The Annals of the Flame Kingdom (WN)
Episode 191: Madam President and Chief Assistant
Phew, in a room where a small sigh of Alberto Barbert, president of the National Alliance of Lime Cities, who dropped off a sudden rare visitor, reaches out to the cup of tea in front of him with a somewhat tired look on his face.
"... oh?
I frown a little at the fact that the cup was empty. and, at the same time, the cup of Alberto was filled with warm tea.
"Sankiu, Clarissa"
"No. Good day, my lord"
"When you two are alone?
"... good day, Al"
To that word, Alberto shows his face broken with joy. In contrast, the pot in my hand - I was there, filling the cup of Alberto - placed it on the table with a lighted 'mu' look.
".................. It's certainly just the two of us now. But, my lord? This is the presidential office, or the official residence, right? What do you think of private conversations in public?
"I work for a couple in public. Not now, what is it? Hey, Clarissa" Barbert "?
That's what I said and laughed two times, and Alberto shows his left hand up. Clarissa's cheek stained Zhu as she crawled her gaze into a ring that glistened hard on her pharmacopoeia and then stared at a glistening sole on her left hand pharmacopoeia.
"... yes, but. But, my lord? After all, we should distinguish between public and private."
"Yes, sir. You're still tough, aren't you? Do you want me to? I told you during that pageant. He said he'd quit and plow fields in the country! But why am I the president?"
I have a grudge. Alberto turns his gaze. The gaze was cooled, and Clarissa sighed small.
"In those circumstances, my lord, there is no reason why our people of the Lyme City National Alliance would not receive a great leader like you? I've decided to have you continue as president in disfigurement."
"... it would be too much for me to be a great leader. Do you want me to? The Great Leader Portrait was created by you on your own."
"You must be an actor, right? You just have to do everything you can to play the role you've been given."
After a rapprochement with the Kingdom of Larchia, Clarissa acted quickly. They flew ahead before they left, causing Alberto's "feat" to be heavily reported. It is often said that war is harder after the war, but especially in the case of the 'defeated' state, the Lyme City State Alliance, the future rebuilding of state politics requires a leader with charisma, and that the leader with that charisma was qualified as Alberto, a mediating actor.
"... acquit the other consuls?
"Because it is better for many people to take charge of divinity. You don't have to take advantage of the fact that you threw out a president, that you pushed out a president, that you don't use it more than you have a burden on them, do you? These are the people who even ascended to the consul, assuming. Each urban state has a certain influence."
"... shouldn't you be president?
Stir up the people, prepare the candy and ruin whip of maintaining the status quo for the consuls of Haiqian Mountain Thousand, and promote not only the domestic economy, but also foreign diplomacy. Clarissa, not by herself, but naturally by a good staff, but it was definitely Clarissa's power that propelled it into the shadows in a daily fashion. Alberto is heartbroken because he feels he is being called a dark incompetent president.
"... Al"
"... what?
Pick a little sleeve of such Alberto clothes. He's my height difference, or Clarissa stares at Alberto as she goes.
"The only reason I can work hard is because Al will stay next to me...?
……
"Oh, Al?
"Let's go home, let's go home, when we leave. Anything is fine. Let's go home now, Clarissa."
"... to? Hey, hey Al!? Duh, where... hey, hey!
Turn your hands under your feet and lift them... so-called, 'princess' posture. Clarissa's face stains bright red at close distances where her breath is likely to hang.
"What's in the light? I know you're always doing better than that."
"Yes, don't tell me! I mean, time! It's only past lunch! What are you thinking!?
Clarissa tries to disprove with respect and with a bright red face.
"You still have to decide! Well... 'That's what' is, after it's all over..."
Clarissa pointing at Soppo and pointing only at her bright red stained ears this way. Though that face is asexually cute, it still slowly lowers Clarissa.
"... why do you seem a little dissatisfied?
"... because I was happy. Don't make me say it, it's embarrassing."
"Huh! So! Uh, that's enough! Let's just get this over with!
Seeing Clarissa look like a bully, Alberto walked to the desk in the clerk's office with a big crotch, thinking about how boring 'a woman is difficult' was, and took a few documents that were shaking unreliably on the desk.
"" Proposal on the Founding of the Flame Empire, "right. What do you think, this?
To Alberto, who shook the paper at hand as a pepper, Clarissa also opened her mouth by changing the maiden's expression earlier to that of an aide.
"It is easy to speculate that His Majesty Erica will take any action beyond the fact that the Kingdom of Flame is in that state. From the easy event of the assassination of His Majesty Erica to the war involving the continent of Orkena, we envisioned dozens of patterns and worked out measures to combat them."
"What's the pattern this time?
"This is a pattern where His Majesty Erica and His Highness Chris split. We had assumed that the Kingdom of Flame would be divided into two forces…"
Take a breath.
"… we do not envisage the founding of an empire on boulders and the construction of the imperial capital, Rondo de Terra, until the inauguration of the new king of the State of the Lordship of Courta Matussillo, the departure of the king of Solvania and the approval of the empire of Flame in the Kingdom of Solvania. I didn't think it would be a more 'peaceful' solution than that. In addition, the Kingdom of Solvania will bring such an out-of-the-box proposal."
"I guess..."
