The Inner Palace Tale of a Villainess Noble Girl

- Autumn deepens, the beginning of the cloud moon. A few days after being officially answered by the rear palace, "When you decide to set up a national mission for the Kingdom of Elland, you will be headed by the side chamber head 'Red Rose'".

Preparations were under way on a steep pitch when the king, who until the end had shown difficulty sending the national mission to the Stanza Empire, broke the answer of the rear palace.

"Your Majesty, I'd like you to sign the exit permits for those in the national mission."

"Please check this ID with us."

"It's a draft budget, but the Council of Ministers said, 'Can't we cut it a little more?'"

"We have received a list (list) of necessities for a single line of national missions, delivered by the rear palace… I wonder if it would be difficult to bring all of this in given its combination with the Stanza Empire"

Juke's office is visited day after day by officials from the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Ministry of Finance, asking for Juke's signature and judgment. Each time, Juke responded calmly on the surface, restraining himself from wanting to be angry with his emotions.

(What kind of torture is this if I have to prepare my own people to send a red rose, who is also my personal benefactor, to a dangerous place)

If sending Deanna to the Stanza Empire was unavoidable, I wanted to at least be fully prepared so that personnel, money and goods could protect her. As an assistant, I can prepare for the juke of today, both the civilian and the martial arts officers who are physically and mentally tough and will always protect Deanna. Both Keith and Alford offered to put themselves on if Deanna was going to the Stanza Empire.

- Yet.

"... I've got six signatures."

"Thank you. - No, I wondered what would happen when they first told me to accompany all the 'Between the Red Roses' samurai and ladies, but I didn't know there were so few with 'Between the Red Roses'. When this happens, you have to thank the Red Rose for the lack of popularity. Well, to call it a national mission, I'm going to be a bit of a poor minister."

A mid-level Interior Ministry official, who received an exit permit with a Hokhok face, accidentally said the truth in an upbeat manner. Faster than Juke crushing the feather pen in his hand, Alford, who had refrained, gives it a hint of killing.

"Viscount Gallew. If I may, is the word now an insult to the Red Rose who decided to go to an unknown exotic country herself in order to protect the side chamber of the rear palace as the head of the side chamber?

"Ha!?... Ah, no,"

"... right. Viscount, I do remember that your daughter also went up as a sideroom. Because of the lack of hope of the Red Rose, if the National Mission claims to be a poor minister, shall I give the honor of the Chief to my daughter, who would have been more popular than the Red Rose?

"Totally! I was going to thank you for being fortunate enough to organize the regiment in a way that matched the demands of the stanza side, because 'Between the Red Roses' is a minority elite, but it was a silence!

In the frozen eyes of Alford and Juke, he finally recalled that the man in front of him was the king himself, whoever was opposed to the dispatch of the national mission to the end. He mogged the excuse that was not even an excuse, leaving the clerk's office behind so that he could escape.

The officials who were waiting to see how it went, sign the juke, and judge, also said, "I will leave the paperwork and ask you to confirm it," but they quickly leave. Because Juke was as calm as he seemed, they didn't seem to think Juke was getting so angry.

- Juke sighs deeply in the office alone with Alford.

"It's hard to pretend to be a puppet."

"... well, externally, 'King Juke' is set to be betta in love with 'Red Rose'." It's not unnatural for your body to be irritated by the situation where you have to send a woman in love to another country. "

"As far as I'm concerned, I still can't believe the Red Rose Bad Girl theory is rampant under these circumstances. A red rose headed by a side chamber offered to send as many others as possible to Stanza, but dared to go himself. Unless you look at it the way you wear it, you'll see it's a choice to protect the side chambers of the rear palace."

"It's a heartfelt wonder for me, though. It is the face magic of the Crestors that makes the mysterious persuasion of that" wearing look ". This time, he said, 'I am trying to spread my power to the Stanza Empire by caging His Royal Highness the Prince of Stanza to take myself. What a profound woman you want'?

"... if Lord Exiga has strong authority in the Stanza court, anyway, he's an eighteen prince with no real rights, right? I just caged a prince like that, and I don't think it's possible to spread power."

"So now Miss Deanna is being ridiculed more than being scorned as a bad girl." Even if it's a bad girl, it's a woman, a shallow plan. "

"... the people who are saying that are tantamount to loudly exposing that they did not see her properly in the House of Lords"

"Huh? When you see the nobles again after learning the truth about the Crestors, you know exactly how many people have empty heads and holes in their eyes, right?

