The wizard also left a letter in front of the palace.
The actual piece of paper that had heated up the conference room that day naturally came to the Rose Palace in the evening.
“So you’re telling me to come to you if you don’t want to see the empire shattered?”
I frowned, but the two men looked strangely at peace.
“I have never seen such bad handwriting in my life.”
“That’s right. The font itself oozes vulgarity.”
Senior and Shish were examining various pieces of paper at the Rose Palace and evaluating Titiana's handwriting.
Oh, my handwriting is no joke.
“Everyone was terrified by the declaration that if they didn’t listen, the city would be reduced to ruins again.”
The senior's face, which had been openly criticizing the font, soon darkened.
“How about sending the army?”
"The opponent is the Magic Tower Master. And he's a genius who only appears once every few hundred years."
“And if we send the army, it’s clear that not only the army, but also another city will be reduced to ruins...”
The senior's last words were more like a monologue.
A pair of crimson eyes suddenly turned to me.
“Master, do you think they have any weaknesses?”
"Weakness..."
The antagonism between Titiana, Dietrich, and Juno became a reality.
“We can’t help but kill her, right?”
I was determined to stay calm, but I couldn't help but feel my voice tremble slightly.
“Otherwise, Your Highness and I will have to lick that woman’s feet.”
Shish spoke lightly, but my head instantly cooled down.
“Even today, there was talk that the throne could be inherited by the eldest Princess.”
“If it’s Lily, well...”
“Junior, if you convince me so easily, I’ll be hurt.”
“No, both you and Lily are well suited to the throne.”
I tapped his shoulder to tell him not to be offended, and then my eyes met with Shish's. From the low, slanted gaze, I realized I'd been calling him "senior."
Here, Shish can infer a lot. Before he started thinking strange things, I should have told him that we were seniors and juniors at school.
"Anyway, I guess there's a replacement for me. It seems like the Prime Minister is more disappointed."
"Yes."
I deliberately lowered my voice so as not to take the attitude that I knew would happen.
“I don’t want to go, and I think Your Highness feels the same way.”
“Of course.”
I clenched my fists under the table, my thin lips drawing a line.
The sight of Juno and Titian kissing left me with surprisingly little emotion.
But the very thought of that woman kissing Shish, or rather, of that woman pointing her finger at Shish, made me angry.
That woman won't even treat him with respect. If she doesn't like him, she'll slap him.
Shish, I won't let you be treated like that.
“Killing Dietrich is easy.”
I have never written a description like this before, but I know it.
You thought I wouldn't intervene, but you were wrong.
I may not possess powerful magic or exceptional swordsmanship, but I know them better than anyone. Especially Dietrich and Juno, who haven't changed.
“Dietrich is weak against the Emperor.”
“But you didn’t even respond to the orders I gave him?”
“The reason he is disobeying orders now is that the order was given by my senior.”
"Then, should I just send a letter with the Emperor's seal? But that woman might interfere, right?"
“Dietrich’s loyalty to the Emperor takes precedence over his love for Titiana.”
Because I wrote it that way.
In a story where it is difficult to tell whether the main flow is the same but there are variations in each part, or whether it has already become a different song, Dietrich will be accepted because he remains unchanged.
With these words, Shish seemed to have found a clue.
“It is His Majesty’s order that I summon His Excellency the Knight Commander to the palace.”
“But the Knight Commander is a Sword Master—”
“-Suicide.”
As if the conclusion had been reached, Shish put a period at the end.
"That's right."
I calmly clasped my hands together.
"But since his sword is a sacred relic, tell him to kill himself with a different sword. The relic's effectiveness will be diminished if it gets contaminated with its owner's blood."
"Yes."
“And as for Yuno...”
The following story was not easy to tell.
I don't mind handling it myself, but I don't want to burden him.
I don't think Shish is a burden, but I feel like it's my fault that he doesn't feel these feelings.
Clap clap.
“Master!”
To suppress the emotions that were welling up in me, I hit my cheeks hard with both hands, and Shish stood up in surprise.
"What are you doing?"
Shish, who had been indifferent throughout the story about the ruined city of Titiana, took both of my hands.
“Your cheeks are swollen. Where’s the medicine?”
