Well, we're here at last.

　The carriage ride from home took about 10 minutes. We arrived at the Royal Palace. Our carriage stopped at the carriage stop, and one by one we got out of the carriage. Then

He's been expecting you, Master Ravert. His Majesty Raymond is expecting you.

　and the usual valet was waiting for us to arrive. 'Sorry to be out in the cold.

'Sorry for waiting in the cold. Are you all right?

　When I worry, the valet starts laughing. I've never seen him laugh before.

'What's the matter with this. There's nothing wrong with that. For that matter, I have no need for such an honorific. Master Ravert is much higher in rank than I am.

　Is that because he is engaged to Alexia and her friends?　If that's what you mean by that, it's certainly probably expensive. I'm kind of not used to talking to older people in the same breath. But this guy says this too, so let's follow him.

''All right. Please take me down to His Majesty Raymond.

Yes, there you go.

　Then he follows behind the valet. Inside the palace, the maidservants are busily moving about. The soldiers are also looking around with nervous faces.

　 At that time, the atmosphere was as tense as today's. Well, we do this every year. Well, we do this every year, and it's always like this, because 4 years ago's birthday party was special.

　While I was thinking about it, I arrived at the royal family. It's unusual for me to be here when I'm usually in the government office. As the name suggests, this is the king's private quarters. Only your relatives are allowed to enter here.

........do you mind if we go in here too?

Yes, they're inside and they're waiting for you.

　Saying this, the valet knocks on the door. Then the leader of the Konoe Guard, Gain-san, appears from inside.

''We've been expecting you, Master Ravert. Your Majesty and others are waiting for you inside.

　It's kind of crazy to be on the wrong side of this guy, too. I've always met him occasionally, and he's like Zeke's best friend, so he's like an old man I know in my mind.

　When I followed Gain-san into the room, I found the king, the 1st Queen Victoria, the 2nd Queen Carey, the 3rd Queen Arsheria, Prince Albert, Prince Alex, Chairman Marina, Prince Albert's wife and future queen Beatrice, Prince Alex's wife and Justina I...

　Why are they all here?

Good to see you, Ray. Come on, Alexia and the others, take a seat.

　We were urged by the king to sit down. Then

Hi, Mr. Ray, it's been a while.

　And Carey-sama looks at me and pretends to wave a hand in my direction. What a lack of tension this guy has.

Sigh. You know, Carey, you could use a little more class.

'Isn't that enough to talk about right now, Victoria?　I'm talking to my son-in-law, after all. Hey, Mr. Ray.

　Lady Victoria let out another sigh at this tone from Lady Carey. Are these people really in their late forties?　Aren't they all in their 30s?　It's so beautiful. There.

Why don't you two knock it off? Why don't you calm down?

　Arsheria-sama said. I'm pretty sure this person was the daughter of a marquis, but she was someone who joined the Kinsmen's Guard on merit. Only the mother of the martial arts Prince Alex, she must still be training even now. Magic power is coursing through her body.

''What's with the one person looking like he's calm?

'Yes~. You had a habit of hanging around earlier to see if they were still coming.

What!　No, I didn't do that!　I was just worried that we were getting there a little late and that something was wrong!

　........they seem to get along great. I selfishly thought that these royal wives would be a bit more awkward.

Haha. Ha, ha, ha. Your mothers must calm down a bit. Ravert is surprised to see you.

　Prince Albert says that and tries to take the atmosphere of the place. I don't have much contact with this man. It's a good thing that you can't go to other fiefdoms unless you're the Dauphin now, because he's gone to inspect each fiefdom, so he's hardly ever in the capital.

''........

　I feel a tremendous amount of eyes on me. When I look in that direction, Beatrice-sama is staring at me intently. What is it?　He looks ten years old, but I've heard he's pretty smart.

　He used to come from a commoner's family, but he was the highest-achieving student at the school, and the king gave him a title that was reserved for Beatrice.

　And it seems that Prince Albert, who was her classmate, attacked her and made her the crown prince. Of course, the aristocrats were fiercely opposed to her. They protested to the kings that it was impossible for a commoner to be the future queen. They wondered if they could support the future king.

　But then Beatrice talked to each of the rebelling noblemen and defeated them all. Politics, economics, warfare, and commerce.

　In each of these areas, the nobles were said to have been argued down. In the worst case, there were times when the nobles were made to cry. An old man being made to cry by an apparently teenage girl....

　Apparently, even if they were actually made to do it, they got moderate results. He's still in charge of some of the political affairs.

　If he's that resourceful, the other nobles have admitted to it by adopting somewhere else. The real reason is that they were afraid of being contradicted.

　I don't know, I was only two years old when I heard that story. Beatrice would have been 25 years old, the same age as Prince Albert. Pedophile?

Albert, the pedophile.

What are you talking about, Beatrice!

'What?　Huh?

　Did he just read your mind?

'Gosh, Beatrice is waiting for the magic eye. I can read shallow thoughts, you know. Well, I've had a lot of hard times because of it, so I rarely use it.

　Huh, you have the magic eye. The only person I've ever heard of is Caro. It's not like she doesn't want to use the Divine Eye herself. It uses up a lot of magic power.

Why don't you stop being a pedophile and start talking about your party, old man?

　And then Prince Alex walks in. So pedophile is family approved. I had a rough patch with Prince Alex two years ago when Ferris came in.

　Apparently, Prince Alex liked Ferris, but that's where he decided to get engaged to me, so for some reason, he asked me to fight him in a duel. It was a fist fight over Ferris. Well, I won.

　After that, I gave up on Ferris and married my fiancé, Justina-sama, who had been engaged for a while. I attended this wedding, of course.

　Justina is the complete opposite of Beatrice; she's the one who keeps the bop, the coo, the bong to the ground. She's bigger than my fiancée, Alexia, who is the biggest of all my fiancées. My dress is about to tear off.

"Mm, he'll be coming for you soon. In the meantime. Ray will have to come with us. After all, he's the year's best performer.

　I don't think so, but oh well. After that, we all talked for a bit and waited. The queens and my fiancé were seriously discussing something, so I listened a little bit, wondering what they were talking about, but I was in a hurry to find out that it was about the night.

　They were talking to their fiancées about how this way would make them happy, how this way would make them feel good, and raw, real-life experiences. And they were all listening very, very intently. I can't get into that one.

　There was one act like that.

　knock-knock

　And there is a knock on the door, and Mr. Gain, who has been standing at the door, comes in.

'Your Majesty, we're ready to go,'

All right. I'll be right there. Come on, let's go.

　It looks like we're ready to party. It looks like the other noblemen are here too. I'm a little nervous about being with the royal family, but let's go.