Diary of an Eltria Octave

　The banquet for Ike and his men, as well as the heroes who participated in the defeat of the Sea Serpent, stretched on for days.

　To be honest, I personally had only thought of balls as boring, silly banquets to make connections with influential people, but Ike's participation in the ball was fun.

　He seemed confused, but it was both amusing and amusing to learn how to dance to a naive young man who didn't know how to handle women.

　He'd been stepped on a few times, but if he'd been stepped on by a future candidate for Demon King, the historians of future generations would be envious.

　Besides, all of Ike's subordinates were a uniformly pleasant bunch.


　The daughter of a succubus named Lilith had no intention of learning to dance from the beginning, and she danced like a dancer with the wild abandon of a dancer.

　The merchants and nobles who invited her to join them rolled their eyes at first, but they soon became accustomed to her spontaneity and began dancing the gypsy dance with her.

　Watching these women reminds me of the original meaning of the word 'music'.
　It says that music is the enjoyment of sound.
　Originally, dancing to music like she did, dancing freely and unrestrainedly, was the origin of the dance.
　In that sense, she may have enjoyed the ball the most.


　Anemone, the daughter of an elf, also seemed to enjoy the ball.
　I'm used to seeing elves, but her beauty was worthy of special mention.
　She seems to be the twin sister of the Elf Queen.
　That's just the way it is. I've heard that Ferrette, Queen of Elves, is a beauty worthy of special mention in the long history of the elven race.
　How could her twin sister not be beautiful?

　She had never ballroom danced before, but she quickly learned to dance to the point and danced with ease, her golden hair fluttering in the air as if caught in a meadow breeze.

　Her beauty was coveted by the bachelor merchants of Zenobia and the noblemen of other countries, but it seems that not many men were lucky enough to dance with her.

　As she said, "I am a specialist in Miss Ike.

　This is where my daughter, Yulia, comes in.
　She was fighting with my daughter for Ike every day.


　On the other hand, Ike's maid, Satie, is as unassuming as ever.

　She usually wears a maid's outfit, but dressed in a party dress, she has the kind of looks that would be acceptable even if she claimed to be a nobleman's daughter.

　She's a dainty girl.
　And she's also modest.

　While Julia, Anemone, and Lilith were eager to be Ike's partner day after day, she was always watching from afar, her back to the wall.

　I told her that
Aren't you going to join the fight for Ike?
　I asked her, but she only shrugged and said no, she was not.

　But she didn't seem to have an eye for any man other than Ike either, and she had turned down all offers of dancing from other men.
　Ike must be concerned about Sati, too.
　From time to time, when he was free from the annoying daughters, he would visit Sati and say a few words to her.
　Watching the scene from the edge, the figure didn't look like a relationship between the Lord and his handmaid.
　But they don't look like lovers either.
　It looks like a strange relationship.
　Surprisingly, a girl like Sati might be the final victor and become Ike's companion.
　That's how I felt.

　Now, if that were to happen, my daughter Yulia's plan to marry her would be ruined, but that was fine with me.
　I have always said that Ike would be my son-in-law, but lately, I was now changing that mindset.
　To tell you the truth, I've fallen in love with Ike.
　That's why I've come to wish him well, on the contrary.
　If he was going to choose a daughter other than Yulia, that was the way it had to be.
　I might not be able to fulfill my promise to him to become a family, but he would make good on his promise to me.


'Peace in Zenobia'


　If the League of Lords invades my Zenobia, he, Ike, will come to the rescue with his omniscience and omnipotence.

　And he would be able to defeat the invaders with his brilliant skills.
　That was the only future that came to mind.

　And - and - and

"The Further Prosperity of Zenobia

　The words he had uttered the other day would not be false either.

　When the Demon King's army united Rosalia and moved the capital from Dvorberg to Arsenum, Zenobia's geopolitical status would jump even higher.

　This Zenobia would further develop as the gateway to a southern trading city.
　The person known as the Sixth Heavenly Demon King seems to be a king with a rare talent and vision.
　Even I hadn't thought of his plans, but he's steadily carrying out them.
　His ability to perform so many miracles is honestly astounding.
　I believe that the modern demon king of our time will be able to unify this continent and make it a dream come true.

　The Demon King's army is currently baseless and hasn't even conquered Rosalia, but I believed in her victory.

　However, the evidence is tenuous.
　No, rather, if you ask the merchants around me, many of them are of the opinion that there is a high possibility that the Demon King's army will lose this time as well.

　I'm not going to be able to say that I'm not going to be able to get it right.

　-- in other words, I was one of them.

　But that possibility was now completely in the past in my mind.
　The reason for this, of course, is that I met a young man named Ike.
　He makes the impossible possible.

　Or perhaps it would be more appropriate to say that he reminds me that the word difficult and the word impossible are not the same thing.

　He has enriched this Zenobia.

　The cannons he provided have softened the fury of the pirates and brought wealth to Zenobia.
　He defeated the legendary great sea serpent and saved this Zenobia.
　Twice he had saved my daughter's life.


　After being shown such a miracle so many times, I can only believe the words of the young man named Ike.

　As he and the Demon King's army led by him declared, in the near future, they would capture the royal capital of Rosalia, Reezus, and bring the whole of Rosalia under their control.

　He would then establish the capital as the center of this continent and bring prosperity to this Zenobia.
　I don't think it's an ill-advised gamble.
　In fact, it seems too optimistic to assume that this will not happen.
　That is why I was so energetic, writing letters to the leaders of the Trade Federation.

　I don't know if that one letter would have led them to the same conclusion as I did, but I didn't need them to come to the same conclusion.

　Even if they were skeptical now, they would wake up in a few years or even months.
　They will reaffirm that I was right.
　When the time comes, they will be surprised and flattered by my foresight.
　I can't say I blame them, though it would be a bit irritating.
　This was a unique feeling that could only be shared by those who met and came in contact with the young man named Ike.
　There wouldn't be any merchant who would be reluctant to 'invest' in him after seeing and interacting with him.
　That's how attractive the young man named Ike was as an investment destination.
　On the contrary, I may be happy to have the opportunity to make his acquaintance and monopolize him.
　That's what I've been thinking lately.

　--I'm going to put my pen to rest on this point.

　I have a lot of work left to do, such as providing food aid to the Demon King's Army and coordinating within the Trade Federation.
　It's a mother's duty to comfort her beleaguered daughter.
　My daughter Yulia had become noticeably depressed since Ike had returned to Ivalice, even from the edges.
　Her beloved fiancé had departed again, far away from her.
　It was painfully obvious how her daughter felt.
　Julia should be wanting words of comfort right now.
　This is the only thing that my husband and my butler, Hans, will not be able to do.
　After all, only a woman can understand the feelings of a woman.
　Now, how to comfort my selfish daughter?
　That was the question.
　Is it just my imagination that this is more difficult than negotiating with the leaders of the Trade Federation?