The Queen’s Cosmetician

Zeno returned from Marlen less than half a month after the royal castle of Perfilia regained its tranquility.

He hits his heel in front of a ditlout that arrives at the concierge and salutes him supinely.

"I'm back now! Your Eminence."

I resented the bright voice, which even seemed like potent weather, and DiTrout only raised his eyes in silence. Zeno laughs bitterly.

"... sounds like you had a lot of trouble. I'm sorry I couldn't come home."

"I have no choice."

DiTrout put the writing instrument down and exhaled. Zeno's absence is for a reason. I can't blame you.

"Did you play jewelry to His Majesty?

"No, not yet.... Your Majesty, are you not feeling well again? Sagan's wife gave me an apology for not seeing you."

"Because there was a lot going on. Some parts of my body seem to be shaped by anger."

Immediately after the mariages returned home, they were untouchable. I wanted to tell you that I was going to die of indignation.

Still, my lord did not order the pursuit of the mariages because he feared that a senior Doppelgum official would be involved. I don't know how Doppelgum squeaked out - the man who bridged the relationship between Fabian and Die would be Dadan, who was the mission's guide. It was clear to me that the diplomats of that country and that informant were eating together under the castle. Maybe he was an acquaintance since then.

The presence of the Fabians must be mere coincidence. If you had a friendship with Delligeria, Doppelgum would have spoken out sooner.

"I heard the story. Everyone in Del Ligueiria is going to do a lot of it."

Dropping back somewhere on the bench, Zeno praised the mariages.

"We didn't just get out of our hands. Now we have to think more carefully when we get our hands on him."

"I'm going to leave you alone for a while. We're going to focus first on getting rid of rats moving around our house."

The man who gave Dadan the guide to infiltrating the castle reported that it was the prey he was looking for, which made Serenesty more and more intense. There's so much in the dump, too.

Ditrout looked at Zeno with his centre of gravity on the back of the chair.

"Shall I ask on behalf of His Majesty, then? in Marlen."

"In conclusion,"

Dadan's bass sounds well without so much voice.

"It wasn't the thieves who attacked Marlen's former lord, Edmont Chamberlain. None other Serenesties. And it was the remnants of Edmont who attacked us."

The sound of the same throat rattling shook the silence, and Die watched carefully what was going on around him.

There was nothing to follow from Perfilia, and he returned safely to Del Ligueiria for the fifth day. The five men, Mariage and Rodimus, Asse, Die and Dadan, had gathered in one of several conference rooms. To hear the report of the investigation in Marlen, which Mariage had asked Dadan to do.

The light engraved on the warm carpet has a clean window heel, and clouds laze across the sky on the other side of the sun-warmed bolt. Temperature is not too cold, not too warm. It's a pleasant afternoon like you want to.

Contrary to such outside cheer, the indoor air was heavy.

"Stepping on the connection between what we encountered and the burning down of the Chamberlain Climate Hall, I decided to look into the latter first. At that time, I made two hypotheses. I. Raids by mere thieves. II. Raids by anti-queens.... This anti-queen is the remnant of Serenesty's annexation of the two countries. The royalty of each country has been eradicated, but it is not surprising that its followers were secretly surviving and plotting revenge. I dismissed the first. Marlen's defenses are robust. Use your head to break in first."

That is a point Mariage was also pointing out in Marlen.

"The Chamberlain Mansion itself is not defenseless. It's too dangerous to attack for gold."

Therefore, Dadan dismissed his first prediction.

"That's the second hypothesis there. I used to hear that Ditrout was caught in a fire at the Chamberlain Mansion. If you say you dressed as a thief to assassinate the Chancellor and attacked the Chamberlain residence, you can nod. But the connection between what we've encountered is diminished."

It is unlikely that Ditrout will return to the ruins after he leaves. Then whoever raids the Dies will be a completely different person.

"By the way. When I heard a lot about it, one of the servants rolled over to the townspeople's house for help before DiTrout arrived."

