Everyone around her knows that May 5th is the most special day for her. It's not just the people around us. If you are a person working in the Governor's Office, you were informed as one of the things you need to know. And because everyone was familiar, the overwhelming tension engulfed the Governor's Office that day.

Seventh aspect of the Zaion Empire. Office of the Military Governor.

The military stronghold forming the corner of the regional city of Enciel, known as the periphery among the imperial territories, was celebrating its third May 5th, that day, after receiving the Crown Princess Nina Raas-Enciel as Governor. This would mean that three years have passed since Empress Nina was appointed Viceroy of the Seventh Army.

She can't help but have mixed feelings about spending three years in this neighboring city. Three years away from the center. In other words, it shows that she has been completely removed from the emperor's successor struggle. No, she's not the only one. Her precious brother is also no longer a candidate for the next emperor.

The Zaion Empire is a giant nation culminating in one human being. Because it uses a quarter of the continent as a print, its enormity is not comparable to that of a small group of weak nations. You can say it's just ridiculous to compare. It should be able to be controlled by several units of the Seventh Army, such as a weak state.

The man who unites a nation so enormous and mighty by far is called the Emperor.

Since Hein Leignus-Zaion, who laid the foundations of the empire, named the emperor, his successor has come to name the emperor. An emperor is something that holds all of the empire in his hands. It was inevitable that there would be a successor struggle within the royal family, and it is evident from the history of the empire that it could even develop into a struggle to wash blood with blood.

As her father and current emperor Siwelhein Leignus-Zaion also won a fierce successor fight to reach the throne of the emperor, so the empire and successor fight is something that can't be cut off. Except for the story if you can decide the next emperor in the presence of the emperor, but reality is not. The emperor reigns at the apex of power, and it is one of the emperors who decides the will of the empire, but it was not the emperor who decides the next emperor. Regardless, he said that although the opinions of the emperor, who is the supreme power, can also be taken into account, such as the degree of reference.

It is obvious if we look back at history as to why that happened. Three-generation emperor Solhein is known as a wise ruler. It is said to have done everything in good governance, and among other things, the building of hospitals for the people throughout the imperial territory is regarded as Saulhein's greatest feat.

If such a person gets older, it's a busy thing. He chose a newborn prince rather than a magnificent eldest or second son to the next emperor (that is, a four-generation emperor). Naturally, the eldest and second sons are dissatisfied. No, the minister, the whole people, wondered about Saul Hein's choice. The fact that the prince was a child born between Saul Hein's beloved young side chamber would have been one of the reasons for his disbelief.

At the time, the Emperor's power was immense (though it remains immense).

Saulhein cut off nothing left to oppose the Crown's succession to the throne. There's no one left, including my oldest son, my second son. Among them were a number of competent figures. No, it should be said that the more competent ministers questioned Solhein's decision. An empire with drastically reduced talent will come to a dark period by fulfillment, but Saul Hain will collapse without seeing the dark period of the empire. As decided by the emperor, the young prince became a four-generation emperor and named him Imilhein, but it was his mother Istasia who held the experiment.

Istasia, who gained absolute power without thinking, waved her power as she wished, accelerating the dark period of the empire. At last, even those who had followed her until then rebelled against Istasia, who had broken the country and even spoken out to embark on continental reunification, and Istasia tried to eliminate them like Solhein, but they are stopped by the hands of the grown Imilhein. Imirhain declared that, when he took power from Istasia, it was not due to the emperor's discretion to elect the next emperor, and returned the emperor's throne to heaven because of Misu.

The so-called "declaration of Imilhein" means that the emperor's will is no longer so respected in his election. And in view of the performance of the historical emperor since the “Declaration of Imilhein," Imilhein's choice must have been the right one. At the very least, tyrants like Istasia never emerge and the Empire has succeeded in spinning a restful history for hundreds of years.

Most of all, the “Declaration of Imilhein" heats up the succession struggle and sometimes puts us in a situation where we have to look at blood.

And the result of the heating of that successor feud extending to Nina and his brother Niewe Raam-Alsur was their assignment to the border, where they served for three years as seventh party military governors.

