The Inner Palace Tale of a Villainess Noble Girl

Sunny weather, mid-mountain moon - in short, about half a month passed after the night club at the start of the season, one day.

Every time you get used to it, a secret tea party was held in the forgotten garden in the rear palace by a small number of side chambers.

The garden was previously used by four "named" side rooms, excluding Liliane, but the addition of Shayla to members who knew more about the situation led to five main users. Rhea and Yolanda seem willing to look at the fold and add here Shayla's friends, Lydill and Nasha, too, and Deanna thinks it's time to re-pattern the garden. We can accommodate up to five people, but after that, this table is somewhat small.

The side rooms gathered in a less elegant space with five chairs lined up and baked confectionery and tea sets lined up all over the table… all have a uniformly harsh look on their face. It's about Deanna who is somewhat calm, and the other faces are somewhat resentful.

"Not at all... I don't really want to say this, but just this time, I'm in the mood for a tough pursuit of the outskirts and the sweetness of the sides."

If Rhea turns off her tantrum, which is unusual and doesn't even try to hide the sentiment of not being angry, Leticia before the diagonal nods instantly.

"Yeah, totally. Though I didn't expect much from everyone in the outer palace. I thought you'd still do the least you could do."

"You're both afraid of your faces, aren't you?

"Yolanda's eyes aren't laughing at all."

"... right. Exactly, there's not enough room for a proper laugh."

"Ladies and gentlemen... let's have a cup of tea first and have some sweets? Yeah, let's do that, shall we?

When I get a little seriously scared and pinch my mouth, Shayla stares at me directly next to me.

"I think Dee is the one who needs to be angry the most on this occasion. How can you say 'I'll see you for tea' to swallow there?

"'Let's meet for tea' and nothing, this is a tea party for once...?

From the top of the table, in time, there is no question that this is a small number of origins right afternoon tea party. It's plain unreasonable to be angry at a tea party for recommending tea and sweets.

Nevertheless, Deanna took the initiative and laughed bitterly as she held the teacup, not knowing how everyone felt either.

"I appreciate your concern. … but this has already been decided"

"- So! That's what I'm saying when I say it's strange that something like this has been decided!

It was time for Leticia's instantaneous explosion to stop working, and Sheila agreed deeply, fussily.

"Really, Master Leticia is right. - More importantly, there is going to be a tea party between His Royal Highness the Prince of Stanza and Dee, who seems to have about ten rather than one in his belly, etc."

Other than Deanna on this occasion - everyone, including all the samurai, spoke of an exorbitant case.

Rarely...... but for the first time as far as Deanna knows, Rya opens her mouth with an indisputable cold smile.

"Although your father sent me a letter of apology for the peace. It's not all I'm allowed to apologize for."

"Although Eustre is far from the center of power, he could still care less with his praiseworthy hands." Have you returned the name of the raccoon? It wasn't enough irony. "

"I can't believe it. Dear Business or Deanna, I didn't know which to give priority to."

"... Mr. Rhea, Mr. Yolanda, and Letty. That's about as much bad talk to your parents, and be cool. As a matter of reality, there is no way that your home alone will be flushed out as a minority, even if it is a prudent argument, than that many in the outer palace have leaned in the direction of embracing Stanza's goodwill diplomacy."

... Yes. The policy shift on the part of Stanza, which began with the evening club at the start of the season, initially bewildered the Royal Palace in Elland and gradually led to a change of opinion - a dramatic change in just half a month. Specifically, the Stanza State Mission, which was looking down on the Kingdom of Elland to the best of its ability, began the day after the night club at the beginning of the season saying, "Our attitude was terrible. It was not something that those responsible for goodwill would do. I sincerely apologize to all of the kingdoms of Elland," he said, turning low and dealing with the royal family. According to the letter Rhea secretly received from the Marquis of Stresia, what an immediate bow of head to the princes of Stanza for the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who hit the entertainment, starting with the Marquis?

