Volume 4 Chapter 8 (1/2)
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Chapter Eight: Reunion with Falsehood[]
Henrietta, nearly naked, was lying on her bed The only thing she earing was a thin cheed to her father, the deceased King, but she had begun to use it after beco Queen
Beside the enormous canopy-included bed was her father's favorite table She quietly reached out with her hand and took the bottle of wine Pouring it in her cup, she drank it all down in one gulp
Before, she lightly drank alcohol when she ate but after beco Queen, the amount she drank had increased
To Henrietta, as nothing but a flower orna asked for decisions was soht to her in a decided state, but even so, the one who gave approval of those was her What waskept, the as still going on
Even though she was just an ornamental ruler, numerous responsibilities for her had already occurred
Henrietta was still handling that pressure She couldn't sleep without drinking She couldn't show this to her attendant court ladies or chaht
Once again, she poured wine into her cup I h her intoxication She quietly chanted a rune and swung it down at the cup she had poured wine in
Water overflowed from the tip of her wand and filled the cup It was a spell to return water vapor in the air back into a fluid It is a rudimentary spell of the Water-element
The water overflowed and spilled out of the cup Possibly because of her drunkenness, she couldn't control the amount she poured She drank it all
Henrietta, whose cheeks were dyed pink in color, fell on her bed once again
When she was drunk, what she re days
The few times where she actually felt she was alive
The short time of the summer when she was fourteen years-old
The words she wanted to hear just once
”Why did you not say it at that time?”
Henrietta asked, covering her face with her hands
But, the person ould say it is no longer here Nowhere in this world
She felt that victory ht heal sadness
She thought that the exhausting work of a queen et about it
However, she couldn't forget Brilliant victories, words of praise, the shouts of the people who respect and love her for being a saint cannot match just one word
She unconsciously shed tears Oh no, she thought Tootiations with Germania's ambassador To Tristain and Henrietta anted to end this foolish war as soon as possible, it was an iotiation I can't show theer shoeak side to anyone anymore
She wiped her tears And when she reached out for her wine cup again
There was a knock at the door
Who could it be so late at night? Did so, but I can't ignore it Albion ain
Henrietta put on her gown in a weary manner and asked from her bed
”La Porte? Or are you the Cardinal? What's wrong, in this dead of the night?”
However, there was no reply In exchange, there was another knock If it isn't the Grand Chamberlain or Cardinal, then just who is it?
”Who is it? Identify yourself For people who visit the Queen's rooht, there is no way one cannot name themselves Now, speak Otherwise, I will call someone”
”It's me”
The moment those words entered her ears, Henrietta's facial expression disappeared
”It seeood, to hear such hallucinations so clearly”
Mur that, she placed her hands on her chest But, the intense palpitation of her heart would not stop
”It's me”
”It's me, Henrietta Open this door”
Henrietta rushed over to the door
”Prince Wales? No way You should have died by a traitor's hands”
In a tre voice, she said that
”That's a mistake And I, am alive”
”That's a lie A lie How?”
”I had run away The one that died was my impersonator”
”That Even though, the Ruby of Wind is”
Henrietta checked the ring, a er
”To deceive the eneht? Well, it is understandable that you do not believe me Then, I will let you hear the proof that I am me”
While tre, Henrietta waited for Wales's words
”In the night ind blows”
The ord she heard often at Ragdorian Lake
Forgetting to even answer, Henrietta threw open the door
The smile she had dreamed of many times stood there
”Ooh, Prince Wales You really are safe”
What followed could not becoed Wales's chest, and she placed her
face there and sobbed
Wales tenderly petted her head
”You are the same as always, Henrietta What a crybaby”
”That's because, I had coht you were dead Why did you not visit sooner?”
”After losing, I escaped on a cruiser I was hiding in Tristain's forest the whole ti ed my location many tio It took tiate on when you would be alone There is no way I could just stand in the waiting rooht?”
Saying that, Wales sly
”As always, you are so rieved how lonely I felt”
”I understand That is why I came to see you”
For a while, Henrietta and Wales embraced each other
”You can come to this castle as much as you want Albion does not have the power to invade Tristain right now After all, their reliable arinia The eneer on you”
”It can not be like that”
Wales smiled cheerfully
”What do you plan to do?”
”I have to return to Albion”
”What a stupid thing! That is like pointlessly going to throay the life you barely ed to keep!”
”Even so, I have to return I have to liberate Albion from Reconquista's hands”
”What a joke!”
”It isn't a joke For that reason, I came to meet you”
”Me?”
”Your powers are necessary in order to liberate Albion There are cooperators in the country as well, but Even ht?”
”No way I am happy for those words, but that is ione on such adventures when I was a princess, but I am now a queen Whether I like it or not, the country and the people are placed on s”
However, Wales would not give up With even more zealous words, he tried to convince Henrietta
”I know it is impossible But, you are necessary for victory In the middle of that lost battle, I realized it About just howvictory upon me and Albion”
Henrietta felt so inside her body She was needed by her beloved person Drunkenness and loneliness accelerated the urge welling inside her
Even so, Henrietta desperately answered
”Do not trouble me any more Please wait, I will have people coain, we can discuss this topic, slowly”
Wales shook his head
”We won't make it in time tomorrow”
Then, Wales easily said the words Henrietta had alanted to hear
”I love you, Henrietta That's why, come with me”
Henrietta's heart started beating in the sadorian Lake
Slowly, Wales drew his lips near Henrietta To Henrietta's lips that tried to say so, Wales' sealed it up
In Henrietta's mind, she recalled all kinds of sweet memories
Because of that, Henrietta did not notice the sleeping ic cast on her
Still feeling happy, Henrietta fell into the world of sleep
Meanwhile, at the same time
In one of the rooic, Mont while Saito and the others watched her
”Done?! Fuu! Still, that really was difficult?!”
While wiping the sweat from her forehead, Montmorency flopped onto her chair
Inside the pot on top of the table was the cancellation drug that she just mixed
”It's fine to just drink it like this?”
”Yes”
Taking the pot, Saito brought it to the tip of Louise's nose Louise grimaced from the smell
”Well then, Louise Drink this”