98 - Episode 1 Blue Justice

Father!　Please reconsider!"

In the capital of the racial kingdom, a young girl's voice echoes in her office in the castle, which is more the size of a slightly larger mansion than a castle.

The girl is Lilith, the first princess of the racial kingdom.

She has long golden hair with gentle waves in it, and large, strong-willed eyes. She is about the latter half of 150cm tall and about 15 years old.

Her skin is white, and she has a lovely appearance that makes her a dainty and beautiful girl.

She was wearing a glamorous dress that, although not spectacular, suited her well, as if she were the first princess.

She appealed again to her father, the king, with big eyes.

Please grant me permission to go to the rumored "Great Tower" that has brought the elven species to their knees!

Lilith, I have told you many times. "I have told you many times, Lilith. What will you do if you, the first princess, go near the rumored "Giant Tower" and give other species the wrong impression that you are involved with the "Giant Tower"?　As the princess of a racial kingdom, you must strictly refrain from doing anything to mislead other species.

Sitting in his office chair, the racial king lets out a weary sigh and nails his daughter.

The king has gray hair, thin cheeks and wrists. He had a face that could more aptly be described as "emaciated" by stress than healthy and thin.

Lilith's large eyes widen even more from anger at her father's comment.

Why do you have to be so overly considerate of other species just because they are a race?　It is true that races are inferior to other races in terms of power. But that does not mean that they should be treated unequally as they are now!　To get out from under such unequal treatment, we must show our strength against other species!　For this purpose, we should cooperate with the "Giant Tower", which advocates "absolute independence of the human race" backed by the mighty power of dragons, protects slaves and then frees them, and even banned the slave trade in the Queen Elf Kingdom, through diplomacy and cooperation with each other to demonstrate our power to other species!　Otherwise, the race will be treated as chattel to be exploited by other species for the rest of their lives.　We must fight to regain our pride!　I am ready to give my body and life for that purpose. So, father - no, Your Majesty the King, please stand up!"

............"

Even after hearing his daughter's passionate long speech, the king's response is sluggish and he lets out a weary sigh.

Lilith, don't get your hopes up too much about the "Giant Tower. Rumors are just that, rumors. Do you want to start a war based on rumors?"

So!　I am asking you to send me to the "Giant Tower" to verify those rumors!

And rumors are just rumors, and it is your desire to make the status of our race (humans) more dangerous by inadvertently putting other species on alert?"

...... not true." But I must confirm the rumors.

Lilith.

He forcefully interrupts his daughter's line in mid-sentence.

The king tells his daughter in a tone of voice as if he is telling her to be a little girl.

The weak race (humans) cannot be a match for another species. All we can do is to keep our heads down and let them pass us by.

As if to say he has nothing further to say, the king motions with his hand for him to step back.

Lilith understood that there was nothing more to be said, so she quietly withdrew.

Lilith heads for her private chambers with her squire waiting outside the room, but within a few steps she comes face to face with her brother, who is three years older than her and is now 18 years old.

He is around 170 cm tall.

He is a beautiful man with blond hair and a well-balanced body, but like his father, his face lacks a strong sense of dignity. The hair on his forehead had receded slightly, and his expression was dark, as if he were tired.

He seemed to have visited the office to have a talk with his father, who is also the king.

A bundle of papers was tucked under the arm of his brother's squire.

Lilith, who had not yet recovered from the heat in the office, appealed to her brother with sharp eyes.

'My brother, may I have a moment?

'Not well, but ...... well, it's a request from my sister. Make it quick."

The squires back each other off and move to the end of the hallway.

Immediately, the younger sister Lilith made her request to her brother.

Lilith, the younger sister, immediately made a request to her brother: "Please ask your father to join forces with the witch in the 'Tower of Titan' to improve the status of the race (humans)!

I'm sure your father was against it. ...... I am against it as well.

Are you saying that you are happy with the position of the human race as it is?

There is no good or bad. ...... Lilith, you need to be more realistic."

A brother tells his sister as if to remind her.

Rumor has it that the Titan faction is able to fight the Queen Elf thanks to the dragons in their ranks. If they send their valuable forces to the Human Kingdom, the Queen Elf Kingdom will surely take advantage of the opportunity and wage war against them. That is why the giant tower side cannot move their dragons without hesitation. They can't afford to worry about the racial kingdom (us).

Huh?　But as far as I have heard, there are many dragons. So many that they cover the skies of the Queen Elf Kingdom!　Then it shouldn't be difficult to devote a force to one or two of them!

'Common sense tells us that there aren't enough dragons to cover the sky, and it's impossible to sustain them. ...... Even if there were no problem with their strength, if they hold the salt, we are finished."

The racial (human) kingdom exists almost in the center of the continent.

It is surrounded by five other nations.

We are the only ones who don't have access to the sea, so we have to buy salt from the other five countries to survive. What do you think would happen if all five countries stopped exporting salt at the same time?　People cannot live without salt. Without rock salt, we will dry up without a fight. Before we can fight, the other five species will have us by the collar and we will have lost.

"Just because it's ......!　Do you really think your brother is going to let this go on!"

Theories don't win out, and Lilith explodes with emotion.

Lilith's emotions explode. "Do you really think it is good that we are at the mercy of the other five species, unable to decide on import and export tariffs, and forced to sell out our people without telling them if they want us to!　Can this be called an independent country!　This is just a colony - no, a cattle state!"

I see your point, ...... Lilith. But the reality is that we can't go against the other five species. I don't like the way they are selling out their people either. But in order to keep the big alive, we have to kill the small. It's cruel, but isn't it our role as royalty to make cold decisions in order to keep the masses of people alive?"

............"

Unable to argue, he simply falls silent.

The blue sense of justice prevails, and with a light tap on his sister's shoulder, the older brother steps aside to go see the king again.

Even as his back passed by, Lilith could only look away in silence, unable to offer a single counterargument.

Unable to say anything back to her father and brother's righteous arguments, Lilith is left alone with her thoughts, worrying about the future of the human race.

Before she knew it, she was back in front of her room.

When the squire opens the door, the maids and apprentice maids all greet her at once.

'Welcome back to ......, Princess.'

Nono, tea, please."

......

He wishes tea to Nono, the head maid with Lilith, to calm his mind.

Nono bows and immediately goes to prepare the tea.

Lilith moves across the room to the living room table.

Her chair is pulled by the apprentice maid.

'Thank you, Yume.

Your words are a waste of time, Princess!"

The girl was ten years old this year, her hair was long to her shoulders and tied with a ribbon on one side. The maid's uniform she was wearing was plain in design, but the fabric was made of solid material.

Yume is an apprentice maid for the First Princess Lilith of the Human Kingdom.

--Yume is the apprentice maid to the First Princess Lilith of the Kingdom of the Human Race.