From the day after her return from King Poseidon, Vieille's life changed completely.
Every day she went to the capital of Agartha, visited museums, saw plays at the theater, and enjoyed meals at restaurants. And for some reason, King Maintia was accompanying her.
It is an unexpected combination, but the two seem to get along well with each other. Since their conversation at King Poseidon's place, this king has been coming to Agartha every day to take Vieille out to the city.
For a moment, I even thought that this idiot had been entrapped by Vieille, and when he came for three days in a row, I was so surprised that I caught up with him and asked him about it. His answer to my question was very uncharacteristic.
What are you talking about? We are merely discussing art.
What's an art theory? But it seems that art theory is art theory. According to King Maintia, art is interpreted narrowly in the sense of paintings and plays, but he says that we are discussing a broader interpretation of art, a theory that I don't understand.
I told King Maintia to keep his hands to himself, but he looked at me with disdain and said, "What are you talking about? I wondered what in the world he was talking about, but my fears were completely unfounded.
King Maintia and Vieille became friends beyond gender.
On the other hand, I wondered if the country was in good shape with the king visiting every day, but since the king was originally a man who had no interest in politics, it seems that the Hradime Kingdom has a proper system in place with Aussaï, the Prime Minister, at the center, to keep politics going even in the absence of the king. I'm a little envious and I wish Agartha would have such a system, but when I think about it, even without me, this kingdom would be able to run reasonably well with Rico, Felice, and Ruara. So, I might as well act freely once in a while, I thought to myself, and I tried to discipline myself.
A week after the King of Maintia started to go to Agartha, he and Vieille appeared at the Dwarves' workshop. Sidi happened to be there at the time, and he was the host of the conversation, which was so maniacal that even Sidi, a professional, was astonished.
"......What on earth are you doing at the workshop?"
"I came here to see Kara's sword. ......"
According to Sidi, the Sword of Kala is a sword made of orichalcone, a treasured sword kept in the treasury of the Dwarf Kingdom. When I asked him why such a sword was in Agartha, he told me that he had borrowed it with the special permission of his father, the king of the dwarves, as a sample for his workshop where he was experimenting with the creation of a sword made of orichalcone. Sidi was astonished when they came to see it.
"Really, I had not told anyone about this, but I never expected these two men to mention the sword of Kala."
"Even Sidi's intuition couldn't spot that?"
"No. ....... I had a bad feeling about this a while ago, but I didn't expect it to happen."
"Well, even though you haven't told anyone, the dwarves in the workshop know that the sword is there, don't they? And if so, isn't there a good chance that information will leak out?"
"I strongly nailed him to never, ever tell anyone. ......"
"The more people are told they should never do something, the more they want to do it. For example, ...... you should never say this, okay? I like Sadie the best out of all my wives. If someone said this to you, wouldn't you want to say it? ......"
"I don't ....... Maybe. If I said that, Rico and the others would be in a lot of trouble."
"Even if you think so, you will say so somewhere. You didn't have a hunch, did you?"
"Well, I don't think the Dwarves are that light-mouthed, however, the information-gathering ability of the Maintian king to get such information out of nowhere is not to be underestimated. No, Vieille. That little girl may have been pulling the strings behind the scenes. Vieille is a man of schemes. She'd be able to gather that much information in no time. Well... We'll just keep an eye on them. By the way, Sadie..."
Yes, can I help you?
"What I just told you is just an example. Don't ever tell anyone about it."
"...... I know, I know, I know. I would never say such a thing, would I? But I'm glad even if it's just a metaphor. Ahehehe."
Seeing her blushing red and embarrassed, I had a bad feeling. It is a secret story that Rico woke me up while I was sleeping, and actually spent two hours asking me who was the best among my wives. Naturally, I told him that Rico was the best. That's not what I was made to answer hundreds of times ......, but that's what I said. Not because I can't sleep if I don't answer that way, but because I truly believe it.
Let's get back to the point.
Vieille is going out with the king of Maintia. Two weeks later, May came to me with a mysterious look on her face.
"I'd like to talk to you about your health condition, Vieille. ......"
"......The expression on your face suggests that the results are not so good, are they? Well, I play around with the main tier kings every day. Maybe I'm getting tired."
"Um, ......, that's not what I meant."
"What do you mean?"
"There has been a dramatic improvement."
"Huh?"
The other day, he had a thorough examination just to be sure, and the results were unparalleled. Vieille is now in a too-healthy state, he says.
He gets more than enough exercise by going out every day, which helps him to eat better. He sleeps at night as if he had just turned off the switch, after having a conversation with the king of Maintia to relieve himself and relieve stress. Then, after a good night's sleep, she wakes up, and the cycle repeats itself, and she regains her health. She is now ready to be discharged from the hospital at any time.
This seems to have been an unexpected recovery for May. Somehow, this change in Vieille's condition must have made her blood boil as a researcher. I can sense that he would like to do some more research. Of course, he does not say such a thing out loud, and he is well aware that he is not Mei who would do such a thing.
On the other hand, the Great High King Reborn, who comes to visit May every day, does not like his son's debauchery. Well, that's true. It's Vieille. The High King is worried that his son will be entangled and Hladime will become a dependency of Crimiana, but that is highly unlikely. I told him to tell the king that it is as likely as the Great High King hating May.
"That said. The soldiers are still at sea. There's nothing we can do to get Vieille out of the hospital now."
I fold my arms and look up to the heavens.
"...... I guess so. Let's call Vieille and see how things are going."