"Are you Princess Sheila? That he was executed for rebellion?

Nares looked deliberately surprised.

It was on the road from Bahandar to Ryufu that information reached Nares' ear that Sheila Lewe-Abbard had been executed in Bandor, the king's capital, and a decree issuing the Ryufu discovered and told him to a passing carriage. excellent decree, and Nares heard his name and refrained from doing so. It was an abdominal desire to pull through to the General Staff, but it's a different matter of whether the person is happy or not. It is no exaggeration to say that entering the General Staff Bureau would make your prosperity as a military man undesirable. The chief of staff is the limit. Only a man with one military talent in tens of thousands can be director of the bureau. Of course, I can't say enough that the decree does not have the talent of a military master, but it would be unlikely.

"Yes. Actually, Princess Sheila, who was executed, was not Sheila, she was alive and lurked in the Dragon House."

"So, he asked me to take care of Setuna."

"Yes."

"Master Setsuna, you like people."

When Nares smiled, Setuna seemed a little surprised. Maybe he thought he could bump a negative opinion on whether he'd be scolded. But Nares didn't. That's what I saw. And it's also what I designed to be.

I knew from the beginning what he was up to. I'm sure he caught sight of Sheila hiding at his discretion and felt a loss.

"I won't deny it"

"Well, even if I were in Setuna's shoes, I would have accepted Princess Sheila and kept her hidden."

"Is it Mr. Nares, too?

"As far as Abard's insistence is concerned, Princess Sheila would have had to abandon the country as a result of an intensification of crappy factional strife"

"Yep..."

Setuna, affirming, told me the facts Sheila had told me.

Everything was just as Nares' eyes looked at it.

It was at the end of the Kruselk war that Abad's country became noisy. It was inevitable that Sheila's work in the Kruselk war would be passed on within Abad, adjacent to Kruselk, and it could be taken for granted that the fact that she raised the Great Venus to consider the unity of the Three Demon Kings Army would be largely hustled. The sight seemed to float behind the brain of the Abard people raising their hands to rejoice in Sheila's work.

It's a well-known story that Sheila is admired by the Abird people. As far as Nares knows, it is no exaggeration to say that no princess is as popular with the nation as she is. Even Linonclair, who married Lucion, could not win as much popularity as she did. Linonclair's popularity can also be called a white eyebrow, but Sheila went further on.

I guess Sheila's precarious position invites the public's sympathy. The Abad people know the fact that Sheila, as the sole heir to the throne, was behaving as a prince. He also knows that he quit behaving as a prince because of the birth of the prince later, and that he had to renounce even his right to inherit the throne. Perhaps it is normal in some ways to get emotional about her not getting any dissatisfaction, not moaning, but rather exhaling pneumonia for Abard while in such a situation.

Sheila went to the battlefield of her own free will, bleeding and wounding, in a position of princess. He made successes from time to time and contributed to Abard's victory. There's no way the people will admire her and not support her.

But it was clear to Nares' eyes that her popularity to excess would cast a shadow on Abard.

Abard's rightful heir to the throne is Sail Reus-Abbard. The eight-year-old prince was Sheila's fourteen-year-old separated brother, and King Abard and the queen, to whom a boy of remembrance was born, took much from Sheila in order to let Sail inherit the throne. It goes without saying that the matter planted an aversion to the people. There seemed to be no people who were bad about Prince Sayre himself, but few people seemed comfortable with the very situation surrounding Prince Sayre.

There is nothing more ugly and inexplicable than a dispute over the right to inherit the throne.

The Prince Sayre must not have been comfortable with Sheila's work in the Kruselk war. As the war draws to an end, Sheila's national popularity only heats up, and begins and ends to emerge until what queens await theory. It was also not impossible for the Abad government to hold its head. The fact that we do not see a way to seal the voices of the people was also probably what bothered the head of government. It may also be significant that Prince Sail himself, the heir to the throne, was an avid follower of Sheila. Curbing your solidarity with Sheila would also mean trampling the prince's emotions.

That's fine now. But at dawn, when Prince Sayre took over the throne, there is a risk of retribution. When the prince takes power, the Sail principals most of the time want to keep it with him. It's not retaliatory.

But that's not why I'm holding my hand. Failure to contain national enthusiasm could disrupt Abad and give other countries a gap to penetrate. That's what the government fears most. It is to be invaded and deprived of national soil by the multiplication of domestic turmoil.

How can we seal Sheila's national popularity, Queen's Waiting Theory?

The Abard government must have figured it out.

I may have been thinking all along until the end of the Kruselk war and Sheila came back inside Abad.

And the conclusion I made would be Sheila's death. If Sheila dies for any reason, it makes no sense how she gained national popularity and was given responsibility in Queen's Waiting Theory. The dead cannot be queens, nor can they be allies of factions. The country shall be united in the Prince Sail sect. There is no confusion. Everything will work out.

Nares had figured out that Abard's idea was in his hands, and that it wouldn't work. I also saw Sheila survive in some way, and I could see that she was going to depend on Gandhia for survival.

"So what does Master Setuna intend to do with Princess Sheila?

"Before we do that, there's something I'd like to check first. How does Gandia intend to go out with Abard in the future?

