The Inner Palace Tale of a Villainess Noble Girl

The territory of the Crestor family, dotted throughout the Kingdom of Elland. In order to travel around all the territory in the ten days of the Descent Festival (Les Armenies Arstos), each must naturally act alone and travel everywhere. Dualis and Elizabeth each have a 'dark' escort, but in Edward's case it's 'solo action' in the true sense of the word. The reason is simple, because it is faster and surer to beat your enemies up yourself than to have 'darkness' protect you.

That's why he's the best at mobility. Every year, he's assigned a wide area there, on the western side across the Lemia River. No Deanna this year, so it's huge in circles.

Day four of the festival, the morning of the 23rd of the Forest Moon. On this day he changed direction largely on his way from the territory he spent last night on to the next land. The clever horse who remembers the directions every year turns to me as he stops by surprise.

"Sorry, just stopping by. It shouldn't be that far away, so good luck."

That's all the horses I've known for a long time are convinced, and they often drive far through strange lands. As Edward said, before that, I could see a small house, nestled as if hiding on a wilderness cliff. A little down the horse in front of it, approaching it with a gentle foothold, the door opens just fine and one old man shows his face.

Taking off the hood he was wearing, Edward smiled.

"It was just fine. Is this Dr. Dory's office?"

"... which is it?"

"I have talked to the teacher and the patient that the teacher is treating, and I have come to visit you. My name is Ed."

I know a hundred smiles look frigid, but it's unnatural not to laugh here, not to be heartless. Unlike my father and sister, my smile is not intimidating to them, so in this case Edward mostly laughs and looks for his next hand.

(Go home! If they tell me... I guess I'll break in from behind)

There is no doubt that this is the destination, so we can only finish our errands later. With plans still looming after this, he wasn't willing to think about a very elaborate operation in the first place.

"... in"

"Oh, thank you. Thank you."

Either the smile worked, or they spotted him thinking of trespassing behind it, either way the old man returned his heel with a difficult face and opened the door-like door. Tell the horse to wait near here, and Edward knocks at the door.

- The interior was so neat and tidy that I can't imagine from the exterior of the house that it's still going to collapse. Bare through a room with a cooking table and a table, a small sofa and one bookshelf, the old man moves to the back. Pushing the wall against the hallway, a hidden staircase appeared towards the basement.

(... this is what you found out)

Even if you don't tell them anything, they will take you to a room that looks like a 'secret'. This is eighty-nine years old, the opponent is a "back" person, and his identity is lost. Edward followed the old man down the stairs, thinking he still didn't have enough training.

At the end of the hidden staircase, there is one door. The lights are leaking from inside. The old man knocked on the door with tricks.

- Sola, wake up.

"Oh, I'm awake."

What I heard from the other side was a calm, soft voice. Somewhere I can even feel as harsh as a priest, but the old man did now call him 'Sola'.

"I'll open it. - A guest."

Ki, there's a noise, and the door opens. Encouraged to go inside with his eyes, Edward slowly stepped indoors.

It was a small room. Bed and sink, two small chairs, only large enough to finally fit in.

But the person who rose on the bed, so narrow as not to worry, welcomed Edward with an overwhelming presence.

"Welcome, young man. - I apologize for not being able to offer you any hospitality."

"... you, Lord Black Lion, are you?"

He was surprisingly small. Even minus being a little thin due to illness, I guess it's originally small. Deanna and I only have a very long back.

The light black hair is flowing, and the black eyes of the obsidian dwell in a strong glow. That face was so young that I didn't think I had a son around twenty. Bad enough to look cute. It should be over forty for sure, but no matter how you look at it, it only looks like the early thirties or so.

- But the intimidation emanating from the whole body, the intensity of its eyes was undoubtedly that of the person who was dubbed the 'back' bi-perfection.

"- I didn't even ask for your convenience and came by suddenly, I'm sorry"

By the time he realized it, very naturally, Edward was bowing his head.

"My name is Edward Crestor, and I am the eldest son of the current Earl of Crestor. It's a pleasure to meet the legendary Bi-perfect, Lord Sola the Black Lion."

From those who bowed their heads, there was a slight, slightly troubled voice coming down.

"... you don't need to thank me, young man. Even if I am not involved, I am also one who lives in the 'back' where you are sheltered."

"No, Lord Black Lion, I've always admired and respected you, and I've finally been able to see you. Please treat me not as the eldest son of the Crestor family, but as a person belonging to one 'back'."

"Quite… you place a difficult order"

The black lion, a little, seemed to laugh.

"Please, have a seat. And Dory."

"Don't you need tea, young man of the Crestor family?"

"Please, call me Ed about me. Young man, it's been a long time since I've been called."

That said, Edward sits on a chair. At the same height of his eyes as the Black Lion, he took that eye from the front, and again his breasts rattled.

"... Rumor has it you did."

"Rumors, is it?

"I've heard of a young man in the Crestor family who mixes with 'darkness' to do 'back' work,"

"It's not as big a deal as I say. When we're short on manpower, to the extent that Sirius calls us. During the season, you have to socialize with the nobles."

That statement is already the dialogue of the operators. Edward himself has positioned himself as a person who occasionally only faces' behind ', but these days' occasionally 'has gradually increased, and has been treated almost as a peer by' behind 'people. Probably one of the most' back 'facing Crestor clans of the last two hundred years.

"Regardless of the rumors, there are many opportunities to relate to 'back'. I've heard so much about you that I wanted to see you someday."

"You don't have to see me or anything... Isn't there a Lord Blackwing right around you"

"Sirius is certainly amazing, and I'm still no match for him. Unlike Sirius, you asked with a legendary operator, respected by everyone who lives in the 'back' while working alone around the place. Whatever it is, it makes sense, and sometimes it's against the employer, but he says he's the one who protects people's well-being. - I've always wanted to talk to you."

