The Queen’s Cosmetician

Leaving Gertrude's grounds on the edge of breaking through the planted backyard. Through the narrows of the hedges separating the sites from each other, we bypass the walls and ascend and descend untidy roads. That's all Mariage understood. All I had to do was just make sure that Dadan dragged me down the road with my wrist taken. Your lungs are squeezed into untidy breathing, and the pain strikes your flank intermittently. I've never run this far before.

"Enough is enough."

Mariage was poking her knee on the coaled floor when Dadan let go of his hand. Not enough air. I get glare. The clothes and hands are black everywhere. The sweat that has erupted makes my whole body stick. Mariage held her fist on the floor. Yelling unexpectedly at a man leaning a little further away from the mariage.

"Rub it already! Pinch the day off!

"If you were resting, you'd be caught up and killed. Are you stupid?"

Whatever Dadan says is best.

Still, I couldn't help but scream.

Dadan stands in front of Mariaj, who bites his lower lip and drips. To Mariage, who cursorily raised his face, he scratched his head and exhaled.

"Well, if you're healthy enough to yell at me, you're doing great... come here"

That said, Dadan turns back to where he was. Mariage finally looked around. Carburized ceilings, walls, and floors got into my eyes.

"Here..."

"You came here once, too."

To bring Arishuel back.

Dadan answers without hesitation. Mariage glanced. Because I felt a flame on the edge of my vision.

Rowen, and the girl's back passes behind her eyes repeating her lover's name in a cracked voice.

(That kid, he lost it all, that mountain hut)

This was one of several rest stops for officers sentinelling the Royal Castle grounds. It's a spare facility in a somewhat despicable location, which is why Arisuel and his lover were able to use it for the meeting.

Finally, this cabin burned down. I remember the conversation going in the direction of looking at the fold and removing it. But I guess I missed the time and stayed put.

"Why are you here..."

"Rowen told me. I used some of the way out and I got there. Nice location for lurking. You, take care of this place later. Don't let the weird rat hold you down."

"... I'll remember"

"Then don't sit there forever. You're gonna get sweaty. Come here. You followed me."

Don't make me say it twice, Dadan said in a frustrating manner.

Half of the burnt huts were kept prototyped in coal, the other half of the collapsed had been stripped of soil and, by the way, had been subjected to plant erosion. At that corner, the fireworks are lit at some point. It is a burning fire, carefully hidden in grass and soil. Less momentum, but when Mariage approached heavily enough, it was certainly warm. Sitting on the edge of the floorboard, beside Dadan poking an orange fire with branches, Mariage also dropped her hips. Basa, and a heavy cloth on my shoulder. When I looked to the side, Dadan was lightly dressed - he was dressed in his jacket.

"... you'll catch a cold."

Dadan has already lost his coat at Gertrude Mansion. Even with a roof like a house, this place is blown away.

Dadan pushes his hand back to return his jacket.

"Put it on until you get sweaty. It's more trouble for you to fall."

The break is just a little.

Mariage must run again in order to turn back to the city.

Dadan gets to the fire hard and squeals.

I'm sorry, but it's gonna take a little longer.

"... what?

"By the time I give you a cup of tea"

It was Mariage who said he wanted a warm cup of tea.

It is not easy to get through the aristocracy. The certainty of Assé's information, which has informed him of the security hole beforehand, the intelligence of Asma and the Armatins, who have examined the loopholes around him, and the certainty of Dadan's arm, which takes Mariage away.

Mariaj held her knees and placed the ends of her jacket in front of her chest.

"Fine. If I can drink again properly.... I'll brew you a cup or so then."

"Huh? You, can you brew tea?

"You should be better than a die. That's what Alvina said."

"What kind of standard is that?... Ha, well, okay. There's no poison."

"I can't look forward to it."

Dadan laughs. Mariage shuts her mouth when she finds out she's being teased.

Vision white in exhalation exposed to cold air. When I looked up to heaven, the stars were blinking in the dark blue sky. However, the dark clouds were still flowing, so maybe the snow will fall again.

I know I have to go back before that happens. But once I calmed down, my hips were terribly heavy.

"How long have you been here?

"About a quarter of an hour."

"Four and a half minutes?

"In half an hour, it's time for the merchants in and out to work. Mix and move there.... I just moved ahead, and if the gate isn't open, I'll have a hard time finding where to wait"

"Oh, you're going through the gate with dignity?

