Alicia's heart snapped at Lloyd, who glanced at herself and laughed. Because Lloyd's voice sounded like the scream of those who took his ruin.
Someone stood up and screamed, inspired by Lloyd, who kept laughing.
"What are you doing, Cromwell! Get him! A great sinner who betrayed his kingdom!!
"But what are we going to do when we catch him? It's unprecedented that the Sutherland family can be locked up!?
"More than that, what do we do now? Oh, Lord Lloyd! How dare you!
Everybody, calm down.
A good voice sounded as he cleaved the blurring of the Great Hall, and King James rose. The nobles, who were extremely confused, immediately shut their mouths and drowned in haste. When King James left the throne, he stood before Lloyd, who could stop laughing and nag, and peered into his face.
"You don't have to hurry. Was a man named Lloyd, whom we know, a coward who was even more mean-spirited after his sins were revealed? It wouldn't be, would it?
"But Your Majesty! Sir Lloyd is...!
"I want to talk to Lloyd.... Nigel, will you forgive me?
"If Your Majesty wishes"
Nigel nodded, silencing the other faces who had said something, and Clovis also pulled himself closer to Alicia. That was the signal, and Lloyd drowned his head at the king.
The figure was more aristocratic and dignified than in ancient times to be grasped by the Chester family, and seemed relieved, on the other hand, after lowering the burden it carried.
"We will not escape or hide. I was the one who was passing through the neighbouring country and divulging the Kingdom's secrets to the neighbouring country. The readiness to bear this sin was solidified just as it was when the covenants were exchanged. Please connect me to the prison."
"... well, it's Lloyd. The Lord and I often disagreed. But when I tried to pursue my ideals, it was the Lord who gave me my opinion exactly as the embodiment of the history of Heilland."
"I knew it was the role of the Sutherland family owner, so..."
"The Lord is right. Never indulge in the royal family at a proud altitude, staring up and down so that the order of the kingdom is undisturbed, and supporting the Historical King as his toughest friend. That's who Sutherland is."
…………
Alicia became asexually sad and wanted to cry to her father, who spoke as if she were going to work gently. When Clovis' hand was gently attached to Alicia's shoulder, knowing or not how her husband was like that.
This will be the last time I will stand before King James as my subordinate. So prepared, Lloyd turned his strange and serene face to King James.
"Your Majesty, will you forgive me for saying this to you as the head of the Sutherland family for just a moment?
"Good. Let me know."
"... thank you very much"
Lloyd lowered his eyesight once more and then shifted his gaze, checking each face of the Privy Council staring at himself and turning his face around.
"Your Majesty. Am I aware? We in the Privy Council are constantly anxious."
"Anxiety, huh?
"Dear Left, It is a fear that is left in the course of time and that what we have built will become a useless long object"
There's something about Lloyd's remarks, and the famous lords lay their eyes down with one, another. All of them are famous houses who have ruled the strongholds of Heilland and have honored them as kings' subjects.
"Times have changed. History, culture and a neighbor who was not once far away from Heilland grew up to be a country no more powerful than ever before. The difference between our country and Aardhar is as open to heaven and earth as it is to make our ancestors alike if we follow the original.
The strength of that country is the occasional extraction of the Empress without crossing. There is nothing more than evidence that her avant-garde ways of unifying the military, unifying politics and now trying to abolish the Lordship as well are muddling each and every one of them.
Therefore, we are terrified. On the back of one of her successes, one of the things we've protected is denied. The history, the order, the traditions we have built, if they are not up to date with the present times, they can be poked at in different ways.
On the way, Your Majesty, we will be reminded that our lord is no longer needed. "
So Lloyd clutched his mouth to the lid and stared at the back of the throne. As Alicia followed that gaze, a tapestry was hung behind the throne lined with the crests of five houses supposedly grabbed by the king during the founding of the kingdom, around the crest of the Chester family.
One of them, Lloyd's side staring at the Sutherland family crest, was somewhere lonely.
"I wanted to reward my neighbors with one arrow.
The Empress always gets the prey she's after. Whatever we may give thanks for, the wedding of Prince Fritz and Alicia will soon be concluded, and the Prince will be king of Heilland. In that case, the Prince will always move not to reform Heilland, as in neighbouring countries.
When that happens, only the Privy Council can defend Heilland against the King. I wanted to prove to you that our lord is not a useless long product of the order that would make our country our country, of keeping the tradition and what we have defended is not in vain.
- So instead of making me promise not to dismantle the Privy Council, I chose to be the mastermind of Aardar. "
"... right"
King James nodded briefly as Lloyd finished his talk. Around, he leaned at ease, careful not to let any of the masters of the famous family look at him. It was obvious that they were feeling the same as Lloyd in part, even if not in his mouth.