Akuyaku Reijo Ni Koi Wo Shite

The interior of the castle, which is the living space of the royal family, is a closed space where only a limited number of people can enter, except for the maid who serves. When an outsider meets a person living in the back, the audience room in the foreground will be used.

In one of the audience rooms, Eriel was facing the visitors.

Sitting in front of Airiel is the Marquis of Winheels. This head-to-head opposition is the first since Eriel leaves the royal capital to head for Band ド ゥ with Rion.

"long time no see……"

"Yes, it's been a long time."

"I'm glad I was fine"

"Two people"

Marquis Winheel should have had a lot of things to talk to, but when he faces him, the conversation doesn't bounce. Many of the reasons are in Airiel. Aeriel's expression is indeed grumpy, and she is not pleased with her reunion with her parents after a long absence.

"I was sorry about Lion"

"Rion is alive"

"... I understand that feeling, but it's been more than four years now. It's time to forget."

The reaction of Marquis Winheel is the same as the others. Even if Aerial honestly states that Rion is alive, no one will trust him. This reluctance is one of the reasons why Aerial is talking about Rion.

"I can't forget."

"... I know that. You don't have to forget. But I don't know if I'm mourning Rion's death forever. Eal's life is yet to come."

"I'm saying I'm alive."

Marquis Winheel believes that Leon is dead. This is inevitable. Rion is officially dead and Aeriel cannot show any evidence that he is alive.

No matter how much Eariel insists that Rion is alive, she is perceived as being sad and unable to die.

"... Why don't you go home?"

"Why do you want to go back?"

"It's only natural that you want to have a cute girl at hand."

Finally, permission to return Aeriel to his home has been granted. Marquis Winheel rejoiced and sent his messenger to the castle, who was turned away by Eriel.

I don't know why as Marquis Winheel. Anyway, when he comes to the castle to meet and talk to Aeriel, rather than rejoice in his reunion after a long time, he is indeed annoying. With this, there is no reason to have a conversation.

"Dad. I'm out of marriage. I'm no longer a man of the Winheels."

"But, isn't the place where she appeared in her wife gone?"

"I don't care about Viscount Frey. Anyway, I'm Leon's wife."

"So that Rion is"

"So, Rion is alive."

As long as there is a gap in this premise, the two will not engage.

"Is there any evidence that Rion is alive?"

"I have sightings."

"Eyewitness information ... Is he really?"

"It's ... I'm still investigating."

Aeriel has yet to find out where Rion is. At least not in Eriel's ears.

"If it were you, why did you go away?"

"... I'm looking into that too."

When pursued, Aeriel gets worse. But I don't mean to let Rion die. Eriel is convinced that Leon is alive.

"Well, why not?"

Here, the Marquis of Winheels spoke. For Airiel, the situation is even more severe.

"I'll use the power of the Winheels to search for Leon. No, not only do I find it, but when I find it, I attach a rope to my neck and bring it to me."

"Mom ... I don't think it's possible."

Leon cannot be caught. If there is a strong man who can do that, he is the commander of the Knight Guard, but Eriel is now wondering if that commander would be impossible. It's not like Lion who's lost.

So Eriel wants to go find herself. If you can't bring it, you have to follow it.

"The best of Winheal Hou?"

"Rather than fight, follow Rion to escape. It's not easy."

It might be possible if Leon could face the elite hundreds of Winheelers at the front. But that is not possible.

"... Ear. Even if Rion is alive, has he abandoned you?"

Unlike the Marquis who dotes on Aeriel, she can speak such cruel dialogue. Even if you care about Aeriel the same way.

"I can't do that. If it's true, I'll catch and apologize many times, so ... ah, I'll repeat my words of apology and love one hundred times a day, keeping my chains from escaping. I'll do it. "

"... it's nice"

The marquis himself doesn't know what's nice.

"Anyway, I'm not going back. I'm looking for Leon and living with me."

"Earl!

The moment I thought that the Marquis' patience was finally over.

"It's no use saying that! It's important talking! Wait!"

Loud voices were heard from outside the room. All eyes turn to the door. The door was opened and the frou jumped in. Frau finds Airiel and happily runs up to her leg.

"What's wrong?"

"Takuchu"

"Oh? Is Bor's opponent boring?"

