I Favor the Villainess

Concon, and the door to the room was knocked from the outside.

Filine looks here with a slightly nervous face.

When Lady Claire and I nodded, Philine nodded, too, inviting visitors indoors.

"Excuse me...... oh"

Hilda unexpectedly moved her eyebrows pickly when she admitted that Master Claire and I existed indoors.

"The princess wanted to talk to you, but were you two with her?"

"Yeah, it's something to do with both of us. You don't mind if I have you present, do you?

"Absolutely. But even I'm busy like this. It would be helpful if you kept your story as brief as possible."

insignificant pressure, but a previous filine would have taken the lead in the conversation under barometric pressure with this.

However,

"Yeah. Thanks for making the time while you're busy. It won't be long. But, well, have a seat."

Filine recommended Hilda a chair in a calm manner.

Hilda looks unexpected.

You must have noticed something harder to do than before.

Philine is a child who can if he does.

The results of the special training are definitely emerging.

As Hilda sighed one, as she had noticed, she lowered her back to the chair.

"So, what's the story?

Hilda asked with a cold look, throwing away the previous filine-only smile.

"Hilda, what do you think of the empire today?

Still, Filine keeps the conversation going without losing.

Either way, I was no longer frightened by their complexion.

"You ask me a lot of abstract things. Empire is a great country. It would be the best country in the world."

"Right, I agree. But I wonder if I can keep it that way. Didn't the Empire make too many enemies?

Filine stepped in against Hilda, who had only exemplary answers.

Hilda's face doesn't move like a noble face.

"Surely the Empire has enemies. But any of those enemies will also be under the control of the Empire. The Empire has its power."

"Really? What about the other day's tri-national military alliance between Suse, Appalachia and Bauer? This time we stood around well, but if that alliance had become real, don't you think the empire would have been in danger?

"I can't help but talk about what if. In fact, there is no alliance, and the Empire is still alive."

Hilda ended up with a theory of results.

"An assumption that is not feasible would be pointless. But potential threats are a danger that exists in reality. Indeed, the Empire is still alive and well. But isn't the empire sweeping over a very uncertain rope?

Neither does Filine pull a step.

It argues that its own assumptions are actually worth considering.

"I see. There may indeed be elements at stake in the current situation. But diplomacy is always a hand explorer. There is no such thing as full diplomacy. Whatever the dangers are envisaged, we have to choose the best of them after all."

Hilda criticizes Filine's worries as airborne theory on the desk.

"It's me and one of the royalty. I know the difficulty of diplomacy. But is the empire's foreign policy the best right now? Aren't we supposed to have more options to choose from?

Filine stepped further in.

There is a counter-proposal, which implies.

"... in the end, what does the princess want to say? What should the Empire do?

"I think it's time to stop aggressive foreign policy and switch to a harmonious foreign policy"

Filine unleashed a hand in the battle.

Come on, how does Hilda get out?

"... because that was blown in by the Bauers there?

Hilda stared at me.

"No. It's something I've always felt and thought about."

"Does the princess know what she's talking about? You contest His Majesty's judgment?

"Yes."

"Even the princess knows what the end of the line is to be followed by those who have bladed against His Majesty. Is it a suicide wish?

Hilda's mouth was ironically distorted.

"I am royal. We are responsible for the future of this country. Even if we were to turn our blades on your mother, our foreign policy must be right now, putting the people at risk."

"Do you think you can? With all due respect, the princess, though royal, has no great power. I'm not a son, I don't have a big faction."

"Yes, so I need your help."

……

Hilda shut up, but Filine continued without a problem.

"You also have excellent political skills as an individual, and you have a thick pipe in the magic tech department, one of the major forces of the Empire. If you can help me, I am no longer a powerless princess."

Hilda stares at Filine in silence.

The eyes seemed to me, as if they were setting her straight.

"For the sake of this country, for the sake of the people, please help me, Hilda"

Filine pleaded earnestly, and bowed her head.

The significance of the royal family, Filine, bowing her head against Hilda, who is only under his ministry, albeit a competent bureaucrat, is not light.

However,

"So, what flavor do I have?

"What...?

Until then, Philine seemed to have been poked into the void by different tones that struck and changed.

Hilda retrieved the cigarette as she watched thanks to the condition.

"So it's flavorful, flavorful. I want you to help me understand what's in it for me."

"It's..."

"Nation or people? The future? No, no, no, no. If you've never had any trouble with it now, you're not saying it. It's too splendid for me to cry."

"Hilda......"

Filine can't hide her confusion in Leopard Hilda.

Is this the best way to negotiate a burning blade?

"Do you have any idea how much effort I put into getting my current status? How hard do you think it's been to make it this far from the bottom of your life that you're finally eating today? Oh?"

……

To intimidation, Filine is silently shaking her body.

"Can I help you? It's easy for you to say. Hey. You naturally have what you deserve, don't you? You don't think cooperation can be mounted with good intentions, do you?

Filine does not utter a word against Hilda, who overlaps words like nagging.

Lady Claire stopped me from opening my mouth to join her.

That eye says let's see how it goes a little bit more.

"If you want my help, give me the price I deserve. If you can't do that, don't make the most of it, and be a decorative princess!

When Hilda told him to slap, the room was wrapped in silence.

Often, the time passed as it was.

Will the negotiations be broken?

Will it be okay if Hilda keeps telling me?

When I think about that,

"... Is that all you want to say?

Breaking the silence, Filine opened her mouth resolutely.