Infinite Time (2)

"Father, what are you planning to do today?"

"Today, I plan to discuss support for the Kingdom of Macerin."

"Didn't you do that last month as well?"

"Isn't it a country we ought to help? It's a country worth investing in."

"Isn't investment supposed to involve giving and receiving something? This is one-sided aid. Besides, the Kingdom of Macerin isn't so poor that it needs aid like this, nor has it suffered any disaster... How can you...."

"Your younger brother likes it too, but surely there must be some reason behind it all."

What possible reason could there be behind that?

What possible reason could there be for abandoning the Empire and fixing your gaze solely on another country?

At a position where you are supposed to protect all the people, what wisdom could possibly be hidden in caring only about the welfare of a foreign country?

The Crown Prince stopped the words rising within him...