In addition, what a clear admission on the part of Stanza to the intent of an Ergland invasion on the part of Stanza on the occasion of talks in which only a few dignitaries of Ergland and Stanza were subsequently set up. Only then would it be a ridiculous act to declare in grandeur that "we are an enemy nation," but there seems to be a prince famous for his competence, even if he rots, "knowing the contents of the Kingdom of Elland, we know very well how shallow we are. When I return to the country, I advise the emperor to give up his invasion of Elland. In the future, as a friendly country, I intend to explore the path to hang out for a long time," he declared. The thickness of the skin on the surface also makes me feel even envious going around when I get here.

Of course, the kingdom leaders, headed by Juke, do not believe in what the stanza side has to say as one. Assuming - in case the prince sincerely desires friendship, the word is not worthy of trust beyond the certainty that he can persuade the emperor.

However, the Stanza State Mission, which began serious goodwill diplomacy, is good for the out-of-the-box kingdom of Elland nobles. When this happens, the fact that I didn't treat you highly as a guest turns out badly. If you're just a "general guest" staying at the Royal Palace, you can easily invite them to your own tea party or night club by simply submitting a simple application without going through the cumbersome process. With the authentic means of conducting goodwill diplomacy in the Royal Palace and being invited to the social setting of the noble house where he became personally close, where he networked - the Stanza State Mission gathered support from the kingdom nobles.

(... Well, just how seriously they took goodwill diplomacy, it's so unnatural for the air in the royal palace to change so much in just half a month)

I somehow feel that "someone" is hiding behind the scenes and is trying to make sure that the Stanza National Mission is accepted by the nobles. Sirius informed me that his father and brother seemed to share the same view around here, and that he was working with his colleagues to keep a careful eye on the royal palace's movements so that they would not be let out this time.

- As for that, anyway.

"Really, Deanna looks like someone else as much as her party's case. This is supposed to be the most angry and clear rejection you can beat, right?

"I think Deanna's kindness is a virtue, but I agree with Rya on all this"

Scolded with all his might by two elders, besides the 'Between the Red Roses' samurai (including Rita, of course) snorted loud and loud, and as for Deanna, she's very uncomfortable. I'm sorry, but it's hard not to argue.

"Of course, with me, you don't really want to go to a tea party or anything, do you? Unless you're comfortable talking to me, I don't like or am good at socializing in the first place."

"Well... Dee would be"

"But with the people of the outer palace, I didn't do anything with a blurry view of the situation. The Marquis of Stresia, of course, Your Majesty, the Honourable Chancellor of Mondria, the outer chamber - this is the faction, ladies and gentlemen. In general, the Stanza State Mission has been measured not to deepen too much goodwill with the nobility of the kingdom. Still, more than this has happened... if I refuse to do anything stubbornly here, I will not remain in one bad review, but worse off to His Majesty's position"

"As much as I thought, as much as I heard rumors, it seems the Stanza Empire is not a tyrannical bunch of people," he skilfully guided those who loosened their guard, and the Imperial Mission twitched, poking one request to the kingdom side.

- For once now, in an official setting, I would like to greet Her Royal Highness the Queen of the Kingdom of Elland.

Currently, there is no Queen and Queen in the Kingdom of Elland. The only person who is there is acting as the Queen - the head of the side room, "Red Rose".

The Stanza State Mission also continued to insist, in a masterful discourse, not only on the leadership, but also on the ease, but not a single step, of never pushing forcefully through that request, which most of the domestic nobility initially did not respond and address as such.

Says.

We also initially listened that way, so when we happened to meet in the backhouse, we behaved very rudely. Repentance doesn't stop me from regretting it.

If you ask me, unlike the rear palace of Stanza (Harem), the rear palace of the Kingdom of Elland is often close to the righteous queen, even in side rooms. Not to mention that you, the Red Rose, are trustworthy and gracious of His Majesty the King, and I hear that you can stand as a queen even now if politics permits. If so, you are essentially the next Queen, even if you are a surrogate in name.

Even though he did not know, His Royal Highness is greatly ill that he has worked disrespectfully on such a person. Depending on how you feel about the Red Rose, please let me apologize and greet you once in the formal arena...

