Genjitsushugi Yuusha no Oukoku Saikenki

Chapter 4 FDF B

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Minasan oideyasu. This is Yukkuri demasu!

The last chapter for today. I’ll post therest as fast as possible…

I got dual morning-night shift tomorrow, so…cross your finger!

DISCLAIMER: There is noguarantee that my translation is 100% correct. Please correct me if I waswrong.

Author:

Dozeumaru(どぜう丸)

Translator:

Yukkuri Oniisan

Editor:

So-Chintzy

Enlightenment Arc

Chapter 4 FDF B

『Lagoon City』, the central city of the Walter Duchy.

It lies in the northeastern partof the Friedonian Kingdom and was the pivot of the Friednian Kingdom’s Self DefenseForce. Just like the name suggested, it was a city constructed over the waterin the lagoon. The city’s appearance was like Venezia(Venice) of Italy with the waterways runningthroughout it. Looking at the scenery of this city made me remember a manga thatI had read in the past, but unfortunately there were no cute gondolier girls.[1]

Instead, I could see the sceneswhere muscular men loaded and unloaded cargo from the boats. Because it was winterright now, the men were properly wearing thick clothes, but if this was summer(in this continent, it become warmer as one moved north, so Lagoon City was in ahot and humid region), the men’s appearances would be mostly “naked”. Justimagining it doubled the sultriness. I was watching the scenery of Lagoon Cityfrom inside the carriage I rode with Juna.

「Was Juna-sanborn in this town?」(Souma)

「No,I was born in a small port town a bit north-west from this city, close to theborderline with the Eastern Nations Union. It was not as vibrant as this city,but they caught many delicious fish.」(Juna)

「Isthat so? I"d like to go to that place someday.」(Souma)

「Yes,please do.」(Juna)

While having such a trivial conversationlike this, the carriage arrived at Excel’s 『Mansion』. Orrather, although this city served as the navy’s headquarters, even though therewas a naval base, there was no 『Castle』. It was because this city wasn’t meant to be a place fora land battle. Since the Navy demonstrated its full ability only when fightingin the seas, they applied a concept where if the land was invaded by enemies, theywould board the ships and annihilate them completely, along with the city vianaval bombardments. Because they love this land more than anyone, they wouldn’tsurrender it to anyone else. The affections of the Sea Dragon Tribe to thisland was pretty much Yandere-ish.[2]

When the horse carriage enteredthe mansion premises, I saw Excel standing awaiting me on the front of the mansion’smain entrance. Her blue hair shone under the sunlight and her beautiful facepeeped through her hair. As always, Excel was so beautiful that you couldperceive it even from a distance. As expected from Juna-san’s grandmother (althoughI believed that the word grandmother didn’t suit her).

She was wearing a blue-colored attire,that looks like a combination of a kimono and a dress, which really suited her.When I was thinking about such a thing, I noticed that Juna-san"s expression becamea bit stern.

「Ju-Juna-san?Is something wrong?」(Souma)

「Thatkimono……」(Juna)

「Kimono?」(Souma)

「Thatis the Great Mother’s favorite dress. This is…… We need to seriously be wary ofher.」(Juna)

「Umm~,more or less, the purpose for this visit is solely to inspect the military……」(Souma)

I replied like that during such anout of the ordinary mood, so Juna-san spoke to me while giving me a seriouslook.

「YourMajesty. Do not show any weak spots in front of a sea snake…… Or else……」(Juna)

「Or else?」(Souma)

「You willbe eaten.」(Juna)

「………」(Souma)

……Umm. I didn’t really understandthe meaning behind her words, but I believed that I should be careful.

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「Ithas been awhile, Your Majesty. Welcome to Lagoon City.」(Excel)

I alighted from the carriage and Excelcame to greet me while smiling. It was indeed like what Juna-san had said tome, but for now, I didn’t see any unusual appearance yet.

