Princess Reincarnation
"Source"
I'm so glad I did.
I am fit to burst with happiness, and only childlike thoughts come to mind.
“Your face is bright red. ”
"!"
When she showed it, I covered my face with both hands in panic. My cheeks feel hot. If I was a steamed bun, it seemed like steam was blowing me.
Sir Leonhard laughed out loud as he saw me trying to be calm, flipping my palms to my cheeks to the back of my hand.
She's hideous. She covered her mouth with her hands, but I knew. Try covering up with a cough when the action is already open!
"You must be enjoying yourself …"
I couldn't help it if I looked at her rather coldly.
Underestimating with a tender heart a young girl in love is not a permissible behavior just because she happens to be Sir Leonhard.
"I'm sorry . ”
He was ready to apologize, but his eyes laughed.
I was struck by the sudden understanding. Was he always a little cruel?
He asked me from the opposite seat.
"Did you not like this side of me?"
"Not at all" I replied directly.
Sir Leonhard looked at me in wonder.
It seems he was not expecting my answer.
Don't get me wrong, it doesn't make me happy to be teased, understand ?! It was because he was different from Klaus and the others, he did not have a talisman like them!
My reason is very simple!
“I'm glad you didn't keep up appearances with me. ”
I'm really happy to see his true self.
When I pour out my feelings honestly, Sir Leonhard makes a face like he swallowed a frog.
Why does he have to look like that? Looking at my expression, he gave me a troubled smile.
"I don't mind you. ”
"Huh?"
Not understanding the meaning of his words hinted, I gave him a questioning look, but he stopped talking.
"yeah. Let's leave a chat here and get down to business. ”
"GOOD…"
He seems to bother me so I can't understand, but he's right to say that we don't have time to talk nonsense. He took pains to release Klaus from me, so I had to use my time effectively.
Young girls who are in love are not reckless conversations, though …
"This time you start the steps that can prevent the disease?"
"Yes nih . ”
Sir Leonhard took out a map from his pocket with a hardened expression.
“Sorry proximity. ”
"What?"
Hed stood up from his chair and sat down beside me.
His handsome face was right next to mine, and I stared with my mouth open.
S-very close … !!
In contrast to how I turned to stone from earth-shattering nerves, Sir Leonhard was in complete working mode. His profile as his gaze fell onto the map was an image of seriousness itself.
I became embarrassed by my shaken composure, and chanted a spell for myself because of my heartbeat to Calm down!
"You're saying the disease is spreading from the south, but do you know the exact location?"
"I don't know for sure, but .. I want to say south-southwest. Close to the national border with our neighbors in the Vind Kingdom. ”
Taking a cue from Sir Leonhard's calm voice, I slowly calmed down.
After sighing deeply, I turned my attention to the map.
At the heart of a giant continent shaped like one side of a bird's wing is my kingdom, Nebel. Blessed with good weather, the peninsular section jutting at the bottom is tropical in nature. Even in the north, warm soil accounts for most of it, and the only area where snow falls with striking density is in the northernmost mountains.
"Isn't that a peninsula?"
"Yes nih . ”
In a peninsula with its tropical climate, many diseases tend to thrive, but the people who make their home there have built up immunity, so they do not suffer the same amount of damage.
Moreover, the part of the land connected to the continent was extremely thin, pulled tight like an hourglass. Of course there is communication between the two, but they have their own culture and rarely leave their territory, so the disease is difficult to spread throughout the continent.
“Maybe the disease is spreading because we are engaged in a war between Vind and Sckellz. ”
"Your reason?"
“The first is the season. Within a year of the start of the war, the disease began to spread. Two, in my dream, the skin color of the persecuted as the 'source of disease' is different from that of the citizens of Nebel. ”
Putting his chin in his hand, Sir Leonhard took the time to think, and arrived at the same conclusion I did.
"Skin color…! Meaning, refugees? "
I nodded my head, and continued.
“I've heard that there are people with dark skin living in the huge forest that stretches across the southern region of Vind. Expelled from their homes, I think they probably flowed into Nebel. ”
“If I am not mistaken, what is the horror of war when I see the forest burning, instead of fleeing north to the land located right in the middle of the conflict, the, it would make more sense if they were aiming for a neighboring kingdom. If the disease begins to spread at the same time, refugees begin to flock to Nebel, don't you find it strange that this prominent target becomes a scapegoat? ”
"Yes nih . ”
“Do you yourself also believe the source is them? Or do you also consider it a suspicious accusation? "
"Party is dangerous .. but I don't believe they are carriers. ”
If it is the same as my previous world, then many viruses are likely to exist in the forests of this world as well.
For the dark skin groups that have lived in the land since ancient times, the severity does not increase as they become accustomed to the disease, but it was a different story for the citizens of Nebel who had absolutely no developed antibodies.
We're lucky it's not a disease with a high mortality rate, but the fatigue caused by war and lack of adequate medicine seems to accelerate its spread.
“I have the same opinion. Similar to the peninsula of our kingdom, the southern forest has many unknown diseases. Vind is highly unlikely to start a war for now, but improving preventive measures against the disease remains a good practice. ”
Immediately, if possible, he added.
At her additional words, I raised my head and directed my gaze towards her.
I know it is necessary to provide measures because the threat has not gone away.
But why should we hurry? It was a bridge that had to be crossed quickly, but there were many other tasks that needed to be done. My face reflected my question, and Sir Leonhard nodded.
"Even if it is not caught in the flames of war, there is a possibility that the forest will still be lost" he said.
Trade could increase with the Flamme to the northwest, relying on Vind to destroy threats against those known as Sckellz.
Flamme was a kingdom surrounded on three fronts by the sea, and there were many people who took jobs influenced by sailing and fishing. Naturally, shipbuilding was also a prosperous industry, and in order to build their ships, they needed wood.
That means the resource that Vind set up to sell to Flamme was the southern forest!
"So they've started cutting down the forest" I murmured.
“You saved me with your quick understanding. ”
Sir Leonhard looked at me with approval.
"Stopping them is .. impossible, isn't it?"
No matter how many alliances there are between our kingdoms, a foreign princess has no say in this.
No one knows better than me, but I dropped it without giving up. But, Sir Leonhard was not the kind of person who liked to spout words of comfort.
“Some people have to experience it themselves before they want to listen. ”
I hold my tongue in his direct opinion.
I have no dispute. It's sad, but I think the same.
There was no time for me to get depressed. There's a lot I have to do.
I put myself together, and opened my mouth to speak.
"Then..-?!
And then it happened.
The horse neighed, and the big carriage shook.
"Greatness!!"
Without a moment's delay, Sir Leonhard pulled me into his arm and drew his sword from its sheath.
What is in this world ?!
