The Queen's Cosmetician

When Die returned to the Royal Castle after all the work, Mariage fell on her long chair in the break room. I'm back, I'm back, only a flinch and a handshake returns to my greeting.

Rodimus, who sat side by side with his brother opposite Mariage who was badly behaved and strutted against the seat of the chair, replaces his master and calls out to the die.

"Welcome back, Die."

"I'm back now. Both Roddy and Assy are tired."

"Ah, you're tired."

Asses, who is the head of the knights, is extremely busy as head of defense. In the event of an armaments expansion, inspection of customs posts, or an emergency situation, we are present at meetings everywhere to discuss the cooperation of each department. It's been a long time since I've had a proper face-to-face experience like this.

It's unusual to have two of us together even though it's not a meeting.

"The armaments meeting ended early." I wanted to talk a little bit about the case, so I stopped by..... "

Rodimus explains and glances at the Mariage.

The Mariage remained cluttered and stuck.

The die frowned.

"... um, how did it go?" Morning meeting "

”... I guess I just had no choice but to attack Perfilia...”

At last, Mariage reacted. I get up and feel annoyed and scratch my hair.

"Good... isn't that a good result?"

Die exhaled in relief and smiled at Mariage. The worst is being avoided. It's not worse than I thought.

Die sat diagonally across from her, instructed by Mariage to look her in the eye. The lady who appeared without a sound manoeuvres to prepare enough tea for the number of people.

Die asked as he stared at his master, who blew the steam out with his breath.

It was a controversy about whether there was a curse, wasn't it?

"Yeah, but Accelina took me in the right direction... so I'm going to suspend it for a while."

”I'm already slashing into death because I'm still alive.”

That's what Axelina said, no matter what the curse was, it seemed to show difficulty on the part of the Church of Our Lady in causing the war. If you didn't finish in the morning, you can join the die in the second half. The argument will probably be, “Whatever the reason, will we tolerate waging war?”

(Akselina-sama...)

In Little Scandinavia, a young queen declared her desire to be a country where sinners can be saved, and where many lives can be saved.

Die laid his mouth on the tea set.

(... I wonder if something happened to your mother...)

Atalakshia, the mother of Akselina, never wakes up asleep. Some people will want to kill her because of the circumstances. Incompetent. Weak. What would be a burden in this world is to slash and throw it away.

Axelina may have been in a situation with her mother in Perfilia.

What happened to the head and tail of the die?

“Something went wrong.”

Die answered Asses's question with a sinister smile.

She goes on to state that the church of Our Lady was exploring Juno's whereabouts, and that there might be disturbances throughout the city to find him.

Rodimus moaned his chin.

"It's hard to say that people who don't know anything might be used..."

"To the extent that Asma's face is sharp, she will be able to draw a lot of attention. He also shows his face where the envoy's entourage went and warns them.”

Shouldn't we increase our soldiers' patrols?

"I also wanted to talk to Asses about it." In fact, I wonder what's going on. I think that if you increase the number of patrols easily, it will become something.

If security is deteriorating to the extreme, increasing patrols can act as a deterrent to violence. But as it stands, the castle in Del Ligueiria is calm. Poor security increases people's anxiety.

I'll gather the leaders below to make a decision as soon as possible.

Assy invited the civil servant who was standing by the wall. Begin a meeting on the spot to schedule a meeting.

"So... don't you have one more report?"

Mariage, who had dried her tea, pointed at the wrapping that stood on the die's lap.

There's something going on because you brought the dirty wrapping back here with you in the afterlife, right?

"... can I ask you to pay someone?"

The Mariage of the Die's request blinks, prompting the rest of the crew to leave at the edge of the wall.

Die smiled instead of offering her an honorarium and carefully untied the wrap.

It was packed tightly in multiple layers of oil paper and linen, and finally in a magic fireproof cloth. It was a thick booklet.

"... what is that?"

"Inventory of radicals belonging to the Church of Our Lady who want the resurrection of Our Lady and those who are connected to them. And this is the investigation report."

Everyone took a breath.

Now, the material in Die's possession is invaluable in making it clear who wants this war. This makes it easier to identify enemy allies, and it also makes it easier to read the movements of other countries at continental conferences.

"Daddy brought it back." It's from Ditraut Yerni. "

"...... Did you see Daddy? Did you see him?"

No.

In response to Mariage's question, Die shook his head to the side and picked up a few envelopes that had been wrapped with the booklet.

