Genjitsushugi Yuusha no Oukoku Saikenki

Chapter 3: TheCore of CoReform E

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Minasanoideyasu. This is Yukkuri demasu!

Sorryfor being so overdue.

Blame iton the combination of Real World work, City Skylines shenanigans (I like CityPainting), unwatched Autumn 2017 anime backlog (mostly cute stuffs), andWikipedia.

Withoutany delay. Here 4 consecutive release.

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Author:

Dozeumaru(どぜう丸)

Translator:

Yukkuri Oniisan

Editor:

So-Chintzy

Enlightenment Arc

Chapter 3: TheCore of CoReform E

「Yes, what are yousaying, Your Majesty?!」(Ludwin)

「This is animportant question…… How do you feel about Ginya…… And then, based on whatGinya think of you, you must think about how you would respond.」(Souma)

I answered seriously to the panicked Ludwin. Ginya was now an importantfigure of this country. If I could, I would like her to be married to atrustworthy person and put down root in this country. That’s why…… it would befine if Ludwin had the resolution for this, but if he didn’t, then I must thinkabout another plan. By the way, just before I brought this proposal forward,

(「Hey, Liscia, I"dlike to marry Ginya to Ludwin, but as a fellow woman, what do you think? DoesGinya has feelings for Ludwin?」)(Souma)

(「…… About 60%. Ithink that perhaps she might like him.」)(Liscia)

(「That’s so unclear.What with that uncertain percentage?」)(Souma)

(「Girls are hard tounderstand, after all. But you don’t need to be worried about that, right? Ginyais a daughter of a n.o.ble. If she has to marry by the King’s order, I think thatshe wouldn’t refuse it.」)(Liscia)

(「Maybe that’s true,but…… I don’t want to use that forceful method if it’s possible, you know.」)(Souma)

(「…… I see. Then, fromSouma’s observation, what about Ludwin-dono’s side?」)(Liscia)

(「99%, he likes her.」)(Souma)

(「How can you so clearlydetermine say it?」)(Liscia)

(「…… Man is aneasy-to-understand creature, after all.」)(Souma)

……That we had this whispering conversation was a secret. Perhaps becauseLudwin realized that I was serious, he tightened his lips. Perhaps he was loston how should he answer this. Then the other related party, Ginya , tilted her head.

「Is it aboutwhether I become Lu-nii’s wife?」(Ginya)

It was a relaxed tone that was unthinkable to be said by the related party.

「Does Ginya objectto marrying Ludwin?」(Souma)

「No, I don’t objectto it.」(Ginya)

It was such a quick answer that it was anticlimatic, and then Ginya laughed.

「Because I am awoman, after all. I thought that if someday I needed to be with someone, thenit will be nice if that person is Lu-nii. Although, since Lu-nii is popularwith the ladies, I thought that he would pick someone else as a wife ahis nd soI decided that it would be nice if I could at least be her third wifeafterward.」(Ginya)

At Ginya’s confession, not only Ludwin, but even I, as an unrelated person,were staring in amazement, but only Liscia who was nodding repeatedly as if shewas able to sympathize with Ginya. Ludwin, who returned to his sense after awhile, made an anguished expression, and with a preface statement 「Your Majesty, pleaseforgive me for my impolite answer」, he refused.

「No matter how muchGinya is a talent that is needed to be kept by this country, to suddenly binding her with a marriage is just……」(Ludwin)

「Is that statementsomething that you could say to us?」(Souma)

「Ah……」(Ludwin)

The previous king Alberto had given his daughter Liscia to make me the kingof this country. On the contrary, from Liscia’s viewpoint, in order to stop meto be the king of this country, she agreed to be married to me. Our relationshipstarted in that twisted premise, but after surmounting trials and tribulation, iteventually become a connection that I absolutely didn’t want to separate from. WhileI scratched my head, I told Ludwin.

「Let me say somethingas someone experienced in this matter, how it started is not the main issue. Whatimportant is in what way will both of you pa.s.s the time together. Isn’t it?」(Souma)

「Souma……」(Liscia)

When I said this, Liscia sent me a pa.s.sionate look. It was a bitembarra.s.sing.

「…… Or rather, bothof you had pa.s.sed a lot of time together as childhood friend, right?」(Souma)

「Your Majesty……」(Ludwin)

「Should I give you morepush? Then if you marry Ginya, you could call yourselves Maxwell-Arcs House. Thefamous Maxwell House name will continue. In addition, the royal family will paythe wedding cost in full…… Furthermore, Ginya’s research expenses, includingthe amount that had been used until now, 90% of it will be paid by the country.The Arcs House doesn’t need to bear the cost alone any longer.」(Souma)

「Th-that is a very joyousoffer…… but why I still have to pay for the other 10%?」(Ludwin)

「……If you don’t payfrom your pocket for a bit, then she will use that money endlessly withoutrestraint.」(Souma)

Even if it is a useful invention, it wouldn’t do if it suddenly sinks thecountry’s finance. When I turned my sight to her, Ginya was turning her headaway and whistling (though no sound coming from her). Seeing her behavior,Ludwyn made a bitter smile.

