Consolation Ceremony (10)

"Wow, it's so cute!"

Looking at the vividly colored dress I was wearing in the mirror, I couldn't help exclaiming.

The residents had lent me the dress because they were worried about me after I came up from the sea drenched from head to toe.

Since they'd lent it to me, I figured it was only polite to wear it. When I tried it on, though, it was even more colorful than I'd imagined.

It was made with so many vivid colors that just looking at it lifted my spirits. And the colors were so cute.

It was a really lovely outfit, but would it be all right to join the knights in their uniforms dressed like this?

I worried that I might stand out too much, but then I remembered that the other knights who'd fallen into the sea had also been given clothes to change into by the residents.

And since everyone else was wearing them, I relaxed and breathed a sigh of relief.

Once I was changed, there was nothing left for me to do. As I wondered what to do, I thought of helping the residents.

With more people attending, the memorial ceremony the residents had planned had been moved to the manor's front courtyard, and I figured they must be having a hard time getting everything ready...