"I see. You've broadened your horizons a lot too, Master Setuna."

"Yes?"

"It also became possible to think about the relationship between the state and the state. Is it a manifestation of consciousness as a collar uncle?

"... until I thought I had a lot to think about."

"That's the intention. Wider horizons will also create room in your mind. It's not a rush. You are still young and have a future. Results are also available. You don't have to ask for any more right now."

"Mr. Nares?

"Let's get back to it. It was Gandhia's idea."

Nares turned the subject back, staring at Setuna's decent face.

The relationship between Gandhia and Abard is something we also discuss with Leongando on a daily basis. Abard is an adjacent country north of Gandhia Zalwarn. It is a country with medium-sized national territory, a huge obstacle in moving north, but it does not necessarily make sense to go north. There is also a method of extending forces from the Kruselk and Knox sides in the direction of Charlum, and there is a hand from Myon to Laksha. In that case, Abard and I would like to retain our friendship as a northern barrier.

"As for Gandhia, it's the truth that I want to keep my relationship with Abard. Abard can be used as a barrier north of Zalwarn."

"Is it possible that hiding Sheila would make the relationship worse?

"If you don't even discover the fact that you're hiding Princess Sheila, it won't be an issue. If Abard sees the survival of Princess Sheila as a problem, he won't make the execution public..."

It must mean that more than falsely publishing the execution of the fake Sheila, everything in Abad is over. Now, unless Sheila returns to Abad and also engages in anti-government activities, there is no way to develop into a major problem.

"This means that keeping Princess Sheila hidden is not a problem in itself. For once, I'm going to put some exploration into the Abard government."

"I was relieved to hear that"

Setuna seemed, as she put it, relieved from the bottom of her heart. He had good emotions on his face. It would be true that I can't perform abdominal arts. Because I was originally an ordinary person from different worlds, it's natural that I can't make a political rush, and I think that's fine. Leongand has given him the position of collar only to reward him for his achievements. It wasn't to make you behave like a politician in a political setting. Instead, I was trying not to call Setuna on those occasions. To Setuna, it is better for Gandia to focus on the battle.

That's why Nares asked a mean question.

"Is Master Setuna prepared to trump Princess Sheila if the relationship between Gandhia and Abard becomes intransigent?

"It's..."

Setsuna looked harsh. Where facial expressions change from time to time, maybe you can say it's funny to watch. It is not an exaggeration to say that there are only military men around Nares who have always had Buddha tops or nobles who intend to behave gracefully, and it is good to say that there are rare humans like Setuna who change their expression with emotion. Maybe that's what Meryl heals me for, too.

"That's a difficult question. I can't abandon her. But if His Majesty wishes, he will."

Setsuna affirmed. It's a bitter look. But my eyes are clear.

"If Your Majesty wishes, do you?"

"Because I am His Majesty's spear. If His Majesty wishes, I will kill anyone."

I am not lost in his words.

(Terrible eyes. horrible, pathetic eyes)

Nares couldn't help but feel scared, staring into Setuna's eyes. Even Nares, who has been through so many battlefields and has driven so many generals to death, has to be awed because that's not all Setuna has been asking.

Red eyes. Blood-red, dark glowing eyes. I wonder how many enemies you can kill and have such eyes. I wonder how much gaze we can get through to such a frontier.

It was a country called Gandhia that did that to him.

In order for Gandia to build up her victory, she sacrificed the life of a boy named Setuna-Kamiya. I made him dedicate his humanity. His hands, his legs, and his body are covered in blood, and he cannot wipe them away.

On the battlefield, he is nothing but a single weapon of killing. Whatever avenges Gandia, be it man or Imperial Demon, he instantly cleaves, breaks through, instantly turns it into just a chunk of meat.

Gandhia, getting him, braved.

Nares opened his mouth when he struck down the fear.

"Master Setsuna doesn't seem to be well aware of your position."

"Huh?"

"There is no way His Majesty could have ordered Setuna to do that"

"What do you mean?

Setsuna looked surprised.

"Your Majesty would decide that it would be better to destroy Abad if he were to offend the mood of Setuna."

"No way."

"No way. For His Majesty, Setuna is so big."

"I..."

Setsuna looked at what Nares said as unbelievable. But Nares didn't lie. I sincerely think so. Leongand has a head that I'm sure he will. And that is indisputably the right decision. Even if Nares were in Leongand's shoes, he would take similar action.

Setuna was 10,000 times more important than a country such as Abard. You can't defeat 10,000 Imperial Demons in Abad, but Setuna can do it alone.

"Yeah. So don't worry about anything. Master Setuna has made a great contribution to Gandhia. No one will complain about how Setuna behaves."

That said, Nares was relieved when it came to him. As Setuna's collar uncle, I see no future at all in wielding Gandhia's greatest power and troubling Leongando. Totally. Whatever information was added to it, Setsuna continued to be an obedient dog to Leongand.

Therefore, Nares may be able to open his chest collar against Setuna.

I'm sure Setsuna won't betray Leongand, so I can tell her everything. You can even feel at peace if you don't stare at each other. Rarely.

(Rarely indeed)

Nares wanted to stroke Setuna's head, but stopped. There's more to it than just not taking a stand.