Unacceptable to Alford's words. The great "Sage of the Forest" clan, which has been secretly leaning on me for more than two thousand years as a wisdom bag for the Ellands and has used its incredible face after the reunification of the peninsula to become a "trial painting" for the nobles....... the view I didn't see by the time I didn't know it, it does look like a juke right now.

- But.

"It may be a 'trial painting' and a 'trial stone' that the Crestors offered me, but it's hard for me to keep seeing them being irrational like this. If it's true, it's better for a country that doesn't let anyone take on this role."

"That's... yes"

"... maybe your father would have thought the same thing. I realized I'd become involved, but the Red Rose's temperament would be more uncle Crestor than Mrs. 's. I heard that Father and Uncle Crester were best friends of one another. That sweet father couldn't have been distressed by his position to make his best friend so affectionate a 'trial painting'"

"... I think so, maybe"

Looking away with a bitter look, Alford must be thinking back to his father on the day of his existence, King Auster and Dualis. Everyone who knows the two says there was an elusive bond between Auster and Dualis. He said that even when we were apart, the two of us were always together, that maybe we knew more about each other than ourselves, and that we wanted each other's happiness the most and wanted to protect each other.

... Well, there was such a bond between the two of us that Edward, the twister who seemed straight, admired it so purely that he couldn't even twist it.

Although Juke is the son of Ooster, he doesn't know much about his father. But if my father was truly a kind and merciful man to listen to, I don't think there's any way he was going to continue to give the darkness of man and the role he continues to face to those who want him to be happier than anyone else. - Just as Juke now remembers the agony of about to get his heart torn open in a reality that has no choice but to send Deanna to Stanza.

(I'll let you get away with it, then. Because of this irrationality, if I can free her from a world that can only hurt her now, I will sell my soul to the devil.... If you're not even a king, if you have nothing to bear!

... but putting it into words is not tolerated by my daughter at the time. She doesn't want Juke to throw out her role as king, or to sacrifice herself to put everything away.

As a king, so is the path.... of Juke individuals, as well as happiness.

Smile as a matter of course, Deanna always sincerely wishes me.

"... I wonder why, what"

"... Juke?

"I wonder why the Red Rose, that much, can be exhausted for someone. I can still see trying to do my best for Shayla and the side chambers of the rear palace. Red roses and they are compassionate to see.... but I would be different. A man who can't complain about being resented by the Red Rose and wishing him misfortune until his last generation."

"Uh... last year you were lost for the most part."

"You don't have to stray. As much as it's not enough to apologize every day until I die, I've hurt her both physically and mentally. I just can't put it into words because I'm sore that when I get here, it doesn't mean anything, like an apology. Although I intend to face myself every day that I will be the only redemption that I can build on my efforts and drills with regret and reflection to at least not waste her misery."

"Juke......"

"Once things go wrong like this, I have to hurt you.... I'm still immature as a man and a king, and I can't protect one important thing without the power of the Red Rose, I think I'm a pitiful man."

Juke mocked himself as he fingered a bunch of poor paper on the desk that had been left behind.

"If I were as competent as a red rose, and strong enough to protect what I wanted to protect, I'd be limiting myself to such pitiful 'kings' as I am, and so on. Hate and deserve it, such as about the man who hurt and tormented himself scattered.... yet she believes wholeheartedly in the 'king' I aspire to and does not hesitate to face the harsh reality (now) for a bright future in the hope of my own happiness. That deep trust, kindness, strength, where does it come from?

"Right..."

Once, cut the words slowly. Alford looks quietly, out the window.

"That's Miss Deanna, until then. Her extraordinary hobby seems to be that's what she's been muscled for since she was a single digit old.... Rita used to say"

"Rita...?

It's very unusual for Alford to talk about memorabilia with Rita. As far as Juke remembers, isn't that the first time?

"At the time, I didn't know you meant Miss Deanna...." My Lord (or "My Lord") is a lover who is foolishly kind and always more about others than he is, and who will never be able to bare who is suffering in front of him. I want to dedicate all of my life so that she can be happier than everyone else because I've been picked up so much of my life. "

"... Rita sure grew up with you as a samurai with red roses from a very young age?

"Oh. Rita was picked up when I was a kid. Muscled, right?"

Alford laughed quietly, bitterly.