Nevertheless, being removed from a successor dispute in the center is not always a bad thing. Coming off the next emperor candidate means that if you don't have to worry about standing and behaving, you can't choose one word. No matter how you behave, there's nothing like being stubbornly pursued for that, or being blamed for taking every word. Being somewhat free can be a pleasure to her, who was feeling cramped by a world called the Imperial Family.

Yet another, when it comes to the joyful situation created by her separation from the centre, is that she can monopolize a special day: today, and that alone allowed her to forgive everything.

Flew to the edge by the aftermath of her stupid brothers' crappy power struggle, she was truly able to grasp happiness. It is no exaggeration to say that Nina was able to survive this boring and helpless day in her spare time just because of it, and that she could do it by grinning bitterly over updates on succession disputes that arrive from the center.

Though.

My brother, your arrival seems to be delayed.

Nina showed her emotions by frowning at her familiar subordinates, who naturally appeared, but he didn't seem to understand at all. He doesn't have any regard for Nina's mood for a long time. If not considering the emotions of others is a manifestation of your qualities as a researcher, don't think you should burn that stuff down. Of course, I only think about that because today is May 5th. Unless this is yesterday or tomorrow. Normally, I don't think so.

But not today. Today was a special day. I cannot deny that I have feelings close to it, even though it is too much to say that I am only living this day to look forward to, having been deprived of many of my powers as an empress. And fun other than May 5th is also very relevant to today's day.

Nina's mansion is located on the premises of the Seventh Military Governor's Office. The huge building, also known as the Governor's main residence, has the appearance of a small fortress, which suits her tastes. Being allowed into the main residence was about some of the humans she had specially authorized and servants with the Governor's main residence, as well as liaison officers, thus enveloping them in such silence that they did not normally seem to be within a military base.

And what she is now is the hall on the ground floor of the main mansion, which was grandly decorated only for this day. Nina's instructional decorations are mostly unsuitable for her taste. But if it suits her taste, now it doesn't suit the taste of the person to be celebrated. She eliminated her hobby without getting lost. I felt chilly just imagining it, such as pushing my taste and being hated. Hated by him, I didn't feel like I could live.

A person stood in a hall with a flashy decoration that was the exact opposite of her taste like that, embodying her taste. It was simplicity like white coat that clarified the researcher's position that suited Nina's taste. I liked the fortress-stained appearance of the Governor's main residence, which felt the same way.

But that's why I'm not a good person to be here.

"... Yelkaim"

"Yes?"

"Why are you here?

"In my spare time"

Iwelcaim-Karlavia has told us with a cool look as if he were even stroked by the spring breeze. The Zion Empire's proud intelligence demonstrates the wisdom to push the Seventh Army led by Nina from just a local army to a special position among the Imperial Army, making a tremendous contribution to Nina, but only at these times did its intelligence work fine dust.

Stay in the lab if you're busy.

"That's what I'm saying about free time. I'm just getting tired of all the irreplaceable research about the recombination of the procedure. That's why I leave it to my men, but that's boring too, so when I add myself, this gets boring again."

"That's why you don't have to bother coming out of the lab on this day today,"

"I do not worship your honor once every few days, and the likes of me find it difficult to breathe."

I don't know what that means.

"Well, it's a joke"

"What a joke. You crazy bastard."

That's a terrible thing to say.

"... it's Niewe's birthday"

Nina stared at Yelkaim, who was too ill-conceived, tougher than usual.

Today, May 5th, was the day her brother, whom she would not love, was born.

My brother's name is Niewe Raam-Alsur. He was a fighting lord with Arsul as his territory and a man who was brought to life in this world as the twentieth son of the current emperor of the Zaion Empire, Siwelhein Raegnus-Zaion. In other words, like Nina, a prince and princess, she is born with the right to inherit the throne.

However, as mentioned previously, he had taken one or two steps back from the successor struggle, being flown to the peripheral lands just like Nina. Most importantly, Neewe was not interested from the edge in succession fights, and seemed to see the current environment as rather delightful where she could focus on building herself and sharpening her moves. Even in that sense, Nina was relieved. Neewe's interest in and involvement in the central feud is not a pleasure to her.

That is why the entire Governor's Office is surrounded by tension.

"Yes, we would love to, and we have gifts for our disciples."

