1. TEN YEARS PRIOR... BAUER KINGDOM.
2. "You haven't been putting your heart into it lately, Thane."
3. "Dang, that was sloppy!"
4. "Ugh!"
5. "That's the foundation of kingcraft!"
6. "Prepare for trouble even in peacetime!"
7. "You can't take it easy just because war has calmed down between our kingdom and the Nur Empire."
1. "Let's master a new technique before then and shock our instructor!"
2. "We have swordsmanship practice next week, right?"
3. "I must train with you, or it's not worth it!"
4. "You know what it is!"
5. "Well, the thing with Yu is..."
6. "If you want to perfect a technique, you can do it with Yu, right?"
7. "What?! Again?!"
8. "I need to go."
1. "I'm not really interested in becoming king."
2. "You've neglected your studies and your swordsmanship way too much lately!"
3. "You already snuck off this morning, Thane!"
4. "You won't ever be king at that rate!"
5. "Hmph! So that's how it is?!"
6. "Go become one of my foot soldiers or something, dummy!"
7. "Fine! I'll be the king!"
1. After giving birth to me, my mother's recovery went poorly.
2. Her body broke down, and she withdrew from her position as queen.
3. A cardinal was chosen as her successor and the king's new wife.
4. Through this, the relationship between the spiritual church and our kingdom grew deeper.
5. "My, my. If it isn't prince thane."
1. "At ease, Thane."
2. "Did you leave again?"
3. "I thought you would be practicing your swordsmanship now. Am I wrong?"
4. "......"
5. "but you let yourself become captive to your emotions too easily."
6. "I am not faulting you for frequenting that place..."
1. "That naivety will one day... prove fatal to you, Thane."
2. "That is the duty of the royal family."
3. "Cast aside your individual desires... and seek instead prosperity for the whole nation."
4. "Your Majesty."
5. "Yes..."
1. "You've come to visit me, Thane?"
2. "Oh...!"
3. "Mother!"
1. "I was permitted to spend the entire day with you after I was injured."
2. "It's okay."
3. "Thane."
4. "You were injured during your practice the other day, weren't you?"
5. "If only I'd given birth to a healthier body for you."
6. "I'm so sorry."
7. "And I get to be near you and hear your harp playing!"
8. "When I stroke your beautiful head of hair, Thane."
9. "I feel most at peace with myself..."
10. "It makes me happy when you're near, too!"
1. My mother was a kind woman.
2. "Then maybe I'll allow myself to be injured again tomorrow."
3. "Oh, you're such a silly boy!"
4. She was also a strong one.
5. But she was always so peaceful and kind.
6. I'm certain that she must have felt humiliated over having her position as queen stolen from her.
7. However...
8. Suffering from ill health for so long changes an individual.
1. "And he married a cardinal?! Of all people!"
2. "How dare he cast me aside so easily..."
3. "That man..."
4. "Mother, I've brought water for you..."
5. IN HER FINAL YEARS...
6. MY MOTHER HAD TRANSFORMED INTO A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PERSON.
7. "I hate! I loathe! I despise them!"
8. "Agh! I hate them!"
9. "Thane!"
1. "The person to succeed that man as king must be his child!"
2. "Please, listen to your mother's wishes!"
3. "You are the one who should be the king of our nation!"
1. Had I never been born...
2. Would my mother have remained queen?
3. "Become king."
4. I have lived my life clinging to the notion...
5. That taking the throne is the only way I can make things up to my mother.
1. However, the issue is... I've never had the right to do it.
2. "...... ......"
1. "But why are you so depressed, lilly?"
2. "Miss claire and I have good reason to be sad..."
3. "Is it just me, or is the mood really dour in here?"
4. "Hmmmm."
5. "?!"
1. "I will not!"
2. "L-l-let me gooo!"
3. "Wh-what do you think you're doing?!"
4. "What if we took our time... And gave it careful thought?"
5. "We aren't required to hand down a judgment at this very moment, right?"
6. "I became emotional myself, too."
7. "We need to set aside what happened the other day, at least for now."
8. "I suppose we must..."
1. "I shall shelve this matter temporarily."
2. "I, too, loathed the awkwardness."
3. "So... Since we did..."
4. "I-I will also shelve it!"
5. "Her what?!"
6. "I-I will continue to act as rae's lover..."
7. "As I have up until now!"
1. "All right. Now that we've addressed the elephant in the room..."
2. "We need to collect ourselves and face them as a united front."
3. "You have become much too physical with rae lately!"
4. "You're simply imagining things!"
5. "Why are you two still fighting about this...?"
