Along with Ryan and Soul, I decided to return to my country ahead of others.
Actually, I wanted to travel slowly with Lillina, but there's a reason not to.
As Soul pointed out, there's still some work left.
When I was making various preparations in my country to marry Lillina, the southern country made a fool of itself.
It all started with a marriage problem of the royal family.
As with Lillina's country, in my country marriage is often decided by political strategies of the country.
However, this time politics had nothing to do with it at all.
The famous youngest child of the southern country declared that she wanted to marry me.
I can't remember it myself, but apparently, she's met me at some party.
However, the marriage wouldn't be favorable to my country.
According to the investigation of the intelligence unit she grew up spoiled, couldn't do anything alone, and was a selfish girl.
Frankly, I don't need such a burden.
Even if there was no Lillina, I wouldn't find such a marriage agreeable.
Therefore when the southern country brought up engagement talks, they were briskly declined.
Of course I received father's approval.
However, it seems the southern country hasn't even considered the possibility of rejection.
I really want to know where they got their confidence from.
According to the intelligence force, although it was done politely, it seems the king of the southern country was furious his adorable daughter's desire for marriage was refused.
It should be the king's qualification to not expose feelings to that extent.
That's why he's considered a fool in neighboring countries.
I didn't mean to take charge when the southern country first attacked.
However, as father informed me of the secret of Lillina's territory, circ.u.mstances changed completely.
The king of the southern country decided to abdicate.
It's the fault of the southern country's king that the sea creature demons appeared in Lillina's territory.
In that case, I will hurriedly offer my guidance and bring stability to the southern country.
The people in the southern country are innocent, and if the conflict is prolonged, more demons will appear.
The aim is only the castle.
Thanks to the poor reputation of the southern country's king, a lot people were willing to cooperate.
Some were located at the country's very center.
The speedy resolution was achieved thanks to such people.
I don't want to remember meeting the king as our conversation didn't really mesh.
He abdicated with haste.
And because I'd been able to prevent an all-out confrontation between mine and the southern country, I heard the news that the occurrences of demons have ceased.
The shunned second prince was crowned the next king.
It seems he was reviled by the previous king for being weak, but he was actually an incredible person working in the shadows who you could hardly believe was the previous king's son.
By the way, the other members of royal family were restrained and imprisoned for being overly similar to the previous king.
Even thought I haven't finished cleaning up my own country yet…
It's necessary to clean up a little more to welcome Lillina.
Although it's 90% finished, the remainder is hard to get rid of.
For Soul, it's inevitable to have prejudice against n.o.ble daughters.
The number one problem is the duke's daughter Natasha.
Her pedigree, education, and etiquette make her a prime example of a n.o.ble daughter, only her personality poses a problem.
Of course, she doesn't act out openly, but if something happens to a woman I talked or danced with even for a bit, there's 99% chance it's Natasha's fault.
Even though she's being openly suspected, no evidence comes up.
Anyway, I want to clean that up before Lillina arrived…
Soul spoke to me as if he'd read my thoughts.
"Chris-sama, I think the duke's troublesome child will definitely pick a fight with Lillina. What should we do? Will you eliminate her with only circ.u.mstantial evidence?"
"No, that would be impossible. The duke wouldn't keep silent. I honestly wanted to do something before Lillina comes…"
"Well, if she knows Lillina is the granddaughter of that 'Sword G.o.d' she shouldn't recklessly meddle. I don't know since I haven't seen it, but is Lillina strong like him?"
As Soul said, you shouldn't directly pick a fight with Lillina, the granddaughter of that 'Sword G.o.d'.
Of course, 'Sword G.o.d' is Lillina's grandfather.
He's famous after rampaging once during a training of our chivalric order.
Incidentally, father named him that.
I heard it was a name from the old past.
Anyway, Lillina must be protected.
Well, she's not a child who needs it… But I don't want her to get hurt.
Now, let's clean up as much as possible before Lillina comes!