Chapter 469
"Honestly, I"m sorry!
"Oh, no, even if I apologize..."
Girl bowing her head deep across the table. He"s about my age, dressed in a thin green dress that looks primitive at first glance, but a little tiara s.h.i.+nes on his head.
We are in the royal palace of Arendt, the holy kingdom, surrounded by a rose garden, s.h.i.+ "a "Azumaya". Princess Ariati of Arendt told me someone wanted me to meet her, and she came with two people, Yumina and Su.
And she was the second princess of Gandilis, the steel country, Cordelia Terra Gandilis.
The Holy King Arendt is located north of Gandilis, a steel country, on our continent called the Great River of Gau… here it is between neighbouring countries across the Sebra River.
Unlike the Gardio Empire, which has suffered many wars of aggression, he has a relatively peaceful relations.h.i.+p with the Holy King Arendt.
Royalty in neighboring countries, it"s not strange to have some relations.h.i.+p with each other, but I didn"t expect you to come on board directly.
So, why is the princess apologizing to me?
"I really didn"t mean that! Because I leaked extra things to such an important" Oh and "...!
Anthropomorphic golem transformed into an example Miss Imelda. The mastermind of that commotion is her… Princess Cordelia has confessed herself.
No, it"s not exactly a mastermind. The real mastermind is holding back behind her......
"Look, Parrell! Apologize, too!
"I"m sorry"
Without any bad looks at all, but only one maid lowers her head deeply. She is, at first glance, an intelligent twenty or so year old woman with flax hair turned into a shorter ponytail and gla.s.ses.
When it comes to Princess Cordelia, this maid named Parrell imprisoned Miss Imelda and let that anthropomorphic golem infiltrate the leaflet leash...
"After all, what was the purpose?
"To protect His Majesty Emperor Gardio."
Hmm? Emperor Gardio, Your Majesty? What can I say, although His Majesty the Emperor had a few knights of escort, and where there was an anthropomorphic golem with no fighting power, I don"t think it would do much good.
To put it further, why would Gandilis defend the emperor of the Gardio Empire, who is one way or another not very close?
"To be precise, to protect against the women approaching Emperor Gardio."
"Huh?"
As I twisted my neck, Princess Ariati, next door, gave me an answer with a bitter smile.
Princess Cordelia sitting in the front leaning bright red in her face. Oh, no way.
"That..., Lady Lancelet has been invited to Gandylis" Our "party several times for several years... I was still a n.o.bleman, not an emperor, at the time, but as I spoke intimately, the..."
The last one didn"t hear a word from you, but I kind of figured it out. Even I"m often said to be dull, but I know this just fine.
The current Emperor Gardio, His Majesty said he was formerly Lancelet Orcott, the eldest son of the previous emperor"s katana, Chancellor Lancelot Orcott.
As a result of Lucrecion, the Crown Prince, renouncing his right to inherit the throne, the bowl turned and became emperor because Lancelet"s mother was the sister of the previous emperor.
The former emperor was trying to repair his relations.h.i.+p with Gandhiris, so I guess the current emperor Lancelet had visited Gandhiris many times before he became emperor as well. They met in there, he said.
Suh, who was next door, roars small.
"I see. But what happened to this mess?
"Well, I heard about having a pageant with royal children on a nearby leaflet leash as well... If Lancelet attends the party..."
"No, when I said partic.i.p.ation, His Majesty Emperor Gardio was only present, and he didn"t partic.i.p.ate in the pageant, did he?
Yumina corrects Princess Cordelia"s words. It was compulsory in the case of Crown Princess Liliel, but is basically free to partic.i.p.ate. That"s the same with royalty. His Majesty Emperor Gardio did not partic.i.p.ate. Well, I don"t think I could have partic.i.p.ated so lightly or anything more than already being king of one country.
"Yes...... Master Ariati told me. Looks like I made a mistake...... It was a mistake in the first place to inadvertently leak to Parrell, no matter what happens if the matchmaker decides to deal with Mr. Lancelet..."
Ha ha. Did I mistake Emperor Gardio for trying to find someone to marry at that party, too? Though he did start with the brothers of Empress Lilliel and Zenoas, and a few members of the royal clan also took part.
