There were already quite a few people in the audience hall, their eyes drawn toward Inglis and Rafinha once the girls walked in.
「Ooh—Here she comes!」 「Beautiful as usual!」 「Hohou……So she is the rumored… Indeed, she is quite the……but still…」
Various exclaims were heard throughout the hall. Looking at their garments, most of them were members of the Imperial Guard Order, but there were others as well. Judging from their fine attire, were they nobles from the King’s close circle?
And when someone spoke up——
「「Congratulations!」」 「「We’ll follow you for the rest of our lives!」」
Other cheers and applause broke out in succession.
Neither Inglis nor Rafinha could understand what was going on, as they only could crane their neck in confusion Just what was all this congratulations for?
「Hold it, people. These two don’t know anything yet, don’t be too hasty.」
Redas called out to his men, he himself let out a chuckle.
「Come on, stand before His Majesty.」
With a polite gesture, Redas opened the way for Inglis and Rafinha then stationed himself where he stood. His attitude was like a subordinate or a vassal paying his superior all the courtesies. He was so humbled that it was just too unnatural.
Slightly bewildered, Inglis and Rafinha walked up to King Charleas who was seated on his throne. Inglis got down to one knee and gave the King a fervent greeting.
「Inglis Eux and Rafinha Wilford have arrived at your service.」 「Very well. Thank you for coming! I see now. You were a maid back then, but now a student of the Knight Academy……Nevertheless, the flower retains her beauty.」 「——Thank you very much.」 This content belongs to novel⚑fire.net
Still, Inglis would rather pick the fruit than the flower.
The phrase is also commonly used to express “worldly desires/short-term goals over spiritual desires/long-term goals.”
There is also a Manga series, later adapted into a TV series (Japanese and then Korean), called Hana yori Dango (Boys Over Flowers), but with different kanji for the dango. …….There isn’t the necessity for me to spend 5 minutes writing a trivia that no one will bother to read.
But still, I wrote it because I hope everyone can enjoy it the same way I do.