I Favor the Villainess

We knocked on the decorative door, as if it represented the character of the Lord of the room.

"Please, come in"

"Excuse me."

With Lady Claire at the forefront, Lady Lillie, it is the office of Chancellor Saras-Lilium within Bauer's Royal Palace that interrupts my three.

The first thing that caught my eye in Master Surras's office was a flock of things like glass mechanics standing in countless rows.

Glass finishing can range from small paperweights to mysterious objects and big ones.

"Is this... glass finishing, is it?

"No, I'm an ice worker. It's an application of water magic, made of insoluble ice."

With that said, Master Suras' magical aptitude was in the water.

I do not recall it being suitable for attack and the magic I am good at was allusional.

"It's a hobby. I like it next to bad, but sometimes, some of you buy it. Well, for the most part, I seem more interested in the title of the maker than in the creation of the work."

Lady Suras laughed jokingly as she wrote at the concierge.

Master Suras says so, but it also seemed to me quite a mix of tasteful things.

Well, I hate Master Suras himself.

"You don't have to talk to the public. Were you here on suspicion of wrongdoing to me?

When you stop your hand whether you have made a paragraph, Master Suras asks in a calm manner.

With an attitude that doesn't seem to be one thing, such as hindsight, there's even a grin on my expression.

The phrase Tatsuyasu suited me well.

We came because, as Mr Suras himself put it, it was for the wrongful pursuit.

It was a little hard to get on Mr. Rod's suggestion, but he didn't have any other hands to think of, so he decided to give it a try.

I just can't expect much.

Because before I came here, I had already failed at Master Dollar's house.

After Dollar's office without any fruit, the words hung during the breakup come back to life.

"Claire, I thought you were a little smarter."

I know that word isn't right, but it would have been complicated for Master Claire.

I had to wonder if I wanted to believe my father's innocence, and even that father said that to me.

Well, I might have been a little relieved without my inner guilt being established.

That happened, so I'm not feeling well for Master Claire today.

The main force today is Master Lily.

"Oh, Father! Please don't!

As intolerable as it was, Master Lily raised the voice of the barrage.

"Lily, please don't shout out loud. What the hell do you want me to say?"

Dear Sir Sarus, there is plenty of room.

I slowly rose out of my chair and stood before the three of us.

"Oh, there was testimony from the nobles who made it your father's courtesy! Your father asked me to bribe you!

"Really? So, what's the proof?

"You still say that! That's all the more testimony! If you can get away with it..."

"You don't have proof, do you?

"Ugh..."

Lily silenced herself to be pressured by the voice of the powerful Sarus, who was quiet but not allowed to say whether or not.

This is a bad flag color.

"Can I check the room?

"I don't mind, but you can't have any material on national politics."

My offer has been conditioned by Lady Suras.

"We are empowered to investigate"

"Of financial audits, right? The right of national political investigation is a right conferred on the House of Lords. You do not have permission to view it personally."

He pokes at me where it hurts.

There's just no gap.

"I don't mind as long as I can show you. Now, give me the books."

"Yes."

We spent some time after that going over the books.

But no matter how much I look into it, I don't get one of the contradictions.

It was a creepy, healthy book.

"Can I check your safe, too?

By the desk, there was a safe that looked sturdy.

"This is no good. Serious secrets about national politics and diplomacy are kept."

"You want me to believe that?

"If you really want to find out, get permission to make fun of it."

Even if you try to dawn vigorously, only Master Suras knows the number of the vault.

So far, there is nothing to incriminate Master Suras, and at the moment (...) we do not know if there is any evidence of wrongdoing.

No hitter.

"Father...... Lily is sad."

Master Lilli said she had to go home now.

"There may indeed be no physical evidence. But the Lillies, who have been investigating, understand. Your father has wronged you."

"It's a story."

"No matter how deluded, God is watching. Sins will eventually be brought to justice. Before Lily does, I pray your father will confess his sins himself."

"Lily......"

"Excuse me."

That's what I said, Master Lily, trying to leave the room.

We also tried to follow later,

"Wait."

Master Suras stopped me.

"Lily, you should remember one thing"

……

Master Lily gave me an incomprehensible look.

"Prayer alone doesn't solve anything. If you want to accomplish something, don't be afraid to get that hand dirty."

"Is that about your father?

"I don't care. But..."

So Lady Suras finally said a few words,

"Lily......, you are a pathetic child"

It was not until a little later that I learned what that meant.

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"In the end, Mr. Rod was right."

Says Lady Claire with a depressing face.

Lizard tail-cutting - that's exactly what it was.

"It's teethy...... I can't believe you've come this far without proof."

"Li, Li Li too."

Both Claire and Lily are serious people.

Besides, it is the real fathers who may be guilty.

There's no way I'm not sick of this.

"I haven't had a clue yet."

When I said it, they looked at each other.

"Clues, do you hit other nobles?

No, I'm not a nobleman.

Perhaps the approach from the aristocratic side does not allow us to hunt them down.

Actually, I knew that beforehand.

And maybe what to do.

"I'm going to try to make contact with the Resistance"

"Resistance?"

……

Both Claire and Lily have their necks covered.

That would be so.

"Resistance is… the revolutionary force of this country"

The complexion of the two changed.

Neither this nor impossibility.

Both Claire and Lily are privileged people.

From the two of us, revolutionary forces are nothing but enemies.

"Ask for fools! I'm sorry about getting involved with those people!

"Li, Lili thinks so too!

Naturally, the opposite is raised from the two of us.

But...

"Then please leave a message for both of you. I'll go see him alone."

I wasn't going to give in.

Because this is a necessary procedure sooner or later.

"Rethink! Ray is already inside me!? Do you think the revolutionary forces will see you like that?

"I think"

Master Claire's face wanted an explanation, but I silenced it.

"Anyway, leave it to me from here on out"

"No! I won't forgive you!

"Dear Claire..."

"It's too dangerous! What would you do if something happened?

"It's okay."

That's not convincing, is it?

What's the matter?

"Let's do this, then. We're going to negotiate with the resistance so that they can stop imitating the noise of the revolution. What's the point of negotiating fraud?

"Are you the one who talks and makes sense?

"At least, I don't think there's ever going to be anything you can't give me back. More or less, even when it comes to resistance, the size itself is still a small organization, because at the moment it's another dream of a dream to revolutionize."

……

"Besides, we're noble forces, but we're on the side of controlling rogue nobility, aren't we? I don't think they'll listen to me at all."

I ran out of words, but Master Claire seemed unconvinced.

But...

"Well, they have evidence of your fathers' wrongdoing, don't they?

It was Master Lily who showed her riding.

"Cardinal Lilly. I'm not sure your fathers are guilty yet."

"I assure you about that. They always have a clue."

The evidence itself, though, is not.

"How can you be so sure?

"I'm sorry, Master Claire. I can't explain that."

I can't say it's knowledge of the game.

"Ray!"

"Dear Claire, let's try to believe Mr. Ray"

"Cardinal Lilli... you..."

"Your father said it, too. Don't be afraid to get your hands dirty to make something happen."

I'm not sure what the word "poor" means, but Master Lily laughed powerlessly.

"Lily wants your father to atone for his sins. If your father doesn't turn himself in, your daughter Lily will prove it."

'Cause Master Lily went on.

"Because sin is always judged."