Even low profile, hard to cut off as a human being when they are offered that way while apologizing for their non. Especially the innovators - among them, it would have been difficult to continue to rebel against the Stanza State Mission, which highly values the head of the faction to which his daughter belongs, if he were also a nobleman raising his daughter to the side room. As I followed the day, I said, "Tell me that His Royal Highness the Prince of Stanza wishes to greet the Red Rose. You are deeply regretting your disrespect for the Red Rose, and here to impress upon you the forgiveness of the Kingdom of Elland, consider…" the prophecy has surely come up to the Juke. Unlike the conservative heavy towns willing to manipulate the king, those currently in charge of the core of the innovators will listen closely to Juke's opinion, and depending on the circumstances, he may be on his side beyond this, making it difficult to refuse Juke and Dark Arrow Cod if it is his prophecy.

(It's at times like this that I wanted exotic haters to do their best...)

Speaking to herself only in her heart about things in slightly better shape, Deanna mocked herself just a little.

- Very unfortunately, the Conservatives' hips are in a pulling mood about dealing with the Stanza State Mission. The reason is simple, a handicraft that the Stanza side showed to Elland "as a sign of friendship" - because a few insiders with Stanza were what makes them conservatives.

They had no faith in their insiders and simply gave their faction a name because "the house is an ancient sentinel nobleman" or so, but therefore seemed vulnerable to immediate interests. Was the hardware and rewards obtained by being secretly connected to Stanza quite delicious, ostensibly complaining of exotic exclusion as it suited its surroundings, and at the back, flowing such a state of the Royal Palace of Elland to Stanza? It was shown to the Elland leadership with evidence, so it didn't just go to the insiders themselves, but to the conservatives who were unknowingly close to them. Upon receiving the news, Deanna sympathized with the conservatives' history.

Either way, there were traitors among the self-factions that had been crying out for exotic exclusion from day to day, so the conservatives just as well stopped being too vocal about the actions of the Stanza National Mission and the royal palace's response. Assuming, as always, that "it behaves equally to traitors, such as by scorning the history and culture of our country and being close to exotic people who are looking to ravage it", it is visible that "you have such a person there" is cut in with a knife to give back. I know you're throwing up a scattered vice behind it (in fact, there are a few such reports in there), but at least I don't see any signs of standing up and disputing friendly diplomacy at the moment.

In that case, it is only a matter of time before the entire royal palace becomes an air of acceptance of the Stanza State Mission -.

"... Even so, I'm still not convinced of this decision"

Leticia was the one who expressed the most disagreement with Deanna as she silenced herself in her difficult face to understand her words. Continue picking baked sweets because Deanna recommended them, or to the extent that I'm sorry.

"We can't help but understand that the innovators who were originally connected to the Empire (there) in business will be bonded to those in the national mission who seem to have begun sincerely to reflect and seek friendship. But you upper echelons, including His Majesty, know that the Stanza Empire is not the kind of country to give up its invasion of Elland so easily. If so, no matter what the surroundings advise, shouldn't there be a resolute bounce?

"... even as Your Majesty, I really wanted to be so"

It was Shayla who answered Leticia's words. Her eyebrow-rooted and dark expression shows that she also never accepts this situation.

"His Majesty and His Excellency the Chancellor seemed really annoyed by the bitter decision. Whatever the substance on the part of Stanza, how should we face the national mission, which has ostensibly switched to totally friendly diplomacy? If you rub the intent of a hidden invasion, it's not unnatural to be openly vigilant and distant… If you fully admit that you have the heart to invade the kingdom, and as a national mission, you even cut the inside line as opposed to the invasion, then, to some extent, if you don't respond with that sincerity, this one, on the contrary, will lack courtesy."

"But you won't be in a position to protest that you were cold-handed by the Elland side more than you were originally in a position of invasion support with a national mission."

"... Letty. In fact, the National Mission has never complained about the absence of any formal hospitality from the Royal Palace. Rather, 'given this disrespect until you arrive in the Wang capital, it's only natural' and it looks like a special victory."

"I don't think so, but they didn't bond to Deanna, did they?

"That's it." No way. You know I'm not such a hot person, right, Letty?