That is.

It means that the assassins crudely attacked the absent hall at night.

"It seems to have been quite abrupt in itself that DiTrout came to Marlen in the first place. I don't think an enemy in a position to obtain such information would play a role in attacking a target absentee hall. So I made another hypothesis. DiTrout himself led the soldiers and thought it would be better if he stormed Edmont Chamberlain. Then… all the twitches fit"

Dadan, dampened in his mouth with water, looks at the die across the slope.

"Die, for example, if your enemy attacks you without touching you and you have to run, if there's something they don't want you to see... if you can't have it, what do you do?

"Huh? Erm..."

Confused by the abrupt question, Die squeezed his head desperately.

I can't really bring it up. But if you just want to avoid getting into their hands.

"Aren't we going to dispose of it as best we can? Burn the paperwork... ah"

Marlen's Lords' Hall is "burned down”.

Namely, it was - …… that set off the fire.

"There's no chance the Ditrouts will burn the hall."

And Dadan said.

"Doing so, however, delays in setting up a new lord and destabilizes Marlen's situation. It should be something you want to avoid. The attacked lord more attempted to destroy something and blow up the mansion, or self-determination. The central guys, including Zeno Faranx, were left to find out if there was anything left in the burn. In fact, for the three days I was in Marlen, Zeno's men were constantly wandering around the hall.... and all the people who attacked us came to see if they were buried properly - that way, everything would go through."

"... suppose"

Mariage twists her little neck.

"How could the lord have been attacked by a dittrout?

"Probably because he's anti-queen"

Dadan avoided determination.

But the voice had a sound close to it.

"When it comes to employing your hypothesis... is it a list of your people or something that the lord has obliterated?"

"I guess."

Dadan agrees with Rodimus.

"The important thing about this speculation is that Serenesty has anti-queens in her body. I mean, Perfilia can't be as calm inside as she sees it."

"Is that why... we are in a hurry to invade our surroundings"

My gaze gathered at Rodimus, who shrugged.

"I don't know when I'll get the seat of the continent's champion if I'm working hard on domestic peace. It's quicker to get eaten from the inside, or it's better for me to be at the top of it all... maybe Serenesty is competing"

"You should keep an eye out for perfilia trends. I made it clear Serenesty wanted to get this country. I'll come and chop this country up with some kind of hand again."

Dadan drank the water in one breath and placed the empty cup high with sound.

Well, let's say he does.

"That's it for the report. Get your promised reward."

Fresh air blows into the gloomy room from the open door.

Breaking up with Mariage and Rodimus, as well as Assé, who were going to head to the office, Die went after Dadan. Four and a half minutes have already passed since he left the conference room. Naturally, the figure was not found anywhere in the hallway, and the die had to run on the carpet.

The queens returned home earlier than planned and the castle became noisy when they heard why. Among those who remained, it was disputed that we should march to the border, no, we should send messengers again to gain the pleasure of the great powers. Those who were going to Perfilia complained of ill health and a large number were to run around for medical attention.

The castle, which seemed to have such a hive, also begins to show calm after five days.

A decree was laid on the Perfilia case. Officials are traveling east and west with a pile of work while away.

I was getting my routine back.

Running by everyone who worked in his daily work, Die stopped to find the presence he was looking for.

"Dadan!"

Riding himself out of the trunk of the crossing, Die shouted to the man downstairs. His jacket appearance as he headed down the hallway towards the main entrance made him expect the King's Capital to stay behind.

"Wait there!

When Die finally caught up, Dadan was motionless from his original location. He leaves a smile on the breathless die.

"I can't give you back what I got."

"Nobody said I should get my reward back!

Die screamed unexpectedly. Try to get your breathing done and ask Dadan.

