Fake Cinderella

When me and Ray got into the conference room late, the meeting had already begun.

Nadil's chair is placed on the top seat of the elongated table.

The two closest to that seat...... His Highness Alflate was on the right, and Shion was already sitting on the left. I suppose it's because I'm poisoned by the thought of the Nadir stream that I feel included in the fact that we're both somewhat dressed together.

Sitting next to His Royal Highness Alfrate is Claude-Eus, Count of Diha, husband of Princess Arienol, a sister to Nadir and His Royal Highness Alfrate, as the son of the Duke of Grachez.

(The messenger the Duke sent in is with Count Diha... Oh, that means things are going pretty well)

Sometimes it would mean Count Diha is excellent in equestrianism, but he must have come with a request for dispatch from the Northern Division.

I suppose the Duke of Grachez went out of his way to address this messenger with his own son, because he is an old man who is even more obnoxious to his liturgy. So, sitting next to Count Diha is its deputy, Viscount Vesta.

The front of Count Diha is invisible to his deputy Lord Wheelite in the Kingsguard Commander Leydel Duke Riis-Edel, probably because he's already in motion.

And next to it is Viscount Katras-Jerdia of Lada, the lead secretary of Nadir.

Ray sits next to me, and I see other familiar faces.

Including me, those called the proximity of Nadir...... Adels-Daesel, Count of Vigrad, Treasurer; Selenius-Faddle, Viscount of Lius, Clerk; Bodius-Radiel, Count of Ruid; Diedeldo-Rifius, Marquis of Narphia, Consul...... The men who were the Lord of the Civilian are lined with geese necks.

I guess the martial arts facade isn't here because it's already working.

Most of the sidekicks have been friends since childhood.

There are always such people in royal and noble children.

A noble boy of that same age is chosen, educated the same and sleeping together.

According to the public, it's close to childhood.

When I was a child, I served as a caretaker and playmate around me, eventually apprenticing sidekicks, and after adulthood, I became a sidekick. If you have been sleeping near your side since childhood, nature, the bond becomes strong.

I can say the most typical example of this. Whatever, my mother is Nadir's nanny, and me and him are brothers. So I was like, from the moment Nadir was born, it was stipulated to be near Nadir's side.

My family was a rural aristocrat in the region whose title was the only one, but whose fruit, not so large a territory, was such that my father's work as an official would finally make his life. My mother is the righteous lady.

It is not very good to hear that noble women work. Because a man is deemed not to have enough skill to keep his wife at home.

But when Nadir's nanny was recruited, my mother jumped at it, and after some exams, and when it was decided on my mother, my whole family, including my father and grandfather, were happy.

The nanny of a child of a high nobility was for once almost the only job that noble women without special abilities were supposedly not ashamed to take up, and the salary of a nanny was quite expensive, and if the child to serve grew up, there was no doubt that my child would be taken as its servant.

Besides, the young man my mother serves... Nadir was the eldest son... the heir young man who would inherit the family any day.

Nadir's name at birth was Nadir-Eselbert-Dia-Darhar-Dardier.

That's right.

At the time, Nadir was a royal dia, but not even a prince, rather than a king prince.

"Prince"...... Son of the King.

In Dardinia, the son of the king prince is also called a prince, but His Majesty the present king, who took office as Gladys IV, was a prince but not a king prince at the time of the birth of His Highness Nadir.

His Majesty is the fifth prince of His Majesty the former King Raglas II, and from his mother's status, there is one succession to the throne, ranked fourth. I had three brothers upstairs.

In Dardinia, princes and princesses with high throne inheritance rights remain in the royal palace until their brother and sister take office and their succession ranks drop to a considerable extent. That's one of the safety measures to avoid inheritance feuds. But I didn't think of anyone around me, including us, such as His Majesty's succession to the throne.

That is why I was able to take Euria as my rightful queen, who is nothing more than a little princess of a small country called Darhal, and I was not in a public office that would involve government, even at my age when it was time to get thirty.

Sooner or later, if a son is born to the older brothers whose rank of inheritance is higher than his own and his rank falls, he will be given the Duke and descended to his subordination. That's the common Dardinian prince's way of prescribing himself.

For the current generation only, he is called the Grand Duke, and his children are allowed the title of 'Dia', but after that he will be just a 'Duke'. Nadir was only a prince with the title of 'Dia', and he was supposed to be a duke.

