Sibling relationship.
Honestly, I'm an only child, so I don't know well, but.
I think there are good relationships and bad relationships.
Even if they're family, it's a relationship between people living together.
So.
"...Not all siblings are necessarily on good terms like Your Highness the Imperial Prince and Imperial Princess, right? They could be on bad terms, that sort of thing."
"Ah..."
"It seems the two gods are the same. Their compatibility must not be good."
When I brought up the word compatibility.
The Imperial Princess's expression changed slightly, meaningfully. Richard's expression also flinched for a moment.
It didn't seem to be a good direction, though.
I asked what I had been curious about all along.
As cautiously as possible.
"If it's not rude, may I ask just one thing?"
"Do you want to ask who gifted it?"
"...For now, yes."
The Imperial Princess looked at me for a moment, then.
"His Majesty the Emperor."
She answered calmly.
Damn it. I can't say anything.
Yeah. The Emperor probably didn't know it would turn out like this either.
It's an item with a good grade, a good script, and even the name of a god who oversees medicine and magic engraved on it.
Because he gifted it to his two sickly children based on that.
"May the blessing last forever..." wasn't that probably the meaning?
I couldn't say anything and just nodded.
Then the Imperial Princess turned her gaze to the side.
"How is it, Richard?"
"...There was no magical trickery."
"Not that."
"......"
Richard was silent for a moment, but soon answered quietly.
"...Among the frauds... no, the people who have discussed compatibility until now."
Swish.
His gaze came down to me.
"...You are the only one who has presented evidence."
...Ah, right.
I remembered belatedly.
In this world, compatibility theory was superstition.
Groundless nonsense that only wandering appraisers or frauds bring up.
Moreover, there's no way people of imperial blood would believe such a thing.
So that's probably why their expressions changed like that when I just brought up the word compatibility.
But what do I do.
I have no choice but to keep saying fake-sounding things from now on.
"I will speak to His Majesty the Emperor separately about this, so Richard, don't say anything."
"...I will do so."
The Imperial Princess repeatedly urged him, then soon looked at me.
"I'll ask more about the parts I'm curious about. Is that okay?"
"Of course."
Then Richard brought a chair from somewhere and placed it behind the Imperial Princess.
Of course, there was no chair for me. He only brought the Imperial Princess's chair.
For a moment, I was dumbfounded, but.
It didn't really matter, because this way my eye level roughly matched the Imperial Princess's.
Because I'm short.
I activated positive thinking and prepared to answer the Imperial Princess's questions.
"...Richard."
When the Imperial Princess called him with a dumbfounded expression, Richard's eyes turned toward me, but.
"I'm fine. This is more comfortable."
I waved my hand first, saying it was fine.
There's no reason to make that gentleman bring another chair.
Maybe because I experienced graduate school, I don't really feel like receiving special treatment.
If you only care about treatment, that's what makes you a fake.
There's nothing to regret. Treatment naturally follows when the results are good.
"...So what becomes the problem in the end is."
Soon the Imperial Princess cautiously began.
"So it's the Moonlight Essence, this thing."
"Yes."
"Then, Sun Rising is..."
"It's the one being robbed of its essence by that necklace."
I pointed to the pendant whose essence had been sucked dry.
"Rather, Sun Rising is openly a good item. Even if its essence runs out, it absorbs sunlight to replenish itself."
"...I see."
The Imperial Princess swallowed her breath and cautiously asked.
"So in my current situation, I cannot wear the Moonlight Essence, and Sun Rising is an accessory I can wear."
"Yes."
It was better not to wear the Moonlight Essence anymore. Keeping it for display would be the best.
"Then... if I wear it, do I have to separate the two?"
"In theory, yes."
However, from here on was the problem.
This is the first time in my life I've seen a Special Set Effect.
"However, I'm not sure exactly how much distance is needed."
It didn't seem like a problem that could be measured precisely with a ruler, and the line probably wasn't drawn that honestly.
Once activated, it might be a case where the wearer has to die.
"The surest method is to not wear either accessory, but."
I looked down at the two pendants on the table.
"But for that, Sun Rising is a bit too good to waste."
That's my honest feeling.
With my current skill, it would probably be difficult to make 4-star equipment.
No matter where you search in the Tower or the world, items like Sun Rising wouldn't be common.
It seems good to save at least one.
'...If I can't separate the two.'
