The Economics of Prophecy

I don't know how this is happening when Euphilia should have summoned me to the Grand Mansion.

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Alfina stares at me with sad eyes across the table. Much more silent from earlier. An awkward silence hunts me down with time. Somehow, you have no idea what you did to yourself.

It's a little different than not remembering yourself. Anyway, I'm the one with the communal disorder that we both admit.

They cut the proportion of languages in human communication by half, but for communication disorders the proportion of words clearly exceeds the majority.

Well, I guess I did something. Even if you don't know what it is. But at times like this, the person who called in the first place...

"... Ricardo kun"

"Yes, sir"

Alfina finally opened her mouth when I tried to see the table across the room where the owners of the mansion were.

"Ricardo is a merchant, right?"

"Well, yes."

The question that finally jumped was fortunately answerable. But isn't that what Alfina, the shareholder, knows best? Although I have been driven out by a bit of a different field of work lately.

No way, scolding me as a shareholder telling management not to commit more to the main business......

"Is a merchant a job going to a dangerous red forest?"

"Well, that depends on time and case..."

I see. In short, they found out I was traveling to the Red Forest.

"I don't know what else to do..."

I let my eyes swim with a cold sweat on my back. How can I explain it in this case? No, I don't want to go either. Besides, I take safety into account.

That's right, isn't there a dependable knight with you? I looked across the room like I was looking for salvation.

"His Highness Alfina. Dear Great Sage, we are responsible for one line..."

From a table placed away, Hyde rose. This is a bizzy stand by the name of a knight.

"Sir Hyde. That's not what I'm talking about."

But Claudia, who was next to Hyde, shook her head. Because of this, the reinforcements lowered their hips in confusion. I peek into Alfina's expression, I'm not impressed by the words of a brave knight.

What, why not? That's the story.

Again withstand Alfina's silent gaze. Field conversations begin to arrive in your ears.

"... Dear Alfina, I need to push some more"

"Lord Claudia. Well, that was like before the tour..."

"Shit. I don't care what you say now."

"Well, so is Alfie, but Ricardo can't count on me again."

Luetua, Hyde, Claudia. More to Euphilia. Anyway, they're saying something unsolicited.

"And anyway. It's very important. It's really necessary to fight the Empire."

"... battle. His Royal Highness Craig is being impotent to Ricardo again."

"No. Uh, that's that way. I asked Senior Dalgan for that. Not really. Anyway, if we leave it like this, the kingdom itself is likely to be in danger due to the magic of the empire. And inevitably, I'm in danger, too, so this is rather an inevitable way to reduce the risk."

Maintenance of the kingdom is my theory of conservation. Blah, blah, blah. I'm not convinced of him either.

"... that's. So, but does Ricardo have to go himself?"

Alfina was frightened for the first time.

"Unfortunately"

All right, let's keep this conversation going that way.

"Speaking of which, how is the return of His Highness Lisaberto..."

"It's good to know about His Highness, Liezabelt."

Alfina's eyes tightened tightly and her sharpened gaze stabbed me.

"Yes, sir"

What, now what? You have a good connection.

"... oh, I can't think of any other woman's name here more than I imagined"

Euphiria came over here shaking her head. There's something out there, but it's finally a help ship.

"His Highness Alfina. I will keep this man safe as a knight. His Royal Highness Craig tells me to protect this person no matter what I put down. I'll take care of it."

said Hyde next to Euphiria. It's like the Great Sage said earlier when he went. Or are you good yourself? You're the heir to the prestigious Count family, aren't you? I'm sorry for being disrespected by an escort or for dying too new.

To the words of Euphiria and Hyde, Alfina bit her lips.

".................. ok. I said something that didn't make sense. In the first place, it's strange for me to say that it's a cut that's drawn me to this. But lately, Meer seems to be so busy that she can't even play the role of watchmaker. Ricardo is just impotent..."

Saying so, Alfina laid her eyes down.

I see, you're making me worry enough to know. Sure, I feel like I'm just being impotent that doesn't fit my height. To be honest, even though I'm a prince to the Chancellor, I'm more comfortable with this trip than I am with it.

It's a casual story to worry about, but a girl who worries about herself is cowardly because she wants to protect it the other way around.

I'm more worried about Alfina holding the crystal of prophecy. Because if anything happens to a kingdom that loses to an empire, it's going to be targeted first.

Besides, as far as I'm concerned, I'd like to create a mechanism to disconnect the prophetic witch princess Alfina from the crystal, and I'm hoping she has useful knowledge of the empire. Countermeasures against the Imperial guidance are also important for this purpose.

"There's also the curator's radar, and I'll make sure it doesn't go that far back"

That's what I said to reassure Alfina. Everyone around me shook their heads for some reason.

".................. ok. That was His Royal Highness Lisaberto. They're also returning to the Empire next week. I could only speak a few words, but I was very grateful to Ricardo."

"Oh, really? That was good. That pollen only worked on one dragon that appeared in the kingdom, so did it convey that there was no guarantee that it would work on the other dragons"

"Yes. Still, you said you'd appreciate it. I'm so sorry I couldn't thank you in person."

I think they liked the gift. This will give the pollen effect a good try. How long will it take for the Empire to try that later?

But right, did you appreciate it? Don't break my heart.

"... His Royal Highness Liezabelt said that if there was anything about pollen, he might be able to repair the relationship between the kingdom and the empire. Because they say dragons make up a large proportion of the damage done by the Imperial Warcraft. Well, Ricardo's not too dangerous..."

I said it like Alfina found hope. The pollen I gave you this time is not a large amount. Because pollen alone cannot be grown, the Empire will buy it from the Kingdom. If I could do that, it would help to connect the two countries...

"That seems quite difficult."

If you look at the Imperial Vessel Activity, there is no reason for the Empire to miss this chance. If they grab food from it, and it's even more pollen, they'll think the kingdom will grab the root completely.

"But tell the Empire that the dispute with the kingdom is wrong..."

"If the Empire is wrong, we can make it right. But you can't make it right more than the Empire is right."

I said kick ass. Alfina becomes the face of confusion.

"Is the Empire Right...,"

"To be precise, it's right for the Empire to take this opportunity to attack the kingdom, right? Naturally it's not right for this one."

I told Noel, too, that if we put ourselves in the shoes of the Empire, we'll see. What if this decade-long decline in the demonic vein is just a temporary decline before we head for a further ascent? I can see from the chart of stock prices that things don't go in a straight line.

Besides, the demonic pulse of the kingdom has been unstable over the past few years. That should be an opportunity for the Empire, but also a great anxiety.