Now, what should I do?
➀ Break off and escape.
➁ Identify the other party and ask why they were watching us.
➂ Beat them up.
Well, isn't ➀ reasonable?
It should be possible for me and Allen-kun.
But, I'm curious why we were followed.
"Lillinsama, an acquaintance has a house nearby, so let's go hide there at once."
Allen-kun whispered to me.
Acquaintance's house…?
I'm sorry, but I'll accept the shelter for a while.
"Got it."
Guided by Allen-kun, we entered a side alley and found the desired house.
After entering the alley, we broke into a dash, so I think we caught the other party off-guard.
Allen-kun came into the house without knocking.
I followed.
"Master! Are you here~~?"
Master?
Perhaps Allen-kun's martial arts master!
Then the voice came from the back.
"I can hear you even if you don't raise your voice."
And what appeared… huh?
"Are you perhaps… Dan-sensei?"
"Yes? That's right… Oh~~ Isn't it Lillinsama? It's been a long time."
As expected, it's Dan-sensei.
Dan-sensei was a teacher of a certain subject of my queen education.
That is, self-defense.
I was originally strong enough to defend myself, but he still taught me some skills.
It was a time of rest during the severe queen education… However, it passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye the class was over.
"Ah, yes, it's been a long time Dan-sensei. Is Dan-sensei Allen's master?
"Well, it's not like that. This guy has potential~. And so does his older sister. I taught him some techniques, but when I joked 'Once you defeat a demon you'll be independent', this stupid fellow actually went and did it.
True, I've heard he trained on demons.
"Lillinsama, to be acquainted with master. What an amazing coincidence."
Honestly… It's like this.
Allen-kun is also genuinely surprised.
"By the way, what happened for the two of you to come so suddenly?"
Me and Allen-kun briefly explained to teacher what happened.
Of course, we also mentioned being followed.
"I see, you were recklessly followed."
Teacher… Recklessly, huh.
Teacher seems to be interesting.
That's right, he was such a person.
"Let's see, I'll scout the area for a while. There aren't many strangers around here, so you can know right away if a suspicious guy comes."
"Sorry, master."
"I am really sorry, teacher."
Allen-kun and I apologized to teacher. But he only smiled.
"It's alright, I've met two of my student after a long time. Then, I'll go take a look."
Having said that, he went out.
"Even so, for my master to be Lillinsama's teacher. The world sure is small."
"Honestly, I think so too. Still, why does teacher live in such a place?"
"Well, he was tired of noble's life, so he handed over the position to his son and decided to spend time carefreely. Master certainly is unusual."
"Allen, when did you meet teacher?"
"Me? Umm, it certainly was about three years ago. I was planning to train on my own, but it became a bit dangerous when I got surrounded by about 20 people. At that time, master helped me, and I applied to be his discipline. At first I was refused, but I kept asking him persistently and eventually received the permission."
I see…
Certainly, teacher doesn't appear so at first glance, but contrary to his appearances, he is terribly strong.
While Allen-kun and I were enjoying talking about teacher, the door opened.
Did teacher return?
When we headed towards entrance, there was an amazing scene.
"Ah, um~, teacher? What is this?"
"Yes? For the time being, I've caught various troublesome things."
"… Oh, really?"
I front of me were three suspicious masked people in black outfits.
"For the time being, let's take off the masks~."
When I said that, teacher quickly took them off from the three who were trying to resist.
Faces that appeared were unexpectedly young.
The most noticeable feature was black hair.
Black hair… the unique characteristic of the eastern country.
"Hoho, you are from the east. It's said that in the country to the east there are people called 'ninja' serving the royal family."
I've heard about it.
I certainly heard about it when I learned about other countries as a part of queen education.
It's a so-called intelligence unit.
I wonder why they were following Allen-kun and me.
I can imagine though~.