When I refused a proposal from someone I liked, as if it were a child who could not hear me, I could not raise my face. In other words, I wonder what it would be like to refuse a proposal from Nica. Pull to yourself.
But I couldn't help but look up at the kind of push and kill laughter I heard from next door.
I was confused by Nica, who looked like she was having fun and laughing.
"Huh...? Oh, you know, maybe I'm just making fun of you, were you?
If that's the case, I'm very embarrassed, but I don't think Nica is the type to make jokes like that, and if that wasn't serious, I can't believe anything anymore. My eyes and ears were all pompous.
But I couldn't think of any other reason for Nica to laugh so much fun right now.
"I meant it. Phee would know about that, wouldn't she?
"Yeah, yeah... so why are you laughing?
No matter what you think, it's not a laughing occasion. No, wait, wait, wait. I immediately denied myself the answer that I thought it was slightly possible that I laughed at my genuine retardation who could not speak of my situation... Lady Nica isn't that bad of a character.
"Oh, I wonder why. Though my thoughts were shaken without reward, I was glad this was the case. I'm supposed to have broken the rail that makes me happiest, but I feel refreshed."
To Nica with a refreshing smile as neat as a possession had fallen, I put a question mark on my head without knowing how it felt. However, for some reason the word rail caught my mind just a little bit.
"I mean everything I said, but I guess I like you for living freely when I say I'm going to change my destiny. I don't think I'm gonna be happy."
Nica sighed as if she had no choice, then looked at me with a kind, loving eye.
Obviously, my joy at being able to acknowledge my way of life at the same time as being half as comfortable with such a good interpretation of me as I am fully open.
... I don't regret turning down a proposal from someone like that. Because I'm not a good person because I can say I don't regret choosing it myself.
"Don't worry. Whatever it is, I will keep my promise to His Majesty."
The overwhelming adult response made me feel awkward again. I now remember the presence of two escorts at both ends who had forgotten to exist from around the later proposal, and I am already too embarrassed to be seen except before.
Uh, yeah. I've already been exposed to retardation so far that I've been dealt with by adults, so I'll ask Nica for advice without any shame or outside information.
"What do you think I should do to win my destiny? Tip me if you like."
Already, Nora asked me to look at the truth with consciousness towards me and around me, and Nana advised me from the beginning to question the circumstances and reasons of all kinds of people.
Then the word Shed used to say that he was in the mood to be on a neat stage. At that time, I flushed that I knew about Elle, but now I care because Elle wasn't too involved in the kidnapping.
Winning fate is a kind of vague and overly far-reaching expression, but that's why I want to know what Lady Nica will answer. A little later, one more thing, I feel like I would notice something if I had shards that would tickle my mind.
"Well, if I were to advise you from me... if you really want to live as a civilian, foresee the sincerity of the negotiator"
Negotiator's, sincere……….
As soon as I did, I heard a crisp noise in my head like all the puzzle pieces fitted in.
Interestingly enough, thoughts work. One after the other, if you know what you are aware of, you will solve another and every mystery every time you know one.
Is that what happened as long as it was done?
... but I'm sure I can't win. At the same time, I understood that even if I knew the truth, there was nothing I could do about it.
Rather, I even think I would have been happier without knowing this. I can't believe I still have to move the way that guy wants me to after I've figured it all out.
But I can help you, Shed and Evan.
That was the only salvation, and the only path left for me after this was to scratch my business badly and then give in without beating my fate.
Not long ago, the carriage arrived at the royal palace.
Then following the two escorts who got off the carriage in any futile motion, me and Lady Nica also go outside.
"Then I'll go first and come through the conversation. Fee needs to wait here."
"… Yes, thank you"
I exchanged words briefly, bowed my head, and dropped Nica and the escorts off into the royal palace.
I'm blurry because I overworked my head and because I figured it all out but I didn't get the sense of accomplishment but rather was filled with defeat.
Such a sudden impact ran on my back of the head. Looking back a little bit, there was Mel hanging around the hand that slapped my head.
"What kind of stinking air is that? I'll explain the situation gently, and I'll get you both out of here."
"... thanks for getting this far, Mel."
I laughed powerlessly and thanked him.
"The Role of Melvin Krabit" was probably this. Positively convenient and considerate. Yes, it was more convenient for him to stay. Perhaps that's all that got me involved.
"I don't know what happened, but you have to be as bossy and dignified as you were with me one day when you negotiated. You can't win, you can't win."
"Yeah... I know."
Mel is a dear and dear friend of mine, with an unfathomable expression, but the words have not completely hidden her concern for me. That's why I'm not willing to involve him, no matter what happens to me in the future, or in the future as I expected.
"No matter how you fall, I'll stay with you as a friend. Come on, man."
As you know what I think, Mel laughed and encouraged me to say that.
What a lover and gentleman. I wouldn't have been so busy to get involved just out of curiosity. He said what I wanted him to say most now as a matter of course.
But I'm not going to stay with Mel for Mel's sake. Not only with Mel, but with everyone else. I'm alone...
Mel walked with his escort to the royal palace with Shed and Evan.
Shed and Evan didn't even look at me because it's where people have their eyes, so they don't bother me by talking to sinners intimately. Whenever I can show such kindness, I rather cement my feelings that I have to help more.