"... back in the day, when I was Rita's lover, I didn't know. I want to protect my whole body even if I give it to you, and I want you to be happy." I have the good fortune of having a Lord and happiness. How rare a miracle it is to meet someone you want to take precedence over your own happiness. - Love is so much heavier than uncertainty, that it becomes my "axis" that I can't give in. "

"Alford......"

"- Bad, listen up. Damn regrets."

Alford laughs lavishly before Juke hears anything back.

"Perhaps your question is, do you have to ask Miss Deanna herself or someone who knows her more than she does?

"Ah...... ah. Yeah, I don't know what."

I was curious about Alford's condition, but I don't think I'm going to tell him any more.

Juke did not go deeper into it and listen, but chewed Alford's words in his heart.

(Who knows more about red roses than red roses...?)

All I can think of is Edwards, her family,... and.

- Him?

Kai, a young man with dead-leaved hair and mysterious purple blue eyes that change color more than once in the way of light. I was surprised when I first met him in Crestor territory, who had always known only his voice. Beautiful face with some feminine tenderness, not so muscular looking physical (which I can tell Edward most of all), because it was hard to believe by now that he, a younger man who seemed to even be a good man, was a murderous person with such sharp words, sometimes human apart.... I realized in the field that the next day at the "picnic", he was just as unexpected as Deanna was again.

It's Deanna that he's just so merciful and cherished. - He always thinks of Deanna first and gives Deanna's wishes the highest priority. For that matter, put even your own emotions behind you.

(Red Rose's, so are his feelings for him. mind he thinks of the red rose, too, where it comes from)

Neither simple love nor free love can discern. I'm just certain that it's an immeasurably bottom invisible, deep thought on the part of ordinary people.

(... if you don't know, you just have to ask)

- Just a little, think. Juke looks back at Alford.

"With him. - The secret of the red rose, can't you talk to Kai? Hopefully, alone. To the Red Rose, keep it a secret."

"With Kai?

Alford got a complex look that was easy to understand and not easy to snort at while convincing.

"Sure, he's going to give you a certain answer to your question. - As for the king's shield, I don't want to leave you alone with these unknown men."

"I appreciate you worrying about me. But Kai won't do anything that doesn't go with the Red Rose."

"... only" so far "has a proviso. - Okay. Leave it to Rita."

"Thank you, Alford."

"I don't need any thanks. It's obvious. - Hey."

Alford's gaze turns abominably to the office door. Juke smiled bitterly.

"Oh, boy. Apparently, that's it for rest."

"... The people in the outer palace want the king overworked to death. Why don't you just go down and do it, Juke?

"If you do that, no doubt, I'll be pissed off by Shayla and Red Rose later"

While tapping lightly, before the door was eventually opened, Juke was now once again to put on the 'king' mask.

That's it, the night.

Naturally, the stewardship was not finished in time, and when I was taking it back to my room and getting Alford to help me clean up every piece of paperwork, an unnatural breeze inadvertently blew indoors.

"... the same goes for Red Rose Sama, but the great humans in this country are a little overworked."

"Kai!?

Why are you surprised? You called in Rita during the day, didn't you?

When Alford and I looked at each other and somehow checked each other's feelings, Juke looked straight up.

"Sure, I asked you to talk to me. Honestly, I thought it was half time if you'd come."

"Uh, that's terrible. If Mr. Alford bothered to entrust Rita, and Deanna kept it to herself, and I don't know what to say, I guess I can read as much as I'd rather have a pretty serious story about it, huh?

"... that's why you came within that day?

'Well. I'm pretty busy getting ready to go to Stanza, too, and I thought it might be better if we talked soon.

Kai's own proposal for his accompaniment to the Stanza Empire was accepted with surprise and satisfaction by all concerned. We also cooperated on the side of some jukes, but the liver part is entirely in the hands of the posterior palace and Kai Hon. As far as Shayla tells me, "I hope it's not a problem at all, something's wrong, it's going well to the point of being angry anyway," so I guess the end is good.

Juke nodded at Kai's words, looking at Alford.

"Leave me and Kai alone. Don't let anyone enter this room until I call you."

"... is"

Alford, who has returned a worrying gaze, but seems to have taken the firmness of his determination to Juke's expression. returned the acknowledgement and walked out the front door.

Dropping Alford off like that with gratitude, making sure the door closed, and then Juke looks up again.

"I've paid for it. Will you come down?"

I don't need to talk to you. You can still do this, right?

"... if possible, I'd like to see your face and talk to you"

Hmm? Well, fine.

