Chapter 280: The Festive Venue
Lux’s Side
“E-Elizalina-sama is getting engaged…!?”
After Elizalina-sama made that shocking announcement, I couldn’t help but let out a surprised voice, but I wasn’t the only one who was stunned…
“That Elizalina-sama!?”
“She wishes to become engaged…!?”
“If it’s true, that’s a matter that affects history…!”
The entire venue was instantly thrown into an uproar.
…But.
“From the way she said she wishes to become engaged, it doesn’t sound like it’s already decided yet, but still… to think a man like that would appear for Elizalina-sama.”
Perhaps because Ashwell-san, standing beside me, had a background and ability on par with Florence-san, she looked surprised but not flustered.
I opened my mouth and asked Ashwell-san,
“Until now, there hadn’t been anyone like that for Elizalina-sama, right?”
“Yeah. Because of her looks and her position mediating this country, it seems she’s received many marriage proposals in the past, but she turned all of them down. But like I said earlier, this time she used the word wishes, so I think it’s probably not the man asking, but Elizalina-sama herself who wants to get engaged.”
“From Elizalina-sama herself…”
Elizalina-sama is very kind, bright, and easy to talk to.
She’s beautiful, intelligent, and an amazing person who even mediates an entire country.
I can’t even imagine what kind of man someone like her would want to get engaged to, but what sort of person could he be?
As I was thinking that, Elizalina-sama spoke the very thing that had been on my mind.
“After hearing this announcement, I’m sure the first thing you’re all wondering is who that man might be, but since it hasn’t been decided yet whether he’ll agree to become engaged to me, that is a secret!”
Hearing Elizalina-sama’s words, the venue was once again on the verge of erupting into an uproar, when Elizalina-sama raised her voice and said,
“At this point! I’m sure many of you are also thinking this. Does it really have any meaning to make such an announcement when I can’t even reveal the engagement partner, and the engagement itself hasn’t been decided yet?”
“However!” she continued.
“This has great meaning!”
Meaning…?
As I failed to grasp what Elizalina-sama meant, she continued, gesturing as she looked over the entire venue.
“As you all know, including myself, the three princesses of this country, First Princess Razamiliana, Second Princess Elizalina, and Third Princess Felisiana, have until now not had an engagement partner, nor even someone we wished to become engaged to!”
Strictly speaking, Felisiana-sama did say she wanted to be engaged to me, but since neither she nor I have made it public, from an official standpoint, what Elizalina-sama just said is correct.
“However, among those three princesses, a man I wish to become engaged to has appeared for me! And what does that mean… it means the birth of the next king!”
“…!”
The birth of the next king…!
The moment Elizalina-sama said that, I felt a shock ripple through the entire venue.
Elizalina-sama continued.
“If I become engaged to that man, then after my father, the current king, passes away, the one who will ascend to the throne of this country will be that man! In other words, this event is not merely a place to announce and celebrate the appearance of a man I wish to become engaged to, but also a place to celebrate the birth of the next king!”
“So, everyone!” she said, putting force into her words.
“From this moment on, please celebrate grandly the fact that a man I wish to become engaged to has appeared, and the coming birth of the next king! And when the day comes that the next king is born, I ask that all of you, along with myself, support that king, the man I love, and help illuminate a brighter future for our nation! That is the background that led me to hold this event! Thank you very much for your attention!”
The moment Elizalina-sama finished speaking and bowed her head, the venue was filled with thunderous cheers and applause.
…Because she’s so easy to talk to, when I speak with her normally, I almost forget.
She’s someone who can grasp and move the hearts of this many people, the one who mediates this country.
…That person is none other than her, Second Princess Elizalina-sama.
Moved by the content and the sheer impact of Elizalina-sama’s speech, I joined everyone else at the venue and sent my applause toward Elizalina-sama.