I Am a Princess Responsible For Settling Circumstances

Late at night I saw the face of a friend who had visited me through a secret passage, and I sighed.

The only result I wanted to know was that look.

Again, I guess.

Grate your hips deep in the chair.

"Was it Octavia's name again that the killer threw up?

"... unfortunately"

Derek Knightfellow, a friend in his seat, jawed in dissatisfaction.

"Conversely, it's too easy to understand and suspicious. An executor aiming at Sil's life spits on Master Octavia's name as a mastermind uniformly. It's an obvious act."

I shook my head small as Derek scratched his head.

"- Suppose it's just the truth?

"Hey, Celius."

"I want the thread, whatever it is. If you have any suspicions, even your sister should not be excluded. Even if it's not Octavia himself - how about Octavia's 'lover', for example? I'm not sure if she's a lover."

"Is that where you came from? As for the story, it's not strange that Master Octavia has a lover. Even you are sympathetic to Sil."

"Isn't it odd that when you have a lover, you don't go up to any rumors? Nobody knows. The other man's face, his name, one thing. This, in the royal castle."

"That's because it's Master Octavia, isn't it? He must have hidden it perfectly."

It's about that sister. Not surprisingly, even if you've hidden it through.

But...

"I have an opponent, but it's also possible that he's some kind of collaborator, not a 'lover'"

"If so, why bother telling me that you have someone to love? You just have to keep quiet all the time."

"It could be an Octavian declaration of war"

Jeez, Derek looked up at the ceiling.

"- I agree with you to the extent that I leave my suspicions behind, but I think I'm overthinking you. In the wake of rumors, his name is being used on his own. That would be the place. Master Octavia's name will be a hiding place just to be served."

Are you trying to tell me that I'm confused, too?

The people around me, one way or the other, are wary of Octavia.

Among them, the exception was Sil, my lover, and this Derek.

"... Are you sheltering Octavia because of the Duke of Nightfellow?

Even the tables do not exercise power, but they have tremendous influence behind them. That is the Duke of Nightfellow.... Octavia missed the Duke for some reason. The Duke himself adores Octavia like his daughter. Derek is the eldest son of such a duke. Brown hair and eyes are very similar to the Duchess. The character is similar to that of a duke.

"My father is close to Master Octavia, but I am not. In the last few years, we've barely even talked about it. Rather, my father, who was tough on me, was sweet on Master Octavia. I was the one who hated him and bullied him."

"... Was I?

Derek looked strange for a moment.

"Oh. I found out you were bullying me, and I ate my father and you big eyeballs, and then I rubbed. Instead, because of the memory of fear at that time, I was, for years, indirectly phobic of Master Octavia..."

In the middle, Derek cut the words.

"Celius. What do you think of Master Octavia? Say it."

What do I think of Octavia? It is decided.

"... for a long time, I hate you"

So will my sister. You must hate me.

Yes. For a long time, I hated my sister.

Favorably. Hostile to hostility. I have not put myself in such a simple world.

Just because Octavia hates me doesn't seem to be able to flush it, it's not the king's vessel. But only against Octavia, it didn't work.

"... for a long time?

Derek gave a bewildered voice.

"What's up?

"You, you forgot? I used to be so..."

So much?

"What?"

"The other way around. You were trying to get along with Master Octavia with a cold attitude.... even if they didn't like my sister because she couldn't help it, you could have. I liked it."

- Do you like Octavia?

Try it yourself, but I can't believe it.

"Whoa. Really, you forgot? My father wasn't the only reason I bullied Master Octavia as a child. Because I didn't like your attitude either. When I deliberately let Master Octavia fall, what did you do?"

"... did what?

"You're furious, you're in a big fight with me over a beating. Master Octavia went to get my father and made him stop. I ate a big eyeball."

"... are you kidding me?

If I had witnessed the sight, I would have blamed Derek. But exasperate for my sister? - Impossible.

"That's my dialogue, Celius. Ask my father if you doubt it. Since when did you forget? What inspired you? Something, you don't remember?

"The trigger, nothing..."

No, when I tried to answer.

Something, someone's appearance, came up behind my brain.

× × × × ――

But like Kasumi, the scene that floated quickly disappeared.

…………

"Celius?"

"Oh, oh."

Shake your head.

"- It's about childhood. Sometimes memories will be obscured. Even if we used to try to be close brothers and sisters with Octavia, it's different now. That's all.... than that, I want to keep Sil safe. It was just three months ago."

Sil was being targeted for his life. The threat, by the death of the mastermind, should have left.

But three months ago, Sil started being targeted again.

I don't know why. I still can't figure out who the enemy is. I'm going around the back.

At that time, I was finally able to catch him - a throwaway pawn, the executor, speaking as an employer, was Octavia's name.

The second one I seized a few days ago, too.

I just found out that Derek's report gave him Octavia's name as well.

However, you cannot believe it on par. In my head, I understand. Maybe the killer lied. Maybe he was being taught to lie.

