Seirei no Moribito

To a small voice squealed from stray, Deekrist showed a bare gesture of closing his eyes and thinking.

"What would I do if I were you..."

And while he remembered a small amount of surprise, in Emilia's eyes, mixed with anxiety and anticipation, he closed his mouth as if to worry for the moment,

- That's a stupid question, Shenty.

And I laugh.

Apparently, it was an attitude like just trying to re-inquire my thoughts, telling myself that I was in a position to always remain at the top and to continue to stand above people even if it was unlikely to be liked, taking it for granted and feeling confident because it continued to be so, a human grin called Diechrist.

He stared straight into Emilia's eyes, surprised with his eyes rounded,

"Shenty, I'm royal. It is therefore incumbent upon us to always stand above the people and guide them. Then it is the royal way to continue to pursue the best results and the well-being of all the people. But apart from duty and emotion. I am royal, but I am more than one human being and a people with a solid personality."

"... that's, of course, right...?

"Some people don't think so. But now I am one person, and I cannot be more of a saintly prince than I am. It is not only possible to be a good king who leans on the people, but it is also possible to become a tyrant who wields power for personal gain and lust. Still, I chose this path because I knew that the king was a people and that the people were also kings."

Deekrist put his arms together to show off his relaxed attitude with a grin,

"I'm royal. At the same time, he is one human being. Then again, fulfilling my own greed - my other happiness tied to my duty as royalty."

"... His Royal Highness Prince Dee..."

Without hesitation, I frankly thought Emilia was really a word like him, even as she gazed at the deachrist equal of declaring the two positions to go hand in hand with unspeakable emotions mixed with respect and slander.

"... what if I were in Shenty's shoes? I would chase the truth without hesitation. Indeed, it will combine expectations and fears of knowing. I don't know if I'll ever find the answer I wanted. That's why I won't forgive you for your duty as royalty, such as turning your back on that. Well, it won't be too late to be disappointed."

Even, without any hesitation, Deechrist drank the new tea placed in front of him,

"Shenty, I respect you. You saw and judged with your own eyes, and you acted. I chose my own path, not the happiness I wanted around me. Sometimes things you don't know are happy, but sometimes things you know are also happy. At least I didn't escape the possibility that waiting is the worst truth... I confronted you, you"

Otherwise, he's even abandoned his efforts to find out.

Deekrist goes on to say that, then looks straight into Emilia's eyes again and speaks.

"Chairman Eileen, whom I know, was always confronted with any truth. As a result, even if the chosen path would be that of Shura, he did not only regret it, but continued to move forward. I have no idea why Shenty lost her memory and Irene dazzled her whereabouts. But there's only one thing I can say. Irene, I know, never acts meaningless. There's got to be a reason there's more to it than what's happening right now."

"… for a reason…"

"Oh. Besides, I believe that the worst results you can imagine have not been produced. Because if Eileen is dead, there is no point in hiding it or even disappearing the body in The Knights of the King's Capital. At least royalty, even if it is possible that the man announced dead will appear as an enemy... the Father King has about one of the reports in it. That doesn't even mean that even the Knights of the King's Capital haven't caught his news, or that the Knights of the King's Capital are hiding him, one of two things."

Besides, and Deekrist looked at me to hide his mouth with his hands together,

"I think Irene leaves Shenty alone... he's a lunatic from my eyes, but it wasn't without feelings. After all, do I kill you and dazzle you, run away somewhere with you... I thought that possibility was a more likely future..."

"... I don't think that's a good future..."

"In terms of remembering Irene, it would also be a happy ending. Most of all, it's a tragedy."

with a sarcastic grin. He rearmed,

"The truth is in the dark. If you want to expose it to the light, you may not have chosen the means. Still, you made up your mind once to move on, didn't you?

"... Yes. I know him… and I'll meet him in person to find out the truth."

"... well. In the shadows, support."

With that said, Deekrist gives a grin filled with royal confidence.

"That the path is not happy - Emilia Shenti"

She deeply appreciates and praises Emilia for her concise but backing words.

Thanks to him, Emilia's strays cleared up.

Renewed in her determination, she takes a seat by expressing her thanks.

With the Chairman's sword in one hand that he was specially allowed to bring in, Emilia walked out to leave the spot,

"Let me just say one last thing, Shenty"

I felt a little tense, Deekrist's voice sounded as if it were the last handicraft.

to that voice, looking back just at his neck, even though he thought it was rude, and asking him to continue,

"The raid a month ago. You found out Irene wasn't among the evacuated students, and you went looking for her until you got over the barrier."

"! Oh, I did that...!?"

"If something had happened, it would have happened afterwards. Did you get caught by the" protectors ”you've been raiding, or did something happen when you reunited with Eileen... that's all I know"

"... no, enough. Thank you very much, Your Royal Highness Prince Dee-Crist."

"... don't look, are you okay?

"Yes. I, myself, would like to go and see him on my own. I'll see you and tell you everything."

"... well. Wish me a good fight."

"Excuse me."

Emilia smiled and thanked him, and now it was time to leave the scene behind.

Through the path of the original rose garden, he reached the exit and sat down unexpectedly as the tension he was straining outside was quietly resolved,

"I was nervous... the boulder was a second prince, so majestic and intimidating..."