“This package is what he hid from people in the country in advance. Daddy barely made it back and forth near the border, but he couldn't infiltrate eastward towards the king's capital. But you should be lucky to find the letter."

The chaos in the city and the streets was so dangerous that Daddy stopped heading deep into the country. At the branch of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry near the border on the way back, I was entrusted with a mailpiece from the Del Ligueilia row that was hooked at the checkpoint. D'Adan has a special pass issued by Mariage, so he can get through the border lockdown.

There was a mix of letters from Dietricht.

“I think I wrote this letter near the border after I managed to survive the explosion in the Ramadi plains. I heard that the Chamber of Commerce and Industry had cut the reception of the shipment as soon as it entered the war. Looks like you were really close."

In Rowen's name, it's addressed to Asma, Miguel, and Daddy. Anyway, it was like writing to an acquaintance under the castle of Die. I couldn't afford to type it like last time, so it was handwritten. A familiar handwriting is scribbled on crumpled paper.

One of them was taken from the die, and Rodimus, who was looking through, raised his face.

"After reading it, it looks like it's just a recent report from a distant friend..."

“At first glance, the words and the events themselves are encrypted, and unless we experience something in common, we only understand it in context.”

"Ah... the same as before"

I winked at the letter from Mariage.

In any case, it's quite a lot, but what kind of common experience is it?

"That's right..."

The die dropped his gaze on the paper at hand.

"Did you have dinner together or something like that?"

"Huh? Do you remember that all the time?"

Huh? Yes.

"... he was sure that she would remember that." wow..... "

"... Sole, how did you react, Mariage-sama?"

"It's pulling back on the goodness of your heads, Die"

How did Dadan find that load?

Asses asks as she returns the letter to the die.

"From what I can see, there was no such thing as hidden luggage. If only Die could read the letter, then maybe that man didn't know what it meant. Did you get another letter showing the location of the package?"

"No.... If we have all the information, we can't decipher it." Daddy went to the place where he remembered and found this material, saying that he had to dig up something from the name of the dead person in the letter, from his hometown, from the tomb sign. ”

"Tomb...?"

“It was in the tomb of a servant in the homeland of the brothers and sisters of Yerni.”

Once in the past, Dadan has been to the land to investigate. After acquainting herself with the inhabitants, she was also advised to the grave.

Once upon a time, Yerni's lords built graves for their deceased servants. The wrapping was hidden in the coffin, which was supposed to be empty.

“As far as I can tell from the letter, it looks like the copies of the documents are buried in several places in the country, but one of them is this.”

"What is Chancellor Yerni telling us to do with this?"

"... if you use it effectively, just say"

Rodimus answered, and Die fell down his eyes.

There were no special instructions in the letter.

However, Detraut himself, Helmut, and the three of them are safe. This battle was a prospectus for Reina Luglova and the Church of Our Lady of Our Lady, and it was described that they were seriously trying to revive Our Lady of Our Lady.

Anything else?

"Somewhat about the resurrection of the Holy Maiden. Either he didn't know or he couldn't afford to write more than we had heard from Juno because he didn't have the details.”

"What did he say?"

"... find Juno and do something about it."

It didn't say, "Kill me." At least there was no suggestion of such a thing. Probably respected Die's position. He once took the hand of a die and said that it was not meant to hurt people.

That's all, and Die wrapped up his report.

Mariage sighs and puts the center of gravity on the back of the chair.

Hand in hand on her lap, she glanced at the die.

"Die"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

I'm glad to hear that.

The die took a breath.

Stare at the letter at hand.

There has been no firm evidence of Ditraut surviving since we lost sight of them in the Ramadi plains halfway between Tartarza and Esmel - until now.

I believed he was alive.

The handwriting of the letter is familiar. I've seen it over and over again since I was a Mizwiri. You can't be mistaken.

He's really, really alive.

I bit my lower lip and swallowed the fever.

Die smiled at Mariage.

Yes.

Mariage also nodded with a smile.

"Anyway... I'm blessed with information at the moment."

Rodimus mumbled as he slipped through one of the materials.

"For the time being, I will verify, but from the circumstances, this material is quite credible." I want to make effective use of this... and Mr. Juno's case, but... "

“The focus of the second half of today's meeting is on whether or not to accept Mayor Luglova's arguments. Can we use that material to prioritize our roots?"

