Continental Hero Senki

"I would like to express my overlapping gratitude to His Highness Emilia for welcoming me with generous hospitality to such a wretched person as I have suddenly interrupted, and to ask her to forgive me for her repeated disrespect"

"Don't worry about it. Instead, we can only have a place like this, and I'm sorry."

"No. That's not true. And now I think it's disrespectful, such as suddenly proposing marriage at a meeting. Forgive me."

Totally. It's insane to suddenly propose during a serious diplomatic conference, albeit in an informal setting, and suddenly visit a hotel where His Highness is staying. I was wondering if you could at least give me a week's notice, because I can't get ready! Think of a position. Position!

"I wanted to take the time to talk to His Highness Emilia, who is more famous and brilliant. And now it's come true. It's going to be a really good day."

"No, because I was just hoping to meet your silver prince, who I hear rumors about, too."

In an exchange, talks began between His Highness Emilia and His Excellency Sergei Romanov, Prime Minister of the Eastern Continental Empire. Well, even when it comes to talks, it's a personal seat, so there shouldn't be that much political element.

... I mean, I feel the tone of His Highness Emilia's voice is a little higher than usual. If you like... right, when you answer the phone - like you do. The point is the voice for entertainment.

There's one thing I'd like to say for now. Give it to me, for the peace and security of the kingdom of Silesia and my heart.

"Maitrix, I'm scared of your face. Why don't you calm down a little bit?

……

Sitting next to me, Major General Mikhail Kreutzer, an adjunct to His Excellency Sergei, said so. Thanks to you, I was able to regain my sanity, but still I don't feel bad about it.

In the current situation, His Royal Highness Emilia and Sergei are welcoming each other at the table in the bar room on the hotel's basement, and me and Mr. Kreutzer are sitting in the counter seat closer to it for escorts and surveillance. Since there are no other guests, the conversation between His Highness and the others is well heard.

Certainly not the other way around, so Mr. Kreutzer suppressed his voice as much as possible. I heard it several times, in a gracious voice.

"Well, I'm going to understand why Maitrix is on guard. The prince of a virtual enemy has proposed to his own master. Don't be alarmed, it's more impossible. I think if I did the same thing, I'd still stare at Maitrix."

... you were staring at me. Apparently, he was doing it unconsciously.

No, before that,

Major General Kreutzer.

"I don't know, Matrix."

"I want you to stop saying that 'Maitrix'. My name is Major Yuzef Waresa of the Royal Army."

"Why? Neither do I, my lord... Your Highness also likes the last name 'Maitrix'?

What's scary about it? Do you like the Maitrix surname or are you a port workers union subscriber? His films seem to be popular in different worlds. Naturally, there are no movies on this continent. I can't even get a video without a camera.

"Well, that aside, Major Waresa. Let me make an excuse for once."

"What is it?

"That's why you're on guard. I have no reason or reason to be wary of Your Highness Sergei. [M] So far, yes."

"I'm curious about the last phrase."

"Don't be forever vigilant, it's useless to say, right?

……

It's hard to grasp the sense of distance. Language is polite and gentle. I know it means social, but mental distance remains constant. Somehow, yeah, it's hard to talk to.

Well, good, someone from an enemy country anyway. I don't get to see him sooner. Perhaps this conciliation meeting is the last.... I guess when I say this, most cartoons will meet again in one place, but this is reality, that doesn't happen. Should be.

"Well, if you keep looking at it, you'll see"

That said, Mr. Kreutzer got his hands on the coffee he had at hand.

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"It is not uncommon for a royal nobleman to volunteer for the army or become an officer. But I've never heard of a princess who decided to go to cadet school of her own free will at the age of 10."

"There was a lot going on."

"Are you all right?"

"Yep."

Emilia observes Sergei Romanov as the Empire Chancellor of the Eastern Continent sitting in front of him and number one in the right to inherit the throne. It's somewhat disrespectful when it comes to observation, but the behavior she is doing was just observation.

Yesterday, Emilia was proposed to him, Sergei.

Less than a day after his father, King Franz Silesia, brought him in for an affair, he now came to propose directly. It's also a virtually culminating man from a virtual enemy country.

Except that we have proposed at the table of diplomatic talks, albeit informally, and that action is manly and commendable, but from Emilia's point of view it is honestly an "act of no courtesy" and, in a vulgar way, a "dong-pull".

But because of that, Emilia couldn't deduce what Sergei had been thinking and proposing. Therefore she observes this man, whom she has proposed, and tries to discern his sincerity.

"... you also have those eyes, Your Highness"

"Oh, no, um, excuse me..."

"I don't mind. It is more natural to take such action. But this is the first time I've ever seen a woman with those eyes... and I'm sure you're not like a hundred people."

That said, he smiles and drinks the coffee at hand. No milk, no sugar, nothing in it, it is black coffee.

"The reason why you look at me like that is simple. You're on guard for me. We are trying to figure out what the prime minister of the largest virtual enemy country is proposing to marry with. Is that so?

…………

Regardless, Emilia couldn't answer that. But that long silence was the proof left that it was the "right answer," and Sergei saw it that way. But Sergei did nothing to give it away and disprove it, and seemed to think only of it as a mere chat between conversations.

"There is no other reason why I proposed to you. Because I fell in love with a woman named Emilia Silesia, and I had no other choice."

