Chapter 23

While waiting for the royal family to exit under the tent, the palace guards brought a visitor. For someone to enter this place without prior notice, they must be of very high rank.

It was Prince Oscar and, to my surprise, Cecilia!

"Alie! I've missed you so much!"

Wow! Cecilia! You smell so good! Still got that dynamite body! So soft!

I was tightly embraced by the voluptuous Cecilia.

I've missed you too!

"You came to see me?! Thank you!"

"It was wonderful! Alie, you must have been the one who directed it, right? To recreate the March of the Royal Kingdom of Basta, that's so impressive! And what a beautiful costume! Everyone did a fantastic job."

Cecilia smiled at the knights.

Everyone, you look so flustered!

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is His Highness Duke Oscar of Mistia, and Her Highness Cecilia, the daughter of Duke Yutia."

The knights bowed in unison, and Prince Oscar nodded in satisfaction.

"The Carving territory is well-trained. I am proud of you. This is probably the first time a marching performance has been held in our country. It was better than I imagined. Carving has a good lord and priest."

Then, he pulled me closer.

"This girl has been my friend since her days as a songstress. Please take good care of her."

Gordon replied briefly, "Yes," and the tent opened, announcing the time to move the instruments. While everyone was loading the instruments onto the wagons, I was able to talk to Prince Oscar and the others.

"I thought we would meet at the ball last night, but you weren't there!"

"I thought you would come in your priestess attire this year. But that well-tailored coat would be suitable for a ball too."

Please stop, don't bring up my past.

"I wasn't invited this year."

"Again, such a mistake. The people in this palace are really hopeless. You probably weren't invited to tonight's banquet, right?"

"Joshua-sama was invited."

"He didn't direct this. How much do they underestimate the priests?"

Prince Oscar said with a lack of interest. I won't go. If you don't go, I won't be able to hear your story, and he was in a bad mood.

"Alie, please come to my house. Is your uncle coming too?"

Cecilia! It's a banquet hosted by the king! Even as the king's brother, it would be disrespectful! I thought, but she casually said she would go.

No, no, Prince Oscar!

"I have so much to talk about."

Cecilia said with a sparkling smile.

I do too!

Right now, I have a lot of complaints to make!

"Cecilia, I have a lot to say too! What was that request from Mr. Retimon? It's so difficult, there's no way I can arrange it!"

I complained with a strained face.

The request from Mr. Retimon that was sent the other day. A play composed by Cecilia.

Two main melodies intertwined in a way I had never heard before. It took me about an hour to understand it.

When I finally managed to play the score, I was overwhelmed by its coolness.

It's not a choir, nor a dialogue, but two different main melodies flowing simultaneously.

At key points, the same words are repeated at the same timing, making it appear as one piece, but it's actually different melodies.

"I think Alie can do it. It's okay if it takes a few years. They're going to start making the play after Alie's composition is done."

"I don't want to spend years struggling with something like that! Do it yourself, Cecilia!"

Cecilia composes, and I arrange.

No way. I can't do it.

Such a talent-packed piece. I can't touch it! I'll just make it look dull and feel like a failure!

"I wanted to talk about that too. So, how long will you be in the capital this time?"

"I'll leave in three days."

"Three days? Isn't that too short? Didn't you get invited to the ball with the Earl of Carving? Today's performance will be the talk of the town."

"I'm going back with the knights. The Earl won't take me to the ball. This is the seat of the High Priestess."

With a fiancé, there's no way he would take another woman, especially a priestess, as a partner.

For the marching performance, Joshua-sama alone is enough.

Besides, it's just a way to smooth things over until Lady Alicia arrives. This time, it just happened to catch the Queen's eye and become a topic of conversation.

"Really, that man is unforgivable. He's wasting Alie's talent. I've always wanted you to be back in the capital."

Cecilia, the knights are pulling faces.

Please stop.

To them, he is their respected lord.