His Royal Highness's cats are very hairy.

Adeline, 8, was officially engaged to Prince Rutvias, that day.

The king was satisfied and in a very good mood with Prince Adeline and Rutvias, all of whom greeted him for his engagement.

Dinner party that night.

An elderly woman approached Adeline softly, who was in the midst of receiving a guest greeting with him next to Prince Rutvias.

His Royal Highness Princess Wang is here to see you.

Whispered, Adeline bewildered.

Even the eight-year-old Adeline understands that she shouldn't be leaving now.

"But..."

"I have the forgiveness of His Majesty the King. Please come this way.

Chirali and I turned our gaze next door, but Prince Rutvias greets his guests and gavels at the king's story, grinning.

Engagement announcements in the presence of guests from various foreign countries and a large number of royal nobles in honour of the King. Greetings. Park games. Greetings again. And the supper party and Adeline, who was doing what was scheduled for Rage Tao's event, without being flushed, have not had a decent conversation with Prince Rutvias.

-... even if I'm gone, maybe you won't notice...

The little Adeline breasts in love with the prince shriveled.

"Hurry up."

…

While Adeline is confused, by pinching and gently bowing down the hem of the dress with both hands, she indicates withdrawal to the surrounding area.

Out of the Great Hall following the leading lady officer, in the modest room right next door, Princess Wang was waiting for Adeline.

The woman who gave birth to Rutvias is a jewel of rude succeed and a glorified beauty. Bibi eyes on the same golden hair as Rutvias. And smooth, white skin like a pearl, rose lips.

But Princess Wang doesn't move her expression like a plaster statue.

Combined with her overwhelming beauty, Adeline awed.

"Here."

It is indicated by hand to pull over.

"... Yes, Your Royal Highness Princess Wang"

When Adaline approached him freaked out, Princess Wang accidentally gave in to Adaline's feet.

"Um..."

"Hands on my shoulders. Take off your shoes."

"Huh."

"Didn't you hear me? Take off your shoes."

To her firm voice, Adaline moved her legs to do as she panicked, but stopped moving to the sharp pain that ran on her heels.

"There he is... eh"

"You didn't have shoes.

A long finger touched Adaline's leg. Adeline trembled for a moment at the cold of it, but her cold fingers treated Adeline's feet politely. He took off his shoes so the wound wouldn't hurt, and replaced his own knee with a foot bench.

It was the surrounding women who panicked.

"No, Your Highness. There's blood on the dress..."

Think of it as a pattern.

"Your Highness Leena!

Approximately to the scream of the lady, Princess Wang wipes the feet of Adeline, bleeding from a shoe rub, beautifully with a handkerchief.

A silk handkerchief with lace attached blood to the pattern.

Adeline's face turns blue when she realizes it. It's a luxury product that Adeline knows about. My mother cared about the same product and when Adeline used it to play with dolls she was badly scolded.

I hope I don't apologize, but I'm afraid Adeline's going to catch her breath.

"Since when have you been patient?

I don't see the face of the bending king princess.

Beautiful, but asked by a cold voice, Adeline answered with a small voice.

"... Um... from the beginning..."

"Well!"

Princess Wang, who waved Adaline, had a deep wrinkle between her eyebrows.

Yeah, he still gets angry, Adeline shrugged her neck, but no anger ever falls off.

Princess Wang gave instructions to the ladies behind her.

"You have your usual ointment right away. Then get some shoes for the kids. And the cloth.

"Yes, sir."

And when she saw the ladies bowing down with a bow of grace, Lady Wang turned again to Adaline. The beautiful face was full of charity.

"Poor thing, it hurt, didn't it?

Feeling her passion for Adeline, her fear of her in Adeline disappeared as soon as she could.

"... No, I'm fine"

Adeline turns red and shakes her head.

"You're so patient, Adeline."

Princess Wang, who laughed small, looked just like Rutvias, and was truly beautiful.

"I'm with Rutvias."

"... His Highness Rutvias?

Adeline turned back unexpectedly.

Adeline must be the woman she falls in love with as a child. I can't wait to have a conversation with him, but I wanted to hear anything about Prince Rutvias.

But behind Adeline's bouncing heart, Princess Wang's expression is slightly cloudy.

"Yep... patient... kind... poor child..."

