Let's talk a little bit.
King James, who did so, turned straight to Alicia once again.
"Shea, you're my proud daughter. I have a tender heart for caring for people, and I have the courage and readiness to face difficulties. So you're not convinced that Lloyd's death wasn't your fault."
"... Yep"
“In this castle, the blame for Lloyd's loss of life in this way rests entirely with me. Shea shouldn't be carrying it."
Before, King James clearly said so to Alicia, who stood blindly informed of Lloyd's death.
Still, Alicia can't help but think. If you were charging Lloyd in a different place and in a different way, wouldn't the results have changed? That's just the slightest change, like a raw redo going down a different path from the first time.
As I saw through Alicia's chest like that, Father King stroked Alicia's head with a soft round hand before peeking into her face again.
"So I'm going to say the opposite today. - Hey, Shea. You told me you wanted to succeed me and be King of Heilland. If that determination is real, is all you have to do to be stuck and regret it?
"It's..."
Being poked at the most painful part, Alicia made her expression strong. But the Father King shook his head slowly against Alicia.
"Now, it can still be as it is. You're going to learn and grow up. There is no such thing as a perfect person from the beginning. You just have to grow up little by little and be prepared to be king."
But my father continued.
"Once you become king, you can't be the same as you are now. We have a people to protect, whether there is so much grief in our breasts that we regret our deeds and despair. It is my duty to do all I can for the living, even while I weep for the dead."
"... even if someone lost their life because of themselves?
"Regardless."
To my father's concise reply, Alicia was stuck in words. Eventually, from Alicia's big, empty eyes, a clear, large tear fell zero. The father, the king, wrapped his tearful daughter's hand with a gentle warm hand.
"I'm sorry, Shea. I don't want to hunt you down. I just want you to think about what it means to be king. What do you want to do now?
"I..."
Whenever the puffiness and tears fell, somehow Alicia regained her calm. And I thought hard about the meaning of my father's words. And he asked himself once again what he meant by being given a second raw.
"I will not flee."
With tears in her eyes, Alicia answered her father clearly.
"Father. I want to be stronger. I want the strength to be strong enough to protect everyone. Because someone who was through with Sir Lloyd might approach this country again to do harm... You can't let that go!
"It's a tough road. No matter how hard you try, I can't say enough that if they're better at it, they won't have the same tragedy. Still, you can't escape that responsibility, can you?
"Even so..., if you escape here, something you won't even be able to fight"
"- It's also troublesome to be stubborn about who you look like."
Suddenly, King James stroked Alicia's head around to sneeze and wiggle her hair. Alicia glistened in protest, unaware that her father had a grin that seemed only slightly more complicated.
After one stroke of her head around, Alicia decided to ask her father one selfish question.
The wind touched my hair and blew through the sky.
Right next to the barracks, there is the entrance to the dungeon. It was a remnant of the time when Egdiel Castle once served as a military base and is now used only sometimes. Still, the grass around the entrance is snugly mowed, revealing the stone entrance.
Unlike usual, a few white flowers are pointed at the side of the entrance. Alicia's hand, staring at the petals that swayed with the wind, was equally gripped with white lily flowers.
Lloyd's body was handed over to the Sutherland family and the funeral was secretly completed. Later, when it came to what happened to his body, it was sometimes death immediately after he was disputed as the culprit, and he said he would not be buried in the Sutherland family cemetery for generations.
In some of those circumstances, not only Alicia, but also the nobles of the Privy Council, could not stand up and go to the grave marker and mourn Lloyd's death. Instead, flowers were offered to this place, where Lloyd had his life taken by assassins, without anyone starting.
Alicia turned away and gently lined up the lily flowers she had in her own hands next to the flowers she had already placed. Then close your eyelids and tangle your hands in front of your chest.
My father, the king, watched over my daughter, who offered her prayers quietly, from a short distance away. Alicia asked me to bring her to this place.
And King James, who was gently watching Alicia's back, looked behind him as he noticed something. And I let down a good round face of people.
"Dear Alicia!!
Alicia stood up and turned around to the familiar voice that broke the silence. At the end of Alicia's gaze was Clovis breathing on her shoulders.
"I'm sorry, Clovis. You're gonna be busy, and you're gonna rush me."
"Heh, Your Majesty!
Apparently Clovis didn't realize there was a king there until he could speak up. The king shook his hand flickering at the young aide, who drowned in haste.
"I don't mind. Now that you're here, I have to go. I'll take care of Shea later."
The princess understood when she saw her father, who had a wink when she left, and informed Clovis that her father had done the use and that Alicia was here.