It's been almost a month since we rescued Shelly.
　Since then, Cliff's mother has been found quickly and the uncles are busy looking for the burglar's hideout.

　Also, a lot of people have gathered in the Imperial City for Cliff's coming-of-age party.
　Great lords and ladies from all over, and emissaries from the Church and Kingdom.
　No, the realm didn't want them this time.
　The other side, with their knight in custody, was unable to say anything either.

　As for me, there's been nothing going on for the past month.
　I went to school every day.
　That's all I did.

　If anything's changed, it's school life.
　People stopped coming to sherry.
　It was so hard to talk at school and now sherry speaks with ease.

　Maybe for a variety of reasons, but I think they think Shelly's lost her claim to the throne.
　After the kidnapping, the Emperor issued a gag order.

　But as expected, word spread quickly among the nobility.
　But the rumors are vague.
　Apparently, Shelly was kidnapped and rescued by the Forster family: .......
　But the kidnappers are still out there.

　I guess the nobleman heard about this and felt that Shelley's claim to the throne is no longer valid.

　Sherry is a woman.
　If she'd been kidnapped, it wouldn't be happening this time: .......
　Well, maybe they would have done something wrong.
　I'm told that if that's the case, you're not fit to be the next emperor.
　In fact, many marriages between noblemen have been broken off after their daughters were kidnapped for political reasons.

　But what happens if the culprit is Cliff's mother, as in this case?
　Is it still the emperor's decision?

　With such uncertain rumors, the nobles stopped flirting with Shelly and started flirting with Mr. Cliff's camp .
　He was glad to finally have a quiet school life.
　Besides, Sherry doesn't want to be the emperor.

　Well, I'm here, and he seems to get along with Leena and her friends when the girls are alone, so he won't miss them.


　Oh, and about me and Sherry's engagement issue: ......
　From the moment Shelly taught me, there's nothing.

　Sherry never says anything to me.
　The emperor has been so busy lately that I can't ask him, and I have no idea what's going on.

　So a month has gone by, and here I am at the party.
　It's Cliff's coming-of-age party.

　I thought I'd come early, but the place was already packed with people.
There's a lot of people. Never had a party this big before.

Even I've only had to do it a few times.

I haven't seen the current emperor since he came of age.
　When I walked in, my brother Alex, my grandmother, and my mother were talking about this when they saw the crowd of people in the hall.

　This time it was the Forsters + the saints + Lena who came to the hall.
　But we each found someone to talk to and then we all fell apart.

　Leena and I were walking around the hall.

"Hey, Leo!
　As I was walking, I saw Frank coming out of the crowd.

"Oh, Frank,

Hey, nice to see you today. I couldn't find you at Leo's brother's party the last time I looked for you, so it's good to see you.

Was it?

　Come to think of it, I was obsessed with eating dragon meat back then .
　And I wasn't at the party in the middle of the party: .......
　Now that I think about it, I didn't celebrate my brother at all.
　Sorry, bro.

　Some time later, Cliff finally walked in.

"So that's the guy who's going to be king.
　Frank looked at Mr. Cliff and muttered.

'I'm not sure I'm going to be the next emperor.

Yeah, but everybody says that. They say that's why you haven't been out of the house lately, and that's probably why you haven't been out of the house lately.

　No, Mr. Cliff wasn't outside for some other reason.

I'm not sure.

'Shelly said she didn't want to be emperor,'

What's to stop me from inheriting it?

I don't know. But if he says so, then it's settled.

　The three of them were having a conversation when the Emperor appeared before the nobles.

"I thank you all for coming here today for my son Cliff.
　I know there are things people want to know sooner than these insignificant greetings.
　But first, there's something you need to hear.
　Lately, there have been rumors that my daughter Shelia has been kidnapped: ...... This is true.

　Some of the noblemen were coming to the party and started buzzing.

"The culprit is Melissa, Cliff's mother.
　They got her and she's in jail.

　The aristocracy just got louder.

No way. ......
What are you going to do now: ......
　And so on and so forth.
　Did he have some kind of black connection to Mr. Cliff's mother?

'So, ...... I'm going to announce who the next emperor will be.



　shuddering
　The house went silent.

Cliff is the next emperor.

What?
What do you mean?
Why?
　The nobles instantly went into a tizzy at the emperor's announcement.

''Quiet!　Cliff had nothing to do with the kidnapping.
　And he would have turned himself in as soon as he learned of his mother's wrongdoing.
　I've decided to make him an emperor with that sense of justice.
　Now I need him to have a stronger sense of justice than ever before.
　And I'll have Cliff under observation until he becomes emperor.
　That should be no problem, right?
　Then the emperor turned to Mr. Cliff.

　Then Cliff stepped forward and bowed.
"From now on, I will work hard for our nation to atone for my sins.
　I'm only a novice, but I hope it's a pleasure.

　When Mr. Cliff's greeting was over, applause began to be heard in places and spread throughout.

　And when the applause ended, the emperor stepped forward again.
"And there is one more thing that has happened to tell you all.
　In fact, it's been decided that Shelia will be engaged to Leonce Forster.
　Leonce has done two great things in his career, and this is his contribution to solving the kidnapping.
　A formal reward will be announced at a later date.
　That's it for me. Well, enjoy the party.

　As soon as the emperor's story was over, the aristocrats began to buzz about it.
"d*mn it ......, House Forster again.
I'm not even ten years old yet, am I right?
　And then they started talking about me.

　Cliff seems to have flown out of the aristocrat's head.
　That's great: .......
　I'd be interested in it, but ......
Hey, what's going on?

I didn't hear you two getting engaged!

　The two guys next to me grabbed me by the shoulders and questioned me.
　This is just a pain in the ass.

　And they continued to question me for the rest of the party.


　SIDE:?
So, what do you want to hear?

Yes, ...... as expected, the brave man is dead. And ...... the killing of the person who appeared to have the ability to do so was unsuccessful.

'So ...... so?　Was he, Leons Forster, a gifted man?

Yes, I'm sure.

'Well, ...... this hasn't happened in a long time and now you can go home.
　You can go home now that you know what's important.
　Next time, don't screw it up, Allen.

Okay. Let's go to .......