"It's supposed to be that way with Bruno"

I guess there's a guide to the Oswald Chamber of Commerce itching. You mean you have to be here to crush your time until then?

(from now on... as if I could return safely)

What should we do next?

Rudia confirmed all the secrets of Del Ligueiria. Now I also know why that reginald man would leap in this country. Eliminating that man would be the top priority for Mariage to regain his throne.

And Byram Gertrude first. We have to do something about him.

To do this...

(No)

Mariage moved with a heavy eyelid.

(I can't get my thoughts together....... Nemmy......)

"Don't sleep."

A reprimand flew from Dadan to Mariage.

"I'm just going to take a break. I'd end up with just a nap, but you're not. If you fall asleep tired, your body won't move and you'll be tough."

"Even if they say that... aren't you sleepy?

"Well. I'm not as tired as you say."

Mariage was impressed by the man. What a health idiot.

I guess that's all he means is he's crawling through the fire.

"Hey, tell me something"

"... what? Something... what?

"You're going to a lot of places, aren't you? I'm sleepy if I keep my mouth shut. Tell me something."

Dadan floats the colour of confusion at Mariage's sudden request. It looks like you've been thinking about what you told me.

Mariage sighed.

"... then I'll ask you appropriately, answer that.... You really don't look too cold. You can be in a cold place?

"Fool. You've decided it's cold."

Dadan turned tannic.

"... Even so, if it's this cold, I can handle it. Not as good as Shredding Grad."

"... shreddingrad..."

"It is at the northernmost point of the North Continent. It's a big country, a land of beasts and long-lived species with extended glaciers and snowfields."

Oh, and Mariage nodded.

It must sound familiar. A letter of introduction that I saw when I hired Alvina at the Royal Castle was issued by that country.

"What's a long-lived species?

"It's an ancient species of human rattle.... you know what ancient species are?

Mariage shook her head to the side. It's an unfamiliar word.

"It is also said to be the direct line of the beast that the Lord God was taking with him when he created the world. Um, what is it? Metosella, huh? It's so long. The magic is stupid."

"Huh.... You said ancient species of human rattle. Are there any of them?

"Horses, dogs, cats. He's here now and then. I've never met him... but he's got a lot of magic and he understands human language."

"Around Alvina seems familiar."

"Right."

Mariage felt Dadan's tension eased when the conversation showed a smooth slip. He wasn't just wary of his surroundings. He may not have been able to treat even more awkward mariages of the nobleman's daughter alone.

No way, Mariaj cuts a laugh in his mouth and throws the next question.

"What did you do to that Shredding Grad? What other country did you go to?

- Listen and understand.

Dadan was really crossing the world.

The northern continent began in Shreddingrad, six days, in a country without dawn or in the region of Disra, famous for its appealing stone productions - a place where for many years there has been constant strife over stone rights. An Iron Spire group remains a ruin, mainly in Arvsowill, which bridges the islands trapped in the glacier, Lopnol, which is a country of extended gravel, and Laseana, which was also the subject of the Continental Conference.

The southern continent says the majority of the land is desert. The vastest country is Ahakarf. They say there's a city in a huge building built of rocks. The statues of rocks lining the Empire City of the Land of the Twin Beasts also seem to be rolling. Coastal is said to exist with small countries with various characteristics disturbed.

The eastern continent, where rich barn zones and streams cover the earth in the form of spider nests, Dassilina, a majeenna that can be made famous for its pearl farming and its decorative processing, that fortune has flourished. And the last time Arishuel moved in, the water empire Blue Clicka.

There is no place on the western continent.

Here's what happened over there, oh, this happened, Mariage realized.

All of this, he said, is the country the man 'visited'.

"Dadan."

"What the fuck?

"Where were you born?

Dadan looks down at Mariage silently.

Her expression peeled off from her face.

Mariage slowly woke up her body. Remove the jacket from the back and return it to the man.

"It's warmed up enough."

"... ah"

I put on my lap the jacket that Dadan received from Mariage.

Dadan wrinkled between his eyebrows and scratched his head. It's this guy's habit when he's stuck with answers.

The fireworks explode.

Mariage inquired, staring at the red fire.

"I've always wondered.... What does' nothing 'mean?

