We camped along the way for one night and arrived at the royal capital on the next day before the sun sets.
Her Highness Princess Remia had lost nearly half of her snacks which were given by us on our way back.
Yes, 『The game won't be fun unless you are all out. I will get angry if you girls are trying to lose on purpose, you know?』 said the princess with her eyes that were not laughing at all and hence, the court ladies and maids were all out with their matches.
The girls who had already understand the princess's temperament well knew that it was the correct answer.
The court ladies and maids who came with the princess are not fools. Even to the maids, they are in fact the daughter from high-ranked n.o.ble households. Not just their social standing, but they are also talented and highly educated people as well. Yes, in the unlikely event that there's a need to protect the princess alone, they could easily escape to a friendly kingdom together.
And the game isn't just about what's good or bad, nor for determining one's own strength.
One's guts, bluffs, foulness, and luck.
Yes, there are some parts of the girls that Her Highness Princess hasn't known yet.
(Remia) 「Gunununununu……!」
It's regrettable for the princess but, it would not be interesting if she was the strongest and always winning. In this case, she should rejoice that she's blessed with worthy opponents.
When I said so, I immediately felt in a good mood.
(Remia) 「Certainly, there's a way like that, I see…」
As expected from Her Highness Princess Remia. She can understand quickly.
Finally, the captured people were carried over to the royal palace dungeon so as not to be found, and the platoons who had done the a.s.sault were also quarantined in a certain place of the royal palace until the cleanup was over. It was done so as not to be spotted by those who knows the situation and inviting a suspicion.
After that, everyone quickly moved the soldiers who were involved with the a.s.sault and the conspirators that had been investigated and tortured in the carriages along our way back home.
It will soon be known that the people from Ministry of Military Affairs and some top officials could not be seen. Hence, they quickly and secretly called the imperial guards, soldiers, and the highly trusted military officials, explained the situation to them, and apprehended all of the captured people simultaneously.
If you crush its head, the rest will be in shambles.
Among the top officials' subordinates, those who knew the act of rebellion against the princess and obeyed the rebels' commands were also captured. Some of them may have been forced to follow but, that will be for a later story. For the time being, all of the people who poses a high risk will be secured.
In actuality, there were not that many prisoners.
If there were a lot of rebels, it would be difficult to handle.
By working in minority, they could bite a lot more. That was perhaps their true intention.
Besides, even if it's a 『Rebellion』, That does not mean that they were thinking of killing Her Highness Princess nor doing an armed revolt. If they do such a thing, most of the n.o.bles, the military officers, and the people will turn against them, and they cannot claim the kingdom as theirs. In conclusion, there cannot be that many rebels in one group.
At best, after weakening Her Highness Princess' authority by pretending to be loyal and distracting her a little bit, they had only been currying favour with His Highness Prince who is not yet involved in the management of the kingdom due to the fact that he is still young. They were probably thinking of using the prince while being his supporter after he inherits the throne from the late king.
However, as it is now, even if His Majesty has demised, they cannot conduct their deeds freely as the one who takes the baton of command now is the skilled Her Highness Princess. Therefore, they were trying to make a big lost for the princess, while also taking the new weapon manufacturing method, the princess from the neighboring kingdom and the Princess Shrine Maiden.
They were probably thinking that after that platoon secures the new weapon and prisoners of war, those from the Ministry of Military Affairs will attack and kill all the perpetrators so to close their mouths, getting a feat for saving the Princess Shrine Maiden and the others, the new weapon will be missing but turns out it's being ma.s.s product secretly in their own territory, and such….
Well, it's not something that can be made that simple but, it can't be helped if they don't know it yet.
And, there's nothing can be done for the people who are behind the scenes as they are keeping a perfect control to not conduct anything that will invite a large amount of witnesses and evidences that is similar to declaring a war against other kingdom, in other words flagrante delicto, that is a revolt against the royalty. However in truth, that is the perfect chance for Her Highness Princess Remia and her supporters.
Well, if it was true, it would be a situation where the other kingdom could overwhelm and leave their kingdom into a politically difficult position.
