The Queen’s Cosmetician

I wonder where I am now.

Why, I wonder if I'm alone in the dark.

After the flowery social season, I should have returned to the territory before the snow scattered, surrounding the warm fireplace with my family and friends.

On my way back to my house, where I had been away for a long time, my eyes closed when I was attacked by a strong sleeper. When I woke up from a muddy sleep, what I saw from my surroundings disappeared, and the golden thread sparrow greetingly imprisoned me in a giant cage mimicking a bird cage.

At first I called.

I thought you knew who you were. Next I asked for help. sobbed. Turn to them, for there was a movement of men. But they never stopped feeling sorry for themselves. Only when they served themselves and when they 'cared for' themselves did they unlock the bird cage, but the chains connected to their hands and feet were never untied.

I hear there's a magic inhibition hanging in the cage. It was difficult to tell in which direction I was far from where I was. Only the passage of time is informed. One, two, seven, ten, January, February….

Oh, this is a bad dream. Dream Yume Yume......

I finally got some sunshine when I just remembered the people who laugh and spend their days doing it.

"... poor thing..."

The outside wind that stroked my skin with strange voices who labored me was warm.

The last air I breathed before I became a prisoner was that of winter.

The wind that now fills my heart contained the scent of flowers.

The Cathedral Hall, called the Mansion, is present in the aristocratic district of the King Delligeria capital. Originally a family mansion that fell apart in the cold affair of the Queen of Time, it has been a long time since she lost someone to live in after being taken over by the country.

Adelmo, the head of the Bethleim family, was careful to walk down the hallway of the lofty chapel, which was also the origin of the designation, built on the corner of the property.

The corner light in your hand is dark. Coal is applied to the surface glass and brightness is lost. I feel uncomfortable stepping on accumulated dust. Feet is taken many times by thin grass trees stretching out of gaps in damaged floorboards.

(Couldn't you specify a few more locations)

Adelmo poisoned his daughter who called herself here all over her chest.

The daughter in question stood in front of the statue of the decaying Virgin and waited for Adelmo.

A daughter wearing a jacket from her head. The year is the same age and young as the fruit daughter of Adelmo. But she is the former monarch who has kept Adelmo under control for the past two years. It was the queen Mariage who was driven from the throne at the end of last year.

"Good day, Lord Bethleim. You're out of time."

Adelmo ripped the coat he was wearing off his head. I roar at my daughter with a grin that I even feel I can afford.

"Where's my daughter!?

"... is that the first voice?

Mariage sighed.

"A gentleman can hear you without a greeting... If you want to see Silviana so badly, shouldn't you have looked more desperately from the start?

"We needed to be ready!

"Get ready... I want you to tell me what it's like for a little girl who's been chased to the throne to be ready to destroy your daughter's rescue, both manpower and manpower."

Coldly, Mariage said.

Silviana, one of the kidnapped Adelmo's daughters, is one of the queen's candidates, on the road back to the territory at the end of the social season. She went missing, and six months had already passed. Mariage told me you protected her.

I wasn't spending time with Adelmo for no reason. I wasn't even able to do everything I could, though. One of the reasons is this mariage.

She was supposed to give up her throne to the new queen in search of the poison cup, but she escaped from the royal castle to look bad. The body didn't even go up. Right now, everyone is looking for her with their blood eyes.

Mariage returned at the Continental Conference with deep friendships with the southern powers Zemnam and the three countries along the western coast of the continent. Because if she rebukes those countries for this time, there is not a single national government now with a brittle bond.

The Mizweeri family and I were a foolish clan.

Some generations ago my lord defied the queen's order on marriage. The Mizwilli family and the Queen's tenacity continued afterwards, leading up to their predecessor, Franz Mizwilli, who even seemed to hate the Queen. Adelmo gave Franz some financial support, also because that was for his wife. Otherwise we would have kept our distance early.

Neither was Maryage, Franz's daughter, a selfish, side-by-side, unmanned daughter who was not as good looking as her mother. It was derisive as to what kind of help he used to become a queen candidate. Even when he was eventually elected queen, he abhorred that he was a blessed daughter for luck alone.

But luck doesn't last that long. A retarded daughter can do what she wants if she forgives her.

Mariage was not.

He moved around the country and abroad criticized by the civilians for his work in politics. Many of the opinions of the Adelmo and senior nobles were distracted.

