Chapter 310: Opposition
“That’s impossible.”
“I see.”
Hearing her answer, Rezamiliana withdrew without hesitation.
Elizalina asked.
“From how this is going, Father asked you to persuade me to give up on getting engaged to the boy I want to marry, right? Is it really okay for you to give up that easily?”
“This time, I told you what Father is currently thinking regarding your engagement because he asked me to… but I am also opposed to Father’s way of thinking.”
Hearing the word “opposed” directed at their father, the king, from Rezamiliana for the first time.
Elizalina was a little surprised, and Rezamiliana continued.
“Father doesn’t understand people’s feelings… even if I tried to persuade you in his place, it would be meaningless. Anyone could see that just by exchanging a few words with you, Elizalina.”
Rezamiliana went that far.
No, she continued.
“Since he used the words ‘a passing emotion,’ perhaps it would be more accurate to say he is not failing to understand, but rather that he is belittling it.”
“…”
He said that to me before too, but if he’s saying my feelings are just a passing emotion to Rezamiliana-oneesama as well, then he must truly believe that, not just saying it to provoke me.
In reality, they are definitely not temporary feelings, but ones I will carry for the rest of my life.
While feeling something beyond disappointment toward the king, Elizalina spoke.
“The reason Father suddenly asked you to do this is because of the event I held, right?”
“Yes. No matter what, Father wants to have us engaged to someone of proper lineage, and someone who could become an excellent king.”
“Excellent as a king, huh.”
Then that makes Lux the only choice, doesn’t it… I mean, seriously, what would happen if Lux and I ruled this country together?
She then imagined Lux sitting on the throne, with herself standing beside him.
If Lux became king, it would probably become so peaceful that mediation would hardly be needed, and even if mediation were needed, I would step in when the time came, work hard to improve the country, and in between duties I could flirt with Lux a little…!?
“Elizalina…? What’s wrong?”
Perhaps what she had been thinking showed on her face.
Rezamiliana looked at her in confusion, so Elizalina quickly regained her composure.
“No, it’s nothing!” she replied.
Right.
“I want to ask you two things, Rezamiliana-oneesama. Is that okay?”
“Yes. What is it?”
“Then first… Rezamiliana-oneesama, if Father suddenly stopped being king, would you be sad?”
“…”
When asked that, Rezamiliana paused for a moment before answering.
“Regardless of the reason, if Father were suddenly no longer king, there would be no room to dwell on whether I felt sad or not… in that sense, perhaps the answer is that I don’t know.”
“I see.”
Felisiana and I would both answer without hesitation that we wouldn’t be sad if asked the same question… but Rezamiliana-oneesama thinks more about the country’s future than any of us sisters, so even if she opposes this matter, perhaps she still has complicated feelings.
Or perhaps, as the eldest daughter, she has a perspective that we do not.
As she thought about various things, Rezamiliana spoke.
“What is the second thing you wanted to ask?”
“Ah, right.”
Nodding, Elizalina continued.
“You also have a boy you want to become engaged to, right, Rezamiliana-oneesama?”
“Yes, I do.”
Rezamiliana answered with unwavering eyes.
“I still can’t imagine what kind of boy he is at all… but Rezamiliana-oneesama, which is more important to you, that boy or Father?”