The Annals of the Flame Kingdom (WN)

Duke Terra's residence, office.

In that room, where Erica, Kota, and Ayano were working to surround one long table, they didn't hear any talk, but only the sound of running the pen on paper.

"... hey"

No.

"Yes? What is it, Mr. Erica?

Voices leak from Erica to break such silence. Hota responding to Erica's voice like that stops Penn's hand running to God and turns his gaze to Erica. Plenty of two seconds, taking such Kota's gaze firmly with both eyes, Erica said.

"........................... Hima, what!

Scream. Kota flaunts his face at that voice sounding indoors - and Ayano shook his neck left and right in a sigh by pressing his own ears with both hands, as if he had assumed this situation.

"... Erica. You know, there's no such thing as a" hippo, "you know."

Ayano's gaze. I got that gaze, and I got stuck with the word 'ugly' - no, no, I remembered I wasn't, and Erica got a lot more pneumonia.

"So, because! 'Cause you are! What do you mean? Why is it that my job is to keep a diary? And every day, every day, keep a detailed record of it! Do you need it? Do you really need my dinner menu or something!?

"Erica, Erica. It's not a diary. It's an autobiography, autobiography."

"You're lying! Not in the sense of documenting your daily behavior!

"Not at all. Well, at this stage, nothing. Like Erica said, it's a good diary, right? Anyway, your job right now is to write an autobiography, so don't tell me you're not free or anything, okay?

That said, Ayano turned again. When Erica opens her mouth to endure such Ayano's gaze and spin her words, the office door is knocked. Please, the woman who came indoors with Kota's voice - Emili placed a bunch of paper in her hand in front of Kota when gracefully graced in front of the door.

"Dear Coata, it's for the day."

"Thank you...... or is it early, Emily? Sure, today."

"Erica will sit on the record for ages three to five."

"Have you got a two-year record yet? It's only before noon..."

"Since I became a samurai with Erica, I have kept a diary with my own modesty. We put it on for the purpose of recording Erica's growth… I didn't know it would help in this way"

That's what makes me smile so briskly, Emily. To that appearance, Erica looks at Emily with her cheekstick poked at her, seemingly uninteresting.

"What, Emily? You're working fast, aren't you?

"... yes, you will sit in. I believe this is necessarily for Erica if we borrow the words of Kota and Ayano."

"... but"

"Above all... Looking back at this diary seems to bring back memories with Erica of that time, which purely seems fun to me myself. Therefore, I can say this at work... but I miss the past a little bit."

Emily turns a glittering grin into a smile that looks like she misses something. After a bit of frustration with the appearance, Erica turned her gaze to Kota.

"... well, I hope Emily is enjoying it... no, it's not good. I'm a little embarrassed. Anyway...... Coata, does' here 'really work?

That being said, Erica elevates a bunch of paper on hand - dinner last night and a sole with clear notes of bathing time, and sleep time. It was Ayano who opened his mouth to such Erica's inquiry.

"Ma, it doesn't feel better than not doing it, does it, actually? But, well, this can't be foolish."

That's what I said. Take a sip of the tea you keep on the table.

"- What about" propaganda "? It doesn't make sense if you do it, but if you do it, it works. Plus, almost all of them are harmless"

"... almost none of them are harmful, by the way. What's harmful?

"Erica is embarrassed"

……

"You excelled in this leak episode or something at the age of four ~. With tears, I said to Emily, 'Don't tell your mother!' Erica or super kawayus. Emily, you write well."

"Hey, ah, ayano!? I mean, Emily! What are you writing!

That said, Ayano flickers Erica, who reaches out to take a bunch of paper from Ayano, and gives him a bunch of paper overhead. Hota looks at the figure as she shakes her head left and right in a sigh.

Propaganda.

This act, which, if interpreted, is named information warfare, or psychological warfare, is a word of Latin origin and refers to favors with political connotations. Though they tend to have negative images due to the sounds of the words and historical history, corporate advertising strategies, etc. are also a form of propaganda in large frames, and in no way a negative thing. No, but as mentioned above, there have been times when propaganda has historically been used under a kind of political, so-called dictatorship. History that has been used in the sense of attacking others, directly or indirectly, will cause propaganda to have a negative image.

"... Phew, Phew... Ah, Ayano..."

"Give it up. This kind of tea is expensive."

"Privately, that's a low point!