But he was, flat out. I find myself lightly shocked by that, but Nina rethought it wasn't if she was losing to him and opened her mouth.

"You don't know anything."

"Ha?"

He said it was out of the way.

"Oh, I see. We have grasped it. Then let the intruder walk away. Tell your apprentice to show his face in the lab later."

"Spend the day with me."

When Nina complained arrogantly, he seemed just as snotty, too.

"... then, even tomorrow,"

"Good luck with that."

"... Now if you'll excuse me"

Yelkeim flaunted his shoulder slowly as he turned his back on this one, but Nina didn't even want to blame him for that disrespectful behavior. His disrespect is not what started now. This has been the case for a long time. But on the other hand, I admire Nina from the bottom of my heart. Because we know that, she will neither punish him nor bind him. It was best for him to be free.

Besides, she is now waiting for the news of Niewe's arrival. I could forget instantly, such as how he behaved.

I'm glad today, May 5th, is the only day she can keep Niewe to herself.

That's when.

"Excuse me!

It was the liaison officer who jumped into the hall like that. To quietly spend a special day today, even the liaison officers were strictly forbidden from entering or leaving the Governor's main residence, but the fact that he broke that prohibition and entered only meant that he had so many important cases.

Nina watched the liaison officer as she sighed.

"... what?

He was, obviously, nervous. He also knows exactly what day it is. What happens if I offend the Viceroy on such a day? Everyone who serves in the Governor's Office knew the end of such a thing. That's why it's nervous, it's silent.

"And Lord Fighting has come to deliver a letter to His Excellency the Governor!

"Lord Fight...... from Niewe?

"Ha!"

"What are you doing? Just give it to me."

"Ha, yes!?

The liaison officer came running over to her, screaming a similar voice. Take the envelope offered and unseal it. It was as if I could hear my own heart in the silence surrounding the main mansion. In fact, the heartbeat may be ringing and the blood is flowing faster.

Inside the envelope, there was a piece of paper. The paper contains a text addressed to Nina. It was such a beautiful letter that Nina accidentally fell in love. The fact that that was undoubtedly Niewe's handwritten letter first was confirmed by the fact that there was his habit in the letters. Nina keeps his letters and reads them back when she finds time. I can distinguish between his letters and those of another in an instant.

That is why the moment she understood the contents of the letter, her head turned white.

"What do you mean...?

She lost herself after lowering her liaison officer. All the preparations to celebrate his birthday have been in vain. No, I don't care about that. It is not of great value for things prepared with the help of others, etc. That's all that matters is spending the day alone, not with decorations, gifts, etc.

And it was more important to Nina than all of this empire that the special day of May 5th, spent alone, was extinguished.

(Niewe......!

She put the letter in an envelope, and when she put it in her pocket, she rose out of her chair.

We have to go after him.

We must go after him and stop his reckless attempts.

But I also understand that there is no need to go after him.

This is what happened in the text.

'I will surely accomplish everything and come to welcome you. To His Excellency the Great Governor. Dear sister. To my dear Nina.'

If you go after him, you could trample on his thoughts.

Neewe had never spoken of such things as her dreams, desires, or wishes until today. Born as a prince, he has always been since he was raised in the royal family. Selfless Abnegation. Everyone praised that that was all about a person named Neewe and that was the only beauty no other brother had. But Nina knew. That he can't, that he's killing himself.

He's my youngest brother.

The last of the twenty Crown Princesses was Niewe. Therefore Neewe was drowned by Siwelhein. He was the only one who received special treatment. Other brothers and sisters can't be funny. Hostility and malice stripped my fangs. His brothers and sisters have already spent more than a decade at the heart of the number of manoeuvres. There was no making to fall into a younger brother.

Neewe was plotted and fallen. As a result, Niewe, who lost Siwelhein's love, stopped claiming. Speaking of selfishness, I don't know what other brothers are going to do. He stopped wanting to do whatever he wanted and even lost his word.

It was not until Niewe regained his original brightness that he gained an understander named Yelkaim and began to learn armed summoning techniques under Yelkaim. Still, he never emitted any aspirations, he never even spoke of his dreams.

That's the first time he's said what he wants.

Those were the right reasons why Nina didn't try to go after him.