I calmed His Majesty down and had Sabine-chan explained to him and the Earl again that I will get in touch, not every day but occasionally instead and the King finally gave his consent . The Earl couldn’t do anything except agreeing to His Majesty’s consent . Especially, when His Majesty could hear him clearly .
or rather . . , didn’t I already explain this properly to both of you before!?
Well, the one who explained it this time was Sabine-chan, hence they can’t refuse, even for His Majesty, who cannot lift his head towards Sabine-chan .
…don’t tell me, Sabine-chan is the most powerful person in the kingdom…?
(Audyst) 『Well then, we will arrive at the Royal Capital Mathrica in three days, but we will contact you again with the 『Communicator』 the day before it just to be sure, so please be ready at that time . 』(Mitsuha) 「I understand . Well then, see you around noon in the next two days」
The conversation with the Earl had also finished and I ended the communication .
We won’t know what will happen to the carriages along the travel . Broken axle, muddy roads due to rain, broken bridges, landslides which cause the roads to close, etc .
Therefore, despite there’s the expected date, the schedule for the negotiation will be decided after the main unit arrives .
Hence, checking on the day before, has nothing to do with the talks at all . The Earl was probably just worried about whether I will be waiting in the royal capital properly or not .
No, I always keep my promise, you know?
The first negotiation place, royal capital of the neighboring kingdom, Dalisson Kingdom, Mathrica .We have a friendly relationship with them and we also have already notified officially about the encounter of a foreign ship . A lot of public information also probably have arrived there too, with the help from their spies who have obtained various information about our royal capital, Bozes Earldom, and Yamano Viscounty .
This negotiation trip doesn’t mean that we have to go to every kingdoms .
The kingdoms that are too far away is a pass, meanwhile, the invited royalties and higher-ranked nobles from the royal capital each becomes an emissary for the neighboring kingdoms .
We were tasked with the friendly or neutral kingdoms that are a bit distant and we don’t need to tell the information of the new weapons to enemy kingdoms .
What if the foreign ships landed in that kingdom?
Yes, if the said kingdom gets battered and asks for help, we will invade with the multinational forces of the kingdoms that have signed the treaty .
After making a favorable treaty in here, that is .
Politics and war are not for playing and making friends, obviously .
(TL Note: Let the world war begin!)
And this time, coastal kingdoms are our priority . Inland kingdoms that is not facing the sea may not come to have such a talk because they have no impending danger coming their way, and it’s also difficult to form a large organization in one time . There’s a possibility that the big kingdoms may want to take the initiative themselves or even may hold the new weapons if we handled the negotiation poorly .
It will be fine after those kingdoms say, 『We will join by all means』 .
In the first place, there’s no meaning for inland kingdoms to build a ship and would refuse to provide a budget for that . We won’t let them pass, if they’re thinking selfishly such as acquiring the breech-loading rifles and other weapons engineering when they don’t even want to contribute with the proper budget .
(TL Note: Breech-loading rifles)
Yup, I had already advised about this subject to His Majesty .
However, even if I had said it, the ones who consider, think, and decide are His Majesty and the kingdom’s officials themselves . To sum it up, that’s the kingdom’s will . It’s not like I have to decide for them .
Afternoon, we finally arrived at the Royal Capital, Mathrica .
Even though it’s a distance that will take several days with the main party’s carriages movement speed, we can easily travel in a few hours with the car even if I drive slowly .
I transferred the car back to my house as usual and the three of us carried a backpack with a water bottle on our waist .
Of course, the sewage tank had already been treated .
(Mitsuha) 「Alright! Let’s enjoy the foreign kingdom’s royal capital in these three days until the main party arrives!」
(Sabine & Colette) 「「Oooohh~!!」」
(Gatekeeper) 「……young misses, is it only the three of you?」
(Mitsuha’s group) 「「「Yup!」」」
Every time, the uncle gatekeeper made a familiar doubting face .
Yeah, I have gotten used to it .
(Mitsuha) 「Our parents will come later . Because it’s boring to go slowly with the adults, we went ahead alone . We are going to play around in the royal capital for the time being until everyone catches up!」
When I smiled brightly and explained everything to him, the uncle gatekeeper looked flabbergasted .
