"If you're going to interrogate me, you better do it a little better."

The slightly faded voice seemed to provoke Leechee. It seems that the attempt to hang the beard was immediately discovered.

“It was just some kind of chest racket, and it wasn't well-founded.”

Is it because of that [chest racket] that you turned your gaze on Gutheil with such tension?

(...... I didn't mean to show it on the front page, but......)

Even the slightest reaction will be noticed by Arnold. But Leechee watches Gutheil carefully because she knows the future.

Until then, we can't be known.

“Mr. Gootheil, I don't think there's anything personal about you.”

After a small lie, Leechee continued.

However, I didn't feel like Lord Arnold in terms of security today.

Huh?

"Even if it is true that there is a shortage of manpower, His Highness Arnold's Kingsguard has always been a few elites." The "Theatre Security" is too weak for me to ask another team to help me. "

I didn't know what I was going to do if I was going to another country, and I was going to end up doing nothing today.

You're here to expand because you have concerns that your troops might be needed.

……

Leechee looks up at Arnold.

(Of course, I'm also curious about whether you're preparing for war......)

The blue eyes are like the sea, and I can't see the bottom just by looking at them.

(Not only that....... If you have any worries or grief, I'd like to help you clear it up a little bit)

Nevertheless, I knew it would be difficult.

When I first came to Galkhein, I once asked Arnold to "tell me a little bit". Was that when Leechee was captured by Theodore?

At that time, it didn't reach Arnold at all.

(I may not be able to hope to talk to you, but....)

As soon as he thought so, Arnold opened his mouth with his eyes down.

"... Fabrania is a stupid country"



That's the name of the country that Princess Harriet was supposed to marry the other day.

The Fabranian nation manufactured platinum from other countries. And they commanded Harriet, who was to come from another country, to distribute the gold of Galkhain.

The prospectus has been unveiled, and Harriet has decided to break her engagement and is preparing to press charges, mainly in Sigwell's country. But I didn't think the name of such a Fabranian country could be mentioned here.

Arnold says in a pale voice to Leechee, who surprised him.

“Fabrania doesn't make frequent deals with Galkhain. I made a lot of gold, and the opportunities to use it are limited. Why did you imitate me?"

"That country is one-sidedly hostile to Galkhain, isn't it? Initially, he tried to get into Galkhein, but he asked his sister Arnold to marry him, and he couldn't accept it. Even if it was unreasonable, it wasn't because of those emotions that we targeted the Galkhain gold coin....."

After answering that question, Leechee denied her thoughts.

(...... Your Highness Arnold is not in trouble with the movement of the Fabranian nation.)

Arnold must have figured out his thoughts got there.

“It's hard to imagine that the Fabranian people would try to attack Galkhain even if they did something stupid. The troublesome thing is that there is a person who has guided it."

"To make Galkhain's gold... someone different from the Fabranian royal family to attack Galkhain...?"

Of course, it's not completely unthinkable.

The world war ended two years ago, and peaceful days continue, but even during that time, the major powers are moving various strategies.

Destroying the national strength of a hostile country and preparing for emergencies is also a means of national defense.

(... there were only three countries in the world that could fight Galkhain in a future war.)

Arnold puts his body on the back of the seat and twists his eyes.

"However, if you make an obvious move to expand your forces, you will lose the barrel if other countries' intelligence is infiltrated."

I agree with you about that. For the fifth time in his life, the "hunter" group to which Leeche belonged was also an organization that conducted intelligence activities behind the scenes.

I've never been ordered to infiltrate Galkhain, but that's what the Sigwells decided. There is a lot of intelligence in other countries, and the more powerful they are, the more likely they are to be targeted.

"Other countries are troublesome, but Father Emperor is more troublesome than that." If that guy knows what's going on in Fabrania, he won't know how to use it. Even if you increase your strength, you need to keep it out of the eyes of the Father Emperor as much as possible. "

(... I wonder if that's really the only reason you're trying to avoid your father so thoroughly...)

The current Emperor, Arnold's father, is said to be a militant man.

I was told that if other countries showed disturbing behavior, it would not be strange to start invading immediately for that reason.

However, Arnold's clandestine actions may also be aimed at the father-killing revolution.

(After all, I'd like to look into Gutheil, the future minister who will be connected to the future Lord Arnold. However, it's too suspicious for me to suddenly look for it.)

We need a reason to get close. Besides, Leechee was also worried about the state of Sylvia, the singing princess she had brought to Goutheil earlier.

(Also, how do you deal with Dietrich......)

……

Feeling Arnold's gaze, he raised his face. His eyes were close to his and his heart broke.

Your Highness Arnold?

”... that man was saying 'Birthday Celebration' to you”

Repeating Arnold's words with a burst of blinking.