The Annals of the Flame Kingdom (WN)

'- It looks great on you. Erica' '

The hair color is different.

Different color of eyes.

Not even in shape, not in the way you talk. Even though it's not.

Still, that gentle voice and gentle glance is unforgettable in an attempt to forget, honking the back of Erica's chest, listenable, familiar, loving, loving 'things'.

"- Ah."

I think that word might be misheard.

That smile, I think, could be a mistake.

Maybe this is a fantasy, it's all a lie, it's just a dream, and when I wake up, I'm alone in that prisoner's room, and Erica shrugs her own cheek.

"... I want to be..."

Ouch.

Jinjin and her cheeks twitch so hard that she has a fever, and the pain is asexually delightful.

"... oh? What is it, Master Erica? After I suddenly scratched my cheek. Besides, what's so annoying about it? Was it about the fly?

'Weight' to show you that, hateful. With all that annoyance, Erica tries to take her hands off the necklace on her neck - with hatred and a trembling hand with more 'joy' than that.

"... Oh, that?

But fail. To that appearance, a little weight flaunts his shoulder.

"... let me help you, let me? Looks like you're shaking hands.

Such an attitude like you just made a little fool of yourself. Even that, I'm even happy with such a light mouth, and Erica catches just a little bit of the edge of her mouth to show.

"... Fine. I told you earlier, didn't I? He said he didn't want anyone else to follow him. There's only one good man in the world who touches me." Weight, not you. "

Weight's face surprises me - and distorts me into a little shame. Somehow, the look on Erica's face was very pleasant.

"... heh. You know, some guys are a lot more fruitful. It's an enviable story."

"Oh? Do you envy me?

"Oh, yeah. Because I give you the honor of putting a necklace on someone as beautiful as Erica. As long as I'm jealous."

"Really? But right? You didn't even look at me, did you? You admire me so much, you're always behind me. Weight, why don't you fry me some dirt from your nails and let me drink it?

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"To the princess of my neighbor, a well-made maid, a colleague at work... maybe a poncho scientist these days? Because we all love the man too much and we're obsessed with him. You're not coming around inside until my turn, are you? What am I supposed to do, Weight? I love him so much that I can't beat his rivals, but what's behind me?

"... I don't think so."

"Really? As far as I'm concerned, I hope you take care of me, don't you? What's your opinion?

Weight shows her troubled face to Erica with a mean look on her face. I'm happy to look like that, crazy - and loving, Erica turned a mean smile into a great one.

"Nah, right? Are you kidding me, Weight? So don't look like that?

"... it's bad for your heart, Master Erica"

"But I wonder if you want me to understand how lonely I feel about that. Me, I'm alone now, so extra. You know what? I'm in the room where His Highness Chris was right now... because that room, when I'm alone, is huge. I miss you."

"... Yes. Well... I'm sorry."

"Oh? Don't you have to apologize," Weight "?

"... it doesn't feel right, Master Erica"

Erica laughs like a bell ringing at the weight she shows with her hands up instead of just saying surrender. "Something wrong? Waving, 'nothing to Chris and Niza, who just gave her the look, Erica put her gaze back on the weight.

"Could it have been a little too harsh?

"... it's a homma. At the corner, I thought it would look good on Erica and let her make it so hard."

"Yes. It's..."

So, I get stuck in words for a moment.

"- Made it?

"That's right. I'm a root merchant, just like Niza Han. I don't like designs and sculptures... but I heard from Niza Han that Erica could meet me, and I made her work so hard. Antonio Han says, 'Waste of ingredients!' I was pissed off when I said... ho, but I think I got some emon, right? I got Antonio a pass score."

"... Huh? Did you make this?

"Yes, it is."

To the words of such a weight, Erica sends her gaze to the pendant that swings at her neck, as she panicked. Later, Weight opened her mouth, staring satisfactorily at Erica's cheeks happily loosening.

"... or were the accessories made by Antonio Han better?

"... bhaha"

Like a little obstinate, Erica nevertheless dyes her cheeks to the vermilion and hugs the pendant on her chest like she holds an important treasure.