Considering how that loving husband feels? I"m talking about Mr. Parrell moving on his own...... but can he do such a big thing to one maid?
"Parrell"s parents had a major guild of Golem technicians called Exploratory Technicians" Seekers "… I think you used that handover..."
Princess Cornelia"s words, which she spoke sorry for, had a familiar name.
"Exploratory Technologists" Seekers... that"s what I"m talking about. One of the highest golem technicians, the Elka technician said. In this case, are you two because you"re husband and wife?
"The Exploration Technicians" Seekers "do not belong to any country, but are a group of technologists who tour the world and discover the ruins themselves and then excavate and repair and recycle Golem. It"s not just a bunch of engineers, it"s a bunch of mercenaries crusading the warcraft that nest in the ruins, it"s a bunch of merchants selling regenerated golems."
Mr Parrell explained that to me.... like that militant group.
Are we going to be self-sufficient, or are we going to do everything ourselves, from excavation to repair to sale? I"d say it"s the most sensible thing in a way.
"What did the boss and his daughter say to Gandylis there?
"The Exploration Technicians" Seekers "have been traveling around the ruins of Gandylis for the past few years. In the meantime, your father keeps Parrell and works as my maid of honor as an apprentice with his own hopes. I thought it was the kindness of your parents not wanting to leave you among the rough guys."
And, Princess Cordelia. Yeah, "Exploratory Technologists" Seekers seems to be closely related to Gandylis. A group of technicians in need of countries producing many ores and various steels…. I don"t know.
"That anthropomorphic golem......" Katrea "is what my father asked me to do to make repair regeneration Restore, and appearance, but I haven"t told my parents anything about the details, and it"s all on my own. Of course the princess is not responsible either. I"m sorry to disturb you. Existence of any punishment."
Look straight at this one, and say so, Mr. Parrell. Hmm. Honestly, if you say so, I don"t actually have that right, do I? I"m not a direct victim.
The primary victims are the imprisoned Miss Imelda, the next Gardio Empire suspected of being a spy, and the rest a face-crushed leaf lease?
"No, it"s bad that I"ve been grumbling forever! Your Majesty, please give all of you the opportunity to apologize......! Please! Whatever......!
Princess Cordelia bows her head all the way down to the ground. Mr. Parrell bows his head just as deeply behind it. Hmm, I thought it was a horrible state conspiracy, and I didn"t know it had anything to do with it.
Ah, Rave Borderline Bob...... "Emperor Gardio", "Out of the way", "To eliminate" heard by Lucrecion Boy in "The Devil"s Eye of Memory," does that mean "To eliminate the intrusive women approaching Emperor Gardio"?
... That"s a scary story though.
"What are you going to do, Mr. Winter Night?
"Huh?... No, well, I"m going to be honest with the people involved more than I know what"s going on..."
"That doesn"t mean we"re going to talk about this Cordelia-like romance, either. That"s what you want, isn"t it? I don"t know what they think when they hear it..."
Ugh. Mr. Su...... you"re going to stick a pretty sharp spot in it.
The princess and emperor with neighboring countries... I don"t think it"s even a combination, but this all depends on the person.
Um, what do we do? Ignoring me as I look up into the sky and roar, Yumina approaches Princess Cordelia.
"You and the Emperor were close, weren"t you?
"Huh? Ah, uh... I mean, we were close, and Lady Lancelet was kind, so she talked to me a lot, and she even bothered to give me a present for my birthday..."
"If you were enough to give me a gift, wouldn"t you have cared? Isn"t His Majesty the Emperor?
"Well, I"d love to..."
Listen to me, Mr. Yumina. Su, who was beside him, also joins the conversation.
"Then why didn"t you tell them how you felt sooner? We had as many chances as we could, didn"t we?
"The... I knew it was hard to say from me in my position at the time...... While I was doing that, Master Lancelet became emperor... I"ve solved the position problem, but on the contrary, I hope they seem to be after the status of queen this time..."
"Though I think I care too much. Anyway, if you"re a stranger, you"re dating enough to give me a present for my birthday, right? Yumina, you"re right. I think you have a pulse."
"Well, I guess..."