I dropped my gaze on the floor and spilled it as if it were one word. To that sad look, Adeline doesn't know what to say. Is Prince Rutvias also injured somewhere? Princess Wang may be worried about it.

"Um... you know, I... my shoes were nice... so I could put up with them. Because I loved the shoes that His Highness Rutvias gave me... so"

Adeline wasn't sure what she wanted to say herself. Because of that, the words that come out of your mouth are all sorts of things.

"I'm sure His Highness... likes it. Uh... I don't know what you like... so be patient... but I like you... I think it's okay..."

Adeline drops her shoulder. I wanted to comfort Princess Wang, but I don't think it worked. But Princess Wang, who had listened to Adaline with a face like the one she had eaten, broke her face with joy.

"Rutvias is... a fruit payer."

"... Huh?

"Thanks for the consolation, Adeline. But keep your patience until you grow up. Now you still say so much about me, and you'll get us adults in trouble."

It was a gentle, gentle, mother's smile.

This past year, Lady Leena, who became queen, leaves the world another year later at a young age of 34.

The jewel of Rude Saxony and the glorified Queen were breathless in her husband's arms, tormented by poison.

His predecessor, Albuquerque, was king of arms. A vigorous external policy that reinforced military power and set it as a background created friction with the countries and at times developed into armed clashes, but King Albuquerque commanded his own troops and always brought victory to his country.

In the country, the aristocratic council was dismantled, power was concentrated on the king and authoritarian institutions were proclaimed, but the people who were preying on the corruption of the council and the rampant bribery were supported as decisive kings.

Rude Saxonyd was a momentum that strengthened the country and placed it in the empire of Saint Tiranazir, one of the most powerful countries on the continent.

But eventually the old King Albuquerque begins to cling to his power.

Whoever disputed the king was imprisoned, and all his subordinates, especially the rulers, were solemnized. Moreover, a strong foreign policy eventually develops into an armed clash with the Empire of Saint Tiranazir.

The war with the Empire, which spanned nearly a year, was intense with the empire's overwhelming economic power and defeat ahead of the military. King Albuquerque dismissed this even as the Prime Minister advanced the peace and ceasefire negotiations, changing the Prime Minister. The soldiers were exhausted by the reckless march by the king, and the land was rough. As the army of the Empire approached the King's capital and the kingdom was in danger of annihilation, it was the King Prince Richard who named King Albuquerque's neck.

King Albuquerque has continued to insult and scorn his son of a quiet character over his infirmity, but King Prince Richard said he had put a sword to his father's neck in his own sickness. Prince Wang reigns on the spot. Upon immediate cessation of the fighting under the authority of the King, he surrendered to the Empire by offering his son Rutvias to be held hostage, showing his respectability.

King Richard revives the House of Lords and reduces its military strength to the minimum necessary. We recommended policies for agro-industry, and thoroughly prioritized the regeneration of domestic productivity.

But there were also few forces to rebel against this new system.

Factions that wanted a system of advance armies like the Albuquerque kings had repeated uprisings everywhere.

And this anti-Kingship assassinates King Richard's wife, Queen Leena.

King Richard decides on the solemnity of the anti-Kings, and this finally stabilizes the Ludsackseed country.

Since then, the Kingdom of Ludo Succeed has lived long while the Queen and Crown Prince have remained vacant, slandering and libeling the Empire's dogs.

The temple is located about four and a half minutes by carriage from the remote palace.

During the war, although once occupied by the Empire, it was the spiritual temple of many kings in the history of Ludo Saxonyd, further spared from destruction by the fact that the Empire had served its ancestral saint Azir. Now there are constant visitors to worship, and the bouquets and wheels dedicated to the cemetery colour the quiet temple.

After the season of flowers, in the shade of a small rice flower tree where green leaves thrived, the newest tombstone in the temple was about to be buried in just enough bouquets to overflow.

The way it is, seven years after his death, reminds him of the admiration that the people send to the deceased. The gray tombstone was engraved with her name and date of birth, as well as words of remembrance. "Rood Saxony Gems Sleep Here".

In the light of the strong sun, Adeline, dressed in black, was sweating gently. At least with the wind it would be a little easier to spend, but unfortunately the whimsical wind spirits are going somewhere.

All the aristocrats in black have a bitter look in the heat.