………

Emilia had to be silenced again. But this silence is not the same as earlier, which means I don't know how to return it. This was one of the reasons why it was the first time a direct ball had been shown favor so far.

"Are you surprised?

"............ To be honest, it was a surprise. I wondered if anyone would fall in love with immature people like me."

"You despise yourself a lot. You're not that kind of person, are you?

That's what Sergei explains.

At the age of 10, he entered the cadet school of his own volition and served in the Raskino War of Independence, the Spring War and the Carlsbert Civil War. And he stood on the battlefield, taking the lead without hiding behind his friends. He would have cut ties with enemy soldiers, bathed in blood, and sometimes wounded them, too. Such a thing would draw a line with the royal nobility of the numerous elephant elephants on the continent, he said.

"Not only that, but you are at the forefront of continental politics in diplomacy called Fort Castelletto. and attended the talks and even submitted a proposal for the revision of the Convention to us"

"No, it's..."

Emilia immediately tries to argue, but Sergei took control of it by hand.

"Indeed, I have heard that it was not proposed by His Highness Emilia. However, most people cannot immediately accept the revised proposal from their subordinates, which can be described as a sudden proposal, and refine the proposal. I mean, Your Highness, you are a woman of rare talent to both the army and the people."

…………

"This is why I fell in love with you."

Pale, that's what he told me.

Emilia was explained for a long time what reason she was liked by him, but that never meant taking it positively, nor falling in love with Sergei. The emotions that arise in her are something else.

"... unfortunately, I am not as human as His Highness Sergei thinks I am"

That said, Emilia shifts her gaze to the side. In those eyes was the back of him, Yuzef Waresa, who brought him in as an escort.

"I was just my miserable princess. It is my friends, my people and my loved ones who have changed that. Because it's not your talent, it's just what your friends give you."

This was not modesty or anything, but Emilia's true intentions.

I was a man of ignorance and simply happened to have excellent human abilities to teach me. Yet my ratings and abilities just went up with Darkless Arrow Cod. She thought so with all her heart.

As Emilia turned her gaze back, Sergei was looking open and solidifying.

Are you frightened or desperate? If so, I'd appreciate it. Talking about proposing as it is will be over with Ariel. That's what I thought.

"... Huh. haha, hahahahahahahaha"

Sergei was blind - even though there were only four people on this occasion, including Sergei - and laughed out loud. Yuzef and Kreutzer turned around surprised, and Emilia couldn't have any choice but to be surprised by the sudden laughter of the man sitting in front of her.

After a few seconds the laugh subsides and Sergei speaks.

"This is rude. After all, you're a different person."

……

"A normal aristocratic child begins to boast when he is provoking it. You don't have to go that far, just say a word 'That's not true' and the inside is something I'm happy about. But you don't do either, you deny yourself."

That's how he explains it and goes on "to it" as he drinks his coffee.

"A person who can deny himself means someone who has some kind of upliftment. The magnitude of the upliftment is personal, but most of the time it does not belong to a nobleman who continues to immerse himself in a precarious and corrupt privileged society. Even if you have it, you often keep sticking to what you may not be good at: 'honor'"

So you're different, Sergei explained. Therefore, he said that he had fallen back in love.

Emilia, who was so explained, was baffled that she had been told that for the first time, and could simply say "thank you".

However, it should be noted that Emilia's feelings remain the same.

She is an unexpectedly stubborn person, and her stubbornness has been constant since her father brought her the story of an affair.

Emilia therefore asks Sergei.

"... So what if I refused His Highness Sergei's offer to marry me?

Confess to someone you're so in love with, but what if they don't convince you to say no? He had just said that there was no political intention, but there was also the possibility of "war if we did not accept the proposal" or "refusal to sign a treaty". I asked to make sure of that.

Just asking this question sufficiently conveys Emilia's willingness to "refuse". Naturally it was also passed on to Sergei, but that is why he answers Emilia's question without recourse to it.

"Nothing in particular. I was unexpectedly unattractive. That's all I'm saying."

"What...?

Sergei gave up cleanly.

Even though he clearly understood Emilia's willingness to "refuse" in love, he gave up without moving. Emilia moves more to his words and actions, which show no remorse at all.

"I don't want to connect with women I don't like. Besides, as I said earlier, this has nothing to do with political intentions. Please abandon reason and give the answer only in terms of emotion. Whatever answer you give, I'll take it."

Sergei answered with clarity.

"... really, nothing?

"Nothing. The first love of one, mediocre young man is shattered. That's all we're talking about."

He didn't break his grin. That's what I said, even though I haven't yet communicated a clear "rejection" will.

And Emilia trusted the answer. It was not a matter of reason, but merely of emotion.

"... His Highness Sergei. I'm sorry, but I refuse to offer this proposal. I'm not willing to marry anyone yet."

Emilia answered with perseverance.

And Sergei,

"Really?"

And I said, I laughed a little. Nothing, it was just a laugh to say it was what I expected.

Then a few minutes later, Sergei said, "It was fun today. Next time, even if it's a meal," announce your intention to leave with a social decree. Emilia also answered "definitely" briefly because she understood the true meaning of the word.

Sergei called out to his escort, Kreutzer, and took his seat, and said this to Emilia as if he remembered the moment he tried to get out of the bar.

"His Highness Emilia. I remember one more thing I wanted to ask you."

"... what is it?

After Emilia's inquiry, he said, one breath down.

"Do you think something called 'peace' can be achieved?