"Hmm"

This is Frau's little lie. If you're bored in Sol, just ask Charlotte to play your opponent. Even the Venus. In fact, he couldn't see Airiel, so he fell lonely and came to see him angry.

"Fraud! Don't get in the way!"

It was Charlotte who continued to jump into the room. Charlotte, who is sweet to Frau, can't stop Frau from doing what he says.

"Charlotte?"

Although Charlotte is a concubine, she is the princess of Prince Arnold. Marquis Winheel was surprised to see Charlotte jump in.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Marquis Winheel. I've disturbed the place of harmony, right?"

"No .... but is Princess Princess Frau really fond of Eal?"

"That's because she always takes care of her."

I take care of it because Eriel is her mother. But now, Charlotte is trying to fool himself, thinking that it's not a good time to talk about it.

"... Vincent?"

But there were people who could see the truth at a glance. Marshal Winheel. Frau, who was supposed to resemble him, had the answer to Marquis Winheel.

"What?"

With Mrs.'s muttering, I noticed even Marquis Winheel. Apparently Frau is very similar to Vincent as a child.

"... Earl, is Princess Princess Frau your daughter?"

Charlotte cannot have a Vincent-like child.

"……that's right"

With a little hesitation, Eriel admitted. The Marquis and Frau are the grandparents of Frau. I thought that something in the blood connection could not be deceived.

"... Which one?"

This question of Marquis Winheel is superfluous.

"Who is besides Rion?"

Sure enough, Eriel will be offended.

"That's right, but ... why is it with Prince Arnold's daughter?"

"You. That question hurt Her Highness, Charlotte. The position of the Queen who can't produce a heir is painful."

"Yes ..."

Duchess Winheel has no children. The birth of Aerial is a difficult birth, and at that time it was impossible. Don't let them feel responsible.

However, Charlotte was sympathized.

"... I will have children. Maybe."

I don't know because Charlotte hasn't actually tried it, but the Marquis is undoubtedly misunderstood.

"So why?"

There is no other reason to lie when it's not to hide what a child cannot have.

"... I want to protect them. It's dangerous to have a child of Rion without any backing. Even if it's a boy,"

"Yes, but did you need that?"

Marquis Winheel knows that Charlotte was afraid. Even more so if you know the current situation of the Grand Flam Kingdom. There is no more mikoshi to carry if you become a boy who draws Rion's blood. Still, when I had absolute loyalty to the kingdom, now I am not confident that Marquis Winheel himself was just a grandfather.

But that assumes that the presence of Eriel and the child remains hidden. If the royal family recognized Rion as a royal family, revealed the presence of a prince or princess, and placed them under the patronage of the royal family, it would have been difficult to carry them, at least among their children.

"Arnold's reputation"

Prince Arnold deliberately killed Leon. It was rumored that the impossible was true. The rumors are even more true when Rion becomes public as the second prince there.

"Is it only important to the Crown Prince ... but I don't know that His Majesty will end up putting the entire royal family in trouble."

If it was a Hou, perhaps Lion would have succeeded. In order to develop one's own home, it is always a good head to be a lord. Marquis Winheal, who had been stuck with Vincent from a bad perspective, knew exactly what the house should be.

"Is it a salvation to be a princess?"

"Dad. I don't want Frau to think that way. Whether men or women, I want to be happy to be born."

Aeriel's words not only do not want to be involved in the political struggle, but are also aware of Rion. Rion who seemed to have been birthless.

"Yes, but I'm leaving the castle for that purpose ... can I get out?"

Here, Marquis Winheel finally noticed. Airiel's daughter, Frau, is supposed to be the son of Prince Arnold and Charlotte. I can't take the Frau out of the castle.

"I can't come out now"

"I'll do crazy things ..."

"I'm sorry, because of my contemplation."

Charlotte was the one who actively made the situation. Charlotte himself thinks, although it is a result of mixed thoughts.

"No, I thought of Eal. Thank you. But ..."

"I'm sure to get off the concubine. No way, it should have been no longer a concubine. Even so ..."

Prince Arnold never greets Princess. That keeps Charlotte from being a concubine.

This is of poor quality because the queen is the biggest obstacle. It is precious that a princess who does not accept the intention of the parents' house is valuable, and the queen is one of those precious. I'm not going to let Charlotte give her away.

