That day, I came to the Royal Castle in the capital of the Kingdom of Sinfonia. The objective is to meet with Orchid.
I think I'm pretty close to Orchid, and even I'm close to my prized year, so I'm still working on exchanging letters.
When building a house, Arecole first asked Orchid about the country, and occasionally came to the royal castle to have a cup of tea or to have an unloved chat.
This time, it was also convenient for each other, so I came to play with the desire to boast a little about the tea made by Nepula.
I can go to the place where Orchid is right away, but I came early so I thought I would say hello to Mr. Rise, so I asked if it was okay, and was immediately advised by the office.
After knocking, I entered the office and saw Rise-san working at his desk and another man with beautiful red hair.
My short cut hair had a pretty tight figure...... I felt the tanginess and coolness in my 40s, and there was somehow an atmosphere like a general.
Hello, Rise.
"Hey, Miyama-kun. Thank you for coming... I'm sorry I'm always at work."
"Oh, no, I'm sorry to bother you suddenly."
A red-haired man looked at me and opened his mouth with a gentle smile as he exchanged words with Mr. Rise, who greeted me with a bitter smile.
Oh, Miyama-sama, it's been a long time.
"Huh? Um..."
Somehow they talked to me like I've seen them before, but I have no idea what to do. What, have we met around Amalie's birthday party or something?
"No, but thanks to Alice's good coordination, I don't think I was talking to many nobles..."
"Come on, Alfred... you don't even know what Miyama looks like."
"Oh, that's right." Your Majesty, can I reveal it to Lord Miyama? "
"Oh, no problem."
Thinking so, Mr. Rise said something deeply meaningful with a bitter smile, and the man who was called Alfred also smiled bitterly.
Then, after checking with Mr. Rise, Mr. Alfred took out what looked like a ring and put it on his finger.
"... how about this?"
"Huh? Huh!? I met you in front of the temple... Count Douglas!?"
“It's a pleasure for you to remember.”
As soon as Mr. Alfred put the ring on, it was covered in luxuriant meat, and once he saw it, it looked like a giant toad.
He was the Count of Doucus, whom I encountered when I received my blessing in the temple as soon as I came to this world. Huh? What's going on here?
When I'm confused, Mr. Rise, who seems to have figured it out, comes in with a light explanation.
"He is, Alfred... in a way, the shadow of the royal family." They serve the royal family for generations and take on dirty work... like a special task force, to put it mildly. "
"My real name is Alfred Dunell, and I now hold the status of Viscount... but it was given to me temporarily in order to be close to His Majesty, not as a natural nobleman." Count Douglas is one of the faces I use at work. ”
Well, that sounds a little complicated... maybe this is a classified state story, right? You must have trusted me to talk to you, so be careful not to leak anything else.
"In moving this huge organization, we can't just do it in a clean way. It's up to me to take on that kind of work. Count Douglas is like a kind of control of hostility. He concentrates his disgust according to the case, dares to complain to the royal family, and suffers from a situation that could lead to a royal wound... well, if you say so, it's like a lizard's tail that can be cut at any time."
"The so-called hate control, information manipulation, and plotting are Alfred's tasks. I've been serving since I was a little girl, and my face-to-face position is my assistant... for me, my most trusted subordinate."
"Hahaha, well, from the perspective of Lord Miyama's well-known Phantom King, it's at a level equal to nursery play, but I've let you do a lot of things as a shadow of the royal family"
"... I see."
Looks like he's in a pretty special position. The image was like a captain of a special task force or something like that. Chris also said he was good at plotting, and even if he became a royal family, it would be tough if he didn't have a hand in the matter.
“By the way, Alfred himself is terribly new and lovable, playing the role of Count Douglas as a virtuoso. After all, it took me a year to talk to my wife after I first fell in love with her.”
Your Majesty!
"Oops..."
Alfret looked like someone he really trusted, and somehow Rise, while talking to Alfred, felt like Lilia when talking to Luna and Siegfried.