33 [31] Still Night

Harold's next visit to the Palace of Berta was on the night of the first snowfall on the King's Capital.

Berta was in good shape to go to bed and met Harold face-to-face in an outfit with only a jacket woven with feathers on his bedtime clothes.

Harold, on the other hand, was outdoors. It's just like coming home now or going out.

In the coat, it looked abbreviated but armed. Berta is breathtaking about its luxury.

"Your Majesty. What is it? at such times,"

When he grabbed Berta's hand and pulled it like it was a shame to pay him, he went into her bedroom.

If the heavy doors close, only the silence of a snowy night is spreading indoors.

The room was warm, and when Harold let Berta's hand go, he took off his jacket, which had been woven with feathers.

Berta was a little confused about recommending the chair, but ended up waiting for his words in silence.

"I see what the Conservatives are after. - Adrianne, a samurai, resigned and stayed in the rear palace in the name of her sanatorium. According to reports, he escaped the king's capital with his legs."

"Rehabilitation? Moving pregnant women at a time like this?

If you're really pregnant, you'll be able to travel alone on this cold night. Well, perhaps the pregnancy itself is a lie, but you even stopped working on it at the very least.

"Adrianne is not pregnant. Assuming it was, it's not my child."

Berta can't tell one thing right now if that's a definitive fact, or if Harold is going to handle this matter as "that sort of thing".

"From the beginning, their aim was to secure the woman they had in the back palace. It's about just spinning the royal palace, escaping the country, and tailoring the baby at hand who can claim a legitimate right to inherit the throne."

"Who are they?

If you're going to do that, it's not a boulder trinket.

"Marguerite's native land. It's the nobles who are moving, but the mastermind is the prime minister of the northern power of Rotoranto."

Harold was already in a definitive tone.

"One party is taking Adrianne to the northern border. When we can cross the border, neighboring countries may be troublesome to root for. Even if you know it's no longer a madness, it's not a good idea to give another country the flag of the seizure of the throne"

Nevertheless, Harold said he had placed troops near the border in advance on guard of the Conservatives' exile.

He was to leave late at night like this for another reason.

"A report came in that Marguerite was also acting together. In the local army, they could be pushed off in the queen's name. I'm going after it from now on with the surplus force of Wang Du."

"I understand the current situation. Doesn't that mean things are contending for a moment! While you're at it, you'd better leave soon."

Berta was surprised to hear that Marguerite was not already in the royal palace.

What is Harold doing when the queen leaves the royal palace without permission?

Berta was in a hurry, but he stared at Berta. It seemed like we were going to sit back and talk.

"I don't think we've talked about this yet."

"If you're saying such a long thing now,"

"Berta. Listen to me."

I didn't want to talk to him. I don't think I can understand what he's saying from what we've talked about.

"... turned his hand to the church and obtained, in secrecy, a statement proving the nullity of his marriage to Marguerite"

Berta did not reply.

I didn't want to ignore it, but I didn't know what to answer.

In the teachings of their prospero church, divorce is not permitted.

As an alternative, there is the issue of a statement stating that the marriage requirement was not established from the outset. To end it that way, he denies everything he's ever married.

"But I don't think it's right now to cut this bill. Future clashes with Rotoranto will be inevitable, but this is not the time yet. Marguerite will remain a queen in the country, although it will be an unnatural form."

This means using up even the existence of a marital relationship with her as one of the tools of policy.

"I swear to you, I won't make Marguerite bad. so that she can live safely, away from power. We should have done so sooner, before this happened"

"Like bad, I don't..."

That's the way he's been with his wife for over a decade, his best passion.

In fact, Marguerite is almost someone else for Berta. I have nowhere to think about her, and I think she's the one who's obviously going the wrong way.

But Harold and I thought she was a friendly, normal couple.

This is the first time Marguerite has committed a decisive sin as queen.

Yet only once, he doesn't even give his contraindicated wife a chance to regenerate, and he gives up Marguerite.

Kasha's father, for example, would never trump his mother that way.

