A gentle night breeze gently strokes his tired and lit body. After making sure it was comfortable and that there was no one nearby but an aide, Alicia was weakened by the columns.
"Come on, I thought my leg would be a stick."
"Weren't you glad you turned down the invitation before you were cornered that far?
"Well, if you're the one with the valve, it's probably before breakfast to say no while you're delivering."
Clovis gave me a tickle and a grin as to whether there was something wrong with Alicia plunging and pointing her lips. I felt comfortable distance from him in an unusual condition, and Alicia relieved herself of her shoulder strength.
"There was also a harvest, wasn't there?
As she spun her body around and faced Clovis, Alicia wore her chest well.
"The first prince of Leans and the second princess of Alstre, they're officially engaged. That too, by the end of the year."
"Oh my...! Is that sincere?
"Prince Navel taught me. If the Merricius Chamber of Commerce had told you about the situation in the neighboring country, he would have been happy to provide you with information instead."
The time to dance with the princes of each country is also a chance to get information out of them. The reason why Alicia didn't say no to whoever invited her was, in fact, here.
Especially this time, since the two countries concerned about the trend were bringing their princes together, it was an opportunity not to wish as Alicia.
Leanz and Alstre are kingdoms that border Aardhar together. Equal to Aaldar and Heilland, those two countries have not historically been close to each other in flattery.
Recently, however, the auxiliary office was grasping information that ceremonies were being held jointly and that the royal family was actively interacting with each other, rapidly increasing parental density.
What is behind this is the promotion of Aaldar, not to mention. With the success of the Empress's reforms, Aardar's national power is showing a further increase. As a result, there are rumours that in the country of Aaldar, there is a growing call to embark on territorial expansion.
A common threat outweighs even a grudge of years. Leanz and Alstre finally joined hands to confront the rapidly gaining Aardhar.
Listening to Alicia, Clovis narrowed her eyes with her hands in thin gloves for the ceremony attached to her chin, giving me an idea.
"The situation in the South is finally going to stink. Nevertheless, it cannot be said that the two countries of Leanz and Alstre alone had the power to simply seal Aardar completely"
"Even we seem to know that very well. Prince of Alstre... Navel begged me. If we marry, we will complete the tri-national alliance between Heilland and Orstre and Leanz, the siege net of Aaldar"
"... to Prince Navel, you get put down every time. In the long run, I just seem obsessed with trying to dictate you."
"Really? It's not your fault?
Alicia laughed and swam her eyes at the aide, who had gently turned her purple eyes away.
Of course, Alicia told the aide only the main points, skipping the long words of courtship spinned by the prince. If I had told you everything, I wouldn't have moved on.
Clovis naturally spotted it, and he gave me a gaze.
"So, the proposal from Prince Navell, are you going to take it?
I didn't mean to exaggerate.
"" If we get married, "the prince said to you, didn't he?
"... well, yeah, yeah"
Give me your arm, Alicia. Slightly, the princess clearly snapped her neck.
"I won't take it. At dawn, when the tri-national alliance, including Heilland, was consolidated, Navel was going to be able to fight Aardhar. I'm sorry my marriage is the beginning of a war."
If he intended to come into full conflict with Aardhar, he made contact with either country when he received information that Leans and Alstre had approached him. In other words, if you return the back, there is no will to confront Aaldar to Heilland, who did not do it.
Alicia looked up at the adjoining aide, wondering. I didn't have to explain this either, but I thought he would know if he was brilliant and smart.
Clovis then slowly blinked an eye resembling a purple crystal, then smiled with a crease. Not the auxiliary courtesy he often floats. Undecorative, and Alicia's heart jumped.
"It was. That's what Alicia said."
"Hey. Hey, are you making fun of me?
"No way. I'm just wondering if, at that rate, the princes of all nations are forced to struggle."
Clovis seemed delightful. That's how he reached out to Alicia -, stopping his hand perfectly.
(Ah, again...)
Beyond the hand he put up in his absence, Clovis frowned like he was in trouble. Alicia's chest then hurt tightly to the aide pulling her arm as if nothing had happened.
If it had been him a while back, if it was the current flow, he would have very naturally stroked Alicia's head pounding. Yet he has stopped his hand.
It's not all about this one. Someday, for some reason, he began to hesitate to touch himself.
There is a law to this, and as an aide, I don't see anything hesitant in the part of my official duties such as escorting Alicia. Even so, that trend appears on the table only when we are alone or in close conversation like this.
Even as Alicia, being stroked in the head seems like she's being treated like a child, and if she did, she might have gotten angry. But if they pull my hand where I tried to touch them, that makes me lonely.
"Dear Alicia?
When she noticed, Alicia was touching Clovis' hand.
Looking up at him with his upper back than he was, the white cheeks of an aide rising in the dark night were stained in orange by the light leaking out of the hall.
(More, I could touch it, I can't believe it)
Even if my mouth rips, I can't say that.
I won't let anyone live in my heart until I can change the future and save Heilland. From her bitter experience in her previous life, Alicia imposed it on herself.
There are too many bugs, such as Clovis. Because he's Alicia's aide, and he doesn't have the right to tie it up any more than that.
Yet after he exposes his defenseless face like he did earlier, his chest is so bothered. Not as an aide, Clovis Cromwell. As an individual, I want you to stand before yourself. More, I want to know him face-to-face.
I want to get closer.
Is it because I've been staring at you for too long? Clovis' purple eyes loosened and hesitated. He opened his mouth to Alicia, whose expression looked strangely colorful and softly rattled his heart, as he gave it to me on the way.
"Dear Alicia, I..."
"Oh. As always, you guys aren't close."
Alicia and Clovis literally jumped up and away from each other to the voices of a third party that sounded like a fake.
The lady smiles, bearing the light leaking out of the hall and defending herself in a graceful dress. The man, who honored his height even though he was old, was a guest invited by Aardhar, Beatrice Crown.