Shed and Evan, you were taken into the royal palace by several soldiers, and Nica came out of the royal palace less than minutes after Mel left.
Negotiation time is too short for me to accept what I expected from His Majesty, but I knew for sure that I would accept it soon before I heard what I had been accepted.
We set foot in the royal palace with Nica and her escorts, who nodded without saying anything. The gatekeepers didn't even look surprised to see me go in, a civilian to see.
There are countless things that have gone into the royal palace. What a prince's ex-fiancé. As always, it is a beautiful interior called the castle, but it is not particularly novel because His Majesty does not waste money.
As I walked silently, I immediately arrived in the hallway leading up to the royal family as a physical time.
"I say goodbye here once and for all. His Majesty seems willing to speak with Phee."
To reassure me, but because I am forced to soothe my tense face, Nica smiles with a slight pull. But I'm sure I'm returning a much more distorted grin.
In front of Nica, I had no intention of taking up the perfect stiffness and grin anymore.
Yeah, I'll tell you what. I haven't given up on you yet.
"……… What?
I gazed at Nica as I blinked at the sudden and unexpected words hung by me that were completely immersed in seriousness. Nica doesn't dye her cheeks red, she talks like she's just stating the most natural facts.
"I love you more than my country. In the first place, Seth is next to the king. Did you think I'd give up to the point where I was shaken once?
"Yes, no, no! Let's give up there! Me, I smell like trouble! Nica would be a better person than me, and I'd rather choose all you want!
"It wouldn't make sense if you weren't the person you liked. Or are you telling me to compromise?
To Nica, who told me to tear it up and tilt her neck, I clogged the words. When they say that, there can be no compromise, no way to be queen, no house, nothing to throw away and become a civilian. There can be no words to give back to me after even turning down a proposal from Nica.
Speaking of which, you said Nica had taken special care of me since the first time she met me. My first meeting with Nica was shortly after my engagement to Seth. My engagement to Seth was when I was five years old, and since Nica is three years older than me, Nica was eight years old... then maybe...
"Dear Nica, may I be your first love...?
With this, Leo will be able to establish himself as the fourth faction in the current three-ways succession war.
"Ahhh...... ha, yes. As far as it goes…… ha ha, I'm convinced."
First love is a lot when it comes to stubbornness. Yeah. Same pattern as when you were Seth.
In other words, if things were to be as fated as I thought they would be in the future, I would have no reason to refuse the proposal from Nica anymore. So I guess I should be honestly happy. He said he might be happy among the restrictions.
"... Sometimes, Phee, Prince Nolan used to kiss me on the cheek in front of that mansion."
"Huh? Oh, yeah, that's what happened."
I don't think so. I forgot.
But why did my body reflexively distance me from Nika earlier than my head could give me an answer?
Keep your eyes peeled and observe Nica, but things don't look particularly different. But my sixth sense comes to complain about the crisis.
"Oh, let's calm down?! Look, it's that usual tease of Nora!
"The usual...?
"Yes, the usual!... because, uh, no! Doesn't always mean they do that, does it?!
"You didn't seem as upset as usual, did you?
"So! It is! I knew you were making fun of me, and I wouldn't be the upset type to be kissed on the cheek where I was made in the first place!...... ah"
I held my mouth by my hand to myself, who had dug the grave completely. This act, which makes no sense at all, is what makes it real, and my head starts to evade reality.
"Then you don't have a problem with me?
After all, at the same time as I thought this was going to happen, I rushed out of my head to get away with the fact that this was the Royal Palace.
"Only Master Nika, I can't!!
Stop running a metre after the royal family and make sure that Nica hasn't come after you.
There was no Nica. Relax and stroke your chest down. But instead, for some reason, Nica's two escorts followed me.
"…… Um, why you too?
"Even if Nicholas reports directly to us now, it's like we're employed by a king in the broad sense. King, it's not easy to protect him."
"It's a story that people don't really want to hear, so this time we're going into the royal family alone with you. You'll be in trouble if you kill the king out of your mind."
Is there only four people in the room, including me, during the negotiations? Well, well. Is that more convenient for His Majesty?
I nodded convincingly.
"I need to talk to the king about something else. Well, don't worry about us. What if it's still red on the cheeks and cold?
"The exchange was pretty good earlier, but when they suddenly let out some sweet air in the carriage, the chambers seemed like hell."
"Oh, yeah? I rather laughed."
I hadn't always forgotten they were in the carriage, but it would be awkward or embarrassing to die if I could touch them so thoroughly. Then the redness of the cheeks cannot calm down.
In a way, the tension has been relieved, but what can I do to eliminate the redness on this cheek that bore the price?
Turning a silent, angry eye on the escorts as almost an eight-hundred hit, the two of them returned a slight look of bad character.
"Good luck discussing it with the King, Phee."
"Don't worry, I'll pick up the bones for you. Mr. Fee."
All of a sudden, I changed the way I called my name in a friendly fashion and strengthened my gaze even further on the guards who came packing the distance, wondering if it was a statement on the extended line of teasing.
But their eyes seemed kind of nostalgic, as if they really felt familiar. The redness and heat on his cheeks pulled away at that previous attitude and a flickering creep, and unwillingly thanked the escorts for not putting them on the table just a little bit. Though I feel sick in the heart. Uh, I got goosebumps.