"Why did you do it that way?... all, money was the purpose, like"

Dadan claimed his reward by multiplying the investigation he conducted in Marlen by the portion he played in the rescue of the Dies. That is a natural right. But the way I put it was a problem. As a result, I bought quite a bit of Rodimus and Asse's unhappiness. They were also beginning to acknowledge Dadan because of it.

"Is it bad if he's a money-keeper"

Let Dadan snort.

"I don't like the way you put it."

Die roared angrily.

"Sneaking into the royal castle of Perfilia, or what you did to help Master Mariage, is not something you can do just for the money. It's more likely he'll die, and even if he survives, he'll poke his life and be targeted. It doesn't fit the bill."

"It fits. I was confident I wouldn't die. If it worked, I would have done it. We just have to get close to Perfilia until it's almost cold."

"Dadan!"

Die bit off his trembling lower lip. Fabian tells me that Dadan was really showing me the mariage. How dangerous everything Dadan did could have been. What he did to me by shaking off Fabian's suppression.

Thick hands pound the tearful die's head.

"Uh, don't cry. Maria will tell you to pay me back."

Dadan was grinning bitterly ahead of Die looking up. He starts walking. He prompts him with his jaw to follow.

Die followed Dadan by rinsing his nose.

"I am, Die."

Dadan cut out the story with a calm voice like a teach.

"He's a runner. It's a rough guy who does a dirty job. You're gonna have trouble getting Mariage to use that kind of thing all the time, aren't you? I'm glad you like me personally."

Only those who examine the situation in other countries should be properly raised within themselves. If we start asking Dadan to go out in the field cheaply for example, there will be dissatisfaction among the officials to put Mariage in crisis. It can also be a hotbed for other countries to enter.

Apparently Assé himself had pointed it out to Dadan. But after this incident, he has reviewed Dadan.

"Floaters become enemies, too, depending on what they perceive and what they reward.... you should think of it that way. You shouldn't take a heavy look at my existence."

When I went out to the front yard, the aroma of the rose was rich. The wind is giving freshness to the sweaty cheerfulness. The sunlight overflowed his vision and Die narrowed his eyes. Dadan's back was seeping through walking forward.

"Dadan doesn't look good on your face, he's quite nice, isn't he?"

"Oi, I don't need a word.... If anything happens to you guys, I won't be able to stop by Aliga's anymore. The country where he lived, the rice was delicious."

It was a bad excuse.

Die decided to drop off Dadan until the main entrance where the boarding carriage directly under the castle would stop. Dadan is going to stop by and say hello to Miguel, and he's leaving for Doppelgum today and tomorrow.

"Say hello to the Fabians. … I'm going to thank you for your parent book from the country."

"Don't go into details. It was fun having dinner with you. Keep it around."

"I know about that!

Dadan opened his mouth and laughed at the die claiming to peel.

"And I have a message from Mariage."

Die moaned as he regained his mind. Dadan blinks inexplicably.

"... from Her Majesty the Queen?

Die smiled in agreement.

"" If you come back here again, visit Miguel. I'll make you behave as much as you like. ""

It means to contact me through a friend of Die's.

Dadan's eyes are slightly opened.

"Master Mariage knows about Dadan. properly."

Mariage said nothing to many of Dadan's remarks that outraged Rodimus in the conference room. Just to pay the reward that Dadan demanded.

Mariage persisted against Dadan in his unscrupulous attitude to accompany the opinion of the Rodimas. But she was the only one who entrusted Dadan's attitude with a message and ordered him to follow her.

Dadan glances off at the smell and gazes at the eastern sky.

And dropped the whisper.

"He knows you, too."

Die looked up at Dadan. His side in the backlight appeared ruggedly in Die's eyes.

But the next time he looked down at the die, he had a tender grin full of touch, all over his face.

"If he has nothing to be ashamed of, don't cover it up and talk to him, Die"

-... I knew what Dadan meant by the advice he placed as a souvenir.

What happened to Die when he was separated from everyone else? Briefly.

But I haven't even told anyone what I talked to DiTrout about.