Hyaku Ma No Aruji

"I can't tell you why it's so hard. However, things might move in that direction from now on."

"Really, I need to get some information."

"The power of gold is great."

Normally, it's not the answer, but I'm going to be unwittingly convinced that this guy will say it.

This man has grabbed the only information he's ever had that way.

"Does Melea know that?

"Once you're back in your room, you know it. I left a letter between the doors of the room."

"You're not gonna pull it out."

Lilium exhales a loud sigh.

Red hair swayed like tired.

"Do you believe Melea?"

"All that, I don't know what"

No, you'll believe it.

Lilium said so herself, with such certainty.

Merea trusts Shaw.

That is not blind trust.

"It's a strange thing, and it's a pretty good idea to look at Merea when you're here."

"Perhaps. Sometimes I get melea's eyes blurry. Those eyes get unusually deep when you really try to hear something, even though you have such sweet, gaping eyes everyday. Deep, quiet, pure. It wouldn't be possible for a cheater to lie in front of you."

"Melea doesn't think of you as just a good friend. I'm looking at you, including your floating, gripping personality and everything you've hidden inside."

"Melea would be tolerating it, including the possibility of me being a 'traitor' if I told you so."

"That's a lot more dangerous."

"Haha, it's a common joke. Besides, you said it first, didn't you?

Shaw narrowed his fox eyes and smiled.

"... right. I didn't say it clearly, but the way I said it now, it was wrong with me."

"There's no need to apologize, because it's true that I'm putting such disturbing elements inside me."

Shaw said, playing the gold coin he was rolling over his finger to the universe with his thumb.

Honey, the creepy sound echoes inside the room.

"Let's get back to it. - Lemuse and the Three Kingdoms, and Mooseg and Sisalis, when these four forces are intertwined with bad salt plums, Lemuse and the Three Kingdoms may move in the direction of crushing Sisalis."

"I wonder if that happens irresistibly."

"Or. Except His Majesty Harsim would crush Sisalis without getting lost if he actually fell into that state. If you decide it's going to be good for the people of Lemuse, it's up to that man to make an immediate decision until he's kind of crazy."

"What if Sisalis had a demon king to save?

"How do you think Miss Lilium would move in that case?

……

I was a little annoyed lililium when I was returned with a question to the question, but I also realized that I was just asking Shaw and decided to answer Shaw's question in a big way.

"... If it's" Cood, "I'll take a Remusse over the Demon King.... or you should take it. Because our alliance with the kingdom of Lemuse is built on the promise that we will do our best for each other's precious things."

"That's right. Assuming His Majesty Harsim takes the Demon King, the kingdom of Lemuse will disintegrate in the first place. Pre-construction is very important to those who are trying to do something ridiculous, but if the genuineness that is deciding that the pre-construction is pre-construction is left behind, there will be nothing left. I don't even know what I was putting up pre-construction for, and I attribute all the beliefs I believed to nothing. So when the worst balance is laid on the premise of building as an individual who is not only close to the true meaning, and the true meaning that must prevail because of his position and conviction, the hard-working one who is made to stand in the middle of it must take the latter".

"That's a tough rhetoric. I was in the City of Arts. Impact?

Lilium said deliberately shrugging her shoulders.

"Could be"

Shaw returns the same behavior to the words and tricks.

"Whatever, therefore, Your Majesty, even if there were some demon king on the side of Sisalis, he would make the choice of crushing Sisalis in all cases, if Lemuse really needed it to survive"

"We should hope we can't let Cood stand on those scales in the first place -"

Lilium put it that way and now peered into Shaw's eyes to peep.

"- You already have some basis in you, and that's why you even said, 'Lemuse could crush Sisalis'."

"Well, yeah"

"Hmm."

Lilium further tries to extract information from Shaw. Words, tricks, from different things.

But I had to give up in the end, making sure there was no shaking in Shaw's fox eyes.

This man also has no gaps at the heart. The place like that is also similar to Merea's.

"Perhaps Merea realizes this possibility too, even if I don't give her information. It is Melea who has the most dialogue with His Majesty, and it is Melea who thinks more deeply about the current system of cooperation between the Demon King and Lemuse than anyone else."

"... maybe so"

"So if my predictions are correct, Merea will go ahead at the same time to reach out to Sisalis as well. For that matter, I thought you were asking me to go to Sal-kun and take charge of the Lord of Demons' Sword."

"Ahhh...... that's why you stopped me and you and Salman.... Oh, oh, I see"

"Probably even here in a little while -"

And right after Shaw said it.

"Lilium, can I come in?

Melea's voice came from outside Lillium's room.

Lilium meets Shaw in the eye.

Shaw shrugged his shoulders in exaggeration just to say, "Here."

"Fine. By the way, may I officially be the head of Knowledge?

"That? How do you know that?

"I knew it..." Lilium held her forehead with one hand and sighed small.

"Fair enough. Come in anyway."

"Yeah."

Lillium could easily have imagined it, from when Merea opened the door to when she was surprised to see the two of them.