With the words, Kai in black comes down. It's a long time to see for Juke, it's what he looks like.

"Evening again, King Sama"

"Ah, ah. I'm suddenly sorry."

"It's each other all of a sudden, and never mind. - You wanted to talk to me about something, didn't you?

"Yeah, right."

Kai's expression doesn't look particularly grumpy if he's not laughing, it's a faceless expression in the right sense. Shayla used to say, "I'm always confused when I talk to Kai where Dee isn't," but I see this is someone else.

Think a little, Juke opens his mouth.

"... how's the red rose?

"You mean getting ready to go to Stanza? Isn't that pretty much going on?

"Right. It's hard to say that money and supplies are given without a shortage..."

"Wang Sama thinks," I don't know what the lack of preparation is, but now Deanna thinks first and foremost that everyone who went to Stanza will return physically and mentally safely. There's no problem getting ready on that side. "

"I see."

As always, Deanna is really wise. I look only at what I need to do, not through harassment on the part of the outer palace.

Kai tilted his neck gently at Juke, who mocked herself without feeling sorry for herself.

"What's wrong?

"No... I just realized again how powerless and foolish I am. Well, if it's a red rose, don't you care about the face of the National Mission in the first place?"

"Uh... what you mean"

You guessed something, Kai laughed sarcastically.

"Aren't you angry with the people around you rather than Deanna herself? Deanna was cool and angry with the chief woman on the list of things to take from the rear palace to Stanza today. I'm a shitty operator, so I don't know anything about the decency of your nobleman Sama, and if I have to run away on my own if I have to, so I was simply thinking that less luggage isn't better. Well, it doesn't seem that easy."

"Right. Even if it is more than a 'national mission' bearing the name of the country, in the form of too poor a minister the kingdom itself could be insulted. … it would be superfluous if, like this one, any of the male players were to be eliminated as a very small number of 'national missions', if only to be seen and seen."

"Oh, that, too, Mr. Yolanda, was angry." It's obvious you're essentially a hostage, but you should at least take care of that before you build it, beyond sending it as a "national mission" to another country! '' Neither I nor perhaps Deanna herself have come to the pin, but the money and prep used for this' national mission 'is, in the common sense of your nobleman Sama, a much poorer category?

"... save money, in front of the building. Exactly now, when it comes to the dignity of the country, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is doing its best."

"Well, Deanna is the kind of kid who just has four royal palace samurai and feels like 'a lot', and the kind of extravagant dresses and jewellery she spent her money on are" props she only thinks she uses for the hazy skins of the noble courtier, "and instead of caring how poor a noble sama would be, she seems to think of it as' splendid in vain 'because she hasn't even chosen the accessories she usually uses for an amount of money. Anyway, don't conservative aristocrats in the Home Office realize their grand contradiction?

With his sarcastic expression, Kai spins his words pale.

"The Kingdom of Elland is the greatest conservative people in the world! That's a doctrinal claim, isn't it? And yet I would never dare to see the" Mission of the State of Elland "as a poor minister and create a" gap "that would be insulted by the Stanza Empire."

"... I think so too. but for them now," harassment "seems to be more important to make it difficult for the Red Rose to stand around in the Stanza Empire"

"Well, the seemingly poor 'national mission' would only seem like a donation, rather than a hostage, from the side of the welcome. It's not worth the quality of a human being who sees clearly that he's not being treated properly from his own country."

There was an unmistakable cold smile on Kai's lips whining low.

"I don't learn, do I? That" harassment "that the Conservatives are piling up right now is just a trick that the previous Chief of Staff already did last year and proved to be counterproductive rather than meaningless to Deanna. - No matter how small the number of people you're serving, how much the total amount of clothing and items you use, it doesn't affect anything like that, Deanna's own value."

"Oh, that's..."

"Deanna would be able to afford to use even that if the 'national mission' were a poor minister and, conversely, stand around establishing a position within Stanza. Because that's what the Crestors are like in the first place."

"Yes, you did."

"Is that all we're talking about? Then I'll go."

Things really aren't the same when you're next to Deanna at the Crestor house. Deanna, your opponent is soft everywhere, gently brilliant in the purple blue night sky, and now you have no light whatsoever. The expression and voice are quiet and cold, and that's like a snowfield frozen in the moonlight -.

(... no, no)

Thus, once again, I suddenly notice that only "Kai" is seen up close.

