I Favor the Villainess

A few days have passed since I was replaced by the Pope.

I haven't had a meeting with Dorothea yet, but there are plenty of other fine events.

I left most things around me to try not to wear out as much as I could.

Fortunately, Popes don't usually interact directly with others, so they never made deadly teases.

Still, there was a mistake in the choice of fine words and a mistake in the steps.

"is ~ ~ ~ ~, tired ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~"

After an interview with an imperial church official, he stuck in his given bedroom with a demeanor and remained in his coat of law, sighing heavily.

As you can see, you behave completely differently as a pope than I usually do.

I can't do anything I've been told, and I have to be always careful.

The hardest part is that there is no Lady Claire right on the side.

I'm renewing my determination to fully play with Master Claire when this is over, etc.

Concon.

and the door was knocked.

When I rushed to correct my residence and sat back in bed, I said, go ahead.

"Excuse me, Pope"

It was Master Leishe who came in.

He looked at me and raised his eyebrows slightly, but immediately returned his expression.

"This will be your official business for today. Good luck. I brought you a change of clothes, so I'll call you back."

When Lady Liesche said so, she widened her simple coat, which was a regular outfit.

"And... I hope you don't get to lay in bed too much in your coat. It's going to wrinkle."

Oh, he's found out.

That's right.

If you're a real pope, why don't you just sit back in bed?

"I'm sorry, Master Liesche"

"Tone"

"Liesche"

"Yes, Pope"

When I was briefly noticed and rushed to fix the tone, Master Lieche smiled satisfactorily and began to help me change.

"... That said, you will also be tired of boulders. Is your behavior as pope cramped?

A small voice heard only by the two of us, Master Liesche came asking.

The voice colour has a colour of consideration and ambition.

"Yeah, on a boulder. I usually acted like a wild animal."

"That would be too much falsehood. I hear you did well in college."

As they take off their heavy coats, I answer.

"Still, it was not far from the real nobles. I guess the world you live in was different."

"... that was a long time ago now too. Now there will be no nobility, no civilians."

I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing, but Master Liesche told me to whine.

"Master Liesche was originally from the church, wasn't he?"

"Yeah, but he was a very high-ranking Bauer nobleman if you follow his lineage."

Well, no matter how many cardinals you say, you can't just be queen in the priesthood.

"When you entered the royal palace, didn't you get confused?

"Well, that's pretty much it. Even the Church learns to be polite, but the royalty requires it to be of a different standard."

It's something I desperately practiced, Master Liesche told me to miss the time.

"There were quite a few people who could help. You won't have a good impression, but Suras has really made it better."

According to Lady Liesche, Suras had been an active force in her before Lady Liesche became queen.

"When the revolution broke out and we were imprisoned, everyone would say bad things about Suras. Of course, it is not acceptable that you have trapped Bauer by connecting with the Empire. But I also don't think the merits he has left in the kingdom should be denied."

Surely Suras was very good as a prime minister.

Since he became prime minister, the kingdom's politics has stabilized.

The ability of His Majesty King Roseille, the Wise King. Even the first doctrine, together with the title alone, may have ended, it was no other Suras who realized it in compromise with reality.

"Previously he was like a dreamer with pure ideals. That has changed because of... that person - Master Lulu"

Master Lulu is the queen before Master Leishe.

Who gave birth to Lady Sein, who had an unjust relationship with Sarus, while becoming the queen of His Majesty Rosseille.

"Master Lulu was very much in love. You were a typical aristocratic lady. Suras, who was pure, was bewitched by him."

My assessment of the circumstances around it is a lot different from what I hold, but I kept my silence and asked something else.

"Did Master Liesche like Suras?

……

Lady Liesche did not answer my question immediately.

For a while, only the sound of clothing rubbing fills the room.

"It's not enough to take in the political world, such as the likes and evils of individuals. I am the queen of His Majesty Rosseille, and I was not bound to Suras. That's all."

The words, I thought, were as if I were telling myself.

"In any case, I have become queen. Yu was born, and Yu is what made me live. You... and I'm sure you don't think well of me either, but I do love you wholeheartedly"

When you speak the name of Master Yu, Master Lieche makes a very gentle face.

That was very impressive.

"As for the gender of the eu, I did something that was unacceptable. Probably wasn't a good mother, either, as a mother. Still, I've put you first. Whoever denies it, that's all true."

That's what Master Liesche said and stared at me.

On that face, I felt like there was no lie.

"What do you think of Misha?

I said what I had wanted to hear since then.

Master Liesche smiled bitterly,

"Misha is a very good kid. Originally, her house was a highly qualified nobleman, and she cooperated with me on matters of gender. You may not believe me, but before her house collapsed, I didn't suspect she was going to be your future companion."

And I told him to miss the old days.

Behind Master Leishe's brain, he may be remembered for the appearance of Yu and Misha at an early age.

"How about now?

"Now...... I don't know. Because Yu has become a woman and on top of that he wants Misha to be his lifelong companion...... Claire and you, too, but I can't really understand the feeling of choosing the same sex as someone in love."

I'm sorry if I offended you, and Master Liesche said he seemed sorry.

I didn't care, so I said.

The feeling of homosexuality is not perfectly understood by heterosexuals.

Conversely, the feeling of heterosexuality is the same thing that homosexuals don't understand.

I'm not talking about which is worse or anything.

It's simply a matter of sexual orientation.

"But sometimes I think you or you are jealous. Because at least you guys are trying to live honestly with your feelings. Even if that was the path that entailed difficulties, I am prepared to fight it. I think that's very amazing."

I heard unexpected words.

I thought Master Liesche would just hate those forms of love.

But Master Leishe said that I don't understand, but I envy him.

"I wonder if it's the way of the times. When I was about your age, neither love nor marriage was mine. Older people say it's a nostalgia for the old days, but I'm sure it includes jealousy for the present, which I'm allowed to do as I did. You can't deny that you didn't have a past."

Lady Liesche's words were far from that appearance, which was still fully equipped with youth.

The way he speaks of himself as a past person makes him feel older than he sees.

"Ray. You'll see when you grow up, too. What does it mean to be imprisoned in the past? In that, how dazzling and envious are the children who show us the future"

I'm sure I'll never forget what Lady Lieche said at this time.

Because even if that happens after this, I think Mr. Lieche's words at this time are one truth.