“ I appreciate your offer, and if ever there is a cause I will remember, but as a rune knight you will likely be involved far before we need to call to the people. And as a public servant, you will likely know before it gets that bad, so I trust you will do all you can, much like myself and the rest of the royal family.” He would respond with as Cecil offered his serves, a tone of appreciation mixed with a sense of honor.
As Cecil answered his question Leonardo nodded softly, a hand instinctively reached for his chin as he stroked it and thought about his words, he had offered them a honest question and hoped for an honest answer, and to his knowledge Cecil was providing what he could. “it warms my heart to think we did all we could, and that we did it with the best outcome in mind.” A brief pause as he was asked if he thought the noble council would have done better. “i would like aegis’s thoughts before i say anything on the matter, it’s best not to sway the truth when i could be pure” he said softly, still very much in thought.
Leonardo watched as aegis sank into the chair again, he seemed to visibly relax upon taking his seat. “don’t apologizes you did nothing wrong, besides it’s the kind of thing that stick with us all, times of crisis are far and few between, but they are devastating, nonetheless. I ask that you all don’t forget, there were many sacrifices made, it would be a shame to lose the value of them through such a finicky thing like memory.” A wisdom beyond the young royals age, but it seemed honest and sincere.
It seemed that the party was a good step, according to aegis, which was nice to hear, it took a great deal of planning to pull off something of this caliber. As aegis order his tea Leonardo would take this time to answer the question himself like requested. “ I truly believe we do everything we can to the best of our abilities, but sometimes what we do goes unseen by the general population, and the nobles likes to advertise all of their achievements no matter how small, though i do think they have access to more resources then we do, but I done feel their motives are to help the people as much as make themselves look good.” He said as honestly as possible, before aegis’s tea came out and he asked about the quality of life for the people of Daliah,
The young royal nodded softly. “ I wasn’t as aware of their needs as i am now, so i thank you both about broadening my views of there, I will be sure to bring it up with the king himself and see if we can provide aid to the people.” He would answer, feeling it was a little on the political side he would reaffirm “I’ll be looking into it personally”
after a few moments he would stand straight and get ready to say his goodbyes “ it’s been a real pleasure talking to you all, but I have used up enough of your evening, thanks for chatting with me about these things, it helps to gain insight where I can’t often venture” he would extend his hand out to each of them starting with aegis, then moving towards Cecil and then lastly he would softly nod his head towards Natsumi as he raised her hand up slightly treating her like the lady she was. “farewell and enjoy the festivities” he said casually waving his hand before heading off to disappearing into the crowd.
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