I'm about to put it in my mouth by accident, but I can't let my brother hear those words.
So Theodore answers in a hurry.
"... what are you talking about? To be a sinner? You think there's a human being who sins for that?
"'True' might have had a saying. Suppose your sincerity lies in the backdrop of becoming a sinner."
That's a mouthful of speculation.
Leishe, however, seemed to hold something almost certain.
"I never knew. Why are you after me or something? But if this imagination is right, it all explains it."
"'Why'? I told you, to torment my brother."
Theodore is forced to make a laugh.
"You are also a blessed bride to the people, who are despised as hostages in the castle. Even if I couldn't protect the bride like that, my brother's face would be rounded up.... That's what I thought at first"
Keep the word going so you don't look at your brother and try not to put your upset on the table.
"But your usage value exceeded my expectations. That's why I decided to use it for real. If I use you to threaten to take the throne from my brother, that's what I'm looking for."
"There is only one point: 'fiancée of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince', such as my value from a third party. This position can only be of value if His Royal Highness Arnold is present and present."
"It's..."
"You didn't really think that, did you? - With my time as a shield, I can bring His Highness down from the throne of the Crown Prince, etc."
That's all the words I've said, and that's what I can take for humble content.
But Liesche was grand. Perhaps that's a fact that's nothing to her.
That's what Liesche thinks, "Value from a Third Party," etc., which seriously doesn't matter.
"I can almost say I have none, such as what you get from grabbing me. Why did His Highness Theodore take the time to carry out this kidnapping play? If there is nothing to be gained as a result of the noise, wasn't its purpose: 'making noise itself'?
"... no"
To Theodore's denial, Liesche laid her eyes down.
"You've done very little business as a second prince in the last few years, haven't you?
That's what they say, and I don't want to tongue him.
What Liesche said was true. Theodore has been largely relinquishing his duties as a prince for about two years.
Anyone in the Imperial Castle knows that. And it's what you think it is.
"That second prince still plays fluffy and sleeps swallowed in the castle today," Theodore has behaved all the more in exile.
But what she's trying to say is that she went a long way off target.
With such a hunch, Theodore stares at Liesche.
"We've seen a lot of records. Looks like you stopped taking part in serving the Glades at some point two years ago. Why not, when it seems like you've been on your feet regularly since you were a young girl?
"Because I'm no longer interested. Because even napping in a castle is more fun than crappy service."
"That's a lie, too. You've been supporting people in the Glades very recently, haven't you? I didn't see any trace of public spending moving, so I guess they threw in some personal property."
……
How far did she go in deciphering 'records'?
Some documents are published in the castle's library.
From an old national political record, which could almost be called a history book, to a very recent financial situation, it was open to anyone in the castle to view.
But only superficial information is in line.
With all due diligence, you may be able to pick up even the circumstances behind it that are not open to the public, but that should take time.
(Really, who are you...!
The girl in front of me went on like this.
"You are breaking your heart for the people of the Glades and leaning in close proximity. When the orphan was suffering from the disease, he held his hand and went to see a doctor for a while, didn't he? At one point, he said, he arranged a doctor for a woman who had to challenge her to give birth alone, and continued to speak up and encourage her. They sleep in the castle during the day because they do that all night long, right?
It's what you say as if you've seen it. Theodore has been laughing at the fact that his actions are visible.
"Ha ha! It's not that beautiful. I just want to thank them and manipulate them as much as I want."
"Your Highness certainly seemed to keep the rogues under control."
"Yes. They'll be fine with the crime scene as long as they have the money. We're close because it's worth using, that's all!
"If you change your mind, you can also say you're putting them under your asylum. For what we eat tomorrow, there are people who have to commit crimes. Aren't you controlling them by leading them?
"... eh"
Liesche continues with sincere eyes.
"You have feelings for the Glades. I want to save and I have a status where that's not impossible. … but why do you not attempt to engage in public activities as an imperial family until you imitate your own dirty hands?
"It's..."
My heart began to carve an unpleasant beat.
I'm afraid of my brother's gaze. I'm horrified my brother will take care of me. Just in such a hurry, my brother will be less and less seen.
"You don't crave anything, such as merit as a second prince, and on the contrary, you want to throw it away. No, don't you think we have to throw it away? To that end, he tried to commit a crime against the Crown Princess."
