The Strongest Dull Prince’s Secret Battle for the Throne

At the time Al and Leo departed south.

There was a movement in the Imperial Capital.

“Damn it! What’s happening! Damn it! Damn it!”

“Guh! Arghh!! Gyaaaa!! Please forgive me! F, fo….forgive me…..”

Haa, Haaa…

Zandra had been whipping one of her assassins to relieve her stress.

When she saw that the assassin had already fainted, she threw the rope away while panting.

“Useless! Damn it! Argh, I’m irritated! Just what is going on!”

Zandra pacing around while biting her fingernail.

Seeing his mistress like that, the middle-aged assassin who tried to abduct Al, Gunther, opened his mouth.

“It seems like all our hands are being read.”

“I already know something like that! Think about how they are doing it! They don’t have Leonard or Arnold with them you know!? Are you saying that ignorant blue seagull is toying with me?”

“It seems like the Leonard faction has some sharp and able person with them. They are probably reading our moves and giving that information to the Gordon faction immediately once we try to start something.”

“Tsk! This is vexing! They are just a newly formed faction, how dare they irritate me to this extent! I will never forgive them!”

Even with that said, Zandra still has no choice.

Every time Zandra tries to attack Leonard faction, Gordon come to attack hers

When she tried to steal away Leonard’s supporters, her supporters were also taken away and Zandra was forced to go defensive.

Even so, when she sometimes attacks the Leonard faction, Gordon’s always shows up as if he was waiting for that exact timing and steals away Zandra’s supporters.

If the situation keeps on going like this, the only winner here will be Gordon. That alone is the thing she wanted to avoid.

“Let’s lay your hands off Leonard’s faction for a while. Your Highness can get your revenge on him for stealing your Minister at a later time.”

“Kuh….Alright. In exchange, bring some suitable ones to my place! My irritation won’t easily go away like this!”

“As you wish.”

Zandra is a person who has excessive brutality. If her pent up emotion reaches a certain threshold she will not be able to calm down unless she can release her cruel and aggressive side.”

The assassins who don’t have any mission at the time are often sent to appease Zandra.

While thinking about who would be appropriate to send to her today, Gunther braces himself for tomorrow.

“That was splendid. Reading their movement from such a small piece of information, truly a fine job.”

“It’s the same as reading a monster attack. In a situation where their actions are limited, usually, they would play their best hand. I only watch out for that while sending that information to the other faction. Since the Second Princess has grown more cautious, she probably won’t be so aggressive anymore.”

“Amazing! Lynfia-san!”

Lynfia was a little confused by Finne’s honest praise.

Al had put Lynfia as an escort for Finne and told Finne to listen to Lynfia’s advice.

Because of that, Finne listens to all of her opinions.

Of course, Finne didn’t simply listen, she told her what she wanted to do and Lynfia offered the way to accomplish it and they adopted that into their course of action.

It’s not a bad thing to be treated so well but Lynfia finds that a little strange.

“Is there something wrong?”

“No,….it’s just, I was wondering why do you trust me so much?”

“Why you said, it’s because Al-sama trusted you. Also, Al-sama understands my importance so he will never put any untrustworthy person at my side.”

There’s no malice in Finne’s smile.

There’s only one reason why she can smile so much. There’s no doubt in her thought process.

Finne understood her position well. A Duke’s daughter, the blue seagull princess title. She understands that is all she is.

She is not here because of her personal abilities. She is important to both Al and Leo, just by being [Alive]. Other than that no one expected much from her.

That’s why they can’t place someone they can’t trust at her side. That’s the reason Finne was being so confident. With that train of thought, Finne fully trusted Lynfia.

“Um….don’t you find me unpleasant? A newcomer like me showing up like this.”

To be honest, Lynfia was prepared to be jealous of.

Finne is the daughter of a Duke while Lynfia is just a child of refugees. There’s a good deal of difference between them. she never thought that someone like that would listen to anything she says.

However, that wasn’t the case.

Even if she has her trust toward Al, Lynfia couldn’t help but find Finne who was listening to her opinions so far to be strange.

At the very least, she is far from the image Lynfia has about nobles.