'I don't belong in any country.... because there is no country'

That was just before the Perfilia tribute visit.

It was when Dadan came to tell us about the man who disappeared from Delligeria.

No country, I didn't know what that meant. It wasn't even in the dictionary. Die had his neck covered, too. Perhaps only those who know can make sense.

"... it means exactly what it means"

I'm not asking because I don't know that.

"So I don't have a country. There's no country where I was born. After I was born, it was gone. Disappeared. There is no record anywhere in the world that I was born in the country I was born in. So no country."

Now it was Mariage's turn to shut up.

(no record)

Maisemble is doomed, and in a few more years, twenty years.

The country that perished in the meantime is not enough with one hand for Mariage to know. What happened to the inhabitants after that? I know so much about being displaced. Because this past year, I've had a lot of headaches about the problems they bring in.

But now, for the first time, I know.

(Oh, the displaced...)

It's not just that I lost my peace, my home, my country.

Records that he was born. Even the certainty of being born into the world has been lost, even at one end.

"Don't look so sunken"

Dadan laughs.

"I like my rootless life. You're not the kind of person who can live in one place."

"And isn't it apart from the fact that there's no country?

Traveling as you like and being forced to live as a traveler means something different.

"Still... I'm a part of it, too. I could do it anytime I wanted to. It was my intention not to do it. It's not about you being sick."

"I'm not sick."

"Then what? I'm sorry for the weird sympathy."

"It's not sympathy. This - I just thought I was ignorant."

I took out the insurance that Dadan was drifting on Mariage's answer.

"That sounds like you."

Dadan was a little, even laughing.

Exhaling thinly, he opened his mouth.

"... you know Manamelanea?

"... of the Inland Sea, islands, right? of non-resupply vessels, of relay sites."

East-West, North-South, a country somewhat more north of the Inland Sea surrounded by four continents. United Manamelanean Islands - commonly known as the United Islands.

"I'm a member there, there's an island called Vanua. The United Islands is the next largest island on the main island of Manamelanea. It's the best place in the North."

"That's... where you were born?

"That's right. It was originally one country. Eight years...... no, after ten years? There was a coup d 'état and it was doomed. The people are scattered among the people, and now their survival lives in detail."

Dadan explains in one breath. It was unusual and quick talking.

Mariage frowned. I got caught in the year issue.

"Ten years... you sure were working with the Lunas when that was about it?

Doppelgum should be in its ninth year of existence. Luna who became queen - Fortuna had spent several years for the founding of the country. Dadan looked like he had been going around the continent with them for a long time.

Dadan laughs bitterly at Mariage's query.

"That's right. So I didn't see the country collapse."

"... once, back?

"Oh.... it was cool where it got further, but it wasn't that tragic. Because the United States of the islands was a neat country. Not like this one. Lucky me."

Manamelanea is a small but prosperous country. Even the distant Del Ligueiria can hear its richness. I guess the homeland of Dadan, absorbed by that country, is on the path of reconstruction without roughness.

Just, and Dadan narrows his eyes.

"... I thought the country was going to run out of light."

What did the man think when he stood on the earth, which was further ground?

Mariage leaned down and asked hesitantly.

"... you, a relative, or someone you know, weren't there?

There you are.

Dadan replied softly.

"My father, my mum, my two younger brothers, my sister alone, five in total"

Cousins are multiple families. Besides that - it's about this guy, so there must have been a lot of friends and acquaintances.

The people were scattered to the people, Dadan said.

I wonder if this man's family is still missing, Mariage thought.

"... are you an informant or an investigator, working like that... to find your family?

Dadan looks to Mariage alone.

"You're sharp."

Do you want to wind up in smoke, or, you know, get poked in the core and get angry?

Contrary to Mariage's expectations, Dadan's voice color seemed interesting.

The man gently turned his back with his hands on the floor. Keep looking up at heaven and start talking.

"I have a lot of research work to do. I can pass it on to that muscle. So I became a specialist."

"Why did you leave the house?

'Cause we weren't close.'

"We weren't close, are we looking?

"Right.... Oh, no. I didn't think I was close. unilaterally."

Dadan stood on one knee and poked a cheek wand at that knee.

"I'm a local, well-known, shitty kid, and my father on the other hand was a serious little official. I was making a roster of women to be offered to the castle."

"... a woman to be offered?