Until recently, I exhale the fact that I was secretly surrounded by the prince and his escort.

Although he was careful not to understand the signs, in addition to knowing he was there beforehand, Emilia was trembling in her heart at the signs she could subtly perceive.

Most importantly, I completely forgot about that in the words spoken by Deekrist along the way.

For the time being, while savoring the strange openness caused by the loss of burdens, in my head I organize the new purpose and information gained from my interactions with Deeklist,

"... yeah, good luck, me. You must meet him and find out everything."

I thank and apologize to my dear friend who hides the chairman's thoughts for Emilia, and then I rise.

"All right, that's it for today! Tomorrow we have to ask him where he is."

He held both hands to express his intentions, and with determination in his chest Emilia returned to the dorm.

"May I, Master Dee?"

at Rose Garden after Emilia left.

Eve, a samurai with a second prince, takes out another cup of tea and pours it as she handily cleans up.

Deechrist, who took that cup and took a sip before expressing his thoughts, knew what Eve's question meant and still tried to flaunt his shoulders to fall in love.

"What the hell are you talking about?

"... you can't take him, Master Dee"

After sighing, she sits face to face dignified as if she had forgotten her identity as a samurai and picks tea and sweets.

With such disrespect, Deekrist and the knights of the faction on this side look at it as if it were the usual thing to do.

I whisper plainly to Eve that it's too delicious to fall in love with me, self-admiring and whining, and he takes the confectionery and puts it in his mouth in the same way.

"Need I tell you a rumor that I can't take you or anything... um, delicious... not leave the realm of speculation?

"- Irene is a" wind discipline commissioner ”.... there will be no smoke in the absence of fire, Dear Dee. Behaviors, attitudes that seem so… they are the basis for a good deal of rumors. And it actually became a rumor... Well, that's one of the reasons, first of all, otherwise I wouldn't have an explanation for spending more than a month curing Deputy Rose Marie."

"Marie said she was also a" wind discipline commissioner ”?

"Assuming that, don't you think Tsuji would fit?

to Eve's words, while Deechrist does think it makes sense,

"... Is that why you even kill each other?

"She's an ambitious, isn't she, Master Dee? Rivals, no, it makes sense to kick it down because it's the same hole's jaw. And given Chairman Eileen's character..."

"I'll double the sold fights and return them... reasonable, but I'm not convinced right now"

"Why not?

"Marie went back to the agency, in contradiction to the fact that Eileen was missing,"

To Deechrist's words, Eve chewed with a bunch of cookies in her mouth, still smothered with no expression when it was too delicious,

"… deal, is it?"

"The King's Capital Squad said" Commissioner Kazaki ”? That's unrealistic."

"Amnesia as a price...... then, even if you were in a coma, it would be too long, unnatural"

"With or without them, it doesn't change that there is no explanation after all. It's like telling me there's an unnatural place or a back, Eve."

"We looked independently out of curiosity and saw... the guard is stiff, Dear Dee. Though the second prince, the real power is held by the king and the first prince, and he has no power at all, rather than almost... to the political enemy, Dee. Enemy... Stealing information from them is harder than looking for that little book that Master Dee is hiding... what can you do to sneak in?

"... stop it. So when it's empty, there's no later. And when did you do that?"

"Really, I see... Dear Dee, I was wondering if that was a little too maniacal..."

"No one has heard that!!"

Phew. For once, he sank his back deeper into his back in a more relaxed way than the second prince, Deekrist, and, uh, Eve slapped his hand all the time saying he just remembered.

Bad maid, there is no need for him to whine without thinking.

It's also the usual thing and Eve and Deechrist, watching each other and pretending not to see,

"Dear Emilia, there was a bug on it, Dear Dee"

"... bugs?

"It's a golden bug. It's an unreachable insect who knows how troublesome it is."

Understanding what Eve was trying to say, Deekrist narrowed his eyes.

"… Continue"

"Ha, it looks like the bugs followed the scene and followed it again before we noticed. Fortunately, I don't know anything about the conversation until now..."

"Other than that, I caught it with that eye, or... troublesome"

Behind the back of an unscrupulous attitude, Deekrist puts his hand on his forehead with a frown in front of the critical facts she has made that can never be ignored, both with excellent observational insight,

"... Eve"

"Yes, Master Dee"

"Find out more about Irene and Rose Marie as soon as possible. But never my father, nor my brother... nor the worms will notice me."

"In your favor. How about means?

"... you can use it as you like, but never find out is the top priority. Fortunately, no disturbing moves have been made yet... at least you won't mind seeing a respite for a week or more"

"... then please forgive me, Dear Dee, for involving my collaborators"

"... ha, okay. 'Cause it sounds like a more dangerous leap than I thought, I guess."

"Hehe, I'm in awe. Three days... No, let us show in two days our achievements, my Lord, His Royal Highness Prince Diechrist"

Eve gratefully smiles invincibly like the Lord, disappearing into the bush without making a sound as it were.

The leftover deekrist stares sharply at the universe as he sips his newly re-poured tea himself,

"... what are you up to," Knights of the King's Capital ""

Knowing one scale of the plot he didn't want to know, he raised his guard against this encounter with unexpected information.