In it, Rutvias weaved an even blacker coat over his long-sleeved black long coat, and he said it looked hot to see, but with a face that didn't eat anything. The difference is that there is no such smile as a saint.

-... that's right...

Today is the first time Rutvias has ever stood before his mother's grave.

Because the Empire did not allow him to return home, he could not stand to bury Lady Leena.

That's right. He's probably pulling a cat, too.

-... I'd be rude to Master Leena if I cared about the heat too.

The hair is also knitted in three pieces to cover the graveyard. For that matter, Adeline encourages herself that it should have been hotter than Rutvias with a raised collar.

But when the song to comfort the dead by the young priests was over, a cat who appeared sneaky jumped onto Rutvias' head.

"Thanks for a great song. My mother would be delighted."

He blushed his cheeks, forgetting that the priests were in the priesthood, to that sober smile as if the posterior light had given him.

Let the coat flick gracefully and Rutvias can swing.

"Thank you, everyone. Rest inside."

In the words of the prince, people begin to move around, thankfully. Against that wave, the Chancellor approached Rutvias.

"It's for more time. As much as you like."

"... thank you"

Rutvias, who says so, has already turned his back on people and stared at his mother's tombstone.

Soon, his cat was also absent. Adeline struck the side of Rutvias without asking for any expression.

-... maybe I should leave you alone...

Even though the Chancellor shuts up and backs off, Adaline takes a step back to follow along.

"Good."

Though she stopped, Adeline was puzzled that she might have misheard. But it didn't seem to be a mistake.

"Stay."

Small, short, Rutvias' orders come down.

"... Yes"

With the acknowledgement, Adeline stayed on the spot.

In the vast courtyard dotted with graveyards, the only shadows are those of Rutvias and Adeline.

Normally, ordinary civilians are allowed in, as are security knights, but today they are off-limits except for royalty and limited nobility.

"... damn."

Rutvias slammed his tongue and loosened his neck so that he could pull off his chin.

To that appearance, Adeline's chest bounces dodgy.

I think I saw something I shouldn't have seen, and Adeline let me swim her eyes.

Think carelessly that colour is probably something like this. This is the first time Adeline has ever known that men also have color.

Moving the loose collar hauntingly, Rutvias is sending the wind into his clothes.

"That's hot."

Whether to wear a cat or not, it would be in front of my mother's grave, but it still seems the hot stuff is hot.

"Do you want to go inside?

Adeline asked. The temple should be cooler than outside because of its stone construction and high ceilings. Drinks would also be available.

"... I'm sorry to hear that. Your uncle will be here, won't he?

"... right"

After the dinner party the other day, the drunken Grand Duke apologized to Rutvias and the Chancellor, who apparently accepted it.

Even the Grand Duke will want to avoid turning the two heirs to the throne and the Chancellor against his enemies. Or so, obsession doesn't make anything go away, and the Grand Duke has never bowed his head to Adeline himself after all. I don't want you to apologize, but I still feel bad when I think you insult Adeline and have no apologies. If you can, it's true that you want to stay face-to-face.

On purpose, the leaves of the small rice flower swayed.

"... you've got wind"

Rutvias looks up into the sky and breathes in relief.

"And that's an amazing number of flowers."

"Because there are many who admire Master Leena. In the spring, the flowers will bloom, so it's very beautiful."

"... come often?

"Sometimes... you say it's pathetic when the flowers go down... but don't worry about that"

"Sounds like it..."

Rutvias' gaze chased the little rice flower swinging.

"His Majesty planted it."

Adeline said, Rutvias nodded.

"I guess."

"... did you know..."

"No, it's a flower my mother liked, so I figured it would be.... you know why I liked it?

As if he were a kid who would reveal a prank, Rutvias raised his mouth angle toward Adeline.

It's a trick I can't imagine from Rutvias before.

Yesterday, when Adeline said, "Be Your Lady," Rutvias was laughing so hard that this one worried that her jaw would come off.

I don't know why he laughed so much, I don't know why, but for now, he seems to have favourably accepted Adeline's proclamation and determination. My attitude toward Adeline was remarkably soothing.

Adeline was honestly pleased to be able to interact with Rutvias as if he were a friend.

"Did you like the white color...?

"No. I liked star sugar."

"... Yes?

