Vol 1 Chapter 36 (1/2)
Chapter Three
The Decision
(Part 6)
Ilya and Hector formally answered the prime minister
After seeing everyone off, Hector summarized information on this matter in a document
Considering, noting, and observing
Even if the truth is hard to understand, when one iain a flash of insight From his experience, this was a custom that Hector had practiced for many years
“I brought tea”
The person to say that presenting a cup was the maid, Sibyl
“Oh, thanks”
Taking the cup with his hand, Hector leaned back in his chair and took a break
“What’s the matter?”
“…”
There was no response frouessed her discontent
“Is it what Ilya said?”
“… Yes”
She responded with an affiritated He had repeated that dialogue over and over in his mind ever since then
“… It wasn’t anything personal”
“I understand”
“However, she has a lot of mysteries!”
When Hector was a knight, he saved the life of Sibyl, as also a knight To repay his kindness, she noorks as his ht of hi
For this reason, the Ilya who
“She… still, didn’t tell you everything she knew”
“Probably”
His calm response caused Sibyl to be at a loss for words
“Then even though she was giving advice, why do you think she didn’t say everything?”
“That’s… so that I could prevail… probably?”
Recalling his unease while saying those words, his words lost their strength by the end
Thus far, he hadn’t seen Ilya atte with him
Although she followed Hector’s instructions due to hier, she didn’t attempt to build connections outside of branch-related affairs She would only act when there was a commission or demand for it
Sibyl had thought that about her, and if her previous re, she would be the first one to admit the mistake
“In my opinion…”
Sensing Sibyl’s unease, Hector didn’t refute her, but rather began to talk about his views on it
“Ilya, isn’t she rowth?”
“Our… growth?”
Towards Sibyl as involuntarily repeating it, Hector nodded
“When soive birth to arrogance Ilya gives us inforht path”
“Leading… does she intent to pose as a God?”
Hector laughed at Sibyl’s dangerous tone
“She walks the streets, laughing together with the people, sharing their pain Isn’t that an adorable God?”
That, as a ruler, could only be called fortunate
However, that ideal lord was so he strove for
Rondéville Kingdoh the year and was a land of relatively mild weather
A river crossed its territory as it flowed froe to the north to a caldera lake to the south With its abundant ahout its territory, it wouldn’t be affected by a water shortage
So as a agricultural nation that made use of that, if you limited it to the royal capital that was a metropolis, there was an appreciation for plant cultivation in the upper class elites like nobles year-round
As their culture developed, it came to the point that other countries that saw thereenhouses heated by fire stones However, likely due to the nutrients in the soil being different, they were only able to grow things that paled in comparison of color and size to Rondéville’s
So Rondéville’s royal capital, that had accumulated an unshakable position in horticulture, ca year round
Besides being shi+pped to nobles of other countries, the cultivated flowers are also used for seasonal co noble wo to the point that even royalty from other countries cross oceans expressly to visit
Abstaining froned document from Rondéville’s royal family He woke up earlier than usual from nervousness
“… Today’s even colder”
Thebody Because he couldn’t use heating due to the flower’s e amount of clothes
The ed the flowers that endured the cold and tried to bloo each one carefully
Just then, so landed on his exposed nose When he reached up and touched it, his glove was slightly dampened
Although thedew, his eyes widened in amazement when he saw small white objects enter his view
“This is… snow…!?”
It had been dozens of years since he last saw it
The fantastic scene drifted down froe, thepoles and sticking theainst the snow, taking off each layer of extra clothes he wore one by one and shi+elding the floith them
nobles were infatuated with the spectacle, children running around excitedly fro snow for the first time
While cold knightsover, in some respects they viewed the snow care-freely
Then, several days after that
Rondéville Kingdom’s royal capital, where flowers of all colors should have been bloo everywhere, was turned into a world of silvery snow by the snow brought upon theon
In a corner of the private room on the branch’s second floor
“Well then, [Blue Sword] will be in couild’s representatives Please present your registration cards”
The eight representatives that asseistration cards Ilya passed the registration cards she collected to Cynthia, leaving her with their registration
“Are there any questions or comments?”
It was a representative frouild, [Dawn’s Furrow], that raised a hand
“What were the ones who left earlier? Two groups went to the royal capital”
“Those were Beaulieu-saroups A report came from the royal capital the other day”