The Main Heroine Likes the Extra

60 – First Gift

At the hospital in Brimton, attendants and some soldiers were hospitalized.

Patients who have no pain or abnormalities, but are in a state of unconsciousness.

But without any warning, they woke up and started rampaging.

“aaa!!”

“Kyaaa!!”

Patients screaming like beasts, rushing at hospital staff, breaking things, and running amok.

Among them, there was a case of escaping from the hospital and causing a commotion in the city.

Fortunately, in most cases they were overpowered by the knights patrolling the streets, but the original number of patients was quite large.

The situation was better for hospitals that did not receive many patients due to the small size of the hospital or the lack of vacancies.

“Keuuu!!”

“Damn it! Keep calm! Call the guards…No, the knight!”

Hospitals were considered one of the most important facilities, and as such, most hospitals hire separate security guards.

That’s why the places where patients were accepted were somehow quickly subdued by their hands.

However, large hospitals that accommodated a lot of patients who had turned into mobs were currently in an uproar.

“Be quiet!”

“Damn it! There are too many!”

Since the mob, which ranged from ten to dozens at most, started rampaging, it was not enough for the number of guards to be ten at most.

Even those who ran amok didn’t care about their own bodies and ran wild, so if they got hit wrong, they went wild enough to break their bones.

In particular, Brimton Central Hospital, the largest hospital in Brimton that accommodated all the attendants, was truly in trouble.

Fortunately, the security guards quickly recognized the situation, and staff such as doctors and nurses and other patients were quickly evacuated.

However, the hospital building was broken, broken, and even caught fire and smoke as if the rioters had touched something wrong.

“We need to call support quickly…Quickly!”

“Jackson has already gone to the duchy to ask for help! Hold on!”

As it is the largest hospital, the number of security guards was somehow preventing the mob from leaving the hospital, but they were struggling to quell the situation.

And after a while, this situation was communicated to the Duke’s family.

“All gathered!”

All members of the Order of Knights and Wizards gathered in front of the duke’s mansion, except for those who were patrolling or inspecting.

Even though more than half of them were outside, it was truly spectacular to see the members line up under Garrett’s command.

“Your Highness, I would like to split the unit into two, sending one to the city of Brimton and the other to the city of Lerzo with the unit currently patrolling the city.”

“…Yeah, so that’s the problem, too.”

The city of Lerzo is the name of another town in the Duchy with a hospital in downtown Brimton, where some were sent to hospital because they couldn’t accommodate all of them.

If this situation is not unique to the city of Brimton, the problem becomes even more serious.

“…Many of the patients sent to Lerzo City were former soldiers. The situation could become even more serious.”

Even rioters who suddenly turned into ordinary patients go wild and cause great damage, but soldiers in training go wild?

If there was a problem, even greater damage could have occurred in the city of Lerzo.

In the end, Princess Aine entrusted two-thirds of her troops to Captain Garrett and dispatched them to Lerzo City, while she herself commanded the rest of her troops and set out to downtown Brimton.

“…Is it okay?”

Riel came to me while I was resting in the guest room of the duke’s mansion.

I took Riel, who looked anxious, into the room, and while I was drinking tea that Phyllis served me, Riel looked at me with a worried expression and said that.

Nearly all the knights in the mansion had left to suppress the city.

The only ones left are the sick Duchess and the three knights.

Only me, Riel, Phyllis, Luca, and the elf named Lilu remained.

As the son of a duke, Prince Andrew accompanied the suppression of the situation, and Priest Alicia also followed him.

The duke’s mansion, where many people had left in an instant, looked quiet and lonely.

“It’s okay.”

“Hmm…Isn’t it okay? Both my brother and His Highness are very strong…”

Even as she said that, Riel darkened her expression with anxiety.

She held Riel’s hand tightly with both of her hands.

Riel, who seemed a little surprised, smiled, turning her face full of anxiety red.

“hehehe…”

“…Hmm.”

When she met her smiling face, she cleared her throat to hide her feeling of embarrassment.

She tried to release Riel’s hand from hers, but instead Riel grabbed mine.

…He’s not only gotten brighter lately, he seems to be really active.

Thinking about it, it’s been a few months since we first met, and I think a lot has changed.

If you look closely, her hair has grown more… Her growth… Uh hmm…

“What’s wrong?”

