Kyuuketsu Hime wa Barairo no Yume o Miru

"I'm sorry for overlapping"

to Prince Achill, who bows his head again,

"It's past now, so please return the prince to his seat. - Or a man shouldn't bow his head lightly."

Easily complaining. I hate watching you pepper.

"Absolutely. They ask about the lightness of what stands above them."

The princess (of which) just said no, and the life capital (Miko and I) say no, but just a couple of days ago, I was bowing my head to the Collard Guild Manager, too.

- Shit. If I get busted, I'm gonna die,... with a collard guild chief!

I slipped away from the capital.

The healing (heel) must have worked, Sir Carlo stood up and bowed his head on his knees on the spot.

"I apologize for your disrespect. - I'm sorry, Your Highness."

"Never mind, thank your majesty more than that."

That's what I said, lend me your shoulders, and we'll start each other up, Princes Achille.

"You're getting along a lot, aren't you?

"Actually, we're dairy brothers, and he's the one who's been soaking up the same water production since we were born to each other... It's always bothering me when I'm impotent."

Prince Achill laughs with an innocent childlike face.

On the contrary, Sir Carlo lay his face down in the wind that he couldn't resist.

Hmm, is this what a man's friendship power is? I don't know because I didn't have any friends.

Once again Prince Asil took his seat, behind which Sir Carlo stood.

Angelica looks back and looks worried about him like that, but shakes her head gently in the wind that it's okay.

"By the way, I was in the middle of a conversation, and I'd like you to wait a while for Princess Hyuki to attack the King's capital."

I twisted my neck in response to Prince Ashir's words, thinking "Hmm."

"Well, it's not an official notification or ultimatum, so at this stage, we're not going to start an immediate war - but why should I ask you?

"Because the wind changes direction."

That's how Prince Asil explained the current situation in the kingdom.

That the kingdom of Amitia is not the absolute kingdom of what it names the kingdom, but that the House of Lords Council, which focuses only on leading aristocrats, bulls the government of the nation.

The present king is not foolish, but he cannot be said to be wise. In substance, he is a puppet of Parliament.

That some aristocrats, military personnel, leading figures, etc. who were dissatisfied with such a status quo in support of the Royal Villagers and Prince Asil are secretly preparing to defeat the House of Lords.

However, the prince's faction was so powerless against the overwhelming majority of the House of Lords that he intended to have a few more years of preparation.

"It is the noise of the city of Ara that gushed down to such a place and the presence of Imperial Crimson, the demonic kingdom that showed overwhelming power. Not only a people suffering from the tyranny of the nobles, but also from the nobles and powerful who have been neutral until now, should join hands with you. There's been a move not to breathe fresh wind into a stagnant country, and with those voices, our activities are rapidly becoming more active."

I see. I mean, we're not supposed to be black ships for this country.

"So you want to work with us to have a force bee (coup) and defeat the House of Lords?

Well, normally, even a force bee (coup) or something, I don't think the status quo will change simply because it changes my mind, but this prince's instrumentality could make it pretty good.

But to my question, Prince Asil shook his head unexpectedly.

"No, our activity is certainly a breakdown of the rotten aristocrats who are currently cowering national politics, but we do not necessarily want to shed blood"

――

"Does Princess Hyuki know the philosophy of 'democracy'?

With sparkling eyes, Prince Achill speaks to show his precious treasure.

………

But on the contrary, my whole body cooled off in an instant.

"Anything that says royalty, etc. is decorated as always - no, it doesn't matter if it's not there. It is not a nobleman who dominates the people by descent alone, but by laying the foundations on which the people can think for themselves and run the country, which is currently done at grassroots. And the seeds have already been scattered, and all I have to do is sprout and grow them, and that's what I'm going to do, and I'm going to make this country a better place."

Prince Asil, who speaks powerfully, but I hadn't heard half of it from the middle of nowhere.

I just thought in my heart.

Prince Asil, I know the reality ahead of your ideals.

That could certainly be better than the current aristocracy.

But hey, I knew you were royal.

No matter how noble a goal you set, people rot, and people die without saving them.

"So I'd like to ask you to give me some time. In the meantime, we intend to first establish a House of Representatives against the House of Lords, gradually eliminating the power of the House of Lords from national politics. In the current situation, the popular support should be assured, so we would like you to formally bond with us afterwards."

"... well it's good to wait, but can you actually do that in the near future? In the meantime, I'm not going to hold off on my country's citizens if they send me a letter with the same details."