Star sugar is a small spherical sugar confection made by frying honey and sugar. It's called star sugar because it looks like a star.

"Star sugar?

"I loved it. Xiao Meihua seems to have star sugar in his tree."

Cook and Rutvias rang his throat. Adeline can't laugh. Glad to know the face of Lady Leena I admired. What, but a little distracting...

"... I thought you were solid... you were cute"

"You can laugh."

Adeline felt sensitive that Rutvias' words, which he said so, contained a slight thorn for some reason. The thorn does not appear to be directed against Adeline, but against her mother, Lady Leena.

-... I wonder why...?

I put my thoughts to a distant memory.

Beautiful and kind man who said Adeline and Rutvias were patient.

Why would Rutvias strip her of thorns?

Were the parents and children not close?

But from the tone of Lady Leena ten years ago, I felt love and familiarity with Rutvias.

-... maybe it has something to do with His Highness wearing a cat.

Suppose, for example, Rutvias was wearing a cat for Lady Leena against her will. And suppose Lady Leena felt burdened with that. The thorns of Rutvias' words and the sad words of Lady Leena that day can be explained.

However, Rutvias was already wearing a cat when he was 10 years old. It's not like you're behaving in front of an occasional guest for a short time.

Is it possible for a 10-year-old to take care of himself? Moreover, he had great expectations from the former kings and subordinates as an unbeaten heir from that time on.

I don't think I can have kids, such as wearing cats so perfectly.

-... no, rather... it would be unnatural for a child to be so perfect.

Adeline was half sure. Rutvias must have worn a cat since he was only a child.

But that's not what you can do with a lot of patience. That's why Lady Leena said. Patient, and pathetic.

-... but... Master Leena is already dead...

If you were wearing a cat for Lady Leena, wouldn't that be necessary anymore? The fact that Rutvias continues to wear cats now may be another reason to wear cats. Then why did Rutvias contain thorns in his words and actions towards his mother?

-... but I don't think it's probably a detached imagination that Master Leena mourned Her Highness's cat wear, or that Her Highness has worn a cat since she was little...

In Adeline's head, intertwined information makes a spiral.

Adeline held her temples.

"... it's too complicated..."

"Did I say something?

"... no"

Adeline shook her head without force to Rutvias, who turned her face to this one. Rutvias looked suspicious, but without saying anything, he moved his eyes to the headstone again.

If Adeline now asks the same question as before, would Rutvias give a different answer? When I asked him why he was wearing a cat...

Maybe he won't stare at Adeline like he did before. But I felt like you wouldn't give me an answer.

Rutvias is probably reluctant to get into his inner life. I don't want to force you to step on it and make your relationship with Rutvias worse because of the improvements you have made. Adeline is lucky to be allowed to stand next door.

Suddenly, Adeline remembered the woman Rutvias loved in the Empire.

-... I wonder who the hell it is.

In the past, inferiority and defeat preceded me, and I didn't even want to know about being that woman. But now, I wanted to see you sexually.

Was Rutvias in front of the person, taking off his cat? Did the person know why Rutvias would wear a cat?

The woman knows about Rutvias' life in the Empire, which Adeline does not know. That's what Adeline was painfully envious of.

-... you can't. I... you decided not to envy me.

Adeline takes a deep breath and quiets her heart.

When I made a smile just a little conscious, I pointed it at Rutvias.

"Your Highness, let us at least go into the shade. It touches you when it's too late in the day."

"... right"

When Rutvias agreed with Adeline, he took a half-step back. But no further, he doesn't move, he does his eyes behind Adeline.

What happened, Adeline turned to follow Rutvias' gaze with her neck clenched.

Aurio is approaching us early on foot.

"Aurio? What is it?

"Oh, you sure were my cousin. He became my chief secretary from today on."

"Really?

It is reliable and delightful that a minded opponent will be beside Rutvias and hence Adeline. On Adeline's bright face, Rutvias frowned small.

"... happy?

"Huh? Ah... yes. Um... Aurio is an excellent person. I'm sure we can be of service to His Highness."

…

For some reason Rutvias shuts his mouth in a grumpy manner. I don't know why, and Adeline just has to be confused.

"Oh, um...?

"I'm sorry I'm talking to you. Your Highness, my lady."