Sure, he's very cold right now. But that's not why you're not as warm as ice.

Rather...

"... is it painful for you to talk to me?

- What? What, suddenly?

"As soon as possible, he seemed to want to cut the story off."

"Well, as I said earlier, I'm pretty busy too. The less time you waste, the better."

"... wasting time talking to me, huh?"

"I don't know if it's for King Sama, but honestly, it's for me."

Very normal tone, with very sharp words released. I'm just being disrespectful if you just don't know how to use the word, but this guy is definitely choosing that word after figuring it out. There is no sign of any movement in the return of the juke.

"... that's something you hated a lot"

"Nothing, I don't hate King Sama, do I?

"I say it a lot with that attitude"

"Because it's true. If King Sama had remained around this time last year, she would have been obliterated before she liked it or not. You've crawled up here a lot from that state, and I'm impressed and appreciate that. I don't hate the bearers of that indomitable spirit."

"... right"

It sounds like a compliment, depending on what you receive, but the phrase "to be erased" at the beginning tells the whole story. Perhaps he still keeps seeing things and is willing to wipe them out whenever Juke becomes a complete "harm" to Deanna.... Though I'm not going to say no there because for those who care about Deanna above all else, Juke would be the object of anger and hatred in the first place.

(... oh well. So you're saying, "No."

At first glance, it just seems like it's cold, Kai's attitude.

But this is different. He's just suppressing his emotions with the power of an immeasurably strong will. There is no way that he, who treats Deanna so lovingly, would not be angry at the man who hurt her so badly and still suffers. - There's no way I'm not offended when such a man calls me in.

(How...)

Like Rita once did, like Edward, something good if you hit me with burning anger. He's like putting up with what he wants to say for whatever reason because he's a king, in a man like that...

"Chi, chi"

"... Now what?

"Though I did. Right now, you're not going to say anything to me because you're not even going to get mad... because I'm the king.

At that moment, all the expressions fall out of Kai's face. On the other side of the perfect faceless look, then Juke saw clearly.

"Damn it, it's only for her.... you're confronting me by hiding everything in your heart for the Red Rose?

Give Deanna - just the undisputed love of an undisputed man who loves one woman deeply and intensely everywhere.

Juke begs Kai, who has erased both his expression and his words.

"All this time, I wasn't sure. That's because he's too good at hiding emotions. … but finally, I get it"

"... you know, King Sama"

"It is a well-known fact that you care more about the Red Rose than anything else. And yet, I've never been angry with you before. I won't even show you the existence of anger."

"This is serious advice..."

"I finally figured it out, wondering why. I can't even see a scale of anger."

"- Better not reveal what others (humans) are hiding with kindness and interest?

For a moment, between blinks, just a moment.

The air, the world - switches.

By the time Juke realized it, the man wrapped in pitch-black had already made his nature manifest (revealed), poking his sharp anger at Juke with seriousness like a beast and a blade of steel.

The front door makes a noise.

"Heh -"

"Don't come, Alford! Don't let anyone in!!

A sign of intuition of "death", dropped only for a moment by myself, who had previously spoken silly things.

Juke realizes right now, at this moment, that such a thing, for this man, was also equal to a prank.

In instinctive awe, in the fear of smearing thoughts, Juke knew as if it were a revelation that no one could protect him from still "this".

Kai smiles funny at Juke for rejecting Alford.

"... Huh? You're not gonna let me protect you?

"That being said, talking to you two like this is what I wanted. Yet there is no such unsolicited talk of having it protected when it becomes inconvenient to me"

"If I care about that right now, you just know I can kill you without moving a finger, right?

"... I know. But I have no right to ask for help here."

Kai's killing temper slightly diminishes as to what he felt in Juke's answer. I couldn't move a finger, I was free from the bondage that I couldn't even breathe, and Juke was breathing deeper than I thought.

Incorporate fresh air, with a slightly cold head, and gather words to say.

"I apologize for the kindness, the care and the inconvenience. But I've always wanted to know. That's it, my true heart."

"I don't need an apology. I hid it all from you, not for you, but for Dee. - I don't want to go this far, but I think you know my true heart and my heart."

"... ah. Well, okay."

"I simply doubt, you know what I mean, what do you want? I'll just say this in Dee's honor, but my feelings are just mine, and Dee knows nothing. A situation where some horse bone is just turning up heat on its own doesn't hit sideroom injustice, does it?

In unexpected words, Juke's eyes become round. With his face as it was, he shook his neck to the side.

