I Am a Princess Responsible For Settling Circumstances

The door closes. I was just watching.

Only a red-haired young man and I remain in the room where the Duke has just left.

... My conversation with the Duke of Nightfellow ended in a very short time.

It was more of a Q&A than a story.

I was asked by the Duke to cooperate.

What was wanted was to be caught as bait and trapped.

The Duke catches a rat distracted by bait.

I don't think I would have forgiven Celius if he had. Even with Derek, let's disagree. So the Duke asked himself,

And then...

"- If there is solid evidence, His Majesty will have to move too"

Words spoken by the Duke during the Q&A. That sounded as if His Majesty didn't want to move - he wanted to let the disturbing molecules go wild.

The conversation with the Duke at the time of his departure remains in my mind.

"What would happen if I didn't take on the Duke's story"

'As far as your lord is concerned, you will enjoy the semi ball without anything and return home. Freedom of choice rests with Lord Burkes. - Have a good night. "

Until then, I had not completely dispelled my doubts.

Do you mind if I take the story to par?

The Duke of Nightfellow is the one who lured me to the semi ball.

And isn't there someone after me?

- If so, at the time I came to this room, I could cook and bake and like. Catching them too.

My suspicions were misguided.

What you should think about is whether or not to take on what the Duke of Nightfellow asked you to do.

I don't mind leaving the room like this. I think it's true. I guess the remaining red-haired youth won't be stopped, either.

I turned to the youth.

"... may I ask"

"Go ahead. If you can answer me."

In mild condition, the red-haired young man answers. So, there's no sign of him taking the mask.

In the Duke's explanation - this young man meant that he was a subordinate of the Duke of Nightfellow. That, too, is the most successful spy to dive into the rats. It doesn't look that way to my eyes, it's very invisible. But I guess that's a sign of his success in infiltrating.

"What happens to rats if I don't cooperate and go back to the semiball"

"Your Highness Octavia, I think you're going to get caught, though?

"... Huh?

"Is that it? Does it feel like a first ear? His Royal Highness will stand out in attendance, so it's easier to do both over there and here."

"Is Master Octavia being targeted? Then we need to catch the killer now...!

I grabbed the young man's chest barn.

"Ugh! I can only be proud of my good mouth and my escape! Dance next! Violence Against."

"Ah... excuse me"

Let go of me.

"... it doesn't look like it, Barks. Warrior?"

"It would be weirder to stay calm! Master Octavia...!

The red-haired young man scratched the exposed cheek area with his fingers.

"Uh, that's my father... because I'm entrusted with your belly. Unlike me, he's a master of swordsmanship, and I don't think there's any harm done to His Highness Octavia. I don't want to be on your side."

"Right... Dear Alderton..."

"Yes, yes. The Knight of the Guard. If it's a simple danger, isn't Barks more expensive?

"You haven't answered what I want to ask yet. What would happen to a rat after me if I didn't catch you?"

If you cooperate, this young man is going to take me somewhere further to a rat - a crook and a person who may know my identity.

"I also managed to connect my neck. Because it's the lower end... From the feel of it, why don't you just leave? If it's true, you don't really want to get your hands on it, even if it's good food, where your Excellency puts it out."

"What..."

"Mmm. Do you think Barks would want a thief to come in on purpose where security is tight? You avoid the smell of trouble. Definitely better be easy. Security is gubbly...... I mean, thieves are happier enough to get licked. That's why the organizer of this quasi-discussion is Count Reddington. Actually, that's not true at all, so it's preconceived. It must be easy for a semi-discipline party for a lady aristocrat. And now, Your Highness Octavia, the men you're after are being deceived?

A young man with a cut of words leaned his neck and scratched his red back hair.

"However, I'm working on it, too, but Barks is after it. - Oh, you're better off I'm in, I'm not really optimistic about this one. You're just somewhat wary that you have a lord. Birks is here for the semi ball, so it feels like the plan is going on. And then - this place, I guess."

"Place?"

"Weirdly, I'm familiar with 'Paradise in the Sky', are they? Your Excellency was expecting that too...... you put a beautiful wrapper on the bait named Burkes to make you attractive?

"Um... even if it's good..."

"Hmmm...... 'Paradise in the Sky' is also an indispensable factor as it brings rats out of their nests! What about this?

