The Inner Palace Tale of a Villainess Noble Girl

- And afternoon.

"You the Red Rose. I apologize for letting you take your time day after day. Thank you again today."

"Terrible. I am grateful that Your Highness is trying to find out about the Kingdom of Elland, as a member of the Kingdom. If I can help you, what can I do for you?"

From the first greeting, which I formalized at some point, the question party named Tea Party opens the curtain. In addition to Rita, Yuri and Aina are the waiters today.... As for the outrageous misunderstandings discovered in the morning, he explains in detail the troubled habits of the Crestor family to get an understanding and includes an apology for worrying about them. Thanks to this, the heavy air that has been drifting here for some time is somewhat better, and they both seem to be calm and able to work.

Enjoy a cup of tea while we chat (sorry to think this is plain burdensome too, as it's Yuri's job to set the formal tea party style for the afternoon), and a questioning session begins where one paragraph - is the usual trend that has settled in.

"As usual, Red Rose, your handmade tea is wonderful"

"It's an honor to pay you a compliment."

"How do you think about the blend of tea leaves?

"Right. The basics are tailored to the taste of the drinker, taking into account each aroma, flavour, potency, etc."

"So this cup of tea also has the care of the Red Rose."

"It's not as big a deal as you say it is. In the Kingdom of Elland, an afternoon tea party receptionist (host) will be the mistress of the house, so for girls born into aristocratic houses, a blend of tea leaves is one of upbringing. I'm not good at it, and if you're in this rear room, you can do the same."

I'm not lying. For aristocratic women, this is an important upbringing when it comes to preparing for tea parties. Turned into tea leaves, it is widely used yesterday from Count Keel territory, but there is also another tea leaf made from a different plant, and some are called flower teas that are brewed with just flower petals. Basically, it's all up to the mistress to decide which tea to serve to the invitees from among them and what kind of confectionery to prepare that goes with the tea leaves. Making an original tea that combines several different types of tea leaves is a fine way to entertain your main guests.

... So I haven't said a single lie. It's just that normal people, like Deanna, hear the 'voice' of a plant that wouldn't be used for tea by mistake and don't devise a blend that would look bizarre beside them.

"Master Red Rose, you are truly humble"

"No... it's just a fact"

"Even if it were true, that look of mind is great. If you are truly superior, you say you will never forget your respect for your surroundings without pride no matter how intelligent and educated you are, but that's exactly what you mean."

... Stanza-style social dictionaries have too many beauty phrases and as Deanna, I have difficulty reacting. I just want to flush it out without difficulty, but they take all of my responses in such a way that they are too favorable. Although I'm used to being misunderstood by the bad guys and spreading rumors that won't rub on this one's sincerity, I've never had a better or worse reaction like a prince.

(I wonder if His Royal Highness's interest would be diminished if he played a bad girl like Princess Ice Flame, which is rumored by the world...)

Somehow, I feel like that's the best thing to do... but the problem is Deanna's nasty acting skills can't even satisfy the skins of a nobleman. I mean, if you think back to a body that can't even be thorough with your doll at a tea party, you can't expect a great deal of effect when you say you'll definitely be bored where you played "Princess Ice Flame Rose".

- By the way, Red Rose.

With difficulty in reacting, the prince talks to Deanna, who was vaguely flushing and drinking tea, in a changed way. Deciding it looked like a serious story from the tone of her voice, Deanna put the teacup down.

"Yes, Your Highness"

"It was at a tea party where His Majesty the King also needed it."

"Yeah, what's that tea party?

"... then my squire would really like to apologize for being rude to the Red Rose"

"Ha..."

I didn't know you were being disrespectful to the Crown Prince's squire, did you? About the response that was very serious about the evil side?

... Nothing, I didn't get cut in the front and yelled at as a bad girl, rather he gave me a decent degree, so I don't think I need to apologize.

"I'm not offended by that, and you don't need an apology, do you?

"I knew that's what Red Rose would say, but how could Samba... his squire?"

"Really?"

Well, even if they don't care, it's important as a person to apologize if you think you've done something wrong. If he feels comfortable with it, he will not refuse it on top of it.

As usual today, Deanna slipped her gaze softly to the little man holding back like a shadow behind the prince.

"Okay, let's take it"

"Thank you. - Samba."

"Ha."

Answered briefly, his squire knelt on the spot.

"Thank you very much to Red Rose for allowing me to answer you directly. At Stanza Imperial National University, I am an adjunct researcher under His Highness Exiga, my name is Samba."

"Thank you for your kindness."

