Reincarnated as a Farmer Gamer: Rising to the Top with the Evolution of the Weakest Job that Only I Know About!? - 57.2

The young lady stroked Pochi with pleasure.

Yes, yes. Our Pochi’s fluff is the strongest. I understand that well.

“So? Why did you specifically call me out, Beryl?”

“Eh. Young lady, you’re… sharp…”

“Do you want to be hit?”

“No~ violence, please.”

The young lady jabbed me with her elbow.

And in the end, I got hit!?

“It’s about my father.”

“Yes. As I heard from Al, Mr. Geira’s disownment has been decided, and naturally, your engagement is annulled. However, the issue with Count Kuzelia is due to me.”

“That’s not true. It’s not Beryl’s fault; it’s just Geira’s doing.”

“――――But the lord won’t forgive us.”

“……Yeah.”

“In that case, I have a proposal.”

“……Alright. I’ll leave everything to Beryl.”

“Eh? Aren’t you going to ask about the details?”

“……Heh.”

Her hand, which had been stroking Pochi absentmindedly, stopped, and she looked at me with a smile.

“If I’m in trouble, you’ll help me anytime, right? I… am just trusting you.”

She probably knew it would turn out this way that day. Even so, the young lady chose independence. If that’s the case… it’s also the duty of a knight to respond to that.

“Leave everything to me. I’ll protect you until you graduate from the academy, no matter what happens.”

……The contract is until the young lady graduates from the academy. What will happen to her after graduation?

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The next day’s afternoon classes.

Since it’s Diana’s turn today instead of Al, we came to the private room together.

A wry smile spread across my face as I saw Diana’s sparkling eyes.

“Since it’s just the two of us, I’ll call you normally.”

“Yeah!”

“By the way, I wanted to ask something. Is it okay to ask about that dungeon?”

“What about the dungeon?”

“Well, the building didn’t exist in ‘World of Liberty’.”

“Oh, that’s… an excuse.”

“An excuse…?”

We sat down on the floor in the center of the room before starting the training.

“I mentioned it briefly before, but there’s a slum in the abandoned mine town, right? They were originally poor people from the capital. Beryl-kun, you might have noticed, but… this country is controlled entirely by the nobility. Commoners are oppressed, but it feels like it’s taken for granted.”

“Ah. I feel that acutely because we are a farming family.”

“Yeah… No one thinks it’s abnormal. So, I found out through my own efforts that it’s possible to change the mindset somehow.”

“Changing the mindset…”