The Economics of Prophecy

The Grand Duke showed me where the corners of the long corridor swelled. What a aristocratic place, with only one table and two chairs, but a semi-circular wall lined with portraits sloppily.

As soon as the samurai poured tea into the cup, she left.

I've never been in a situation with this woman alone. You can't be alarmed because you're the one who makes sense. Anyway, they won't let me off guard. The safety of Meer is also at stake.

"Damn, how much do you know about Alfie's birth?"

"Lord Alfina's father is His Majesty's younger brother, the former Grand Duke of Bertoldo, and your mother... is about to leave the Duke of Felbach's house."

I answered without relieving the tension. That's the information I had Meer look into before I got involved in that prophecy.

"When my concubine calls me Alfie, it's good. Three Duke of Felbach, to be exact, are Alfie's mothers. My niece was the granddaughter of the Duke of Felbach who caused civil unrest twenty years ago."

Alfina's paternal grandfather was an ancestral king. My maternal grandfather is a rebel duke. There is no doubt that this is the most important element of her position.

"At last, His Majesty the present king, me and Alfie's father are all sons of the previous king. And..."

The Grand Duke turned his attention to a large portrait at first sight. An energetic face that builds up a rich white beard stares at me.

"The cause of the civil unrest ahead lies also with the Predecessor."

The Grand Duke said bold things. I hope you don't give me information that the Grand Duke of the West has criticized the previous king.

"Even when I say brothers, there is a difference of more than twenty years of age between a concubine and His Majesty. That's why the concubine looks young for Alfie's aunt."

Appeal to your youth. Come to think of it, are you saying that for the Grand Duke both Alfina, the princess, and Alfina, who was the Grand Duchess, are both nieces? It's tricky.

"The Predecessor is keen on his duty to maintain his lineage. I can't complain because my concubine was born. Finally, he became a loving father to his family. Not even the concubine of a concubine. She's my youngest daughter, and I don't know if it's because she was so adorable."

The Grand Duke gives a small painting with a feather fan. Grand Duke Lori, about ten years old, is depicted. Beautify anyway......, as far as the woman in front of you is concerned is not that exaggerated?

"Royalty, that's not the problem for the state. I just have to push him as an adoptive son into a boring house. The Grand Duke of East and West didn't even fit in from that kind of house in a way. However, even though he is related to the Duke's family, he is also strongly confined to his own blood muscles. Especially since the Duke of Felbach is old. He was an independent force in the buffer zone with the Empire."

"I see."

By way of analogy to Otomo Edo, the Grand Duke was the head of the three houses and the Duke was the head of the clan or the Spectrum Otomo. But did you have a great name? Is the discontent of being taken over the house the cause of the civil unrest?

"The Predecessor collapses as he waits for the convergence of the turmoil that cost him three years. One brother who succeeded, that is, His Majesty, seems to have struggled quite a bit to adjust the goth between relatives. My concubine was still young, so it's not hearsay. That's when the five older brothers who had just succeeded Bertoldo, or Alfina's father, said they wanted to marry Felbach's daughter. They haven't been in love since college."

I see. Whatever you think is controversial when you are being chased to clean up Gotagota between relatives. No, it's a good behavior to be clearly selfish. There would naturally have been someone in the King's plan to make his brother's companion.

"My brother as Grand Duke of Bertoldo has excelled. The concubine who succeeded him understands that. But it is the policy of His Majesty and the Prime Minister to try to stabilize the royal family and kingdom by pressing Felbach for all responsibility for the civil unrest. And we're not talking about going head-on against it. Where Bertoldo settled down from the effects of the turmoil, his brother took refuge. Should it be called de facto seclusion in the Wang capital? It was around that time that Alfina was born. Perhaps the only thing warm about being with a couple and their daughters."

So you can have a super boxed daughter who has never been out of Wang Du? The West is the mother's home. Is that what her longing is for?

"I know very little about the life of my brother and his family in Wang Du, but it didn't seem that unfortunate in the sense of family until I lost my parents successively. As far as Alfie's concerned."

I want to believe it is. Forced romantic marriage quotes, so losing your position and family breakdown doesn't save you too much.

"So, what did you think when you heard what I was saying?

"If the stability of a nation is compromised, and you think of it as one of the most damaging blown and flying civilians, you can't say that the Kingdom's policy towards civil unrest is wrong."

If civil unrest is complete in the country alone, we will also be friends after convergence. However, measures with the added influence of the Empire and some degree of intolerance are also justified.

"Hmm..."

"Except that's a story about being a civilian. As someone who knows firsthand an innocent girl who ate for it, sometimes I don't think so. I'm sorry, but we'll give this one priority."

"I say something tricky. Well, that's fine. It's not natural to think differently depending on your position."

"By the way, as a merchant, let me say that this country is still cramped"

"Originally, it was a national style oriented towards stability. That trend was further reinforced by that civil unrest. Now His Majesty too, then, while His Majesty is being deprived of everything by the royal Gothagota, the Prime Minister entrusted with national government is particularly inclined to do so. I'm not incompetent, but I'll give you a bloodpath to keeping budget and discipline."

