Jane-san, a woman with a very unique and mysterious atmosphere, speaks to me in a voice so bright unimaginable from her face that still looked frozen with her eyebrows not even moving a twitch.
[Yes, yes! Kaito-sama, can I make my appeal here?]
[Unn? Make your appeal here?]
[Whoa there, I don’t have any hint of emotions I should be guilty about, okay!? Things like “I’ll skillfully integrate myself in and aim to marry to riches” or that “While I’m all dressed up for the party, I’ll exaggerate my selling points by about 20% and earn myself some evaluation points”…… Well, I may be thinking about it quite a bit! But putting that aside, it’s a chance to have Kaito-sama know about it, so please give me some time to present myself!]
[H- How should I say this…… You’re quite honest.][Tahaa~~ My oh my, you’ve found one of my charms before I gave my presentation! It seems like Kaito-sama is a genius at finding the best in people huh?]
She was a very easy-going person, and lighthearted conversation with her was quite enjoyable. Well, the expression on her face is still the same as before, and her eyes are still vacant and devoid of light, but her voice is very energetic.
[Well, anyhow, I’m going to make my pitch, but don’t you think I’m pretty good? I’m not so conceited as to say I’m a peerless beauty, but I’m reasonably good-looking, and I might be a bit biased in my self-assessment, but my overall abilities are pretty decent. I’ve also got a pretty decent pair of breasts, not too big or too small…… Whoops, well this is quite tough. I’m aiming to give myself a favorable evaluation, but I’m kinda concluding that all my selling points are just pretty decent…… I feel like crying a bit at my lack of outstanding merits.]
She really started to appeal to herself, but with her concluding her evaluation as “pretty decent”, how should I say this…… I can’t say I’ve disliked or liked her more.
[Ahh, I’m quite confident in the texture of my skin. It’s soft and squishy to the touch. I’m sure my breasts also feel good to the touch too, don’t you think? What do you think, how about trying it out? Just kidding~~ Tahaa~~ My overflowing sexiness just slipped out huh, sorry for being too sexy.]
[I- I see, Jane-san is a woman full of charm huh.]
[What a keen eye, I’m currently a good buy, don’t you think? As for my shortcomings, it’s probably that I bombed the labor negotiation or that my facial muscles are dead all the time, to the point where I hardly seem to be working at all. Well, with that said, I’ll give myself a good rating as a boyish, energetic girl…… Hmm, I’m boyish? Is boyish good? I feel like it stands in the fine line, but it’s clear that I’m not the silent, cool type or the serene older sister type, so let’s lean more towards that! Please overlook the finer details!][Ah, yes…… Errr, I mean, what’s the appeal about?]
[That’s a good question. About that…… Since I started on a whim, I feel like I’ve lost sight of the landing point a bit…… To be honest, I’m a bit lost on how to continue from here. It would make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside if you could throw me a lifeline here.]
She seemed to be trying to say “I’ve gone and done it~~”, but her expression didn’t change at all, so I felt like my brain was bugging out. However, I feel like the person herself is aware of the lack of change in her expression.
Besides, even with all her antics, she does seem to be a nice guy, and I also enjoy our conversations.
In a corner of the party hall, where the Human Realm’s rulers were gathered, Ryze, Chris and Laguna were talking to each other. The content of their conversation was about the people accompanying them……
[Listen here, putting aside young Lilia, who is a noble, all of your royalty’s family members, your Knight Captain and even your Head Maid are acquainted with Kaito have received invitations, so in reality, it’s as if young Ryze had brought along a considerable number of people with you.]
[Hahaha, well, I also think it was kinda unfair, but we didn’t particularly ask to be invited. Instead, the ones I brought along this time as companions don’t hold very high noble titles.]
As a result of discussions among the countries, it was decided that each country would bring two companions this time. This is largely to show that Kaito and the country are on good terms.
Since the companions they brought aren’t people Kaito knows, they plan not to burden Kaito with introductions. However, everyone still wants to go to places where they might have the chance to interact with Kaito, so as their King, invitations to events like this are an easy way to gain favor with the nobles.
[I have brought two nobles on the Innovation Side with me, but what about you, Your Majesty Laguna?]
[I wasn’t sure who to bring. I could have brought nobles with me, but you see, the nobility don’t have much authority in Hydra Kingdom…… so I chose two members of the Parliament to bring with me. Look, “the two of them are over there”.]
Laguna answered Chris’ question and pointed to a spot a few distance from their location. There were two people there dressed in beautiful formal wear, and they seemed to be hanging out together.
[Both of them are merchants and have quite promising futures. I’ll introduce them to young Ryze and young Chris later. Well, as he already had so many people to greet, I would just be troubling Kaito if I were to introduce them to him, so I didn’t introduce them earlier…… but I think it would be good for Hydra in the future if they could expand their connections with other people.]
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Serious-senpai : [Whoa there, saying that she’s accompanying Laguna was just casually mentioned to mislead Kaito huh…… She had really become someone whose identity is unknown.]
