I Favor the Villainess

"Coup d 'état..."

After returning home from the museum, Claire and I visited Mr. Dollar's room and told him that they had heard from Otto quickly.

The Dollar's room in the Bauer Dormitory is a little narrower than ours.

Each room has its own kitchen, living room, dining room, and bedroom.

Furniture has changed from the aristocratic era and is plain and practical.

Dear Dollar, Dear Claire, the three of me are surrounding a table lined with tea cups.

Dollmaster was surprised at the beginning, but his face gradually became more difficult.

"If you stay like this, you'll lose your young life."

"Do you have any good wisdom, dollar?"

"Don't you call me your stepfather, Ray?

"You're obsessed with strange things, stepfather."

It's important.

I was joking about the words, but I realized that Dol-sama's eyes were not laughing at all.

I'm actually a little bad at dollar expressions like this.

Basically, I don't think about the rough stuff.

Besides, I can't handle it because it's often right.

What about May and Area?

"I'm playing in the children's room. Don't worry about it. Your father hired a guard to keep an eye on you."

"No, I don't have any money to spare for my grandson."

Immediately after the kidnapping, Mr. Dollar escorted May and Ariel.

It is a pair of women, but it is said to be a guard stick originally hired by Mr. Dol during the aristocratic period, and his arm is origami.

They both look like cool career women, but it seems like they're super cool in both white and magical battles.

Naturally, it costs quite a bit of money, but Mr. Dollar spares no effort to pay for political reintegration.

By the way, one of the women was someone I knew, but now I don't want to go into detail.

"Actually, I appreciate you taking care of me a lot."

That's right, but why are we worried about where we are at this time?

I've only had a bad feeling about it since before.

"Claire, Ray."

"What is it?

"Have you come up with a good idea?

We were waiting for Dollar's advice, but the expectation was...

"Give up on them - Otto's sisters."

I was betrayed brilliantly.

"Give up... what do you mean!

"You're right. Give up saving them and wake up the coup."

"Oh no....!

Claire looked at her real father with incredible eyes.

It's like looking at someone else.

"You want me to kill you!?

"That's too bad to say. They just respect their will."

"It's the same thing! I'm not convinced! Tell me why!

Claire stuck to the dollar with a strong tone.

I know how you feel.

I understand, but from the time Claire told me to talk to Mr. Dollar, I somehow thought this would happen.

"The coup is a civil conflict in the Empire. It is not a matter of concern to us. Do you know the term" interference in internal affairs "?

"But!"

And this is a good ingredient for Bauer, Claire.

The face of the dollar who stroked his beard disappeared.

Dollmaster usually looks calm, but this is not the case.

His "work" expression.

I felt something cold on my spine.

"Good ingredients!? How many lives will be lost!?

An intense Claire beat the van and the table and stood up.

Calm down, Claire.

"Ray, to you! Just calm down...!"

"Claire, I know how painful you feel. But first, let's listen to your stepfather. We were the ones who talked and asked for wisdom."

"... cumming!"

Claire distorted her face with regret, but she ended up sitting with a spear.

Claire's emotional amplitude is intense, but she is weak when she brings out manners and logic.

With a sudden expression, she stares at Mr. Dollar.

Good material is a political and diplomatic story, Mr. Dollar?

"Exactly."

Dol-sama nodded and sipped a cup of tea.

I put aside enough time before continuing my words to calm Claire down.

"I don't know exactly how big the coup is or how much it affects Dorothea, but this is nothing more than civil unrest. It hurts the Empire, and at the same time it is a gap for us."

The words of the dollar are terribly pale.

The dollar is close to what Claire used to know about aristocratic logic.

"And will the coup be decided on the day of the summit? If that happens in the presence of a foreign leader, even if it can be suppressed, there is no question of responsibility. This is a powerful diplomatic card."

The dollar even smiled slightly.

Master Dollar's claim is clear.

In other words, prioritize the interests of your country, clean up, and use whatever is available, even if it is life.

"Are you going to use the lives of the young people who are worried about the future of the country as a tool for rushing?!

"The young man is not a human being in our country. On the contrary, if we do not strike the Empire here, the lives of our young people will be threatened.

"That's... that's... But....!

Claire still tries to eat.

I wonder if you and Claire know each other.

If we have to weigh the lives of young people in our own country against the lives of young people in other countries, which should be our priority?

But that's not why Claire can keep quiet about losing someone's life.

Looking at his real daughter, Dol-sama took a breath and kept staring at Claire.

Claire, you seem a little arrogant.

"Me? Isn't your father the only one who sees his life like a chess bear?

"When did you become so great that you could save all humans?

"That's... that's..."

Claire has not succeeded in her words.

I didn't mean to do that, but I'm sure you're aware that you've been stabbed in a painful place.

The dollar folds further.

"Man is not God. There is only one life that can be saved by one hand. It is good to set an ideal. But ideals are ideals. Don't run away from reality."

……

"Or something? Are you worried about being lifted up as a revolutionary maiden?

――

Claire shook up her hand with a plain youthful expression at the curse of Mr. Dollar, who was clearly malicious.

Instead of moving slightly, the dollar turned his quiet gaze towards Claire.

"Yes, stop."

The hand that stopped Claire, who tried to hit the dollar, is not mine.

"Bill...."

"Dear William!?

"Hey, dollar and claire, it's been a while."

It was a millennial man I didn't know who replied in a tone of unequalled tension.

In response to the man who suddenly appeared, the woman who sat right next to the man took me out of the wand.

"Ray, since the cooking match."

"Rene... What about this guy?

"Yeah."

The fact that Rene, who became an Appalachian citizen, was following her...

"You're Ray-Taylor. I've heard a lot of rumors. Surprisingly normal, isn't it?

"Hah, hah..."

"Oops, you're late to introduce yourself. Well, I suppose I've already figured it out, but let's change it."

That way, the man gracefully rests his hand on his chest,

"I'm William. It's like this, but I'm the king of Appalachia. Feel free to call me Bill."

The man, William Appalachia, was named after him in a laid-back tone.