Another Country
Early in the morning
A letter was delivered to me
"Shelma’s sealing wax…?"
The letter from Shelma itself is not unusual
This is the center of the west side of the continent
Shelma is neither far nor near.
I broke the wax and looked at the letter.
"This is… gather the ministers immediately!"
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"King, what does Shelma say?"
"......"
"How's it going?"
Before I get into the details, I'll tell the ministers.
"Everyone, anyone who attempts to raise an army without permission will be punished. Even if they are members of the royal family."
"Is that what it’s about?"
"It seems that a full-scale battle is taking place in the Shelma Kingdom."
"Is it a civil war?"
"If you believe this letter. It's a great uprising by four princes."
The problem is the content of the request for cooperation in the chaos.
"The sender is Daviz, the fourth prince."
"Prince Daviz?"
"Born from a concubine?"
"A person like that sent a letter with royal sealing wax?"
"I want everyone to see this."
I showed the ministers the letter.
"This is… certainly the emblem of Shelma…"
"King, I wish you would have realized this before you broke it."
"I'll admit that I was careless about that, but you can see it in that state."
"Yeah"
"It's an elaborate fake."
That's right
Elaborate.
It's so elaborate that it's almost laughable... it's a fake.
At this point, I start to think that this fake seal is real.
"What do you all think?"
"Even if you ask..."
"Honestly, I don’t want to get involved."
"If Prince Daviz can win, we can use false marks to deceive him…"
Is now the right time?
"Actually, I've been hiding something from everyone."
Saying that, I place a letter and a neatly cut wax seal on the desk.
"That seal!"
"Nonsense! It's Marguerite's!"
I already know the contents of the letter.
"The letter states that the Kingdom of Marguerite has been restored."
"…Is that all?"
"No, it suggests the possibility of a fight with Shelma."
"Do they want us to cooperate?"
"We can't do that, right?"
"Of course not. If we do that, our neighbors will attack us!"
That's what it would normally say.
But it's different
"No, it says no intervention is required."
"No way..."
"There's no way they can win."
If we listen to Prince Daviz's wishes here, we will become an enemy of Marguerite.
Shelma is a powerful western nation
But now...
"The current Shelma is divided into four parts."
"King, I advise you to stay on the sidelines."
There's still not enough information to say it's the best.
"I'm going to unleash the spies."
"For Shelma?"
"No, in the Kingdom of Marguerite."
Rebuilding a country that has become a land of sand
What basis do they have for this confidence?
I need to find out
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