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44 – The Crown Prince’s Conspiracy?

“Gerhilde, I never thought we’d meet in a place like this!!”

“…Really, isn’t it so foolish to go into a dormant state because the ether is depleted?”

Zikrune smiles happily, and Rossweisse seems to be scolding her, but her face is full of smiles.

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And there is a woman smiling in front of these two people.

“…Ahahahaha…I thought I could last another month or two, but I guess I overexerted myself.”

With her red hair, unlike her other sisters, her face is closer to that of a mature woman.

Gerhilde was the youngest of nine sisters who had been unable to get out of bed until a few hours ago.

After administering ether directly to her under the pretense of medical practice, she was able to regain her consciousness.

…No, to be exact, it was recovered during the action.

To be honest, I was extremely scared.

She suddenly opened her eyes and looked at me, so I thought my heart would stop.

She was prepared to get beaten up, but she smiled and greeted me as if she understood the situation.

Then he looked at me.

‘Are you not going to continue?’

Even the freedom to say this.

…What on earth was it really?

Although Rossweisse was mature despite being the youngest, she sometimes showed a childish side, she really had the personality of a relaxed adult woman.

…Well, more than that.

“They really were sisters.”

At my words, the eyes of the three people who were talking turned to me.

Zeke Rune pouted her lips as if slightly pouting.

“Surely you didn’t believe it?”

“…No, but…I guess I should say they don’t look very similar…”

Rossweisse answered what I said.

“Brünnhilde, the eldest daughter, and Gerhilde, the second daughter, are ‘special’.”

“Special offer?”

“Our previous master… So, after making Gerhilde, Erda used the third sister, Ortlinde, as the standard to create the rest. So from Ortlinde to me, the atmosphere is quite similar. There are parts.”

Indeed.

Probably due to cost issues, the budget was reduced starting from Ortrinde.

“Um…So, I should call you master too, right?”

“Uh…Right…Right?”

“Master, Gerhilde, Erda’s second child. I have been waiting for you to reach this place. Please take care of me in the future.”

Gerhilde is looking at me with a smile.

What can I say, even though she already had experience dealing with Ortlindena Ross Weisse, her face felt strangely hot when I had her in front of her.

…Are you being pushed by the atmosphere of a mature woman? I?

“……”

“Ugh?!”

When I suddenly felt a stabbing pain in his side, I turned around and saw Ross Weisse looking at me with a slightly pouty look on his face.

“Master, shouldn’t we call the children first?”

“Huh? Uh…Uh…Right?”

‘Mom’ woke up.

The first thing to do is to inform children of that fact.

“Hey…Did something happen to those kids while I was asleep?”

When the story of children came up, she seemed to think of her children as well, and spoke with a worried face.

…I honestly wasn’t sure.

She doesn’t know the situation before she fell asleep, and she hasn’t heard her story in detail from Rudy.

However, she didn’t hear anything from Rudy that someone was seriously injured or died, so it’s probably okay.

“First…I’ll call Rudy first. I think it would be better to hear the story from him.”

“Rudy…I wonder if he was okay while I was asleep…”

Erda’s second child.

Gerhilde, the second daughter of Valkyrie.

Like the Seven Daughters, Zikrune, she awakened before encountering me.

Of course, it is said that she, like her other sisters, was initially sealed in the wall.

But one day, she broke the seal herself.

The only reason was because she felt the reaction of small children above the place where she was sealed.

A small reaction typical of young children.

Seven small and weak reactions gathered together without an adult. She unsealed herself and jumped out, knowing that this would limit her own uptime.

After breaking the seal on my own and coming out through a long passage, I arrived at a church.

Only the moonlight illuminated the collapsing statue of the goddess in the church.

There, she met the children.

And, she supported her children as much as she could.

I have high hopes for a new owner from far away who will come someday.

Imperial capital, ecliptic Shale Ark.

Sitting in his office in the imperial palace, the crown prince was lost in thought.

It was a demon that judged that it lacked the power to carry out various tricks, but that was not the case.

The invasion of the demons was faster than expected.

It can be said that most of the seaside cities in the eastern part of the empire have already fallen into the hands of demons.

