100 [33] On a painful night

After returning Berta and Louis to their room, Harold himself was busy and hardly returned to his room.

On the contrary, he himself moved his army directly to receive the monastery and left the royal palace.

Belta is said to be light, but somehow he's a pretty good king.

A few days later, the night Harold was contacted that he had finally returned to the royal palace.Berta went to his room and waited for his return.

Having finally returned to his room late at night, he looked very tired.

It's not impossible.

Although the situation and the difference in combat power are unilaterally favorable to us, the enemy is not irresistible.

Berta also heard that skirmishes between the pursuers and Siena monks and mercenaries had broken out everywhere.

Even so, the development of taking over a group of strong beliefs and destroying them must have caused physical and psychological abrasion.

Didn't you miss it?

"... you"

Berta never visited his room so often.He probably doesn't want to show these faces when he's tired.

Generally speaking, he comes to Belta's room.Belta waits for it.

However, when Berta stepped in from that relationship, Harold didn't have a nasty face.

As he sat on his bedside, his servant, who was holding him at the edge of the room, lowered his head without a sound.

Worried that we should talk to him now, Belta managed to take care of him by holding a water bottle or pouring water into a glass and placing it on the table next to the bedside.

There was a slight noise in the glass, and there was a sign that Harold raised his gaze slightly.

"-Louis's baptism.... At the same time as the baptism, I will take the form of a grand proclamation of the appointment of Prince Wang.Until now, I was hoping to wait for Louis' Prince Tachibana to be able to express his intentions as an adult. "

In a room illuminated by a weak light, only a light that reflected slightly on the blue eyes blinked as his voice echoed.

"It is dangerous to leave more room for debate on this issue.Louis' position and yours need to be widely known at an early stage, both domestically and internationally. "

Harold.

It seems that he is still busy working in his head.

Berta called out her name and smiled bitterly with his face raised.

"Tomorrow."

Harold also touched the hand of Berta, who had placed the water bottle, laughing in trouble.He pulls his arm with a playful ambiguity.

I don't think I can sleep.

... your eyes are shining.

I wonder if the contents of the glass were more distracted by alcohol.But I don't think it's a problem that can be solved by getting drunk.

"... a bedtime story?"

Looking at the state of things inside, it's just a bit browned out.Harold smiled as if he knew everything and held Berta's waist.

"Fine. You were waiting for me to talk to you, weren't you?"

That's true, but what Berta wanted to hear from him must have made him more tired this evening.

Looking up at her body at close range, Belta had no choice but to use her prepared words of pursuit.

"... there must have been a mastermind who set the Siena Monastery on fire."

I saw him slightly narrowing his eyes.

"I've never been involved with heretics before.But Secretary James was clearly convinced the day he impeached me and the heretics. "

"That's what they do.That's how the Inquisitor takes a sickle and forces a confession. "

Harold distracted himself from Berta and replied.

The discomfort has been with me for a long time.

"Well, too much for an attitude toward an unfamiliar queen."

--Why did so many Inquisitors enter the chapel that day, which is only used by the royals?James and the others were probably convinced they could get Belta out of there.

And why did Harold find it convenient to be there?

"At first, I thought you set it up."

If he himself dared to set the Inquisitor on fire with Berta to set things up with the Siena Monastery, it would all be an explanatory development.

Berta kept an eye on him and followed his reaction.

Harold just glanced up at Berta, loosened his expression a little and smiled bitterly.

"- What if I say so?"

Asked whether he would be disillusioned in that way, Berta couldn't answer.

And don't leave Berta outside the bed net like that again.

Are you from the Shinkoku Church?

He did not deny the words that he stepped in with certain certainty.

There are people in the church who know Belta's own thoughts and distrust to the extent that they can clearly identify Belta as a "heretic". At least one.

If only Berta had received a religious lecture before and questioned her about her faith.

"... are you sure Sister Stella leaked it to them?"

There is no excuse if you are pursued for the first time in your inquiry with her about Belta's religious ideology.