"... I'm glad to hear that. Wow."

"It's superimposed. Good luck, guys."

That being said, I also loosen Erica's cheeks on the weights I giggle and show her.

"... I know, Master Erica?

"What?

"Stone words for jewels, flower words for flowers."

"... heh"

"The Tanzanite stone word on the pendant top is' proud man '."

"Hmm. So? This... Ominaesi, is it? What flower words are used to design pendants?

"There's beauty, kindness, kindness... deep love"

"Huh, deep love!? Huh, deep love!

Erica, her face is bright red. Waite smiled gently at such Erica, waving her hand like a wasp.

"'Keep Your Promise'"

to the words of that weight.

- I'll come and help you.

"- Ah."

That day, words held and whispered in my ear are reflated.

"... there are flower words like that, Master Erica"

"... yeah"

"... Sa! There you go, Master Erica. Can I have that pendant back, please?

"... Huh? Or give it back? I don't like this! I love this! Me, make it this! Why do I have to give it back! Don't be mean!

To Weight's words, Erica holds the pendant in her chest as if to embrace it. With a bitter smile on its face, Weight shook his hand left and right to show it.

"It's nothing to steal, and it's mean. Hey, you look great, but, Erica? I don't think it's the right size to fool around. No, did you make the chain part a little too long?

"... Huh?

"I knew it would look better if you were shining a little higher. I don't think so. Let me rework the accessory for a little while... will you let me drop by the royal castle again in about ten days?

Erica's face, stained with despair, loosens to Weight's words - and turns into something that just seems a little unfortunate.

"... ten days later, or..."

"... is it convenient, is it bad?

"... yeah. That's not true... it's been a long time."

"... I have a lot to prepare for. I'm sorry."

"... yeah, sorry about this one. Right. Okay. I'll be waiting in ten days."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

That's what I said, respectfully. Erica squirts like an earlier re-bake into that act that hung on the play.

"Mm-hmm? Erica, have you decided?"

A voice hung from Chris, who watched such Erica's tricks from afar.

"Yeah. I've made up my mind. But I have a little fix... I'd like you to come back in ten days, okay?

"Oh! Oh, my God, just ae cancer! I had flies, too, but they're a little too big for me, aren't they? I thought you might want to fix it. Niza, can you do it in ten days? You can do it, can't you?

To Chris' words, sigh small. Eventually Niza shook her neck vertically loosely.

"... you tell him to do it even if he says no, Your Highness. 'Cause I'm really sorry."

"Well, your Highness the Regent. You're the second most powerful man in this country, right? I'll tell you what. I'm being disrespectful, aren't I?

"This is rude. But, well, if you don't mind."

"It's not between me and Niza, and that's fine. Jakan......"

"... ha. Ok. That's what I'll tell Antonio. So, Weight? Is that all right with you?

"Yes. Just be okay."

"Okay. I'll see you in ten days."

Behind Niza, who said so and carefully lowered her head, Weight also lowered her head.

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"... Back"

Suites on the top floor of Hotel Larchia. Five stories and commensurate height, the women in that room, overlooking the city of Larchia, turn their gaze at the door simultaneously to the voice of the man who came from the door. The man smiled and smiled without moving, even in the face of behavior that in some ways would envy, but not want to experience, the attention of the glamorous women alone.

"You get so much attention, it lights you up."

Add, one light mouth. To the words of such a man, a woman who was sitting on the couch in the deepest part of the room hummed her nose.

"What's 'you'll be lit,' you idiot? Nobody pays any attention to you. Just tell me the results."

"... if you say so, it's like you're back safely from Enemy Land, right? Aren't you going to be punished for being a little nicer to me, Mr. Theon?

The man who says so and drops his shoulder - to Niza, Scion sniffing again.

"You said it yourself ten days ago, didn't you?" Probably, there's no danger, so don't worry. "Then don't worry about it."

I almost accidentally leaked a sigh to that treatment of much - and I realize it.

"Oh, that, Lady Niza! Oh, Erica, is Erica safe!