"... if you knew that much, wouldn't it have also naturally come to my ear that I would never engage with the Crestors"

To that quietly uttered word, Edward slowly dropped his shoulder.

"I know.... Neither my father nor Sirius could tell me more about it. He said that the Black Lion had come to avoid us by taking certain events into account."

"That's not the right word. I don't have the face to make the Crestors see me."

The voice of the Black Lion sounds soft and even reaches Edward's ear.

"When I was still young...... I didn't know much about this' world '. Even though I am ignorant, I have sinned that will never be forgiven."

"But,"

"Yeah, Master Dualis, it was like he didn't care. 'You didn't know, did you? Then you don't have a choice,' he said. I suspected both eyes and ears."

If that father is, he is likely to say so. The Crestors are tolerant of those who sincerely reflect on the sins they have committed.

"Even if Master Dualis forgives me... no, that's why I can't be sweet about it. I have decided not to rely on the Crestor family, to live in this world and to repay you from afar.... I just think it was bad for that kid that he forced his son down the same path"

"Your son...... it's called 'The Lion', is that him?

"You seem to have given me that street name because of my son. He laughed," I don't look like a lion. "

The Black Lion turned the eye of a man with something to protect, one to Edward.

"Young man.... No, Ed. If you are one who lives' behind ', please don't just let that child bear my sins when you meet that child ahead of you. I will bear my sins and bring them to the shores of the Underworld."

"Lord Black Lion..."

"I probably won't make it through this winter. - After I die, please give my regards to Kai and my son."

"... uh, I'm here to say I can't do that, me"

The small room, which was heavily aired, was often filled with strange silence.

"... what?

"My father, who heard that Lord Black Lion was a difficult disease, but he could handle it if he even got the herb, took it seriously. A temporary sanatorium was built in Port Town to ensure the distribution of medicines as well. I'm here to ask you if you could come back."

"Ha!?

The one who shouted was Dr. Dory, who had been listening straight next to me until then.

"Young man, what are you talking about!? It's a marhabasoo frying pill, how much the hell do you think you have!

"So call me Ed. - I'm not familiar with the details, either, but someone moved to a desert country in the Crestor family a few generations ago, and they started an export trade locally, and that's where they handle the plants, too. When you explain the situation, they'll also deliver the frying method that maximizes the effect of the medicine, so maybe you can do something about it."

"No, no, no..."

What are you doing, the Crestors, and I want to get into it even if it's not Dory. As far as the black lion of the party goes, it seems so surprising that it's written on his face flashly.

"... you can't possibly take it. Dear Dualis, you know my answer."

"If you have the means to live, you should take advantage of it. We, the Crestors, have only slightly expanded the breadth of its' means'."

"Do you mean to treat me like that exclusively?

"If Lord Black Lion can help, it will pave the way to save the same sick person. You're not the only one who can save me."

"... then you can make someone else, not me, the first one"

As I was asking, he's quite stubborn. Dr. Dory said he packed now when he heard that the way to save the Black Lion was cleared, so later only persuasion of the person.

Edward laughed a little and tilted his neck.

"I think you should live, though. - Even for your son."

"... what,"

"Don't you mind? Respecting your feelings, how could my father have suddenly done this without ever daring to look for you"

Black lions are smart as well as strong. After a little silence, he moved his lips "... no way".

"I didn't get rushed in. … a little troubled, although I'm sure I made contact"

"What did you do, that one!

"We fought head-on as a result of jumping to the most rewarding job to earn your drug bill"

"Um, idiot......!

With his head in his arms, the next moment he changed his posture trying to jump out of bed. It's between Edward and Dory, and they manage to contain it.

"Hey, relax, Sola!

"Calm down? Until you hit that fool with one shot, you won't calm down!

"No, well, I didn't think Kai would make such a preliminary mistake, but he was desperate, too. Don't be so angry."

"What the hell am I supposed to apologize to Master Dualis for annoying those two generations..."

"Uh, nothing. My father hasn't bothered me. Mostly things happened to my sister."

When I could forgive him as he suppressed him, on the bed, the black lion stopped moving perfectly. With a slightly blue look, he comes back to Edward.

"Ed's sister, no way, Deanna the last princess..."

"That's it. Deanna, right now, as the side room of" Between the Red Roses, "I was in the rear palace. There are a lot of things that put me in a position like a faction leader, but Kai-kun was hired at the house of a warlord hostile to Deanna. So at first we were Deanna's enemies, but they were inside something, and now they're working with Deanna as a double secret for us to get information out while we're being hired by the enemy."

Hearing Kai's work in thirty seconds, the black lion buried his head in his lap as it was, puffing his entire body.... He's doing his best, enjoying wanting to scream, apparently.

"How far, you idiot, is he...!!

"Look, you think you need to get better and hit him instead of just one shot, don't you? Kai-kun's current location is the rear palace, so you can't infiltrate the Black Lion Hall without being ill."

"... If that's the case, I'm going to have to shame you here and take care of you. It would be my job, the father, to beat up my stupid son, collect him, and make him apologize in the dirt."

I hear his reply fast or Dory jumps out of the basement. I looked at the black lion, who obviously looked more energetic than earlier, and Edward nodded, OK.

(Whatever the motive, Lord Black Lion has become positive for treatment. Parent-child fights after the illness is completely cured, let me see)

When I heard one crack in the parent-child fight, I said, "Don't say anything unsolicited!" It was Edward taking out the paper and pen to get the transmission out, with his thoughts definitely going in.