So is Octavia innocent?

"Three months ago - you want to associate me with the knight of Master Octavia's escort?

"It's Clifford Alderton. After Alderton came to the castle, Sil began to be targeted"

"There's no suspicious movement in that knight. I'm always suspicious of protecting Master Octavia, what can you stop saying? And what did Sil say? Four years ago, he said he looked like the man who helped Sil. If he's the same person, he's more of an ally."

"... too optimistic"

You think I'm on your side?

- The Ongarne messenger?

To put it that way, I enjoyed it. This is not the kind of thing Derek would say even to his opponent.

Father, you must know. But you didn't tell me.

What I found out was from a completely different side.

The fact that I know, too, must be kept secret. And contact with Alderton himself is also difficult with the knights of Octavia's escorts.

Ongarne messenger.

The man who slaughtered Nathaniel, a rebel to my royal family, who was reigning at the apex of the Sazah divinity.

This Nathaniel was the mastermind who was after Sil.

Questioning why and why Nathaniel was after Sil's life no longer comes true.

- Still, Nathaniel's dead and Sil's being targeted, it should have been gone.

But someone's still trying to make Sil dead.

Can you say that's not Octavia?

Instead of three months, what if Octavia had been connected to Clifford Alderton - Ongarne's messenger? Don't you see another meaning in the fact of Nathaniel's murder, too?

There are also rumours that Octavia is looking to reign queen. It would have been better for my brother Alexis to be named as my opposing horse. But it was the current state of affairs that Alexis sounded more credible than rumored to reign king.

Octavia would, or - in addition to what he has, the ground that just makes him think so, has to do with his father's attitude. Father was trying to strip Alexis of his right to inherit the throne. The thought arose because there were many voices of opposition from the nobles at the time, and if we were forced to hold them down, we were in a situation that could develop into a feud. With his father withdrawing his will, he converged inside.

But this was to be known among the nobles that Father had no intention of taking Alexis to the throne.

The history of Alexis' birth was shallow, not even that of King Enoch, because he was disturbed.

- Fulfill it, will it?

Father neglects Alexis because he is a child born of a mistake overnight. Is that all you got?

Whatever it is, this is probably why rumors of Okdavia becoming queen whisper louder than Alexis becoming king.

The next king shall be nominated and decided by his father, the current king.

Even if you have the right to inherit, Alexis doesn't have that bud. The noble whisper of knowing it propagated, mixed with the rumors of Octavia himself, and became the current rumor. There was only one case of Alexis' attempted disinheritance.

Of course, there is a way for Alexis to reign.

Unless you lead your own soldiers and flip an anti-flag against your father. But is Alexis willing to go that far or not?

How about Octavia?

Father has never mentioned the right of inheritance with regard to Octavia. At least, I never said I'd strip you. The possibility of being nominated remains. No, I'm leaving it.

If I die, Octavia will probably reign as queen, not Alexis.

If Octavia herself, as rumored, had made such a bare gesture plainly apparent, it would have been easier.

In reality, Octavia's actions have never crossed her bounds as a princess.

But if you are ambitious and see me as an obstacle to Queen's reign, an enemy - you will aim for weakness.

My weakness is Sil.

And if you mourn Sil, I'm dead, too. I don't have to kill myself. Aim, right.

Derek overlapped words against me when I was silent.

"Thanks to Lady Octavia, what do you think of Sil's help several times? You're not gonna tell me you forgot this, are you?

- Forget it, he's not here.

Me and Octavia aren't good friends. Octavia doesn't feel comfortable about my relationship with Sil. However, he had been advised by Octavia that it would lead to a crisis in Sil.

Sil's life wasn't targeted. Not since Nathaniel's threat disappeared. but I was able to blur out an inside person who was hostile to Sil.

- The information was, horribly, obtaining.

"Octavia, too familiar. How'd you know that?

I thought you had a good spy.

"What do you think of the border three months ago and the loss of advice?

Derek sighed heavily.

"Whatever it takes, it sounds like you want to mastermind Master Octavia, Celius"

Instead, how can you say Octavia is irrelevant? The code fits too well.

"At the dinner party, Octavia's failure to name her 'lover' is also hooked."

"So what a place to show off. What a name, you're trying to drag them out. The servants who were there whimpered, and they already know all over the castle."

"Convenient."

"So what if just a lover comes out?

- Bless you.

Naturally.

"And the child who held back Master Octavia's marriage and Master Octavia was born, are you going to take it away?

It was as if it were a tone of silence.

"Are you a novel about inheritance, too? - I'm not thinking about it."

Yeah. Think about it, he's not here.

"but?"

"If you can do that..."

The groan disappeared into the back of his throat.

Somewhat, Derek opened his mouth.

"I didn't think I'd affirm it"

My friend went on like this.

- Celius. You, really, you're forgetting.

The next morning, thirteen days later, Octavia set up a place for her lover to show off, I found out.