Yotogi no Kuni no Gekkouhime

Episode 70: Engagement Rings

The day after the non-meshing meal with Serene, again, Milan and the others offered to meet with Queen Irone, but Irone was not feeling well, so the line of Helifarte waited for a day.

Naturally, Serene is one of them...... or the central figure, but I would rather be thankful to cancel the visit because it has been turned into a machine that will only crush my marriage to Alye.

So Serene was devouring the inebriation by way of example in her prepared chamber, but after noon Butler appeared on her pillow.

'Princess, I am so sorry about your holiday. Actually, I have one favor to ask you.'

"Fine."

'We haven't said anything yet!?

Serene rubbed her eyelids, before she even asked about the business. Serene trusts Butler more than anything, so basically whatever he says he wants to do is fine.

Nevertheless, Butler is less convinced then. While impressed by Serene's absolute trust in herself, Butler tells the Lord what's going on.

'The forest animals are throwing a party for me. As far as I'm concerned, I have more time to get away from the princess, and I was reluctant, but she really told me...'

Butler drowned with sorrow. Butler, the little king of the woods, reigns as the head of all the beasts of Archira Castle. Unlike someone else somewhere, he is the king in a real sense, not in nominal terms.

He's been away for a long time, so the forest animals are very happy with Butler's return. If you say no badly and a large number of animals push you out of the woods, the human side also falls into havoc. So he just wanted to show his face for a little while.

"Fine."

'Thank you. I'm supposed to follow the princess by her side, and I find it painful...'

Butler left saying he would return as soon as possible, and graciously ran away from Serene's former.

"Nemo."

Serene waved at Butler, diving straight into bed again and getting round. It is gratifying for Serene to penetrate the usual style of sleeping in this way, as she was often swayed by Milan to operate during the day here.

It should be noted that the usual style is to wake up by day and sleep at night, but such common sense does not apply to Serene.

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Meanwhile, one woman was visiting Irone's room while Serene slept loosely. It is Alye, the sister of Serene.

"Mother, you said you're not feeling well, but how about adding or subtracting?

"No problem. I'm tired of thinking a lot. I'm not sick."

"Good......"

Irone's face looks a little tired, but her blood tone doesn't seem too strong. Alye draws water and offers it to Irone. Then Irone honestly took it and moistened her throat.

There was a normal mother and daughter interaction here. It is very different from the other daughter.

"... you must think of me as a terrible mother."

"Mother?"

After a lot of silence, Irone shrugged like that. Alye sat in the chair, wondering a little bit, to gaze at Irone, who woke herself up in bed.

"I understand very well how I am valued by countries today." The foolish queen who was trying to rot so much delicacy. "

"That is……"

Alye silently wonders what he answered, but that silence was the answer. Irone sighs and opens her mouth again.

"But I had no choice. That kid has stood out for his bizarre behavior since he was little, and his appearance is characteristic. I didn't think all of that would be accepted, and if she could do something about it, it would affect your reputation as a sister."

"I don't care about that."

"Okay? Even if you are good, we are royal, albeit small. Besides, you're the first princess. It's a position that will eventually be the pinnacle of this country. We have a duty to bear the people."

"That's true, though. But I can't believe you can shove a little girl into a cage."

"There's no reason to kill him, and if you were to deport that kid out of the country, no one would be that prominent. Oh, I just had to."

Irone says so, but as an Ale, I'm still not convinced. Sure, it's odd if they say so, but that's why Alye is not so ruthless as to push only her sister into the dark and only herself can walk the path of light.

Nevertheless, Queen Irone's judgment was truly wise. If Serene had been educated as a royal, he might have gone mad and ferocious under stress.

Well, I've been freaking out since I was born, but I'm really glad you had a relatively big way of freaking out because of your personally non-stress.

Arquila belongs to the smallest country, but if Serene had debuted the social world, instead of falling into the ground, Arquila's reputation would have reached deep underground into the mantle to erupt the magma, and Arquila would have been in great flames.

As a result, Queen Irone's Serene segregation policy stopped Serene from eating so much that she dug into the hot springs. Thank you, Queen Irone.

"But Serene grew up fine. Much better than me, and enough to be seen by the Prince of Milan."

"... right. In that sense, I must have been wrong."

That's not true. Instead, Irone would be praised for his very competent work. But both Alye and Irone themselves seemed to have some hindsight for Serene.

"Just fine. Alye, I want to give you something."

"To me, Your Majesty?

When Irone got out of bed, she opened the vanity drawer that was available in her room. From the deepest part of it, take out the little jewelry box and give it to Alye.