It was fortunate for the Dalisson Kingdom that this delegation had originally intended to solidify the position of Her Highness Princess, and that the leader was Earl Covemainne, who emphasized the relations.h.i.+p between the two kingdoms, and also a great influence from me as well.
Truly, it can be said that it was a lucky situation which they hadn't think something like this would happen.
At the end of giving the orders for the capture, Her Highness Princess has decided to complete the first stage quickly. The rest of things such as investigation and the others can be continued slowly.
We didn't need to be there for a long time so after checking Her Highness Princess' room, the veranda, and the roof appearance for a while, we immediately take our free time-….
(Remia) 「Now now, don't say like that!」
-and were detained by the princess.
Well, because it's getting dark, it's no wonder that the princess, who doesn't know about Big Lorry, restrained us. I also have decided to be in her care for only one night as I'm reluctant to travel on a not-yet paved road in the dark night.
Indeed, Her Highness Princess is also tired from the 3 nights and 4 days trip. As it would perhaps be a problem if she gets absorbed in her pleasure while her subordinates doing their work up until midnight, we were also having a very serious talk while eating our dinner and went straight to bed soon after. Perhaps, the princess will be busy with many reports from each department tomorrow.
(Mitsuha) 「Now then, as we now have time to spare, we-…」
The next day, after having breakfast with Her Highness Princess, I announced for sure this time that we will be leaving.
(Remia) 「Now now, don't say like that!」
But we are currently stuck with her!
(Remia) 「Won't it be fine to stay for a few more days? There are things I would like to talk about…
KEKEKEH!」
You can't be seriousss~~!!!
And a few hours later, we were safely get in the Big Lorry and went our way to the next destination. As the main unit had been advancing for these past two days while we were at the royal capital, we have not yet reach the stage where we could overtake the main unit.
At that time, we were desperately trying to resist the strong, the overwhelmingly strong demand from Her Highness Princess Remia, that is to stay in the royal capital for a while.
What do you mean by sad? You should be present at the end of the failed coup d'état! More than that, you are the princess from another kingdom that wanted to use us and attacked us, you know!
And I unwillingly had to use my last resort.
(Mitsuha) 「I'll leave it to you, Sabine-chan!」
(Sabine) 「Leave it to me, neesama!」
Yes, it's that.
(Mitsuha) 「Well then, we will bet the right to decide whether we leave immediately or stay for a while with one Oth.e.l.lo match. Begin!」
We were only playing cards when we traveled to the outside world but, on our return trip, we did Shogi and Oth.e.l.lo matches.
Even if we were in Her Highness Princess' personal carriage, we couldn't play board games while moving. Hence, we did it when we came to a halt instead.
However, we could not do a shogi match in a short period of time and only did it at the time when we were camping. Though, as it was quite tiring to be swayed by the carriage all day long, in the end, the Shogi section only ended up with learning the rules.
As the Oth.e.l.lo rules can be learned in an instant and could be played even in a short break, it became a craze to a certain extent. However, Sabine-chan, who is proud of her overwhelming strength in Shogi and Oth.e.l.lo, did not partic.i.p.ate in them…….that is because she was restraining herself. It's not good for a professional to join where the beginners are doing it excitedly.
Therefore, in Oth.e.l.lo, Her Highness Princess, one of the court ladies, and one of the maids were overwhelmingly strong, while the others including me and Colette-chan became sitting ducks.
Thus, Her Highness Princess thought that me and Colette-chan are sitting ducks while Sabine-chan doesn't like Oth.e.l.lo at all. As I had proposed 『We will do anything for the winner』, the princess immediately gave in to my two proposals.
Hence, it was a bit surprising to know that Sabine-chan can now have her turn here.
And after a while, there was a figure of Her Highness Princess Remia, who had burned out with a completely white face.
The Oth.e.l.lo board in front of Her Highness Princess was also all white.
Though, It doesn't mean that it had burned out either.
(Sabine) 「Even so, Princess Remia looked pitiful, right~?」
Sabine-chan, like you're one to talk….
However, the compet.i.tion world is ruthless. Her Highness Princess Remia also thought that it was a good lesson for her.
……mainly to the direction where Sabine-chan could not be careless with her.
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