Chapter 1 Part3 (1/2)

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Finally finished!

My finals are close so the next upload will take even longer than this, but if its short maybe i can squeeze it out next week or so

Enjoy!! xD

Lotte・ Bauarten is the first priin

Co fro a job in the royal palace …

— Reality is not like such a heart-war fairy tale

Even though it can be categorised as 「coarten family is still one of the wealthiest merchant families in the whole of Fla 「 his studies in the best academic institution — the Royal University, he was the top scorer for all political subjects, and was then appointed to be a palace official

When Lotte reht that he truly was naïve, and worked hard to cover his mistakes … However, even if tiht back to the past, he s differently

Superiors that are useless, but ree」

Superiors that are useless, but remained above him due to 「relations」

Honestly speaking, he became a palace official not due to patriotism Lotte's fadom, and also does business with h he was also a 「commoner」, he felt closer to「other countries」than the common folk of Flame As such, the idea 「it's not like Flaly in his heart His superiors also felt the sah no one dared to say it out loud

From Lotte's point of view, there was no one in the palace that had a shred of 「patriotism」, and thus, he followed suit

「You bring up soood points」

The one that acknowledged Lotte's as the previous king of Flae At that time, Flame had experienced the worst harvests in history, and Lotte' policies had attracted his attention Lotte's path to success started here

King George could not be considered 「wise」, nor was he a narrow-」

At the very least, he was able to look the nobles straight in the eye and declare — the royal house has given Lotte the right to act under my name, I shall bear the responsibilities of his actions

Maybe, this was one of the criteria to be called 「wise ?」

Then, Lotte who had been elected as the Royal Policy Auditor began introducing new policies left and right His line of as very interesting to hih not to the level of 「a man should work his life in politics」, but the fact that his thoughts, knowledge, and vieere reflected in the nation's policies, and that he could see the progress of the country, ht, not even bothering to sleep …

George took in all of this, and his evaluation of hi with his superior's evaluation of hihest position in the kingdom's politics

Like a child that one brought up with his own hands Lotte could not help but start to regard Flame as 「cute」

「Lotte! What are you talking about! 」

「Did you mishear what I said, your majesty?」

As such … a bastard that would cause chaos in this country, should just get lost

「I didn't , did I? Did you just tell Matsushi+ro-san to get lost?!」

「There's nothing wrong with your hearing, your highness That was indeed what I said」

「Lotte!」

Lotte ignored the agitated Liz, and looked at Kouta with a sincere expression

「What do you think, Matsushi+ro-dono? Would you leave the royal capital Rarkia? 」

「To immediately reply 『sure, why not』 in this situation is a little hard May I inquire the reason? 」

He did not get angry, but instead asked for a reason This person is quite smart — Lotte knew that his earlier evaluation was not too far off and continued …

「The current situation is such that this country and the neighboring country - the Westlia Kingdo hard to ood diploerous balancing act About the coh I wished I could say it's 50/50, the reality is that our arhtly weaker than theirs But it's not till the point where even our capital will be invaded If there was a e ht have to cede a few plots of land to them」

Lotte spoke about the topic of 「war」as if it was nothing to worry about

「Under these circumstances, what do you think would happen if the rudoan to spread beyond our borders?」

「… … What you mean is, to the other countries, the threat that they will be facing will be equal to that of a 『demon lord』? 」

「But however you see it, he is still a 『hero』, no?」

「Wouldn't they suspect the validity of the rumours?」

「That may be true However, the fact remains that you really were summoned, and on't be able to keep thisFurtheret the idea of 『Let's attack theets accustomed to this world! 』 and attack us head on」

If the 『Hero』 froons really came to this continent from another world, and to ood relations with … … Not knohat kind of pohat type of e the ene to the conclusion of 「the one who strikes first wins」and attacking is not nil」

「Is this the reason?」

「There's another reason It's related to her majesty … …」

「Jut for such a reason, you decide to kick Matsushi+ro-dono out- Eh? Me?」

Liz tilted her head sideways in confusion Seeing her action that is unlike that of the Queen of the great historical Kingdom of Flame, Kouta could not help but to chuckle

「You see, in Flains」

「… … … … … … … … … Ah? 」

Kouta's laugh stopped halfway For some reason, the topic of the conversation suddenly ran off into a weird direction

「L-l-l-l-l-l-Lotte! Y-y-y-y-you! W--hat are you talking about!」

Liz seems to be more embarrassed than Kouta What's with that shy yet ery expression of hers?

「Froe should have exceeded 20 already … … but probably still haven't reached 30?」

「… … That's correct I am 26 this year」

「Her highness Liz's is 16 this year, the period where a girl isether under the same roof were to spread … … 」

「… … It would becoht? 」

「That is so Moreover, stories like this would spread even further than rumours」

「Lotte! E-even if ere to live under the same roof, that doesn't mean ill sleep in the same bed! That's — 」

「Your highness is too naïve Even sweeter than the ar sundaes from Beatrotti」(T/N the japanese word for both「naïve and 「sweet is the same, which is 「甘い)

「— not a problem … … Eh? N-naïve? Me? What do you mean I'm naïve! 」

「The matter here is not about 『what has happened』, but instead 『what may happen』 These types of rumours cannot be controlled by law And if the ru countries, new rumours may spread about —

— how the Queen of the Flaoods」

「W--hat do you oods』! This is discrimination!」

Lotte bowed apologetically towards Liz with practiced movements Clearly, this scene portrays the senior-junior relationshi+p between those two

「Matsushi+ro-dono, do you understand?」

「… … … … Although what you said was a bit unnerving … … This is it, isn't it? 『It would be bad if a young unirl's reputation is stained』— that's what you ht?」

「Correct That is the gist of it」

「If that's the case … … … … How about I leave the palace and just live in the capital? 」

「Yes, doing so would resolve the second proble the 『hero』is hard to resolve」

「… … … … That may be so Then what do you think I should do instead? To clarify, you won't suddenly say things like 『go and die!』 , right? 」

Facing Kouta's question, Lotte silently nods his head

「Of course I won't state demands like 『please die for us』, however the fact remains that it indeed is the fastest way to resolve this problem」

「LOTTE!」

「I was only joking, your highness」