Yolanda takes over Deanna's words with a sarcastic grin, a smile that her eyes aren't laughing at either.

"- Said it was their negotiating technique, including the special winning attitude of the national mission. That's what Deanna thinks, isn't it?

"Yeah, you're right. That's Mr. Yolanda."

"Right. Me and what I would behave like if I were placed in the position of the Stanza State Mission"

Smile (seemingly persistent but only a smile on his face) and Yolanda gracefully holds a cup of cold tea.

"It would be extremely inefficient to negotiate directly with someone who no longer trusts us in any way. It's much quicker to cage someone close to them first and ask them to intercede. - I did the same thing this time."

"In short, the Stanza State Mission, which perceived the lack of an attached island in the upper realm of the kingdom, continues to target and become close to the royal family and the" Red Rose "there favored aristocrats, giving them the" I want to formally meet the royal family "aura. I try to just keep making demands, but while fully expressing regret and reflection that 'I've done something bad, I may not be able to take it back anymore', and pretending to be honest that 'I can't help but want to apologize for one word', if you say it, I feel like 'forgive me or not, I can give you an opportunity to apologize', and if you are in a position to advance to the King, I would like to help you with your self-esteem and say 'Look at the fold and tell your heart to Your Majesty'. This is what Yolanda calls a" cage. "

"It doesn't cage when it's communicated that you're willing to use it, and something to be vigilant with the other side. Only, we have to take the story so that we want to intervene more voluntarily. In that regard, the Stanza Mission's" diplomacy "is truly brilliant.

As I say, Yolanda sighs a little, huh.

"Both your father and Abel...... as much as the Stanza State Mission wanted to do, if you saw what they said and did, you would have predicted it. It was then that I should have used Eustrian raccoons to stand around so that those who were seen as intercessors could not easily trust the national mission."

"Word be told... Regardless of the Marquis Eustre, isn't such behavior heavy on Lord Abel yet?

"Right. He seems too honest to be a social warrior unless he can deceive even his own heart."

"Uh... Dear Yolanda. I'm afraid I'm going to return your words, but I think it's a little thick.

Modest but clear, "Aren't you being too harsh?" I agree with Shayla, who said, "with Leticia. I first saw Yolanda with her sister's face at a night club at the start of the season, but surprisingly she wasn't soft or sweet against Abel. I don't know how it usually is, but this is the first ghost instructor who doesn't allow any compromise when it comes to socializing. And to the opinion of the three youths," Oh, really? "Just answer and you won't waver.

To my best friend, I laughed bitterly at the way Rhea did.

"I can't fathom a lot of passives where the Eustrians have stood around.... I mean, Master Shayla," let me apologize to Prince Stanza, "that's what happens when the" interception "from the innovators is growing so much that you can no longer poke around?

"... Your Majesty didn't say it in detail, but I think that's what it is. Those who have interceded are not allowed to say anything more than they have once said, so they have formed public opinion within the royal palace by spreading the word about the state mission of Stanza to those close to them, and that is the indirect pressure. It was painful to pretend that if we didn't know any more, we might be able to reduce the number of people who should be on our side."

"The fact that people are being put on the Stanza State Mission this time is not about total incompetence in a political setting, nor is it highly dangerous for His Majesty and the Royal Family, because people have just been put in what they like, is plainly the most painful. I do not want to risk losing those who are likely to be on my side in this current situation where I want to twitch His Majesty's authority in the aim of shrinking the rear palace and establishing Sheila's righteous queen, if possible. Perhaps His Excellency the Chancellor thought so, too."

"... if the Stanza National Mission has moved so far, I don't want to give Deanna to you personally."

Rhea's groaning brings everyone but Deanna together.

"In the first place," Yolanda made a noise and placed the cup.

"Your Majesty and the Chancellor replied, 'If the Red Rose says it's okay to meet with them, we'll have a place to talk to Prince Stanza'? Wherever you hear that, you say, 'If you don't like it, say no, but rather say no with all your might,' right?

"No way, Dee, did they listen to too much extra sub audio to be willing to read behind the words?