I feel indescribable in the love bana of the royals, except Mr. Parrell. There"s been a lot of talk about these hands lately...
There is rarely a love that begins with both thoughts. Mostly with one thought or the other, if the other person notices the thought, it develops into both thoughts… so the possibility arises.
In that sense, I guess Princess Cordelia"s love is going to come...
"The question is, if you find out that the cause of this disturbance is Princess Cordelia, what does His Majesty the Emperor think..."
"Ugh!"
Princess Cordelia, stuffy as a thorax stabbed me in the chest by my words that blurted and crushed me. Giroli and Yumina stared at me. No, I"m sorry. No offense.
"Miss Imelda is a problem, too. Just shut the f.u.c.k up..."
"... no, Imelda and I plan to convince ourselves. I don"t know from your parents, the Trios, but I was wondering if they would ever protest from you."
"............ what?
Mr. Parrell revealed a much more outrageous fact. Convinced? Oh, what is this? Is Master Imelda glued with the Parrells?!?
"Master Imelda has a better mind to decide. Your parents encouraged you to join the party and we asked you to cooperate knowing that you were in trouble. I was supposed to end up being an unfortunate person who couldn"t attend a party because he was attacked by a mysterious person."
"I"m not listening!?
Princess Cordelia was also her first ear, she raised her surprise to Mr. Parrell. Haven"t they explained that much?
What kind of handout, with Miss Imelda, a n.o.bleman from another country?
"That"s about as many retired members of the Exploration Technicians" Seekers "and their business partners are around the world. For once, it was stopped, but I heard it worked out that way about this one. For the sake of not being suspected, I"m sorry I put you in a coma with drugs."
... You"re starting to feel like you"re dancing all in the palm of this maid"s hand. Was it because Miss Imelda hated socializing? It"s troublesome because if they ask you to marry me from the n.o.bles upstairs at a party, you won"t be able to do it without me.
Nevertheless, the Exploration Technicians "Seekers" …. They"re doing business quite widely. Wouldn"t it be quick to spread the Golem even on the Eastern continent if I worked with Olba from "Strand Chamber of Commerce"?
... and asking Mr. Parrell to make a loan and introduce you... no, no, no, how about putting it into people"s weaknesses.
"Did it work out for you, with the other guy?
"Yes. He"s a doctor with the Trios family. This time we were in a coma, we checked each other"s feelings and told your parents."
Everyone who was on the spot talking about Mr. Parrell, that"s good......, got the air like that, but no, no, that"s not what I"m talking about.
"As I said earlier, everything I planned and executed on my own. The princess has no responsibility whatsoever. Please, I"ll take all the punishment."
"That"s why you can"t do that! Speaking of which, I...!
"No, I shouldn"t have cut my numbness to Princess Hethale, who worried about me and wouldn"t move into action at all. I should have known you were a cowardly princess with low romantic experience..."
"Hey, do I say that much!?
"It"s really tough."
Absolutely. It"s a lot of trouble when love is involved.... Speaking of tangling, you really don"t have Hana Love Sister involved this time... I haven"t heard from him in the last few days. She said she didn"t have to worry about the blades.
"Anyway, we can"t help talking alone. I will speak to His Majesty King Reef Reese and His Majesty Emperor Gardio. Then don"t apologize, just atone for your sins. Is that okay?
"... Yes"
"Okay."
Both Princess Cordelia and Mr. Parrell nodded small.
I don"t think Miss Imelda would be that heavy of a sin if she were all right, but depending on how she takes it, they make a bad impression. Especially to His Majesty Emperor Gardio.
I don"t know how to tell you what Princess Cordelia thinks...
Why should I do something like a love messenger? [M]
This is a serious responsibility... Hmmm, I just have to be honest with you for now......
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"Well on the face of it, as a leaf lease, I didn"t suffer damage, and if you think you can make a loan to Gandylis, this is where you accept the apology, and the punishment may be in the hands of the other side. If Golem is going to spread to this world, it"s not a bad idea to stay close to that important country." Exploratory Technicians "Seekers" and "Once upon a time."
... His Majesty King Leafreese speaks softly of my hesitation. I want to be able to decide with Zuban this way......
"Leaf lease is fine, if you"re Gardio..."