“ ? If I can be of use to Al-sama and Leo-sama then I don’t mind no matter what happens. If I’m useful then Lynifia-san will also be useful right?”

“…..I see. You don’t value yourself at all aren’t you.”

“That’s quite perceptive of you. Finne-sama is certainly someone like that. She always puts others first and herself second.”

Convinced, Lynfia nodded to Sebas’s words.

While thinking that there’s a noble like her too, she wonders why such a person participates in political strife like this. That’s the new question that popped up in her mind.

“Why did you get yourself involved with this succession war? Forgive my rudeness but I don’t think that such a thing is suitable for you.”

“AUu…..I know right….I think so too as well…..”

Finne said that with her expression like she just received a shock.

It seems like she was honestly shocked so Lynfia started to panic herself.

“Eh, Ah…..was it really that shocking to you?”

“It was….I’ve never been useful to Al-sama and the others after all…..I also want to be useful to him too……”

As long as she can provide Al with good results, she doesn’t mind no matter who she has to cooperate with.

That was basically how Finne’s thinking. However, it doesn’t mean that she is fine with being useless either.

She always wanted to be useful without the use of her position and title.

It is just because Finne herself understands that she doesn’t have the ability to do so that she doesn’t make any noticeable move.

“It’s nothing but good luck for the two of them just by having you being here, Finne-sama. Please don’t worry yourself so much about it.”

“I hope so…….”

The figure of Finne hanging her head is beautiful even from the eyes of Lynfia who is also a woman. This is not simply because of her beautiful facial features.

She really conveyed the feeling of wanting to be of use to someone to her. That’s the reason for her worries.

When he departed, Al left behind a parting word.

Take care of Finne for me.

She doesn’t know to what extent he wants her to take care of Finne but Lynfia decided to go a little further for her.

He wants Finne to accomplish something. That’s how she chose to interpret his words.

“Then let’s be useful together. Finne-sama”

“Eh? Is there something I can do?”

“There are things that only you can do. You are very famous in the capital and there are those who want to obtain that fame of yours.”

“Who would that be?”

“The merchants. I think building a strong connection with them before His Highnesses return will surely be a big plus to this faction.”

While she indifferently delivers her proposal, Lynfia glances at Sebas.

If he has dissatisfaction with this proposal, Sebas would surely voice his opinion.

However, if Sebas doesn’t say anything.

Lynfia will continue the talk.

“Right now, there are, of course, companies inside the capital that want to utilize your popularity but they are probably already talking to the other candidates. So, we will aim for a different company that eagerly wants to make a debut inside the capital’s market instead.”

“Is there really such a company?”

“There is. Perhaps Finne-sama already heard about them as well. Have you ever heard of a big company called [Ajin]?”

“I see. It seems I have to raise your evaluation up another level. The Ajin company also caught the eyes of Leonard-sama and Arnold-sama as well. However, they still haven’t contacted them yet. You surely must understand their reason?”

“Yes, it was because the person who leads that firm is a vampire woman. The people of the Empire don’t have a good impression of vampires due to the recent event. I understand why they delayed their contact with them but we will surely be able to build a strong connection with them using this situation. Don’t you think that this is a good opportunity?”

Finne nods several times to Lynfia’s proposal.

She doesn’t just simply nod. She also thinks about it as much as she can as well.

If she goes through with this, Who will turn into their enemies? Who will become their allies? What kind of impact will this have on the Imperial Capital?

After she considered everything, Finne came to a conclusion.

“Let’s try meeting the vampire woman. I think I have to judge her personality with my own eyes before I can make my decisions.”

“Understood. I think we will be able to set up a meeting if we send someone over. Can I leave the arrangement in your hand?”

“That will not be a problem. Well, we should be able to get their reply within 2 – 3 days.”

“I see……Al-sama. I will do my best.”

Saying so, Finne raises her voice to the south, the direction Al is currently in.

At that time, Finne had no way of knowing what Al had to deal with on his side.

(TLN: Ajin = Demihuman/Subhuman, should I translate this into Subhuman Company? I’m against it because I’m a weeb tho…..)