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The atmosphere in the hall was worst, with the exception of a few people, and those who had formed large factions, including the Duke Ewell's faction, disappeared from the hall.
I also left the hall with Mina, considering the possibility of getting tangled up with the Duke and other troublesome people in the crowded hall.
For some reason, the Prime Minister is also there. ......
'I know what you're thinking, but I don't want to be in that place either.'
'I understand how you feel, but His Majesty and the Prime Minister needed to stay in the hall until the end. ......
Shall Khalil return with you then?
"I apologise,"
Since there is no one else around us, we speak to each other in a polite, casual way, joking with each other, which has caused Mina to shrink, but for some reason her eyes are sparkling when she looks at me.
'But then again, I didn't think the princess would survive, Her Majesty must be having a hard time with the succession.'
'What?"
"Oh, you have not yet told Khalil.
His Majesty intended that one of the two children at the party would be his successor."
That's pretty secret information.
The King has five children, two princes and three princesses.
Two of them, the prince and the princess, are much older than the two who greeted the king in the hall today, and one is younger than the princess.
Although knowledge only lightly touches on the struggle for the royal succession, it seems to be a very bitter struggle, with assassinations and plotting behind the scenes to kick each other off the throne.
The two people who could be the heirs, the two above, are in particular in contention, and if they find out that they cannot be the heirs because of the king's decision, they will be ......
'Would you have been happy to tell me?'
'No, I don't mind, because I don't think Khalil would be beaten by someone who only thinks about kicking other people down.'
No, I'm not fighting two princes and princesses, the perception is a bit off.
What I was thinking is that with a secret, there's no way of knowing where it's going the leak from.
Although I would never do it or let it happen, but if I think about the possibility of me or Mina leaking this information to the outside world, there is a lot of information that I can't give out, no matter how great the crime and how much it's my people.
In other words, depending on how it is dealt with, information that could lead to death has been taught lightly.
Mina's face is pale, as if she is aware of the seriousness of the situation.
But in light of what happened, the succession must be reconsidered.
'Does that mean you're removing the Princess as your successor?
'No, both of them I was thinking about.'
Both of them?
I can see removing the princess, who has done so much from my point of view, but even the prince?
The prince doesn't want to be king! From my point of view and that of His Majesty's, the successor had in fact been decided on the princess.
The prince was considered as a candidate because he was the final test for the princess, a tool to make her ready to be monarch after His Majesty had announced the finalists."
[......]
Certainly it's important to cut off one's relatives, but I was a bit taken back by the plans of the King and the Prime Minister, because they were royals who seemed to get on well with each other even with my knowledge.
"Oops, it's boring for me to talk one-sidedly, so let's have Khalil talk mainly this time.
On the topic, let's talk about the descendants of that trash."
The Prime Minister's conversation is a very useful time to find out information and circumstances that cannot be obtained through knowledge alone.
"I have no contact with him, and I can only imagine, but somehow I felt it was convenient for him."
"Yes, that's true."
"And also..."
'It is a pure feeling, but I will muddle my knowledge a little and tell it to the king and the Prime Minister in the hope that they will feel a little more threatened.
'This is my feeling, so I can't explain it well, but it looked like he was trying to enchant the people around him.'
'Enchanting?'
'Yes, as if he were the protagonist of a story. ......'
This way of communication will not get through to the Prime Minister, because it is not possible for an ordinary person to see the world in which he lives as a story, because he is living it.
I am villain in the story that I have acquired through knowledge, but if you ask me if I would follow the exact same path, I wouldn't.
"If he is the protagonist, then His Majesty and Khalil, including me, are the villains to be defeated.
No, I see, everything is linked."
I made such a prediction, but the Prime Minister seems to have come up with his own answer quite easily.
I don't know what it is, but it's probably correct.
"I'm going to send you a letter now, as I said before."
"Thank you very much for today."
I look forward to your letter."
'Well then, .......'
Let's go back to the inn too.
I'm tired from all the unexpected events and I could do with some time alone to reflect.
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YES!
Hello, it's Mina, returning from a party with lots of nobles.
I'm also tired, but so is Khalil-sama, so we dismissed when we arrived at the inn and returned to the room where my maid companion was waiting for me.
'Good night, Mina! Did you have fun? How was the food and stuff!
'Ha, ha, first I need to change my clothes ......'
I would have carefully opened the door so as not to wake her, but somehow my friend was awake.
This might be a time for chatting until morning without sleeping.
'Can you do it yourself?'
"Dahme."
According to my friend's slightly incomprehensible argument that I am a princess for the day, I am made to sit on a chair and change my clothes like a young lady of the nobility.
'...... is it see-through?'
"Don't worry, it's enough to make Khalil-sama fall in love with you."
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