(I hear His Majesty was looking forward to that day too...)

His Majesty, who was deeply built on music and loved art, has been famous since that time as a patron of musicians and artists. In fact, we have an incomparable talent and enthusiasm with regard to that aspect, and many of the artists that His Majesty had sponsored at the time later became adults.

On the other hand, he had no interest at all in political matters, leaving the management of his own estate to the family decree, which said he had turned to Lady Euria for instructions.

It was recognized by the surroundings as a beauty of His Majesty.

He's a prince who won't ever take the throne just because he has high inheritance rights. It was no pleasure for anyone to be interested and actively intervene in serious politics.

His Majesty had already defined the family name to be 'Norville', which he would name if he descended into his subordination, even if he had been approved of it.

(But...)

Something unexpected happened.

Firstly, both the first and second princes, children of the first queen, died almost simultaneously due to circumstances in which they were exposed to the outside world.

It's the Great Scandal of the Royal Family, where the truth is still not revealed, and still is, and never will be, talked about in the Royal Palace.

Even I, Nadir, have risen to the ground and become so deeply involved in politics in that relationship that I don't know the truth about it. There was a play that footed one of those things, but so much so that every theater I performed was crushed.

Still, His Majesty still had the same Second Queen's belly brother, His Royal Highness Needis, the Third Prince. He was the head of the Kingsguard division at the time, and his brother who was so capable that his martial name rang to other countries.

(But misfortune comes with a hand in hand, right?)

Its brave and brilliant His Highness, Needis, fell horseback on a horseback patrol through the city... and no one would have thought that would cause his life to be lost.

The cause is one of the twins that jumped into His Highness's beloved horse's ear.

The horse just shook His Highness off, kicked him up as much as he wanted, and trampled on him. His Highness said he was already breathless when he seized the runaway horse.

(as a result…)

In the meantime, His Majesty, then the Fifth Prince, became the first heir to the throne.

It was a very unfortunate event, both for the surrounding...... and for the person in question.

His Majesty, who was still a prince, said, "I don't even think that if you're not interested in politics, you can make the right decision for yourself. I don't have the power to rule my country. Please admit that you will remain under my command," I also hear you played to the Father King.

But that was unacceptable.

At that time, the fifth place in the right to inherit the throne after His Majesty was His Royal Highness Schnack, three months old at the birth of the third righteous queen, and Princess Felicia, whose sixth place was eight years old, and Princess Effinia, whose seventh place was even younger.

There were no other brothers in the meantime, but in Dardinia, there is no side queen, and the right to inherit the throne of children born of concubines does not extend at all to children born of the righteous queen.

(... so His Majesty had no choice but to reign)

It's not like toddlers and queens have never been in power in the past.

But that is only if it was unavoidable.

His Majesty wanted to cede his first place in inheritance to his half-brother Prince Arthur, who, although a side-queen belly, had solid arms as a civilian, but it was rejected by his father, the King.

If we admit a special provision, that would be the precedent.

The right to inherit the throne of Dardinia shall take precedence, regardless of age and sex, over children born of the Queen. It was not acceptable to break that principle. They told me not to make examples that would be a source of inheritance disputes in the afterlife.

As a result, the crown rolled beneath the prince who wanted it the least. Moreover, despite the fact that the person was not expected at all.

Besides, what I find tragic is that I knew that both in person and around me.

Perhaps it is because of this that His Majesty after the throne sometimes behaves in such a manner that he has strayed from his regular course.

(Phil should come with me, because I'm a mess.)

(That's right! I want to be a pain in the ass, and I will wear a nadir!!

That's what I was saying. Our environment has changed dramatically.

At the same time as His Majesty was raised, the princess and duchess, including Nadir, who had already been born, were given the title 'Deal the King's Son'. In this case it would mean the son of one who was later ordained to be king.

Nadir and his brothers became known as princes and princesses… and Nadir was ordained the next king prince.

Yes, His Majesty Raglas II expected much more from his grandson, Nadir, than from his son, His Majesty Gladys IV.

If His Majesty Raglas lived 10 more years...... no, if he had lived 5 years longer, the throne could have been given directly to Nadir by jumping over His Majesty Gladys.

And that must have turned out happier for a human being other than Nadir.

I've been around since I was a little girl. I know a lot, but Nadir has always been a quiet kid, a book bug who likes to read more than three meshes.

