The Otome Heroine's Fight for Survival: Volume 2 [Parts 1 to 8] by Harunohi Biyori

Author:Harunohi Biyori
Language: eng
Format: epub

Omens of Battle

“Grandfather, there’s something I would like to speak to you about. Do you have a moment?”

Within the royal palace of the Kingdom of Claydale, Prime Minister Veldt Fah Melrose cast a sharp glare at the visitor to his office. Before him stood his grandson, a young man with strawberry blond hair and a smile just as sweet, meeting his gaze without fear.

Mikhail Melrose was the firstborn to the heir of House Melrose. A boy of ten who, thanks to his powerful aether, had grown to around the size of a thirteen-year-old commoner. He’d inherited his grandmother’s gentle features and youthful smile and was the talk of all the young maids at the castle.

The boy’s father, Veldt’s eldest son, governed the Margravate of Melrose in place of Veldt himself, who couldn’t leave the capital due to his position as Prime Minister. Mikhail, meanwhile, although not yet old enough to enroll in the Sorcerers’ Academy, was at the capital because he was a contender to become one of the crown prince’s close associates—or “friends,” as it were.

Just as Clara of the Margravate of Dandorl had been appointed as a playmate for Princess Elena, a number of children from prominent families had been selected to be close to the crown prince. Among them, two were said to have built solid relationships with the prince and each other: Mikhail himself and Rockwell Dandorl, Clara’s older brother and the eldest son of the grand general.

“You don’t crack easily,” the prime minister said.

“I’m used to your sharp gaze, grandfather,” the boy replied. “And we of the Melrose lineage are not overly given to concern with others’ expressions.”

“You have a point,” Veldt conceded. He and his sister, who had married into the Empire of Kal’Faan, were much the same way. With a frown, he sipped the tea that his steward, Oz, had prepared for him.

Members of House Melrose, which had once been the royal family of their own nation, did indeed have that side to them, for better or worse. It allowed them to be frank in their opinions even before the royal family, which in turn allowed them to curry favor with the royals. Veldt and Mikhail were both examples of this tendency.

“She was no different, looking back,” the prime minister mused. His daughter had eloped, with no concern for her position, which may very well have been due to the strong character inherent to being a Melrose. If nothing else, his daughter had known she wasn’t suited for queendom.

“By ‘she,’ do you mean the aunt I’ve heard so much about?” Mikhail asked. “The older servants speak of her beauty, and I’ve seen the portraits of her back at the estate. And...I hear rumors of a girl who might be my cousin?”

“Where did you hear that?” Veldt demanded with a glare. The “rumors” Mikhail spoke of should’ve been known to very few, even within the royal family.

The boy simply deflected the question with a cheerful smile. It was likely that, even at his age, he had his own information network.

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