SIDE: kite

"Hey, are you sure you're okay?

"So you're telling me it's okay. And you're gonna come all the way here and tell me to go home now?

"It's not like that..."

I know I'll persevere myself.

I don't know how many times Elaine has asked me since I left the kingdom.

But I'm worried...

"Thank you for worrying. But this is the time for hard work, right?

"... ok"

"Thanks"

Elaine is really amazing.

Absolutely, it should be hard...... I can't believe you could even care for me with a cheerful face like this.

I have to work hard too... Conference of the Three Kingdoms, I will never let Elaine force you.

"Nevertheless... the western part of the Empire is really obsolete. Do those fools really think the kingdom will moisturize if they get this?

Elaine, who said so, looked out at a rough field where she could see that she had not been hands on for years.

Indeed, even if we get land like this, the kingdom will bankrupt the country due to losses before profits come into hand.

Since there is no dungeon, it cannot be used as a source of demonic stones... Whatever you think, for the kingdom, this is a land that can't be treasure.

"Because they really think that money will gush on its own as long as there is land and people. I have no choice."

'Cause they're like eating, playing and living like they're sleeping every day, huh? You're not smart, and you're sure you don't know the world.

"They're moving the country, so I can't help it."

"Right. Ha... a handful of serious people have become generals with Mr. Aaron besides me and Elaine..."

"Worried about Gert?

"Bye. You're being enslaved and you're working without sleep, aren't you?

If you think Mr. Gert has been returned by Leo, Mr. Gert has been enslaved.

The reason is that he tried to kill the Leos, his guests, with his own magic equipment. It was the kings who ordered it.

It's odd that Gert should be blamed.

"But I also feel like I deserve it. After all, that's what betraying people is all about."

"Yes, but..."

Mr. Gert betrayed the empire and the previous Lord also betrayed him and fled to the kingdom.

In the meantime, they killed a lot of people.

That is a very unacceptable and irresistible act to discredit a person.

But... the man I know, Mr. Gert, was kind and dependable.

"Just see him again... I really want to know what he was like"

I want to see for myself what Mr. Gert really is like.

'Cause I know Mr. Gert was a kind and dependable man.

"We will soon arrive for our purpose. What you can see over there is Murdine territory."

We didn't talk to each other for a while, and a knight's report flew out the window when he was rocked by a carriage.

"Oh, I see it! Look, there."

Elaine rushed me and looked in the direction where my fingers were pointing.

Then... I saw a hell of a big city, no city.

Isn't that the Empire? Makes me want to suspect something like that.

"Nice walls..."

"Horrible."

Can we break through this big wall...

"That's Muldeen Castle... you were such a fine castle"

Once inside the wall, I immediately saw Leo's castle.

That...... is it really Leo's castle? If I suck, I feel bigger than the royal castle...

"You symbolize how prosperous this city is."

I mean, there's room in this city to build something like that.

With that in mind, he watched the streets overflowing with people.

"You're more vibrant than Wang Du... You know, it's expensive enough to build a nice mansion here in Wang Du."

If only this were all people...... Any business is going to work.

Conversely, the kingdom is a downfall now, and no one will want to start a new business there.

"That's awesome... Sure, if we get this city, we're going to have to take care of the kingdom's finances."

"I wish I could get it..."

What did the king think when he saw this city?

If we had a head to think about it at all, we'd know we can't get this place on our own...

Well, if you were such a king, would you ever struggle this far?

"Welcome to Murdine territory. I am the lord of this city, Leons Muldeen."

When you arrive at the castle, Leo and Shelley, Leena, and then... the Emperor and the Crown Prince? welcomed me.

"Hmm. You have a good city."

"Thank you. Now, this is His Majesty the Emperor, next to him is His Highness Cliffith."

I knew it.

Both, you're going to turn a few times as many heads as our king.

"For a short time to come, thank you"

"Welcome."

That was the only word the king and emperor exchanged.

Well, why don't we have a conversation and the fool will expose it?

SIDE: Leons

After I finished picking her up and guiding her to her room, I invited Kate and Elaine to my room.

"It's been a long time since you've both been well?

I'm fine, as you can see.

"I'm fine, too."

"Hehe, how long are you planning on giving birth?

They said, "Two or three months from now."

To Shelley's question, Elaine told me with a nickel laugh as she put her hand on her stomach.

I didn't know you'd come this far with a big stomach.

I guess that's all that means I wanted to be present at the tri-national conference.

"Hey. Can I touch it?

"Fine. Here, show me your hands."

"Wow. Something makes me nervous..."

"Kingdom, what is the situation now?

While Shelley was letting me touch Elaine's stomach, I whispered to Kite.

The opportunity to see each other in grandeur like this is not the case once the Trilateral Conference has begun.

What I want to hear and happen, I just have to ask now.

"What? You'd know everything, wouldn't you?

"Well, yeah. From the outside and from the inside. Well, then, you might have something new to discover, right?

"Ha...... I don't think it's going to make any difference. Strongly speaking, I doubt the wind against me and Elaine has weakened since that wedding. In particular, it doesn't make sense that the Prime Minister's faction is desperate to stop pulling each other's legs and prepare for war"

I knew it...

"That's what I wanted to know too, and I asked, don't they know why, either? Something's disgusting. What are they up to?

So you're saying you don't mind if Elaine becomes king?

Or did you finally realize that it wasn't if you were making war current and rubbing the inner circle?

Yeah...... you have too little information to know.

Elaine, do you feel anything?

"Hey, don't ask Elaine, okay? Even though my feelings are stuck to the limit about this meeting with my belly child"

"I'm sorry. Okay."

Well, maybe if I knew, I'd be doing something, and I don't need to ask.

"Really, please..."

As always, you're a persistent man.

"Nevertheless... is Kite the father"

It hasn't been that long since I fought that child demon king.

"In this country, it's normal to have kids when you're a teenager. If you're noble and you're not married in your twenties, they say you're late. Well, Leo, the grown man, is getting married soon, right?

"Right. I wonder if we'll be getting married for Shelly's birthday."

The kids, the other four will rush... and maybe next year I'll be a father too.

Sure, I can't talk about people either.

"Then call me for the wedding."

"I wish I could call you."

From now on, we do not know what will happen to the relationship between the Kingdom and the Empire.

The war may not have started by Shelley's birthday, or maybe it's over.

"That's why... you're gonna work hard tomorrow, right?

"Wow! I think my stomach is moving now!

"Shh!? I'll touch you again, too!

"Hey both of you, that tickles me!

Moving his gaze slightly, he came into view that the three of us who had to protect each other were getting along.

"Yeah. Right. Do we work hard for each other and for what's important?"

We should try our best not to break those three smiles.