「Ithas been a while since you were appointed as the Supreme General of the Self DefenseForce. I am glad to see that you are healthy.」(Souma)

「Fufu,Your Majesty, you jest. To push such a heavy responsibility onto the elderly me(since she said it herself, it was fine).Even so, I am thankful. Juna, you too. How are you?」(Excel)

「Ithas been awhile, Sea Princess.」(Juna)

Juna-san calmly bowed her head. Inthe former Navy, Excel was called the 『Sea Princess』. Perhaps it was a term that was similar to the navylingo 『Ma’am』. However, Excel shook her head.

「Juna,you are not a member of the Navy anymore and you will marry His Majesty as his RoyalConsort. What remains between us are only familial ties.」(Excel)

「Sea-……Great Mother……」(Juna)

Juna-san’s eyes were a bit wet. Whata good family scene…… Just when I thought of this.

「That’swhy you and I are on “equal” grounds.」(Excel)

……What is this? Just now, forsome reason Excel emphasized the 『equal』 part. The moment Juna-san heard the word 『equal』, avein appeared on her forehead……

「……Whatdo you mean, Great Mother?」(Juna)

「Well,the knack to not being bored in your very long life is to always have an interestin somebody.」(Excel)

「Doyou mean…… His Majesty?」(Juna)

「Sincehe is a Hero after the Founder King, I really took an interest in him.」(Excel)

Excel laughed with a sweet smile.However, I could only see a strange pressure in that smile. In response, Juna-sanalso faced her with a very similar smile…… What is with this situation? I reallywanted to flee from this place.

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After the greeting (?), we wereguided into the mansion. The interior decor was a graceful and Western-style indesign and the furniture placed inside was also not that gaudy, which blendedin to the calming atmosphere. Even the art-illiterate me recognized that theowner of this mansion had a good sense of art. Eventually, we entered a roomwith the word “parlor” written on its nameplate.

Then, in that parlor, one person hadalready been waiting in place. He was a tall man dressed in the FriedonianNavy’s officer uniform, with bat-like wings and a lizard-like tail. The mansaluted towards me and began to brew the tea. After we sat on the sofa, he distributedthe tea, and then that man stood behind Excel. I rubbed my temple.

「…… Ican’t help, but be bothered by him standing behind you.」(Souma)

「I alreadytold him to just act normally, though.」(Excel)

Excel smiled wryly. That man"sname was Castor Vargas. He was one of the previous Three Dukes and the AirForce’s Marshall. He was also Carla"s father. He was convicted for rebellingagainst the Kingdom, dismissed from his post, and made to surrender the Vargas House’sheadship to his young son Carl (Carl’s guardian was the current Self Defence AirForce Marshall, Torman), while Castor himself was being put into Excel’scustody. From her story, it seemed that he entered the Self Defense Navy as a commonsoldier and worked as Excel’s personal helper.

Since Castor had become thecommander of the defeated army, perhaps because he wanted to crush hishaughtiness up until now or it was just because of his headstrong personality, heperformed his duties as a common soldier of the Self Defense Navy thoroughly. Itseemed that he bowed his head when he crossed paths with people who waspreviously had lower rank than him and that he cleaned all the toilets insidethe warship on his duty days…… This made me remember Carla, it seemed that itwas this family’s tendency to carry out things to the extreme.

「…… Thisis an order. Sit down, Castor.」(Souma)

「Yes,Your Majesty! Please excuse me!」(Castor)

When I ordered him, finally Castorsat down. Good grief.

「Alsosince it felt unpleasant, please stop with that formality. Excluding the publics.p.a.ces or when other subordinates are present, when it is personalconversation, please speak with me casually. This is also an order.」(Souma)

「Yes,Your Majesty…… However……」(Castor)

「Castor.Does an officer dare to oppose His Majesty’s order?」(Excel)

「…… Iunderstand.」(Castor)

When Excel chided him, Castor relentedand nodded. Phew, finally we could talkcalmly.

