The Annals of the Flame Kingdom (WN)

Episode 153: Self-Aware Omoi

"Ann."

"Ah! Ro, Lotte... Dear"

"... what is that?

The day after the conference "How can Lotte drop that girl", hosted by Georg. A fixer headed for lunch, as usual with a tired look on his face. If you call Ann, who is in her seat first, Lotte will look at you surprised that the word 'Dear' has popped up, which she has never heard before. After a chilling look at such a lotte, Anne took her gaze off twitchy.

"Uh... uh, you went to the bookstore the other day... not... but... then your husband at the bookstore there said, 'Anne, that's amazing, isn't it?' I said... not"

"That's hard to talk to. Well, good. So?"

"'Mr. Lotte is the deputy director of the Baumgarden Chamber of Commerce, isn't he? Even in the Flame kingdom... right, I'll be in by about the tenth, you're a great guy, aren't you? I can't believe you're saying that to someone like that."

"... oh"

To Ann's words, Lotte shook her head down and gently left and right to show. Seeing that figure, Anne reluctantly hung her words to Lotte.

"Yeah, yeah... I'm so sorry to say that to such a great person..."

Lotte leaks a small sigh of sigh at Anne, who lowers her head with a peppery smile, giving her a hard look to describe. I don't know what to say, I think I'm having a little trouble... so give me a kind of blown out look.

"... now we're talking. Besides, it's not like I'm great. I was given the position of 'deputy director'... well, yeah. It's just great."

"... no... no?

"It's as good as ever."

"... you mean Lotte's not great?

Anne often wonders how Lotte explained it with a gentle smile on her face with a question mark on her head.

"... the King's Palace, is a special place inside? Well... I don't know what to say... it's a hard place to say 'great'"

"What's a hard place to understand... I'm having a hard time explaining that?

"Right... Ann, for example, you're a seamstress, aren't you?

"Heh? Oh, yeah. Is that it?"

"Saying 'great' in a seamstress is... oh, now don't be a store owner. So, what kind of a" awesome "guy is a seamstress?

"Awesome in a sewer? Yeah...... you can do some very fine embroidery or you sew fast...... like that?

"Right. Generally, that's what normal organizations are for. My parents' Baumgarden Chamber of Commerce... Regardless, the most 'great' is the chairman's brother, but he still pays a certain amount of respect to merchants who can sell or buy products cheaply, and he also gives preferential treatment in terms of treatment. Some say, 'The most powerful in the Chamber of Commerce are the representatives, but the great are the merchants'"

……

"... I... well, yeah. I haven't come all the way down the path of daylight since I served in the King's Palace. When I was in my twenties, I held a post that was addressed to people during retirement."

"... yeah... that means you're out of work as much as you want, right? You mean someone like that climbed down to the third greatest man in the King's Palace?

"I am named the deputy director of the king's palace because I was lucky enough to draw on His Highness Georg, but without it... right, I don't even know if I would be alive this way by now. I was thinking about becoming independent as a merchant. He could have died somewhere."

……

"Regardless, I can tell you that I'm growing more than I was by then. But my current position is nothing more than a simple tour. Not that I'm great... just lucky. And if you're unlucky, you can fall again."

"You mean if Your Highness hates you?

"I'm not the one who likes or dislikes that and missees it. No, but the King's Palace is a demon cave, if you ask me. Some people don't like my current position and position. If that happens, it can be enough to be turned off again. So… well, my position is unstable, and in that precarious position, I can't just flirt with 'great'."

If Lotte had been running down the street of birth, it would have been another story. But Lotte is also a hard worker with experience in left-hand transitions. Regardless of His Royal Highness's mood, it is some kind of ambush demon-like royal palace. Lotte understands the danger and readiness to be chased to her current position at any time, just because she has experienced it once.

"... it is"

"That's right. So well, myself, I don't think I'm worth a lot. Regardless of the King's Palace, I don't intend to honor you because you are the" Undersecretary of the King's Palace. "

Well, I don't mind using reverence as a courtesy to older people, but Anne showed Lotte with a cute, pero tongue.

"What? Lotte wants me to use a tribute?

"... as I said earlier, now. If you were to serve in the King's Palace, would I use you?

"Ugh. I don't want to work under Lotte. I'm gonna die trying, me."

"Try to suffer the hardship of dying once or so. Wouldn't you like to be able to have some serious language?

"Enough, it's mattomo language -. Do I use proper, ladylike language where I use it?

"Hmm?"

"I'm gonna say," Oh, my God! "

"... is that serious?

Ann smiles at Lotte with a twisting neck that seems to have a 'make it' and a phonetic sound.

"Right. Shall I use some ladylike language to show you?

"... Anne, huh?

