Yotogi no Kuni no Gekkouhime

"I mean, to sum up your story, I've arbitrarily entered into an Inequality Pact to destroy the sealed doors of other countries and gain the treasure that was inside, is that good enough? I raised you as a prince, but I didn't mean to rob you."

"I have no words to give back"

"I don't have any words to give it back, it's not. You idiot."

In the deepest part of the Royal Palace of Helifarte, among the most beautiful and robust rooms of the continent, the Lion King Schbain-Helifarte listened to his son's report and put his hand on his forehead as he sat on the throne.

As for his age, he was old enough to say that his body was not fading at all, and his eyes were still full of majesty that he was the best king on the continent.

"In the first place, why did you go to the border called Archira? I told you to embark on a journey of study, but aren't any of the countries you're choosing a small country away from Helifarte? My neighbor says," Is the prince still coming? "

"It doesn't necessarily mean I have to visit just because I'm traveling through a country of my own choosing."

"Don't you think it's impossible not to go to the second largest neighbor on the continent, even though many more countries, let alone even the smallest?

"I'll be on my way to say hello soon."

"Either. I know why you go so far away. I guess I'm going to buy some time anyway. There's a neighborhood called that."

"……… you're right."

"Whoa, you're out of line. Let's go back to your stupidity towards the princess of Arquila. I took you on a journey because I already saw you as a single adult. Nonetheless, such insignificant behavior……"

"Oh, that's not good. Romantically."

It was a loose platinum blonde woman sitting on another throne who blocked Schburn's sermon. Unlike Schburn, who makes tannic surfaces, he really enjoys pairing his hands flat, making smiles and smiles.

"He says it's not good... Ives, you're always sweet for Milan. That's why you act so recklessly."

"Oh, you used to be pretty lame for me, too."

"Woo."

Schburn wandered when he was poked in the pain. This woman, with a soft atmosphere called Ives, is now the queen, but her original identity is one of the servants of Helifarte.

In order to achieve a love of different statuses, the young man Schburn survived a difficult time (Kashinku) to achieve his goals. It was he who further developed Helifarte and even created Milan, known as the Holy Prince. Now there is no one to poke at this king or queen.

"Milan."

"I wonder what. Mother."

"I struggled a lot when I was younger, too, but I could get over it. That Princess Serene is a child who's been seeing so much harder than I am, so make her responsible and happy."

"I understand."

When Ives said so, Schburn, who was sitting beside him, shrugged his shoulders as well. It's a sign of surrender.

"You can't beat your wife to be called the Lion King. We've been treated as a formal deal between states, and we can't go back now."

"Can you forgive me?

"As I said earlier, I will treat you as one man. You take responsibility for the problems you have in your discretion. That's all I can say."

"Thank you very much!

Saying so, Milan knelt before the king and queen, his father and mother and the supreme power of the land.

"Now, shall we end the reclining exchange around here? So, Milan, how are you doing with Serene, the beautiful princess?

Suddenly erasing his ever painful attitude, Schburn peeks into Milan as he eats from the throne. His eyes sparkled and he looked like a child who wanted to see the cute kitten that had come to the house early.

"Father, please calm down. Didn't I just tell you to solve my problem..."

"I don't want public or private confusion, but I would have finished the public talk earlier. From now on, it's a private interest. I want to see it personally."

"Hey, I'd love to see Serene that cute, too. Hey, I was wondering if you could bring me in for a second."

Milan smiled when he saw the two faces. In their position as kings and queens and princes, they were one family before that.

"I hate you, but Serene is giving me a break now."

When I tried to connect with you after tomorrow, the door behind me opened up unexpectedly. When Milan and the three of them looked at each other, Marie stood alone. You've been running, breathing on your shoulders.

"Marie? What's wrong, in such a hurry"

"Serene... Serene...!

Marie hugged to jump into Milan's chest as she went half frenzied.

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Serene, sleeping unconsciously, was literally carried in a princess's arms in Milan's arms. A nagging Marie follows right behind Milan as she walks silently down the hallway.

"Why didn't you call the maids nearby"

"…… I was in a hurry."

Marie shrugged so as she leaned down. It was not the maid or servant who was nearby, but the figure of a dependable brother, who came to mind as salvation on the head where Serene suddenly fell and had completely moved.

I told him Serene was tired. Let him rest.

"I've thought about playing like I'm not tired properly!

It wouldn't be a good idea to play outside, but it would be good if you were about to watch music in the room. I took care of Marie and took Serene out. But that was a very bad choice for Serene opponents.

The heavy melody played by court musicians is the best entertainment a citizen would have to pay a fortune to listen to. But for Serene, who didn't listen to a lot of music other than animated songs, it's just a sleep introducer. They were sitting in a chair side by side in Marie's room, but Serene finally collapsed out of the chair, unable to stand the sleeper.

