85 Another Story: Abandoned Princes and Wolf Girls 07 (1/2)

Clive brews tea before he starts talking and puts it in front of the acrylic. Then I sit in the seat across the street myself, sitting in a good position.

”First, what should I tell you from? Shall we speak from Algard's point of view?”

”Al's position?

”Yes, Master Algardo's real name is Algardo Bona Palettia. He was a prince of this country.”

”... Al is the prince. Is that the king's child?

”Yes, you're right”

The fact that Algardo is a prince. Acrylics could take that without much surprise. Still, I blink my eyes a few times to see if the reaction will come on the table if it is spoken again.

”The future was also said to be the next king...... have you heard anything from Master Algard?

”Al says he's a sinner...”

Acrylic squeaks remembering the words Al used to say.

Clive nodded back as he exhaled deeply into the acrylic grunt.

”Yes, Master Algard has sinned. Because of that sin, he was no longer recognized as the next king. Does Miss Acrylic know how big that is?

”I was the next chief of this country, but I couldn't be.... Has Al committed such a great sin?

Acrylics still have a faint sense of the size of a country. Because I think in tune with my common sense. Still, when they say they can't be the next leader, and even more so, they say it's sinful enough to keep them from going out in the halls of the border lands, they swallow it.

How the hell did Algard end up committing such a sin? Acrylic wonders if that also involves his sister, whose heart Algard was disturbing.

Clive exhales heavily into the acrylic inquiry before slowly continuing the conversation.

”Master Algard's sin was to take control of this country as his own.”

”... domination?

”Yes, the king, his own father, his wife, the queen, nobles and civilians alike.”

”... Al did that?

I can't imagine at all, Acrylic shook his head left or right. From the impression I've felt so far, I don't think Al would think about that.

But I don't think Clive is lying. Even if it's hard for Acrylic to believe, I feel like that's what really happened.

”I dyed my hands of evil law and I was about to plunge the country into chaos. And Algard disqualified himself from being the next king, and was banished to the land.”

……

”... that's a very incredible face. But it's true.”

”Why did Al do that...?

I understand the sins Algard committed. The next thing I care about acrylics is motive. What did Algard think, dyed his hands to the evil law and tried to rule the country?

Once in acrylic inquiry, Clive stops talking and grabs a cup of tea. Take a sip to moisturize your thirst and the cup is put back on top of the saucer without sound.

”Master Algard had a sister.”

”Sister......”

”Yes.... by the way, did Miss Acrylic know that this country says magic has flourished?

”Yeah. Al told me.”

The Kingdom of Palletia is a country where magic is developed. Magic is also deeply involved in its formation, and the nobles use the magical powers inherited from their ancestors for the sake of the people and for the sake of the country. That's why we reign in a privileged class called aristocracy.

And it is the royalty that stands on it. A clan that unites this country, starting with the first king who founded the Kingdom of Palletia.

”In this country, magic can be used, but the more skillful magic is, the more it has been regarded as symbolic of power.”

”... So Al's sister was an excellent wizard or something?

Outstanding sister. And in a country where magic is supposedly expensive to use, Acrylic thought that nature and Algardo's sister might excel as a wizard.

But Clive smiles bitterly and shakes his neck left and right to deny the idea of acrylic.

”No, vice versa. Master Algard's sister, you couldn't use magic at all.”

”Huh...?

”That must be why. That's why Algard-sama's sister showed her a talent that could be described as heterogeneous.”

”Heterogeneous......?

”Master Algard's sister, Master Anisphere Wynn Palettia, has made it possible to reproduce magic in the form of” tools ”, even if it is not noble.”

”As a tool...?

Anisphere. Acrylic leaned his neck strangely while remembering that was Algard's sister's name.

When they call magic a reproduction in the form of a tool, it honestly doesn't come to pass.

”Simply put, we have been able to reproduce magic with tools that only royalty and nobility can use. Even if you're a civilian, you can use magic with tools developed by Anisphere.”

”... that's amazing”

Acrylics cannot use “magic”. For Ricant, magic was a distant thing. That's because we couldn't handle ourselves.

That's why I can only be surprised. Acrylic nods when he also knows very well that Algard said he was an excellent sister to the point of becoming.