Vol 2 Chapter 8 (1/2)
Episode 8 Bell of Requiem
―And then the prince and the princess lived happily ever after Wonderful, really wonderful
wonderful
wonderful
The bell of requiem chimed in the royal capital of Caldia
Each person, young and old, hung their head down immersed in sadness Once in a while, they faced towards the royal palace, earnestly hoping for the soul they respected to be safely guided to heaven
Also, at the altar in front of the royal palace, many visitors here to offer their condolences fro line Each one carried a bouquet of flower and presented it
There are people who shed tears, people who silently closed their eyes, and people who sincerely prayed to their Gods They perform various kinds of actions, but they all carried the sa, sadness
“Seems it didn’t end like a fairy tale ―What a pity
Nevertheless, I hate this irritating situation My point is, what the hell is he doing? Next to the person who silently closed their eyes, that man recited various jumbled prayers such as, ‘O God Eon, I hope you accept this unclean soul to your side’ In the first place if there really was a graceful God in this world, this kind of tragedy wouldn’t have happened”
“Who knows? The only God that we have faith in is you, princess―solely Hiyuki-sama”
“…Uuh Come to think of it, in a sense, there are the same kinds of cults on our side too”
The girl see She wore a blackthe neckline Other than her, an older wo her―Or rather, they have a irl took the lead and the woman followed her thereafter
Both wore veiled hats which h it However, their whiteness and freshness, were entirely emitted from their ance and beauty completely unlike an ordinary person
“Nonetheless, now that the present situation has turned out like this, the clock of revolution that the foolish prince talked about will be e a few points in our plan”
“Shall we overthrow this country?”
The attendant expressed it trivially like choosing a s her shoulders and replied“Overthroill be an easy task But our policy is basically to reign not govern, isn’t it? When it comes down to it, in the distant future it would be very likely that this country would be snatched up by a neighboring country and I don’t really like things that arestolen from me If I can, I want to entrust this country to a useful and capable person”
“Was it a person like that prince?”
“Ah, that prince is no good If you want talk about capable people, then Guild Leader Collard is a hundred-tiuild leader carried his That prince didn’t notice that his own abilities didn’t s”
‘That’s why I told hiirl adds, then she suddenly stopped
In front of the pair, Sir Carlos, a black haired young man who quietly concealed hireeted them
“My! How surprisingly energetic you are”
Being told with that kind of speech first, the third prince of Aood that he could now s time
“…The only one who gave ave co about my mood so much”
“That’s because of your awful face―Well, it’s not quite different froinal―but that worn out face like you were at the point of death willword to you”
“…Oh dear, was inal face that awful?”
“There’s nothing in my memories other than your foolish s peoples’ bodies ―Ah sorry, for my discourtesy”
While shrugging her shoulders, Hiyuki sat down on the sofa opposite from Prince AshylTo each person’s back, as aaccordingly
Her words make Prince Ashyl’s smile wryer, but he suddenly realizes the costu, and perplexedly asked,
“Thatdress is for…?”
Usually, adress is a dress that’s worn by close relatives at a funeral service
“Ah, sorry if I did it arbitrarily However it’s my condolences for my ‘little sister’ since I was called ‘Onee-sama’ even if only for an instant; therefore excuseyou?”
Slowly loading with a flood of emotions, Prince Ashyl shook his head
“Absolutely not of course If Angelica heard that, I wonder how hted”
It was the first tielica’s name appeared, Hiyuki’s smile disappeared from her face
“That time was very unfortunate”
Simply no more than that It was your usual condolence words, but here dwelt her deep sympathetic expression for which many words isn’t sufficient
At her back, Mikoto deeply lowered her head, substituting for her lord
“No…It was all my responsibility It could have been prevented if I verified the guards…In any case, it’s because the criuys frouards!”
On his words which was like hi blood, Hiyuki knitted her eyebrows
“Was it an underhanded attack by the nobles behind the scenes?”
“…If that’s really true, then er would rise up even es 15-18 belonging to the youth party that supports our political movement There was nobody of behind it, it’s simply the motive of money”
“That’s really sad…”
“Even though they were in charge of guarding the inside of the villa, they said things like ‘You are royalty, aristocrats indulging the!’,‘This is justified retribution!’, and pillaging the villa’s belongings, and even uards outside noticed the uproar and arrested those guys, my sister already drank the poison to protect herself”
Hiyuki with a grave expression swung her head and remained silent
“Since for the royal family that kind of scandal can’t be opened to public, perhaps I had to say it was fortunate It was officially announced that…Angelica had gone to the resting villa at Fulvia Lake to perform medical treatment for her named illness, and at the villa her condition became critical”
“Helica, they got what they deserved, right?”
“…Well, they were judged infor to be executed in a few days…”
Those words erous look
“…that was surprisingly slow eh Why don’t you do the punishment instead?”
Hearing her words, Prince Ashyl silently hung his head down, bearing so, and soon rose his face with a er
“To be honest, I wouldn’t be satisfied even if I tore their limbs off!! So many times I wanted to hold my sword and settle it with elica won’t coues that blood isn’t washed by blood is ―”
“It’s fine even if revenge won’t produce anything At least your feelings will become a bit better”
Hearing that, Prince Ashyl bit his lips tight