He is only a direct subordinate of the prince, and the Ellandic language of Samba and Yara is truly brilliant. There is a slight stiffness, but there is sufficient communication of will.

"At the previous Tea Party, when I received your question from the Honourable Chancellor Mondria, I apologize for the great disrespect extended to the surprised Red Rose… I am truly sorry"

"As I said earlier, don't worry too much. His Excellency the Chancellor also said that if you don't think of my face as' evil looking 'at first sight, it's so rare that you can't find it even when you look. No matter how your servant feels, it's never a downfall."

"No… even if that were the case, what you answered with a preconceived attitude, drawn to the appearance of those who were unsure of your personality, was too foolish to behave as a pursuit of the academic path"

"I am sufficient for you to reflect on yourself as such"

The more you bring to a small number of tea parties, the more a squire the prince trusts. I thought it was mediocre, but the way it carries words and distances itself from others is really excellent. He would have the same ability as the Volts to negotiate a compromise. The prince also admires this talent so highly that he can swallow it roughly just for the exchange.

Just think about it - Deanna chuckles.

"My servant's apology means that you decided that I was the only one who looked bad, right?

"Ha......!? Uh, yeah, of course."

"If so, your servant will not have been fooled by the preconceived notion of appearance. In the first place, it will be more or less overshadowed as your relationship gets deeper, such as the impression you had when you first met. It's not that much of a concern."

The squire is showing obvious upset to Deanna, who speaks intimately with the grin. - To break the pace of an opponent who excelled in measuring interpersonal distances, it's quick to disrupt that distance you measured. Perhaps he feels sharply that Deanna's psychological distance from ourselves is not so close. That sense of distance is right, but I can only pretend it's not right.

Forever, ever. You can't stay swallowed by the pace of the Stanza Empire.

"... it's harder for me to believe that you're seen that way from most first-time people."

The prince with the same serious expression speaks to Deanna, who has ended his conversation with his squire.

"The first time I saw you in the back palace, or when I talked to you afterwards. I didn't think you looked bad or anything. Smart, proud, and merciful - every time I had a conversation, I just felt that the impression I had of you that day wasn't wrong."

"Your Highness is buying me away. I appreciate you looking so well, but I'm not that good of a person."

Laughed - but my heart was troubled, and I gave it back half seriously,

At that time.

"... heh. The Red Rose has always been close to an exotic prince."

Deanna, who had inadvertently sounded from the corridor and pretended not to know while feeling signs from earlier, turned around, for Christ's sake.

"There's nothing strange about deepening rapprochement with people in national missions who needed it for goodwill, is there? - Marquis Bertier?

Tea parties with the prince are usually held in salons used by the side rooms to hold small tea parties. Specifically, the same place where the 'named' five-person tea party was held the day after Deanna entered the palace. It's open even indoors, and the corridors are usually filled with side rooms coming and going. I was alone with the exotic prince in the room where "Red Rose" was shut down... I knew that when things went wrong, I could make a fuss about nothing, so I made it this format in the sense of appealing to nothing, such as obnoxious things.

(After a week, the cross spear of this hand will normally go in...)

Rather, the 'Peony' who is always looking for this coarse one has often put up with me for a week. Even though Deanna, who is arguing with the prince, seems to have had so much fun that she misunderstands those close to her.

- In "Peony," Marquis Hilda Bertier, one of the side chambers with a high home after Liliane, does not even move into Deanna's cut back and continues to smile.

"For goodwill...... etc. I can't believe your brilliant red rose swallowed such a story."

"Your Royal Highness will learn more about the Kingdom of Elland every day. By nature, you will want to share what you have gained from learning with Your Majesty, but as Hilda knows, Your Majesty is very busy, so you have no choice but to put up with me. Your Majesty and your Highness only care if you wish for true goodwill and friendship."

While spinning her words, Deanna slowly took a seat and approached Hilda's standing corridor. As soon as Rita reaches behind her, Yuri and Aina immediately move to the position where they can enter between Deanna and Hilda. That's just the competent samurai, and there's no waste of any kind in the movement.

"Yep. Really, Your Majesty, your heart is wide open. Almost every day, you tolerate the fact that the Red Rose spends a long time with His Royal Highness."

"Right. This is also because they wish for enduring friendship with the Stanza Empire."

"I don't know how much for friendship, but I can't believe you've seen Red Rose alone with the other lords for so long... That's King Elland, you 're a nostalgic person with no connection to your mind"

"Seriously, Master Hilda is right. For I, Your Majesty, have sincere mercy and faith in the side chambers. - qi, etc., so much so that you can't even hold it."