Niza unwittingly pulls a step toward Emily, who stops by as she says so. The desperate shape of the beauty was frightening, and Niza took control of Emily with her hands, thinking that there was no benefit whatsoever.

"Don't worry, Mr. Emily. I don't know if I can say Erica is safe, but she seemed fine anyway."

Ayano supports the words as she panicked Emili, who was about to enter the scene as if her hips had been crushed, and opens her mouth to Niza as she did.

"... why? Is it just Niza, is she back?

"Mr. Coata is now an underground bathhouse. Although this season, it seems to sweat because I was stuffing my clothes. Don't worry, we'll be fine."

At the same time as Niza's words, the door to the room opens. Just a little bit into the gaze that bore him, but still, like Niza, he smiled and Kota stepped indoors.

"Back, gentlemen"

Bathing, so slightly damp dark hair and a soft smile. While gathering all this gaze, there's still Kota's appearance as usual.

"Kota, eyes."

"Eyes?"

"Karakon, leave it in. Blue eyes on black hair is such a creep... oh, is there anyone like that in Europe or America? Then Kota just doesn't look good."

"... you're gonna say terrible, dude"

Still as Ayano glances at her words, as she instructs, Kota removes the contact from her own eyes and puts it in a glass of water prepared instead of a contact case. Ayano opened his mouth as he nodded satisfactorily at Kota, who had returned to his black eyes.

"Yeah, black hair looks good on a thin soy sauce-faced pure Japanese Kota."

"Is that it? Am I being fooled?

"I'm praising you. Or maybe, like, that? I left it on."

"No, I didn't like anything else...... rude to Aria though. It's just that this color contact, it doesn't make you uncomfortable in your eyes at all."

Kota says so and shows a cup with color contact with a pin and index finger. Seeing as he does, Theon puts his chest up small.

"What do you say? It would have helped, wouldn't it? You said," What are you looking for? "Can I give you a compliment? Yeah?"

"Well, I don't think it's anything like risking your life... but well, yes. Honestly, it helped."

Kota looking with his head down toward Shion. Seeing such a hota on the side, Ayano turns his gaze to a book placed on the side table next to Shion's sitting couch.

"... what was it, Sole?

"What is Sole...... oh, is that an Aleia document?

"Yes, that. What was that? It's got a bunch of Alex's inventions on it?

"That's right. This is true even for Aleia's legacy, and it even lists a variety of weapons and vehicles... Apparently. Isn't that amazing?

"That's really amazing."

One sigh.

"... I didn't think it even listed how to make hair dyes and caracons"

"Although Emperor Alex is a great emperor, he is one man. You'll always be careless in emperors, and it won't be weird to go out and play in disguise."

That's what I said. Scion to show you the book I lifted off the side table by shaking it two or three times. Angelica, Liz's mother, and Jessica, Liz's cousin, the royal wandering of this country could be called a tradition from Alex of some sort, what a shame came to mind that Hota shook her head left and right to wipe the idea and uttered words.

"Regardless of the Alex Emperors, it is true that they were helped. Erica and I have been able to meet."

A relief expression appears on the faces of everyone indoors in the words of Kota, who let go of the indoors. but also for a moment, Ayano raised his hand with a surprised look on his face.

"Yeah...... so? What was it like inside the royal castle?

"The atmosphere of security didn't seem to have changed much when we were renting inside the royal castle. Well, not the Kingsguard, but the Westerners are on guard differently... at least it didn't feel like a strict attitude"

"... is that okay, it? Normally, after a coup, it's an image of some more martial arts stuff being laid out?

"... right? I was just a little nervous because I thought so too... because they let me through somehow. Is this the prestige of the Rote Chamber of Commerce, too?

Niza replies by shaking her head from left to right to Kota, who sees Chilari and Niza.

"It's not because it's the Rote Chamber of Commerce. As I said the other day, there are many items consumed in the royal castle. Regardless of the necessities, I often take clothes, shoes, sweets, books and other preferences directly to His Highness Chris. You're famous for your fellow merchants, aren't you?" Now the royal castle will buy you whatever you take ".

