"Well, Your Highness. That after seeing you for a while, the atmosphere has changed a lot."
Immediately after seeing Prince Fritz and Chancellor Yugdrasil, who appeared before the sight, Mrs. Beatrice, the Foreign Minister, tilted her neck as such.
The ruler has fallen, and his "culprit" is already in prison. Thinking about future responses, it's a bit of a waste of time right now. But given the blood muscles of Beatrice, the prince had no choice but to accept a glimpse.
Nevertheless, the prince apparently decided he didn't have to hide it until he was grumpy. As he passed by his wife's side too early, he lowered his back to where the king would normally sit and looked cold at the visitors.
"Dear Beatrice, Not really, I hate to say this to you, but I'm very busy right now. If you have any requirements, I'd appreciate it if you could do it in a short time."
"Yes, of course. Now it is important to determine the light and darkness of Aardar. You don't have time to blossom into the story."
The much-norted lady adds a palm to her cheek and sighs troubled.
"Actually, a guest from a neighboring country I keep at home won't be back from last night. I'm worried that something has happened to my loved ones..."
Prince Fritz unexpectedly took Beatrice seriously. Subsequently, his deep green eyes became just as sword-soaked.
"… if you are the guest, you will not be guided. I'm trapped in a dungeon. I thought you used it at the Mansion and let him carry the reward?
"Well!" exclaimed Lady. "The reward was true. Oh dear, I, it was so incredible...... But on what grounds?
"Come on! Are you kidding me?
Fritz finally stood up. But he was a prince who looked down upon his wife in a clear light of anger, but breathed in the moment when he had eyes with Beatrice, who smiled quietly. For her face, which was always dazzling, suddenly seemed like a mask.
In front of the fritz swallowing agitation so that the other person would not understand, the lady tipped her little neck.
"I'm not kidding. I really don't know...... I heard His Majesty was poisoned by someone, but you're saying that the killer is Master Liddy?
"... yes"
"Did anyone see where Master Liddy poisoned him?
"No."
"Well, did you try to hurt your unfavourable Majesty?
"Not so, but..."
"Oh. Then His Majesty told me to get Master Liddy..."
"That man was where His Majesty fell! When there was an anomaly in His Majesty, only he and his squire were in the room!
to frizz his voice absurdly, but Beatrice shrugged his shoulders small.
"If you're just sitting there, I can do it. You bet, Eric. You don't think so, either?
"- Right. You're right."
But the Prime Minister opens his mouth. But before he could go on with his words, Fritz, who was no longer patient, blocked the Chancellor.
"His Majesty fell, and there was a man present who was not of this country. Do you think there are more suspicious people out there? What's wrong with connecting the suspicious to the jail? ⁉"
"Oh, I see. Master Liddy is suspicious as a murderer.
Prince Fritz is plunged into the void again by a lady whose face shined all the time. The prince didn't notice, but out of his sight, Chancellor Yugdrasil was moving his eyebrows tingly. As the air strains, Beatrice smiles only flamboyantly.
"Bye, Your Highness. We have to hold a referee as soon as possible."
"The referee, you say?
I don't understand what the lady is trying to say, and the prince puts his face on. But the Lady sent a glimpse to Eric Yugdrasil, not to his prince opponent, but rather to try to make the Chancellor listen.
"Yeah. It's a referee. You know your majesty well, don't you? In our country, when the charges are suspicious, we call witnesses before the emperor to bring him to justice."
"But I can't do that. Your Majesty still needs rest…"
"In the absence of the Emperor, three deputies shall be elected and judged by agreement thereof"
What? And now it's time for a grunt to leak out of the prince's mouth. Fritz's eyes, unwittingly directed at the Chancellor, said, "Really?" and the colour of confusion was clearly floating. Before that appearance, Beatrice shook her head feeling sorry for herself.
"What you don't know is impossible. Emperor absent. There is little in the history of this country in itself. I just happened to know because I saw a situation where this law would apply."
"Did you see it? Emperor absent......, no way"
As a matter of fact, the prince opened his eyes. He noticed immediately. In comparatively close proximity in the history of the kingdom, a little before I was born, there was a period of "absence" of the emperor in Aaldar. Wasn't there at that time exactly a major case that would require a referee?
- Your mother's assassination plot.
"Exactly. During that case, a trial was opened by three deputies. You did, Eric. But you wanted to be one of the deputies, didn't that come true?
I mean, you could have predicted this development, too.
Growling like a roar, Fritz stares at the Chancellor. Didn't you dare keep your mouth shut while you had your predictions? Driven by such suspicion, the prince saw the prime minister, but Yugdrasil, who takes his gaze, only pierces the silence.
