Leechee hurriedly grabs Dietrich's arm and stops him. Then Arnold, who was at a distant place, looked at us and said, "I'm sorry" in the form of a lip. Arnold is on official business, so he can't be too intrusive.
"Oh my God, why are you stopping me, Leechee!"
…………
Arnold stared at us with a slight eyebrow clasp, but immediately resumed instructing Oliver. I'm sorry because I seem to have been distracted.
"I'll talk to you later, Your Highness Dietrich." I can't even talk about it here... "
"Hmm... well, that makes sense..."
Dietrich, who was relatively complacent, took a second look at Arnold and opened his mouth.
"--It's similar to that guy."
Oh, my God, do you need H.R.H. Arnold and H.R.H. Dietrich?
"No, you're the one who looks alike, Richet!" Ever since you were a child, you've been living with [to become the princess of the king], right? Always make a face like that, that's what I'm living for. "
Leechee rolled her eyes in an utterly unexpected manner.
"Rather than happiness as an individual, I was trying to abandon it and be a public official. Don't go to play, don't beg for sweets to reward your studies, and don't throw a birthday party! I had no idea!? No matter what I think, I want to play as I please, and I don't want to study!"
"... that's..."
"I was scared because you didn't say a word about it!" If you're going to be the Princess of the King at the end of it... I thought you'd be happier than that. "
His eyebrows are rarely engraved with a wrinkle.
Then, as the Queen of Arnold Hein, would you be happy?
"Your Highness Dietrich..."
Dietrich is Leeche's ex-fiancé, and rightly still a childhood friend.
Since I was a child, Leechee has been worried about Dietrich. So this is the first time that Dietrich has ever made me look so worried.
Something was wrong with her, and Leechee smiled bitterly.
“I've had occasional worries about my happiness in this marriage. But happiness is not something you give to someone, it's something you get for yourself.”
While saying that, he glanced back at the knights standing beside the door.
“I am confident that by becoming His Highness Arnold's wife, I will be able to say that whatever fate may have come to me, it was a 'happy life' at the moment of death.... and......"
Then he turned to Dietrich and laughed.
"I told you, didn't I? To prove to His Highness Dietrich how wonderful Her Highness Arnold is as a husband.”
"... that's exactly what I said..."
"Fufu"
Leechee laughed gently at Dietrich and told him everything.
"Unfortunately, I don't think this is the kind of word that a bride who is about to become unhappy will utter!"
"Mm...!"
Dietrich thought for a while, but finally opened his mouth with a regretful expression.
"Hmm...? No, wait, Leechee!" I know exactly how good Lord Arnold has been as a Crown Prince in the last few days!! However, I haven't seen you say, "What a wonderful husband!"? "
"Huh... ah, ah...?"
"Fuhahahaha, beware, Leechee!! In other words, your proof has not yet been fulfilled!! After all, I haven't been able to take a break in the last few days, so I'm only attending a night party where Lord Arnold made me feel scared!!"
"What are you really doing in this country!?"
But after that, Dietrich really coughs up one thing.
"Well, you took me to the opera as your fiancée in the midst of the exertion I've been visiting..." "It's worth the surprise..." On the day you worked hard on your official duties, it was normal that you didn't want to go home and do anything...? How could you make such a time with such a busy schedule...? "
"Your Highness Dietrich..."
Speaking of which, Leechee reunited with Dietrich at the opera the night Sylvia fell. Maybe Oliver explained why the Leeches were there.
……
Leechee noticed one thing.
(If you think about it again... why was your Highness there...?)
"Hey, uh, uh, leechee."
Dietrich, who seemed to be mumbling, leaned down to say something.
"I came to this country..."
"... Your Highness?"
"No, no, nothing!" More than that, as the prince, I will be mixed up with you!! I'm sure you'll be stunned by the opinions of the Ermiti nation, who is investing in academia! "
"Please don't surprise me in another way...!?"
I'm a little worried, but Leechee can't keep up with it.
When he waved a small hand to Arnold and gave him a signal with his eyes, Arnold saw Dietrich approaching, and Arnold made a sinister face as he could.
(I'm sorry, Your Highness Arnold. Dietrich, please...!!)
After apologizing from the bottom of my heart, I headed towards the door guarded by the two knights.
Looking up at the height of one of the knights, Gootheil, Leechee opened her mouth softly.