"No way. Even if the Red Rose were sympathetic, it would be unjust."

"Well, then, there's no proof of spiritual stuff?

"Even if you didn't stay spiritual."

Kai's expression didn't move, but I could see his anger swirling indoors had only slightly thickened.

Breathe deeply again to calm your mind, and Juke looks at Kai again.

"... so even if you don't hate me as a person, you don't hate me as a man on this, do you?

"... you're smart there, don't dare ask questions that piss them off"

At last, Kai raised a strong anger not only at the signs but also at the expression, at the voice. "It is a wild, rough wrath, deserving of those who bear the name of the lion.

"You as a man? You're not talking about what you hate, are you? I'm blind to the extent that I want to drop my neck and rip my limbs off right now and feed the beast in the wilderness, and I don't care, and I wish my very existence didn't disappear. - Who in the world can tolerate the" husband "of a woman who wants to protect herself with all her presence? If that" husband "is trying to make her happy by loving her, he still doesn't want to leave you alone in the position of" husband "even though you don't have any shards of that intention. To the extent that killing a hundred times isn't enough, it's a hateful existence."

"Ah..."

"Prince Stanza simply doesn't care from jealousy, but honestly, I know how he feels. He still thinks he's rational, he even thinks he's conscientious."

"Kai......"

"You know, I just said, 'I can't be unjust' briefly. Well, I'm not talking about being angry at you with your gaze from above, so you better not say it again. From what I've been told, if the side chamber doesn't care with anyone, it's just a saying that I think we should shut down the rear palace now and free all the side chambers. - Just to escape the guilt that binds them, don't insult those who kill their minds and are thorough in their side chambers.

It was intense anger because I thought of Deanna everywhere and loved her deeply and deeply. Not from his own genuine emotions, Kai only wishes Deanna's happiness first and hates the existence that inhibits it.

(Right, right. Originally, for those who love red roses, I am hated and deserved. Because Kai loves Red Rose so deeply, not only as a person, but just as a woman.... Not just Kai, maybe there are others, I guess I'm so hated by all the guys who love the side rooms)

Still, Kai just releases his anger and anger and doesn't actually take out his weapon. Do not do harm to Juke with psychic arts (spirier).

That, I'm sure. Nothing else, for Deanna's sake.

"Wow, that was great."

Slowly, against Kai, Juke spins his words.

"But, Kai. I didn't say I wanted to escape guilt. Even if it takes time, it always closes the rear palace and solidifies its resolve to free everyone in the side chambers."

"... well, I'd be in trouble if I didn't"

"The only thing for me is Shayla, just like the only thing for that is a red rose. I can't love anyone but Shayla, and I can't promise her happiness as a woman. I'm not clever enough to love more than one woman at a time."

"... yeah, so?

"But even if I can't give it to myself, I wish. That everyone in the side chambers will grasp the best future for each and be happy. Me personally, as king. I will spare no effort for that."

So once the words are cut, Juke looks straight at Kai.

"Among other things, I think about the Red Rose - I think about Deanna specifically. I can't treat you special as a king, but I think personally, what's wrong? For me and for Shayla, she's a benefactor. Because she was there, she kept waiting for me without giving up, so I could stay at the end of the day.... I could connect my father's wishes, my prayers."

"... yeah"

"I want Deanna to grasp the supreme happiness.... No, it's not. She must, absolutely, be happier than anyone else. unacceptable, such as a future in which she is not happy"

Juke took a step, to Kai, who looked unexpected somewhere.

"Because I guess so. Deanna always does what she does for someone, rejoices in the happiness of others like she does for herself, and that's what makes her happy. She feels no different than her dear friends, even to someone like me who can't do anything about it, who no one complains about abandoning her. Is it decided to be wrong, such as a world where such a daughter would not be happy!

"... you had a point of view unexpectedly. Me too, heartfelt, I think. There's no reason for Dee to be unhappy in the world, not even worth it."

But Kai laughed quietly.

"You're wrong about only one thing. Dee will never abandon you."

"... hurt her scattered, tormented me?

"Unfortunately, Dee's soul is not soft enough for you to be hurt."

With a slightly distant eye, Kai shrugs.

"When you mistook Dee, the Crestors, it was a hard time for Dee, too. At the moment when all of it was rewarded, her soul elevated even the wound to a precious memory, a medal that connected the future."

"Shit, huh..."