"Yes, and I think it's a 'clever' way to talk honestly. As for the Kingdom of Flame, I do not know if it is a grief...... but in form it will be an independent state. You'll need a few payouts, but they'll still be better than ever."
"Will His Majesty the King of the Kingdom of Flame have His Holiness Chris?
"Perhaps that would not even be acknowledged by His Majesty Erica. However, His Majesty the former King does not have any sons other than His Majesty Elizabeth and His Majesty Erica... in terms of closest blood ties, you will be able to sit on the King around the Duke of Luman, who will be hit by His Majesty the former King's cousin. It will be easier for His Royal Highness Chris."
"Does His Majesty Erica have any flavor?"
"No. His Majesty Erica's position will be defended, albeit formally, than the Kingdom of Flame enters' below 'the Empire of Flame. It also makes the imperial capital of the Flame Empire a Rondo de Terra. Terra is the former territory of His Majesty Erica. If you can escape from the birds in the cage in our territory, you know enough to taste it."
"... I see"
Listening to Clarissa's explanation, Alberto slowly lowers his back to the sofa placed in the center of the room. He kept his head on his back and turned his gaze to Clarissa.
"... so? Which one do you think you're good at sticking with?
"... well. Does your Excellency think so, too? 'Rough' at some point."
"Naturally. We split into two parts, so let's get along, I don't think that's going to make any sense. Can you easily imagine that something will happen?
That's what I say. Reach for the cup on the table.
"... then we talk about which one the hell we should get attached to. I suppose morally, we should follow the Kingdom of Flame."
"Our country and Terra have an alliance."
"That's right. But what's the point of that? Plus, Carlos I's out of line, right? After that snake-minded old man left office, does he have the influence of old times in the Kingdom of Solvania? The succession is bonkers... and now thinking of national power, it's unlikely that it will suddenly fall."
"Right. I thought it would be enough to preserve the 'legacy'."
"I'm sure Parsena will leave me alone. The Kingdom of Larchia is a subtle line, and Laurent is probably, not the other way around. Westria is the only one with a neck..."
"Westria will undoubtedly oppose the Flame Empire. Emotionally, I'm likely to join the 'kingdom' side where His Highness Chris is..."
"It's a country like an example of a man and woman who went too far, over there."
"Beyond the fact that His Majesty Erica is also a woman, I feel inclined to lean just that if I set the top of the country on a man, and how many aristocrats support His Royal Highness Chris' country, which he falsely called the 'Prince'."
"Wouldn't that be the place to accomplish your grief? Dick-looking flame kingdom destroyed, huh? My own prince."
"It was actually the princess who remitted it, but I guess they're not convinced, over there. Even when I was at the University of Larchia, I received a good 'yes' gaze. To a woman. Well, there are places like that everywhere. It's Lyme and a very small part of the Flame kingdom that really appreciates us as much as we can."
"It doesn't matter if you're a man or a woman on stage."
"That's how good Lime is. I'll get back to it. Either way, it's hard at this stage to decide which one to stick with. Too little information."
"But hey... I'm telling you, Erica. Shouldn't we have decided one way or the other by then?
The 'demise' of the kingdom of Flame and the series of streams involved are enough to repaint the workings of the continent of Orkena at once. If you make a mistake in your response, even the Lyme City National Alliance, exhausted in earlier battles, will suffer further wounds. As Head of State, and more importantly as Alberto, who was born in this country and lives in this country, I do not want to see a country worshipping the afterdust of another country.
"... then, my lord? Wouldn't it be nice if I accompanied your Excellency's 'likes'?
A bitter look at Alberto with a slightly pitiful look on his face, Clarissa spins a word that - if at all - tends to be taken as appropriate.
"... who you like?
"Yeah, I like you. If you like, then you can say it in a bad way, or your Excellency's 'Believer'. Even now, my lord, you've chosen the one you like, haven't you?
"You're the one who likes you...... don't you? Even I thought it was for my country."
"So."
Control the alberto I was about to tell you about.
"Whatever time you are, you have chosen someone who will be 'for this country'. That's because you like this country. So, my lord? You can do whatever you want. I'm sure it's for the good of this country."
Either way, diplomacy has no right answer. Even if you ever regret stringing history together and saying, "If you do this then," you can't make that decision then.
……
"So don't worry about anything, my lord. You choose who you like as you wish. No one will blame you, even if that's a failure. No, assuming someone, everyone in the Lyme City State blames you, I, I'm the only one."
- I'll always be next to you.
"... it's a boulder, you. I don't know, it's a cheat."
"Really? I don't mean to."
"Uh, yes, yes. Then you're right, I'll do whatever you want. In the meantime, I'll think about it when I see His Majesty Erica."
"Right. Do so."
Saying so as to be nothing, collecting the documents placed on the desk and aligning them with a ton of paper twice on the desk, Clarissa punishes Alberto's desk with the paper. He then approached Alberto after he had lost his sight to the left and right to care about Kosokoso and something, picking the sleeve of that garment for a bit.
"... Clarissa?
"Well... and for now, you're done with your work today, aren't you?
"Oh, yeah..."
Keep your moist eyes on top of you.
"Well, so what? Because it's all over... and I want to..."
After Alberto screamed in his heart that the woman was cheating, he turned his hand under Clarissa's leg and showed it by doing 'Princess Peeks' all the way through earlier.