「Well,it"s been a long time, Castor. How are your days in the navy?」(Souma)

「Yes!I have become well acquain-…… I got used to it. But, that……」(Castor)

「Hmm?What is it?」(Souma)

「IsCarla doing well?」(Castor)

So he was worried about his daughter"sstate? Well, he was a father after all.

「Don’tworry, Carla is ……………………… ah…… She is doing fine.」(Souma)

「What’swith that long pause!? And, what does that midsentence “Ah” mean?!」(Castor)

「Well,she is indeed doing fine……」(Souma)

I was certain that for today"sschedule, Carla was now……

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――― At that moment, in ParnamCastle’s Studio……

「Fuhahahaha―――! Silvan, today will be the day you stop breathing! Kill him! Wheel Monster 『Tiregon』!」(Miss Dran / Carla)

『Tirego~n!』 (The person insidehad been changed from Aisha to Moltov)

「Curseyou, Miss Doran and Tiregon! I will protect the peace of this country!」(Silvan / Ivan)

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「…… Yeah,I believe she is doing fine (maybe)」(Souma)

「Isee……」(Castor)

「Sheis physically healthy (mentally, I’m notsure, Serina was there after all). She is a slave but I won’t lay my handson her.」(Souma)

「…… Thatreply makes me worried.」(Castor)

「? Whyare you worried like that?」(Souma)

「Ithought it would be better for Carla if you laid your hands on her.」(Castor)

After Castor spoke, he made asmall sigh.

「I hadheard from d.u.c.h.ess Excel that Your Majesty is a person who cherishes family andprotects it no matter what happens. From the rumors I heard when in custody…… Ialso have the same opinion. So, I thought that if you laid your hands on Carla andrecognized her as your family, then she would be absolutely safe.」(Castor)

So he wasn’t aiming to become aKing’s relative, but out of the concern for the safety of his daughter……

「Idon’t plan to make Carla a consort.」(Souma)

「……」(Castor)

「However,if something happened to Carla, Liscia will grieve. I won’t do something thatmakes my family grieve.」(Souma)

「Isee…… I am glad to hear those words. Then I humbly entreat Your Majesty to takegood care of my daughter.」(Castor)

As he said this, Castor deeplylowered his head. The reason why he spoke formally at the end was because itwas his sincere wish. I wonder if he had grown a bit as a human (he was dragonewt, though) after working under Excel…… I turned to Excel.

「SoExcel, has this one become “usable”?」(Souma)

「Fufu, I havefirmly “educated” him. As expected from someone who commanded an army, hislearning ability is good. In this state, then…… It might be possible.」(Excel)

「Isee…… Now then, shall we move out?」(Souma)

After we conversed with topicsthat could only be understood only by two of us, Excel and I stood up. Juna-sanand Castor were confused by our sudden action.

「Umm,Your Majesty. Where are you going?」(Juna)

Juna-san asked and so I wrylysmiled.

「Haven’tyou forgetten? Today"s schedule was to do a military inspection.」(Souma)

「Oh, nowthat you mention it…… That’s true.」(Juna)

Juna-san’s cheeks blushed as ifshe was embarra.s.sed. Perhaps she was too absorbed in being cautious of Excel. Herembarra.s.sed state was something that suited her age, so it was very cute. Iwanted to continue seeing this forever, but I also have to work properly as theKing.

「Well,the first thing will be……」(Souma)

I turned to Castor who had an expressionof “I couldn’t understand a single thing” plastered on his face.

「Let’sput a blindfold on Castor.」(Souma)

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Next chapter:

The return of familiar faces.

Clue: NANODESU!

By the way, I posted this while listening tothe Active NEETS Touhou orchestra medley cover.

I’ll post my Yukkuriburg City Skylines later(can’t play her anymore, run out of RAM), used too much building a.s.sets. I just love playing a city painter game.

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