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Even at the age of seven, my range of activities hasn't expanded much.
If I have to say, the number of nobles who visit me has increased a little, no, quite a lot.
It's extremely troublesome, but I won't complain since I made it happen.
"Raimondo-sama. We have received an invitation to a tea party from Count Montesquieu."
".........That's not just from Count Montesquieu, is it?"
Since that day, the day I incited Baltzer-shougun to the Maya faction, both the Maya faction and the Karina faction have increased their probing of me.
The Karina faction, who heard the story from Baltzer-shougun himself, is trying to confirm whether the Maya faction nobles are the ones who are on good terms with me, using every trick because I don't come out in public.
On the other hand, the Maya faction, led by Baltzer-shougun, was looking for the reason why the Karina faction was probing them, having noticed that the Karina faction was probing them.
And, in the process, they seem to have realized that I was involved.
They're eager to know about my relationship with the Karina faction.
They probably want to outwit the Karina faction and add me to their own faction if possible.
"Really, adults are having a hard time, aren't they. Do you think this will last for five years?"
"I'm sorry. I don't really know."
I gave a wry smile to Maria, who lowered the corners of her eyebrows in distress.
"Yeah. I don't know either. I just wish it would last for five years, but I wonder. It's necessary to inject bait periodically, right."
"Bait, you say?"
"Yeah. I want the Maya faction and the Karina faction to probe each other for a while. At least until I turn twelve, the lower limit for entering the academy. If I could have my way, I'd like it to be seven years until I'm fourteen. There's no fact that I'm on good terms with nobles of the Maya faction or the Karina faction, so the lie will be exposed quickly if I leave it alone."
Nobles aren't free either. Those who have territories need to govern their own territories, and even if they don't, they have work assigned to them as nobles.
Furthermore, communication is essential in order to continue to get along with the nobles who are related to their family in the future.
Therefore, probing my surroundings in between is surprisingly difficult.
Moreover, if the probing is too obvious, it will incur the antipathy of other nobles, so it must be done as secretly as possible.
Until now, there weren't many nobles probing me because I was young and hardly ever left my room.
It's just that there were few, which doesn't mean there were none at all, but even then, it was something that Cyrillus-sensei could handle alone, but.
"Raimondo-denka. It's Cyrillus."
"Come in."
I gave permission to Cyrillus-sensei's voice, who asked for permission to enter after knocking, and Cyrillus-sensei slipped in and entered the room.
"Raimondo-denka, the number of people entering and leaving this east corridor has increased recently. Please be careful not to be alone, even in the room."
"Yeah. Do you have a mission from now, Cyrillus-sensei?"
".........Yes. It seems that there are some in the military who want to keep me away from this room. I'll take care of it quickly and come back."
".........Please don't get hurt by forcing yourself."
"Yes, of course. I won't create an excuse for those who try to use Raimondo-denka to assign more security than necessary to Raimondo-denka."
Cyrillus-sensei smiled and said that, then saluted once before leaving the room.
"That's not what I meant."
Could it be because I made a strange promise? Cyrillus-sensei is more aggressive towards my "enemies" than ever before.
In particular, the more the hands trying to probe me from the surroundings strengthened, the more the atmosphere around Cyrillus-sensei became tense.
That's not what I wanted when I made that promise.
"Hey, Maria. Was I wrong?"
I shouldn't have said such things as my secret weapon, my last resort.
I'm not able to organize my thoughts as they swirl around.
Only regrets are born no matter what I do.
"I just wanted to live happily with my family."
I feel like all my actions are backfiring.
At least, if I hadn't thrown those words at Baltzer-shougun, Cyrillus-sensei wouldn't have been so wary.
"Really, I'm not an expert in political strife, power struggles. Don't you think it's too much for an ordinary person like me?"
I want to spill out even one complaint, right?
"I haven't attended the academy, and I was supposed to get married in the first place, so I don't understand such difficult things. But at least I think it was good that I could hear such stories in advance."
I listen silently to Maria's words, who started talking little by little.
"If I hadn't been told, I would have only been able to lament my powerlessness when it really happened. Cyrillus-sama is probably the same. We had no opportunity to know about the danger of seeking power and fighting for it, or being caught up in it. I didn't need it as someone who was going to get married. Because Cyrillus-sama is not originally a noble."
If you don't know, you can't imagine it.
That's why I think people gain experience and learn history.
The reason I came up with the idea of political strife this time is that there are so many histories and stories on the theme in modern Japan that you can sweep them away.
Why people take such actions is also established as a study and is being researched.
I just happened to know it, and without the memories of my previous life, I would have been one of the many ordinary people who you could sweep away.
"But that's because Maria didn't know it. If you knew it, you might have come up with an even better plan than me."
"Yes. Maybe. But the fact is that I didn't have that idea in my head. Perhaps, I'm the one who understands Cyrillus-sama's feelings right now. It's very frustrating. It's that I, who knew nothing, let Raimondo-sama make that decision. Cyrillus-sama, who put you on the front lines, whom I serve, I hate myself more than anything else, and I'm frustrated."
I understand what Maria is trying to say.
"But that's,"
"Even if it's not my responsibility, Raimondo-sama had that idea. So please wait for a while. We both, Cyrillus-sama and I, need time to sort out this aimless anger."
Perhaps I also need time to sort out the emotions within myself.
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