How About Saying It like This?
Please!
Even if you ask like that...
Please, I'm begging you!!
I don't know if I can.
As our training session wrapped up, Charlotte asked if I could teach her how to speak with dignity.
That meal you treated me to last time was delicious, but...
Aside from that, I've realized I can't go on like this!
One day, I'll return to Monastir!
And when I'm there, I'll need to command the Knights as their leader and set an example for them!
I can't be stumbling around in public like I did in the city the other day!
Do you have to sound dignified?
W-well... If I don't carefully prepare and stay tense while speaking...
My natural tone slips out before I realize it...
As a knight of common birth, the last thing I want to hear is that I can't even speak with dignity!
I absolutely don't want to be told that!
Well, I guess I've got no choice. Let's give it a shot.
Thank you!
I shared everything I could think of about how to speak with dignity.
It wasn't really teaching. More like tossing out ideas like, "Wouldn't you say something like this in that kind of situation?"
I am Charlotte, Grand Master of the Knights of the Duchy of Monastir!
It is an honor to make your acquaintance.
With devotion to the realm, I shall face the enemy without retreat and serve as a shining example to all!
...
...How was that?
You're definitely getting better than before.
Right? I thought so too!
Then next, let's try a situation like when we were in town...
Ahem! Ahem!
Here you are, your cape is all repaired.
Ah, it is reborn into a dazzling cape! You have my thanks!
The cape touched by your hands...
I-it...
It seems to have gained a new life.
Right! It seems to have gained a new life. White as a—Mm...
White as...
...
...My mind is going blank...
L-let's try again!
It wasn't until long after sunset that our special training session came to an end.
And the result was...
...Maybe I'm just not cut out to be a Grand Master...
Why...?
Why did they even appoint me?
Wouldn't Deputy Master Carmen have been a better fit...?
I just don't get it...
It's not a role you take to impress people.
What do you mean?
Looking dignified is good. Being a constant role model is even better.
If you can win people over with graceful, refined words, that's great too.
But more important than any of that is the reason she was chosen.
A Grand Master is the one who stands tall...
Holding her ground for others when everyone else falls around her.
Standing tall...
A knight is not someone you look up to from afar...
But someone who stands by your side, ready to protect.
Even when Charlotte is physically drained or mentally worn down...
...She always gets back on her feet and pushes forward again.
She shows her tears often, but she never lets her feelings weigh her down for long and puts her smile back on in no time.
She treats people sincerely and never hides who she is.
No matter what she goes through, she always shows up to training with that same bright energy. I believe that's why she was chosen as the Grand Master.
I... still don't really understand.
It kind of just sounds like they picked me only because I'm sturdy...
That trait is more important than anything else.
Well... if you really believe that, Captain...
Then I'll try to believe it too... although I still don't quite get it...
Charlotte's steps seemed a little heavier as she made her way back to her room.