Tensei saki de suterareta no de, mofumofu tachi to oryouri shimasu ~okazari ouhi wa my pace ni saikyou desu~
21. Candidates for the Western Divorce
Why does a candidate queen live in a secluded palace in the royal castle while there is a queen named me?
The cause of the twisted situation dates back to the founding of the Wolfvard kingdom.
His Majesty's Royal Highness, Glenn Reed, was born into an ancient family with hundreds of years of history.
But the history of the Wolfwald Kingdom is only a few hundred years old.
At that time, there were five small nations, including one ruled by His Majesty's ancestors.
It seems that the five small countries were licked because of the small countries and were often plagued by external enemies.
To counter the threat of neighboring countries and monsters, the ancestors of His Majesty Glenn Reed, the most powerful of the small nations, were united as one kingdom.
A whole area, including the King's Land, where I am now, belongs to a land ruled for generations by His Majesty Glenlead's ancestors.
The territory of the four former small nations surrounds the east, south, west and north of this land, which is located in the center of the country.
It is now one country, but until centuries ago it was five other countries, and the current situation is that the country is still far from a single rock.
The royal family became one of His Majesty's, but the descendants of the royals of the other four small nations still held great power as dukes.
Such a state of affairs had a faithful influence on the choice of successive concubines.
Basically, the queen is chosen from the dukes of the royal descendants of the former four small nations.
The situation is slightly different when you become a concubine, but most of the past princesses come from the Four Dukes.
The kings of the generations have chosen the queen of each of the four dukes.
Two years ago, His Majesty Glenn Reed was offered the Queen's Candidate by the Four Dukes.
It was only a year after His Majesty, Glenn Reed, took office by the sudden death of his father King.
His Majesty was synonymous with the Silver Wolf King and made great achievements on the battlefield, but his influence in the country was still far from the cornerstone.
That's why I had to accept the Queen's candidate for the Four Dukes in the House of Commons.
The four queen candidates lived in a secluded palace in the royal castle, and I was quietly arguing with the queen.
They were also approaching His Majesty, but I hear that the disgusting Emperor was not afraid.
... I think it's probably a political convenience to hate Your Majesty.
Your Majesty is now in the midst of consolidating the ground in the country for the third year since taking office.
If we had a queen now, it would have been more likely that our cousins would have gone out and disturbed the government.
It was I who stood the white feather arrow to avoid such a future view.
I don't want to pick up the queen from the four queen candidates, but it's hard to keep the queen seated empty forever.
For now, I was chosen as the Queen of Decoration.
Again, it is customary for the queen of this country to be chosen from the country's four dukes.
No one in this country, nor myself, thinks that I will remain queen forever.
Buy time for His Majesty to consolidate his ground and choose a queen to accompany him for life.
The role I was asked for was no more or less than a decorative queen for a limited time.
I will go through the "White Marriage" and leave the Queen's seat for two years.
Because of this situation, the four queen candidates were still in separation, and they were still aiming for the future queen's seat.
"Welcome, Leticia, to Natalie's separation."
With humility, a man dressed as a servant lowers his head.
Dear Natalie, one of the Queen's candidates, the daughter of the descendants of the royal family who once ruled one of the four small nations, the western one.
Natalie's separation is a beautiful stone museum with elaborate sculptures.
It is a short distance to the west of the main castle, and the location and buildings are several steps higher than my detached palace.
I can deduce several reasons why I was given a despicable separation, but I didn't pursue it because I didn't have any trouble myself.
My separation in the woods.
The less popular place was a good place to spend your time at my pace.
Playing with the wolves and giving them every day to be involved in cooking.
Regardless of His Majesty's sincerity, I was grateful.
Every day is relaxed.
But at the same time, even though it's a decoration, I'm a queen.
For the past ten days or so, the four queen candidates have rushed underwater to see who first came into contact with me, and as a result, Natalie has invited me.
I am now one of the queen candidates, but Natalie may officially become queen in a few years.
I couldn't refuse her invitation, and from my beloved separation, I paused my slow life and stretched out my legs.
I wanted to see who Natalie was right away.
Yes, but...
... it's true that I'm a little melancholy.
"Lady Leticia, please come in."
The servant raised his voice and the door to the cafeteria was opened.
Beyond the door.
The cafeteria, which used plenty of glass, was beautifully decorated.
The smell of spice coming from the nose is already drifting at this point.
There is no food on the table yet.
The smell is like the incense stained in the cafeteria because it should be brought to me after I'm seated.
Even though there is no food itself, this smell has already been used.
Enough to deepen the melancholy.
As she sighed inside, a girl with light light blue hair turned to me.
"Welcome, Leticia. We welcome you from the bottom of our hearts."
Beautiful as ringing a glass bell.
However, an inorganic voice fell out of my tiny lips.
Lady of the Duke who reigns in the western part of the Wolfwald Kingdom.
The youngest queen who lives in the western detachment.
At the scent of spices, I met a beautiful girl with a face that looked like a doll.