It Is Getting Dark

7 – Plot (3)

“Your Highness, I will be arriving soon.”

The voice of the knight commander escorting the carriage reached the princess.

The princess opened the carriage window and stuck her head out.

A manor surrounded by walls.

A place where there is someone who can make you emperor.

A small smile leaked from the princess’s face.

“Are you so happy?”

“Saintess, think of her as a religious leader.”

“Yes, you must be very happy. But I don’t want to become like this. I do not know.”

The saintess deliberately spoke coldly.

The princess responded with a smile without hesitation even to the words of her saint’s day.

The saintess also stopped talking after seeing that attitude.

The wagon finally arrived at the entrance of the marquis’ estate.

The guards saw the extraordinary spirit of the elite knights and the imperial family pattern engraved on the wagon, contacted the marquis family, and passed it through with a free pass.

And the wagon that passed through stopped while running within the territory.

“Welcome to the Three Princesses.”

“Nice to meet you. So, Lady Katrina, right?”

Unlike her inner thoughts.

The princess said, raising her voice to the fullest.

“Your Highness, please feel free to call me.”

“Good. Then Katrina. Why are you here?”

Contrary to his warm voice, what he said was clearly sharp.

“…I have something to tell you. I came to meet you.”

“Oh, I see.”

The princess spoke quietly into Katrina’s ear.

“If you do something wrong, you must pay the price.”

* * *

“Karl, the gatekeeper says the princess has arrived.”

“You are faster than I thought.”

“The other side must have come in a hurry. So what about processing?”

“Everything was burned. Now all you have to do is decorate it as if it were made for a different purpose.”

I burned everything except one that didn’t burn.

The records were originally studied by Carl.

You might think it’s wrong to burn the product of someone else’s efforts, but there’s nothing like that.

Now that’s why I’m going to die right now.

“Then now only Lord Baren has to come…” .”

“…I guess I’m running out of time. We have to take the time somehow.”

“But isn’t there a way?”

There was no way.

Because there was a way I thought of last night just in case.

However, if I continued like this, I wondered if I would die later for insulting the princess, but it was a plan made with the thought, “I will solve that in the future.”

“There is a way. Perhaps even the princess wouldn’t refuse.”

There was a method that could only be used once.

It may not work because it is different from the game.

Still, if it worked, it could have passed the time.

“Brother, please prepare some paper.”

* * *

“Lucy, have you heard? Did the three princesses come to our estate?”

Lucy’s colleague, Levia, said to Lucy, who was peeling potatoes in her kitchen.

“What? Why is the princess here? That would be nonsense again. You still can’t tell the difference.”

Lucy’s words shot out harshly at Levia’s absurd words.

“No, it’s real. The elder passed away in a carriage accident on the way back, and the princess came to collect the body of the elder. I heard that the head of the family also said that the chef should pay special attention.”

“…Really?”

Lucy was still puzzled by Levia’s words.

Still, I couldn’t openly deny Levia’s words, which were full of confidence.

“Then, where are you now?”

“I heard that the lady went out to meet you?”

“Really? I mean….”

Lucy’s head started spinning like a cogwheel.

And then an idea occurred to me.

“Levia, can I go out for a minute?”

“Huh? I still have a lot of things to prepare right now.”

“It doesn’t take long. It’s coming soon. I have something to give you.”

“Um…. If you’re going to the lady, there’s nothing you can do about it. Instead, you should come quickly.”

“Okay. Thank you Levia.”

Levia wiped her hands and headed straight to her room.

She went into the room and searched under the bed, but found nothing.

“Yes, I guess. But even if Maria could hide it, it would be this room.”

Lucy started searching the room.

And.

“I found it. hehehe, Maria, then you are. How will you beat me?”

Lucy hurriedly found the chocolate she had seen before in his closet.

Maria said that the Master had left it for her, but Lucy didn’t believe it.

Besides, even if it were true.

“What would you do if I told you that the lady ate it, not me?”

‘And I’ll get the points for the young lady.’

Anyway, Lucy didn’t lose anything.

Lucy took the box and left the room looking for the lady.

Without knowing what will happen after this.

* * *

A total of five people sat in the garden, including the princess, the saint, Eina, Crusch, and Katrina, biting everyone around them.

The princess opened her mouth first.

“Didn’t I tell you first that the work is being done during the funeral where everyone is gathered? Katrina. Did you want to spread rumors that we are gathering like this right now?”

“Your Highness has something you need to know, so I will take the risk to find you first.”

“Speak. I am listening.”

As Katrina looked at Crusch, the princess said.

“Crush is fine. Speak.”

Katrina spoke to her princess from a conversation she had with Carl.

However, her answer to the princess came up with the same answer as Cassius thought.

Katrina was relieved to hear her words come out of her three princesses’ mouths.