"Shish, I'm just trying to come to my senses. A lot of embarrassing things have happened, so I'm in a daze."
Oh, you might not understand. My head is always spinning.
"I'm not being self-destructive, so don't worry. This will subside quickly."
“But let’s cool your cheek with a cold towel.”
The wind was so strong that I had to hold an ice pack to my face.
“You look like a squirrel.”
I tried to tell him to stop teasing me, but I only wrinkled my nose because it seemed like Shish was holding back his anger.
I don't know about you, a genius, but I, an ordinary person, sometimes have to come to my senses like this.
“Next is the Tower Master. What should we do with him?”
The senior's face brightened at the glimpse of hope. The weight that had been weighing on him for the past few days had been considerable.
"Yuno will be more demanding than Dietrich. Even so..."
There's a strong team here, so there's no need to worry too much.
I swallowed my words and looked at Shish, who was staring at me intently.
“Shish, you can handle it with everything you know.”
"I?"
"Yeah. If you're confused, you can ask me, but based on your knowledge, you can do whatever you think is right."
"Yes."
It was worth asking what it meant, but Shish immediately answered yes.
“I have some things to look into, so I’ll get up first.”
“Then I must prepare a letter to send to the Commander of the Knights.”
The two men, with their work to do, left the Rose Palace side by side.
Now, of course, I headed to the palace gate, and there I could see people dressed in white.
The lanterns that drove away the darkness and illuminated the palace made it immediately clear who they were.
“Knights?”
“Yes. We increased the number of guards because the master may be in danger.”
Shish carefully stroked my completely sunken cheek with the back of his hand.
“Thank you for your concern.”
Hehehe, I think I looked like I was going to cry when I laughed, but I guess it's just my mood.
“Eat your meals regularly. Got it?”
"Yes."
I got an immediate answer, but I don't trust it at all. These days, Shish seems even thinner.
“Go inside and get some rest.”
My senior greeted me, and I gave a small wave to the two of them.
Compared to my senior, who seemed happy, Shish's back looked lonely, so I wanted to grab him, but I held back by clenching my fist.
“Just hold on a little longer.”
When things are sorted out and you have some free time, please let me know.
You are the one I like.
The next day at noon, Lily came to visit. She came just to say hello, and didn't say much as we finished lunch.
It looks stagnant, and it seems like it's full of worries.
"Tri, you heard the story, right? How Lady Groval seduced His Excellency the Knight Commander and the Lord of the Tower to split the Empire in half."
“I don’t think it was particularly tricky.”
Although I was hostile to Titiana, I didn't want to be criticized like this, so I corrected her. Lily looked dumbfounded, but she didn't respond to my words.
“She asked for my brother, too.”
“I heard about that.”
“Well, I guess there’s no one in the palace who hasn’t heard of it.”
The Princess laughed self-deprecatingly, but her next words were full of venom.
“To ask for my brother is crazy. To ask for the Crown Prince of a country is to know nothing of one’s place.”
“Aren’t you sad? They say you could become Emperor.”
Lily's eyes widened as if she had been stabbed in the stomach.
“...There were times when I didn’t understand why my brother and His Excellency the Prime Minister would wrap Tri around them, but now it makes perfect sense.”
Why is the story going that way?
"Tri pretends to be stupid, but you're actually sharp. You pretend to lose, but you never actually lose."
The First Princess revealed her true nature as if she were going to be honest now that her true feelings had been revealed.
“You’re not afraid of what I’m forcing, but rather you’re avoiding it because it’s dirty, right?”
It's not that you're persecuting me, but if you've been careful with your words up until now, I'd say you're showing your true feelings without any filter.
And it's really sharp.
“Are there a lot of signs? I thought you were hiding it well until now.”
Since I got caught and I've been putting myself down a lot lately, I didn't really feel like denying it.
“No. It’s also surprisingly unobtrusive, which is a plus.”
"That's fortunate. I acted that way toward Lady Groval, too. It would be embarrassing if she found out, wouldn't it?"
"Ha ha ha!"
Lily, who had been silent, laughed out loud. It was the first time she'd laughed like this, so she stopped cutting meat.