"Really? His Excellency the little bearded corporal in the world we were in was a propaganda genius, but his propaganda is even simpler. In the evening, I appealed to my emotions, not to my intelligence, with loud and simple words, and a discouraging way of speaking to tired salesmen on the way home from work."

"... is that it?

"Some charming princess would be better received by the masses than a ruler who writes a little difficult autobiography," he said.

"... like that?

"It's not exactly 'intelligence', it's not 'emotion'. There's a word for" judge, "and I'll cheer you up with a tragic heroine."

Right? and Ayano pointing only his gaze at Kota. In response to that gaze, Kota nodded slowly to show it.

"I would say that the status quo, the kingdoms of Solvania and Larchia, and the National Alliance of Lime Cities will also take this side. Even the commercial federation would be on our side in the big frame. But... what about the 'lords' of this country at heart?

"... is it about Emily's home that you can say she's on your side?

"That's right. The assistance of other countries is, of course, appreciated, but 'empires' cannot be maintained without the support of their own lords within their own countries. If so, do anything with propaganda… I have a few words to say, but you need to establish 'Erica's popularity'"

"... I know that... I mean, this is how you diary because you got that explanation? Autobiography? Well, I'm also writing this..."

That's what I said. Erica asks Haota because of Chillari's impatience.

"... does it work, this?

To Erica like that, Kota takes a small sigh.

"As Ayano said earlier, well... it's better than not doing it, and so on. But honestly, there's really not much we can do right now, is there?

……

"As an intelligence-gathering agency, Mr. Zion has asked me to move. The countries of Solvania, Lime and Larchia are already in a state of tension vis-à-vis the 'Kingdom'. The Wrights Cereal Chamber of Commerce is restricting the sale of cereals to Larchia for me. I'm not saying that all the hands I can hit at the moment... but I almost feel like I've beaten them up. Later, it becomes a question of future operations as an 'empire'. I wonder if this propaganda is also a policy based on anticipation of post-war operations."

"... Hey, Coata?

"Yes?"

"The... what is it? Listening to what I'm saying now...... what should I say? Win? No, I don't think we're talking about winning or losing... anyway, we..."

Erica, who says just a little bit. Kota nodded loudly at Erica like that.

"We will win, we will."

Afterwards, affirm. Erica closes her eyes to strong words that are not at what time, roughly like Hota.

"As it stands, we can't lose. Solvania, the maritime empire, and the Becker Chamber of Trade, the world's largest chamber of commerce, as well as the Lights Grain Chamber, the grain giant, are on this side. Lyme, the Kingdom of Larchia is more than half of the nations on the continent are on this side, too. In addition, we have no problem collecting information."

……

"What about the other side? Westria has expressed its support, but the Kingdom of Laurent will not be where it is. There is a better chance that public opinion will go away than the Wrights Cereal Chamber of Commerce suppresses the supply of food. It doesn't have to be. The regime will be honest."

"... well, that's... I guess so... Bye! If you know you can win that much, don't write your autobiography here for long."

"If Erica likes war, there are ways to do it."

"-!"

"... 90% of the time, the win is confirmed. Definitive, but less sacrifice is better if possible. I'm not a saint prince... sorry, I'm not even a vengeful ghost. I'm not saying it's embarrassing to save everything, but I think it would be best if we could take back Larchia without blood."

……

"So you say you're going to attack the food. The policy is to wait for the other side to destroy itself in a hurry."

"Yes."

"... I mean, Kota? I thought you said it yourself... and we don't look like great bad guys?

"I'm not looking to be on the side of justice. In the first place, I guess there's only one way to look at justice. Still, we're just talking about choosing the least damaging method. I mean, don't break your hip, Ayano."

Ayano replies like he's stuck with 'yes' to Kota's words. Staring at Ayano like that, Hota returned her gaze to Erica.

"... well, that's why we're talking about how to win later. I'm not talking about gaga, and I'm not gonna let you reverse it from here."

"...... hmm. If that's what Coata is, I believe it."

"Thank you"

"I believe that... Hey, Coata?

With that said, Erica rules Kota's - just a little, anxious looking look on Kota's face into her sight.

"... when the win is confirmed... why does Coata look like that?

"It's..."

"Oh my god!

As Kota tries to talk, the office door makes a noise and opens. Everyone in the room jumps their gaze at the door, Scion, who rushed in. Knock position, without passing through the gaze that you are saying so in the dark.

"- The Kingdom of Larchia has issued a decree! It's a decree forbidding all trade between Terra and the forces on her side!