It’s been tens of minutes since I wandered around the ballroom with the little boy who had missed the party.
“It’s strange.”
“Why, Kania?”
“I can’t see it.”
After many times that people mistook this lost kid for my hidden child, Kania, who reluctantly activates black magic once again, opens her mouth with a frown.
“If you’re around here, you’ll definitely see it… but you can’t see it for some reason.”
“Why don’t we expand the scope a bit?”
“It’s already fully expanded.”
The expression on her face, shaking her head, is slightly immersed in the depths of the water.
“Wherever you are, if you’re in the Empire, you can see a faint silhouette of it, but … surprisingly nothing at all.”
“then…”
“It seems that something has happened to the party.”
If what she says is true, that’s a pretty big deal.
Doesn’t that mean that the people who had been at this ballroom before suddenly disappeared?
No matter how you think about it, it’s not unusual.
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Maybe we need to strengthen our boundaries.
“If it isn’t, it could be that my mana is simply darkened.”
“What do you mean?”
“After all of my mana was turned into black magic, normal magic didn’t work well. It could be a side effect.”
“Umm…”
“If that’s not the case, the connection between this kid and the party may be weak. Since it’s not a higher level magic, the reasons can be quite varied.”
According to Kania, there could be quite a few reasons.
Whatever the case, I hope that the important event of the coronation ceremony will not be disrupted.
“By the way, the kid seems to have calmed down quite a bit… Why don’t you just ask the names of the party?”
“ah?”
“If you only know the names of the parties, you can check the list and identify their identities.”
Come to think of it, I was just carrying him around in order not to provoke the kid who was crying a lot until now.
But I couldn’t help it.
He looked terrified and just shook his head at our questions.
“……..”
Even though I’m trembling, seeing that the tears have stopped, I think it’s time to ask the question again.
“There’s a kid over there.”
With that thought in mind, I was about to ask the kid a question.
“I want to ask you something…”
“Do, thank you for your help.”
“…yes?”
Suddenly, the little boy bowed his head and thanked him, and he looked at him with an expression that he didn’t understand the English language.
“Oh, but… hey, now I’ll look for it myself…”
“Huh? Really?”
“Yes, yes. Please.”
“No, it’s just a request… But are you really okay? This place is very spacious.”
The boy scratched his head at the sudden change, made a determined expression on his own and clenched his fists.
“Me too… I want to be masculine and brave like you!”
“…like me?”
“I, I… I’ve been sick since I was born… and I’m scared… because my sister took care of me every day…”
Then the guy raised his claws and looked up at me with a voice as strong as possible.
“Yeah, but… I can’t live like that forever… Just like the hero said before, I hug the doll like a fool and cry…”
“Uh, uh.”
“It was too embarrassing for me to even think of! Hey, I’ll never do such a shameful fool!”
“I see.”
“Pooh, pooh… shhh.”
What was so ridiculous from behind, I covered Kania’s mouth and smirked, and I pinched Kania’s side again, and I answered with a small smile.
“The man said he’d try to solve the problem himself, but there’s nothing we can do about it.”
“Go, thank you…!”
“But, rather than looking for it blindly, it would be faster to tell the maid over there the name of the party. If you rest in the waiting room for a while, they’ll show up to find you soon.”
“Joe, thanks for the advice…!”
Then, the little boy bowed his head once more and ran to the maid I pointed to.
“Just in case you don’t know, we’ll see you in the waiting room again later, and we’re slowly…”
“Fuh.”
“Let’s do it in moderation, Kania.”
“Ah, ahhh…”
I muttered as I looked at the back of the guy, who somehow felt familiar, I began to walk, twisting Kania’s side, who was still smiling while glancing at me.
“Anyway, I’ll have to go soon.”
“Well, it must be a full-fledged start soon.”
The most anticipated and tense moment was approaching.
.
The eve of the coronation ceremony, when the new year of the empire rises.
A time for the nobles of interest and their children who will lead the empire in the future to gather and exchange various things.
Although this social church was advocating for such a purpose on the surface, a less peaceful purpose was creeping out behind it.
The cause was none other than the high-ranking nobles who attended the social church.
Of course, aristocrats who were converted under the influence of the old jujube, and families that did not show formality from the beginning also occupied a significant number of positions.