On the surface, a fierce offensive battle is waged out of words, grinning, just holding His Majesty the King. That's just the lady from the ancient lofty house, and Hilda's aristocratic rhetoric is on the board.

I can't believe you're not ashamed to be alone with a man other than your majesty every day.

How many times do I have to tell you this is an order from His Majesty?

"Even so, being alone is too frequent and too long. Well, that doesn't make me jealous, so that's how much I love you."

Your Majesty is jealous? Impossible. I am trusted by His Majesty. "

... I guess if you translate the above conversation all the way around, it will generally look like this. Hilda's yami is off-target, but I can only agree that there's no way Juke would be jealous as a man, no matter how much time Deanna spends with the prince. Of course, as a king and companion, though you are worried.

Hilda smiled somewhere proud, similar to Liliane, at Deanna, who recieves with a cool face no matter how provocative.

"That's right, Red Rose is extraordinary to say. You are deeply loved by His Majesty, and you have been close to His Royal Highness the Exotic Prince, and you have nothing to hide or be ashamed of. I'm guessing that the hand polished against many of your lords even crosses the border."

Burning anger swells behind Hilda's words, who almost directly scorned Deanna while barely maintaining the aristocratic style. With explosive momentum, Deanna suppressed it by intimidating it with reflexes.... In the middle of such a rear palace, I can't let you rub King Elland's sideroom and the prince of Stanza.

Without missing the moment when the signs behind her froze for a moment, Deanna shot Hilda in the front intensely, just with her eyes.

"Dear Hilda. I appreciate your advice, but be careful what you say."

"Huh..."

"His Majesty Juke originally, His Royal Highness the Prince of Stanza, is also a guest who has received an official invitation from the Royal Palace. Your disrespect for the two of you does not fit under Hilda's sole responsibility, and you may be tired of staying close to your parents and even Hilda. You don't want to embarrass your loved ones with your own reckless behavior, do you?

"Ah... when did you say you behaved carelessly!

"Are you telling me that an earlier statement that distanced His Majesty and His Royal Highness Prince Stanza from being owners of vessels deceived to the extent of 'polished arms against numerous lords' was not frivolous?

The infamous Princess of the Blooming Ice Flame is different from Hilda's earlier attempt to showcase not only His Majesty, but also the exotic prince. As much as I naturally wanted to say, "I sympathize with the many halls that have set the stage for your ambition," in this case, it is the sword of the blades. To curse Deanna as a bad girl, "at the time I raised both His Majesty and the Prince to the balls, I could also be taken as accusing them of being" fools who confuse the attraction of women and lose sight of judgment. It doesn't matter if Deanna is a bad girl or not, it's actually very risky to involve people with identities in the subject of this hand.

(It's only a matter of arrogance that the radical conservatives are putting His Majesty under their control because it's too early to dispel that assumption, so this side dared to flush it.)

Even if that's good if it's just within the kingdom of Elland, when an exotic prince is involved here, the story gets extremely heavy. If Hilda's words, which may be taken as an insult to His Royal Highness, are to be flushed with the usual nori, the entire Kingdom of Elland may be taken as contempt for the Prince of the Stanza Empire, and this one may now be at a diplomatic disadvantage. To avoid it...

"Dear Red Rose -"

Mia, who had refrained outside the salon, must have called, Mrs. Magnum and several rear palace guards hurriedly approaching, apparently waiting nearby. One nod, Deanna fixed her gaze on Hilda.

"Stay back, Master Hilda Bertier. Thy word and thy deed shall come from me unto His Majesty the King, and thou shalt turn unto judgment. Until then, follow the instructions of the female officer and the rear palace guard and wait in your room."

"Oh you're going to order me!?

"It is His Majesty the King who decides on your treatment and is commanded to do so. And as the head of the side room, I have a duty to assist His Majesty so that he can carry out his duties safely."

Deanna is a body called the 'Red Rose', but it is only a one-sided room, equal to no public power or anything else that can be used. Except once again if Juke has given me temporary powers with regard to problem solving, I usually have no authority whatsoever because I can't activate power all the way to the skirmishes that take place within the rear house. Therefore, I do not have the right to order anything against Hilda right now, but I am certain that she has had a great deal of trouble in front of Prince Stanza, so I am allowed to make such a decision as to restrict her freedom of movement until I report it to the Outer Palace side and ask for instructions. … Conversely, this is the most demanding cut that Deanna can make today.

Hilda, stabbed by Deanna's gaze, breathes, and without missing that gap, the rear palace Kingsguard surrounds her, gratefully leaving the salon.

The remaining Mrs. Magnome gave a deep salute.

