“Of course, it’s not like things will change immediately. For better or worse, it depends on how Prince Slay and the Divine Blessing Church act. There’s a possibility that nothing will happen at all.”
“…If that possibility were high, you wouldn’t have apologized to us, would you?”
“Well, yeah.”
Prince Lucas nodded with a self-deprecating smile.
“In the original plan, we were supposed to have Lecty treat Father in secret. I had coordinated with Prince Brute from the start. If Lecty’s treatment failed and Father died, we had agreed to avoid armed conflict until Father’s funeral was over, while the Knights Order and the national army maintained order. I did call out to Prince Slay, but he rejected it, saying, ‘I won’t be at your beck and call.’ So, I had Prince Brute move the army.”
“So that’s why Prince Brute was here…”
Lily nodded, looking convinced.
I had thought that Prince Brute had deployed the national army so that he could start a civil war immediately if His Majesty the King died. Apparently, that wasn’t the case; it was to keep Prince Slay in check.
“And if Lecty succeeded in the treatment, we were planning to handle this internally. We would have silenced Father and Chenser, and I wouldn’t have claimed any credit. That was the promise I made to get Prince Brute’s cooperation. The only people who were supposed to know the truth were those in that room.”
“So that’s why at that time…”
Prince Lucas’s grimace when he saw Prince Slay and Rosalie appear in the bedroom was because the plan had been thwarted.
“Your Highness was trying to be considerate of Lecty.”
“I heard from Alissa that she didn’t like to stand out, so I thought it was a good idea. It was also more convenient for negotiating with Prince Brute. Well, it’s all ruined now.”
“If Lecty had treated His Majesty the King alone, it could have been handled internally, right…? But because she treated him with the Holy Maiden of the Divine Blessing Church, in this case…”
“We can’t hide Lecty’s existence anymore. We’ll have to make it public… If we give all the credit to the Holy Maiden, the Kingdom of Reese will be indebted to the Divine Blessing Church.”
“So, everyone will know about Lecty’s power of the
The
In reality, Lecty’s Skill hasn’t been that much of a focus since then. Although the rumors have spread enough to reach the princes, most people who heard about the
Even if it’s the
What would happen if it were made public that she had cured the illness of His Majesty the King, who had been given a terminal diagnosis?
“It’s going to be a huge commotion… People might come in droves wanting to be healed.”
“I wonder… If His Majesty the King was treated, wouldn’t people think they could be too…?”
Nobles aside, it’s a pipe dream for commoners.
If Lecty and her
To the public, Lecty is a mysterious figure shrouded in a veil, and they wouldn’t think of relying on her unless the situation was dire.
Rather, if the public were to flock to anyone, it wouldn’t be Lecty, but…
“I agree with Hugh’s idea. At least for Lecty, the Royal Academy will act as a wall, and I don’t think she’ll be forced to treat the public. The nobles will ask, but if it gets out of hand, we can think of appropriate countermeasures. The real problem is the Divine Blessing Church. If the public relies on anyone, it will be the Church’s Holy Maiden, not Lecty.”
“But the Church’s Holy Maiden doesn’t have the power to heal illnesses…”
“That’s right. That’s the problem. It was probably a miscalculation on the part of the Divine Blessing Church as well. They probably didn’t expect His Majesty the King to actually recover.”
“So, they deliberately came to get their faces smeared with mud…?”
“If so, their goal might be to curry favor with Prince Slay… If the Kingdom of Reese were to have a civil war, the Divine Blessing Church wouldn’t be able to stay out of it, so they might be trying to gain influence in Prince Slay’s camp…?”
“Or, they might have been planning to use Prince Slay as a pawn to get in good with me and Prince Brute. No matter how the civil war turned out, the Divine Blessing Church would have played it well.”
“…But there was no civil war. Could it be that Lecty being scouted by Cardinal Malicious earlier was because His Majesty the King recovered unexpectedly…?”
“The more people Lecty saves from illness, just like she did with Father, the more the Divine Blessing Church’s prestige will rise. I think Hugh’s assessment is correct.”
“…So, now that things have come to this, the Divine Blessing Church wants to get their hands on Lecty. That means her life might be in danger. Is that what you’re saying…?”
“To put it simply, yes.”
Prince Lucas nodded at Lily’s summary. This is… could it be that things have become quite troublesome…?
“Well, as I said earlier, it all depends on how Prince Slay and the Divine Blessing Church act, for better or worse. Everything we’ve discussed so far is just speculation. It’s unknown how the Divine Blessing Church will actually move.”
“…But it wouldn’t hurt to prepare, right?”
“Well, yeah. So let’s think of countermeasures now.”
After that, we predicted various moves by the Kingdom of Reese, the nobles, Prince Slay, and the Divine Blessing Church, and considered countermeasures for each. It would be best if it all turned out to be unnecessary, but… that’s wishful thinking.