Chapter 66 – Whoa…
Marie, who had been looking at me suspiciously for a while, raised her body and came closer to me.
Marie, who had been watching me anxiously as she walked around me, came right in front of me and met her eyes with mine.
How much time has passed
It would have been better if I had said something, and I wondered if several minutes had passed since I stood there thinking that I would not like to remain still as if I was anxious.
Marie smiled softly.
“Looking at you hiding that much, you must not want to talk about it! I’ll let you go this time!”
Saying so, Marie dispelled the strange aura around her.
When the weight that felt like it was clamping down on my neck disappeared, I sighed and sat down in my place.
“Uh… “
Is this right… ?
I wonder if it’s really right to move on lightly like this…
Obviously, I have no memory of marrying Mari, but for some reason I feel like I have become a co-wife who is captured by her wife.
Isn’t this something very strange… ?
“Ugh… “
But even if I wanted to say it, it’s hard to say.
In the end, I couldn’t get the word out this time again, and I was going to do this again and passed it on.
No.
It shouldn’t go on like this.
Rather, it seemed like a better idea to just get to the point quickly and pass this story on. I shook my head to come to my senses and called Marie again.
“Number of animals.”
“Why?”
“That… I’m not here to talk about this… “
“Huh huh? All I do is work and I don’t care, right?”
“… “
I’m going to go to the fire.
Seeing that I couldn’t do anything, Marie laughed and patted me on the back saying it was a joke.
Yes you will…
“Whoops, I’m joking~ Of course, what Lily teacher says is right~ Don’t worry, even the emperor knows about this.”
“I guess so… “
It would be even more strange that no one else, but a saint from a neighboring country, had come to the imperial academy, teaching students there about theology, but not being attracted by the emperor’s aggro.
“What… It’s true that thanks to that, I’ve been given the authority to do so. Although still weak.”
“Authority?”
“It’s not that grand. I said I would entrust everything to me for this matter only.”
“Isn’t that a pretty big authority… ?”
I’m telling you to leave the work to one person and do it yourself… Even that is not small, but isn’t it possible to have cultural exchanges with neighboring countries again?
From the Emperor’s point of view, I don’t think there’s anything better than this…
After all, doing business with other countries is one of the ways to benefit the most.
However, at the point of entrusting everything to the princess to take care of such an extremely important task, she worried that she might not feel that this task was very important.
“Of course, you didn’t completely hand over authority to me, did you? And… Because I have a good friend here who can make it possible.”
Mary said and took my hand.
…
Is it.
It was the right thing to say.
After all, isn’t it a situation where I, a saintess who can be called the highest position in the kingdom and the highest position in the kingdom in terms of symbolism, decided to interact with the empire again myself.
So it wasn’t strange at all when I thought about it that way.
As long as I exist, as long as I help, it is possible enough.
Everyone would think so.
I thought so too, and I thought it would be possible in reality, so I just started out this way.
If I hadn’t been a saint, it’s the assumption that I wouldn’t have been able to meet Marie, so there’s no reason to assume…
It’s not what I wanted, but it’s true that I’ve risen to the position of a saint, and it’s true that I have to work hard to lead the kingdom to a better country.
It is true that it is a big country, and it is a country that has enough return to the domestic market, but even so, cutting off exchanges with the empire is bound to come as a great shock. Will do
In order to live as a neutral country, to maintain this position as a holy country, it is important to be friendly with everyone.
Although completely accepting the empire’s culture is unreasonable, it is difficult to accept that pushing away and rejecting their culture is such a good thing considering the future.
I turned to Marie.
I don’t know what the emperor is thinking, but it won’t be a problem if he starts interacting with us again.
On the contrary, if you like it, you will like it, but there is no element to dislike.
Unless you’re willing to go to war with us.
No, even if it was a war, it would be more shocking to pretend to be friendly with us and then betray us, so even that would be a welcome factor.
No matter how much I thought about it, I had no idea what the emperor was thinking.
Well, it seemed like it would be better to think about how to make a good relationship with the empire as a saint rather than having doubts right now.
“You think… How long do you think it will take?”
“You mean to start interacting with the Empire again?”
“Huh.”
I’ve been involved in politics here and there since the old days, but in the end, if you ask me if my political skills are good, it’s because I’m not.
Most of the time, when I had to directly step in, my grandfather took care of everything himself instead of me.
I was close to learning how my grandfather played politics behind the scenes.
If I had to do something here, I wasn’t confident.
So I had no choice but to ask.
How long will it take and what should I do?
“Huh~ It looks like you’ve lived a really comfortable life.”
“… “
Of course, Marie said as if she knew at once what kind of life I had lived just by asking my question.
“You do not have to worry. I’m not making fun of you, though.”
“Yes… “
“If you had a hard life in the first place, you wouldn’t have been able to produce universe masterpieces? It wouldn’t have occurred to me to meet again like this and try to make the relationship between the Empire and the Holy Kingdom good again.”
That’s right.
If I had lived a difficult life as a saint, it would have been impossible to even draw properly.
Growing up under a good grandfather and with good people, I was able to guarantee my freedom, so I was able to draw and post such cartoons without anyone knowing.
It was really hard to hide myself so that I wouldn’t be found out, but not once or twice I thought I was good at doing this whenever I saw people who liked the cartoons I drew.
No matter what I did, in the end I couldn’t get away from painting.
“Sooner or later, the time when we will meet as princesses and saints may come.”
“Okay?”
“Huh. It doesn’t matter if we meet each other, but at that time all the other nobles must also gather… Perhaps, if this goes well, the Pope and my father will meet again.”
“… “
“Did you tell me beforehand?”
“I mean, I did… “
Could it be that I didn’t…
This is a story that is too big for me to move alone, so at first I said that I would like to admit that I will do it like this.
Actually, I learned it again this time thanks to my grandfather who scolded me saying that it was strange for me to act as if I was under him even though I was in the same position as a powerful and highly symbolic saint in the same country.
“That’s all right. All you have to do is prepare the things I sent separately via message.”
“Is this right… “
Isn’t it a complete puppet when you see that a princess in another country receives messages like ‘Do this or that’ and move according to them…
Of course I didn’t mention that.
It was because if Marie heard it, she would say something about whether she was thinking of herself that way.
Something comes to mind…
Well, no.
So let’s go slowly now.
It seems like the conversation is over, so it won’t matter if you leave the room.
I thought so and moved towards the door.
“Where is Ellie?”
“… “
If it wasn’t for the voice calling me.
“Are you leaving me feeling so uneasy today?”
“Uh… On that… “
I have to do it again here… ?
Seeing that I was terrified, Marie seemed to stare at me for a moment, then she laughed and said that she was joking and that she could just leave and gestured to me.
Really… Surprise people…
I let out a sigh of relief and ran out of the room.