I can't exactly hold you back, though.

"You can. That's what my people and I have been trying to do. Well, in the unlikely event that we go to war with your country, I'll take my people and Angelica and take them to your country, so it's not like I know what Princess Hyuki will do with the House of Lords."

Honestly, I don't think it's as easy as it sounds, but Prince Asil laughed invincibly.

"Okay. Now, I will often be static. - And this."

I put a sword out of my hip pochette and put it on the table.

Even for your hands? and nod to Prince Asil, who complains with his eyes.

"... Hmm, that's a good sword. Sounds like a demon sword because I feel magic?

"When I say 'sword of the wind', it is lighter and quicker to handle than a normal sword because of the power of the wind attribute - well, that's all the sword, but I'll give it as a replacement for the sword my samurai broke earlier"

"- Come on!"

Sir Carlo turned away.

By the way, this isn't exactly "Wind Sword," it's "Wind Sword +3," is it? The effect is an AGI (Agility) increase of 18%.

Well, honestly, I can make something like this in the early stages of weapon creation, and if you look at the open-air merchants in our castle town (formerly NPC (non-player character) open-air, now made and placed by a living dwarf as a matter of course), I'm afraid I can't help but be surprised that there aren't many similar elementary gear for sale in this world.

Prince Achille also seemed surprised, but quickly put him on his hip instead of a broken sword with a happy face.

"I appreciate this guy. I'll take your amulet instead. Even for a rosy marriage to Princess Hyuki, this is not going to lose anything to the nobles."

"Because you don't have to think about marriage or anything! I mean, this time I responded to Prince Asil's invitation, and I just wanted to see what a rumored S-rank adventurer is capable of."

"Hey, I'd like to give you a break about that. If you fight for real, you're not going to win. Well, if it's just a game of pure swordsmanship, it sounds interesting."

He said that with his mouth, his eyes couldn't beat him.

"Huh. So you want to try?

"It's the mountains that want to do that, but now is a bad time, so why don't we do this after one paragraph?

I guess this prince is practically a samurai. I shook my head with a genuinely sorry face.

"... man, it's the only way"

If they say so, they've drained the poison, and we'll disperse here once?

That's what I thought I was about to stand up for, and Prince Asil stopped me.

"In fact, until this matter is cleared up, Angelica is to be evacuated to Lake Fulvia, near the King's Capital, where there is a royal villa, in the name of maintenance, so please stop by if Princess Hyuki has time too"

Hmm. I mean, what's a fabric stone for in case you fail?

Angelica, without any discretion around it, shook my hands with an innocent smile and shook a boom.

"It's lovely! Sister, we'd love to be with you!

Nod appropriately for now.

"Lake Fulvia has very beautiful water and there are hot springs springing up near it, so there are hot springs in the villa too! Hey, Sama, why don't you join us for a hot spring?"

Hot springs... baths together...

I deeply regretted the snort.

"Now let's have a carriage home. - Carlo, please."

"- Ha."

Sir Carlo left the room wearing a mask for the masquerade.

When I saw it, I asked what I doubted.

"Speaking of which, I thought I'd come in contact at the Masquerade venue?

Prince Achill, who somehow makes a sinister face at that word.

"I was going to do that at first. What is it, Princess Hiyuki, that weird mask? It's not something you can talk about if you're dressed like that."

………

I wonder why you have such a bad reputation, this mask.

"My God, Your Highness! We say the thieves have entered the building and the gendarmerie is surrounding the building and ID checking the participants!

There Sir Carlo returned out of breath.

Me and Prince Achill face each other unexpectedly.

Because they both remember themselves being treated like 'thieves'.

"... apparently they read this move"

Sighing, the prince stood up.

"What are you going to do?

"I don't care what you do. It's a masquerade, so I'm going to dance to a song along with this guy's attempts."

Prince Achill wears a white mask, tapping on the pattern of the sword.

"Really, then, let me dance as a partner too. - Life capital, Angelica, please."

If I did something, I would put on a reputable mask and pull out the "Sword of Water +2" that strengthens my vitality from my hip pochette - "Sinner of the Rose (Jill de Leye)" is just a good place to stand out and overkill, so I made this a handful - and I followed up later.

"Yes, Princess."

He wore the mask he was wearing earlier while the life capital, also wearing a mask, allowed Angelica to stand in a covered position.

- Well, suppose we dance, Princess?

"Softly, Prince."

Out in the hallway, we really thanked each other to dance from now on.