"I don't mind. Can I help you?

Rutvias, who responds to Aurio, is already firmly wearing a cat, whose heart cannot even ask for fragments.

-... Huh? Huh? How could you?

Adeline desperately rebukes the earlier interaction as to why Rutvias's mood has plummeted. In the meantime, the conversation between Rutvias and Aurio suddenly arrived at a conclusion. Stay with Adeline.

"Do you mind? Adeline."

"-... Yes?"

Rutvias called me by name, and the reply I intended to ask back was taken as an acknowledgement.

I'll arrange it that way.

"Yes, sir."

To Rutvias' instructions, Aurio lowered his head gently and went back the way he had originally come.

"... you know?

"Let's go."

"Huh?"

On the back of Rutvias, who walked out to follow Aurio, Adeline had no choice but to follow the situation without grasping it.

The samurai again firmly fastens the neck that Rutvias loosens.

Rutvias' expression was cool, as it was a lie to complain that it was hot until earlier. By contrast, when it comes to Adeline, her face is blue and she is squeezing her hands so tight that she trembles.

Millet fixed the strain on the flower hat.

"Now that the wind is out, shall we fix the flower hat?

Millet asked, but it wasn't Adeline who answered.

"Please. Please also re-knit your hair.

"Yes, I did. Right away."

Aurio told me that Millet had taken the black decorative string out of Adeline's little locker, which he apparently brought with him.

"Hurry up. There are limits to what the Knights can hold on to."

Adeline also felt that people's blurring was gradually getting bigger.

Ludwigas' plans to visit Lady Leena's grave before returning to the capital were not made public to the people of Ludsaxeed, but this information about what was going on was leaked and the people pushed him to see Ludwigas at first sight in the Temple Square. The people have the momentum to penetrate the temple as well, and the Knights are desperately holding it down. He couldn't collect it because of so much excitement that he ended up talking about sedating things by putting his face out of the terrace facing the square. The problem is that next to Rutvias, Adeline will stand.

"... how could you even..."

Adeline spilled bosoli.

As the queen of the future, Adeline does not interact with civilians infrequently on official business, but this is the first time she has stood as a public servant before many people. Honestly, my legs are dull.

"Your Highness wishes. We will show our faces to the people in front of the Great Shrine during your wedding, so consider it a preliminary exercise."

Aurio had a slightly worrying look, but he doesn't seem to stop Adeline from standing on the terrace.

"... So, Your Highness's?

Turning his gaze on Rutvias in the meantime, he smiled when he realized it.

"I feel comfortable having you next door."

Well, and Millet happily held his chest down. He was impressed by the rapprochement between Rutvias and Adeline, but Adeline just seems to have a well-haired cat behaving over Rutvias' head.

-... because this is also the Queen's duty...

Adeline encouraged herself. Rutvias said we were together, but there was some intention.... maybe.

"Best regards,"

Millet nodded at Aurio. I haven't looked in the mirror, but they braided the decorative string into the three braids and fastened it to the flower hat further. Securing the flower hat wasn't much of a compliment, but it couldn't help but be an official outdoor event. When flower hats are flown into the wind in front of the masses, it involves Adeline's, and hence Rutvias's, royal character.

"My lord, we are ready"

When Aurio spoke, the Chancellor put his face out the door leading to the next room.

"Bye, Your Highness. Adeline. Here."

Urged, Adeline's tension culminated. I wish I didn't go, but I can't step out. The audible popular cheer echoes in his ears and turns into a murmur.

-... line, I have to...

I decided to be the Queen of Rutvias. I can't escape without thirsty roots of that tongue.

"Adeline."

Called, Adeline finally realized that Rutvias was offering her hand.

"Hands."

…

Softly, Adeline lay her hands on Rutvias' hands. As in the past, hands like artwork, but bigger and warmer than they used to be, wrap Adaline's fingers around them.

To that warmth, I either lost my wasted power from Adeline's shoulder.

"Let's go"

Rutvias was wearing a cat, but his eyes capture Adeline properly.

"... Yes"

The beat, which was unusually fast, restores calm. Guided by Rutvias' hand, Adeline began to walk.

Aurio, the samurai, make way.

The room with Rutvias and Adeline was open with a vitreous door leading to the terrace, with the voices of the people echoing directly.

