“L-Look, this is delicious too, so make sure you eat it!”
Eline has officially joined our tea party, and Lisette has been pushing sweets on her like crazy since then.
But isn’t she overdoing it a bit? There’s a mountain of sweets piled up in front of Eline.
“I-I’ll do my best! My sister gave them to me for my sake, after all!”
Eline, on the other hand, clenched her small fists and put in some extra effort with a “Hmph!”
I mean, even if they know each other’s feelings, this is too much of a misfire.
“Now, now, you two, calm down. There will be plenty of opportunities to enjoy tea together from now on… Oh.”
Crap. Come to think of it, I completely forgot about that thing.
“Lord Hal…?”
“No… Actually, it was officially decided in the talks with His Majesty Salomon that Princess Lisette will be studying abroad at the Royal Academy of the Dehauvalz Kingdom.”
““Eh!?””
Lisette and Eline raised their voices in surprise together.
“She’s only fourteen, so she’ll be entering the Royal Academy in a year, but until then, she’ll be coming with us when we return to get used to the culture of Dehauvalz…”
““………………….””
…Well, I guess that’s the face you’d make.
They finally learned each other’s feelings, and now they’re going to be separated. I’m regretting being a little too hasty.
“…The study abroad is, by order of His Majesty the King, isn’t it…?”
“W-Well… No. I proposed the study abroad…”
I couldn’t bear to see Lisette’s sad expression, so I couldn’t help but look down.
“T-That’s too much!”
Eline is practically crying as she pleads, not just on the verge of tears. My stomach hurts.
Ugh, come on. Now I look like the bad guy who’s separating them.
I could solve it by taking Eline with us, but taking two princesses at the same time would definitely not be approved…
Besides, since I was the one who brought up the study abroad, I understand that even if I withdraw it now, they won’t just say, “Oh, okay.”
That would be seen as making fun of the Capetien Kingdom.
“I didn’t expect things to turn out this way either… I-I’ll try talking to His Majesty Salomon again!”
““………………….””
I tried saying something comforting, but in the end, they remained silent.
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“Ah… I really screwed up.”
“It’s not Lord Hal’s fault. Rather, you negotiated that way thinking of Princess Lisette, so you should be more proud of yourself.”
Sandra gently comforted me as I returned to my room after parting with Lisette and the others, feeling down.
Yeah, the timing of this was really bad.
“In any case, I have to request another audience with His Majesty Salomon.”
“Indeed… But the negotiations will likely be difficult.”
“Yeah, I figured…”
Lisette studying abroad in the Dehauvalz Kingdom is beneficial to both countries.
It also aims to strengthen the friendly relationship between them, and it will lead to success for me this time.
Knowing that, King Salomon, as well as Minister Olson, will definitely try to make the study abroad happen if they find out about it…
“The best we can hope for is the treatment during the year leading up to the study abroad.”
“Yeah…”
As Sandra says, that’s probably all I can do.
Of course, I don’t intend to negotiate with that as a premise from the beginning, and I’m going to do my best to win the avoidance of studying abroad.
“Regarding that, we won’t know until we negotiate with His Majesty Salomon…”
I look at Caz, who is grooming herself on the bed.
“…It was good in the end, but you shouldn’t speak human language in a place like that.”
“I-I couldn’t help it! There was something I really wanted to tell Hal… Oh, I forgot!”
Upon my pointing that out, Caz seems to have remembered something.
But what is it that she wanted to tell me?
“W-Well, actually, while Hal and Monica were gone, two men came in without permission!”
“Two men!?”
“Yeah! And they put something in that drawer!”
I go to Caz, who is beckoning in front of the furniture after getting off the bed, and cautiously open the drawer.
“This, is…”
Inside was a glass vial filled with a purple liquid.
I know what this liquid is.
In the false accusation incident of attempted poisoning of the King in the Lisette scenario, it was the infamous key item that was presented as conclusive evidence that she was the culprit.
I don’t think I need to say it, but it’s the poison that was used at last night’s Banquet.
Jean will pin the crime of attempted assassination of King Salomon on Lisette, and in the ensuing chaos, he will divert attention and accelerate preparations for the coup d’état.
In EnHaza, the protagonists investigate this poison to clear Lisette’s name, and successfully track down its source.
And they learn about the mastermind behind the incident, Jean, the scenario boss, and the full extent of the coup d’état.
“Lord Hal.”
“Yes. It seems they were planning to frame me for the assassination of King Salomon.”
Probably, they’ll somehow cast suspicion on me as the culprit, and the plan is to discover the poison in this room during the investigation.
But seriously… Caz found it, but isn’t it a little sloppy?
If I were suspected and investigated, naturally we would check for anything suspicious, and if we found poison, we would definitely dispose of it.
Well, in any case.
“Caz, great job. It would be perfect if you could look at the faces of the people in the Royal Palace and tell me who sneaked into this room.”
“Hehe, leave it to me!”
I bump fists and forelegs with this small and reliable partner.
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