"To the lion, be proud!

A loud voice from downstairs rocked the room.

It turns out that Leongand's speech is over, because after a while, Leongand came back from the terrace. He walks loosely through the audience's cheers, anger, and screaming screams. He looked like a man who had finished a big fight.

The Hulbergs were listening to Leongand's speech in the privileged seat. Though it was Leongand's gesture he could not see, his impatient speech also struck Halberg in the chest. The memory of seeing the sius cloud of the hospital bed came back to life, and the proselytism boiled. The fact that Siuscloud's disease is Zalwarn's plot is something that has been whispered fruitfully for a long time. The presence of the heroic Sius Cloud was only a disturber for Zalwarn, who sought to advance south. You thought that if you left one of him, Gandia would instantly disintegrate, and in fact, there were times when you tried to collapse. Competent human resources were spilled and the survival of the country was endangered. Still managed to hold onto it and get here.

There is also something emotional about Halberg, who has supported Leongand in a daily fashion in the shadows.

Waiting behind the terrace was a glimmer.

Hulberg Reus-Lucion, Linonclair Lewe-Lucion, General Gilbert-Hardy of Mion, General Algazard Barrol-Bargazar of Gandhia with left eye (Sassan) General Deion-Hocrow, Princess of Lemanifla Nage Zier-Lemanifla.

Only royalty and generals gather in this narrow space.

When Leongand came back, it was Algazard who spoke first.

"Your Majesty, it was a wonderful speech. This Algazard brings back memories of His Majesty's childhood."

Algazard is one of the longest associates with Leongand. He has been a general since his predecessor's time. When Hulberg looked the same since he was a kid and went to Gandion to play, both Linonclair and Algazard played for him.

"Thank you, General. This is how I am now, because you have always watched me."

"Excessive words to me."

"General, it's an occasional compliment. Take it honestly."

Leongand smiled at Algazard's stiff attitude. I have a neat look at how relaxed the tension was in my conversation with him.

"Everyone listened very carefully. I think it was a good speech while I was there. There are still some places to go, but have you reached a point as a speech for this battle?

"It also echoed in my chest. Father's thoughtlessness, let's make sure it's clear."

Linonclair walked over to Leongand and shook his hand. There were tears in her eyes. It was going to spill now, but it was wiped off. Clumsy brothers and sisters stare at each other and confirm their family love. There was no room for Hulberg to get in there, and I don't even want to do such a wild thing. Don't let the generals ruin the air, either.

Even Princess Nage kept her mouth shut.

Naj zir-remanifra. I hope she is the princess of the southern country of Lemanifla, a woman who was plucked from her temper when she was told that she would be the wife of the future Leongand. Linonclair was angry at her decision to marry herself, but she was immediately forgiven for being attracted to Nage's personality. The alliance between Gandhia and Lemanifla, the political marriage to strengthen its ties, means that the position is very similar to that of Linonclair. Both were princesses and had no choice but to daughter-in-law to another country in order not to have the right to inherit the throne. Fortunately, Linonclair seems to have liked Halberg, and he loves a country called Lucion.

Nage, I wonder. At least, you seem to be in love with Leongando, and Leongando doesn't seem like a lot.

"Linon, your father made a decision after he was distressed and troubled when he made you his wife. I truly loved you, and it was my father who was leading the future."

"I loved and respected my father, too."

"Then join forces and clear mindless minds."

"Yes, brother......!

Hulberg even remembered being impressed by the appearance of his brothers and sisters holding each other forcefully. The obsession Linonclair had with Leongand looks relieved. She had been expecting and dreaming of her brother since she was a child. Even when my brother was slandered for being a "liar," he didn't stop believing. And one day, for when Leongand took over the throne, he took the sword and waved courage. She wanted to be Leongand's sword.

But fate forced her to be the princess of Lucion. If it were Linonclair, I would have regretted it. So she kept waving her sword even after she came to Lucion. Halberg allowed it. He formed the White Knights and thought of Linonclair's feelings without a place to go.

She seems to be perceiving the care of Halberg like that, and since when has she acted as the sword of Halberg. Linonclair has changed.

But still, I can't change it to the essence of my soul.

After all, she has a love for Leongando at her root, and a dream.

When I finished my embrace, Leongand walked over to Hulberg.

"Halberg, will you fight with me?

"Of course, brother-in-law."

