【SIDE】Cyril, Commander of the First Knight Order (1)

Mother was a beautiful woman.

―――Like the legendary Great Saint-sama, she had beautiful red hair.

She was my mother—the woman who had given birth to me, heir to the foremost ducal house.

In other words, my mother had been a high-ranking Saint, chosen to be the wife of the head of the highest-ranking ducal house.

From the moment I was born, I had a claim to the throne.

For that reason, I was assigned many tutors from a young age and given the opportunity to learn a wide range of subjects.

The subject given the greatest emphasis was the study of Saints.

From early childhood, I was repeatedly taught that the royal family—and the nobility—existed to protect the Saints.

I was taught that the Saints were the foundation of the nation, and that the country could only endure by protecting them.

Of all my studies on Saints, the most time was devoted to the Great Saint from three hundred years ago...