"Your Majesty, I have not seen you these past few days and did not know whether your health had improved. Some time ago, I heard the ministers say that you were somewhat unwell, so I came especially to see you today."
If Uchiha Hikaru truly wanted to achieve his goal, he needed to make frequent visits to the palace and interact with the monarch often. Otherwise, he would not know what the monarch intended to do, much less understand his movements.
So he hoped to begin with this approach. He knew it was rather cliché, but there was no helping it—at present, this was the best solution.
Then, little by little, he could draw closer and capture the monarch's heart. To accomplish such things, he had to put his heart into them, carefully and cautiously, one step at a time. "Zero Four Three."
This required patience. Uchiha Hikaru had now more or less understood the sort of thoughts a monarch usually had, which was why he wanted to plan everything in greater detail.
"What nonsense! Who said my health was failing? I am perfectly well. There are always people spreading baseless rumors about me. It is nothing; do not worry. I am quite well."
The monarch's body was the Dragon Body, so naturally, one could not casually say that he was ill. Uchiha Hikaru had spoken this way today only to deliberately instill a sense of alarm in him.
Uchiha Hikaru naturally knew that saying this would make the monarch somewhat unhappy, but only then would the monarch be interested in speaking further with him. It was a wise choice on Uchiha Hikaru's part.
"Indeed, indeed. Who keeps spouting such nonsense? The monarch's body is unlike that of ordinary people—how could he fall ill so easily? Still, I hope Your