Not only the king who can't resist the queen, but also Prince Arnold, can't say strongly if this reason is shielded. Charlotte has no ally.

"Rather than disappearing from the concubine, isn't the sitting room waiting?"

"that is……"

No wonder Marquis Winheel knows this fact. And once the King approves, it is no use no matter how much Charlotte resists. In the extreme case, if you only give a room from the concubine, you need only one document.

"Um. I understand a little. Unfortunately it is."

"... What did you understand?"

"I don't have the sincerity of Her Majesty in treating her and Her Highness. It's certainly a political agenda, but I'm a bit lonely and regrettable as a minister."

"What is it?"

Marquis Winheel does not articulate the answer to the question. The care of the Marquis of Winheels was extraordinary for Charlotte.

"We are hostages"

Aeriel has no refuge in the king. I spoke the facts clearly.

"……hostage?"

Charlotte still hasn't come to terms. He is not bad, but his roots are good, so he is not good at tricks.

"It doesn't matter to Charlotte whether it's a concubine or a royal room. It's important to keep Charlotte at hand. It ’s hard to escape. That ’s two birds with one stone. ”

"Such ..."

"And the King knows I will not return to the House of Winheels. Even if I promise to return to my father, I can keep it at hand."

"……terrible"

"As my father said, it's a political strategy. Isn't it better to say a tactic? I don't think about people's feelings anyway."

However, there is no point in losing that tactic. At least the four parties, who were involved, had bad feelings for the king. Apart from the goal of keeping the Winheel family, they failed to regain loyalty.

"I shouldn't have been like this one ..."

Previously, he was a loyal partner. As a Marquis of Winheels, I have a complicated feeling.

"I'm unsuitable in this age. I can leave it to others, but I can't do that."

Eriel is dry against the king. At one point, I was willing to accept him as Rion's father, but now that thought has disappeared. Now the king is just a hindrance to Eriel.

"Is it a wild world?"

Marquis Winheel muttered Potulli. I never thought that it would be such an era. An indescribable sentiment is emerging in the heart of Marquis Winheel.

"What if my father retired without overdoing it?"

"... I'm retiring?"

Suddenly, Eriel has made a leap. But Marquis Winheel knows the character of a girl who hates meaningless things.

"Getting off the stage is another way to survive the storm!"

"... do you think so?"

Marquis Winheel said in a statement that Eriel was seriously recommending his retirement.

"Yeah, I'll just leave it to the heir, and I'll leave it to the person responsible for the consequences. I think so."

"... I see. Let's think a bit."

Marquis Winheel felt something in Aeriel's words. What I felt originally was that I was convinced in Eriel's words.

"I'm just going home today. I can always meet if I just meet."

"However……"

"Frau fell asleep."

"Oh ..."

Airiel holds up Frau's head and knocks him down. Boring was an excuse to meet Eriel, but adult stories seem to have really made Frau boring.

"Have me hug me next time?"

The Marquis of Winheels is glad to see such Frau.

"Yeah, if you don't hate Frau.

"I'm fine. Did I raise you?"

"... what does that mean?"

One of Frau's difficulties is that he inherits from Eriel.

◇◇◇

Eriel, who broke up with Marquis Winheels, returned to his room with Frau. There are Sol and Venus waiting in the room, as well as the black party Bravod. Sol and Venus are Konoe and Maiden, but Bravod is not originally allowed to go inside. He came in.

However, this is something Prince Prince Arnold also knows, so don't worry if you can see him on the contrary if you go deeper.

"how was it?"

Sol was the first to call. I know of course that I have met the Marquis of Winheels.

"My father and mother knew about Frau."

"Did you talk?"

"Frau looked like his brother. Mother looked at it and noticed it."

"Did you do that?"

"No, I encouraged my father to retire. He told me to think, so I don't think he has a strong ambition."

I can't say absolutely. But Aeriel believes that the eyes of Marquis Winheel's Frau were purely eye-catching to his grandson's presence.

"... maybe you know?"

"I couldn't hear it before my mother, but at least you're aware of Erwin's ambitions."

"Do you know that, but are you willing to retire? If Marquis Winheel retires, the hold will no longer work."

"If you feel that hold is in the way, Elwin will move to the exclusion. You don't want to know that there is no blood connection. He's such a man."

That is why I asked Marquis Winheel to retire. Not all, though a significant portion of real power has been granted. Marquis Winheel is an obstacle for Elwin to take action.

