Aobara-hime no Yarinaoshi Kakumeiki

From among the heavy cloths, the morning sun enters thinly. The town seemed to have already begun to move, even though it was still too early for the samurai to come to wake up, and the whistle of a thinly echoing ship mixed between the voices of distant seabirds.

Upper hanging raised by the sound moved, and Princess Alicia of Heilland glanced at her from the inside.

(Also didn't get much sleep......)

The air in the clear morning is heavier and heavier than Alicia's. The empty eyes, which usually give the impression of being elicited, are now also squeezed and squeezed, and the bears can seep underneath.

Over the past two or so days she has been devastated by severe sleep deprivation. So what is the cause of this? Such things are simple and lucid, and I don't have to bother thinking about them. Just because the problem is clear is immediately solvable, that's another problem.

With her body lying on the bed, Alicia unconsciously touched her own cheek, then glanced at her cherry lips with her fingers.

As soon as I did, the feeling of hot exhalation blurred my lips.

(~ ~ ~ ~. Oh, already...!

The dry sound of pussy cracks in the bedroom. That's how she slapped her cheek, then Alicia walked out of the bed, undressed the heavy cloth that was blocking the light outside, and opened the window wide open.

White birds rush up the blue monochromatic world, where the wind carries the scent of the tide, the sea, the sky, and the boundaries are blurred. The princess breathed relieved as she stretched wide as she tried to inhale them all over her chest.

You can do anything you want to think about at any time, and no one gets in trouble where you put it behind you. On the other hand, all Alicia can do in this town is pile up in front of her.

If you have time to get bored, take a step forward today.

Again and again, Alicia began to move in preparation for her new day.

The day after the feast, Alicia had moved her stronghold from Kingsley Castle to the Crown Foreign Minister's separate residence in a port town called Sampston.

Apart from face-to-face meetings with the royals of neighbouring countries, this visit to Aaldar had several aims. One of them is visits to neighbouring countries.

Before visiting the neighbouring countries, Alicia had put forward in advance, as a hope of inspection, a place and a demand for a commercial centre in which trade flourished and a local administration adopted by the neighbouring countries in spite of the monarchy. Based on those requests, two cities were presented by the neighboring side: Sampston and Kingsley, the king's capital.

Only Crown and his escort knights accompanied him on an inspection to Sampston in the Aaldar faction.

In view of the overall itinerary, I was supposed to be guided around the Sampston stronghold first and then the King's Capital at a later date, but by chance, I was fortunate enough to leave Kingsley Castle at this time.

Honestly, Alicia's head is full of what happened in her room that night, and it's not necessarily without some kind of creepy air flowing through her. If Fritz feels that, it's nothing but trouble.

But on the other hand, there were some distractions. There was something wrong with Charlotte before she left the castle.

If Alicia spoke out worrying about her tending to get blocked, Charlotte was just letting her face down and clogging her words, not in a position to ask why. It was normal until the feast seat the day before, so if anything happened, then it would be, but the trouble is that Alicia doesn't have any verses in mind.

And, although I am a little concerned, the inspection was going well.

Sampston is one of the major trading hubs in Aardhar on the route, the same as the Rosen Herd in Heilland.

Even so, the impression given by the two towns is somewhat like this. Both are bright vibrant and full of openness, but it's a beautiful, cute country town in Held, whereas Sampston has a big city or something.

Year after year, Aardhar focuses on developing sea routes, and Sampston is its hub. Against that background, what stands out all the time is the shadow of a large sailboat that floats in the sea and the exotic city mixed with many cultures.

First, on the first day, he exchanged opinions with Sampston administrators on how to administer in those lands while he guided the Foreign Minister around the entire city to make sure that distant exotic cultures mixed together. That is one of the largest port towns in the surrounding countries, and the accumulated knowledge and skills were eye-catching.

And on the second day, Alicia was visiting the base of the Ist Chamber of Commerce.

"Nice to meet you. I'm representing you, my name is Dudley Hopkins. It's a pleasure to meet you, Your Highness."

For yourself, please call me Dudley. The man who told him that while rubbing his hands is the chairman of the Ist Chamber of Commerce. He is small, fat and short, but behind his smile and narrowed eyes, he is invisible, and he can be quite a doer.

"Nice to meet you, Dudley. Thanks for taking the time out of my busy schedule."

"Terrible. It is an extra privilege to meet Her Royal Highness the Princess of Heilland. And Dear Alicia. This man..."

"I'm Barnabas McGregor. Go ahead and talk to Barnabas about me."

That's how I offered my hand was a sunburned man with a disappointing physique, more like a man of the sea than a merchant.

"I run the overall Chamber of Commerce and negotiate externally, while those in the field are left to this Barnabas. The castle told us that Alicia was interested in both sides of the story, so she was represented on the scene."

"Thank you for your attention. Nice to meet you too, Barnabas."

This time Alicia visited the Ist Chamber of Commerce because the story of the partnership between the Merriculius Chamber of Commerce and the Ist Chamber of Commerce has been on the rise for some years.

Six years ago, when Alicia launched the Merriculius Chamber of Commerce with Rosen Lords Jude Nicole, it was precisely among other countries that it was Aardhar who admitted to trading with the Chamber. The reasons for this were not informed in detail, but messengers from neighbouring countries were smelling under the empress's strong intentions.

