"Young Master, there's no need to be so polite with me. Since you'll be staying with us for the time being, just tell me whatever you need. If there's any help I can offer, I will certainly do my utmost to provide it."
"And as you know, there are relatively few men in our palace, so there will be many areas where we need your assistance. Please bear with us if there are any shortcomings in our care."
Your Majesty the Queen spoke generously and appropriately. Seeing this, Uchiha Hiko felt greatly pleased and relieved, because he felt that he had finally encountered such a sensible ruler.
However, Uchiha Hiko still did not understand what strange things happened within this palace. He felt that these strange occurrences could not possibly be only good things; there had to be many bad things as well.
Otherwise, the people in this palace would not have invited him here to help, nor would every one of them wear such frightened expressions.
He also knew that everything and everyone in this country possessed considerable spiritual energy. Uchiha Hiko could not understand it. Since everyone had so much spiritual energy, that should mean they were capable of protecting themselves.
That was what puzzled Uchiha Hiko even more. If they could protect themselves, why did they feel so insecure? Why did such fear show so clearly on their faces?
There had to be some reason that Uchiha Hiko did not know. Right now, he wanted to quickly find out from Your Majesty the Queen what that reason was.
But he also felt that Your Majesty the Queen did not wish to tell him the reason yet. He did not want to force her to answer, so he could only wait for a suitable opportunity for her to