And there are other people who disagree with Marquis Winheel, besides Elwin. Viscount Ustein, Erwin's real father. You want Marquis Winheel to disappear more than Elwin. Then you would tell Elwin the truth and think he could take the helm of the Winheels.

"How was the Axmia House?"

Sol turned his questions to Bravod. Bravod has been exploring the Axmia House.

"There is no merging, but the flow of subordinate nobles does not stop."

There is no fact that Marquis Axmia communicates with Lancelot. Lancelot has considerable roots in dealing with the successor. Lancelot doesn't allow him if Marquis Axmere wants.

The flow of the dependent aristocracy is not at the intent of Marquis Aksumia. The existence of a new weapon, a firearm, was great, but that was not the only reason.

"I thought I was just a stupid girl."

"That woman is not an idiot. She's just better at Rion, much less because she's a mastery of art. Is it a strategy?"

Maria secretly promoted her subordinate nobility. Airiel's words are disgusting and different from capture. The game is over. Nevertheless, if she is invited to Maria, who is a beautiful woman, with a color scheme, some people will be washed away. Of course, not only that, he uses a variety of hands, including threatening and, on the other hand, promising hospitality if successful.

He then fought for himself, defeated the Marquis of Axmia, and turned over to a subordinate noble who had passed behind. Of course, after having done persuasion work to another house.

The turning momentum created in this way gave other dependent nobles the illusion of Lancelot's advantage. That's why I'm turning over again and can't stop. This is the current situation.

The plan itself was not Maria's idea. And the one who is good is on Mary's side. That is the target of the school days.

"Most of the Houses of Axmia and the Houses of Winheal do so. If the House of Fatilas is attached to the royal family, the royal family will outperform, albeit slightly less in number."

The Royal Knights Corps is the strongest army in the country. At least in the way I've been fighting. Originally, Sol, who had been loyal to the kingdom as a Guard Knight, wanted to do so.

"Is Fatilas going to the royal family to the end?"

Eriel has questioned Sol's explanation.

"Is Fatilas going away too?"

"Marquis Fatilas sacrifices his daughter for his own sake. Should I let go? "

"... is it independent?"

Sol doesn't even understand Eriel's explanation. I don't study too much for politics.

"Assuming that there is a secret agreement between Lancelot and Elwin, what are the conditions? Don't say friendship? I don't think there is such a thing between the two."

"It's independence. Does each wake up the country?"

"Yes. If the royal family's key (Kaname) disappears, the three princes would have to fall apart. In this case, he came to remove the key (Kaname) himself."

Defeat the Grand Fulham Kingdom. Rion thought of a way to achieve this tremendous purpose. What Ariel explained to Sol was what Leon thought in it.

You don't have to deal with the entire Grand Fram. If the royal family disappears, the three princes will have no opponent to follow and will be in conflict. The three consider each other to be the same. I can't forgive any one standing on top.

The only question was how to defeat the royal family, and the next steps did not come to light.

"Three countries?"

Indeed, Sol believes that if the three princes turn all at once, the royal family will not win.

"Maybe four"

Aeriel also believes that the royal family may survive. As long as the Grand Flam Kingdom is broken, the three Marquis will claim the king. I don't think I'm concerned with keeping the Grande Fram royal. Beyond that, a reunification battle is waiting. It's silly to fight to waste your army.

This guess has a precondition. It is premised that the three princes have the same strength, otherwise they cannot fight the two lords alone. However, this isn't really a matter for the Aeriels.

"Even so, the capital will fall."

This is the minimum requirement for the collapse of the Grand Flam Kingdom. I don't know if it's Lancelot, the other two princes, or jointly, but it's highly likely that they will attack the royal capital.

"Yes. I have a great opportunity to escape."

Aeriel doesn't have any intention to marry the kingdom. On the contrary, we see it as a great opportunity to be released from the kingdom. It seems ruthless, but if the kingdom is going to stay locked in the castle, it's already hostile. It's not Airiel who loves the enemy.

Thus, the guess I'm talking about isn't even heard in the kingdom.

Neither the king nor Prince Arnold know. Eriel, who was always on Lion's side and listening to that idea, was the best student of Leon.

Earlier, Eriel said the fact that Rion was an excellent partner in public terms.