If I can make my escape life stronger, I'll be a little more adult. With those thoughts, Adelmo missed Mariage, who had just fled the royal castle.

That was a failure.

After six months of lurking, Mariage contacted Adelmo.

"I completed your request."

I need to talk to you about Silviana.

Let's go to the Cathedral Hall tonight.

Adelmo had no choice but to whip to the old bones who had just returned home from doing some socializing.

"I ask again... where's my daughter?

"I'll see you soon."

"... Miss Mariage Mizwilli. Did you find out about Silviana?"

Mariage seemed to have erupted into Adelmo's allegations.

"Would you mind not joking, Lord Bethleim? If I were the main perpetrator of that child's abduction, I'd be in touch with you sooner... I had a hard time helping her."

"... are you sure my daughter is safe"

"Yep. But before I let you see me, I need a favor."

Soften your voice, Mariage says.

"I would like your help, Lord Bethleim....... Reginald Ablechaser and Byram Gertrude. And then there's Lilith Carsung. To kick out these three headed men."

Reginald Ablechaser.

He was a use from the Church of the Virgin. Before I knew it, I had become a consumer of the Karsun family.

He turned to socialize with Lilith, the second daughter of the Kersung family, and was also close to the Itchy nobility of the Bethleim family - as would other nobles.

He is now refraining as a consultant beside Lilith, who moves in place of the queen candidates who disappeared.

Adelmo doesn't know when Byram and Reginald made the connection. It was just certain that Byrum, who blossomed back into the Lord's throne, was serving as Reginald's messenger.

"Why those three?"

"Because I'm a national thief for this country"

"Does that... mean I kicked you out of the throne?

"No. It means you conspired to kidnap three queen candidates.... You know that, don't you, Lord Bethleim? Kristel Whistlewism and Meliá Karsun. You were also involved in the kidnapping of these two queen candidates."

Adelmo was licking her dry lips.

"... based on what such a thing"

"Excuse me if I'm mistaken. But if you think of any reason why you can't go against Byram, you've come naturally."

"Can't I defy Byram?

"Yeah... I was just wondering. When I last met you, did you accept the visit of Byram Gertrude"

"That was a business meeting"

Truth be told, Lord Bethleim.

Mariage tells Adelmo by blocking his words.

"His Highness Assé Tedius uses lip reading."

"... what?

Adelmo asked back blindly. I could not chew on the meaning of Mariage's remarks.

Mariage explains in a sighing voice.

"When you were being met with Byram, Assé was outside reading your lip movements.... I know, that man, he came to tell you that I ran away, didn't he?

"That's... what"

"As you said, all the more so if it was a business deal, why didn't you chase him back? Or maybe I didn't make you wait. I didn't seem to have promised you more than I did."

That's when Adelmo finally understood what Mariage was trying to say.

Mariage was driven from the throne, and then Rudia, the watchman, was driven from the throne of the Gertrude family owner. Instead Rudia's husband, Byram, the predecessor lord, took his seat again.

But he's no stranger to being a Gertrude. Even though it is supposed to be a weak position due to Mariage hindsight, Byram is behaving at all costs, I think.

"That's because Byram is in a better position than you are.... you couldn't keep Byram waiting"

"Ah...... ah"

"... after you drove me off the throne, you could have rubbed who would come after you. In the meantime, the queen candidates disappear.... It's more natural to think that the other Queen's candidate's house tried to erase the opponent.... You would have let another queen candidate kidnap you by biting one down on me to make Silviana queen, wouldn't you?

Mariage continues to talk pale.

"But I opened the lid, and my own daughter was taken away, too. You took your daughter hostage and couldn't move. No?"

"I am not part of the kidnapping!

Adelmo exclaimed.

"The only thing I endorsed was driving those girls out of the country! Make out with the noble messenger who makes you marry. That's what they said, I just gave you a hand! It wasn't in this shape! What I wanted wasn't in this form......!

Reginald told Adelmo. Keep the other queen candidates away, the next queen's seat belongs to Silviana. Adelmo, his father, can establish his place in the nobility as a contribution.

Even when it comes to lending a hand, it's like setting up a matchmaking place. I just let people on the streets grip the small gold so that the carriage would get in the way of following the usual path. I just pulled the carriage into the trail Reginald wanted.

As it were, the carriage didn't come back in its entirety.

When I met with Karsun and the masters of Whistlewism, I found that Silviana had taken the same approach.

"Reginald is not from Del Ligueiria. Why did you believe a man like that?