"I'm sorry, Red Rose. I had restricted the corridor streets."

"Terrible. Hurry up, it was very helpful. I'm afraid, may I ask you to contact the outer house? I will explain the details directly to His Majesty."

"I'm in awe"

Finally, Deanna and I pay another tribute to Prince Stanza, who remains solidified behind her back, before Lady Magnome slips back. After confirming that the remaining Mia had returned to her earlier place, Deanna breathed quietly and looked back.

"Your Royal Highness. I'm so sorry to hear about your loss."

"Yikes..."

The prince, who was as hardened as a statue, breathed deeply as if he had just remembered, shaking his neck left and right loosely. Standing up as he was, he approached us a few steps away from the table.

"... I didn't expect such disrespectful behavior towards His Majesty's Princess, Her Highness the Future Queen. I was a little surprised by what I couldn't think of in my common sense to make."

"It must be unforgivable in the rear palace of the Stanza Empire."

"That place, the sequence is everything. With the patronage of His Majesty the Emperor, that also raises his position within the rear palace. There's no such thing as a red rose, no sequence, no petition, no one who pokes at the finest. … even if it's not meant to be, it's one of those things that's seen as poking, and your neck flies easily."

"... is that, physically?

"Of course. Literally, your neck and torso separate"

"The discipline of the Stanza Empire is very demanding."

Rumor has it that the rear palace of the Stanza Empire (Harem) and the rest of them seem to be breathless. The sequence in the rear palace fluctuates with one imperial favor, and the one above dominates the bottom with power. Such a world would be intense in the usurpation of fraternity and power struggle, and the side rooms seem to get along badly with each other. Nevertheless, in a situation where one's own life could disappear like morning dew in the mood of the one above, it would be natural to desperate to gain the king's favor to defend his own life, so it is also inevitable to giss.... if we let the side chambers separate from each other, even if we force some irrationality or tyranny, that dissatisfaction will go to the competition, not the strong side. In terms of operating the "device" called the rear palace without a shortage, it is really reasonable.

(I can't imitate it in this country, and Your Majesty wouldn't want to do it in the first place.)

Edward also said that the kingdom of Elland and power politics are incompatible. Originally, cultures, religions and ideologies are as if different countries had somehow come together over more than two thousand years under the looseness of the Royal family of Ellands: "Well, you don't have to be so desperate to have trouble with what you eat tomorrow. While acknowledging the freedom of the opponent rather than suppressing it with force, I ask him to protect only the part that will never give way as a 'lake (Legrand) country'. If we had followed that policy, at some point the name of the country would have changed to 'Kingdom of Elland', and eventually the peninsula would have been inadvertently united - there is no way that it would have suited any country that would be ridiculous to think so deeply as to know the truth, a politics of terror as repression as power.

And so.

"In our country, even kings and righteous queens must abide by the law. Whatever the crime, deliberate properly in public and punish commensurate. And that leads to the observance of national discipline."

"But......! It's called the disrespectful behavior of the nobles you saw at the night club earlier, aren't you angry?

"If you're angry about that extent, the 'Red Rose' seat won't serve you. Besides, as I said before, I'm used to calling you 'bad girl'."

"It's not a good thing to get used to it!

... for a long time, the prince is getting hot. Time is going to run out on the grand tour as it is.

Deanna thought about it for a second...

"Your Highness. It will be difficult to calm down and deepen your learning after seeing such a glimpse. Why don't you just go outside and take a stroll through the garden today? If you'll excuse me, I'll show you."

I slashed the story clean and decided to change the air. Anyway, Deanna doesn't even think she can do a lot of Q&As with the prince still feeling daunted. Fortunately, it seems that the prince is angry at him not for insulting himself, but for rambling Deanna (though that's also a mystery), but it wouldn't be nice to end the tea party with the exotic prince in a bad mood.

To Deanna's abrupt suggestion, the prince blinked his eyes two or three times.

"... right. Sweet for your words and ask for guidance."

He nodded slowly and quietly advanced to Deanna's side -.

As a result, Deanna's judgment at this time was best in the sense of a change of mood on the part of the prince - in the sense of friendship between the royal family of Elland and the Stanza imperial, with the worst possible result.

Because.

"The courtyard ahead is a small one, but the autumn flowers are served -"

"- Dear Deanna!

"... that, ha-"

Late for a moment when Rita noticed that she was walking with concern ahead and hung the words of restraint for me.

The prince and I jumped into Deanna's eyes.

(... Shit, shit!

It was Juke and Shayla, who exchanged friendly leaning words in front of the flowerbed -.