The Brain of a Duke Princess

Various Speculations

"Think of it, Alfred. Recently, it seems like you've been dating Ludy a lot. ”

I call my grandson Alfred. My name is Arya von Tasmeria. This Kingdom .. The Kingdom of Queen Dowager Tasmeria. The person in front of me was Alfred. My grandson, and the First Prince. And the person standing at the side was Ludy. He was Alfred's childhood friend and aide.

“Yes, grandma. I've been busy with something lately. "

Although she responded with a smile ..This granddaughter of mine, I was unable to accurately read her expression. The smile she had looked very natural. If I didn't live in a world where gimmicks are the norm in social circles, I probably wouldn't have noticed either.

"Even if it's me, I know about it. Since Ellia and Ed have done a lot recently, so you should probably follow up with the Prime Minister, right? "

Although it is unfortunate, our Kingdom still bears the debt of the war that occurred thirty years ago. That said, the debt is gradually repaid, and unless we do something useless, there should be no problem.

However, Ellia and Ed did very well. Ellia who often opens a soup kitchen for people, buys a number of dresses that I do not know if there will be enough official events for her to wear them all, she said, and bought a new dress for Ed's new friend to wear during their engagement …

After that, after the engagement party, Ed went to the resort with the new person he was engaged to .. The girl's name was Yuri or something if I wasn't mistaken, "This is a good place. It would be great if more people could enjoy it. ”And because of that.. It seems like Ed took it to the extreme and decided to develop the resort.

Lastly, they seem to strongly oppose the idea of the Prime Minister, acting very unreasonably and refusing to listen to anything. In the end, the opposition paying for Yuri's clothes ended up falling on deaf ears.

… First of all, paying for Yuri's clothes with the royal family's budget was strange. Because Ellia had overindulged Edward, he became brash and became very troublesome.

The Royal budget is shared between the royal family and for national management.

The budget of the royal family should be used for the private life of the royal family.

As for the funds intended for national management, as the name suggests, it should be used to operate the Kingdom. Take my clothes, for example, the budget the royal family used to buy the clothes I usually wore. But for official functions, funds were taken from the national budget because it was necessary for the management of the Kingdom.

The wages paid to my personal servant who took care of my daily needs were taken from the budget of the royal family. However, the court ladies who took care of me as the Queen Dowager, they were paid using the national budget.

To be honest, I am not entirely sure about the difference between a female servant and a court lady. For example, if I wanted to send a personal letter, the help of a maid would do.

But if I want to send a letter as Queen Dowager, the help of a court lady is required. As it depends on the situation, it is important for them to check the content of the letter and compare it with previous cases to make sure they are suitable.

In terms of clothing, the maid helped me dress, while the court lady checked to see if my clothes were suitable for the event.

Although the story has gone astray, sometimes there is discussion of whether things should be paid for with the royal family's budget or the national budget.

But in this case .. Yuri was still the one who was engaged to a member of the royal family. That being said, usually, there was no way to spend either the royal family budget or the national budget for her.

“Yes, they have spent quite a lot of money, and even inside the castle, they have also done various things. The Queen mother's family, the Marquis' House and their factions. Therefore, I was forced to come out of the shadows to find a talented person. And the result is as you can see. "

"After Sharia left, the initially reliable King. At present, because information is being controlled, it has not been discovered by the public, but it will not be long before they do. "

"Yes. Therefore, the Marquis Building would gain even more momentum. ”

"… Alfred." -."

Looking at Alfred who was still smiling calmly, I called his name to give him a warning.

"…Yes I understand. I have no intention of dying. However, I still could not stand on stage for a while. "

"It's good if you understand."

"Until all the preparations are done, I will remain as I am until the time comes."

"So this means that until you can find a capable person, your preparations will not be complete."

"… I really can't keep secrets from grandma."

Although he did not confirm my suspicions, I was still satisfied with his answer. If it was Alfred, I could believe he would be able to do it.

Leticia is Alfred's younger sister from the same mother. Even though he was younger than Ed, he was smarter than him, and like me, he bet on Alfred.

"… that is, I'll be talking to him soon."

Alfred once again smiled with an unreadable feeling. … Like this, it means he has no intention of talking about it.

Alfred once again smiled with an unreadable feeling. … Like this, it means he has no intention of talking about it.

And then, after talking to Alfred about some other things, he left with Ludy.

* * *

"Mufu …"

When I was the only one left in the room, I thought back to the conversation Alfred and I had. While I was thinking about it, I could not help but be happy and smile.

Although Alfred didn't mention anything about it .. I quite know their purpose. Although they went here and there .. In the end, they continued on their way to the Duke of Armelia.

My expectations may have materialized .. No, because I really thought I would realize that I was becoming really happy just thinking about it.

My motive was for the Duke's daughter to marry someone from the royal family. … Or rather, it's because I love Melly so much.

When I see the girl with doll-like and pretty features, I want to make her my daughter by all means. However, by that time, Mellice was already engaged to the heir of the Dukedom, she was engaged to Louis. Since Melly had loved Louis since she was very young, I sobbed. Because if I force her, I will be hated and avoided by Mellice.

But I didn't give up completely. If Melly gives birth to a girl, I'll get her engaged to my granddaughter, no matter what.

Afterwards, I heard from Louis that the long-awaited girl was born, and I was happy to know that she was named Iris. My name ... section "Ai" of Arya (Ai-ri-ya) and "Ris" of Mellice (Meru-risu) put together. Because I hadn't seen her face back then .. I wondered if she was born prematurely, but when Melly brought young Iris to see me, I fell in love with her. Her face looks like Melly. Although the eye color is similar to Louis, the color is dark blue, but the color itself has elegance.

I would really make him my grandson .. If possible, rather than Ellia's son, Ed, I think Alfred would be better off politically. But when Sharia died, a lot of commotion occurred around Alfred and Leticia, so in the end, she got engaged to Edward.

To get engaged to one of the royal families? Since I do not specifically imply who, some complications occur. I don't think I should do anything about it because it's obvious that Melly doesn't like Ellia so she won't agree to have Iris engaged to Ed … But I don't think Iris will fall in love with Ed.

I would really make him my grandson .. If possible, rather than Ellia's son, Ed, I think Alfred would be better off politically. But when Sharia died, a lot of commotion occurred around Alfred and Leticia, so in the end, she got engaged to Edward.

To get engaged to one of the royal families? Since I do not specifically imply who, some complications occur. I don't think I should do anything about it because it's obvious that Melly doesn't like Ellia so she won't agree to have Iris engaged to Ed … But I don't think Iris will fall in love with Ed.

Since the two people loved their daughter so much, they agreed.

… Well, since she would eventually remain my granddaughter, I reluctantly agreed to it, but I did not think that the engagement would suddenly be annulled.

When I heard what happened, I thought that my goal had been thwarted again .. But when I thought about it very carefully, it was an opportunity for me.

This time, I will definitely make sure that Alfred marries Iris. As the saying goes, if you fail twice, there is always a third time. No matter what it takes, I will make sure they get married, and make the child my granddaughter.

… For that to happen, I have to move .. The first one, "he has been removed from society," so I have to get Iris back into society.

According to my calculations, it would not be beneficial to him if I asked him to return to society.

Ever since he was expelled from the academy, he had never shown his face in society. … If she came out, she would turn into a laughingstock because her engagement was canceled.

However, right now, he has done very well in managing their fiefdom and is the president of a well-known conglomerate, that would be highlighted as Ed's fault.

Right now, all I have to do is create an opportunity for him to perform in society.

Now, I also have to move.