Berta must have been a foreign object of this royal palace, in that it had absolutely no affiliation with the Orthodox faith.

Harold's tone was as calm as it was this quiet night.

"Sister Stella is the most pious and noblest person I know.He is one of the worshippers to be respected.This time... I didn't even think it was her suggestion. "

But in his reply, which essentially affirmed Berta's question, Berta felt a heavy urge to tighten her chest.

With little conviction, Belta still cannot accept the fact, even though it has come to a halfway point at night.

"But she never betrayed you."

"... yeah"

"Sister was rather afraid that if you stay this way, you would eventually be a Siena fighter target.--I 've been advising you to beat the Siena Monastery before they slap the queen in a decisive place. "

I understand.

Rather than betraying Berta, she betrayed her countrymen.

In short, to tell the superficial truth about this incident, it was nothing more than a crushing of congregations among the same Prosperous.

"The New National Church, including Sister Stella, told Siena Monk Secretary James that they were going to bullet you that day in the form of a tip about the queen's heretical concerns.... to let me capture the club members. "

With regard to the Siena Monastery's pioneering ideas and the continuation of the former heretical Inquisition, it seems that the Prospero factions in the country have already hidden their eyebrows.

"Sister told me.A king who made a man like you queen and stepped forward in the next era has a duty to account for the legacy of the past. "

The Sisters are so close to the King that they can advise him if they like.

But Sister Stella has never used that proximity to intervene in politics.

That's why Harold listened to her.

Literally, abandoned advice.

Harold and the Queen Dowager may now be more shocked than Berta that she stood up with a clear will to cut off her compatriots.

"She said you don't have a face anymore."

"... where is Sister Stella now?"

"I have already resigned from the royal palace. He would still be in King's Landing, but when things settled down, he said he would leave King's Landing and go around the little city well monasteries."

Belta was relieved to hear from her because she had the worst imagination for a moment.

But the question arises as to whether it is for her.Is she saved in her philosophy?

"... should I respect her will?I mean, I'd rather not see my sister anymore. "

What she did for Berta, if she were to burn in Hellfire.

I see.

It is a mistake to assume that all this happened for Berta alone.

But with a queen from the south, they are now facing painful transformation.

"I'm sure it'll be easier for him."

She said they would be able to walk together.

The country where Berta stands as the mother-in-law is sure to do so someday.

But after giving the blessing to Belta, she walks away from Belta.

"... okay."

"You won't get sick. [M]She's her, and she's got a pretty good deal to talk about, so I guess that's what I'm talking about.My mother seems to have a way of contacting me, and I'm sure she'll hear from Sister in the future. "

If Belta is depressed for a long time, she may be a nuisance.

Rather, King Harold himself must have suffered the most from swallowing the heretic Berta into the political fabric of the royal palace.

In so doing, he set his policy on the full solemnity of the Heretic Inquisition.

It also takes into account the clear rebellion against the Prospero Church and the danger of being taken.

"... is there anything I can do?"

Maybe you shouldn't ask him that tonight.

But Belta sees them doing their part from where they were protected.

As queen, to me.

If there's anything I can do.

He said terrible things with a gentle face.

"It's about enduring."

Belta didn't want to stop laughing.I was in the middle of it.

What a comforting word!

"Whoever says anything, whoever leaves."

It was quick, painful, and difficult.But he himself has always done so as king.

How much did he endure to stay on the spot?

And will you continue to endure it?

"... what will you do if you can't stand it anymore?"

Harold leaned a little and seemed to think, but it was clear that he didn't have the answer.

"Let's get Louis on the phone."

A miserable joke.

That being the case, he can't even confess that he wants to get off that heavy place.

"That's a good idea. But you have to wait a little longer than 10 years."

If only Louis had grown so fast that Harold could share the weight of his king.

If Louis becomes a trusted prince, he will be relieved, and perhaps he will be able to hide after giving power to the next generation.

"... it doesn't matter to you."

He ended the joke by saying so in a light word.