And the country is on the verge of a civil war. Although there is no direct conflict yet, it is only a matter of time before it happens. --And Alice, who was protected by the High Priestess as a godchild, is said to be imprisoned.
That story is one that I could not have gathered on my own. I was almost confused in the face of so much information brought to me by those of the Venetian Chamber of Commerce.
One of my brothers, the third prince, imprisoned Alice and said that your father died because he had set up a false godson. --- According to the Venetian Chamber of Commerce, it was probably the third princes who murdered your father. There is no guarantee that the godson is a fake, but they are trying to become king by saying that he is a fake.
---And as for the crown prince and the second prince's side, they deny it. That would be true. Probably, he did not consider the possibility that Alice might be a fake. If I had told them that Alice might be a fake, would anything have changed? Would your father not have been killed? --I wonder if I would have thought like that. I dwell on things that I can't help but think about.
I can't think straight, and there is someone from the Venetian Chamber of Commerce in front of me.
"Your Royal Highness, how can I help you? What should I do?
What do you mean?
"Your Highness, you have several options. One is to belong to one of the factions that is currently competing for the throne. In this case, if that faction loses the battle for the throne, there is a good chance that you will be executed.
The person is nonchalant. I just listen to his words, unable to think straight about the fact that my father has passed away.
'One is the way to escape as it is. In short, exile. If you stay in the country, you will be involved in the conflict anyway. If you want to defect, and if you want to live quietly as a commoner, we can help you.
There are other ways to go into exile and live as a commoner, he tells them.
One is to go into exile and strengthen ties with other countries to influence the kingdom of Fairytorov," he said. In that case, you could become a puppet of that other country.
So, he could go into exile and become a puppet of one of the other countries.
"Finally... you could seek the throne."
It was a path I had never considered. I knew that there was a way for me to raise my voice to become king in the midst of a country in turmoil over the succession to the throne.
'In order to fulfill Your Highness' wishes, perhaps the path of becoming king would be the best.
Of course, I do not know if you can become king even if you aim to become king. But if you don't have power, you won't be able to help the girl who is about to be executed because of your desire to work for the good of this country and because she is considered a godchild.
His voice echoes.
I just hear those words.
"---The only people who are fighting for the throne are those who just want power. But you, Your Highness, are the kind of princess who has never thought about becoming king until now. You want to work for the people when the country is in trouble, and it is wrong to put the responsibility on a girl who is still young. It is because you are such a princess that we have such high expectations for you."
I have not had that many conversations with my brothers. Because I was the daughter of a side queen and had a low claim to the throne, and my brothers were all of high mother status.
--- but I know a little bit about how my elder brothers have lived their lives and so on.
From what I have heard from the Venetian Chamber of Commerce about the elder brothers and the nobles, they seem to think that the right to inherit the throne comes first and foremost, and they do not keep anything else in mind.
Perhaps they don't care whether the existence of the divine child is real or fake. Father was afraid of the existence of the divine child. He was careful not to offend the existence of the divine child. But perhaps the elder brothers are not so afraid of the existence of the divine child. Or rather, if they were afraid of the existence of the divine child, they would not be able to imprison a being who is considered to be a divine child, no matter how fake it may be.
In the first place, if it was really the elder brother, the third prince, who killed the father, he would have killed him himself, and to give the reason "because he set up a false godson" is an act that could provoke the wrath of the godson and the gods.
---Though our country may have already incurred the wrath of the goddess.
I wonder..."
How should I move? How should I live my life from now on? I don't know. But I told Master Hiccup, "If I don't move, there is nothing I can do. If I don't move, there is nothing I can do. No one knows what will happen if I don't move. It is much better to move of one's own volition and suffer a great deal than to be swept along by the current and suffer a great deal.
I knew that I shouldn't be so worried that I didn't make a move.
So, I made up my mind.
---- princess and determination
(The princess heard the information from the Chamber of Commerce. After hearing the information, she was forced to make a choice. And the princess decided to make a choice.)