Translator: Blushy
Editor: Sam
Happy Christmas Eve everyone<3
Thanks for always reading /o/
Despite all that was happening, life went on.
âDid Your Highness or Lei notice anything,â even if weâre asked this,
âFewicia wash awwaysh thired.â (Felicia was always tired)
âShe was tired, but she always had fun.â
We could only answer like this.
As the heiress of the Four Marquises, Felicia was solitary at the Academy, and she didnât have anyone to confide her worries to since she wasnât close to anyone. Besides, I donât know if she knew about her parentsâ plot in the first place.
Maybe I should be thinking about Kingdomâs future, but I was solely worried about Chris. I wondered if she would have time when her Okaa-sama and Otou-sama are no longer busy.
âI wonder if Angie-obasyama wiww pway with Chrish when she ishnâth bushy anymore.â (I wonder if Angie-obasama will play with Chris when she isnât busy anymore)
âThe Four Marquises are always busy.â
Itâs fine as long as sheâs happy even if she goes to Easter. Just like how I had a good time in Wester.
âAnd...â
âAnd?â
âI mighth be abwe tho go vishith when thhingsh sheththwe.â
âLei might be able to go,â Nico muttered sadly. Come to think of it, the royal family wasnât allowed to leave Kingdom even if they arenât adults.
âThen wethâsh go tho Eashtherâsh border.â
âThe border? Why?â
âWrithe Chrish a wethther.â (Write Chris a letter)
âWhy are you writing her a letter?â
âWeâll get her to go to the border.â
Weâll be able to talk to her face to face even if neither of them can leave the border. I heard a maid sob in the corner.
âIâm shure I can run by thhen.â
âOh, I thought you could already run.â
Nico grinned.
âIâww be abwe tho run fashther.â
âYouâre right. I guess weâll have to link arms and test her to make sure sheâs studying properly in Easter.â
âYup. Chrish ish bad ath shthudying.â
âWeâll also have to study as well.â
âAi.â
I donât know what their circumstances were, but both Nico and I knew that the Remingtons wonât be welcomed back into Kingdom since they have already left. Even if there isnât a penalty, they will be punished in some way if they return.
So, they donât have to come back. Otou-sama told me that theyâve already started to select a noble to replace the Remingtons. There are a lot of candidates, but there arenât any nobles with that much magic power.
Otou-sama stopped keeping troublesome things from me just because Iâm a toddler, and he properly explained the current situation to Nii-sama and I after dinner.
âWeâve sent messengers to Easter many times, but they lie and say they havenât heard from the Remingtons.â
Otou-sama was in charge of the Wester area. The Remingtons were in charge of the Easter area. Thatâs why itâs been difficult to get information.
âBut Iâve heard rumours from people in town that they live in a splendid house in Easterâs capital, and that they seem to be living very extravagantly.â
âDonât tell me they were welcomed there?â
Nii-sama was surprised. Kingdomâs Four Marquises and the citizens of Frontier have no relationship with each other. The citizens of Frontier are either curious about the Four Marquises or hate them since they canât benefit from the barrier. I think itâs one of those two.
I made eye contact with Nii-sama and we nodded. That was how we felt at Wester.
âIt seems like they are. Now the citizens can go out at night in the capital.ân/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
âSo, they are using a barrier box after all...â
The magic stones for the barrier in the capital normally needed to be filled once every five days. But for a barrier covering a remote city, it should only need to be filled once every 20 days. Therefore, they could certainly go anywhere and not be burdened by it.
âBut Iâm sure they must be bound by something. But theyâre not involved with internal affairs. Itâs troublesome for Otou-sama, but Iâm certain that the Remingtons love power.â
âLuke, the way you said that...â
âYouâre naïve Otou-sama. The Remingtons betrayed Kingdom!â
Otou-sama made Nii-sama angry.
âThe Remingtons betrayed the Four Marquises, who share the same responsibilities, and have betrayed the people. You say you donât care about the Remingtons, but youâre wearing yourself out from cleaning after their mess.â
Nii-sama stretched his hands to touch Otou-samaâs face which was starting to form eyebags.
I also copied him and reached my hands out. I can only reach Otou-sama stomach, but itâs alright since Otou-sama picked me up.
âThanks, you two. We all have no idea what lies in the future. Itâs hard to know how to deal with the situation with the uncertainty.â
Otou-sama hugged us and sighed.
âIâll be heading out to Wester again soon. Iâm worried about leaving the capital at a time like this, but Wester was really shocked by this incident as well. However, Wester doesnât seem to be working with Easter. To confirm that, and take measures...â
âOtou-syama, worw hard.â
âWeâll behave, so travel safely.â
Oh yeah, I havenât seen Graces at all lately. Iâm sure he was accompanying the Remingtons, but whatâs he doing now?
âWhath happened tho Gracesh?â
âYou like Graces, donât you Lei?â
âI wiwe Hansh more.â
âOoh.â
Otou-sama smiled teasingly.
Hans isnât here right now. I can say this because heâs not here, but itâs Hans who I care about. Iâm just curious about Graces because of my personal involvement with him. Iâll admit heâs a bit cool.
âGraces set up base in a town next to the border. Heâs staying there to act as a messenger between Kingdom and Easter. Heâs not working as a guard, but heâs better than civil officials who donât take initiatives.â
So thatâs why heâs a captain at a young age? Hmm.
A few days later after Nico had quietly celebrated his fourth birthday, a fast dragon came from the border town.
âThereâs a messenger from Easter. Itâs the Third Prince.â
I squeezed the Rug Dragon on my shoulder when I heard that. The magic stone was throbbing.