While Miss Eisheth doesn't look worried in the least, she is surrounded by a few men that none of us know. Of course, this makes me and the succubu worry about her.
"May I ask from which ministry are you guys from?" [Nar]
"Sir Nar!? Of course, we are from the Ministry of Finance and Economy."
"We are here because the Ministry received information about this event that coincides with the International Conference."
"And what about it?" [Sas]
"According to our minister and his analyst, if the Succubus Cultural Festival is held at the same time as the conference, it will leave a bad impression on the country."
"How so?" [Diana]
"You see, the International Conference is bound to attract people from all walks of life, from royalty to nobles, merchants, and even just people like us who came for tourism, unfortunately, unlike us Amlethians, let's just say that the people from other countries are not that open-minded".
"Therefore, the analysts are afraid that this will spread bad words especially towards possible investors, therefore..."
"Believe us, we have nothing against it, but if the minister and the analyst said so..."
I kind of get the gist of it. Basically, they just didn't want a bad reputation that would affect Amlethians, but
"How can you be so sure it will be a bad thing?" [Diana].
"And couldn't it just be carried forward?" [Dana]
"You can't just cancel it without any compensation or alternative" [Khamisah].
"That's why I disagree. I can agree if the festival is to be held at a later date, but to cancel it altogether is just nonsense" [Eisheth].
"This is not coming from us... It comes from the highest level..."
"We don't want to be the bad guys, but it feels like we are now..."
"Is this ONLY coming from your so-called minister?" [Merlin]
"We believe so."
"All right, Diana, let's bother Little Amleth today" [Merlin]
"Let's go, go, go!" [Diana]
"HOLD IT!" [Head Maid, Teacher Ledang]
"?" [Diana, Merlin]
Just as Master Merlin and I are about to go to the castle to voice our protest, the two of them stop us. Not only them, but also Sister Khamisah and Brothers Nar and Sas.
"It's true that Her Highness can give her word and let the program be done, but it will only create more problems if we don't come to an agreement with the said ministry first.
"We need to show that the program is beneficial and will not have the said effect as predicted by the analyst" [Teacher Ledang]
"True. Her Highness Queen Amleth would probably hear both of you, but if things remain unsettled, let's just say they wouldn't mind using some dirty underhanded method to get back at us" [Eisheth].
"I don't want to be that guy... But I can see my boss is going to do just that..."
"Are you sure you can say that to your own boss..." [Dana]
"Please don't let him know I said that..."
That sounds like a lot of work, so much so that Master Merlin, the other succubi, and I just sigh. I guess I can't just march into the castle and ask Auntie Amleth for help, so we listen to what she has to say about what we should do.
For starters, Head Maid, Teacher Ledang, and Miss Eisheth can make a paperwork to support the festival, but they are missing some data, so they need more time to do it, but what we can do in the meantime is to show that the data is reliable, so we need to get more support, especially from fellow Amlethians. I don't get it. Isn't the analyst and the minister afraid that it will scare away foreign investors, so why should we get data from fellow Amlethians?
"It's a festival in Amleth first and foremost, so doesn't it make sense that Amlethians will have the most people coming here?" [Nar].
"If Amlethians themselves don't show up, it will further show that this festival is not something beneficial" [Sas].
"All the more reason for them to ban this festival altogether" [Head Maid]
"I see..." (I should study more... I don't see the connection...) [Dana]
"Then what should we do?" [Diana]
"Do you even need to ask. We will definitely use you, little Diana." [Merlin]
"Meow?" [Fie]
"Like Fie said, how?" [Diana]