That Serene would have woken up if she could have been tapped on a stiff floor, too, but the carpet, softer and more palpable than a semi-subsidized bed, gently enveloped Serene's body. Serene, who had only slept ten hours because of his travels and lacked sleep, fell to a deep sleep without waking up.

Marie, who was lying beside her, looked up to her. A girl sitting quietly fell to the ground without any foretaste. Besides, there's no sign of waking up no matter how many voices you call or shake. Deciding that it was not a matter of urgency, Marie rushed out to the king where her brother was, half crying.

"As a result, this child fell because of your selfishness. Why did you do this?"

"Because people don't care about me. Your father and mother are busy, and your brother is going on a journey. Besides, I even brought such a pretty girl and wondered if she needed me anymore..."

Pompous and Marie throws words on Milan's back. Sometimes I took Serene out because I wanted to play with my adorable contemporaries, but more than that, I had a strong crush on my brother and family.

"Do you remember Meer?

"Eh?"

Leaving for a little while, Marie lost her voice to Milan's words, which were inadvertently thrown at her.

It was a name that Marie would never forget in her short life.

"I remember. He was so cute, he had the same color as Serene, he was a bright white kitten"

"You messed around with that newborn kitten, 'cause she's cute. You'll remember what happened as a result."

"……… yeah."

Marie replied with a disappearing voice. Years ago, Marie found the kitten that had been dumped in the corner of the castle and brought it home. Marie, who picked it up but couldn't take care of it, entrusted Milan with the kitten.

Kittens were fine as they were abandoned, but one day when Milan went to see how they were doing, they were not well and well. Marie's health was drained because of the gap she kept in the absence of her brother. Fortunately, once again, he recovered quickly from the nursing at the hands of Milan, but Milan took the kitten from Marie, who was crying and reluctant, and gave it to one of his cat-loving servants. But Marie didn't understand why I brought up such a story.

"This child was abandoned by her mother"

"What!?

Milan, in the end, tells Marie only a part of Serene's secret. Marie was stunned by the dialogue. A mother abandons her child. That's because she grew up in a greenhouse without thinking about it.

"Huh? That's crazy. Because a mother, you mean a mother, right? You mean your mother dumps me, right? It can't be. If you do that, you'll go crazy."

Marie is confused or she speaks without sorting out what she thinks. Serene's head had been pretty crazy since before she was dumped, but she didn't know about it.

"This kid is just like Meer. I couldn't let this kid go, either, like I couldn't abandon the kitten you were abandoning. I'm not going to mess with you. I don't mind being selfish with me, but be nice to Serene."

When Serene was brought into the room and put to bed, Milan gently stroked Marie's head and left without saying anything. In the large room, only two girls were left behind, but Marie did not try to leave. Carrying the chair that was nearby to the side of the bed, he said nothing and peered into Serene's face, which kept him asleep.

Then, a little while later, when the sky was stained with silk, Serene woke up. From here it was time for Serene to become the most active, and the drowsiness was completely blown away because she took plenty of naps.

"Serene! You're up!

"Wah!?

The moment Serene opens her eyes, Marie hugs Serene in the neck. I would have been happy with the situation, but Serene made her eyes black and white. I didn't have the experience of suddenly being hugged by a blonde loli when I woke up, so Serene just like that is more confusing than happy.

"I fell all of a sudden, but I'm fine!? It's not hard!?

"Go."

That being said, Serene finally understood the situation now. I remember as far as being invited to watch music, but I don't remember anything from there. Maybe, or definitely fell asleep. It's too rude, no matter how sleepy you were. She kept her mouth shut about what excuse she made, but Marie took the silence as Serene's wrath.

"I'm angry, aren't I... that, I'm sorry"

Marie sneers, squeezing and squeezing her little hand on her lap like her usual strong attitude is a lie.

"Um, I... I don't know how to hang out with you because I don't have any friends."

"Maribel, are you with me?

"Yeah."

"Hime in Hime, yet?

…………

As Serene leaned her neck strangely, Marie looked to the floor as she could not tell, but after a while she opened her heavy mouth.

"I, for sure, am the most obvious of princesses. But that's all. What's really hard is your father and your mother. The strongest is my brother, I'm nothing."

"Maribel, aren't you amazing?

"My brother is amazing. I can exercise, I'm smart, I have a lot of magic. The first child born gets the most magic. So even if the other kids play, I know they can't do anything about me in the back."

So Serene remembered the sealed door she was locked in. My sister, Alye, could open it with her hands on the door, but she was almost unresponsive even when she touched it. If you believe Marie, maybe you don't have a lot of magic.

"So if I wasn't a princess, no one would deal with me..."

Because Serene says nothing, Marie reveals more and more of her inner mood and gradually becomes a tear. In contrast to Marie like that, Serene opens her mouth softly.

"I wasn't there, either."

"What…………?

Now the white girl in front of me said: "I didn't have any friends," he said.