"... what, that face?" Am I right? Can you do that? You look like that, don't you? Just Ann. "

"I'm sorry, I don't know much about that. One more time, okay? Just Ann...... what?

"... nothing"

"Oh, that one? You mean the part called 'Amen?' and the part called 'Amen'?

"I'm telling you it's nothing! I mean, Lotte! Kanji, I'm sorry, it!

Lotte looses her cheeks funny to Anne, who swells her cheeks like a puffy fugue. To such a change in Lotte's expression, Lotte bowed her head small to Anne, who turned to Tung and Soppo, whether she had bent her umbilicus more and more.

"I'm sorry. Sounds a little too much, doesn't it?

"Hmm. That's why Lotte, you're not popular with my men!

"Wait. How do you know I'm not popular with my men?

"Someone as bad as Lotte, you've decided you're definitely not popular! I mean, Lotte, you're single, right? Well, you can't marry with such a bad bottom line."

"... well. Don't tell me, Ann. I can't get married. I won't."

"Huh? What? It's like," Me, I'm hot, but I don't - "Lotte? Wow, you brag! Mr. Boulder Lotte, it's like Magipane!

"... okay, are you totally fooling around with that now? Or... in the first place, huh? Are you the one who can talk about people?

"I?"

"Well, let's admit it. Probably so-so good when it comes to appearance. Based on what we've been talking about, the rotation of the head isn't bad either. It's also a bright personality and will make a smiling family"

"... Oh, that? Hey, what is it? Well, that's very praiseworthy, Kanji? Oh, no, Lotte? If you're so praised, it'll light up."

"But it's guts, isn't it?

"-No, hey!? but Gasatsu? Who is it? Don't be rude! You're so sweet, I am!

……

"Hey, what's up?

"No... the lady I know doesn't jump off the roof and throw thieves away"

"Ugh! So, but it was... it was an emergency! You don't have a choice!

"Whatever threw the thief off, it wouldn't be an emergency or anything that went up on the roof, would it?

"Well, that's... yeah, but..."

"Plus, you're gonna suck at cooking."

"Wait a minute! How do you know I suck at cooking? You've never eaten my food!

"If you're a woman who's good at cooking, do you come to the fixer for lunch every time? If you were Anne's daughter, it would be normal to make lunches, wouldn't it?

"Ugh! That's..."

"What? Are you good at this?

"... not good at it"

"Right?

"So, but! I can do it, too! Nice lady!

"You don't impress me with lies, do you?

"Ugh, I'm not lying!

"So... oh, okay, okay. All right, that's it. Ann is a lady. What do you say? Are you happy with this?

Did it stink somewhat, and Lotte just says she's high, shaking her right hand prapraprapra to make it look. He said, "Munchkin! 'and turns his face bright red. Ann coughs up one with Cohon to Lotte, who looks funny at that look.

"... ok. Then I'll show you."

"Show me? What? No way, don't say handicrafts or something, okay? I'm sorry about the poison.

"How-how rude of you, Lotte! No, I'm not!

"Hmm. So what are you showing me?

To Lotte's words, Ann coughs up again when she smiles niggly, and then slowly corrects her posture. Where did you hide the expression dyed by Zhu with your anger earlier, with a gentle, like a Virgin smile on your face?

"- Welcome home, you. We look forward to your return."

Lotte breathes without thinking of a pure, innocent smile, as if it were a child before she opened the gift wrap.

"Thank you for your hard work today. Do you want to eat? I wanted you to be happy and I made it with more hanging on my arms. Come on, enjoy it. Hehe. Would you tell me it's delicious?

Cocun and I leaned my neck to the right for anxiety and more expectations, very, very attractive and a gentle smile.

"... what a farce, this is"

"Damn, farce!? What are you talking about, Lotte! This is Anne's special, not" The Good Wife's Edition Lady "! I can do it, too!

"That's with the lady... oh well, isn't that what you don't call it? But...... oh yeah. What? What's a special in the first place?

"It's a special in the sense of 'Otto the man you're after'!

"... Oh, in cooking. You mean Otto in the afterlife?

"You're not!? I mean, not rude!? Light up a little bit! I was pretty embarrassed!

"If you can light it, don't do it from the start, you asshole"

Unlike earlier, Anne dyes her face bright red with shame.

"... hmm"

"Huh? What's going on, Lotte?

"I don't care."

- If the sound of the heart carving the rhythm at about the speed of the May fly was on his face, I'm sure he would have turned his face as bright red as Ann did, and with that in mind, Lotte let it appear with a small sigh to delude him.

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"... ugh"

As usual - no, Lotte, who was working at a slower pace than usual, exhales small. On the right, on the desk, I sighed again in a depressing mood at the pile of documents in the never diminished box.