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Then Merea told Lilium and Shaw to officially do the head of Knowledge and Purse.

It was like Lilium wasn't entirely convinced yet, but in the end I accept it.

When it was explained that it was necessary in carrying out an expedition to Aios and Sisalis at the same time, I could not refuse.

"But are you sure?

"What?

At the end of the conversation with Merea, Lilium asked again.

"I know you're going on an expedition at the same time, but the defense here will be too thin for that."

"Yeah. That's why I make a time limit. No need to stay long, either for Aios or for Sisalis."

Merea says while adding gestures that Lilium's pointing out is also good.

"And I'm going to go to Harsim's and make adjustments. Harsim seems to expedite to thwart Mooseg's invasion along the coast, but I don't think he's going to take too much force because he probably has a different purpose to prioritize. Harsim is more worried than we are about Lemuse's defenses getting thinner."

"What's its priority purpose?

Lilium asks again.

"Harsim is going to take in the nations on their way to the east coastline. So I dare to do my own expedition. It is also to show good faith, and to ensure that an alliance is formed. Harsim is a king, but he's also a good diplomat."

He's a good runner, Merea said.

"I see."

"Of course, I think as long as we can jam Mooseg. However, Hersim has already thought about his next hand if it didn't work."

"Ho," now Shaw exhaled with interest.

That face looks like it would be fun somewhere.

"For Harsim, it's the worst case scenario for Sisalis to be dropped by Mooseg and made a base for Eastern Continent domination. So Harsim may crush Sisalis himself before Sisalis is dropped by Mooseg. Because it's still more likely to crush Sisalis than crush Museg"

Same thing Shaw was saying.

But Lilium, before surprise, these two became obnoxious.

- Regardless of Kim's deceased, Melea doesn't get emotional either at times like this.

Merea and Shaw's predictions even include hostility toward Harsim.

I firmly see the possibility that even if Sisalis had a demon king, in some cases Harsim would ignore it.

Attempt to reasonably perceive how people move without being flushed by emotion.

Besides thoughts, it's a process that requires spiritual strength.

Especially if the subject is a close friend, etc.

"Well, it's only a worst-case prediction. It doesn't make sense to think too much. So I'm going to hit every hand I can here before that happens."

"So that's your expedition to Sisalis."

"Yes, there is competition between Mooseg and Lemuse and the rest of the three countries."

"By the way, I wonder if you've come to the conclusion that this gold deceased's notebook affects you."

"Notes?"

Lilium remembered the word that Shaw had just pinned the information he had in Merea's private room door.

Perhaps it is also the influence of this man that Melea's thoughts are the same as Shaw's.

But when I heard Merea's reply back shortly afterwards, I learned that Lilium was not.

"There was no note from Shaw..."

Lilium looked back at Shaw at the speed of Alankari.

Shaw is laughing as he pushes his voice and kills him with heartfelt pleasure.

A trick, a smile.

In Shaw's face at that time, he could even see the breathtaking luster.

"You fooled me..."

"No, until I've done a small job to make the conversation go smoothly. The result would be that Miss Lillium would also be easier to understand Merea's story, wouldn't it?

'Tried' more than I cheated.

Melea, not Lilium.

Perhaps Shaw decided that this time he would interpret for himself what development he was going to fall into around Lemuse and that his thoughts derived in that way were the most definitive.

In making his decision, Shaw probably based himself on various pieces of information obtained by the so-called power of gold.

On top of that, Shaw was trying to see if Merea would notice the development.

It's as if you deserve the power to read Merea's state of war.

"Excellent. I didn't even have to try again. After all, Melea does more than I can imagine."

Shaw looks at Merea and gives her the accolade of letting go.

The opposite Merea replied, not in the light of its praise or with a surprised look, but with flatness as if she knew all the circumstances.

"I don't know what you tried, but Shaw often tries to try me. I'm glad you lived up to that expectation again."

"You're not angry?

"Why?"

Lilium accidentally pinches her mouth, but Merea clenched her neck properly.

"This is the kind of guy Shaw is. Including that, I like Shaw. So there's nothing to be angry about."

Lilium deplores the fact that she has not yet figured out about Merea.

We've done a lot of things together so far, and I thought I'd understood a lot more about Melea.

But Melea is another guy who can't grab the bottom, just like Shaw.

And more importantly, the relationship between these two is special.

Maybe it's hard for me to understand being a woman to relate to.

"Anyway, I think quite a few candidates for this expedition. Including coordination with Harsim."

"Yeah, yeah."

"Probably don't need a 'rush' with Harsim this time. - Shaw, can you help me?

Melea asks Shaw in mild condition.

"Yeah, I'd love to"

Shaw answered it with a delightful grin.

Shaw's grin at that time had turned into something that seemed like a heartfelt pleasure, not a laugh that had ever been included.

"Running with His Majesty Harsim takes a lot of physical strength. Last time, we ended up with a delicate result that couldn't be called winning or losing."

"We need to be more careful this time because unlike before, we are likely to have different purposes for each other"

Lillium found out that day that these two were actually fighting in a roughly advanced battle where she didn't know.