I can feel that, too. And that the presence of Alfina annoys the Chancellor in many ways.

"I was right to give the third prince a handle on that proposal, but the prince and the prime minister are also poorly reconciled. Especially in the earlier Warcraft flood, the axis of conflict between the prince, who seeks to expand the Third Knights, and the Chancellor, who deposits the budget, became prominent. For the Prime Minister, who has little influence over the army due to the reduction of the Knights, it will be annoying."

The Grand Duke covered his mouth with a feather fan. I guess I hid my sigh.

"And in this prophecy. It doesn't seem to be clearly shaped yet. As far as Alfie's concerned, I don't think it's a pleasure."

The background and the current situation were explained and the main issue finally appeared. Is the problem still prophecy?

"I told you so. He said the second time wasn't good."

"You said it. Last time, the prophecy thing had been ignored, so I could concentrate on preventing disaster. But not since this time."

"Exactly. Unlike last time, a proper counter-measures meeting will be convened. Moreover, the organizer is the Prime Minister. It's not the highest level of response."

"............... that's a reliable story"

Some irrationality arises in a normal world. The ideal situation is not even in the game to swing it all just for offense or defense. At best, it's about the qualitative training mode.

But still, there are limits. It's called an internal and external affair. It is subtle whether the calamity of prophecy is external, but depending on the content, it is fully linked to the factional strife in the Royal Palace. So much so that I think the last time it was ignored was easier.

"As I said, the prophecy has not yet been finalized. Consequently, there has also been no full-scale move by the Prime Minister's Countermeasures Conference. But the concubine doesn't seem to be able to flow information."

The Grand Duke distorted his mouth.

"I don't want that to happen. I'm sure it'll be tricky. So what do you want from me?"

"Nothing specific so far. I just want you to help Alfie."

"That's an abstract story. This one's gonna cost you your life?

It's not just me, either. Of course, last time, no. Even the array at Shaoxian Festival was hard to say it was safe, but this time it's an even greater risk. The second son of the Chancellor and the Chancellor make about the difference between lizards and dragons. No, a little bird and a dragon.

"In the same way. With regard to the Gotagota of the Royal Palace, a concubine can be a shield to some extent. I'm not a guardian for that, and I'm still the Grand Duke of the West. But concubines have areas that cannot be covered. And there are people who can cover it"

The Grand Duke looked at me.

"In other words, a framework separate from that of power. For example, should I help Alfina as a merchant, is that what you mean? Supporting it in two different frameworks enhances safety. One frame collapses at the same time."

You can be Alfina's shield with your life like a civilian, you can't nod your demands and it's technically impossible. But if that's the case, it's the scope of a complementary relationship, and it's a possible story.

"The graffiti. You don't have many friends."

"Leave me alone"

Reasonable is heavily aware. I'm not used to this one. I'm prepared to say it, so I hope you don't tear it up.

"Just a compliment. Alfie was right to send me to college."

"Grand Duke?"

In a space no one had seen, the great nobleman bowed his head to the civilian litter.

"Regards, Alfie. But as long as I help my niece, my concubine will do everything she can to protect all Vinder's shareholders."

The man whose position is above bows his head. It's a cowardly story. We're taking away this option. But, well, you can draw on all of Vinder's shareholders for a fraction of their good faith. As a shareholder, I can't go back irrelevant anymore.

Besides, I saw Alfina's aunt, a young woman to say. It's like being a comrade to me to accept Alfina's uncle's position.

"We'll work with you as long as we can."

"I'll do whatever I can there.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... My eyes are so warm when I see my concubine."

"That's not true."

Grand Duke with his neck.

"First you get the information above. That's the contact between you and intelligence at our place where you get the information below. Jacob and the butler..."

I went into practice with a strange face. The Grand Duke rings the bell with a seemingly uncomfortable face.

"… then we will pack the actual contact method and frequency with your site"

In the words of the butler, the conversation was to be slackened between practitioners. This improves the situation where there is an overwhelming shortage of hands compared to the type and amount of information that needs to be collected.

"Is this the place? There's a big gap between what you know and what you don't."

"Well, I'm a civilian. Yes, I'd like to ask you one last thing."

It's a question I've felt before. The witch princess is a pushed poor lottery for Alfina. Yet she was obsessed with the role of heralding prophecies until she defied the will of the kings and prime ministers who pressed her.

That's true when it comes to being like her, but knowing the background better makes me even more uncomfortable.

"How could Alfina..."

"What's wrong with me, Ricardo?"

Suddenly there was a voice coming from behind.

Turning around, there was a beautiful girl with hot water. This is a simple piece that is close to a room outfit, rather than an approximate outfit.

Alfina, leaning her little neck to shelter her damp blue and silver hair, was all but thrilled. A slight fragrance of fragrance reaches your nose.

"Seniors. I have nasty eyes"

Meer is back in uniform. However, the hair I put down hangs on my shoulder and I have a different scent that bothers me. How can a hot girl be so glossy?

"No, haha. That's not true."

Alfina, who unconsciously attracts luster, and Meer, who hasn't realized that Alfina isn't the only one upsetting me. I forced myself out of sight of the two of you.