Lily stopped laughing after a long time.
The actual piece of paper that had heated up the conference room that day naturally came to the Rose Palace in the evening.
“So you’re telling me to come to you if you don’t want to see the empire shattered?”
I frowned, but the two men looked strangely at peace.
“I have never seen such bad handwriting in my life.”
“That’s right. The font itself oozes vulgarity.”
Senior and Shish were examining various pieces of paper at the Rose Palace and evaluating Titiana's handwriting.
Oh, my handwriting is no joke.
“Everyone was terrified by the declaration that if they didn’t listen, the city would be reduced to ruins again.”
The senior's face, which had been openly criticizing the font, soon darkened.
“How about sending the army?”
"The opponent is the Magic Tower Master. And he's a genius who only appears once every few hundred years."
“And if we send the army, it’s clear that not only the army, but also another city will be reduced to ruins...”
The senior's last words were more like a monologue.
A pair of crimson eyes suddenly turned to me.
“Master, do you think they have any weaknesses?”
"Weakness..."
The antagonism between Titiana, Dietrich, and Juno became a reality.
“We can’t help but kill her, right?”
I was determined to stay calm, but I couldn't help but feel my voice tremble slightly.
“Otherwise, Your Highness and I will have to lick that woman’s feet.”
Shish spoke lightly, but my head instantly cooled down.
“Even today, there was talk that the throne could be inherited by the eldest Princess.”
“If it’s Lily, well...”
She was someone who could have become an Emperor, so she must seem flawless.
“No, both you and Lily are well suited to the throne.”
I tapped his shoulder to tell him not to be offended, and then my eyes met with Shish's. From the low, slanted gaze, I realized I'd been calling him "senior."
Here, Shish can infer a lot. Before he started thinking strange things, I should have told him that we were seniors and juniors at school.
"Anyway, I guess there's a replacement for me. It seems like the Prime Minister is more disappointed."
"Yes."
I deliberately lowered my voice so as not to take the attitude that I knew would happen.
“I don’t want to go, and I think Your Highness feels the same way.”
“Of course.”
I clenched my fists under the table, my thin lips drawing a line.
The sight of Juno and Titian kissing left me with surprisingly little emotion.
But the very thought of that woman kissing Shish, or rather, of that woman pointing her finger at Shish, made me angry.
That woman won't even treat him with respect. If she doesn't like him, she'll slap him.
Shish, I won't let you be treated like that.
“Killing Dietrich is easy.”
I have never written a description like this before, but I know it.
You thought I wouldn't intervene, but you were wrong.
I may not possess powerful magic or exceptional swordsmanship, but I know them better than anyone. Especially Dietrich and Juno, who haven't changed.
“Dietrich is weak against the Emperor.”
“But you didn’t even respond to the orders I gave him?”
“The reason he is disobeying orders now is that the order was given by my senior.”
"Then, should I just send a letter with the Emperor's seal? But that woman might interfere, right?"
“Dietrich’s loyalty to the Emperor takes precedence over his love for Titiana.”
Because I wrote it that way.
In a story where it is difficult to tell whether the main flow is the same but there are variations in each part, or whether it has already become a different song, Dietrich will be accepted because he remains unchanged.
With these words, Shish seemed to have found a clue.
“It is His Majesty’s order that I summon His Excellency the Knight Commander to the palace.”
“But the Knight Commander is a Sword Master—”
“-Suicide.”
As if the conclusion had been reached, Shish put a period at the end.
"That's right."
I calmly clasped my hands together.
"But since his sword is a sacred relic, tell him to kill himself with a different sword. The relic's effectiveness will be diminished if it gets contaminated with its owner's blood."
"Yes."
“And as for Yuno...”
The following story was not easy to tell.
I don't mind handling it myself, but I don't want to burden him.
I don't think Shish is a burden, but I feel like it's my fault that he doesn't feel these feelings.
Clap clap.
“Master!”
To suppress the emotions that were welling up in me, I hit my cheeks hard with both hands, and Shish stood up in surprise.
"What are you doing?"
Shish, who had been indifferent throughout the story about the ruined city of Titiana, took both of my hands.
“Your cheeks are swollen. Where’s the medicine?”