「I see. So I will hold the reins.」(Ludwin)

「Or rather, so that the amount you could pay byyourself increase, you will work like a work-horse.」(Souma)

「…… I’m afraid that this will happen.」(Ludwin)

「Now, Ludwin. Ginya had said her feeling. The next turnis yours?」(Souma)

「……Yes!」(Ludwin)

Ludwin turned his face towards Ginya. Ludwin’s face was bright red and Ginya’sface too was somewhat reddish. Though when they stood side by side Ludwin wastaller, perhaps because his feet were trembling from the tension, their heightlooked the same. I was wondering whether this would work since he was thatnervous, but the man standing here was the ikemen Royal Knights’ Commander whohad led tens of thousands of soldiers. It was not long before he resolved hismind.

「Ginya, will you become my wife?」(Ludwin)

「…… Is it okay for Lu-nii? I am not that suitable to bea n.o.ble’s wife, you know?」(Ginya)

「I know, but I still want you to be at my side forever.」(Ludwin)

「You have a weird taste…… But, un. Understood, please take care of me from hereafter, my husband.」[1](Ginya)

And then, the two of them were shaking hands for some reasons. I thought,isn’t hugging suit this scene more…… Oh well, this way might suit them more. Sinceit was a happy situation, there’s no need to make an uncalled remark. I was gladthat this matter had been resolved without a problem.

「*sigh*…… With this, perhaps we have settled the wholeproblem?」(Souma)

「……No, not yet. Your Majesty.」(Ludwin)

The moment when I felt relieved, Ludwin spoke up with a completelymortified face. He just looked very happy not long ago, just what had happenedduring this few moment? Then Ludwin said,

「I also have forgotten about this until now…… But, haveYour Majesty forgotten the purpose of our visit today?」(Ludwin)

……Ah, that’s true. I had completely forgotten about this, but we didn’t visitthis place to see inventions. Then, Ludwin dropped a fist into Ginya’s head.

「Ouchie! …… Lu-nii, you can’t perform domestic violenceas soon as we engage.」(Ginya)

「Baka(Idiot)! Just follow me.Apologize to His Majesty with me!」(Ludwin)

That being said, Ludwin held Ginya’s head and pushed it to the floor, whilehe himself was also lowered his head until his forehead pressed against thefloor. The shape was slightly different, but this was this country’s style for DoubleDogeza. While Ludwin restrained Ginya’s head, he expressed his apologies.

「For this occasion, my... ... my fiancé had done aoutrageous act……」(Ludwin)

「Wai-, Lu-nii. You’ll ruin my hair.」(Ginya)

「Silence, Ginya! In this matter, I humbly, humbly askfor your leniency.」(Ludwin)

No, even if you are apologizing with such efforts…… I didn’t really that botheredat all.

「Ludwin and Ginya, both of you raise your head. I don’tparticularly find fault on both of you.」(Souma)

「Your Majesty…… Thank you very much!」(Ludwin)

「Ah, but I am a bit curious. Hey, Ginya?」(Souma)

I squatted down and looked straight eyes to eyes with Ginya before askingher.

「Why do you take the dragon"s bone?」(Souma)

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Do any of you still remembered what happened about six months ago? When Idug a hole for a sewage settling pond near the Capital City as a part of establishingthe Capital City’s water and sewer services, we found bones of monsters and thelikes. Amongst them, there was a set of huge dragon bone, but then it wentmissing. At that time, we first suspected that the dragon had died with agrudge and became a Skull Dragon, but in that case, it should have dispersedmiasma to the surroundings. However, the Capital City where it was storedbefore was still safe and sound, so this possibility seemed unlikely.

The next suspect was that it had been stolen by someone, but the reason forthe theft was unclear. If there were some magic power remained in it then it couldbe used as magic catalysts or accessory material, but the magic power in thatbone had disappeared and so it was worthless. In the first place, since it couldn’tbe used for anything, I planned to display it in the museum, hence why I keptit.

That’s why, in the end, we thought that perhaps a collector took it away(regardless of whether or not they would take a huge item like that). Althoughit was indeed a strange incident, it didn’t seem that it would lead to a majorincident, so it gradually disappeared from my memory, but a few days ago, the truthwas unexpected became clearer. There was a piece of paper mingled with Ludwin’swork doc.u.ments.

『To Lu-nii

I will take the dragon bone so I’ll leave the rest of the procedure to you.