……………………
Emperor Gardio stopped without blinking.
Uncle Levé, sitting next to him, speaks to the young emperor of the Gardio Empire, who is a pocan.
"… Your Majesty. … Your Majesty the Emperor"
"Huh? Oh, oh! Hey, what!?
"Not what. Protests against Gandilis, etc…"
"Oh, no... His Majesty King Leafreese is right, let"s leave it to the other side this time. For once, I"ll interview Miss Imelda, but I don"t think there"s a problem. I"ve taken the time to be friendly, but sometimes I dare to make waves with Gandylis."
Oh, did you hear that for once?
Hmm. So this settles one thing...
I tried to tell her how Princess Cordelia felt, but what about Her Majesty the Emperor, in fact? You just seemed surprised...
"... what does Emperor Gardio think of Princess Cordelia?
"What!?
His Majesty King Leaf Reese asked me what I had trouble hearing instead. Yo, that"s the work of the year!
A room in the castle of Brunhild, where there is only me and Emperor Gardio, the Revue Borderline Uncle, King Leafreese, and the Knights of the Guards. Yumina and Su also wanted to know where this love was going, but this time they shunned it. Sometimes we can"t talk to each other unless we"re men...
"Uh...... To be honest, I"m happy. But it"s true that she started it and our country was annoyed. In view of that, it is not so easy to reply…"
"No, that"s fine. Either you like it or you don"t?
"... su, like, but"
His Majesty the Emperor turns bright red and diagonally upwards. That"s right. Otherwise I can"t give a gift to a princess of a country.
When I saw King Reef Reese with me as Niyaniya, the young emperor spoke as if he had cut a weir.
"No, you know, it"s too steep, I hope you"re feeling moody, I"m so happy! But I also have a position, and I"m not the son of an aristocrat like I used to be, so I can"t just reply to you on my own! Ko, what am I supposed to do with this!? Here, Your Majesty! All nine His Majesty the King were married to their wives, but what to do in these cases!?
"Leave yourself to the flow..."
"You"re cluttered!?
Some kind of shocked young emperor. No, actually, in my case, that"s pretty much it. If we like each other, we don"t care about the clutter around it, do we? Probably.
"I don"t think it"s a bad story in the sense of bonding friends.h.i.+p and goodness with Gandylis, who was unfriendly. As someone who governs the country one way or another, what shouldn"t we actively pursue that story?
As King Leafreese put it, if the princess of Gandhiris and the emperor of Gardio stick together, this will no longer be a symbol of irresistible friends.h.i.+p. Originally, that"s what a king"s marriage is all about.
It also applies to me and Yumina, Lou and Hilda. Maybe a little different because I wasn"t yet king when I got engaged to Yumina.
"But this is what happened, and that"s not how it happened..."
"Mmm, it doesn"t matter. That"s about it, put it together and accept it. Don"t think you can carry a country like a woman"s life, not a princess of a country? Look at the King. Nine of them are carrying me."
King Reef Reese laughing at Buhaha. Um... Don"t use people against me.
"Whatever. I"ll put my daughter on it."
"Oh, no, that"s just..."
"Ha. It"s a joke, a joke"
His Majesty the King was laughing, but I wasn"t. Your daughter also has such a troublesome romantic situation right now!
Even in the sense of pus.h.i.+ng His Majesty Emperor Gardio"s back, I agree with King Leafleath.
"Well, whatever it is about me, this could certainly be a chance in many ways. Because according to the G.o.ddess of love, all these things are timing."
"Ha...... G.o.ddess of Love, is it?"
His Majesty the Emperor with an astonis.h.i.+ng look on his face. You"ve met him, too, but the G.o.ddess.
Mr Parrell"s behaviour was never complimented, but I think it triggered one thing. Is this the timing of Hana Love?
His Majesty the Emperor is still troubled, but the anthropomorphic Golem seems to manage. And then there"s the Empress Lilliel.
Who the h.e.l.l is the mysterious black mask, already?
I interviewed all the men from all the countries in the black mask... and then there was...
One a.s.sumption comes to my mind. [M]
"Men in black masks" was interviewed. Men, to.
Huh... No way, is that what...?