6. "A-are we really going in?"
7. "Will they even listen to us?"
8. "I don't know. But..."
1. Lies this way.
2. Our investigation into their misdeeds...
3. The slums on the edge of the royal capital.
4. Heck, even I didn't want to come here.
5. Naturally, miss claire and lilly are reluctant to visit.
6. It's a hive of villainy.
1. "Please leave them to me."
2. "Those two gatekeepers certainly look like a couple of ruffians."
3. "Is someone there?"
4. "What was that?!"
5. "Let's distract them for a moment."
6. "!"
7. A-as expected of you, rae.
1. "In-truders!!"
2. "Cardinal lilly...!"
3. "I-I-I'm so sorry!"
4. "Gaaah!"
5. "Ungh!"
6. "If you're going to beg, then it'd be better to do it in front of a noble's home."
7. "Nice try, you filthy thieves!"
8. "Like I said, we're here to see the chief!"
1. "Ah...!"
2. "Who do you think you are, asking to see the boss?"
3. "From the amusement park!"
4. "It's you!"
5. "What?!"
6. "These three are the girls who were searching for us while we worked that side hustle at the amusement park!"
7. "Sure I do!"
8. "Elsie, you know them?"
9. "Th-then who the heck are they...?"
1. "That's the name of the chief of this organization."
2. "!"
3. "Arla luster."
4. "How did you learn that information?!"
5. "You little...!"
6. "I've been telling you for some time now."
7. "We three knew exactly what you all are up to..."
8. "And have come to negotiate with you."
1. "We need to talk to the leader of the resistance."
2. "You'll let us meet with her, right?"
3. "So, you really are just children."
4. "Hmm?"
1. "We are the right wing of the commoner movement."
2. "You have a lot of moxie to come charging into our base."
4. "First, you're going to tell me how you discovered that this place was our secret hideout."
5. "No."
6. "We came to propose a trans-action."
7. "Let's get right to it."
1. "But if that were true, we could simply change locations and not worry about it."
2. "I'm sure it was someone influential who leaked it to you."
3. "There is a traitor amidst our ranks..."
4. "However, if..."
5. "Despite my appearance, I'm a clean freak."
6. "Pardon me."
1. "Elsie..."
2. "P- please forgive me, chief!"
3. "That someone didn't notice that I had put a magical tool transmitter on them."
4. "It was simply..."
5. "?!"
6. "Please rest assured that none of your members betrayed you."
7. "So keep your expectations low."
8. "Unfortunately, we don't have much to offer."
9. "You mentioned a transaction, yes...?"
10. "Oh?"
11. "What we seek is information."
1. "You'll need to offer something considerable in exchange, or we're done here."
2. "Information is the most precious resource of all."
3. "How does this sound to you?"
4. "We also have information to trade."
5. "That's fair. I'd expect nothing less from you."
6. "Irvine manuel."
1. "Wha?!"
2. "Where did you hear that?"
3. "Little girl."
1. "I can see that I've caught your interest, yes?"
2. "However..."
3. "Unfortunately, I cannot disclose my sources."
4. "It's the name of a fallen count..."
5. "Who used to serve as an attendant to master salas."
6. "Manuel is a family name."
7. "Your real name is arla manuel."
8. "And you are the firstborn daughter of the former count's household."
1. "And to think you even knew my younger brother's name."
2. "You've got me."
3. "Hmph...!"
4. "I will listen to what you have to say for now."
5. "Very well."
6. "Whether or not it leads to an exchange will depend on what you reveal."
7. "However..."
1. "And as to whether or not you get to live..."
2. "I'll decide that after I hear what you have to say."
3. "What we seek..."
4. "Is evidence proving an individual's infidelity."
1. "We wish to know if evidence exists proving that master salas..."
2. "And the late queen, queen lulu, were having an affair."
1. "Ack! Uh-oh!"
2. "This is the first I've heard of this."
3. "Excuse me."
4. "That's the river we visited the other day, rae."
5. "Oh!"
6. "She did make it up to me with a real date!"
7. "B-but after that..."
8. "I mistook rae's investigation for a date...!"
9. "I-it isn't like that, miss claire!"
10. "Oh, right!"
11. "The one where the fish ate your crepe, lilly."
12. "Waaah! Lilly! That was supposed to stay between us!"
13. Gotta one-up
14. "Miss claire!"
15. "You what?!"
16. "That's right!"
17. "I went on a for real date with rae!"
18. "Argh! This is getting so complicated!"
19. "Rae! I assume the most you two have ever done is hold hands, yes?!"
20. "And this is the necklace that she bought for me on our date."