Ginya』

Was something that briefly written inside of it. Yes... The one who took theDragon’s bones was Ginya. She reported this in a piece of paper, and then withoutwaiting for a reply, she took the bones away (by the way, I heard about thisafterward, but it was transported by the golem). Even so, this was so……Ginya-ish? At any rate, the paper was mixed with other papers due to the slightlychaotic period back then.

And then, that paper was discovered a few days ago, Ludwin, who knew aboutthe situation, came to me and made earnest apologies. And so, to confirm thelocation of the bones, we arrived at Ginya’s dungeon-atelier.

And now, we were looking at the missing bones. However,……

「「「WHA!?」」」

The bones appearance had been completely changed…… or rather, not the appearance but the formitself had radically changed. When we asked about the location of the bones, Ginyalead us to the tent that occupied half of this huge room. When we entered, whatgreeted our sight was the shining metallic body of a huge mechanical lookingdragon. The moment I saw what could be called as 『Mecha-Dragon』, the low ba.s.smain theme of 『G.o.dzilla VSMechaG.o.dzilla』 was playing in myhead [2].Though, it wasn’t as huge as them. The height was about 18 meters at most, butthe form was out of this world.

Giving a sidelong glance to us who was standing astonished, Ginya startedto explain with full confidence.

「This child"s name is 『Mechadra』. By attaching wildanimal and monster materials, armor and weapons, and others things onto a realdragon"s skeleton, combined with the mysterious components discovered in thedungeons, taadaa ♪…… a fully-formed mechanical dragon.」

Ginya spoke of this happily…… but how should I put this? I only had a bad hunchabout the monster parts and mysterious dungeon components. Liscia was also openingher mouth wide from surprise and Ludwin seemed about to faint. I then askedZinya.

「…… This won’t go rampaging, right?」(Liscia)

「Ahaha. It cannot do something like that.」(Ginya)

Then, Ginya approached the Mechadra and then touched its foot.

「In the first place, this one can’t move?」(Ginya)

「Really?」(Souma)

「Of course. Although, I believe that the degree of perfectionof the outer frame is high, there is no mechanism to relay the orders to movethe essential parts. Well, this is just…… a mere scarecrow.」(Ginya)

Are you a 「IMGONNAHKILLYOUNAAAAAAAOOOOOO!」 kind of person?[3]…… Since they won’t get the reference, I let this tsukkomi slide. I see,although she had made a mechanical dragon, there weren’t a movement program andsomething to act as a circuit to transmit it. Or rather, this was something notunexpected from the scientific level of this world, but seeing what Ginya haddone, it wasn’t like it couldn’t move at all. Ginya were moving the claw partsof the mechadra’s feet up and down with her hand.

「Look, it can move smoothly like this. Even without a motivepower, it can move.」(Ginya)

「Ah, amazing. Amazing, but why did you make somethinglike this……」(Souma)

I held my head in great perplexion. As expected, won’t this situation couldanger Star Dragon Mountains. To give an example in human terms, it was only to exhibitbones of ancient people in the museums, then they might allow it. However, whenthat bones were embedded inside a machine, as expected, some people will findthis revolting. This could be taken as a sacrilege for the dead. If they knowthat the bones of their fellow kin were treated like this, in the worst casethe dragons might attack.

……When I return back to the castle, I will send a letter of apology to theStar Dragon Mountains. Depending on their reply, we would disa.s.semble, do aburial and send it back. I swore this in my heart, and then I remembered whatGinya had said.

『This is just…… a mere scarecrow.』

Scarecrow…… A doll that stood to protect the field…… A doll…… Doll!? Can itbe……

I then tried touching the Mechadra’s feet. And then with 【Living Poltergeists】, I will transfer apart of my consciousness into the Mechadra. After that,

*Gogogogogogogo*……

While producing the metallic creaking sound, Mechadra started to move. Whoa,I could manipulate this!?

「Ki-King, did you do something!?」(Ginya)

It seemed that even Ginya was surprised. While seeing the Mechadra movedits both arms up and down, I grasped my head in great perplexion. What should Ido with this‼ Manipulating the mechanical dragon is more like what a Demon Lordwould do rather than a Hero. Just by its presence in our country, it wouldn’t bestrange if the other countries recognized this as the enemy of humanity.

Goodness gracious, what a day……

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As a result, the mechanical dragon was treated as a closely-guarded Top Secretinformation, and it was decided to wait for a reply from the Star DragonMountain. Ginya was transferred into a newly built dedicated laboratory nearthe Capital City and should be researching something even today. Furthermore, sinceRoroa and Colbert joined us, the cash flow had become improved, and her work wasfurther accelerated.

……At a later date, I asked Hilde to sent stomach drugs to Ludwin.

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