It's not "not here" it's "not there."

Marie realizes it, she opens her mouth frightened.

"Serene, aren't you angry? Could it be that you think of me as a friend………?

"Maribel, if you let go."

Serene smiles at Marie, who is about to cry. That beautiful way of laughing had no intention of being like the daughters or princesses of other noblemen, but the joy of not being false could have been drawn from even the young Marie.

Serene's saying "no friends" is certainly a thing of the past, but that's an old man's story. Previously, Serene had no friends. I mean, there's still no one but rats. Yet now a beautiful blonde girl tells me to be my friend, should I not be happy about this?

"Really, are you sure it's okay with me? There's nothing good about me, is there?

"Yes."

"No! I'm not smart, I'm not strong, I don't have much magic!

"Yes, Maribel. Maribel."

The words, which Serene said were taken as nothing, violently rocked the depths of Marie's heart.

"(This child says the same thing as your father!)"

Marie had previously struck her with anger at her father and mother, "How could I not have been born as good as my brother?" My father and mother said this to Marie, who cries and rumbles.

"You don't think there's any point in being born because you're incapable? That's not true. Marie, we can only gain strength if you stay with us as Marie. By carrying something important, people polish themselves to give it happiness. That's all it's worth. You may not know now, but besides us, there will always be someone who needs you".

I thought that was a lie. Until now, the young girl was sick of everyone looking at Marie with cold eyes somewhere but the family who said so. Marie knows exactly what she calls herself in the shadows of Milan, the Holy Prince, compared to her brother, who is too brilliant.

That's why Marie has described herself as the "princess in the princess" and behaved with dignity. Because if you don't claim it that way, you'll be crushed by the brand of incompetence. But the flimsy white girl in front of me says that even if she exposes her weakness like that, she still acknowledges herself as a friend.

In fact, Serene just thought it was "worth it just to say blonde loli girl". Serene was the type of person who would not hesitate to choose the former if they told him to cover either the vicious criminal Lori girl or the saintly old man.

"Thank you, Serene."

"Yeah, Maribel, she's cute."

"Marie."

"Eh?"

"Marie is fine. 'Cause it's weird being your friend, isn't it?

Marie chuckled. The dark shadows of the past disappeared and the eyes returned to glow.

"Serene, let's be silly, shall we?

"Ambiguous?"

"Ah, well. Serene doesn't know, does she? Hey, can I get a little hair?

"Fine."

With that said, Marie fished the shelves in Serene's room and took out things like small thread-cutting scissors. She circles behind Serene, who wakes her half on the bed, and Marie puts her hand through Serene's hair.

"Beautiful hair...... rustled, bright white, like silk thread. I wish I could stretch more."

"Mendo"

Marie laughs at the undecorated response.

On a hot and humid summer day, Serene once became a round-boy in her old habit. Alye, who came to see how things were going, suddenly graduated when he saw his sister, who had become a round bald spot. Serene was then shown to the doctor holding the castle, misdiagnosed with paroxysmal behavior due to extreme stress, and monitored for a while. Since then, I have compromised with shortcuts to the shoulder area.

"Well, I'll just have a little."

When Marie cuts Serene's hair with just a little scissors, she wraps it around, binding it and knitting it cleverly into rings.

"I could do it! Well, isn't it good?

"Just now!"

Serene accidentally applauded. Marie knitted her bright white hair to create a small white ring. Serene turns her eyes round when it's really clever. And when you put that ring on your right pinky finger, this time, cut Marie's shiny gold hair and make the ring the same way.

"Serene, could you give me your right hand?

"Like this?"

As Serene offered her right hand, Marie fitted the gold thread ring into Serene's right pinky finger.

"What, this?

"Girls use their hair to create accessories. Exchange it and you'll be friends forever. It's a silly thing to tell Helifarte."

"Your son, no, together."

Serene makes the words show unparalleled delusion, but I would add that they are friends, regardless, in a sober sense.

"There seems to be very few kids who actually do it. This is the first time I've done this to Serene, too. See you later. Now let's play when we're healthy!

That said, Marie winks and leaves the room. Until earlier, the shady atmosphere was not the earliest, and Serene dropped off the cheerful girl's hindsight.

"As far as I can tell, she never seems incompetent."

"Butler, are you back?

'It seemed like you were taking something in, so I kept my mouth shut. It is true that Prince Milan is not flying and brilliant, but there are times when a man may not know how to do it, but he may notice it because of a woman. You can't do things with mere superiority or inferiority of power'

"Hey, it's not just"

Serene engraved the word into his chest so as to tighten Butler's dialogue. You're right, it's no match for a simple power bump, but with all sorts of hands, you might be able to defeat the prince. Fighting is not just about power. Serene laughed so damn.

It was better to get along with Marie today than that. He decided to think about it tomorrow, and Serene stared at his right pinkie forever with a grin that was not tight.