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Most of the corrupt nobility had already changed once, although a lot of pretentiousness and evil are rapidly disappearing by Clana and Frey, who will be crowned emperors tomorrow.
High-ranking nobles who prioritized traditions that had been passed down for hundreds of years, and the deep-seated perceptions of their children who received thorough aristocratic education, could not be eradicated at once.
Therefore, in the end, the social church of this time had to be influenced to some extent by that long tradition.
Time to distinguish between the flowers that are worth blooming and the nutrients that will be the fertilizer.
To put it in a little more vulgar terms, the low-key time of elegance, for which the word ‘shrinking’ is appropriate, has come again.
However, unlike in the past, when most of the nobles participated in the time, it was comforting that their number has significantly decreased now.
“Umm, how are you?”
“Ah, nice to meet you. I’m from the Marquis of Holind…”
Anyway, is it because the number has decreased a lot?
This time, it is the children who are not in the place of adults. It also started with a gathering of young children.
“These are the faces that most people know.”
“Yes, most of them are children of reputable families.”
“But there are quite a few faces I haven’t seen?”
“Well, I think it would be better to introduce yourself.”
He was invited to a social church for the first time, so he had a secret contempt and ridicule for young people who didn’t know anything and the low-ranking aristocrats.
“Oh, I… that’s…”
“Yes? Can’t you hear me well?”
“Can you speak a little louder?”
“Uh, uh…”
Although it looked quite childish and unsightly, it was a fairly effective strategy.
“I, I… the second daughter of the Isis Merchants…”
“The Merchants? Oh, it’s amazing.”
“You seem to be attending social churches these days, don’t you think?”
“I will… Fufu.”
There was nothing more effective in forming factions, colluding high-ranking powers, and conferring a sense of belonging.
Even more so now that the existence of a powerful faction that can control the empire has disappeared due to the disintegration of the two huge noble factions, led by Frey and Roswin.
“I’m sorry… I’m sorry…”
“No, I have nothing to be sorry about.”
“I’ll get up first…”
“I’m sorry. There were many stories I wanted to hear…”
And, in reality, things seemed to be going that way.
In an atmosphere of insignificant families, merchant families, and other forces, they looked at each other and began to move one by one.
“…There is a saying that we play with each other.”
“It’s a perfect fit for the current situation.”
As those who left their seats one by one gathered at a table in the distance, the high-ranking nobles quietly smiled and opened their mouths.
“Then the people who didn’t notice disappeared… Let’s talk slowly.”
“By the way, it’s the top of that. There’s a bit of friction with our family…”
“Ah, there’s a new chamomile tea I bought…”
A new gathering to replace the empty seat of a powerful faction was about to be reborn.
– Profit…
The door to the ballroom opened slowly.
“”………!””
The young girls, who looked to the place for a while while trying to flower the story, began to quietly sweat a cold sweat.
“Hey, why are they…?”
“Uh-huh?”
.
some time after that.
“…ah.”
Frey, who entered the social hall with Kania, was frozen in front of the door with blank eyes.
“Um, this is…”
The scenery that spreads out in front of him is a landscape that makes you sweat just by looking at it.
“”……..””
At the table to the right of the church president, for some reason, Serena and Roswin had a chilly expression on their faces.
“””……..””””
Aishi and Eurelia with hard expressions. The Horizon sisters and Miho are tilting their heads. Arianne with a blank expression on her face. Along with Aris, who was looking restless.
“”…….???””
Also, the young girls of the lower aristocratic families who were sandwiched between them were trembling with expressions that they did not understand or were thrilled with.
“Oh, uhm.”
I don’t know why, but beside the table, even Benaire was sitting in an immobile position with a lot of rigidity.
– Dumble Dumble…
And even the young girls of high-ranking noble families who are sitting together at the table on the left, looking down, trembling with terrified expressions.
“…it’s a total mess.”
Kania, who watched the whole situation carefully and gave such a critique, asked in a low voice.
“By the way, it’s an alternative. Which table will you go to…”
Frey, who was sweating profusely, hurriedly turned to the left and answered.
“Of all the drinks, I like green tea the most. The green tea on the left table looks delicious.”
“It’s chamomile tea.”
“Yeah, chamomile tea. My favorite is that…”
“But Young Master likes coffee… ugh.”
Even as Kania’s side twisted violently once again, chills were emitting from the table on the right in real time.
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