Your Highness, Your Majesty Leongand is here to see you.

When the chief samurai spoke with a whispering voice towards the inside of the curtain, after a while, there was movement inside the curtain. Also, Leongand knows very well that it's the usual ritual.

It was not sudden that Leongand entered the rear palace. When the prospect of returning home is met after the Ryugoku reign, he immediately informs the Wang capital that he will return home. Of course, it takes time to communicate the information, but at least it would have arrived much earlier than the Leongands had reached the King's Capital. The number of people welcoming the Leongands who triumphed over the King's capital proves it.

At that time, Leongand had communicated that, with the triumph of the Wang capital, he would meet Gracia, who was in the rear palace. Although it was a unilateral circular, Leongando is the king of Gandia. Nothing that could refuse his order has so far existed within Gandia. Even if she were a queen, she cannot reject Leongand.

or so, Leongand cannot be compelled by the Empress or the nobles in Leongand. Because the kingdom is not made up of kings alone. We should refrain from acting as much as we can from buying the antipathy of the nobles, something that has been said for a long time before the Sius Cloud. Nobility is also a rooted presence and power in this country. If they join forces, they might be able to jeopardize Leongand's position.

The only reason the Empress is not painful for Leongands while boasting of power in the aristocracy is because there are Leongands in the aristocracy, and some of them are supposed to be neutrals, and they maintain equilibrium. When that equilibrium breaks, Gandia's politics will be rough.

That's when Gisele Court comes in, but he probably shouldn't come out of Kernall. Giselcourt Lars-Kernall became a bystander one day. If he returns to the royal palace and helps Leongando, I can't be more comfortable than giving up that it's an unfulfilled hope.

Leongand recognizes that the exchange between the chief samurai and the other side of the curtain is a ritual to let His Highness the so-called Empress know that she is a cloud man. In the thin lights of the Demonic Crystal lamp, the draped curtains had a mysterious glow. I knew that it was just a performance too, and I also understood that because this is a realm full of falsehood and deception, it allows the princess to bounce.

The intense scent of flowers that can stand in the hall is also meant to make you realize that this is the world ruled by the Empress and a world apart from the outside world. A world where Queen Gracia reigns as an absolute. Small, but never negligible areas.

It was in Gandion, the king's capital, and all he said was that this was the only sanctuary beyond the king's authority.

With that in mind, the ritual ended and the curtains rose. At the moment when the entity of the person whose only shadow was rising on the curtain was revealed, Leongand sometime learned to be nervous. Oddly thirsty. Because of the tension, my nerves became hypersensitive and I was even concerned about the slightest noise the chief samurai could make. Of note, however, is the person who represented himself from among the curtains.

"Well done, Your Majesty. I've been waiting for you."

It was a woman very similar to Linonclair who has spoken with more than a respectful and reciprocal gaze. I'm a mother. Naturally similar, but nevertheless, Gracia is young. Young, visible. At least, young enough to look like the early to mid thirties, and understandably enough to be rumored that the Empress is also using the magic of young making.

Even Leongand twists her neck so much that she wonders if this is her own mother, but the more she twists her neck and looks back, the more she has to convince herself of the fact that she is her mother. Gracia in memory is naturally much younger than she is now. I mean, I keep maintaining that youth, but compared to the past, I can see it's getting older.

Nevertheless, Gracia is forty-two years old this year. Real age was never the same as old age. Rather, it is enough to say you are too young. Gracia became Queen Gandhia when she was fourteen, and she said she gave birth to Leongando when she was sixteen. Even though two years away from the king and queen is not so rare, it may be different if you are twenty years away.

Most importantly, one of the King's tasks is to establish an heir to the throne. To welcome a young queen is not necessarily a bad thing in itself.

"Your Highness, I'm sorry to keep you waiting. I've taken control of this Leongand, Zalwarn, and cleared my father's snowflake, my lord."

"Master Sius Cloud under the fountain will be delighted. I am also delighted that His Majesty has returned safely."

Gracia even put tears in her eyes and went. My voice trembles and I'm about to complain about something to Leongand's heart. It is the voice of my mother, who has survived suffering and grief. I couldn't have felt anything. One of the voices tells me that Gracia is Gracia, even though she is in charge of the Empress. That's why he doesn't want to visit Gracia. I will no longer hate the Empress.

"Twenty years."

He got his chest clogged just thinking about Gracia's twenty years. She is also one of those people who was driven mad by Zalwarn. If Marcias, the country lord ahead of Zalwarn, hadn't poisoned her, or if Siuscloud hadn't gone to Zalwarn, her life would have changed dramatically. Even if it wasn't a smooth sail, I must have had an extra happy time than the last twenty years. It's even hard to imagine how much of a burden Cius Cloud's fall into the disease put on her.

"Yeah, twenty years. That was a long, really long fight. Even for Leon. For me and Your Majesty..."

"Mother."

Leongand was unable to continue his words when he saw the tears that conveyed Gracia's cheeks. It was her consciousness as a mother that she called him Leon, and it was then that Sius Cloud was the only one she called His Majesty. And blaming it can't be done by Leongand. He is, after all, her child when she calls him Leon.

"Leon, please come closer and show me your face"

"Yes, I'm home"

Leongand responded honestly to Gracia's invitation. It was an unconscious reaction. My mother's words have difficult powers to resist. It wouldn't be like magic. He loves his mother purely. The emotions I have towards my father have been inflexible and fruitful with snoring things, but my feelings for my mother have not changed for a long time. Maybe that's because a woman named Gracia hasn't changed one thing in a long time. The expression of affection to the point of being a wildlife chart was also a popular source for Queen Gracia.

As Leongand approached Gracia's eyes, she rose from the throne and tried to envelop his face with both hands. A soft fingertip strokes Leongand's cheek, leading to the back of his head. Leongand, embraced as he was, lost his word.

"Oh, my Leon. So much scratching..."

I know you're talking about losing one eye, but her voice was still shaking. Every time I know the depth of her love, what I feel is anger at the people who try to use even such Gracia's love for plots.

Queen pie.

Do you understand that the forces led by Gracia's real brother Rhine can only exist because she instills an inseparable love for everyone? It is because Gracia thinks and loves the country itself called Gandhia that beings like them can bounce off. That is also a headache problem. She should be aware of the existence of the so-called Empress. But if you look through Gracia's deep affection, even the Queen's activities look adorable. Perhaps that's what this is about.

"Leon. You and Linon are only two children to me. Please, take care of yourself. Take care of that life. I am more than a Gandhian victory, more than a Gandhian prosperity, more than anything else, because it is joy that you live happily ever after."

"... I'll keep it in mind"

Leongand had the best chance of returning it that way. I can't promise. If I make a promise, I lie. I didn't want to lie to my mother.

Regardless, I'm pretty sure you have to take care of your body as she says. If anything happens to him, the country itself called Gandhia could shake. In that sense, it would be to defend her words. But what Gracia wants, she'll be at peace. It is my happy life in peace that I want from Leongand and Linonclair.

But there can be no such thing as peace in Leongand's lifetime.

Because the expansion of the land is his supreme proposition.