Lucia Domine, who kicked out Oz, was spending her time solving the things she had to do first.

Amidst only the sounds of paperwork.

“This is so… … .”

Lucia Domine clicked her tongue and put the pen down.

Oz’s actions are disgusting.

No, in fact, it wasn’t that disgusting, but her memories, Lucia Domine’s sympathy for Eleanor von Chrysos, amplified those feelings.

Lucia Domine remembers.

Eleanor von Chrysos.

That she was a person who was no different from a colorless doll whose will and emotions had been erased.

* * *

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Kingdom ＜Chrysos＞

It was a country that could be called quite famous for a small country.

It was because of the existence of a king who ruled over Chrysos.

Delay von Chrysos.

A wise king who combines wisdom and nothingness.

That was the opinion of the public, and Lucia Domine also thought that was true to some extent.

You can tell what kind of face the leader of the country is wearing by looking at the faces of the people.

Chrysos Kingdom was a small but fairly peaceful country.

The people were full of life, there were no common slums, and the number of vagrants was on one hand.

It was not even a country with mighty power like the Empire, but a small kingdom on the border like Chrysos.

It was clear that the country itself was giving what it had obtained from above, unless it had special products or characteristics that could make it rich.

To be a king is to be established only when there are people. But few people knew how to do that.

“Hmm… … .”

Lucia Domine was rather suspicious because of that. She is not an ignorant child.

Such a near-perfect kingdom is not something that can be easily created.

It is not something that can be done with the efforts of a single king.

Chrysos has not only kings, but also nobles.

It was unavoidable.

No matter how competent a king may be, it is difficult to rule alone if the size of a country is the same.

So what about those nobles?

Could it be that not a single one of them is corrupt?

That was impossible even for the mightiest nation, the Empire.

Even if such corrupt aristocrats were searched for and dealt with, it is corruption that continues to multiply like an epidemic.

There is no end to human desire, and it is unlikely that there are those who have lost that desire, even for a moment.

Even if Delade was smart enough to recognize each and every one of them.

If that’s the case, it’s right that there should be rumors going around.

But there is not even rumors.

If so, either one.

As rumors say, the country of the ancestors who appeared with miraculous probability.

Or that King Chrysos’s ability to control information is excellent.

“hahahaha! nice to meet you. His Holiness, although it is a small country, it is a beautiful country. Please rest in peace.”

“Yes… … . Well, thank you.”

Delaid, whom Lucia Domine met, was a person close to rumors.

At least that’s how it was in her eyes. It looked like a king who was making efforts for the sake of the people.

A person who is more friendly than dignified.

In addition to this feeling, there was nothing wrong with being a human who gave strength for the people as the rumors say.

But her sense of incongruity only grew stronger.

And that sense of incongruity… … .

“Ah, these are my children. hello? Lesis, Eleanor.”

“Oh, hello! His Holiness. I am the 1st Prince Lesis von Chrysos! It’s an honor to meet you today… … .”

“… … hello.”

“Lesis? Didn’t you say that it’s okay not to be so nervous? hahahaha, sorry His Holiness, this guy is very shy.”

“okay… … . Fine.”

It was confirmed through their children. Of course, there was nothing wrong with the child named Lesis.

Appropriate for its age… … . No, if you think about being a member of the royal family, you could say it’s even better.

Because it seemed like a harmonious family.

But the problem wasn’t there.

“… … .”

She stared at Eleanor, another child of Delade, who did not move like a doll.

She was like a doll girl.

“This child… … .”

Yes, like a doll, she was a girl with no sense of humanity.

He seems to be the same age as Arietta, but his personality is so vague that it can be said to be the exact opposite.

Long blue-silver hair could be said to be beautiful, but now it felt rather cold.

“You don’t look well… … . Are you okay?”

Lucia Domine couldn’t bear to point it out, so she turned around.

“Well? Is that so? Eleanor, if you feel tired, you can go in and rest.”

“Yes… … .”

However, the reaction of the returned Delay was quite dry.

‘indeed… … .’

Lucia Domine was recognizable through a series of conversations.

Delade doesn’t care about Eleanor. No, it was clear that he regarded it as a half-existent existence.

It’s because she’s in her position now, so at least they introduced her. It’s clear that she usually treated her like an invisible person.

Otherwise, I wouldn’t have reacted like that to her comment that she didn’t look good.

-Well? Is that so?

Despite Eleanor’s words, which must have been her first meeting, Delade threw a question.

This is a reaction he usually shows because he is not interested in Eleanor.

If it’s a king, it might be because he’s busy with work. But now the situation is different.

Even if he had only shown Eleanor half as much interest in Lesis, he would have been able to quickly determine whether there was anything different from usual.

-Eleanor, if you’re tired, you can go in and rest.

This was more spectacle.

Shouldn’t he pretend to be worried about her, even if he doesn’t ask her to treat her as the pope?

However, Delade sent Eleanor as if she was cleaning things up.

Yeah, it’s like a thing. It is clear that he thinks of Eleanor as an ornament.

Discrimination to the extent that it is obvious and clear.

It made Eleanor even more miserable compared to the affection she had for a child named Lesis.

“Your Holiness, in our castle there is a chef named Peran, and the food he cooks is amazing. I’d like to treat you this time, would you mind?”

“Hmm… … . I want to relieve my travel addiction a little today, so I’d like to refrain from it. Would it be all right if I ask for your understanding?”

“of course. His Holiness. If so, I will send you a meal to your room.”

“Yes, thank you.”

Lucia Domine smiled as benignly as possible and turned away from Delade.

A person who remembers even the mere cook in the castle. But he doesn’t even give his daughter a bit of affection.