"... Shayla, what do you think of me? I'm sure misunderstandings are the faces that dance out every time we talk about something, but that doesn't make me stubborn and throw. Your Majesty's concern has been well received."

"- So why?

A slightly lower Rhea's voice cut sharply into Deanna. It seems to convey her harsh heart that "I will not allow you to delude me" even though I have never roughed up my voice.

... Deanna thought back that the night she decided to take Stanza's offer, she could also rub Kai scattered on the matter, even though this was the case.

Just like that night, Deanna looked Rya in the eye firmly.

"In view of all the circumstances, I have decided that it is best for me to accept."

"Let's hear more about the judgment."

"Yes. - First and foremost, though, 'why the Stanza side is bound by my apology'. I thought it was most likely because it was the least natural pretext to have a meeting with the royal family. From the viewpoint of the royal treatment of 'Red Roses' as the next royal queen, not as a proxy for the queen, it is clear that they want to have a place for formal talks between royalty. Externally, you would have also had the aim of catching Your Majesty at the same time by setting a goal for me, which is considered to be His Majesty's princess. As a matter of fact, His Majesty will be present at the Tea Party unless there are so many urgent cases."

"That's a theoretical analysis. So?"

"If they are just craving the track record of" having formal talks with the Royal Family of Elland, "it is unlikely that the danger will be in the 'Red Rose', which is only the pretext. Even more so if His Majesty is to be present, practical stories will be told between men, so to speak, I am just a doll, so to speak, who is on the spot to hold tomorrow's tea party. You just need to take the form of an apology and listen quietly later."

"... while I don't like Dee at all when he's making a doll out of his" pretext. "

"I have to leave that kind of personal sentiment behind at this time. To be honest, of course I do, but I only see women as a tool of politics.

After gratefully accepting the anger of her sweet friend, Deanna turns her gaze back to Rhea again.

"Now, tentatively, it is good to assume that my safety has been preserved. Next, the problem that arises if I turn down the Tea Party."

"... well, that is. Though it would seem to the aristocrats to be 'my best' and 'high flying' and it is predictable that your bad reputation will grow ever more, and I am sorry for that."

"Master Rhea. Do you think I would cower one or two of those bad reviews now?

With strong eyes, Deanna affirmed.

- This request of the Stanza State Mission was, in the end, difficult to accept as an individual Deanna, and it is not a situation that would happily set the scene up as a country. Deanna, if only one person had to suffer a bad review, he was painfully saying no without one or two. If the king thought about it but pinched the waste that he didn't like "Red Rose," he would also stand the face of an innovative nobleman who advanced to the king.

Yes, even Deanna thought it was such a declined case. - Unless it is the national mission of the Stanza Empire, which seeks to invade the Kingdom of Elland, that has made the request.

"No matter how the national mission shifts its policy to goodwill diplomacy, the fact remains that they are the status quo, virtual enemy nation. … and I cannot believe that His Royal Highness the Prince of Stanza has made a sincere mistake in invading Elland and is trying to form a friendship."

"Though I think that's something that not only Deanna, but everyone here and everyone in the outer palace are going to agree on"

"That's right. - To those who look forward to the invasion of our country," King Elland cannot see one of my side chambers. Isn't it too dangerous to make you think that the King's right isn't as strong as Sasa's?

The four people on the table breathe uniformly. Nodding quietly, Deanna continued.

"Indeed, now His Majesty's real rights in politics are in a situation that is almost equal to what has been covered. But you can't let the Stanza Empire know that. Once you let that suspicion happen, there's no way those who scratch around the royal palace so skilfully can watch it in silence. With that hand you will intervene in the power struggle of the royal palace and eventually try to pull His Majesty off the throne.... you can never be noticed that it's many times easier to induce civil unrest than to attack from the outside"

"Oh, that's..."

"... I resent my head turning in vain at times like this"

Earlier, Yolanda said, "I would do the same for Stanza," but Deanna thought about it. - What kind of hand would you use if you were a Stanza Empire warrior and wanted to keep the Kingdom of Elland in your hands?

Unlike the Stanza State Mission today, Deanna's head is somewhat packed with the national circumstances of the Kingdom of Elland. Using that, the answer was surprisingly simple. Even if you don't bother to organize a large army across the sea, the kingdom of Elland today would destroy itself just a little bit of a power struggle.