(TL Note: Nipaa~)
(Uncle) 「That’s reckless! What are you going to do if you got attacked by wild beasts or vicious bad guys!
Even if they’re not bandits, there are plenty of people who would think bad things if they see well-dressed children walking aimlessly, you know! Just wonder how much your parents are worried about you right now!
In the first place, as an older sister who should protect and lead the younger sisters, you need to……」
I was scolded for an hour, dammit!
But, well, he’s not a bad person……far from it, he’s truly a good person, indeed .
He probably thinks that we, who got bored, slipped out and went ahead while the parents were taking their time at work . It’s only natural to think so, as there is no way for children to went ahead of their parents .
I insisted the uncle gatekeeper, who told us to wait at the guard station until our guardian arrived, to let us go as we had decided where to meet with our parents and finally managed to be released . We just barely escaped from being grounded for three days, you know .
No, the uncle probably didn’t think that we had been ahead for three days, though .
When it’s necessary, I had also thought about running away with transfer when no one is watching but it would become a fuss for sure, thus, I desperately persuaded him .
I’m tired . I’m really tired……
(Mitsuha) 「With that being said, let’s decide an inn .
For the time being, we have to link up with the main unit and have to choose a place where the delegation members won’t embarrass the kingdom, in conclusion, it has to be a moderately high-class inn . Well, I will charge it as an expense to the king so, an expensive inn is no problem!」
(Sabine) 「……neesama, you are always this stingy even though you have brought some money with you, huh… that kind of attitude is…」
Sabine-chan joined without a delay .
S-shut up! (u-urusaiwa!)
(Mitsuha) 「……for that reason, how about we stay here?」
In any case, just looking at the exterior, it will tell you whether it’s an expensive inn or not, however, it doesn’t mean that the accommodation will be that good . This place is near the royal palace and expensive-looking which matched with my objective, thus, we rushed inside .
No, I was just expressing enthusiasm and didn’t literally mean to rush in with a battlecry .
If I do that at an expensive inn near the royal palace, I will be prison-bound right away .
(Mitsuha) 「Triple room, please」
(Receptionist A) 「Who is your guardian?」
This again…… .
(Mitsuha) 「No, it’s only us, though」
(Receptionist A) 「I won’t let children stay alone even if it’s just a joke . Now, go home! If you’re getting in the way of business, I’ll hand you over to the guards!」
Replied the middle-aged man at the front desk while feeling annoyed .
No, it can’t be helped if there’s such a rule . But, his obvious looking-down-upon-us attitude is pissing me off .
If he’s a young rookie frontman, he might be misunderstood as if he became selfish by working in a high-class inn or he has insufficient education, and such . Well, it can also be said as 『Youthful Indiscretion』 . However, if it’s this kind of middle-aged veteran-like person, I would say that this inn is 『that kind of inn』 .
(Sabine) 「How rude! What is with that way of talking…」
I patted Sabine-chan’s shoulder who complained and stopped her .
(Mitsuha) 「It’s okay . You don’t want to stay at such an inn, right?」
(Sabine) 「Y-yeah……」
I took Sabine-chan and Colette-chan, looked for another inn and will deal with that annoying inn later .
(Mitsuha) 「……here!」
And finally we found it, the next inn .
It’s a bit smaller than the first inn and looks a bit old, but it’s not bad .
(Sabine) 「Will it be okay this time?」
Sabine-chan asked anxiously .
(Mitsuha) 「We won’t know unless we enter!」
Yup, it’s obvious .
Colette-chan appears to not care at all . It seems that it was no wonder for her to be chased away in an expensive inn and there is no way to oppose the inn that I have chosen .
(Mitsuha) 「Charge!」
(Receptionist B) 「Welcome! Are you looking for a room to stay?」
As soon as I opened the door, I heard a call from the front desk .
(Mitsuha) 「Could you give us a triple room? The length of stay is still undecided, however……」
(Receptionist B) 「Yes, that’s fine . Then, please write in this registration log」
A 20-year-old man at the front desk responded with a smile .
Yup, customer service has got to be like this, right .
