Santairiku Eiyuuki

"Awesome!! The Sacramento heathen must have been surprised!!

"I see. You worked with Master Lunarier to save the Kingdom of Hayastan from pagans!!

"And there's more enemies? So, what's going on?

"You mean the extraction of Your Majesty and the victory of your ministers due to your efforts!!

Erkühr gestures and talks a little bit about his martial arts...

Cecilia looks fun and occasionally gives a surprise look.

After all, Erkür is also a human being, so it makes me feel better to hear my martial arts tradition and be happy so far.

...... but still Erkür had not stopped observing Cecilia.

(yearly correspondence... looks like, dude. But...... I throw in the question and give it a little thought and soon I get a targeted answer back. I'm pretty sure it's smart.)

Erkühr wasn't just bragging either.

In his bragging, he exchanged tests for Cecilia… he was deciphering Cecilia's abilities and personality.

(... They're not going to be a threat now, but don't turn it into a decade, no, five years from now. Hopefully, we want to get along)

With that in mind, Elquille drinks tea.

In an empty cup, Siffany quickly poured tea.

"By the way, Your Majesty. This tea smells really good, doesn't it?

"Hmm... you know what I mean? The future princess witch (Medium) seems to be revealed with wisdom.... Do you like tea?

"Yes, I like it. I don't like alcohol... but I don't really like that drink called coffee a little sour either. You like tea best."

Knowing Cecilia is like herself, a Tea Party person, Erkühl gets a little in a better mood.

"If it's good, you should come to Nova Lemuria someday. … let's have a delicious cup of tea."

"Is it true! Well, I look forward to it."

Cecilia sparkled her eyes.

"Speaking of which... Your Majesty, I heard you started growing sugar in the province of Mistle"

Cecilia said as she pointed to the cookies.

Naturally, sugar is used in cookies.

"If that's a huge success, will we all be able to eat sweet things every day?

"It depends on how successful you are… I want to go for it"

And that's a bright red lie.

When you produce so much in bulk, you don't make any money the other way around.

You can get it if you try, but it's a luxury item.

It makes the most money to stop to the extent.

Thereafter, Cecilia and Erqueur continue their bickering.

Is Cecilia a good listener, Elquille a good speaker, or both...

The conversation between the two of them was playing besides.

"His Majesty the Emperor has been drafted, the Assembly of the Duke of Alexandria. That public meeting brought together a long Mesian doctrinal controversy. That's right, Your Majesty the Emperor."

"Well... the novel was halfway and impossible... and it is true that there is demand for the Holy Statue. Even if I do not draw conclusions, I think that sooner or later a millennia has been drafted…"

As for the Duke of Alexeia meeting, Erkühl thought that the order just happened to come around to him.

"But, Your Grace. I wonder what the Alexandria Decree looks like. It certainly won't be that easy to force the heretics to change their minds. But if we abandon that effort, opportunities will be lost permanently. The Alektia Decree is something that permanently divides Mesianism."

(... that? Me, maybe they're preaching?

Erkühr felt the wind direction of the story change slightly.

"Besides, I wonder what it's like to impose taxes on pagans instead of acknowledging freedom of faith. If it's enough to solve it with money, it'll admit everything from the beginning, or it should be banned altogether. Sure, imposing taxes may have the effect of encouraging conversion, but conversion for tax reasons is an unhealthy thing"

"Ha... this is tough"

Erkühr laughed bitterly.

Apparently this girl, basically a fan of Erkür...

Hey, there seemed to be some things I wanted to complain about.

Nevertheless, Elquille is an adult.

If it was an adult Mesian high priest who said this, asking for the withdrawal of the Alektia decree, Erkür thoroughly argued...

The target is a twelve-year-old girl.

There is no need to argue.

And...

(Well, everything Cecilia's saying is true. There is no room to argue)

"Mesianism Must Be One"

"Mesianism must not be divided"

"We should preach God's teachings to everyone in the world"

That is one ideal truth that is unmistakable in Messianism.

Elquille, because she thinks, "I wish that were the case..."

Well, as a matter of reality, I had to make some kind of contradiction, some kind of devious choice: the simultaneous announcement of the Alexandria Decree and the Alexandria Creed.

(Well, this girl is not a princess witch (Medium) yet. If, after becoming a princess (Medium), you denounce my Alexandria decree again, I will take it and stand. Well, being a princess witch (Medium) would change your mind)

If you change your position, you change your mind and your claims.

It is good that the moment the opposition that has been critical of the opposition becomes the opposition, it follows the opposition's policies as they were criticized during the opposition era.

The status quo Cecilia is twelve years old and would certainly have gained her status as a high priest......

I'm not in a responsible position yet.

You have the right to condemn a filthy adult who responds realistically while burning to ideals.

Anyway, after a while, you'll be a thin, dirty adult...

You just have to let me tell you right now.

"It changes the story, Cecilia. I recognize that it is the doctrine that Mesians are equal before God... but does it make any difference?

"Yes?... Yes, I think so. What's wrong with that?

"Even the Demons?