"The sudden things are not fully guarded. I'll hold off the Knights Commander right behind you, but if there's any strange movement, please step back immediately."

"Okay."

Rutvias nodded, sliding past the Chancellor's side.

Proceed with the large room facing the terrace for two. Thought he was going as he did, and in an invisible position from the people, Rutvias stopped and spoke to Adeline hissing.

"Do you know what the economic effects of the wedding of a king prince of a country are?

"... Huh?

What are you talking about all of a sudden? Adeline frowned. But Rutvias does not break his graceful smile. From the point of view of the Prime Ministers a little further away, Rutvias may seem to be braving the tense Adeline.

"It's a massive event to name the country. People gather from home and abroad, regardless of their status. If people get together, they need an inn. The dining room will hire people on an ad hoc basis in preparation for group guests, and make more purchases. The merchants will be selling related products all the time here. For example, a handkerchief that uses the same lace as the costume you're wearing, such as a picture of me and you in line? They say souvenirs like that can be sold to fly."

"... Your Highness, you know?

I want to know where the story landed. Rutvias narrowed his eyes.

"The Crown Prince's Standing Prince Ceremony of the Empire two years ago. At that time, the economic effects were said to have been tens of billions."

"-Su, tens of billions... Huh?

Adeline turned her eyes. Even Adeline, who grew up a lady and has a dull sense of money, knows that's a hell of a lot of money.

"Look, Adeline. Hopefully, next year's tax revenues will double. I'll just roll back my debt to the Empire."

With the prime ministers on their backs, Rutvias hoists the corners of his mouth huffily.

Adeline was slightly drawn to Rutvias' smile, which increased the flavor, but that's a good thing if the country's debt is going to go away faster. If there's anything Adeline can do, I'll be happy to do anything.

"But it's going to work... what exactly?

"Easy. Just because we're close together, let's see the people at first sight, give them a word of blessing.

"I mean, are you visiting?

"You know merchant terms like that a lot."

"... studied in economics"

Don't tell me it was Aurio who told me, Adeline thought.

There is also the matter before Lady Leena's grave. Maybe Rutvias doesn't have very good feelings for Aurio.

Sure, Aurio can't laugh lovingly, and he can't flatter. I'm sorry if I don't get things straight. It's quality, so I actually have few enemies. But Rutvias would surely one day understand Aurio and let him demonstrate his abilities to the fullest.

"Laugh for now. If you can, breathe air that you like me."

"Wow, am I going to be okay? Um... wouldn't they think it was your lady officer?

The black clothes that Adeline is wearing today are even more plain than the plain dresses that Adeline has worn so far. Though there is no choice because of the mourning, the hair also ends up knitting three things and there is a good chance that the woman will get it wrong.

Rutvias smiled and sighed small, squeezing Adeline's hand tight and tight.

"Yes? Yes, yes... so, Your Highness, it hurts..."

"I said nose next, but you can't show people your nose is red fiancée."

"Your Highness, my hand... hurts."

Adeline breathes in a ho as Rutvias pulls his power out of his hand.

"Humility is a virtue, but it's a weakness only for you. Why would a prince take a woman's hand and go out to the terrace?"

"Well, yes."

The weakness I've developed over the years doesn't easily pull me out of Adeline. If Rutvias still hadn't pulled his hand, he would have escaped soon.

"I told you not to be humble. You decided not to. Right?

"... YES!

That's right. I made up my mind. Adeline replied to bite.

"Okay."

Satisfied, the blue-eyed brilliant.

Even the other day when he complimented me on his new dress, he smiled like this.

-... that look... sloppy.

I hope you don't look at me like that, like a leaky day. Adeline is vulnerable to that look. If she gives that look, Adeline's going to get hot in her body and melt for some reason.

Adeline dropped her gaze so as to hide her lit cheeks.

"If you speak selflessly again, now it's time to pinch your nose."

"Huh? No..."

I've said this before, did you mean it? Adeline opened her mouth to argue what she would do if her face got any worse shaped, but at the same time Rutvias started walking again, so she had to keep her mouth shut and follow.

"Come on, we're going to pay our debts"

Rutvias' light-hearted, unexpected moment when Adeline blew out and laughed.

The royals of history were surprised and cheered so much that they could jump out of eternal sleep, rising to the temple square.