If I was in the library, I'd forget all the time and become obsessed with the book, and when I realized at the end of the sentence, I'd be locked in the library... Nah, it was common.

Her Royal Highness Lady Euria had enough laughter to tell the librarian to make sure Nadir's whereabouts were checked before closing the library keys. If nothing had happened, Nadir must have taken over the Duke and lived his favorite academic trivia days surrounded by his favorite books.

It's hard to believe from me, but Nadir likes to 'study' and is a non-bitter person. I'm actually smart, too. I was just saying that I would be admitted to college, and that was like proven already.

It was also a story that His Majesty Raglas II expected from his grandson Nadir more than his son, who was not fit for politics at all.

(So...)

We couldn't be just infantile brothers anymore.

The Lord and the proximity to serving it... could not have been more reciprocal than the ex, but nevertheless something special that was between us young disappeared and a clear line was drawn.

Even if the future duke and the junior aristocratic dairy brothers were allowed to speak with a tame mouth, the surroundings did not allow the future king and the junior aristocratic dairy brothers to speak with a tame mouth.

The other ones were with me.

There was a line between Nadir and us that could never be crossed.... Once upon a time I stepped over and laughed reciprocally, but that was a long story.

(And...)

Nadir, who was a smart kid, accepted it quietly.

... I had to accept it.

Because Nadir's presence was directly linked to the future of her younger brothers and sisters.

When His Majesty became Crown Prince, it was rumoured by the court sparrows that the first queen's daughter would be chosen from among the four dukes' houses.

In the first place, Her Royal Highness the Lady of Euria was allowed to receive Her Majesty as the Queen because she was' the fifth prince in the fourth place to inherit the throne '. If the order of succession of His Majesty Gladys IV had been one more, His Highness Euria, a princess of a small country like Darhal, would not have been able to be the righteous queen, no matter how much His Majesty Gladys himself wished.

Moreover, already at this time, His Highness' homeland, Darhar, was annexed to the Empire, and His Highness had no back shield whatsoever.

Besides, each of the Four Dukes had an elderly daughter to offer His Majesty.

All that was in Her Royal Highness the Lady of Euria was just the affection of His Majesty Gladys and the four children born between His Majesty and His Majesty.

There is no doubt that His Majesty loves Her Highness Lady Euria. But no one expected His Majesty to reject the concubine offered by the Four Dukes. Her Royal Highness must have known that best.

In fact, daughters were sent from the House of the Three Dukes, with the exception of Elseveld, to the rear palace.

That is Her Royal Highness Lady Argenta, the Second Queen, and Lady Ariana and Lady Naesia, the Side Queen.

Everyone says the good fortune of Her Highness Lady Euria is that she had a child named Nadir.

Nadir had decided to enroll in college just then.

An institution called the University does not give birth or blood muscles any consideration whatsoever. Only academic talent says things.

His Majesty Raglas II chose Nadir, who he already knew was extraordinarily intelligent, over the grandchildren of a future with good blood muscles that might be born.

To make Nadir the future king prince... and hence the future king, His Majesty ordained Her Royal Highness the Queen of Euria as "the first queen of the king prince" and, in any case, "the first queen".

Otherwise, Her Royal Highness Lady Euria's status would be lower... if she could have been the queen of the number one, and if she had done badly, she might have been regarded as the queen of the side.

The concubine, although a concubine, is at last only an officially recognized concubine, and no formal marriage has been established there.

Lady Ariana and Lady Naesia could have been the righteous queen immediately if only the child had been born, but unfortunately, you two just stay on the side queen because you couldn't have a child, which means nothing at all when Her Highness Ladyship Euria is dropped on the side queen.

So, if that were the case, the children born of Her Royal Highness would naturally not have been called Deal, the son of a king, but had become the son of a side queen, and even the title Royal Dia would have been stripped for a reason.

Nadir himself would not have cared what his status was because he was going to build himself up in academia.

But Nadir guided his younger brothers and sisters.

So, without complaining about one thing, I accepted to be the future King Prince.

... It was the moment Nadir gave up the future he wanted, which was within reach.

Nadir looks like someone who doesn't know something about frustration or failure, but that's not true.

Nadir was also a man who had been ordained to take the throne, even though he did not want the throne or anything at all, and who had been deprived of his desired future.

Though I never heard him complain about his stupidity.