However, even though we had gathered a selection of merchants, the Chamber of Commerce was also shortly after its launch and had not established a route within Aarddar. At that time, it was unexpectedly the Ist Chamber of Commerce, a wide regional chamber of commerce in neighbouring countries, that had reached out.

Naturally, I suspected that there must be some intention behind it, and Jude also went quite cautiously to interact with Ist. However, exploring through a proprietary information network between merchants did not find any unfavourable content for the Merriculius Chamber of Commerce, and Jude herself has mumbled his hands as far as he can trust as he faces Dudley several times.

"The Merriculius Chamber of Commerce was able to grow so far in a short period of time because of the help of the Ist Chamber of Commerce. Jude and I are grateful to the Ist Chamber of Commerce."

"I'm the one who has to thank you. Thanks to Her Majesty the Empress was very pleased. I see that person has an interest in the Merriculius Chamber of Commerce...... Or to you, Alicia, who encouraged its establishment."

Behind her eyes as thin as the moon, her eyes glow.

Dudley Hopkins, an unrelenting merchant, is therefore worthy of trust. Jude had received such reports in advance.

His criterion is basically whether it is a gain or a loss for the Chamber of Commerce. And when it comes to what is most to gain for the Chamber of Commerce, it is to be in the mood of Emperor Elizabeth, the absolute leader of Eardar.

Originally, the reign of Emperor Elizabeth was just salvation for the merchants who were worried about the previous king's generation, with a high rate of support for her. Among other things, the Ist Chamber of Commerce, which was dizzying and profitable in its trade with other countries, was at the heart of the Empress's interest, and it was only by continuing to live up to its expectations that it pushed the Chamber's status to certainty.

With that background in mind, while the Empress is interested in Alicia, the Merricius Chamber of Commerce and founder, the interests over there also work, and Isto is not an enemy of Merricius. You'd be right to say it couldn't be, and Jude was shrugging her shoulders.

"Now, once again, we are in the commercial zone of our Ist Chamber of Commerce..."

Dudley caught fire and talked about specific explanations for the partnership. Jewelry needs to be packed from now on, and judgment in the field must not be left to Jude or the members of the Chamber of Commerce, but Alicia herself, the backshield position of the Chamber of Commerce, is thus a sufficiently necessary step to be briefed face-to-face with the person in charge of the other side.

Alicia, who handily recommended talking while hammering, was watching over Clovis, an aide, and Robert, an escort knight, where she held back a little.

"So, are you glad? You didn't say anything about meeting the Ist Chamber of Commerce."

Soon after returning to Foreign Minister Crown's separate residence, such questions popped out of Robert's mouth as he enjoyed his tea in the sunny salon.

Alicia, the person they serve, is in the process of dressing from her spare clothes while getting help from Anni and Martha, and there are only two people on this occasion, Clovis and Robert. Clovis, sitting with his feet across from the knight, put his mouth on a bite of tea before putting the teacup back on the white garden table.

"I didn't pinch my mouth because I didn't feel the need. The purpose of this visit is to make the track record that Alicia, a patron of the Chamber of Commerce, has confirmed the inner details of Isto. At the time of the visit to the stronghold of Ist, 80% of its purpose has been achieved"

"Sort of. The Marquis and Merricius merchants make the most detailed decisions. But if it was you back in the day, wouldn't you have stuck to the princess and spoken out? That's what makes a chick look after her like a good parent."

I'm not that overprotective.

Clovis answers, sneering at his friends from between his dark hair.

"And on that occasion, Master Alicia didn't need my help. So much so that he grew up as a royal."

"Sure, there's something about that guy's growth that keeps an eye out. He was originally a smart guy, and although he was challenging and spiritual, I don't even think the liver feeling here is going to work. I might not have your heart instead of making you cry."

Robert laughed after he looked funny.

"By the way, you want a lot of sweet tea today."

Clovis, who was told, blinked, then stared at himself.... There was a silver teaspoon in its hand, served with corny white sugar.

Silently Clovis returned it to the sugar pot and closed the lid. Then, just in case, I spooned it and stirred it well in the cup and put my mouth on it with a shiatsu face. - Shortly afterwards, the brunette aide covered her face with one hand and was bored.

"Whoa, easy. You don't have to drink it."

"... no. Sometimes I feel like drinking something sweet."

"Ooh. Strengthen."

"Is it something strong? This isn't, well, bad either."

On the back of the mouth, Clovis mouths the tea again with such gestures as fear. Robert grinned with a grin as he followed his cheek cane and looked at it.

"So, what did you do to the princess?

"Ooh,......!

A cuckoo voice leaks from Clovis' mouth that doesn't look good on his brilliant face. Then he got worse. To your cheeks and bitter coughing friends, "Ahhhhhhh. Silly," Robert rubbed his back as he opened his eyes.

"You seem to be relaxing well, and it's easy to get around. You."

"... leave me alone"

"It doesn't work that way. I keep the Kingsguards, but I've been your friend for a long time. Is there any way you can fool around the crisis that your friends are falling apart?"

"I'm not shuddering!

"Probably," Clovis added, after protesting strongly and staying for a moment. Robert shrugged in his heart that this was a serious injury to Clovis, who looked badly away.