“Ah…It’s nothing.”

Oops, I must have been staring at it too much.

She quickly turned her head at Riel’s eyes looking at her with a strange expression.

Then we sat again holding hands without saying a word.

What are you going to do with this awkward atmosphere?

Is there anything different?

The material to somehow turn this situation around…

“Brother.”

“… Huh?”

She looked around at her, startled by the sound of Phyllis’s voice, because her head was so crowded.

Phyllis pointed her eyes somewhere.

…My bag?

“Oh.”

That’s it, that was it.

After coming to the dukedom, so many things happened that I completely forgot about it.

As I slipped her hand away from Riel, Riel turned to me.

After she smiled at her and asked for her little understanding, she headed for my bag.

“…Surely…Is right here.”

I found it.

Ever since I received this, it’s something I’ve always carried with me.

As I took out the package wrapped in a clean cloth, Riel looked at it with curious eyes.

“What is that?”

“Ah…Yes. Try solving it.”

Riel, who took over her package from me, untied her knot carefully.

Riel’s eyes widened slightly as she opened the wooden box that came out after the cloth was removed.

“A hair tie…?”

“Yes. I’ll give that to Riel.”

What Riel took out of her box and lifted was a dark navy blue leather hair tie.

It’s a simple hair tie with no special patterns, but that was a very meaningful thing to me.

In our Wentos family, there is a custom of presenting accessories made from the first animal you hunted or the material of a monster to a woman who promises you a future.

Actually, the necklace her mother is wearing around her neck is made from the jewels of the Masuka bunkle her father hunted for the first time.

So that leather headband was also made from the leather of the frozen wolf I hunted for the first time.

When I told her that, Riel was very happy with her face blushing.

“hehehe…”

“I’m glad you’re happy.”

“Yes… It’s the first gift I received from Kyou, and it’s a very meaningful item.”

…I’m so glad.

To be honest, I was a little anxious.

“Can you tie this to my hair?”

“Me?”

“Yeah. At first, Kyou, I want you to tie it up.”

…Hmm, I’ve never tied a girl’s hair before.

What should she do? As she was at a loss, Phyllis came over and gave her a trick. She

Although she was a little awkward, she somehow managed to tie her two braids to the sides as she went with Phyllis’s help.

“How is it? It suits you?”

“…Uh…Yeah. It suits you very well.”

I’m glad. It fits a lot better than I thought.

It was barely finished when she returned to her hometown a while ago, but in fact, this is an item she made to give to Liliana, her fiancée.

An item that broke up with Liliana before it was even completed and left it as soon as it was completed.

The blue color is a remnant of that.

I urgently corrected it and re-dyed it to almost black, but there is still a little bit of blue left.

So, I was a little nervous, but unexpectedly, it went well with Riel’s red hair, so she secretly let out a sigh of relief.

“hehehe…hehehehe…”

Riel likes to look at her braids in her own hair in the mirror hanging on one side of her room.

I’m glad. It seems that this atmosphere, which was full of anxiety and awkwardness, has somehow been resolved.

Originally, what I had to give as a gift if I succeed after confessing is helpful at times like this.

“Well done, young boy.”

“Thank you very much Phyllis.”

She peeked her thumb at Phyllis, who quietly whispered in her ear.

About an hour had passed, and there was no sign that the knights and His Highness Aine would return.

A few minutes ago, Lilu, an elf, came by and asked for hot chocolate, so Phyllis went out for a while, but other than that, not much has changed.

She had a cup of hot chocolate in her drawing room earlier than that.

Riel was sitting quietly and looking out of her window, but she was humming her hum as if it were plainly pleasing and appealing.

That’s scary, gift barrage.

Wouldn’t it be better to prepare something nice so that you can present something nice next time?

It was when she was thinking about that.

The door burst open and someone entered.

“Excuse me.”

Blonde hair, blue eyes, and long ears.

The elf Lilu entered the room.

“What’s up Lilu? Do you need more hot chocolate?”

“Yes. That’s good, but it’s much more urgent.”

A strangely serious face, different from the expression of the elf who had come to ask for hot chocolate earlier.

The elf Lilu looked around the three of us and opened her mouth.

“It looks like an intruder has entered the vicinity of the mansion. You’d better be vigilant just in case.”

I could feel her long ears prick.