The bad ending of an Otome game MTL - Chapter (82)
Episode 82
Alston understood Laertes’ choice.
Of course, the royal family would make a conservative choice. You don’t want to over-inflate things.
Half a year has passed since the rumors circulated that the king was unwell. It has been a long time since the king has not appeared in public.
Doesn’t Archduke Franz openly build friendships with the nobles, or does the queen take all the princes and princesses to the Debut Tangte ball?
First of all, this is the year Princess Alois officially debuted in the social world. Even if something unpleasant happened at the same time, it was not easy to put it in my mouth.
No, rather, you could have been forced to remain silent about what you were saying.
If Laertes was the king’s favourite, he could have acted more bluntly, but now the situation is different.
There is said to be a prince, but he is only eight years old. If the queen was from the capital’s great aristocratic family, her mother’s family would have been a great help, but she is the princess of the principality from which she married.
Archduke Franz is not ambitious, but gentle-hearted, so if he claimed to be the little prince’s guardian, everything would be easier, but he didn’t seem to have any intention of doing that.
The queen was desperate to seduce the nobles by using the young prince and princess’s betrothed position as a bait.
But everyone was just watching the event. The queen had a cause, but no real power.
“This is Won, I thought that I would be comfortable when I returned to the capital, but that’s not the case.”
“Is that so scary?”
“It’s terrifying, the most terrifying time was when I was taking turns taking turns without day or night. Still, I knew who the enemy was then. what now… … .”
“Sir Alston, I would like to ask an honest question.”
“Yes? Ask anything. What between us… … .”
“How likely do you think a civil war is?”
Alston’s face hardened. It was a dangerous word. civil war. If it was someone other than Laertes who brought those words out, and if it was outside, it was enough to consider a summary punishment.
But it wasn’t long before Alston regained his composure.
“…… The previous king trusted Archduke Franz too much. If the prince had been at least five years older, it would have been better than it is now. if not…….”
The Knights of Glamis, led by Laertes, swear an oath of allegiance to the little prince. In that case, no matter how high the lord, Archduke Franz, he would not have the courage to overthrow the royal family that was in control of the capital and surrounding military powers.
However, there must be a reason Laertes does not have to choose that method.
It is also true that the king who offered the sword first has not yet died, so it is also a situation in which no one can force you to serve the two masters.
“Unless you want to turn all the nobles in the country into enemies…… Doesn’t the social media season come before anything else? There has to be some under-the-scenes negotiations with each other. Right now, His Majesty the King has not yet passed away.”
Laertes said sarcastically.
“okay. Everyone is watching.”
The king’s health was the most secret information of the royal family. Internally and externally, the king is only in a state of being unable to welcome people because he is unwell.
Everyone assumed that the king wouldn’t last long, but they all had different opinions about when that would be.
Laertes said calmly.
“If I swear allegiance to His Majesty the Prince, immediately we will turn our swords and go to slay Archduke Franz.”
“…….”
Alston shut his mouth. Templars are good-natured knights, but after all, they are swords that their master wields as he pleases.
The queen cannot explicitly command the knights. But it was different after he swore allegiance to the little prince.
I will use all kinds of excuses to make Archduke Franz a traitor.
Archduke Franz was in a similar situation because he would not keep his young nephew alive after usurping the throne with some excuse.
If there was a will to the throne, anyone had to set up multiple camps.
“Arch Franz will have to choose. If there is no crime, I will ask you to come up to the capital and be investigated, but everyone knows that it is an excuse. Should I rebel by raking in the enlisted men even now, or will I surrender and save Gasol? And, as usual, those who seek the throne will choose the former. Even if we say it is the best sword in the kingdom, if we wield it a lot, teeth will come out and rust. The resourcefulness of Archduke Franz is not to be underestimated.”
I would win. However, the sacrifice of the Knights of Glamis would be beyond words.
This was the reason Laertes was not firmly on the side of the queen, keeping her neutral rather than narrowly neutral even in such a situation.
In any case, Archduke Franz has not yet acted.
However, he could not take the side of Archduke Franz. The owner of the Knights of Glamis is the current king. The rightful heir was the little prince.
Perhaps Archduke Franz is trying to figure out a way to get rid of the little prince somehow ‘without suspicion’.
“Either way is a dilemma. Anyway, the succession battle is always going on.”
“My dearest fear is the bleeding.”
“If it was normal, I would pass it on as if it was just a socialite news, but, oh my, this year, it’s hard to pass on every little news, so my goal hurts.”
Alston said with a sigh.
“What are you talking about in the newspaper right now? Even the deputy chief said, ‘Lord Laertes’ iron wall that even the cold wind on the border could not break. Because a lily that bloomed like a miracle has a catchphrase like ‘Destroying a marquise and a hero’.”
“…….”
“’The three surprises of this debut Tangte ball are a silver lily and a purple lily, and a black tulip that withered alone in the middle.’”
When Laertes, who was quiet but not agitated, did not look good, Alston secretly looked into his eyes.
The silver lily is Lady Elodie, who has successfully debuted, the purple lily is the princess Aloisia, who has a noble color (birth) but never received any attention, and the black tulip is absent from the following day after dancing only on the first day. It meant a lady Emilia.
I didn’t know if they were called black tulips because of their hair color, or if they were called that way in the sense of ominous.
Everyone knows that black flowers are almost extremely rare in nature.
Tulips come in almost four colors: red, purple, white, yellow, and each has a different flower language. However, if you add a bad modifier and say that it is a black tulip, the intention is not good.
Anyway, it was the same thing that stood up to Lady Elodie. Isn’t it called a silver lily alone?
Even the princess said, ‘What do you do with purple? It’s a lily.’ I get ridiculed like that.
Even so, Laertes’ appearance is strange… … .
“…… Did you deliver the gift you bought with my advice last time?”
I don’t think it’s Elodie. Alston glanced at Laertes. Laertes was silent.
“…… no. I didn’t get a chance.”
“Did you say no?”
“No, I haven’t met you.”
It’s not really Elodie. Alston put a wedge in my own doubts.
So who are you? May the princess… … would not be So what about black tulips?
I was concerned about Laertis’s face, which looked strangely dead.
In the first place, why not stay with the same marquisist? Giving Elodie something is a breeze. But pretending to be dead just because I didn’t have the chance to meet you… … It’s a separate story.
“It’s socializing season…… It’s when the ladies are so busy that they don’t even open their eyes.”
“I will visit again.”
“Yes…….”
Has Laertes ever had this attitude toward a woman?
Of course, from a young age, he had to go through all kinds of hardships outside, and whenever he returned to the capital, he brought gifts.
However, there was hardly any particular enthusiasm or regret for something as it is now.
It is true that things are complicated now in many ways, but Alston still wanted to support the vice-president’s love affairs.
“…… What if you avoid me?”
Seriously. I’m really serious. The underworld Laertes Hope is speaking without confidence about what it would be like if the opponent avoided him.
Alston could be confident that the young members of the Knights Templar, who worship Laertis as a god, would lie down when they saw this scene, saying that they each saw something in vain.
Laertes Hope, who was very good-looking, talented, and had no flaws in his personality, was like a sword to women.
Would I have acted like this if I had read only one line of each of the books I had written on firewood?
“I really hate the vice-captain… … I can’t do it, but if that’s the case, I won’t be able to support you either… … If it’s not like that, shouldn’t we bump into it?”
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