"That can't be true. I just want to beat my brother."
"If that's really the case, you should have targeted His Highness Arnold directly, not me. I have a Kingsguard knight, Mr. Kamil, beside you, so didn't you have as many opportunities before I came to this country?
To Theodore, who exhaled briefly, Liesche continued.
"You couldn't do anything to harm your brother directly, could you? If that's the case, then all your principles of action are for you, brother."
"... no"
It strikes me with a strange sensation, as if my feet were distorted.
The heartbeat struck the early bell and I had a terrible glare because of it. In a grumpy world, Theodore lifts up his voice.
"No! No, no, no! Oh, what are you talking about already...!!
Now I just felt strongly that I had to resist this girl. I don't care about that stuff, even if this word is being heard by my brother.
"I'll tell you what, I want to be hated by my brother! I want to be neglected, hated, eliminated. If it helps my brother like you and I can't get him to accept it, it would be better if he was killed by my brother!!
"His Highness Theodore"
"I'd love to be able to piss off my older brother. I'm delighted to be pushed away by my brother! That's all I did for you, that's all...!
"Your Highness."
"Shut up!!
Reeshe said in a gentle voice to Theodore, who yelled at him.
"Tell me who you are, what you are afraid of"
(What the heck, that's...)
Doesn't it say something as if you're on your side?
Liesche looked up at Theodore.
You keep going like this with a soft voice and a labored look somewhere.
"Maybe that fear is the same as the future I fear"
"... what..."
Is there something about this girl that I fear?
"- Liesche."
My brother's voice made me nervous.
"Enough. That's it."
"His Highness Arnold."
"I told you. He said stay out of it."
Sweat conveys Theodore's cheeks. Tension made me thirsty and even began to remember tingling pain.
"Please wait, Your Highness. Please, brother, tell me how you really feel."
"I don't care."
The voice of the said brother is still indifferent in itself.
(You knew that, didn't you?)
And yet, why are you so upset?
I didn't mind that Theodore was trembling, and my brother continued.
Whatever this guy wants, it doesn't matter to me.
"... eh"
Before thinking about anything, Theodore was popping out of the room.
"Your Highness Theodore!
In Theodore's exiting room, Liesche looked back at Arnold.
At the deepest hour of the night, it's dark outside the window. Theodore's footsteps echo in the hallway, eventually becoming smaller.
"Why are you trying to keep your brother away?
When Liesche asked, Arnold in front of him had a nasty eye for saying 'crap'.
"I told you. I don't care."
"… Your Highness"
"Don't worry. If he seems to harm you in the future, he will leave the Imperial Castle just like his sisters."
"You're telling me now that I don't want to say that."
That's about all I can read.
And the fact that Arnold is trying to make fun of this place.
(But I won't let you get away with it)
This man named 'Arnold Hein' becomes the most important figure in the world in the future known to Liesche.
It was Arnold who waged war on all nations and ravaged and devoured them by his overwhelming fighting power.
In all six degrees of his life, there was no one in the world who did not know his name.
But never before has my brother 'Theodore Augusto Hein' appeared in the story of the Garchhein country where I heard a leak.
Leishe took the matter for granted at first.
Because it doesn't go so far to other countries, such as the details of one country. If that is also the story of the royal family, it would be to the extent of staying in the upper class rumors at best.
It's not strange not to reach a single merchant or pharmacist.
But not for Theodore.
In view of Theodore's earlier attitude, it was clear that 'Theodore himself is intentionally keeping his name from appearing on the table'.
"My brother, you are moving to disappear from the future of the Garchhein nation. It's a higher priority for him than the people in the Glades... that is, His Highness Arnold, the action that should be attributed to you"
As far as Theodore's behavior goes, there will be no mistake. What Theodore attaches the utmost importance to is Arnold.
"So what's up"
"You told me the other day." You don't have to be ready to be my wife. "
When I mouthed it, I felt a tingling pain in the back of my chest. Even though I wonder about it myself, Liesche goes on.
"I've been thinking about the meaning of that word. Only one of the many speculations that has surfaced is connected to His Highness Theodore's behavior."
Liesche also considered that statement to be perhaps a word on the premise of estrangement sooner or later.
But if not.
Suppose that was the word based on killing his father three years later and waging a war. And if Theodore, who has seen his brother, had noticed that one scale.
