Looking at the two utterly different figures in the room,
Princess Renner suppressed the smile deep in her eyes, adopting a humbler demeanor as she stepped into the room.
Click!
Lainas stood beside the door, her dark blue eyes warily scanning the corridor outside before she closed it.
"The meeting ran a little long."
With an apologetic expression, Princess Renner lightly lifted her skirt with both hands and gave the two figures in the room a shallow curtsy. "Mr. Riku of the Council State, Miss Zesshi Zetsumei of the Slane Theocracy. I apologize for making you wait so long."
"Please forgive any discourtesy."
Platinum Armor floated with both feet suspended in the air. It waved an arm dismissively and said casually, "It's nothing, Princess."
"Oh my~"
Zesshi Zetsumei lounged lazily in the seat of honor at the center of the sofa, her mismatched black-and-white eyes studying Princess Renner with interest.
A Cross-Spear War Scythe lay carelessly on the table before her, its exaggerated silver-black blade giving off a dark gleam.
Her attitude made it seem as though she were the owner of the room.
Princess Renner did not get angry in the slightest. She maintained both the elegance expected of a princess and an air of composure.
She noticed that although Mr. Riku and Miss Zesshi Zetsumei were in the same room, they had always maintained a subtle distance from one another.
Clearly!
Neither side completely trusted the other.
That was only natural. The Council State and the Slane Theocracy had always been hostile to each other. Yet they had joined hands now, which showed just how troublesome Ainz Ooal Gown, the one who had destroyed the Draconic Kingdom, was.
"Princess."
The blue eyes on Platinum Armor's helmet flickered as it asked, "It seems your country has already settled on