In the past, the father defended his wife as a Kasha clan even when his wife's family rebelled, and in doing so made the unity of the clan stronger.

A people of the South who can be as ruthless as they want to be out there, but the covenant directed only within that amount is heavy.

"I will obey Your Majesty's decision....... I know. As king, you're right."

This is no place for ethics in Berta's growing environment.

In the south, people like cut off their bodies lose credibility. It will be subject to major social sanctions. But their society doesn't have it.

Depending on the political situation, even the family ceases to be a family.

Think of it, he is in contention with royalty in other countries extremely close to his bloodstream. Even the proximity of the couple and parents and children doesn't necessarily happen sometimes.

"It's not like I'm right. You're not the only one who's wrong."

Berta looked up at his face slightly higher when he stood and lined up.

It's hard to imagine what Harold is thinking. It also feels like he's just trying to round Berta up.

Still, he also looked anxious, like a stray wandering this night.

"... so let's talk. From now on, we have time. Not tonight, but from now on, as much."

I'm scared to face this guy.

I'm sure the closer I get, the less I understand. You'll also notice things you don't want to notice.

Will he give Berta enough meaning to hurt and still try to be there for him?

Will Berta appear in his life?

Even though she wasn't ready or anything, Berta was pulling her jaw and nodding as she looked into its eyes.

I'm surprised at myself like that, but it's like I've always thought I should.

"Your Majesty"

Harold's hand touching his arm was hot. Maybe Berta's body is just cold.

"I'll be right back. Wait for me with Louis.... while the royal palace is thin, I hope you don't try to go back to the south or"

"What?"

Berta was surprised and accidentally lagged behind. I got dressed like I avoided Harold.

"What do you mean? Am I being suspected, that you plan to kidnap a prince?... Oh, something because I didn't move aggressively for Louis... or, sorry, because I said something extra last time"

Remaining confused, I recall that my previous actions would have been so bad.

I said I didn't want Louis to be king. If I made a mistake, it could even have been a word taken that conservatives agree with.

During a busy period, Harold turned his back looking bad, although he was in a hurry that he might have made him take extra effort because of himself.

"Oh, no. Now I don't doubt it so strongly anymore. It's just that you're in a position to act that way."

"Not anymore? Did you suspect it the whole time? Louis's face was frequented by"

"... sorry"

Berta was just surprised.

I didn't know that was happening while Louis and I were short-sighted with just a handful about ourselves.

This is really, I feel like we need to talk. Before sentimental problems, if it stays wrong, it will interfere with life in the rear palace.

"Louis is the first heir to the throne of this country at the same time as I am your son"

"I know. … I know."

I wish I wasn't, I don't know how many times I've thought about it. But that fact cannot be changed.

"That kid is a prince. Important of this country. And I know very well that His Majesty is trying to raise Louis as a heir."

Berta doesn't have a big name against that intent.

"Just as a mother, I wonder where that child's happiness lies. That's just what I think."

I want you to forgive me as much as I think on the inside.

Because Berta is the only mother to Louis, just as that child is Berta's darling. I'm sure I'll never finish thinking about what I can do for that kid as a mother.

"Neither do I think that being king is Louis' only happiness. … but"

Harold didn't blame the inseparable Berta, and he also spoke lost again.

"As the first-born son, the child deprived of that possibility while being born into a position that should be placed on the throne, … will Louis then grow up without resenting his parents by fulfilling"

I found that to be the true part of Harold, with no multiplier.

"I don't want Louis to think I'm a terrible father. I don't want to deprive you of the possibility. I want that kid to grow up healthy. I want to give it to Louis with all the love I can put on it."

Is this man really looking at Louis as a father?

It was a real feeling he didn't get before when he said he loved Louis.

Being a real child eager for years, I guess Louis is cute as a pawn to be attached to the throne.

"Are you... no,"

"... Berta?

I wonder how wrong we really are.

"I don't know, though. I don't think there's an answer, but if His Majesty says so, I feel comfortable."

In order to understand him too, we must not divert our attention from the settlement he attaches with Marguerite.

"You're not going. I'm here to protect you and wait for you to return."