Biting his back teeth off tightly, Fritz was forced to take his gaze off Yugdrasil and return to his wife. First, we decided that we should do something about this troublesome visitor. The pursuit of Eric Yugdrasil can only be done slowly after that.
"Anyway, I don't even have a moment of respite right now. In the south, Alstre and Leans are trying to form an alliance. You can't let that shake the prestige of the Empire. If the envoys of neighbouring countries poisoned His Majesty, they should reward this by force and make our country's prestige known internally and externally"
"It's your best judgment, Your Majesty. But on the other hand, the law must be respected. It's the result of trials and mistakes made by our ancestors."
"Until we finish that proxy referee and the doings as soon as possible!
As Fritz stood up vigorously to say that the conversation was over, he gave instructions to Yugdrasil to select two deputies and witnesses. Regardless, the other deputy is going to be served by the prince himself.
"You, too, can stand on the stand if you believe in the innocence of that one. Besides, you are ordered to carry the reward with the Foreign Minister to the neighbouring country. Hopefully, we'll make it to the referee."
"Safe. I can ride a horse if I have to. And Your Highness. Just one more thing."
"You still got something!
Fritz, who was about to walk away, throws up harshly. Without breaking her spare time, the lady returned the dust and smile, punching her hands twice in the pan. The sound sounded loud for the high ceiling and probably even transmitted it outside. Somewhat, modestly, the door between the glances opened.
To the appearance there, the prince was struck like he had been hit in the head with cancer.
"Shir... lot"
At the end of the solidifying prince's gaze, Charlotte Yugdrasil enters the room through a thinly opened gap in the door and bows her head with a pebble. When he raised his face, without fright or stray, Charlotte looked in turn at the prince and his father, the Chancellor.
In front of the prince, who was not succeeding in two sentences, the Lady pointed Charlotte with a flickering hand.
"Until the outcome of the trial, Master Liddy is a guest from a neighboring country. So please forgive me for putting on one caregiver. If it was her, you'd both know her well, wouldn't you? I've chosen a child that everyone here can trust with confidence."
"... why don't you pick me, too"
The look on Fritz's face directed at Charlotte distorts her as if she was hurt. But although Charlotte narrowed her eyes just a little sadly, her firm determination to seep out of her whole body would not waver. An often awkward silence filled the spot, but a calm voice broke it.
"I agree"
It was the Chancellor, who for some time had been piercing the static, who raised his voice. Standing between her and Lady subtly to shelter the prince, who apparently looked shocked, Yugdrasil grinned and grinned at Charlotte.
"As Mrs. Crown said, guests must be treated with care until the referee decides. Nevertheless, I can't let you out of jail. - I'd be relieved if you stayed by and looked after me. Your Highness, may I?
".................. do as you please." Don't be rude to your guests. Do your duty. "
"Yes, Your Highness"
Thank you, and. After a glimpse of Charlotte, who bowed politely, Fritz got off the sandalwood this time. As he passed by the side of the girl who gave way, he whispered two or three words so that no one else could hear him. Without waiting for that reply, the prince followed him during his gaze.
Tips and the sound of the soles tapping on the hard floors sounds. Clarifying his ears in the footsteps of another minute that follows behind him, the inside of the prince's chest strains cold as a snowy morning.
No one really needs him.
So he craved to get his place on his own.
However, Fritz never believes wholeheartedly in someone because he is aware that he is not being asked to. It's the same thing, even for a prime minister who's holding hands now.
- The only girl who wanted to get a heart, but it is.
"... but I can't stop anymore."
Not to tell anyone. Zero groans disappeared in the air frozen out of season.
Zukizuki and a dull pain running in the back of his head. Finally, my back, my hips, everything, everywhere in my body, my savings are painful.
In a slight sleep, when Liddy groaned small at the discomfort that eroded her body, there was the sound of chatter and metal bumping into her. When he was followed and opened his eyes thinly, he jumped unexpectedly, looking at the two figures in a gradually clearer vision.
"Crown fuji, yizu!?"
"Oh, my God! Master Liddy, please stay quiet. Charlotte, I need a scratch allowance right away! No, you can't. You're injured, but don't move so hard."
"No, I don't know what this is all about, Tsukuba."
"I knew it. Behind you, it's swollen. And forehead. A little, you're out...... It's okay, I'll pay you right away."
Charlotte, who crouched quickly and checked for head wounds, clutched both hands and nodded reliably. And as proclaimed, cleanse the wound area with a tight cloth and apply more medicine. As it was, she quickly put a bandage on Liddy's head, which she was willing to exchange without having time to say her strengths.