"... hey, dude? It's time for that sigh, will you stop it? I'm curious, I can't concentrate?

And a voice that hangs on such a lotte. In the direction of that voice Lotte turned her gaze - on a reception set placed in the center of the room, she even saw Carl helping Lotte work.

"... dude. Your hands are stopping, okay? It's an easy job to push the judge, isn't it? Just do it."

"Huh? Ah, oh. I'm sorry - no! Why do I have to do this? It's your job, this!

With all the passion, Carl gets up with his desk slapped in the van. To him like that, Lotte looked deliberately - and shook his head left and right like he didn't like it.

"Don't make a scene, it's busy. In the first place, huh? Whose fault do you think my work is delayed?

"Huh? My fault? That's not your fault, is it?

"... let's correct it. I'm asked why I was so involved with His Highness, and who created it."

Assuming it is not a rhetoric to the king prince of a nation, but also to the LORD whom he himself serves. Not rhetorical, but just a little curl in Lotte's words also shows his face.

"... sort of. I guess I'm a little responsible around here, too. But I didn't think your Highness would be interested in this."

I'm sorry, and I bow my head, Carl. He gave Lotte a surprised look on his face.

"... you're probably honest, huh? Hey, what's up?

"It's not like the outfield talks too much about sex. If you talk from the side, you won't go too clever."

"If you can care so much, why tell His Highness? Shut the fuck up."

"Asshole. I'm the leader of the Kingsguard, right? Duty obliges me to report the vicinity of Your Highness."

"What's the real deal?

"I mean it. Well... I thought it might be interesting."

Lotte to Carl, who laughs two cups at me for saying that, only comes out sighing anymore.

"Why? What do you think? What is" you in the back street "in the example? There's been some progress, hasn't there?

"Nothing, progress, etc. - Wait. What's that called?"

"I named him after me and His Highness. You were there yesterday, right? What do you mean, you're just throwing up all day? I wonder if there's been any progress between the two of us. Besides, in the bad."

"... Are you interested?

"Bakka, you must be worried."

That said, Carl stares at Lotte when he arms him like he's just a little angry.

"You know what? You've only been throwing up sighs all day. You're the one who floated around the other day and rolled out into the back streets. I'd worry about that. For once, I thought it was your twat?

"... sorry"

To Carl with a serious look at what time, he said, 'This guy hasn't punished you yet?' And Lotte, who was being rude, carefully bows her head. To the appearance of such a lotte, Carl showed a small sigh of sigh.

"I don't want you to apologize. It's just... what? You want to go get a drink? I'll give you the luxury, okay? Elena and I... well, I'll take Elena's friends."

Lotte's mouth distorts slightly to a grin on Carl, adding, of course, that she is single. To this, silly, hot, bitter, clumsy, and still kind friend. Now I bowed my head in my chest to carry on the words.

"No, that's good. There's nothing wrong with that."

"See? Is that it?

"Oh. On the contrary..."

"On the contrary?"

Often, I say.

"... right. On the other hand, I don't even know if I like Anne in the first place."

If you're a regular lotte, you'll never put it in your mouth, the word 'I don't know'. Such, at no time did he round his eyes to the 'weakened' lotte, and Carl took the word.

"... dude. I don't know about boulders. I've been there so often, I don't like it. Can't I?

"Oh, no. Whatever, I don't think he's the preferred person. I think..."

Take a breath.

"... I don't know if it's preferable to be a 'woman'"

"... dude. I'm going to private school, kid. Even a little bit further, huh? What are you talking about, you?"

"Right. I think so myself. I think so..."

I think Ann is a good girl. Not bad in appearance, not bad in head rotation, not bad in character.

"... what is it?

Can I say 'I like' for such a simple matter?

"... I'm already about to be forty. By contrast, she's only fifteen. As old as my parents and children are, I wonder if it's love that leaves me out of the present."

"... I told you it wasn't uncommon.

"My work spans a wide variety. I'm still busy, but I'll be busier after His Highness takes office. In that state, I also wonder if it would be her nuisance to put your thoughts on her. In the first place, we can go with her to elevate each other, or even that -"

"Stop"

"-Na... what?

After staring a lot at Lotte with a surprising look on his face, Carl gradually pinned his fingers to show. Carefully, Lotte frowned on Carl, even a small, sighing trick.

"... what, that attitude"

"Don't stare, from the sight. Not... what? I thought you were worried about something like that?

"... there's nothing wrong with that, huh? Carl, what does that mean?

"Love is simpler and better. I'm not talking about catching up, or being able to boost each other. You know what, Lotte? In the first place, you've been thinking too much about all sorts of things."

"... what do you mean? Are you gonna tell me that marriage is a deduction? When some compromise is needed, yes -"

"Not really."

Show Lotte what you're talking about, waving a flicker.