I was not lost in my response, and the handshake I exchanged was definite. Powerful, unwavering promises. Once again, Hulberg was pleased from the bottom of his heart to be on the battlefield with Leongand. Now is the time I want to burn Leongando's ambition into this eye, but I still don't know what will happen to the operation. We know that the Lucion army will act with the main unit, but depending on the placement, we won't be able to see Leongando fighting.

In the first place, we should avoid the king being on the front line in itself, and it is not courage but exploitation that should be wielded. Remembering that, Hulberg laughed bitterly in his chest. That's not what princes and princesses are like running through the battlefield.

"That was a good speech. Shouldn't we have let the army hear it, too, Logner?

"No, it doesn't make sense where I told the Logners the mindless of my predecessor. Besides, Logner is a country with a deep grudge against Zalwarn. It was ruled for five years and remained so. Their hostility to Zalwarn is not our ratio."

Leongand gently denies General Deion's words.

Hulberg learned one of the reasons why, in Leongand's remarks, he led the army on the Logner side. Though there is no longer a country called Logner, it has not fully assimilated itself as a Gandian. History and memory are different. The sentiments towards Zalwarn are also completely different, and given that circumstance, it is arguably no mistake to have marched without waiting for the whole army to assemble.

"Besides, the only way for the Logners to live in this country is to fight their enemies with madness and death, with consequences. That's the difference between a winner and a loser. The loser has to follow the winner"

Hulberg felt something thin about the coolness of Leongand's eyes telling him so.

"- After Logner's peace, did you meet His Majesty Leongand?

The voice of Mars-Barr always seemed to echo from the bottom of the earth, Halberg thought.

That was when he visited Mion Lion, the capital of Mion, and Mars was the one who partitioned all of Mion's national politics. You think he's called the Chancellor? Some voices slander him like a bad man waving extraction on behalf of a king who is still too young, while others are heartbroken by the fact that he works powdered. Definitely someone whose ratings vary depending on how you look at them.

"Of course."

That's right, Your Highness.

Mars laughed lightly. Is that a reference to rumors that Halberg is a Leongand follower, or a dislike for being Linonclair's husband? Maybe I think too much. Hulberg asked the skinny prime minister when he shook the crap out of his mind.

"... what happened to Your Majesty?

"Your Majesty wondered where he was headed."

"Where..."

"His Majesty swallowed Logner, which changed a lot. At that time, my weakness as the new king who had just succeeded to the throne was lost, and I saw a magnificent lion king."

That's probably right after Logner's settling. It was almost simultaneously that reports of logner control by the Gandhian army reached the Allies, both sending Messengers of the Celebration to Myram. From Lucion, Hulberg and Linonclair, and from Mion, Chancellor Mars and General Gilbert-Hardy, as their respective envoys, met Leongand in Myram.

Neither did Halberg see any element in denying Malus' words.

Leongando Ray-Gandia, whom I saw that day in the seat of the victory celebration, was equipped with the majesty that the king of the land of lions deserved. Shortly after the recapture of the Balsar Fortress, it appeared to have grown considerably. I can tell by the words spoken from the mouth of Mars-Barr, which is also dry against Leongand, that it is neither Halberg's gaze nor his fault. Leongand is definitely growing in the fight against Logner and moving forward steadily.

Hulberg needs to work hard to catch up on his back. Otherwise, he'll leave you.

"Sooner or later, I wonder if the time will come to reign in this small group of nations as an incomparable lion king, something that I couldn't stop trembling at."

(What is that...)

I didn't ask, maybe because I was terrified to put it into words. What is spouted in words does not disappear meaninglessly. Keep leaving bad aftertaste in each other's minds.

"How is Your Highness? How did you feel about seeing His Majesty Leongand?

"Right... I wanted to stand side by side with him one day"

How much effort and forwards does it take to line up next to the Lion King? I get a warrior tremor just thinking about it. You must not stop. You have to keep running. Otherwise, I can't even grab the lion's tail.

"Line up," he said.

It was rather strange for Halberg that Mars looked surprised. It would have been a natural result if it had been Halberg, and there was no room for the other sentiments to enter.

"Is that weird?

"There is no annihilation either. Just..."

"Just?"

"In this day and age, we don't know what's going to happen, so I was wondering if the dream could be a little bigger."

Feeling disturbed by Mars-Barr's words, Halberg frowned.