"Mr. Gootheil."
"Mr. Leechee....... Last night, you did a terrible thing."
"This is ridiculous. Despite your work stories, I am the one who interrupted you.”
This is how Arnold spoke to the Guthey that had joined him since the afternoon.
"My Guardian Knights are scattered all over the place because of the suspicious movement of the agent." When I went to the castle on official business, I decided to use Gutheil and a temporary knight to eliminate the shortage of manpower. ”
It is clear that this word is the reason for the appearance. Of course Arnold knows that Leechee is seeing through.
(Perhaps Lord Arnold realized that I wanted to talk to Mr. Gootheil about Sylvia's heartbreak... I don't think so.)
Arnold is a gentle man, but he doesn't confuse public and private. I don't think he moved his personnel to spoil Leechee, but he's got something in mind.
Even Leechee, no matter how much it's for Sylvia, can't ask her private questions while she's at Gootheil's work.
(In the first place, I don't think Gootheil would let me talk about love in a place like this. Also, there are other knight's eyes)
But Gootheil opened his mouth to Leeche, who was troubled like that.
Lady Leechee... how is Sylvia?
Leechee opened her eyes wide and thought for a moment before returning.
"She was behaving cheerfully."
……
Gootheil must have figured out what was behind the words. Looking at him with a painful eyebrow, Leechee unexpectedly said.
“Mr. Gootheil, can I help you with anything? Of course, as long as it's not outrageous....."
“Thank you, Mr. Leechee.”
If we had only heard the conversation that Leechees had had so far, we wouldn't have known that it was about love.
However, immediately after that, Gootheil spoke clearly.
"I love Lord Sylvia."
……
Without any hesitation, the words spun from a man who seemed to be real, Richet's eyes were dazzled.
The knight standing on the other side of the door also turned red eyes to ask what was going on. But Gutheil kept going.
"You're a cute, very lovable person. I cannot forgive the man who makes her smile.... that includes myself."
"... Mr. Gootheil"
"I immediately told Lord Sylvia of my father's sins. ---Father's act of transferring secrets to another country was a betrayal of the country, and if he did it badly, he could have killed many people in the war. And the scolding will be not only on my son's face, but also on the wife's wife and our children."
Gutheil, who laughed sadly, is the owner of the book who suffers from his father's sins.
I know that suffering and I have suffered the actual damage of cold treatment. His words were imbued with a strong sense of reality.
"Lord Sylvia looked very bitter.... I imagine she's a war orphan."
"... Mr. Gootheil"
"Lord Sylvia wouldn't refuse me for such a thing." However, the fact that I am around may hurt her heart. In the future, it may make you feel harder.... it's unacceptable for me to make her smile. ”
Leechee tied her lips together.
I don't know what kind of words to convey at this time. There was also the realization that it was too much to interfere with the two of them.
Still, Leechee tells Gootheil.
“Sylvia said, 'I don't know when a human is going to die.'”
……
The rumor alone made Gootheil look very painful. The emotion that Sylvia is important comes from a slight expression.
That's why Leechee continued.
“I think that's true, too. The far future, the happiness of the future is also important, but still."
It reminds me of Sylvia, who was crying, trembling.
Isn't happiness just as important now as it is now?
"--That's..."
Gutheyil was stubborn.
"...... I'm sorry, Mr. Gutheil, even though it's painful."
"... no, that kind of thing..."
I'm going to be embarrassed anymore. A third party can't interfere with someone's life.
So Leechee moves on to the next action.
"...... I'll go upstairs and hit a little outside wind." Could you escort me, your knight? "
"Yes, I understand"
Gootheil fell down and seemed to be thinking about something. Leechee leaves the room without saying anything more to her side.
Inside the city walls lies a cramped hall. From there, you can use the stairs to go up and get out on the walls surrounding the Imperial City.
――……
In the dusk, when the summer was blowing hot winds, Leechee took a breath.
From here, you can see the streets of Galkhain. I've been here with Arnold before, but it's off-limits to the public.
"I want to ask you something."
Speaking to the knight who came with him, he said, straightening his spine.
Whatever Leechee-sama says.
You don't have to act like a knight because no one else is nearby.
I told the knight with red eyes that I was dumbfounded.
"-Raul"
Haha
Raul, disguised as a knight, laughed in a different voice.