I Reincarnated as a Noble Girl Villainess But Why Did It Turn Out This Way? (WN)

Return to the King's Capital and leave the identity of the bandits brought with you with the National Army, with their feet, to the Count Teresian residence. To report what happened in the Territory and exchange information on what happened while I was away from the King's Capital.

Are you back?

"Yes, Count"

"We're talking about only two daughters in the village of Neza for damage in the realm, no doubt about it?

"It is so that we were directly harmed by the bandits. In view of the Syl manpower assigned to the search, there is some impact."

It seems the Earl of Teresia is still not in good health, and the interview took place in his bedroom.

The Count, dressed in his bedtime clothes and on the sleeping table, looks closely again in this way, he feels the flesh of his cheeks falling more than what is in his memory. I know I've grown up before, but I used to look that big, and now the Count I'm looking down on is thin and small... felt brittle.

"If you are physically..."

"It's just fatigue, no problem.... you can't beat the annual wave that stops at the boulder."

I suppose what I should have said first is to ask how my health is, but when the Count and I talk, our personal items are mostly behind us because of our business liaison priorities, as we do now.

Isn't that what drove this old man down until he collapsed in fatigue? ─ Well, we work together. I don't know if my position is subordinate or employer to him, but either way, the Count's physical control and work pacing aren't the kind of things I talk about.

"Was there anything in the King's City?

Cut the story off early on when it comes to the Count's health and get down to business. As soon as he did, the Count became more sinister with even tougher faces. When this seems to have happened quite a bit, it naturally stretches its back.

"Recently, a royally-sponsored descent festival was held"

"I know. If it wasn't for the Bandits, I would have joined them..."

"As for that, you missed an important place to socialize. The Descent Festival is also the biggest event of the season. Back to that, there was an announcement from the king on the occasion of that descent festival."

I realized that I blinked unconsciously.

The word that came out directly from the king's mouth toward unspecified subordinates will dictate the country. Nevertheless, it is not for the king himself to decide something about the national government.

The King of Arxia has full powers over the operation and rule of the country. But one man has the limits of what can be done, and in this country the king shapes the governing mechanism by giving representation to the nobility.

There should not have been an agenda here in the House of Lords that would have been directly proclaimed by the King.

It's about the prince.

"... oh well. You're not included in the House of Lords' deliberations about the royal family."

Gradually, the point is made, and the hammer is struck. I'm currently studying about royalty and the circumstances of the Church, and it takes me a while to extract information about the story.

According to the lecture I received the other day from Mrs Mareshan, there are two systems of rights in matters relating to national politics which are not the responsibility of the House of Lords.

One concerns diplomacy, the other concerns the royal family.

As far as diplomacy is concerned, it is decided by the King, the Grand Duke and the High House of Lords, and matters concerning the Royal Family are decided by the Royal Family, the Church and the High House of Lords.

"There are a few boys in the royal family right now, but you know how many of the king's direct boys are?

"Yes, you are both Albert, the son of Her Highness the Queen Duonicia, and Alfred, the son of Her Highness the Queen of Nakamiya, Averis."

When asked so with the intention of confirmation, the Earl of Teresia nodded and affirmed in the wind that it was OK.

"Was the current royal relationship still in the middle of a lecture?"

"Yes."

"Briefly, Her Royal Highness Duonicia, the Queen, is a princess of the Principality of Pranates, and Her Royal Highness Averis of the Nakamiya is a princess of the Merriat family. There was no difference between the identity of the Queen and the Princess Nakamiya, without knowing which of the two princes would become the Crown Prince."

What the Count explained was what was taught in the last lecture he received. So much so that I can finally see where the story leads.

"So at the Coming Festival, you were declared which way to turn Prince Wang."

"Dear Left, The Second Prince Alfred, the son of Her Royal Highness Princess Nakamiya, has been granted the status of Crown Prince"

"Dear Alfred? Not Master Albert, is it?

I get the opposite name from the one I expected, and I accidentally make sure. The Count nodded, so he didn't hear me wrong.

I rush to dig the relevant information I got in the lecture from the bottom of my memory.

There is certainly no difference in status between the Queen as a status and the Lady Nakamiya within the laws of Arksia. But there is a clear difference between the current Queen and the Nakamiya.

Averis, Lady Nakamiya, is from the Merriat family, or royalty. The Merriat family is a kingship that has been pulsationally inherited as the direct lineage of St. Ahar with the Tyre family, the present dynasty, and the way it is treated in the country is no different from that of the Grand Duke, but has no identity other than being a member of the royal family.

On the other hand, Queen Duonicia, who has been married from Pranates, has not renounced the status of Pranates at the time of marriage. In other words, she is also the Queen of Arxia and the Duchess of Pranates.

Besides, there are differences in birth order between the princes. Arxia does not have absolute first-child inheritance or male inheritance enacted by law, but male inheritance is still considered fundamental.

I heard in the lecture that Albert, my mother's high status and first prince, was being seen as the next king's prince.

"No one doubted that prediction. Master Albert is famous for his wisdom among the royal castles. It's the perfect vessel for Prince Wang."

"... Then why?

"I don't know. Because of this lack of understanding, the current King's capital is subject to agitation and tension."

So far, he nodded again and collated the information.

Instead of the first prince who was thought certain to be the king's prince, the nobles who thought the second prince would be the king's prince and the first prince as the next king are upset.... No, that's not the only thing that makes me nervous.

Thinking about it for a moment, I think about the birth of the First Prince's mother.

"Due to their vigilance towards Lindar, the nobles believe that buying Pranates' objection..."

"Right. Stimulating Pranates is not a good idea right now."

That's what everyone thinks. There is no way the King would have thought of it, and the House of Lords has decided on the Prince based on it.

"Well, there's no point in saying it. A nobleman like us has to see what's going on."

The confusion is certain, but what the Earl of Teresia said was especially true. I'm talking about the royal family and the palace.

"So, can I tell you what I heard from the bandits I caught?

Priority should be given to matters more directly related to territory. Yeah, I switched my head, and I switched the subject all the time.