Turning around, Lucia Domine frowned as if she had never seen anyone more disgusting than this.

‘A good king, a king for the people.’

They were modifiers calling for a delay. Yes, he might be what he’s called.

but… … .

‘The kind obsessed with honor.’

He is a disgusting person who can never be a ‘good person’.

He is a man who puts fame above all that he has, not wealth, power, or might.

That’s why I act to gain the support of the absolute majority.

That’s why I don’t even give love to a child who has no meaning.

“Heretic Inquisitors, please gather information from now on.”

Lucia Domine said that as soon as she entered the room.

After a while, her shadow stretched out wide and began to move in pieces.

They were the Heretic Inquisitors who accompanied her.

And before long, she had the information she expected.

“I knew it… … .”

The information in her hands was exactly what she expected.

Eleanor von Chrysos is the daughter of a concubine. The aristocrats outside of Delaid’s eyes were all considered invisible, then disappeared one by one.

Those who strayed from the eyes of Delaid were probably those who practiced corruption. The delay is slowly isolating them and then going off when no one notices.

And the reason he did so was for his own honor.

“You are more insane than any human group I have ever seen.”

The delay is crazy.

He spares no love for those who can enhance his honor. And the love is so true that it gives goosebumps.

At least he showed sincere love for a child named Lesis.

Then what else?

Who is out of his sight?

If they simply wanted honor, they would have been able to expose their evil deeds and execute them in public.

But he tried to isolate them and get rid of them.

that too over a long period of time.

What does that mean?

“You see the country and the nobility as ornaments to adorn yourself.”

He regards the country of Chrysos itself as his own.

That is why they are in a hurry to hide even the flawed facts.

“His Holiness.”

Then a voice came from one of her shadows.

“What about Eleanor von Chrysos?”

“It doesn’t do anything.”

“But that… … .”

“If I help halfway, it will have a negative effect on me.”

Like it or not, the achievements of King Chrysos are real. In fact, she is even considered a benevolent king by the people, so even if she stepped up here, it would be difficult to get a cause.

Rather, if it was a delay, there was a high probability that her existence would be used for some kind of self-promotion.

“There will be no death. She is also, in a sense, the ‘decoration’ of Delayed. So at least human… … . No, you can live a life like royalty.”

But I haven’t found a use for it yet, so I’m just leaving it alone.

Even if it is morally insane, there is a problem in condemning it.

Lucia is also the king of a country.

He knows very well that in order to save such Eleanor, he must risk an all-out war.

The opponent will not avoid war because he is obsessed with honor.

Rather, he could love his daughter for that war.

The image of a former king willing to go to war for his daughter would be the best way to raise his honor.

“If God sees this situation through my eyes, he will guide someone to save her.”

“Will such a person appear?”

“I do not know… … .”

The opponent is a monster who carried the country on his back for honor.

Then, in order to save one girl from such an opponent, a lot of things had to be put down.

“Now that I have a lot of things on my back, I can’t run around like I used to.”

She had too much to lose.

It wasn’t about what she had, but about the people she had to protect. because she is the king

So there was nothing he could do for Eleanor.

In order to save her, he had to be someone who could lay down many things and stand up against a country alone.

And the existence that can do that is probably… … .

“Wouldn’t a savior appear for her?”

He must be someone who can turn the world into an enemy for her sake.

* * *

Lucia was looking at the present through the past.

The Eleanor I saw then and the Eleanor I met now.

A different personality than before.

A mischievous person that can’t even be compared to Arietta when she was younger.

bright blue eyes.

The heat could be said to be a surprising change that was difficult to recognize compared to the cold appearance of the past.

“Like a poor child.”

But that made her even more sad.

How much work did it take for her, who was no different from a cold doll, to change into a figure with such rich emotions?

And how much love did her hero pour into her?

And… … .

“How can you lose everything like that and be so strong… … .”

How did she feel when she lost everything again?

In the current situation, it would have been better if I had been a doll.

There is nothing sad when a person who has nothing loses something. You probably thought it wasn’t yours in the first place.

However, it is different when a person who has built up a lot of things step by step collapses in an instant.

She built a lot of things out of nothing, and lost them again overnight.

Where the hell is her understanding?

“A halfway interest will only hurt her.”

As of now, nothing has changed. There was nothing she could do for Eleanor.

And the same goes for Oz.

He pretends to be her understanding, but is out of the way.

Of course not to that extent.

If you want to accompany her on the thorny road she has walked and will walk, that is not enough.

Surrounded by lies, what she needs most is sincerity.

Now you should be able to stand against the world itself, not the country.

“By the way… … .”

Lucia Domine, lost in thought, took out her pipe again.

It seemed that a guest had arrived.

“You look like you’ve become a different person in that moment. The successor of the King of Darkness.”

“If you have to show sincerity, not lies, that’s what you should do.”

In that brief moment, Oz seemed to face his own problem and come up with an answer. It’s an outrageous monster.

Lucia Domine quietly put down the pipe she had been biting in her mouth at the sight of Oz. I’m not in the mood to smoke.

“Then what business did you come to see me this time?”

“Eleanor von Chrysos.”

“okay. Then where should I start talking?”

Same question and answer as before.

“From the beginning.”

Same answer as before.

“Can you afford it? Are you responsible for that remark?”

“This time I’m here to take on that responsibility.”

but with a different mindset.

“hahahaha… … . This is trash beyond imagination.”

Lucia Domine smiled wryly at Oz’s confidence, as if he were willing to cross his legs openly.

How can a person change so much in such a short time?

“good. Let me tell you.”

Lucia Domine had to come to a different conclusion in the end.

Because now Oz deserves it.