"... you're good at it"

"And I'm not reluctant to pay, and I'm not going to cut the price. Weird story......"

Talking that far, Niza looks indoors with chills.

"Yeah... what about Your Majesty and Aria?

"Aria and Her Majesty were staying up all night because Hola, I make that Karakon and Kota hair dye. I'm taking a nap now."

"... suppose what are you letting Her Majesty the Queen of One Country, Mr. Ayano?

"I told you, didn't I? Theon..."

"His Majesty said it from himself." Let me do something too! '. Experimental systems don't like to let me, Aria. "

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I have no Niza or words just because I know Scion's 'priors'. I'm sure Klaus did everything he could to stop it too - what a thought, I inherited the word.

"So can I say it? Honestly, let's say the current...... 'Chris Administration'? The Chris administration is very popular among fellow merchants"

"Was it because savings and covenants were respected in the days of Lotte Ong?

"Yes, because honestly, even for us, nostalgia is gratifying. In particular, the members of the Committee of Nine…"

"Because the currency thing is a blank withdrawal. Wouldn't you be glad you kept your tradition, too?

"... It's hard to say in front of Mr. Scion"

I don't mind.

Say that like it's nothing, turn the cigarette around. After breathing out purple smoke that looked delicious, Theon continued his words.

"The way His Highness Chris did it is not an ingenious way. Many of Lotte Ong's policies were harsh on merchants. If Taga loosens up at once, it'll become popular."

of the White River, but man cannot live by ideals and pure poverty alone. I would skip the argument as to whether Tanuma will was just a golden politician or an economic greatness who pushed for the introduction of a banknote economy, but the way politicians quickly gained popularity lies in spreading the money, which would not be disputed first if we said that East and West history proved it now.

"I wouldn't complain if I were a customer, so the merchant. I can't tell you in front of His Majesty, but there's also a voice that refers to the current Chris administration and says' ideal politics without looking at past examples'. In fact, some chambers of commerce make huge profits. It's just... you never think the finances of the Flame kingdom are luxurious either, do you? I also saw the income and expenditure of the Kingdom of Flame the other day when I was on maritime insurance, but I was wondering if it would go bankrupt as it is."

"... Hmm"

To Niza's words, Theon also gives a sinister look. I perceived signs that the air would get heavier, and Ayano raised her voice like she was in a panic.

"Look, look! It's also important when it comes to the finances of the Kingdom of Flame, but now you'll have something else to think about! Kota! What about Erica?

"Oh, oh! Erica and I are supposed to see each other again in ten days. I'm wondering if I can manage to get out of the royal castle by then... What do you say, Mr. Theon? Isn't there a way out of the royal castle that you might have used the other day?

"There won't be any, but it's a little far from His Royal Highness's room. It's very unlikely Erica and Coata will get out in the meantime, and it's risky."

"... for once I hear... there may be a way out in the room where His Highness Chris was..."

"You think there is?

"... right"

That's what makes it a big problem the day Chris' room, the 'hostage', had a way out. Hirota dropped her shoulder on a Scion like that with only her eyes in the dark.

- I don't like it.

I hear such a voice in Kota's ear. When I turned my gaze to you in a hurry, I saw Sonia sitting on a couch placed on the room diagonal to Theon.

"... Mr. Sonia?

"If you hear from me earlier, we'll run away or we'll get out of here... it's all backwards."

"Uh... Sonia? No, I guess that doesn't make you feel very good, does it? But that's why I left Erica at the royal castle."

"What are you talking about, Mr. Ayano?"

"- How about... heh?

"Leaving Erica in the royal castle? I won't admit it. We're all friends, and we're going home to Terra. That's where we live. I can't accept leaving Erica alone in the royal castle."

"Yep..."

In Sonia's words, Ayano puts a question mark on her head. Sonia smiled at Ayano like that.

"- When you leave the royal castle, you don't do anything to get away with it. Let's get out of the front door with dignity."

That's what I said, let my gaze stare indoors.

"There are ways to do that, too. Well, especially."

Take a breath.

"... to all of you, if you're ready for that, but?