"Are you a Demon? Yeah, I think if it's more Mesian, it should be treated equally..."

Cecilia expressed her thoughts in a bewildered manner.

Higher Mesian priests do not treat heretics and pagans as humans and discriminate, while discrimination within the same Mesian tends to be denied.

In fact, Lucanos and Cecilia don't seem to have any shards of discrimination against the Demons (Nightmare).

On the other hand, lower-ranking priests hate the Demons (Nightmare) as much as ordinary people.

For some reason, it's not that hard to talk about.

There are many books that say that the Demons (Nightmare) are evil, but many of them were written by pagans a long time ago, before Mesianism was founded.

On the other hand, the Messianism and its mother, the Six-Star Bible, do not see the statement that the Demon Nation (Nightmare) is evil, both old and new.

For high priests, or Mesian intellectuals, the former are belated superstitions.

The latter is the righteous and holy teaching.

Although there are aspects of Mesianism burning many natural sciences and medical, philosophical and mathematical books, such as the Alektia Library arson, and denying superior knowledge…

It also has the aspect of denying and eliminating unsubstantiated superstitions, as seen by the Demons (Nightmare).

"Actually, there's a girl named Nia..."

Elquille explains Nia to Cecilia.

Being a Demon (Nightmare).

My parents abandoned me for being a Demon (Nightmare).

That no one could help me, that I starved, that I helped where I was freezing to death.

And...... still showing a frightened look from time to time.

"... it's a terrible story. All Mesians are equal before God. Whatever the slight difference in status, in profession, you can't be treated as unfairly as you are. There will surely be a divine punishment for the parents who abandoned the girl, for those who behaved violently, and for those who pretended not to see. God will always see what we do."

The suggestion was that Cecilia was angry and flaunted her face uncomfortably.

Well, I took the word...

"Thank you, Cecilia. I believed you would say that.... I need you to fold in and ask me a favor, will you?

"Please, sir? If it's what I can do, I'll do what I can... what is it?

"Could you be Nia's friend? Sometimes the Demons (Nightmare) don't have friends of their age. You and Nia are the same age. Well, it's not like I'm going to die without a friend..."

Better stay than none.

Now, how does this kid react...

Elquille looks straight at Cecilia's face.

If at all, you look unpleasant...

Just the mouth, that means.

"Friend, is it? Uh... the..."

Cecilia mouths caged like trouble.

"You don't like that?

"No, not like that... Um... embarrassing me too... being a friend of my age..."

I don't have any friends myself.

So I don't know how to deal with it.

And that was it.

Oh, my God, I thought I saw a darker part of this good daughter's insides... boring.

Elquille smiled, thinking about things like that and wondering what it was like as a human being.

"That would be convenient!!... Well, let me get in between at first. What do you say?

"... If Your Majesty is going to give you support, please do so..."

Cecilia nodded cocklessly, blushing slightly.

Apparently, having no friends is a little embarrassing for a girl her age.

The next day, Erkühl quickly engaged Nia and Cecilia.

The other day, Cecilia looked terribly nervous about her grand attitude toward Erkühl.

Children of the same age, I guess this is the first time for Cecilia raised in an adult society.

Nia, on the other hand, had a puzzled look on her face.

For some reason, Elquille brought Nia forward to Cecilia without any prior explanation.

Elquille thought it would be more interesting.

"Nia, this girl is Cecilia Peter. He's twelve years old, the same age as you. Actually, you don't have a friend, so I asked you to be my friend. Then he gave me pleasure. Well, it's going to be hard to be friends as soon as I see you, and even if you dare to chess or cards..."

"Oh, um... Your Majesty. Yes, now...... PE, did you say Peter?

"I said, what's up?

It exists in this world that any fool knows the basics of common sense.

It is common sense that it is the House of Peter who has been attacking the princess witch (Medium) position for generations as much as it is the House of Julianos who has been attacking the empire of the Lemurian Empire for generations.

Naturally, Nia knows too.

"Um, well, were you a grandson under the millennia now? Well, but that doesn't matter (...) as much as that means you're a Demon (Nightmare), does it?

They don't care about your race.

Don't worry about who they are, too.

And, darkly, Elquille told Nia.

Nia, drawing on Elquille's intentions, nodded small.

Confirming that, Erkür stood behind Cecilia, away from Nia.

And gently press Cecilia's back.

"Look... Cecilia. I'm begging you."

"Yes..."

Cecilia slowly, approaching the near...

I shook Nia's hand.

"Oh, well... will you be my friend? Oh, I don't have a friend my age..."

"Oh no... I don't have one either... and, uh... if it's any good for me!!

Cecilia laughed happily as Nia smiled back.

Looking at those two, Erkühl nodded contentedly that he had done a good thing.

I feel really good.

(I can't believe this means I've finished laying one cloth stone? Well, I hope it goes well......)

Well, there's no harm in falling as an elkür.

Originally, if you succeed, you can make money, to a certain extent.

Failure is no problem.

And that's all I think about and realize.

With that said, I don't have any friends either.