36 Lesson 36: Father and Daughter, King and Princess (2/2)
I don't know why it's bouldering. Why did you talk to me?
”Bullshit! You couldn't even educate Loc with me. It's hard to tell you to do the king! Think of all my hard work that will stop me from getting my head up on Grants!
”I don't know. Is that so!? And what?!? What's that misleading way of saying it!
”What a misunderstanding! I thought you said if you were going to fall in love for a long time, you'd be a girl!
... I said... I did say it!
”No, hey, uh, no”
”What?”
”That's not how I relate to Uffi!
What are they misunderstanding, Father!?
”... Uphilia?
”... ha. Well, I'm prepared to dedicate my life. I was wondering if it would be different if you said so.”
I say with a troubled look on her face somewhere, with Ufiria putting her hand on her cheek. Then Father opened his eyes.
”What is it!?... or do you keep making me mistake! You stupid girl!
”There are elements that piss me off right now!?... There you are!!”
If you say that from time to time, you certainly can't help but think so! Yeah!
Then my mother, who had remained silent until now, threw a quiet inquiry at me.
”... so, anise. What about it, actually?
”Yes, Mother?
”Leaving aside your perceptions, it just seems to me that Yuffi came to you to marry you.”
……………………
No, wait, wait. Hot as a fire on my face all at once. Cover your face and squat.
That's what I see, I see it!? No, I see it... I see it!?
”There's no precedent in the law for marriage on the same sex. But this isn't a de facto dowry? Anis.”
”No, come on, Mother”
”What are you waiting for? Indeed, as a queen, let us say that it is the muscle that will allow you to fulfill your spiritual covenant and use magic before you are able to speak of the throne. But I see that Uphilia has the qualities to make up for it. Honestly, I even think it's a good idea to make up your mind.”
”Wow, my feelings.”
”You don't want to be king, do you?
I shut my mouth unexpectedly to inquire in my mother's tender voice.
... I don't want to be. Because that's the same heart after all.
”It is a bold hand to welcome Uphilia to my royal family for this reason, but even as an individual if it can be used as a shield for legitimacy. It's not painful to take Uphilia away from the Duke of Magenta for that... that's why I'm asking how you feel.”
”Duh, why?”
”You said you'd make Uphilia happy, didn't you?
”That's... I told you,”
”Uphilia says she'll be happy to be next to you, even if she's cut off from her family, right? Whatever your thoughts, are you prepared to reward them? Annis, you know the weight of becoming king better than anyone.”
”... it is, though”
”If your feelings are not for Uphilia, if Uphilia is going to be royal, I must advise her to make a fiancée. Whether you're king or Yuffi is king, the inheritance problem hasn't been solved.”
To Uffi, my fiancée? Again? Yes, the inheritance problem hasn't been solved whether I am or Ufi.
... it is.
”I don't like it.”
”... Dear Anis”
”Uffi suffered scattered. I decided to protect Yuffi from the burden of being hurt. If it's someone Yufi chooses for herself, it's good if that's a good person. But if not, I won't allow it. That's the atonement that the royal family has made to Uffi, and I don't want Uffi to think that without making amends.”
”Well, that's no problem.”
My mother speaks up softly.... That, I don't know, this unpleasant feeling.
”If you set a precedent for Yuffi entering the royal family, you will also be able to take your prospective children as adoptive children. The premise of a spiritual covenant will be necessary, but it will be a challenge for you to work out. If you can't accomplish that, you'll have to turn to them and give birth to an heir.”
”... Mother”
”Or if you're just going to let me retire... maybe I'll try my best too. It would be desirable if he were my brother.”
”Yes!?”
”Say what, Sylphine!?”
My father's barbaric voice overlapped. Does that mean your mother's gonna have a baby now? No, no, 'cause even your mother's getting pretty old, and you don't know if you can do it, do you? It's also a question of whether you can give it to me safely and have it!?
”Orphans, brace your belly. Sure, I'm old too, but now I have anispheres. I will also be able to find ways to withstand childbirth.”
”No, it is, but”
”What do you do with all the burden on your children! The first step is for parents to fulfil their responsibilities as parents. We miseducated our children. If the parents don't take the blame, who will!
My mother drank it and my father was sad enough to flaunt my shoulder. No, I do look if they tell me to find a way...!
”If I could set up another son, I would also have a proposal to make Anis or Yufi king of the inner connection. It's time to prepare the means, Orphans. Or will you have a concubine now?
”... I don't intend to”
”If so, please do your part. I was also clouded by the cuteness of my child when I realized that my eyes had not yet been clouded.”
My father looks sinister at my mother's words. Well, Father loves Mother. If you say you don't like being called concubine now, I don't know how you feel...
”It won't be too late for Uphilia to be king after all his hands have been put out. It's not like I want to take my child away from my parents. That's good, Grants!
”Ha, as the queen pleases.”
”Matthew, you too! I'll be working for the Kingsguard Knights from now on. Don't let me tell you I'm a dull castle worker.”
”Ha!”
Matthew, known as the Knights of Sprout, stretches his spine.
The air on the field was taken to my mother at once. So confused, my mother takes her seat and walks up to me.
”Parents travel before their children. I thought you guys would be left... but there seems to be a lot left to do. It's not going to be easy to hide.”
”... Mother”
”If that's what you raised, your parents take responsibility for it.... but Anisphere. You are responsible too. That's a responsibility you have to fulfil before you can be royal. And the first thing I should have done to you as a parent.”
”... what would that be?
”Be happy,” he said. That's what I'm gonna teach you. We are a royalty, a symbol, and we cannot escape being bound. We did teach you to admonish, but we didn't bother to teach you because we thought you were made of nature. We don't live to be tied up, we live to grasp happiness in our hands. ”
My mother's hands wrap my cheeks. My mother has a pale grin that seeps through her regrets.
That's... I'm sure it's not just me, it's what you wanted to tell Al.
”You loved us. I really didn't know you cared that much. Because I thought it was vegan. You're a liar, but you were never a tough kid. No, I'm sure she was the one who had to put her hands on it.”
”Such a thing...”
'Cause I've been a childless kid since I had memories of my previous life, Brad.
He could certainly have been an overdone kid. Because you can't do magic, think about giving the throne to Al, and behave like that.
”You were not a child to be tied to. You just looked free and made it look that way in your forgiveness.”
”No, it was vegan too...”
”Then our eyes would have been cloudy not realizing the kindness of caring for others. You've lived like that for the people, for us, for Algard. It's too tragic to tie you up like this.”
You don't have to think of it that way. I was free enough to do it, and I didn't think I was unhappy. Sure, I've thought of it as cramped, because that's normal as royalty.
But there are no objections. Are you not sure you can tell me well, or did I, really, just want you to say that and admit it?... 'Cause can you say you're sweet? I don't think so, normal. Because being nice to others was normal.
”So look a little further in the face of Uphilia.... you seem blunt to other people's feelings and your feelings?
My mother's words whispered so in my ear, and the fever on my cheek, which was about to cool down again, soared.
Face Uffi. Well, I wonder what that means to face it. Making me think about what that means again, I was unintentionally stunned.