"Father....."
Kate greets her father, Gallon, with a homage.
"When I was little, your father loved me. However, since I became a queen candidate, did I have less contact to measure my qualities as a queen?
"... that's right. It's easy for me to get close to you and set things up, but you're disqualified as a queen from relying on me forever."
"... in other words, it was to train you to think of me. I thought I was so limited by your father....."
Kate breathes.
The expression was like a tearful smile that made me feel relieved.
I'm sure Kate thought Gallon might have abandoned her.
It was not because of indifference that the contact decreased, but also because it included love, so it seemed reassuring.
"... I feel sorry for you. I left you to encourage your own growth, but when you decided you didn't grow up and didn't have the qualities of a queen, I would relentlessly withdraw your candidacy for queen."
Gallon tells the harsh truth without hiding it.
My daughter is cute, but at the same time she thinks of the country as the Duke's lord. She may be clumsy but honest.
I didn't think that Kate-sama and Siena-sama would treat each other a little better... but I had been with my father for many years, so I couldn't say much about people.
"Thank you for sharing your father's thoughts.... in your father's eyes, am I now a queen candidate?
"... I can't say for sure."
Master Gallon gave me a look.
"Until now, you couldn't have lowered your head and begged for help from others, let alone humans. Even this Manila Day meal seemed to have been much more emotionally controlled than before. The immaturity is still noticeable, but for the time being, it's the point."
"Thank you very much."
Kate shines her expression.
She said she was happy and unbearable, but she gradually calmed down and became serious.
"I'm very happy with your father's words. But that's why I want to give up my seat as the next queen."
"... what do you mean?
The wrinkles between Gallon's eyebrows became deeper.
Kate continued her words while trembling in a steep atmosphere.
"I've only ever seen Siena near me. I was reminded during my time with Lady Leticia that my vision was very narrow, even if I wanted the Queen's seat with my thoughts on the country."
Kate keeps talking about this and looking far away.
"It's not just Leticia. Even Natalie, who was like a doll, seems to be disciplining herself while worrying about the board between her parents' house, and even I Riena, who may be good at it, can finally understand from the core that the lack of knowledge at the bottom is one weapon."
"Dear Kate....."
When she called out, Kate, who seemed to be blown out, lifted her lips.
"Of course, I'm still growing up and growing up!! If I can feel more confident that I deserve the Queen than anyone else, I'll definitely grab the Queen's seat and show it to you. I don't think I should be queen right now, so I just give it to someone else for a while."
Kate turns back to her father, Gallon.
"So, Father, please be unfaithful, but I want you to give up giving me the next queen from my family. Can you admit to me and Siena that the Queen's title is too heavy?
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Dear Gallon, who is silent.
Kate looked anxious, but waited for the answer without retreating.
"Kate... you've really grown so strangely."
"Bye, Father..."
"Ah, let's admit it. Absolutely nothing, just keeping my daughter on the queen is the only way to protect my family. Prosperity for our family is what we want if this country is alive. Do your best to make the righteous queen."
"Yes!! I want to do my best!!"
Kate, who answered with a smile, did seem to have grown up, as Gallon said.
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Gallon then took Siena away after apologizing again for getting me into a sister quarrel.
Although Siena was stunned, she murmured, "I can't believe I lost to my tail bent sister in such a temper...", but she didn't seem to have the strength to resist more than the evil was exposed in front of her father himself.
Gallon, who has returned to the territory, intends to encourage Siena to re-educate, in line with his family's future policies.
Gallon said, "Siena twisted against her sister, but like her sister, her original temper is straight. I'm going to beat you back from scratch, and this time I'm going to let you wear the cowardice of being the Duke's daughter"... he said.
With this, the sister quarrel came to an end, and Kate-sama called out, reassured.
"Thank you, Leticia, for all your help this time. Thanks to me... and I'm sure Siena will be on her way. From now on, I want to discipline my emotions and stay calm, even if they scold me and make me look like a fool."
As I deliberately said that I wanted to remain calm, the trouble with Siena still seemed to disappear.
The relationship between the two may be complicated just by being relatives.
... one more thing I was a little curious about.
"Dear Kate... Tail bending is a word that the Yamanata don't want to be told, right?
I've been worried about it for a while.
When we first met, Kate tried to hide her tail.
Afterwards, the tail began to hide in response to emotions, but when Kate was calm, the tail was always hidden behind her body.
"... yeah, that's right. I mean, isn't that embarrassing? Compared to a slightly stretched tail, it lacks elegance and looks like it broke in the middle of the tail, right?
Kate-sama groaned with hatred.
Both beasts and humans have no big difference in how ugly they feel about their faces, but there seems to be a unique aesthetic feeling among beasts about the parts that are unique to beasts called tails.
"Siena's not the only one who makes fun of me. Many people laughed in the shadows, even poor tails, like the Duchess. That's why I was trying to be grand and forceful so I wouldn't lose to them....."
Kate murmured her words and bit her lips.
It may mean that it has become empty and more and more pungent atmosphere.
When I thought about it, I was always energetic, and I was satisfied with Kate's unstable appearance.
"I wish I could have been born with a straight tail like Siena and your father....."
"Straight tail, huh?"
"Yeah, that's right. You don't think my tail looks good, do you, Mr. Reticcia?
"No, I don't think so. Because I'm human."
What?
Mr. Kate is gloomy.
"... what do you mean?
"It means as it is. Kate may not have noticed because she has never had much contact with humans before, but in terms of human sensation, even if the tip of her tail is bent, I think that's what many people think."
"That kind of thing... Is that how much I've been worried about being treated...?
Kate dropped her shoulders as if she had relaxed or let go.
I can't share her anguish, but I think I can teach a perspective other than the Beast.
"... if you change who you're looking at, your treatment will change. Sometimes I struggle because I see things differently, but I don't think that's all. I'm not going to deny the values of the Bobcats, but if that's not the case, the world will spread."
As Kate herself had said, it seemed like she tended to narrow her field of view as she tried to move forward.
That's what I thought she should be able to breathe a little easier.
"At least I think Kate's tail changes her face every time she shakes, making her attractive.
"... really?
"True."
I assure you, Kate turned away.
"It's weird to praise a tail even though you're human."
Meanwhile, Kate's curved tail was shaking happily.