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'''Epilogue'''

When they arrived at the small town where they stayed at the inn only a few days earlier, Bacchus and Narcis were there gathering nearby lords and nobles and organizing a military force.

“Hey! They’re alive!”

The moment they saw Karin and Cendrillon return safely, all three of them were overjoyed. Marianna threw herself into Karin’s arms, saying, “Thank goodness you’re safe...” before bursting into tears.

Cendrillon explained the entire sequence of events to the three of them. About being attacked by Angelo, and about how the former lover who should already have been dead appeared to be the true mastermind behind everything...

“You mean Angelo?”

Narcis and Bacchus both stared in shock.

“In other words...”

“Could it be that the Unicorn Guard is involved behind the scenes as well?”

“Those bastards... do they really hate us that much?”

“Or rather, perhaps it would be troublesome for them if the Royal Mage Guard continued to exist?”

The moment Cendrillon said that, the two men exchanged glances.

“So all those incidents that kept reducing the number of men in our unit...”

“Yeah, it was probably all their doing. Or rather, the Chancellor’s orders.”

The Chancellor—Grand Duke Eustache, the “other king” of Tristain... a man of such overwhelming political power that people referred to him by that title.

And that Grand Duke wanted to eliminate them?

The color drained from both men’s faces.

“In any case, this situation is far too complicated. We should discuss what to do next with Lady Vivian.”

Both men nodded. Afterwards, Bacchus took command of the assembled nobles and set out toward Deauville to investigate the situation there.

Because the princess herself was attacked, the incident escalated into a massive disturbance that even resulted in a corps of dragon knights being dispatched from Tristania.

The gathered regional nobles, together with the dragon knights, once again headed for Deauville. And just as expected, every resident there had been annihilated. All of them were killed by magic.

While the investigation into the incident was still underway, one of the dragon knights arrived carrying a royal decree.

“Are you Sir Cendrillon of the Royal Mage Guard?”

“That’s right.” Cendrillon nodded.

“His Majesty commands that you return to the royal palace immediately and deliver a report regarding the incident.”

Thus, Cendrillon and the others decided to temporarily return to Tristania while escorting the princess. Since the princess herself was placed in danger, an enormous number of guards were assigned around her.

For the sake of Princess Marianna’s protection, Philip III had mobilized an entire company of troops.

Princess Marianna rode inside a specially prepared carriage, dragon knights guarded the skies above, and hundreds of soldiers surrounded the procession from the front and rear as it advanced down the road.

The atmosphere was so tense it felt as though they were marching toward war itself.

On the road back to Tristania...

Narcis rode closer to Cendrillon, who was accompanying the carriage, then leaned in and lowered his voice.

“...Hey, Cendrillon. Is it true?”

“What are you talking about?”

After glancing nervously around to make sure no one was listening, Narcis continued hesitantly.

“...Your former lover was controlling the people of that town?”

Cendrillon answered firmly.

“Yes. That’s correct.”

“...You really shouldn’t talk about that so openly.”

“Why not?”

“Because it’ll put you in a terrible position. If things go badly enough, they might even suspect you of being involved and throw you in prison.”

Cendrillon shook his head.

“I’m going to tell the truth exactly as it is. This isn’t something that should be hidden.”

“Hey! I’m saying this because I’m worried about you!”

“Then I appreciate it. But I’m done running away.”

That was what Cendrillon truly believed.

''I won’t run anymore. Not from my fate, and not from the sins I committed...''

If everything that happened began the moment his spell accidentally pierced Karina that day... then he had a duty to uncover the entire truth.

And a duty to bring it to an end.

If this was truly his fate, then he would face it properly. He would confront it with the kind of caution that bordered on cowardice, yet without running away.

“The opponent is Grand Duke Eustache himself, you know? There’s no telling what kind of methods he’ll use. Seriously, you’d need more than nine lives for this.”

Narcis spoke in exasperation.

“You could still leave, you know.”

“Don’t be stupid. We already boarded the same ship, so I’ll stick with you to the end. I think that idiot feels the same way too.”

Narcis pointed toward Bacchus, who was swaying atop his horse ahead of them with a sleepy expression on his face.

“Things will work out somehow.”

“Why?”

Cendrillon looked toward the small figure riding ahead of them on horseback and answered:

“Because we have the ‘Wind.’”

For some reason, the sight of Karin before him overlapped with the image of the saint from the religious paintings he saw as a child. His heart skipped a beat, and he found himself thinking:

''Water can heal me... because I am a user of Water.''

''But that is all it can do.''

''It never truly changed me.''

''Perhaps the thing capable of sweeping away the ashes covering my heart... might actually be this girl’s “Wind.”''

Cendrillon remembered the way Karin spoke earlier. That was completely the manner of speech of a woman.

When cornered, did he naturally revert to speaking that way? That boy...

Could it be that she was actually...

A faint redness gradually spread across Cendrillon’s face.

Meanwhile, Karin, riding ahead of them, was being tormented by fierce regret.

Not writing “courage” on her left hand earlier deserved praise.

But still... still...

''I totally used a feminine tone back there～～～～!''

Karin let out a silent groan and lowered her head.

This was awful.

Maybe she had already exposed herself... If it were discovered that she was actually a woman, she would no longer be able to remain in the Guard. And at a time like this too… when everything was so important, when this was the perfect opportunity to distinguish herself. She absolutely did not want to be dismissed.

However, Cendrillon was not completely himself earlier because his former lover appeared before him, so it was probably fine, right? Just as Karin was thinking that and secretly glancing back over her shoulder, she saw Cendrillon riding closer while, for some reason, blushing faintly.

The moment she saw his face, Karin’s own cheeks flushed red as well.

''This is bad. Did he figure out I’m a woman?''

Cendrillon guided his horse alongside Karin’s and quietly spoke to her.

“Karin, um... about what happened earlier.”

“W-What about it? Go ahead and say it.”

“Well, you know... the way you were speaking earlier. That was the manner of speech of a woman, wasn’t it?”

Karin’s shoulders slumped in defeat.

So he really noticed.

Well, of course he did. Naturally he would have noticed after she had shouted like that...

''It’s over. I’m going to get expelled.''

While she was sinking into despair—

“Don’t worry. I won’t tell anyone.”

“Eh?”

“You probably have your own reasons, right? Besides, I have no intention of criticizing someone else’s ‘preferences.’”

Preferences?

What was he talking about?

As Karin sat there in growing unease, Cendrillon continued in a low voice.

“Still... I was really surprised. I never imagined you were actually a ‘twink.’¹”

“............”

“For a split second I honestly thought you were a girl. But there’s no way a woman could have a chest that flat... Hm? What’s wrong?”

Cendrillon finally noticed that Karin’s shoulders were trembling violently. Her entire body shook with rage, and wind began swirling around her.

“H-Hey? What’s wrong? Why are you getting angry? I already told you I wouldn’t tell anyone! Hey! Stop!”

“I am NOT a twiiiiiiiiink!”

A violent gale exploded outward.

Cendrillon’s body was blasted high into the air.

1. Quite hard to translate this authentically, as it’s basically “shemale” or “femboy” or “trap”, but not quite "trans".

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