At a later date, Advisor Otto immediately issued a letter from the royal family"s office, and Clovis was officially appointed as an advisor to the a.s.sistant Office. He then gave Alicia a letter of appointment to nominate him as a royal advisor.
Then, the appointment ceremony of Clovis was held under Alicia"s standing.
(The Privy Council members who did not come were conspicuous, but I wonder if it is because it suddenly got decided）
Wearing a dark blue dress and sitting next to the King, Alicia looked at the red chair that was empty, and dropped her head.
During an audience with a large chandelier hanging down in the room, the appointment ceremony of important posts is often held here. In such a case, the Privy Council, which consists of the head of the influential n.o.bles who govern the main territory, and the ministers of the respective ministries, often “approve” the personnel affairs.
However, half of the members, including the Duke of Sutherland, the father of Riddhe Sutherland, who had been terribly disgusted with Clovis the last time, are out of their seats.
(...... Or is it that most of the Privy councils are against taking Clovis as my entourage）
In the mind of Alicia, the appearance of the Aide Otto arguing with Riddhe appeared. Riddhe harshly accused Otto of disrespecting the old aristocracy to the point where he fainted.
However, Alicia shook her head vigorously, and kicked out the anxiety that was floating in her head. I"m not going back now. She had the responsibility to finish what she started, which led to her making that statement.
Anyway, the appointment ceremony ended safely, and Clovis became an advisor to Alicia. As soon as the ceremony was over, Alicia met with her new Princess’ Advisor.
Good work, Clovis. Are you feeling alright?」
"I"m not tired. I am also very happy to see Alicia」
Alicia was relieved to see Clovis. His expression was hard to see during the appointment ceremony, but when I looked at him closely, it looked much better than when I met with him at the appointment ceremony.
"To be honest, I do not know if I do not ask, but in the future, is there something you want to ask me?"」
Alicia immediately said something she wanted to ask during the meeting.
Alicia does not yet know what kind of man called Clovis is like in this life, although he was appointed as her own aide, so to speak. But it"s the same for the Alicia he saw now. In front of the 10-year-old master who seems to know neither right or left, feeling something, even if he felt anxiety it would not be wrong to do so.
Alicia looked innocently with her sky-blue eyes, and crawled a glance towards Clovis. Slightly, sparingly thin lips are opened.
"...Then only one. Why did you nominate me, dear Alicia?」
Alicia controlled with one hand to stop Advisor Otto, who stood behind Clovis, and was about to open his mouth to lash at him. An excellent aide, while smoothing his troubled eyebrows, he immediately backed down to the will of the Princess.
"I am indebted to Ms. Alicia and Mr. Otto for the rest of my life. It is my pleasure to serve the Princess. But my presence will cast a shadow on you.」
With a beautiful face showing a slight of pain, Clovis looked away from Alicia.
"The number of vacant seats in the appointment ceremony is evidence of this. The reason for the number of absences may be that I did not schedule it with enough time beforehand, but the majority of conservatives who value rigor among the old aristocracy left their seats.…... because of me who draws the blood of Graham there is a silent protest against serving the royal family.」
Alicia was convinced that it was because of this that the expression of Clovis was hard at the time of the appointment ceremony. At the same time, he was surprised that the people were more accurately a.n.a.lyzing the vague anxiety that Alicia felt during the ceremony.
However, as for < graham"s="" blood="">, Clovis has a tendency to be too intolerant. For example, Advisor Otto would explain that the reason why the Conservatives were absent from the Privy Council was because they did not approve a princess-appointed aide from a former aristocrat who was a.s.sociated with the Privy Council.
"I cannot defile the name of the person who reached out to me. Now, I still have time before it is too late. If you only felt sorry for me, if you were just compa.s.sionate...」
"Why would my name fall because of you?"」
With a light voice like a little bird, when Alicia blocked the words of the aide, Clovis made a dubious face.
I thought because I have the blood of Graham.」
Yeah. But what about it? You"re Clovis Cromwell, right? It"s not Zach Graham.」
As for Alicia, she only talked about what was commonplace, but Clovis opened his eyes wide open, and saw the face of Alicia for who she was.
"...... As such, there are those who divide into groups with their own opinions」(Naizel???)
I guess so. You"re here, Naizel, and you recommended him to the King.」
As if trying to find something that is not a word, Clovis opens his mouth many times and closes it. His troubled expression did not suit his beautiful face, enough to be admiring, and Alicia laughed aloud.
Then, I tightened my expression suddenly.
"There are some who can"t be civil, and others like Lord Riddhe. It may cause you to feel disgusted because it is my fault. I"m really sorry about that.」
"Ms. Alicia apologizes to me!」
When Clovis shook his head wide, he put his hand on his chest and took the posture of a vow.
"It is Alicia who picked me up as a person who draws the cursed blood, which should have decayed quietly. From the time I was chosen, I decided to dedicate my loyalty to you. I will serve you for the rest of my life.」
(So, if the words of the oath are heavy）
Alicia was glad that ”in this body” was going to be upgraded to ”in this life", but even so, Clovis was going to be in charge of the position of Princess’ Advisor again.
Thus, a brief visitation with Alicia and her Advisor Clovis came to an end. According to the hearing, his parents" house takes more than a small hour by carriage at the nearest residence, so it was likely to give him a room in the quarters for civil officers built on the site of the castle.
In order to receive a concrete explanation of the future, including about his residence, Clovis was taken under Otto"s aide and left the small room used for their meeting.
A single sweat drifted down from Alicia"s forehead while she saw them off with a smile.
After gently pushing the handkerchief of the white lace to her forehead, Alicia held her own handkerchief and questioned if she was able to laugh well.
Fortunately, Clovis and Naizel did not seem suspicious. Rather, in fact, what I told them now is Alicia"s sincere heart, and the conversation with the my new Princess’ Advisor was a lot more fun than I imagined.
But…
Alicia warned herself that there was still not enough peace. Even though we knew that Clovis was not the one who killed her, when she relaxed, the figure of an a.s.sailant who held hatred and pierced her with his sword floats in her mind. Then the body of Alicia becomes rigid, against her will to be favorable to him.
I"m sure the future will change.
While reflecting on the contract with the angel of the star, Alicia said so to herself.
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Woot~ first chapter done~ Heyo this is SunaSun and I have picked this up after the previous translator dropped it. I hope you have fun reading these chapters because I am^^ I"ll be MTL-ing the raws and then editing them, so feel free to comment as it motivates me to do this faster lol