"Ah, yes. I mean... tonight is a great opportunity to catch a rat, right?

"Yes, you will."

The more I ask, the less I say no, the more the option fades.

From the very beginning, my response was as determined as it sounded.

"Me."

Arms together, a red-haired young man opened his mouth with a serious face.

"I think Barks heard you talking to His Excellency, but you think beauty and beauty are property."

"... ha"

I thought you'd be persuaded to cooperate. - What the hell?

"I wonder if the contents don't matter if the man or woman has a good face. Look, the one who wants what he doesn't have?

"Huh? No..."

"Uh, it's okay. You don't have to console me. If you remove the mask, it doesn't mean it's beautiful, me. Well, there? I got the moves to create a sense of aesthetics in the atmosphere. Anyway, that's why I like the beautiful Barks."

…………

Naturally, I had a frigid eye. I'm not happy at all, even if it's a compliment.

"So, advice! I think it's a good idea for you to stick to your Excellency's story."

"No, but..."

What the fuck?

"You know, there's no guarantee of Burkes' safety ahead of you when you take him, right? Because my top priority is not to protect you, Barks. Find out where they're gathering tonight and call His Excellency so we can catch them. In the worst case scenario, I'm just gonna get myself out for it. With regard to this one, Your Excellency does not inadvertently move the prepared soldiers. Unless His Highness Octavia is involved. - You better stop taking it lightly."

"Danger, is it?"

"... could he die?

Then, all the more so, it's credible.

At least you can have direct contact with the person who's after me. That, too, is in a situation where you have a single ally while you believe I'm totally in the middle of surgery.

"I knew you didn't want to die. It's a bit of a loss of precious beauty even for me. So this time."

"... me, I'm going"

"Yes?"

"I will cooperate with the Duke of Nightfellow"

"... are you going to be? I mean, Barks is after them."

"Sounds like..."

I exhaled. Come on, I want to know why. Suppose that's why I was born.

"No, you know what I mean by words? Your Excellency won't be here to help you in time, will he? I mean, you can choose on top of that. Because I enjoyed the semi ball like this, it's not like your Excellency will be mean to Barks at a later date. The place is refreshing, my lord. Ma, I'm afraid it's too refreshing in the opposite direction. I'm really glad Derek didn't inherit that point. You look like your wife, don't you? Derek cares about his friends even in conflicts of interest. Suddenly I don't cut it off."

I blocked the words of the young man, who continued to speak with the impetus of rage.

"Um... from earlier, would you be in trouble if I cooperated? Isn't that easier for you to carry out your mission, too?

"Yes, but hey, look, because I'm kind to my beauty!

A young man smiled all the time and extended his thumb.

…………

I was also bewildered. For a moment, I was driven by the urge to fold that thumb.

"You better think about it and make up your mind. If you have any other questions, I'll take them."

... something else, huh?

"If you don't mind, can you tell me the whole story of this plan? It's easier for me to move."

"Oh, I don't know that either."

I waved my hand patterned and the young man with the blatant redhead replied.

I doubted my ears a little.

"... don't you know?

"Yeah."

I don't know why.

"I wonder if your Excellency is the only one in my head at all. I think I'm just assigned one of those roles. Oh, a little correction. I wonder if they've come from one to three this time."

"... does that mean the Duke doesn't believe anyone?

"I don't know. You think they put a great deal of trust in you when it comes to your assigned role? As a matter of fact, if a traitor comes out of the inside, it will all fall through the enemy. That's what power is all the time."

"Are you anxious or not?

"Not at all? The whole thing is in your head, and we should move with those hands and feet. Assign a number to each of you for how well you are. If it fits, it will be the number of the sum in your lord's head. Even if the numbers are crazy, your Excellency will fix them and give them back instructions. Basically, Your Eminence won't waste it."

- I won't waste it.

The girl I met in the hall, Lilithana, came to mind.

That child is an attendee who was not planned, whom the Duke of Nightfellow deliberately invited just before. Is there an intention that only the Duke can conceive of?

"I'm a subordinate of His Excellency. I'm used to it. Your Excellency is only clearly dividing how much he believes in us. Either that, or you're confident I'll confess if my enemies torture me with everything I know from one to ten. But I can't answer if I don't know. I just asked you a question, and I think I've told you everything your Excellency thought you should tell Mr. Burkes."