Delrigueira takes the position that “Clan Haive and the Church of Our Lady will not tolerate an invasion of Perfilia.” In other words, the status quo is the anti-holy church.

However, no country can resist the whole Church of Our Lady. The Church of Our Lady and the lineage of Our Lady secure the status of Queen. Apart from that, with the exception of Zemnam, who aims to escape from the Church of Our Lady, and Doppelgänger, which has many people of civilian origin and thinks that the Church of Our Lady is a power, there are many countries in Japan that have churches and healing power holders.

With some beat, every country could follow the church and turn a blind eye to the demise of Perfilia. In order not to do that, the inventory brought in by Detraut should be valid.

"I want to, but I don't have enough time to examine the materials."

Rodimus let out a sigh.

"It's a material that concerns the interior of the church. We'll keep it confidential. Naturally, we must start by selecting the personnel to be examined. We have less than two moments until the second half of the meeting. I don't want to use it, but I can't do it today."

"I see..."

“I think we should decide what to do with Mr. Juno.”

Rodimus said mysteriously.

"Until now, I have kept him as a reservation and kept him in another country." But if the Church of Our Lady knew he was staying in this kingdom, I think it would be better to disclose the place. Originally, I was going to let you know someday. If he continues to pretend he doesn't know, he may be sidelined by other countries when he's in the capital of King Delgigeiria. Besides, if we protect him well, we won't be able to indiscriminately kill anyone who seeks his place.... what do you think of Asses? "

“I agree”

Asses nodded heavily.

"It is easier to guard by narrowing down the location than indiscriminately."

Asses agreed with Rodimus that it would be better to limit the movement by revealing its whereabouts in a dignified manner than to make a strange move to the church of Our Lady, which asked for Juno's whereabouts.

Mariage puts her fist to her chin and silently contemplates.

When she opened her mouth, a voice came from outside the room asking to enter.

After aiming at Rodimus, Mariage gives her permission.

"Come in."

"I'm sorry to interrupt, Your Majesty."

A civil servant slipped in and bowed. There was impatience in the complexion.

"Doppelgänge is urgently requesting a meeting."... do you want me to do it? "

Abyssal Green Doppelgänger. Its location is in the middle of the continent. Fortuna, a former peasant who shared part of the border with Clan Haive, was born under the patronage of her predecessor, Queen Eilene of Del Ligeiras. The position is an anti-holy church. When Detraut proposed secularism at the first Continental Congress, he was also in favor of it.

This time, the church of Our Lady is also showing difficulty in pushing the clan haves. However, some countries could not be easily reached.

Die and Mariage know the face of the queen, Fortuna. She called herself Luna in the countryside of Clan Have, and she hated the bloodline of the Holy Maiden, the nobility. The passion was enough to make the dies fearful that they would take harsh action against the Church of Our Lady.

Best of all, Fortuna drew a line against Del Ligeigeigeia.

It was the first time that she had asked for a meeting between the two of them.

Mariage and Rodimus took their seats, and the die was held slightly behind them. The magic tool board prepared by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry activated and the light ran.

Thank you for responding to our urgent request.

The first voice belonged to Fortuna.

Mariage responded.

“No. So, what can I do for you?”

First of all, let me check. Mariage... is Del Ligueiria against the descent of the Holy Maiden? ”

I have enough time to skip the greeting.

I couldn't see my masters' complexion from the die's position, but I was probably dazed. There was some time between the responses.

"... I know I should clarify my position as a minimum courtesy before responding."

... sorry for the inconvenience.

An apology returned from the voice of a man who was distracted by Rodimus' point. It belonged to the other Chancellor, Guzavier Altosé.

Fortuna followed.

"I'm sorry that I lost my gratitude in a hurry. We, Doppelgänger, do not approve of the Church's claims. We are also opposed to the descent of the Holy Maiden in order to promote the Perfilia invasion through the Clan Haves. On top of that, I'd like to ask you a question. Will you oppose the coming of the Holy Maiden?”

"... ehh"

Mariage gave back her affirmation.

What about the attitude of the church?

"I disagree."

Even after the Perfilia invasion?

"If we are at war with Perfilia... we are not human enough to be able to welcome our neighbors with peace of mind."

Fortuna laughed a bit at Mariage's answer.

"Please, Your Majesty Queen Mariage."

She put her tone of voice back into a serious one, she said.

"At this later meeting, I would like you to express your approval of the intentions of the Church of Our Lady."