In other words, the kingdom of Elland today is at peace in such a dangerous equilibrium. - Whoever one of those equilibriums is, so it is the 'king'.

"Extreme conservatives are willing to send His Majesty to the afterlife whenever he stops listening to himself, but so far we have not even tried to take away the king of appearances. In other words, we maintain the body that the final decision in this country rests with the king. Externally, therefore, it appears that the subordinates are competing for the superiority and inferiority of politics for the good that the king is tolerant. The thoughts of radical conservatives are only a small part of what we know in this country too, so you won't notice a Stanza national mission to the extent that we've gotten a little closer to an innovative aristocrat. In order not to cause this appearance to remain in doubt, any conduct which may be seen as weak in His Majesty's rights must be avoided as far as possible. - That's how I decided to take the offer from the Stanza Mission."

"Dee... how far are you..."

Shayla opens her eyes wide and breathes as she gasps. Deanna smiled a little.

"By the way, you explained the same thing to Kai, but you said, 'I feel like it's too late'. If the royal power does not waver, it is strange that I am not held by the righteous queen in the current state where the Red Rose is considered a princess. But well, around here, it's a celebration of marriage, and I want as many nobles as possible to bless me, so I can persuade them to go around the tunnel, or whatever. I don't think it's too late to see the movement of the national mission."

"... Kai, you must be very angry"

"You know very well. I think we're getting deeper out there, but I'm more upset than I've ever seen before."

Instead of holding him for roughly any reason, Kai holds him in custody. Apparently, the tea party with Prince Stanza was a great place for Kai, and even if Deanna explains the risk of cordially declining the meeting, it's a stiff "Dee doesn't need to take care of him to that point". He was so openly angry that even behind the ceiling, such as this morning, when the circular arrived that the tea party day had been officially set, the grump was transmitted. It's a little hard to say that Kai is a secret right now because he's not secretive or able to hide the signs.

"I could understand Deanna's thoughts... but honestly, I agree with Kai. Deanna refused, and I can tell you that Her Majesty couldn't resist, and that's the weakness she fell in love with."

As Rhea sighed, Yolanda nodded while eating baked sweets, too.

"I mean Deanna, so I weighed the dangers I would take and the risks I would say no to, and although I am alone at best in the dangers I would have suffered if I said no, I thought I would have thought the negative effects would be widespread..." The broad scale would be a little too great. I leave that to the people in the outer palace, and Deanna should have behaved honestly to her feelings "

"... I don't know what to say myself, but I don't think I'm defending the seat of all this hard work 'Red Rose' if I can break it off like that"

"Until then when it sounds like Deanna... you have a difficult personality, don't you?"

Shayla sighed at Leticia's whining.

"It would be Kai's role to stop Dee like this... Kai is also vulnerable to Dee in the ultimate, after all"

"... is that right? I'm usually so mad at you, and I don't think you're reluctant on me or anything."

"I'm not reluctant, I'm simply weak. You know very well you're not willing to pull on Dee, so you can't get out strong. I know how it feels... but it's only at this time that I can make the most of that wasted, beautiful face, color trick or whatever"

"... Shayla is really, only spicy for Kai, isn't she? But who does Kai color? There must be no women in the Stanza National Mission."

I asked because I simply doubted that, for some reason, Shayla and Leticia also gave me a grand look of shudderness.

Yolanda, who was looking at herself like that, finally laughs normally, pleasantly.

"Oh, Deanna." You don't deny a beautiful face in vain, do you? Is Kai that beautiful?

"Right. I think the look is in order. Occasionally, I don't think you can keep it a secret."

"I don't really care what others look like. That's pretty much what you say. I'm starting to get a little interested."

"Yolanda......"

"Hey, Rya. Yakimochi?"

"Don't be silly. You won't be interested in your appearance."

"I'm not interested in your appearance, but I'm interested in what kind of man Deanna thinks you are."

Deanna was relieved that her usual garden was finally back, but she was relieved for a tea party a few days later.