"The king at the time was crazy in color. I was gathering women from all over the country. Putting together a woman who doesn't like it. I don't even know when my sister will be in the convocation, but I hate my father, who keeps following orders from above. Sorry about your face, it's just a fight. I don't remember what triggered it, but I was beaten to death and I jumped out of the house. It was at thirteen."

Snow.

Also, I started flirting.

Snow hits the cheeks of a man dyeing his cheeks on the Zhu under a firelight.

It becomes a small drop and slips down my cheek.

It was like a tear.

"Then I took care of the Chamber of Commerce. At first, when I started using mercenaries, I stepped aside and started taking them as escorts, I got involved with Luna. At that time, it was amazing to be interested in the country, to maintain the country, to be involved in it, you know.... Maybe my father, who was an official, had something to think about. Maybe we can talk now. I thought so, when I left, I didn't have a country."

It's ironic, and, shrugs, Dadan shuts up.

Mariage exhaled heavily, raising questions about what had happened.

"So, are you working with me?

"... what? What's that supposed to mean?

"Now I've lost my back shield, I'm just a little girl with a suspicious identity. I can't even prepare gold for you. Even if Asma is paying some money. It won't fit the bill.... and you're cooperating with me because this country doesn't want to see Delligeria disappear?

It's not something I should be interested in asking.

I feel like I'm stepping in too much.

Still, it's important.

Because I've always wondered why this man hangs out with Mariage.

"Maybe."

Dadan laughed like he was in trouble.

"I feel that, and I feel different. I don't know either.... just because you're great. I think we can hang out a little longer."

"Rare?"

"Oh. I can't even like gold and silver treasures. You're trying to carry the country, even though you know it's hard. That's great."

"... I have no good reason to want to save my country."

"I know. But it's happening, so whatever the reason, it's okay.... you, I praise you rarely, so take it a little happier"

Dadan shrugged, after turning to Mariage's frightened voice, time or not. Mariage also weighed in time. Four and a half minutes have passed. Nearly half an hour after I started taking a break.

Time to move.

Dadan checks his background and extinguishes the fire. Mariage cleaned out the water bottle. Make sure there are no loose straps on your jacket or shoes.

Thinking of it, Mariage told him.

"If I can be queen again, I'll give you a home."

"... home?

"Yes. Back town or anywhere.... Yours, wherever you like"

Mariage stood up and looked up at Dadan.

"If I could be queen again, I should reward you for your work. So I'll give you a house. Nothing. You don't have to live there."

Dadan said he didn't like to stay in one place. It's up to the man to use it where the house was.

Although.

"Still, if you have a home, this will be your country. You don't have to say there's no country."

Dadan opens his sandy eyes to see if this is still the case.

That's a dumb face, I thought, Mariage said.

"My country is your country."

Dadan didn't move.

He's making the tickles go to war, blinking repeatedly.

To the man who remains sticky. Mariage asks in frustration.

"Hey, isn't it bad that it's time to move?... Dadan?

Overhead, shadowed.

Mariage tried to pull herself back reflexively, but it didn't come true. It was quicker for Dadan's arm to cuddle Mariage.

The tip of his nose touched the man's neck, and Mariage let his face snap, poking his hand hard against the man's chest.

Naturally, I'm not scared. Mariage rose hard, but there was no indication that the man's arm would loosen at all.

Mariage finally screamed.

"Hey... Dadan!

"Ku......"

Kuck, and Dadan's throat rings.

Intermittent laughter eventually became an exalted laugh. Mariage peeled her eyes off a bit. It seemed like a man was losing his mind.

"Dadan......"

"Ah......"

Dadan presses her lid against Mariage's hair.

"Is this my country?"

"... yeah"

When Mariage affirms, Dadan laughs again.

He shrugged.

"Right. I am -..."

Yeah, maybe you wanted to tell me.

That this is your country.

That this is your place.

As such.

The man keeps laughing like crazy.

Mariage deposited her cheeks on the man's shoulder at the frontier of giving up.

The man's arm holds Mariage tight. Surprised, but not terrified. There is only a strange relief and warmth.

(Ah)

Understand the pretense.

Something that brought Arishuel ready to abandon his country.

What brings the die back to Deanna Setra.

(Is this it?)

Mariage pulled her strength out of her body.

That's what I've been doing until the man feels better.