I Married the Beautiful Female Protagonist In Order To Survive

20. Proficient (Seeking Votes~)

This time, the queen’s silence lasted a long time.

I’m afraid Louise had no idea why the fairy lord of the Rodma Empire, named Nilu, would know my identity right away.

Just when I was starting to feel that I didn’t want the queen to continue dealing with this alone, and that I should take the risk to “help,” she finally returned to normal. As if she had completely forgotten the previous topic, she didn’t mention me at all and instead smiled at Nilu again.

“Miss Nilu, this place isn’t very suitable for our conversation~ Soon, even those who want to eavesdrop will gather around~ Rather than standing here making small talk, how about you come with me and the representatives from the other two countries to the venue prepared by the Great Ying Empire for the summit?”

Seeing that Nilu didn’t object, the queen waved her hand to signal Professor Moriarty to come over and “receive” her, while the queen turned and left with me. However… saying we were leaving, the queen, whose true nature was far prouder than this surface mask, wouldn’t take this as a “departure.”

“I never expected that I would have a day of using delay tactics to escape…”

The whisper from the girl beside me was filled with coldness and reluctance. In the past, I would have taken this as a standard trait of a great villain, but now… to be honest, I was a bit worried for her.

“Euglid, does that woman know you? You never told me about this, and it seems a bit different from our ‘agreement,’ doesn’t it?”

Naturally, after realizing this, Louise began to suspect me. Her words came along with the script.

【Louise IV suspects Euglid’s whereabouts and identity.】

Not many people can tolerate the queen’s personality of “even though we are so close, she still doubts others,” but… I understood the queen’s current identity and status, which forced her to become “this kind of her,” so instead of getting angry, I chose to respond calmly.

“It’s one-sided; at least I’ve never known this Nilu person. The predecessor of the Rodma Empire was a place of chaos, where information was disordered. I’ve been there before, and it’s not strange that only a few people know my whereabouts. Louise, don’t be fooled by her appearance.”

“…”

A hint of panic flashed in the queen’s eyes, and then… she quietly tightened her grip on my arm.

“Sorry… By the way, haha~ I’m starting to regret using ‘marriage’ as a way to threaten you; this has caused so much trouble.”

Don’t regret it; I haven’t regretted your regret at all. I’m clearly the victim here.

“Let’s talk about divorce when our feelings have truly broken down.”

I glanced at the bitter smile on the queen’s face and said, “The place of chaos has always had beings called ‘fairies’ with various strange powers, and I feel that this Nilu is most likely related to fairies. Considering this, you can attribute some of her ‘abnormalities’ to the powers of fairies; it doesn’t matter whether it’s true or not, at least it can help you not to be so anxious.”

“By the way, don’t worry, I’ve always thought you were the smartest person.”

“Zeh…”

What responded to me was a very impolite click of the tongue from the queen. When I looked over out of curiosity, she directly “twisted” my face back around.

“What are you looking at… Sigh, now I really start to regret why I made that decision back then.”

“What?”

“Nothing! Don’t chatter like the nagging young lady of the Great Yīng Empire!”

She seemed quite unhappy and stomped her foot, then pulled me along to quicken our pace.

Angry? It didn’t quite feel like it. The queen wouldn’t get angry so easily; after all, when she was angry, it literally meant someone’s life was at stake. Anyway, after meeting this Nilu, there was one thing I Definitely needed to discuss with the queen.

“Louise, can you promise me one thing next? About how you dealt with that Nilu just now.”

After making contact with the “representatives” from various countries, the rest was for everyone to head to the venue of the summit together. Louise, who seemed to value these “image projects” very much as the host this time, naturally didn’t slack off at all. Even after being mocked by that electric rat from Rosia right at the start, she still managed to put on a cheerful smile afterward, inviting everyone to the royal city of the Great Yīng Empire, a venue specially prepared for the summit .

This place was previously transformed from a hall-level building, more than enough to accommodate all the representatives from various countries. The first day saw the arrival of representatives from three powerful kingdoms on the continent. Although more representatives from other kingdoms would come one after another, the agenda for deciding matters could already be “settled” by the girls present at this moment.

Sitting next to the queen, I looked at the three girls at the corners of the round table, waiting for the new script to appear. Originally, I shouldn’t have been here, but when that black-haired girl Nilu saw through my identity right away, causing the queen to feel a bit embarrassed, I changed my mind.

Assuming… this Nilu really had fairy-like powers to assist her, then no matter how clever and calm the queen was, she would inevitably be at a disadvantage. I… didn’t want that to happen, and the only way to counter it now was through my “script.”

So, I asked the queen to let me attend as well. After all, given my current public identity, it was only natural for me to sit with the queen.

“It’s better for me to ‘deal with’ this Nilu together with you.”

That was what I originally wanted to say, but it felt quite… cheesy, and the queen would mock me, so I didn’t speak up. Besides, there was no opportunity to say it now.

“Welcome to the Great Yīng Empire, ladies~”

As the queen’s voice rang out, she stood up and looked around at the other three girls present. As the host, the queen certainly didn’t want to be at a disadvantage right from the start.

“Although there will be some representatives from other kingdoms coming later, our relationships are the best~ So it’s completely fine to start with a session now☆~ If no one has any objections, I think I can move on to the first issue that everyone is concerned about, which is…”

If things continued normally like this, the summit would surely “end ordinarily.” But this time, it probably wouldn’t be that simple: the very nature of this meeting, even its “cause,” was not so straightforward.

In the next moment, it was that golden-haired midget from the Rosia Empire, Letty, who angrily interrupted the queen’s words.

“Enough, enough, you vixen. No one is interested in your clichés. You should know why we came here in person!”

With her feet propped up on the table, Letty showed no concern for any issues of “indecency,” poking the table with her “Lightning” and then…

Pointing at me!

This opened the curtain on this “war!”

“Before you start rambling and arguing, let’s talk about this man you suddenly brought here. What’s the situation?”

“Without any abilities, yet so bold! Louise, aren’t you the one who hates such fools the most?”

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