"... what is Mion thinking?

"Until we do everything in our power to thank and repay Gandia. In the next battle, I'll give you many soldiers."

There was no change in the look on Mars's face. It doesn't stiff, it doesn't color. I guess that's why we can be doing prime ministers and stuff, and we can put the country together well. Seems to be read in my mind, I can't help but partition national politics.

And there's no more lies in his words. It is also true that no one appreciates Gandhia more than he does. He was granted the same status by the patronage of Sius Cloud, Gandhia's predecessor.

Caius, the former king of Mion, sank without designating a successor. There were two princes who had the right to inherit the throne, and a party who argued over power, considering their age, that brother Prince Sius was the one who should inherit the throne, and a party who argued that brother Prince Isius was the one who should be the next king. Civil unrest can call for external illness. No, it would have been the same if it had been converged by an external affair. Mars, the tenant who took charge of his younger brother Prince Isius, arbitrarily attached his cooperation to King Sius Cloud of Gandhia, who also asked Lucion to sponsor the Isius sect. Meanwhile, the Brother Prince fought with faith only in the domestic power and the righteousness he set forth.

The result would have been more obvious than looking at the fire.

The Isius triumphed, and Myon's civil unrest converged. Isius, then eight years old, will be the new king, and Mars, who was Isius' guardian, will be the prime minister of the state. It is clear from the point of view that Mion's economy is more stable than it was during the previous kings, and in that sense, Isius was right to be king. If the Ciuss Cloud was so promising, Halwar's reference to the Ciuss Cloud is a nod.

With that history in mind, it's hard to think of anything like Mion betraying Gandhia.

(So far...)

Though it is Mars' word that we do not know what will happen to the turmoil.

The sky was clear that day. The skies of the world, where the small nations were disturbed like hemp and the skies of skirmishes repeated as every day, were so sunny and serene in colour that it seemed very unlikely. The flowing clouds are beautiful, and the sun is not too hot.

The royal palace of Mion Lion had a garden on the inside and Hulberg and Mars spoke on a terrace overlooking that garden. In the garden, young kings Isius and Linonclair play surrounded by flowers.

There is definite peace there, peace.

I wish this day would last forever, but I guess not. The footsteps of the war are being heard in every country. Even Lucion has repeated skirmishes and medium-sized fights, and so does Myon. Different countries are moving because they were inspired by the leap forward in Gandhia and the countries of the North, or for another reason.

Times are moving a lot.

"I say ambition that doesn't suit your height will destroy you, but if anything continues to expand your ambition with your height, it will devour everything"

"... Lord Mars"

As Halberg glanced at him, the skinny Chancellor was grinning thinly. It's a chilling grin. I think I caught a glimpse of the unknown darkness of a man named Mars. And from the moment he realized it, Hulberg became wary of Myon.

"What, a lion is something he can defend himself against. If so, we can rest assured."

That's what he left the terrace. After a while, he appeared in the garden, walked over to Isius and told him something. And I thought, because Isius had looked up to me and waved his hands with a full smile, Hulberg had to smile back, too.

(If you can't defend yourself... what do you do?

Hulberg, inquiring in his chest, drowned his head at Isius -.

"What's up? Halberg."

Speaking to Leongand, he was drawn back to reality. Hulberg was annoyed, but he didn't have to put it on his face somehow. Leongand was looking at this one with a strange face, and Linonclair had worrying eyes. I wonder how long I've been dreaming about it.

A few to a dozen minutes, maybe it didn't work.

Hulberg pretended to excuse himself like he was in a panic.

"... no, I was thinking about the tactics at Zalwarn"

"You're fast, my brother-in-law."

Leongand laughed furiously as he laid his hand on Hulberg's shoulder. There was not even a shadow of the thin cold left there, so much so that I thought it was my fault that Hulberg felt it.

"But it's not bad. I hope so."

"Ha."

I realized that I had responded as if I were your subordinate only after the sound of Leongand's shoes disappeared outside the room and were left indoors with Linonclair.

Both the generals and Princess Nage would have followed Leongand.

Only the prince and queen of Lucion remained in the room where the cry was still heard.

"Linon, my brother-in-law seems to have changed."

"Yep... I'm getting stronger"

Although Linonclair's moist eyes were a testament to her delight in and acceptance of Leongando's change.

In Halberg's chest was born something like vague anxiety.