Even if they're attached, couldn't I make it so nothing happens?
What if I cut off the interference itself, the set effect itself?
Something to block the two gods' powers from interfering.
'What's the counter for siblings?'
...Isn't it mother?
My head spun for a moment.
Right now it's just a feeling, but if I think a bit more, I feel like a good result will come.
I organized my thoughts for a moment, then raised my head again.
"Your Highness, to reintroduce myself, I am the one who made Duke Dolores's gloves and the Warm..."
"Star?"
Flinch.
"...Gloves, I am Lionel, the blacksmith who crafted them."
"You crafted the Duke's equipment?"
"Yes, you may verify it yourself."
"I'm sorry, it's not that I don't believe you, just a quick verification..."
The Imperial Princess immediately turned her gaze to the side.
"...Richard."
"Yes."
With a short answer.
Bang.
Richard disappeared before my eyes.
What, what was that just now?
He vanished in an instant before my eyes. I briefly forgot this was a fantasy world.
...Well, the faster the verification, the better.
It's not unpleasant, and from the imperial family's standpoint, it's a natural verification to do.
If they had believed me outright, that would have been stranger.
While Richard was gone.
I quietly examined her face.
Even after examining it for several minutes.
Honestly, there wasn't really anything that needed fixing.
She was already good-looking, so adding something wouldn't make her better.
Then, when I moved my gaze slightly...
"......"
There was a place that caught my eye.
"Your Highness."
"Yes."
"Your ears look a bit bare."
"...Ears?"
The Imperial Princess unconsciously touched her earlobe.
"If you don't mind."
I smiled faintly and continued.
"I would like to make a pair of earrings with my own hands that will make Your Highness's ears shine even more."
"...I appreciate the offer, but."
"If I may be so bold."
I have proven enough, both the process and the result.
Respecting someone who has proven themselves is the same in any world.
"This problem was of a kind that couldn't even be touched unless the cause was discovered in the first place. Considering that, it seems I'm the only one who can solve it."
Someone else solving this?
Could they really?
"Weren't they people who didn't even know what the problem was in the first place?"
Groundless excessive confidence is poison, but confidence with clear grounds gives a sense of trust.
Tap.
I tapped the Moonlight Essence on the table.
Rrrrumble!
Anyway, such a temper.
It vibrated angrily, as if it knew or didn't know we were talking about it.
"I will make this guy..."
I smiled, looking at the necklace.
"...into a fool."
Rrrrrrumble!!
It vibrated enough to make the whole table ring.
"Will you trust me?"
Or else.
You'll trust someone else who didn't recognize you slowly dying.
There's nothing to lose, right?
Whooosh...
A cold wind passes between me and the Imperial Princess.
Just then, the light of worry deepened on the Imperial Princess's face.
Swoosh.
With a light breeze.
Richard had arrived at her side before I knew it.
"...Richard?"
"...By Your Highness's command, I have brought a message from Duke Dolores."
He gave a brief bow and recited calmly.
"Everything that child said is true. The gloves and overshoes as well, from design to completion, that child handled the entire process personally."
"The equipment the child made has improved the illness I was suffering from."
Duke Dolores's message.
"So, if only those two things are respected: the child's autonomy, and the child returning to my home."
"......Dolores will not refuse anything."
Silence settled on the terrace.
I had only asked for verification, but he gave such a testimony full of trust.
And then.
Richard took out the hand he had been hiding behind his back all this time.
"So according to the message..."
Clack.
He silently pushed a chair under me.
He had brought a chair for me to sit on.
"It is all true."
Richard said no more.
He simply returned to his place with the same expressionless face and stood quietly.
I let out a small laugh and sat on the chair.
Swish.
My eye level changed again.
The Imperial Princess across from me finally looked at me directly.
She had been silent for a while, then looking at me, she corrected her posture and straightened her back.
"...Sir Lionel."
"...Yes."
The changed form of address.
"As the Imperial Princess of the Empire."
Our eyes met through the hair scattering in the night wind.
"I formally request this of you."
"......"
"Please, so that His Majesty's feelings for us siblings do not fade......"
The Imperial Princess took a slight breath and asked in a cautious voice.
"Please let us continue to keep these necklaces."
"...Of course."
Now, there are no fakes in this place.
Actually, I wasn't a fake from the beginning either.
My first commission, through this commission.
I decided to save the Imperial Prince and Imperial Princess.