"Is this…… a ring? This is no way……………………."

"Yes, the engagement ring I got from that guy. It's not that big of a deal financially."

Irone said so laughing a little jokingly. It belongs to an expensive category in Arquila, a small country, but it is not that far from the whole continent. It is a silver ring that has not been granted any special magic. If it had characteristics, it would be about as engraved with deer, a specialty of Archira.

"When Alye was little, you wanted it."

"Yes, I remember being so angry at your mother for trying to sneak it out in secret."

Alye laughs elegantly when she dulls. It is an engagement ring for my mother and an important figure ring. I didn't know when I was little, but now I know the weight.

Irone then gently handed him a jewelry box with that ring, making sure to wrap Alye's hands around it with both hands.

"Alye, I'll give you this."

"What!?

To his sudden remarks, Alye turned his eyes round and was surprised. This is supposed to be more important to Irone than life. But Irone laughs gently and forgives Alye for trying to return the jewellery box.

"You are already a fine princess and just someone to carry this country. So I wanted you to be aware."

"So, but... this is not important to your mother...!

"It's fine. I hope you're bound to a fine lord like you can't beat that ring."

"... Are you sure you want it?

For Alye it is the ring of his father's shapes. I asked if I could get something like that, but when Irone nodded, Alye seemed convinced too.

"Okay. I'll keep this. I'll take care of it."

"Right. It would be more pleasing to let you out into the wider world than to sleep on my shelf."

Irone said she wanted to sleep a little because she was tired, so Alye took care of the jewellery box and gently closed the door.

"That's right. I have to show this ring to Serene, too."

Unlike Alye, Serene doesn't know his father's face. To at least show him the ring, Alye heads to the room with Serene early.

"Serene, are you awake?

"Oops!

Serene was asleep, but he woke up quickly feeling Alye approaching him in his footsteps. Why do you exhibit abnormal sensing abilities only at times like this in your usual nasty habits? Perhaps because the time was already enough for the sun to lean and dim, and it was just time for Serene to become active.

Serene remained asleep, so Alye let him change into the dress he had prepared to come to Arquila with a bitter smile. Serene when Alye wears it is dear as if she had become an equal figure.

"I want to show Serene something."

"What!? Tits!?"

"What are you saying if I serene already? This is it."

Alye apparently received Serene's rudeness as a joke, laughing and showing her earlier jewellery box and the ring in it. Unlike Alye, Serene looks at it with no expression.

"What, this?

"As you can see, the ring."

"Heh."

Serene is a cold reaction. If it were round and circular, the doughnuts would be more valuable to Serene. Essentially, Serene shows no interest in precious metals or power. He is a princess of a nature strongly responsive to the three great human desires.

"It's not just a ring. This is... an engagement ring."

"What!?

Serene suddenly shouts when she hears what Alye has to say. Why the Kansai Valve?

"So, who, gave it to me?

"Mother. To be bound to the lovely lords."

When Alye smiled and said so, Serene somehow turned pale in the face. Alye looks at the situation in a strange way.

"Hey, hey! Give it to me!

"What!? Give me this ring?

As soon as I found out it was an engagement ring, even though I hadn't reacted much until earlier, I expressed a sudden interest. So Alye came with a pin.

(Oh well. Serene is in the middle of an engagement negotiation with Prince Milan.)

It's an engagement ring that tied my father to my mother. At the same time as it is a trait for Serene, he may be expecting an amulet-like effect. Besides, unlike myself, Serene doesn't know his father's face. I guess that's why you stick around.

"Okay. Serene has this."

"Yeah!"

When Alye handed him the jewellery box, Serene snatched it from Alye's hand in such a way that it snapped. I wondered how much he wanted this ring, and Alye smiled inside. Then when he gently stroked Serene's head, Alye left the room intact.

"Damn......"

Shortly after Ale left, Serene was running out of bees at the same time that the Ale ingredient ran out. What the hell is going on with that aunt?

Giving the engagement ring to Algiers would mean that Milan and Algiers were granted an engagement. I didn't expect you to carefully prepare the ring.

What Serene has is a ring with Irone and Serene's father, but he also didn't have a subject, and Serene thought Irone had it for Milan and Ale.

I can't believe I'm giving this stuff to Alye. I have to give it back to Queen Irone quickly. We can still make it now. And you have to persuade Queen Irone, even if it's mean.

"It's a payoff!

Serene took the liberty of being outraged, tempered and decided to enter the room of Queen Irone, the enemy land, alone. Note that he wanted to say cooling off. Payoffs mean something completely different.