“Surely, that’s how it happened. If so, I’m really glad.”

‘The information I brought is fine, but it’s not enough to write. Katrina did not know what the princess was thinking.

“If you listen to your brother, it’s not the prince who got the information, so there are information boards around us. Besides, Carl might have told the crown prince without knowing.”

The saintess replied to the princess’ words.

“Anyway, it’s not that I’m in a hurry. Then let’s start quickly.”

It was then.

A maid came to them.

It was Lucy.

“Wait, I must have told no one to come during the conversation.”

“Ah, lady, I just heard that an item just arrived from the atelier in the manor and asked me to deliver it. She hadn’t heard the lady tell her not to come, so she came. Sorry.”

Lucy said as if she had arrived today from the dessert shop in Manor, and brought Maria’s box of chocolates.

The princess changed her expression in an instant and spoke to Lucy while stopping Katrina in a benevolent tone.

“It’s okay. That heart is so good. Thanks.”

The princess received the box.

“Then I’m done.”

Lucy got out of the garden in a hurry with a sharper reaction than expected.”

“It’s chocolate. But the shape is unique.”

The princess looked around her.

“There are four of them, so one is missing.”

“Your Highness, I am fine.”

Crush declined first.

After that, Eina followed Crusch and declined.

“I-I’m fine too.”

“Can I eat it? I don’t have a chance to try chocolate at church. There are a lot of people who will say, “I bought it with donations” When an opportunity came along. I don’t think I will ever try it now or in my life.”

Contrary to the expectation that the saintess would be the first to refuse, she spoke frankly.

“If it’s from the atelier in the territory, I can eat it anytime, so you guys can eat it.”

Katrina yielded after seeing the reaction the princess was secretly expressing.

“By the way, it’s chocolate that looks like a chess piece. Just like us.”

The princess handed Crusch a piece of chocolate that looked like a knight.

“Then am I a bishop?”

When the saintess took the bishop and the princess took the queen, only Rook remained.

“hahahaha, I have nothing to do with the look, but what remains is the look.”

Eina took her remaining look and each put her chocolate into her mouth.

“It’s sweet. It is very sweet.”

The saintess’s mouth loosened and a smile appeared on her face.

“I don’t know how long it’s been since I ate something sweet like this because bald noblemen are abstinent and even control what they eat.”

“There must be a reason why the saintess was picky.”

Since the saintess hadn’t eaten anything sweet in a long time, she was in a good mood, so she didn’t respond to the princess’s words.

“Well, I’m new to chocolate too. It’s really good.”

Eina also said while running around her.

“Hmm…. I’ve eaten chocolate a few times, but this seems to be especially delicious. Did you say the name of the shop was Atelier? I should buy it as a souvenir on the way back.”

The chocolate melted in your mouth and disappeared.

The saintess regretfully opened her mouth.

“Okay then, I ate all the chocolate. Shall we start working?”

“Certainly, there is neither reason nor room for further delay.”

All five got up and came out of the garden.

The only thing left to do was push away the rumors that Katrina had spread within the estate.

Unexpectedly, it was Maria who blocked them on their way to their destination.

“The head of the household apologized for not being able to pay attention to the three princesses because the funeral preparations weren’t over yet.”

“Go, you must be Marquis Cassius now. Tell the Marquis that you understand.”

“Okay. However, not only the head of the household, but also the master swordsman apologized for not being able to see Her Highness because he was helping the Marquis, and there was something he wanted to convey to His Highness.”

When the sword said it was a message, the princess became curious.

“The master swordsman told me to take care so that Your Highness will not get bored.”

“Hmm…. Then how will you please me?”

“Chess.”

Chess…. The princess thought that today was a day that had a lot to do with chess, recalling the chocolate she just ate.

The princess was confident in her chess.

She hadn’t lost even once since she defeated her teacher in three days.

“Are you leaving me?”

“Sorry, but I don’t know how to play chess.”

“Then who will play chess with me?”

“I am the sword master.”

What is this?

Didn’t I just say I apologized for not coming out to help Marquis Cassius?

The tone of the princess calmed down.

“Are you kidding me right now?”

Maria was unsurprised by the reaction of the princess’s day and continued her speech.

“I brought the number of sword masters. The young master said that he would hang himself if he lost, as His Highness would not have fun if he just kept doing it.”

Maria said as she took her wad of paper out of her pocket.

“What did you just say?”

“The sword master said to risk his own life. And the head of the family said that he would notarize it.”

“…Ha, that’s interesting. Then did you ask me to save you if I lost?”

“If the princess asked about it, she said to answer like this.”

The talking Maria said she didn’t know if this was true, she just recited what Carl had said to her.

“If the young master wins, you will receive a prize based on the number you divided with Your Highness. She only asked for players to be conceded.”