Saint Ciella and mage Alessa, who wanted to use everything they could to avoid the situation, returned to the church and the magic tower, respectively.

A ritual to summon a new hero…They were needed for that.

Of course, the Magic Tower said it would not participate in the alliance, but several new generation magicians who followed Alessa personally expressed their participation.

The Mage Tower owner did not stop it, saying he respected their will.

The Magic Tower also had acceptable circumstances and did not prevent individual participation, so the Empire could no longer pressure the Magic Tower.

In the end, the only one left was the princess Anies, a warrior skilled in both sword and magic.

Princess Anies, known among the people as the ‘Hero Princess’.

Her nobles’ claim that just having her on the battlefield would boost her soldiers’ morale grew stronger as she continued to lose battles, and eventually they had no choice but to force her to send her because she was reluctant to go. It got to her point.

Prince Freud decided to find her room in order to force her to go, even though she was desperately rejecting her.

As he was about to get up, there was a knock on his office door.

“Your Majesty, this is Lasis.”

“Racys? Come in.”

It was Raysis, the son of the current prime minister and one of the crown prince’s close associates.

When he came in, the crown prince opened his mouth with a tired expression.

“What’s going on? Another city has fallen?”

“No, this is news from a different side.”

“The other side?”

“…I have discovered the location of Luciena Root Vallière.”

Luciana.

The moment he heard that name, the crown prince jumped up.

In addition to the recent assault incident, property disappeared from the Vallière duchy.

The crown prince had already assumed that Lucien was behind the incident.

The financial situation is already poor due to the post-war restoration project, and the situation is even more serious as war breaks out.

It was a time when the Duke of Vallière’s property was needed, so the Crown Prince immediately asked about the matter.

“That b*tch…Where is that b*tch!!”

“…It’s a republic.”

“Republic? You mean Alhait Republic?”

Al-Hait Republic.

It is a fairly large country located in the northwest of the continent.

It was a country with its own military power and excellent technology, and had many exchanges as an empire.

However, participation in this continental alliance has been refused.

“Bring him to me right now!! Tell him to return the criminal to the Republic of Alhait!!”

“… Of course, I have already inquired, but the Republic has rejected it. They say she has already been granted asylum in the Republic and will be treated as a citizen of the Republic.”

“What…”

Asylum to another country.

The conditions themselves are difficult, but the procedures are complicated and time consuming.

It takes an average of 1 to 2 years for an asylum application to be completely accepted and to officially become a citizen of that country.

It was difficult to believe that asylum had already been achieved in the Republic.

Unless there is something behind it…

“…I see, you’re Representative Verdimont?”

“Yes, Lady Luciena’s younger sister. It seems that Miss Aina’s husband and a member of the Republic’s council had a hand in it.”

If her exile is already complete, there is no excuse for her empire to drag her away.

However, it was too much of a waste to give up the enormous wealth of the Vallière family that Luciena would have taken with her.

“Soldiers right now… No, we can’t afford to do that… Whatever.”

“That’s right, Your Majesty.”

Prince Freud is worried.

Looking at him, Laceys raised the glasses she was wearing.

“Would you mind leaving it to me?”

“To you?”

“…Yes, if you leave it to me, I will personally bring Lady Luciena to your presence.”

Prince Freud looked straight at Lacey’s words.

The Prime Minister’s son and his close associate, Laceys.

He was very outstanding, following his father’s example, and would assist the crown prince by his side, smoothing over and resolving various problems.

As he spoke so confidently, a vague sense of security came over Prince Freud.

I can leave it to him.

“…Is there anything you need?”

“We need some personnel… And… It may be difficult during wartime, but we need some funds.”

“Don’t worry about the funds, if you just get me from Lucy, tens of times… No, hundreds of times that amount will be back in her hands.”

Prince Freud said, patting Laceys on the shoulder.

“Please, Ray Sis. She must capture that woman in order to overcome the current situation.”

“Yes, please leave it to me.”

Ray Sis lowered his head and smiled a twisted smile.

His eyes were sharp, cold and cruel, like a poisonous snake that has caught its prey.