"Shish, I'm just trying to come to my senses. A lot of embarrassing things have happened, so I'm in a daze."
Oh, you might not understand. My head is always spinning.
"I'm not being self-destructive, so don't worry. This will subside quickly."
“But let’s cool your cheek with a cold towel.”
The wind was so strong that I had to hold an ice pack to my face.
“You look like a squirrel.”
I tried to tell him to stop teasing me, but I only wrinkled my nose because it seemed like Shish was holding back his anger.
I don't know about you, a genius, but I, an ordinary person, sometimes have to come to my senses like this.
“Next is the Tower Master. What should we do with him?”
The senior's face brightened at the glimpse of hope. The weight that had been weighing on him for the past few days had been considerable.
"Yuno will be more demanding than Dietrich. Even so..."
There's a strong team here, so there's no need to worry too much.
I swallowed my words and looked at Shish, who was staring at me intently.
“Shish, you can handle it with everything you know.”
"I?"
"Yeah. If you're confused, you can ask me, but based on your knowledge, you can do whatever you think is right."
"Yes."
It was worth asking what it meant, but Shish immediately answered yes.
“I have some things to look into, so I’ll get up first.”
“Then I must prepare a letter to send to the Commander of the Knights.”
The two men, with their work to do, left the Rose Palace side by side.
Now, of course, I headed to the palace gate, and there I could see people dressed in white.
The lanterns that drove away the darkness and illuminated the palace made it immediately clear who they were.
“Knights?”
“Yes. We increased the number of guards because the master may be in danger.”
Shish carefully stroked my completely sunken cheek with the back of his hand.
“Thank you for your concern.”
Hehehe, I think I looked like I was going to cry when I laughed, but I guess it's just my mood.
“Eat your meals regularly. Got it?”
"Yes."
I got an immediate answer, but I don't trust it at all. These days, Shish seems even thinner.
“Go inside and get some rest.”
My senior greeted me, and I gave a small wave to the two of them.
Compared to my senior, who seemed happy, Shish's back looked lonely, so I wanted to grab him, but I held back by clenching my fist.
“Just hold on a little longer.”
When things are sorted out and you have some free time, please let me know.
You are the one I like.
***
The next day at noon, Lily came to visit. She came just to say hello, and didn't say much as we finished lunch.
It looks stagnant, and it seems like it's full of worries.
"Tri, you heard the story, right? How Lady Groval seduced His Excellency the Knight Commander and the Lord of the Tower to split the Empire in half."
“I don’t think it was particularly tricky.”
Although I was hostile to Titiana, I didn't want to be criticized like this, so I corrected her. Lily looked dumbfounded, but she didn't respond to my words.
“She asked for my brother, too.”
“I heard about that.”
“Well, I guess there’s no one in the palace who hasn’t heard of it.”
The Princess laughed self-deprecatingly, but her next words were full of venom.
“To ask for my brother is crazy. To ask for the Crown Prince of a country is to know nothing of one’s place.”
“Aren’t you sad? They say you could become Emperor.”
Lily's eyes widened as if she had been stabbed in the stomach.
“...There were times when I didn’t understand why my brother and His Excellency the Prime Minister would wrap Tri around them, but now it makes perfect sense.”
Why is the story going that way?
"Tri pretends to be stupid, but you're actually sharp. You pretend to lose, but you never actually lose."
The First Princess revealed her true nature as if she were going to be honest now that her true feelings had been revealed.
“You’re not afraid of what I’m forcing, but rather you’re avoiding it because it’s dirty, right?”
It's not that you're persecuting me, but if you've been careful with your words up until now, I'd say you're showing your true feelings without any filter.
And it's really sharp.
“Are there a lot of signs? I thought you were hiding it well until now.”
Since I got caught and I've been putting myself down a lot lately, I didn't really feel like denying it.
“No. It’s also surprisingly unobtrusive, which is a plus.”
"That's fortunate. I acted that way toward Lady Groval, too. It would be embarrassing if she found out, wouldn't it?"
"Ha ha ha!"
Lily, who had been silent, laughed out loud. It was the first time she'd laughed like this, so she stopped cutting meat.
Lily stopped laughing after a long time.
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