"Done! And then you better not move your head too much... Yes, that's it, lean back and sit down. Don't move around!
"Ah, oh. Thank you.... so, that, Mrs. Crown. Why are you here?
When asked that way, Liddy's voice trembled with slight tension. But at the next moment, he smiled back softly to Beatrice and lowered his chest.
"Of course, I've come to keep my promise to Master Liddy. By the pride of the royal blood flowing through you, you swore you would continue to be friends with Heilland, didn't you?
"Great......! So, Al, - Alberto reached the mansion safely and told you what happened that night, didn't he?
Liddy loosened his expression in relief, but as soon as Alberto's name came out, now Beatrice clouded his face.
"To tell you the truth, Mr. Alberto and I haven't been able to meet in person. Because the security around the mansion was thick and it looked very, but impossible to get close... But don't worry. I'm asking a certain muscle to protect you there. The referee - I have to explain that, too. Anyway, we'll arrange it here so we can rendezvous by the time it starts."
She thus explained to Liddy the content of her interactions with the prince and the prime minister, which she repeated shortly before coming to this occasion.
Liddy listened, as she was told, to how she had been for as long as possible. However, Charlotte stepped forward unexpectedly regarding Charlotte's decision to refrain as a caretaker around her.
"Lord Charlotte said ⁉ but it was,"
"Say no! Dear Liddy, lean back properly!
"Wow, that was terrible."
Blaming Liddy for his momentum, Charlotte blamed him for one quick reprimand. The opposing Liddy, too, inadvertently said it, rushed back to his original posture to say a word of apology. After chuckling at the exchange, Mrs. Crown shook her head.
"Don't worry about her. Charlotte stands here properly, ready and willing."
"But she..."
With confusion, Liddy sees Charlotte. Oh, my God, Charlotte is Yugdrasil's daughter. In addition, it also tells Mrs. Crown that Yugdrasil may be the mastermind behind Liddy's pursuit. Based on them, she should be able to determine she's more of a person who shouldn't be drawn to her side.
But it was Charlotte's own confession that answered such Liddy's question. Suddenly, Charlotte said, "I'm sorry!" He bowed his head in front of Liddy, who was taken aback.
"Maybe. No. Probably, I'm sure. It was my father who fell in love with Lord Liddy, and His Royal Highness Fritz."
"... why, may I ask, did you think so?
After wondering how to answer, that's all Liddy asked. Exactly what she says, but I didn't expect to hear it from Charlotte's mouth.
Then Charlotte shuddered little as she shrunk but decided to be ready before revealing everything. That you and Prince Fritz are in a special relationship. That the prince's condition has been strange for a while. That there has been a sudden increase in the number of fathers and princes together these days.
"When I heard that Elizabeth had fallen and that Liddy had been captured, I thought it was strange."
Charlotte's confession continues with tears in her eyes. Isn't it some kind of mistake, - something, something that's not going on behind it? Anxiously moved, Charlotte went to a meeting with the prince. And he complained that he shouldn't decide Liddy as the killer, that it would be a war as it is.
But the prince shook his head. And I said it.
You don't have to worry about anything. Almost there, everything's going to be fine.
It was just one word, but enough for the unpleasant feeling to turn into certainty.
"His Highness has always strongly hoped to go beyond Master Elizabeth. But this is the wrong way! Rubbing a sin on someone and waging a war they don't have to..."
We have to stop the prince at all costs. At that heart, Charlotte went on to rush to her father. But the result was the same thing. A judgment that is extremely sensible and doesn't seem like a warm father. It tells the story that the father and the prince are connected, and that the father also manipulates this "assassination play" behind his back.
"I don't know what's hard. I have no idea the size of the statue your Highness is aiming for, or why my father would do this. But... but that's all I know is that a lot of people get hurt like this. So, I......!
Seeing Charlotte with her strong light in her eyes, Liddy shrugged, oh. If you are trying to go the wrong way because you are one of the important ones, I hope to stop you with all my might. That's the same emotion that once boiled hot on Liddy's chest.
"I understand your determination. - Then, Mrs. Crown. Once again, I want you to tell me. The mastermind... Chancellor Yugdrasil will surely try to convict me. Do we see what kind of hand we should strike ahead of us and its outlook?
Taking Liddy's gaze, Beatrice nods.
"I have an idea. Most importantly, this is a bet for our country…"
Various thoughts intersect and move the gear of history.
Bulky shards gather to bring a new look to life.
Under the stars of heaven, on a mysterious hill, the boy twirls a wooden cylinder in his hand.
As he peered into the wooden barrel, the boy grinned at the dust and mouth.
The door to a new future was just around the corner.