"Aren't you going to trump 'your own future' that should exist ahead of you"
――――……
Arnold lays down his eyes and looks down at Lieche with that cold twist.
"Isn't His Highness Theodore afraid of that? That is why you behave as a 'second prince without the qualities to inherit the throne'. Even if something happens to you in the near future, as long as His Highness Theodore is present, the Imperial Family will continue without delay."
Isn't such a future already built in Arnold? I didn't want to think of it that way and looked up in prayer.
"Tell us what you think"
This is also a kind of bet.
Years later, it's a word to see if anything that can change him to the brutal 'Emperor Arnold Hein' already exists.
(Just a little bit, if you'll reveal yourself)
Arnold has a people-like emotion.
The truth is, we're not waging such a war on purpose.
(That will surely change the future......!
Believe that, Liesche stares at Arnold.
Arnold, who had been silent for a long time, slowly leaked his words there.
"... oh well"
There is no seepage of anger.
The moment I was relieved by that, I breathed in his floating expression.
"- Now I'm finally convinced"
"... Huh!?
Arnold made me laugh like he was trying.
The chill runs on my spine. For the light that dwelt in Arnold's eyes seemed only terribly dark for a moment.
(What do you mean?
For Liesche, this was an unexpected reaction.
Provocative laughter and cold eyes, as well as what he mouthed. Arnold continues, as if to discern this confusion.
"You're so cute."
"What..."
"You don't understand my thoughts, are you badly confused?... but you don't have to know. I'm free to imagine."
Having said that, Arnold doesn't have any fine dust, such as how he would reveal something to the leachet.
It was sweet. I think so, tying the gibberish together. It's been weeks since I started living in this castle, and I was beginning to think I'd come to understand Arnold a little bit.
(I'm terribly complacent. I don't even know where the bottom of this guy is......)
Arnold, on the other hand, turns off his grin and returns to the boring, seemingly faceless look he had just made.
"I'll say it overlapping. Leave Theodore alone already."
"... but"
"Earlier. - I do sometimes move assuming that after I die. But that's natural. You can't have a policy where I'm dead and I'm late."
Arnold seems to be only going to deny Leishe's assumptions.
If they say it out like that, they can't break it with their current bills.
"That's the way Theodore read it, and he ran into your speculative behavior."
"It's..."
"Everything is only foolishness. As a man with the right to inherit the throne, it's too ridiculous a choice."
Arnold told me to throw up.
"After all, you shouldn't have let people like me get involved"
To the words, Liesche turns his eyes round.
At the same time, I felt like I understood. Why Arnold tries to keep Theodore away.
Do you even reject dialogue and turn your back?
"You're still my little brother. You're cute."
"... what?
Arnold frowned.
That is, needless to say, a look that wants to deny what Liesche said. But Liesche doesn't intend to change this idea.
Otherwise, there can't be such a dialogue, such as you shouldn't have let yourself be involved.
"Once upon a time, a certain person said: If you want to protect someone, sometimes it's better to stay away from them. He said that just being there to help you isn't always going to be good for the other guy."
"It's what I read in the book," deludes me, but Liesche remembers a certain knight. That knight looked a little lonely and told me about this.
"You surprise me. Are you serious about that?"
"I mean it. You don't know the bottom, and you don't know what the hell you're thinking, but you're never a cold guy."
Although frightened earlier, Liesche is not willing to abandon the idea.
Even if you know you're a man who kills himself and wages war on the world. I already know he's human.
"But let me just say one thing. You seem to be preparing yourself for a future gone, but have you ever considered the opposite?"
"... the other way around?
"Even that future can happen without His Highness Theodore. People don't know when or when to lose their lives."
In the next five years, Liesche doesn't know what's going to happen to Theodore.
of another life. It is also possible that he continued to choose a path that did not stand on the tabular stage. Or rebellion against my brother, which is also believed to have been captured and punished.
For some reason, he could have lost his life.
So stare into Arnold's eyes.
"Then, a way of life you won't regret"
……
Wishing is what Liesche wants too.
Even if he dies in five years. Whether this is your last life or not.
"I, too, want to live my life as your wife without regret"
Turning his back on Arnold, Liesche leaves the room.
Theodore's footsteps should have gone upstairs, not outside.
"... damn"
A small tongue-in-cheek echoed in one of Arnold's left indoors.