"You say that well, don't you? 'I want to live my life with this man, so I'm married'. But what? What, it's natural for you to tell me. Well, regardless of political marriage... if it's a romantic marriage, we usually marry to accompany each other for the rest of our lives. He didn't want to marry anybody from the beginning on the premise of divorce."

"... sort of"

"So what? Don't think about whether or not you really like Germany. Think of it as a deduction."

"... what do you mean?

Carl gave a heartfelt serious look to Lotte with a surprised look on his face.

- What about me? I didn't even want to imagine Elena laughing at another man, so I married Elena. "

It's like getting hit in the head with a hammer, shock.

"... ah"

"How about you, Lotte? Can someone else marry you in the back of the street and stay calm?

I mean, it is.

When Ann can have someone better than herself, that's what I'm saying.

... go out for dinner with me.

... hold hands and have fun walking.

... cooking.

... Reading.

... go to the theatre.

... somewhere, on a trip.

... for dinner shopping, roll it out for two.

... when you exchange mouth and overlap your skin... that sort of thing.

……

... by Ann.

Next to Lotte, I had dinner with Lotte, talked to Lotte, had a fight with Lotte, made up with Lotte, and Anne was laughing, but that Anne.

I don't know Lotte...... to a guy other than Lotte.

- Turning that smile on.

"... As it stands, I want to live with someone who's already next door! Anyway, if it's easy for you to say, think of a guy like you who's a pain in the ass in the ass, right? If we live together, or if we're on our side, or if we get married, oh, don't think about that kind of little difficulty, okay? If you're next door to 'when you're gone,' think about it, you idiot."

Mind, it looks like fun.

To a grumpy lotte, Carl says so and winks to show. Trying to give something back to Carl like that, he hung it in his throat, swallowed the word and Lotte replaced it with a bitter smile.

"... you got an answer, didn't you?

"... oh. It wasn't like me at all."

"Really. You thank me, don't you?

Carl shows his shoulders flattered. Strengthens the colour of bitter laughter even more on its appearance and lowers its head small.

"It doesn't really look like it. I rarely ask Lotte to bow her head, so thank you for accepting."

"Do it."

Heck, what a gaze out of Carl, Lotte shifts her gaze to the pile of unsettled boxes she's accumulating. Then one nod Lotte puts the unsettled box in the back of her desk drawer.

"Oh, hey? What's the matter, Lotte?

"I'm already in the store today. You can't be too busy working like this. I'm going to the Rote Chamber of Commerce."

"... what? Rote Chamber of Commerce?

"I guess Antonio's accessories to make are reputable to her young daughter? I was thinking of putting one aside for a present. Rings...... would be fast on boulders and right...... would look good on her blonde hair, would you even buy a Valletta? Acts like fishing with things are not a hobby... but I will try to imitate His Highness. I can't replace my belly on my back."

"Hey, hey! Hey, what's up?

"I didn't want to give it to anyone. So it would be best to move on to action immediately? She's smart, and most importantly, sweet. Even though it's years away. I don't care."

That said, I have a rare and pleasant smile for Lotte. After opening his mouth like a pocan and an idiot to such a Lotte appearance at what time it wasn't, Carl shook his head to show it to him.

"... that's probably behavioral, Mr. Lotte"

"Naturally."

"I've never seen you like that, me."

"Right. Perhaps I have never felt better myself. That would be crazy, wouldn't it?

"Anya. What about Lotte? I know it's not a character, but I don't hate it. Around Julius, I think I'm losing my hips."

"I'd rather be liked by Anne than Julius or you, I am."

"... it would be too different, you. You mean" Ann, "the kid."

"Hey, don't call me off at ease"

"Seriously, it would be too different, you!?

After such a look at Lotte, Carl also grabs the checkout box at hand and walks straight to Lotte's desk.

"... ma, no. Well, I'm going home now, too. Looking forward to the results, huh? I don't care, is it better?

"Leave it to me. And... the... what? You took care of him this time. Thank you."

That said, I took the payment box handed to me by Carl and bowed my head deeply in gratitude for my heart.

"Steady... what is it? I didn't know Lotte was gonna be 'like this'? Nothing good... but it's a little too disappointing, isn't it? I'm going to call you Ellotte."

- Stop the hanging head and push the near-received payment box back to Carl for a long time.

"... Who said it was good to be done? Your work isn't done yet, is it? Clean this up and then go home."

"............ what?

"I'm done enough tomorrow, but you're not done, are you? Come on, work hard for me."

"... what? Hey, no, wait a minute! You, I don't think so! Hey...... hey! Hey, Lotte! You, for a second..."

As he closed the door and shut down the noisy Carl's voice, Lotte rolled out into the city in an upbeat mood.