quickly averted his gaze from Rishe and looked at the lights that were shing around him.


    <span>“What are these?”


    <span>“Fireflies.”


    <span>“Fireflies…”


    <span>Arnold said, as if chewing an unfamiliar word.


    <span>After a few moments of contemtion, he said sullenly, “If you wish to exterminate them, I will order others to do so.”


    <span>“What? Why?!”


    <span>“Fireflies mean bugs.”


    <span>“… !!”


    <span>Rishe was appalled by that unemotional rejoinder.


    <span>Above all, regardless of whether these creatures emitted a beautiful light or not, extermination was a ridiculous thing to do.


    <span>“Insect control is necessary, but you can’t go about killing them indiscriminately! Every living creature, including humans, is part of a big chain. If you kill too much of one of them, it affects everything in the chain.”


    <span>Rishe ran to the railing close to Arnold’s side to persuade him.


    <span>The balcony of her room wasn’t connected to the next room, and even if she stood right by the railing, Arnold was a little far away.


    <span>“Besides, this is for human convenience. Take a look.”


    <span>She pointed to the fireflies drawing lines of light and smiled at him.


    <span>“Very beautiful, right?”


    <span>“…”


    <span>Arnold, who looked like he was mulling over something, let out a sigh after a few moments of silence.


    <span>“… I suppose so.”


    <span>She was d he understood.


    <span>Rishe was happy, but on the other hand, had mixed feelings.


    <i><span>It’s weird. All my worries are all due to His Highness Arnold.</i>


    <span>While thinking about this, they stood on the balconies of their respective rooms for a while, watching the fireflies.


    <span>A glow that passed in front of Rishe’s eyes went straight past and danced and frolicked near Arnold.


    <span>“Isn’t it flying towards Your Highness?”


    <span>She uttered with a hint of resentment to which Arnoldughed with a wicked grin on his face.


    <span>“Then you cane to this room too.”


    <span>She was in agreement with that.


    <span>“That’s right. It’s only about a meter and a half away.”


    <span>“…?”


    <span>Rishe plucked at the hem of her nightdress.


    <span>She put her hand on the balcony railing, and with a flourish, leaned up on her knees and climbed directly on top of the railing.


    <span>“Hey, no way…….”


    <span>Arnold was about to deter her, but before he couldplete his sentence, she had already moved.


    <span>With that thought, Rishe flew in a swoosh.


    <span>It was nothing for Rishe to jump over railings.


    <span>She was supposed tond once on the railing on the other side, and then fly again from there and jump down to the balcony where Arnold was.


    <span>Even Arnold knew that Rishe could jump down from the second floor. Their rooms were on the fourth floor, so there shouldn’t be any problem.


    <span>That was how it should be.


    <span>“Kyaaa~”


    <span>Rishe couldn’t help but scream.


    <span>Because the moment she jumped down onto the balcony, Arnold caught her as if to protect her.


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    T/N: Kyaaaaah… nice catch Arnold. Watta romantic firefly date…


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