"Really..."

"So, after all, Barks is going to be a pussy?

Affirms.

"Will be."

"Hmm. Can I help you, too, Barks, with the rat?

…………

I didn't answer that. Conversely, I returned it with an inquiry.

"One last question."

"Fine, fine. What?"

"I think the Duke of Nightfellow is moving around this one. But whatever I am, His Highness Octavia... even if it's less dangerous, they're after me, right? If you knew that, speak to Your Majesty and bring the National Army..."

"Hmm. Probably not"

You'll be denied, I thought. What I wanted to know was why the Duke was moving, not the country.

but I didn't expect to get instant answers like this.

"Even if we protect His Highness Octavia, that's all His Majesty will do. It won't lead to the sweep of the rat."

"… why"

"He said he works under His Excellency. You even see things you don't have to see, right? To my mind, Your Majesty doesn't like Esphere, does he? The country you rule."

"Sooo..."

I was stunned.

That's not true, it shouldn't. Your Majesty is a fine king.

"I wonder if this would be disrespectful. Tell His Highness Celius?

There's no way I can tell you.

"My predecessors were famous for their lazy kings. Still, the Esphere was turning well, but by contrast, His Majesty was the Crown Prince at the time. That's the parent of His Highness Celius. Exactly. Oh, isn't blood directly connected? Well, he said he was a perfect superman on top of his beauty."

"Um, what are you trying to say?

"To put it bluntly, it's completely different from when I was Prince Wang. Your Majesty has been a prime king since his reign, but he's done something to weaken Esphere."

"… can you give an example?"

"Recently, you see, a year ago, the war with the Sazah Divinity. Because, Your Majesty, if I wanted to, I could have been stopped beforehand, but you waited. - It's like taking a guess at something. Until it erupts and becomes a full-scale battle."

That ended in an Esphere victory. The triumph ceremony took place in the Wang capital.

"That's not seen as a problem, because in the end, the Esphere won and, as it turns out, the country is not weakened"

…………

I couldn't say anything.

I'm not politically savvy enough to argue.

"Berks, who might marry His Highness Celius, keep it in the corner of your heart, too. If I don't die tonight. And don't resent me when you're dead."

"... can you not decide to die?

"Do you have a will?

"... listen to me"

"Oh, what's wrong with you, Barks?

Somehow, I lost more power from my body.

"... that Barks-chan, please stop"

"Uh, no."

And, here, the condition of the red-haired youth changed.

"- What a joke, aside, if we're going back to the semi, we can do it now. Your Excellency's request, are you seriously going to take it on? Lord Burkes."

I clearly pulled my jaw.

The pain ran to the neck. Hold it with your hands, but it's too late.

I stripped my blindfold off.

What caught my eye was blue.

- Blue.

Blue, room. As in "In the Sky"?

No way. I walked quite a distance.

Thoughts don't come together.

A waved hand hit something. Stone's, grave. The lettering is carved.

- Idealia Esphere?

I don't know.

"My Lord."

... you know what? No, I don't.

Shake Kabuli.

As captives, fooled and captured by red-haired youth, they were first taken to the 'space of the sky'.

I was blindfolded. There were more people besides the youth, walking further. Here we are.

The red-haired young man was praised by someone - and I was hit with something?

I wasn't even given time to ask questions about my real family.

I got on my knees. I wanted to get up, but I couldn't. I can't move as my body thinks.

"It's not poison. Losing consciousness for a while."

There was a man's voice.

Losing consciousness?... I don't like it.

Then the poison was better.

I'm more afraid of losing consciousness than death. Ever since I was a kid, I have. Something I don't know makes me look.

- No, you can't. Stay conscious. Scary.

Even when that guy helped me, I did.

Maybe if that guy hadn't come, everyone who was there...

I am.

"Nothing happens"

With words, a wave of sword was dropped unwrought. I'm out of here. If I reach out, I can reach you anytime soon.... for what? No, for some reason, I don't need to think about it. - If you can grab it.

"Unless you're our fearful one."

... fear, what if he is?

The voice plundered and the mouth only moved, but the man answered.

"Kill.... if you resent, resent your parents for contraindications. For whatever reason," the Lord "and" obedience "-"

Without listening to the man's words to the end, consciousness sank.