Common Sense of a Duke’s Daughter - Chapter 206

Another conference

After that, as declared by Bern, there was a new meeting again.
Only those whose names were not called last time were gathering. (TL: those who didn’t have crimes)
I also participated as my father’s replacement this time.
As usual, the only woman here is me alone.
Everyone gets a seat. Then, Dean entered, leaving no time for the people to start chatting.
Rudy and Bern also enter accompanying him from behind.

“Thank you for coming again. As I told at the previous meeting, I called you here today to let you know about my future ideas and policies for this country.

After Dean said so, he turned his eyes to Bern.
Bern nods as soon as he sees Dean, and opens his mouth.
While everyone was paying attention to Bern, I was staring at Dean as usual while my ears were focused on Bern.

…. Distant… We’re so distant from each other…
Regarding his status, he is closer to me now that when he was just Dean.
However, I feel a lot more far from him now than when we were in the Duke of Almeria for some reason.

… Is that so?
Both him and me have something to shoulder alone.
I absolutely will not compromise it… perhaps he is the same.
Unlike the time when we walked on the same road, we are starting to walk on different paths now.
I never thought that my heart would tighten from loneliness even though we are so close.

I hold down my heart.
It was quite imaginable at this meeting that this would happen.
… That’s why, honestly I didn’t want to come this time.

I decided to move on, but now that I’m in front on him I don’t have the strength to do as I said.
For this distance awareness to be able to make me suffer like this… I’m obviously not prepared to part with him yet…

While I was immersed in such sentiments, Bern’s words continued.
First of all, the territories confiscated from the aristocracy will be immediately transferred under the royal family for public use.
Also for the houses without crimes, several officers of the royal palace will be dispatched as auditors to each place so that such a thing will not occur again in the future.
They are given the authority to check every transaction done by the nobility.
The goal is to make it easier for the kingdom’s policy to be applied to everyday activities and at the same time to create an environment where nobles and officers of the royal palace monitor each other.

They will be dispatched to the Duke of Almeria first without delay.
I was able to respond to the reform promptly luckily.

Originally, as far as seeing Bern at the meeting place … I thought that my lord’s substitute role might end but… he never made any gesture nor anything as to take over this role.

The conference goes fairly well and quiet. There is not any opposition.
That is also an expected scenario … As the majority of the participants in this conference are originally from the First Prince faction.
In other words, most of the people here have already understood and conceived this idea.
I remembered his plan when the Count of Sagitaria said something about it at the evening gathering.

“If it’s him, he will accomplish it. Changing the existing regime, and truly uniting us as one country “

There is nothing wrong with this plan …. It is the correct way to strengthen the kingship properly.
Those who were respected people also do not refute while understanding its necessity.

While there are a lot of people from the First Prince faction, that’s not all as why they don’t oppose. Even if they were not comfortable with it, it may be difficult to raise their voices, because of the big incident has happened just recently and its consequences everyone has seen them.
And even if trying to argue against it, Bern will immediately explain the theory and thrust it back to them.
I was surprised at how much Bern appearance changed, but his inner side changed more than anything else.

We confronted as raccoon and foxes with other nobles in the royal palace for who knows how many years and we never took a step back.
It seems that those violent times have already become stories even in the royal palace. Bern has the blood of the family it seems.

Our fighter’s blood line has not ceased … I do not know where I heard it, but such a phrase comes to my mind.

On the other hand, unlike me, when new comments come out, instead of refuting he seems to be showing a flexible aspect as he makes it look like he’s analyzing it thoroughly and checking it against the situation.

Has he really grown up, or is this just his first step towards growing?
While I was indulging in emotions, his remarks were received and wholly accepted for the first time by the nobility side.