"It's not like Dee doesn't know the world or human cruelty. I also know that this world is indefensibly thin and dirty, and that humans are so stupid that they can't be saved. But still, she accepted all of it and chose the path of loving man, the world, from the bottom of her heart."

"Love -"

"I know I love you in the true sense, because you are the owner of a noble soul - no matter how stupid you are, Dee won't abandon you"

With a commonplace face, Kai offers Juke the truth. Even Juke's stupidity, the past he's traced to, Deanna says she's sincerely merciful. Mercy, believe me, I'm blessing you to walk with all that.

Juke, breathe twice, three times, gasping.

"... is that Deanna"

"Yes. That's it, Dee. - The only thing in this world that makes me happy just being, my favorite."

"... just being, huh? That's abnegation."

"It's not nothing abnegation. I'm a man, too, so it'll be normal for me to want it. Simply that Dee's happiness is hundreds of times more important than my greed.... if it's enough to make my feelings a priority and get Dee in trouble or suffering, it's good to stay like this without showing it now"

One day, Edward said. Kai said - the 'lion', whose name is known in the back society, is the bearer of the will of steel that never braces. Yes, but we need to find more men to forgive Deanna.

... this, if it's a man. As a 'king' it is only forbidden "to entrust a wish".

"- Kai. Then I'd like to ask you a favor."

"Depending on the content?

"It's probably easy for that. - Please, Red Rose, please, Deanna. If you have to, take her away. From Stanza... and from Elland."

Kai's eyes got a little bigger.

"Am I supposed to ask you that? You're the king, aren't you?

"Not good. Rather, this is the occasion where I must say, 'Protect the Red Rose and bring me back safely to the Kingdom of Elland at all costs'".

"I guess. And yet you say 'run'?

"The Red Rose probably never chooses to escape, no matter how extreme it is placed.... but I live a little longer than her, ironically. I know there's a situation where you have to get away with throwing everything at me, and the world doesn't end unexpectedly where you got away."

"That's right. Maybe Dee's never run before in his life, so he feels terribly guilty about running away."

"If Deanna hadn't been 'Red Rose' to me, I'm pretty sure she'd be under very painful circumstances. So as a king, I can't lose Deanna as a 'Red Rose'. - But as far as I'm concerned, as a friend of hers, I don't need Deanna to shoulder that responsibility, so I want you to live happily ever after, wherever you want.... I can't tell anyone but that."

"Well, I have no choice.... because even Mr. Juke's friends, including Mr. Edward, are connected to the work of The King."

At the same time as that word, the pressure that was on the juke scratches off like an illusion. When I looked at Kai with more confusion than relief, he was smiling a little bitterly.

"... I don't want to know, but I do"

"Kai......?

"" Those Crestors have been bonding with the Elglands for over 2,000 years, that's why.... you guys have probably been straight like idiots for a long, long time. "

"Is that... a compliment, is it?

"I don't praise or disparage you, just thoughts"

With that said, Kai laughed like he blew it out somewhere.

"Even if you don't tell me, I'll spend all of my time protecting Dee. Because the future of that sweeter girl laughing happily for all she wants is something I'll never give in."

"Kai......"

"To realize that future, we have to run now. If things ever get any better, thank you, don't hesitate, let us get away with it.... but well, that's the last thing that's gonna happen. Dee will never abandon his loved ones and flee, and he will not willingly try to think of himself unless he lets Mr. Sheila's righteous queen be recognized throughout the kingdom, let it happen, and see it through. More than Dee wants, I'll do everything I can to make it happen."

"... you know, they're really, really unwavering."

"Dee's better than I am. He said he went to Stanza, the same thing. Dee's desire is for the 'State Mission of Elland' to all safely return to the Royal Palace, so why don't the 'King' just stay calm and wait for the State Mission to return home? In the meantime, make steady progress on what you need to do."

The brilliant, purple blue eyes of the young man who inherited the lion dwelt in strong determination and readiness.

He would - if this man, who deeply loves Deanna and is merciful to embrace and envelop her all, he will surely protect Deanna from all misery ahead.

So sure, Juke also snorted his readiness hard in his chest.

"Oh, of course. When the Red Rose achieves results and returns, we will move forward with what we need to do to make the most of its effects."

"I was a little relieved to hear that word. - I'll believe you for a second, thank you."

- If the night breaks, there will also be a new battle.

Juke vowed to keep challenging Deanna's will not to return Kai's thoughts to nothing.