“…His Majesty Salomon wishes to meet with Prince Harold.”
“Ehhh…”
I couldn’t help but let out a strange noise, as I had a bad feeling about this.
I mean… wanting to meet me the day after yesterday, he’s definitely planning to drag me into something troublesome, right?
“What would you like to do?”
“Haa… Alright, I’ll go. Princess Lisette and Sandra, please continue enjoying your tea.”
“Ah, okay…”
“………………….”
I reluctantly stood up, resigned, and parted ways with the two who looked worried, heading towards the throne room where King Salomon awaited.
On the way there.
“That’s…”
“Princess Paula, isn’t it?”
Seeing Queen Paula emerge from the throne room, we instinctively hid ourselves.
But, I guess… yesterday’s incident and the trouble with Queen Paula, who tried to falsely accuse Lisette, are related. How annoying.
“Haa… It looks like Princess Paula has left, so I’ll go meet with His Majesty Salomon for now.”
“Farewell. I will wait here.”
Seeing Monica off with a respectful bow, I arrived in front of the throne room, where one of the chamberlains who had been waiting guided me inside.
“Prince Harold, I apologize.”
“Not at all, so… what is it that you wished to speak about?”
“Hmm…”
King Salomon’s business was, as expected, about the incident involving Lisette and Queen Paula.
Apparently, Queen Paula was extremely dissatisfied with me siding with Lisette, and even if she wanted to distance herself from her, she couldn’t use her authority as queen against a Goodwill Ambassador from another country.
So, she asked King Salomon to persuade me, or so it seems. Seriously, how annoying.
“…I apologize, but regardless of my position as the Goodwill Ambassador of the Dehauvalz Kingdom, I wish to remain friends with Princess Lisette.”
“I understand. I am not thinking of tearing the two of you apart. But…”
King Salomon pressed his temples and shook his head.
From his expression, it seemed like there were some circumstances.
“…It is shameful to speak of such things to you, an envoy from another country, but…”
After such a preface, King Salomon began to speak.
Lisette was not actually the daughter Queen Paula had given birth to, but a child born to another woman.
That woman, her real mother, had passed away shortly after giving birth due to an illness of unknown cause.
He had originally intended to welcome that woman as his second queen.
“…I know I am doing something terrible to Lisette. I have been considerate of Paula, and even though I know she is having a hard time, I have done nothing.”
“………………….”
I simply stared silently at King Salomon, who confessed with a bitter expression.
But, well… my honest feeling was that it was none of my business.
Even if I heard such a story, it wouldn’t improve Lisette’s treatment, and Queen Paula would continue to harass her relentlessly.
I just didn’t know there were such behind-the-scenes circumstances in Lisette’s Scenario in EnHaza.
“So… what is it that His Majesty Salomon wishes to do?”
“…I don’t know.”
Haa… here it is.
Being so considerate of Queen Paula must mean that the relationship with Lisette’s mother was not very good publicly.
Whether it was due to a difference in status, someone inconvenient for the royal family, or someone who had a conflict with Queen Paula in the past, I don’t know.
However, King Salomon feels indebted to Queen Paula while also feeling indebted to Lisette.
He arbitrarily prioritizes things to suit himself and chooses to let Lisette suffer.
In that case.
“His Majesty Salomon, if that is the case, I have a good solution.”
“Hmm, what is it?”
At my words, King Salomon raised his face sharply.
He really is a calculating middle-aged man.
“It’s simple. Just get Princess Lisette out of this Capetien Kingdom.”
“What do you mean?”
“In our country, there is a prestigious educational institution called the Royal Academy, where royalty and nobles from other countries also study. I believe His Majesty is aware of this.”
Well, in short, I decided to arrange for Lisette to definitely study at the Royal Academy, just like in the EnHaza Scenario.
This way, it can be promoted as a sign of friendship between Dehauvalz and Capetien, and it will also be to the credit of me, the Goodwill Ambassador.
Besides, Queen Paula can get rid of the annoying Lisette, and Lisette can leave these awful people and shine as the heroine of EnHaza. Huh? Is this killing several birds with one stone?
“I see, I see…”
“However, enrollment in the Royal Academy is only possible after the age of fifteen, so if it’s alright with you, as a way for her to get used to the culture of the Dehauvalz Kingdom until then, how about she comes with us when we return to the Dehauvalz Kingdom?”
“………………….”
“What do you think?”
King Salomon stroked his beard while pondering.
But, as far as I can see, he seems interested.
“Hmph… I understand.”
“Then…?”
“Yes. I will leave Lisette to you, Prince Harold. I’m counting on you.”
King Salomon bowed deeply to me, who was just a fourteen-year-old boy, albeit a Goodwill Ambassador.
It was not as a great king, but as a father worried about his daughter, or so it seemed…
“It makes me want to vomit.”
That was all I could think.
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