Lloyd's words, like poison, Alicia thought.
Objective numerical data and “droppings" prepared beforehand by Jude. By doing so, the members of the Privy Council were trying to consolidate their opinions to endorsement under rational judgement.
Yet Lloyd's skillful discourse switched the problem to something else altogether. That is, what was in their heads was the vague anxiety that the authority of their Privy Council would not be threatened in the future by Alicia and the others.
"Well, there's no need to rush for answers."
Who was the first to cut it out that way?
"Even though Lord Dreyfus and Lord Otto saw the case, it was those who had previously been less involved in national politics who created the framework."
"For once now, the contents thereof shall be truly correct, or they shall be judged by those in the Privy Council"
"Yeah. It's no problem after that to give an answer. Anyway, it's about the future of the kingdom. It's important."
Your Majesty, please take this matter to the custody of the Privy Council.
"Your Majesty"
(No...)
Mouthfully, Alicia looked with dismay at the nobles begging the king to postpone the resolution. With that in her eyes, the princess hadn't noticed, even though Liddy had a terribly mean grin.
Alicia wasn't the only one with regrets.
Near the speechless princess, the Director of the Dreyfus Regional Council glanced at her face as she lay her arms behind her head, seemingly uninteresting.
"I postpone the resolution, I recheck. If that's what you're all convinced of, you don't have a choice."
"This is not such a simple problem"
To the blurry Dreyfuss, his blue eyes across the glasses narrowed to anger, and lead aide Nigel Otto cut them off.
"Everyone has lost sight of their original purpose when they were gathered, clouding their minds with doubts that are unlikely. Where I was caught up in such paranoia and engaged in national politics, can I truly make decisions for the people?"
However teething Nigel may seem, the flow has been decided. On the basis of the totality of almost everyone except a few, the Recommendation on the Establishment of the Merriculius Chamber of Commerce, once deposited in the Privy Council.
That is, after the contents were quantified in the Privy Council under the approval of King James, it was decided at a later date, as the Privy Council, whether or not to endorse this recommendation.
From the Great Hall, one nobleman after another exits. The next time the Privy Council meets like this is a week away, so the majority of them are headed to their own mansion near the King's Capital.
In the meantime, Princess Alicia clouded her expression and was still sitting in her seat looking discouraged. After a while after the meeting, she still doesn't want to leave the room.
Clovis, whom he saw, bowed his head deeply before Alicia in anticipation of the exit of all the other nobles.
"I'm sorry, Master Alicia"
"Huh...?
The young ten-year-old girl looked like she didn't really know why her aide was saying words of apology. When Alicia stared at him in a dazed manner, Clovis' slight wake-up caused a brilliant face distorted by remorse to pop into sight.
"I just couldn't reach my power, and just a few moments away, they put off the resolution. That far, while consolidating the flow to endorsement......!
"All right, Clovis"
Alicia stood up in advance and grabbed Clovis' hand. Alicia stared straight at him in gratitude, surprised by his small hands.
"You did a great job. Even with Clovis' bargaining skills, I thought it would be more confusing, but well, it persuaded them"
"But..."
"I was the one who couldn't help it"
Weakly told, Alicia lay down her bright, empty eyes.
“I was just blessed with my men and friends. Someone close to tell us who your vague anxiety is and what you need to do for it."
When I answered this way with a cut back to Lloyd. That was Alicia's pure heart, but because of it, Lloyd took her frying feet.
In other words, even without trying, he helped deepen the mistaken impression that "Clovis Cromwell and Jude Nicole are taking on Princess Alicia and trying to manipulate national politics as they please".
Alicia had never been more ashamed of her lack of power or wisdom than she is today.
If Alicia was not a ten-year-old girl or anything, but an experienced adult, she should have never been seen as dishonorable by the Clovis and the others as' trying to manipulate the (ignorant) princess' or anything else.
Or, if the princess had a little more wisdom, she might have figured out a way to get ahead of what Lloyd was trying to make her say to herself, but rather, for backwards, to fold at once.
"You've worked very hard. And yet, because I have no power, I ruined it. I'm so, so sorry!
"Dear Alicia..."
She rocked her beautiful dark hair and showed Clovis how she wolves. I shouldn't have come to this place today to give this look to my beloved princess.
"Please don't. If I make you look like that, I..."
"Let's not, princess. If you have something to rethink, who should you choose as your partner? That's all."
To the voice of the intruder who sounded the fudge, the princess and the aide looked at the entrance to the hall at the same time. And there was Liddy Sutherland, twirling his reddish hair.