"He is a man of the Virgin Church. Plus, it's from Little Scanagia! I took part in the Continental Conference, you know! That is the land where Maisenburg's leading nobles still live. The voice of that church is the voice of the Virgin. The Virgin wants me to make my daughter a queen and I will see myself afterwards...... where is the reason for saying no!?

"Well... I wonder if it will. I don't know much about the Virgin..."

Saia seemed like a tough one, too, Mariage shrugged.

"But in the end, you were betrayed. Both Whistlewism, Bethleim and Karsun were unable to move as Reginald grasped the fact that they had participated in the kidnapping of the Queen's candidate. But I'd love to. It's okay. It's okay. The Queen's candidate is back in the country, and you don't have to say anything about Reginald or the Byrum that goes under him."

"I still say it often without letting Silviana see me..."

Adelmo warped his lips. Poking his finger and shouting at his daughter, who sits in front of the statue of the Virgin.

"What you're doing is no different from them! Are you threatening me with Silviana's life as a shield!

- Excuse me.

The voice sounded like it had come down from overhead.

Adelmo opened his eyes. I follow my voice and look up. I have a daughter who rides herself out of the column on the second floor of the side corridor.

She laughed as she lifted her zero hair off the edge of her coat.

"If she's your daughter, she'll be there."

Adelmo left the scene in dismay.

Look at my daughter not wandering around with her coat on.

She loosened the string of her coat and revealed her face.

"Father..."

"Ahhhhhhhhh!!

Adelmo exclaimed.

Behind the cries of the Bethleim family principals, Mariage left the scene early.

Enter the tower next to the festival room and run straight down the stairs. Three people were waiting in the waiting room ahead. It's Dadan, Alvina, and Merliah Carsung.

She grabbed the front of her coat and asked Mariage.

"... don't you have to hear from Lord Bethleim?

"Fine. Let's hope Silviana persuades us."

"Even so, I didn't realize until the end, that Jen. I'm just a little bit of a perception inhibitor."

"Is there a little bit to your witchcraft...?

"Hey, talk to me later. Come on, let's go."

Dadan invites the mariages as he asks what's going on outside. Mariage followed Dadan after he and the other two looked at each other.

Merriam joining hands with Mariage asks anxiously.

"Hey, are you okay? Don't you get caught?

"It's okay. Just keep your mouth shut."

Mariage shook Merriam's hand back.

It should have been difficult for a large number of the Bethleim family owners to place knights. Mariage gave him no time to spare.

If it were a small number, Alvina would deviate their attention by magic.

I joined her about half a month ago. That said, I didn't always stick by the mariage. He was running all over the place as a liaison with Rodimus and Ass, who are in the aristocratic district.

Mariage wasn't staying in one place either.

Even after his meeting with Rudia Gertrude, Mariage continued to lurk in the king's capital. Helped by backtown people like Asma and Geeg, he turned the house upside down as Dadan drew his hand.

Meanwhile, the net of tracking loosened a lot over time. Sometimes the royal castle has lost its room to chase Mariage away. Because each house can no longer be hidden when the queen candidate is missing.

Shortly afterwards, rumors arose that the Kersung family, with Lilith Kersung, the only daughter who meets the criteria for Queen's candidacy, was in a state of winning alone. In late winter, Mariaj was also inspired to chase the throne, and his theory of insider communication with Perfilia began to be whispered in the dark.

I want my throne back. If I try to make it mariage, the opportunity has come.

But it's not easy.

We needed allies in order for Mariage to move. At least there's a guaranteed ally who thinks it's a leak and doesn't sell the mariage to the Karsun family, Byram Gertrude who goes through with Karsun.

"... I saw you like that because of Silviana's fathers"

"Yeah, and Silviana and the others met the same because of your father"

Merliah chewed up her lower lip in Mariage's whisper.

Just trying to chase him out of the country, said the head of the Bethleim family. It's like being suddenly banished, even if a life of nobility is guaranteed at last. I shudder at the fact that the Lord himself is not guilty of how cruel he agreed to be.

(At best, you can get slapped by your real daughter)

Kristel has already returned to her parents' house (Whistlewism). After arguing that his lord had played a part in the kidnapping of other queen candidates.

Kristel, Silviana and Meliá, everyone is angry. We sold ourselves out of the country like dogs and cats, to men sent by Virgin Church and other organizations. And to our own parents who bit one of them.