Nihonkoku Shoukan

Chapter 5

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Minasan Oidemasu! This is Yukkuri demasu!

Late for a day.

Also, in case you wondering about the other LN, Mira’s LN is still undertranslated and I presume it will be finished by today. It’s a rather long chapter…I pity the editor, though.

Then I will do Reene’s LN.

Then another Mira’s LN if I still have leeway.

Then it’s time for Souma.

As always,

DISCLAIMER: There is no guarantee that my translation is 100%correct. Please correct me if I was wrong.

Plus, if youwant to thank someone go to the guys at Ainushi Translation who give me the RAWfor this LN. They’re the real MVPs.

Author:

みのろう (Minorou)

Translator:

Yukkuri Oniisan!

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Part 5

Qua-ToynePrinc.i.p.ality Foreign Affairs Ministry

This place was a building where foreign affairs relatedto foreign affairs officials or amba.s.sadors to other nation was handled, but currently,this place was running a tight schedule for groundwork preparations in opening adiplomatic relationship with j.a.pan. Doc.u.ments and manacoms exchanges were flutteringaround in frantic paces, dealing with securing personnel for the delegationparty, adjusting the authority to be granted for the amba.s.sador extraordinary, orother related matters.

「Yagou! I heard that you will go as one of the mission delegation members tothe newly emerging nation called j.a.pan! So envious, I also want to go theretoo.」

Yagou was called out by one of his coworkers.

It wasn’t uncommon to dispatch a diplomatic mission toanother country. In this world where many countries exist, ruler replacementand country’s rise and fall were an everyday occurrence for mid-sizedcountries. It was also often for a large sized country to splintered into manysmall and medium countries, in other words, this was the evidence that the worldsituation wasn’t stable and indeterminate.

There were many lands where the public order worsenedwhen the national policy was restructured and there were places where thestandard of living even worse than Qua-Toyne Princ.i.p.ality. It’s often the casethat if an area had many deaths, then the sanitation will become really bad, thatthere might take a toll on the member of the delegation. So to be a member of adiplomatic mission was a work that was detested by everyone.

The standard of living and public order in Qua-Toyne Princ.i.p.alitywere notably higher amongst the remote countries.

As seen from the major power Papardia Empire, theclosest Three Great Civilized Lands nation from the Rodenius Continent, togetherwith the Topa Kingdom on the north, Fuen Kingdom, and Gahara Thearchy, Qua-ToyneKingdom was at the easternmost remote region. They might look down on thiscountry as 「Barbarian Lands」, but it had abundant food resources that gave birth to a culinary culturethat won’t lose even to the Civilized Lands. So, it was understandable why theydidn’t eager to be included as a member on a diplomatic mission.

However, the target country where the mission is dispatchedinto this time was really extraordinary.

Yagou had scanned the doc.u.ments that had been distributed beforehand to thedelegation members and it offhandedly described unbelievable information. Ahigh-speed flying object that could fly at an alt.i.tude that is impossible toreach by a wyvern or a large 250-meter long ship, each utilized a tremendouslevel of technological prowess.

There even a remainder, 「Don’t underestimate the unidentifiedcountry, by all means, don’t be discourteous」, that prudence was demanded in the current task.

「How unbelievable……」

Yagou racked his brain.

A wyvern was an expensive weapon. Dragon Knight is an elite amongst elite; asupreme ruler of the sky, whom any soldiers dream to be one even for a moment. Justlike a Cavalry Knight is superior to an infantry, Dragon Knight isoverwhelmingly superior to a Cavalry Knight. A single wyvern could play with thewhole battalion (1.000 men) of Cavalry Knights like toys.

It can fly in a high speed of 230 km/hour at an alt.i.tude that couldn’t bereached by bow, Wyvern could use its own mana to create a concentrated flameball, that couldn’t be mimicked by a human and has a power that surpa.s.sed anyweapon that man has created. Furthermore, its hard scales could even resist steelarrow and tough enough that antipersonnel blade couldn’t pierce it through.

If he had to name a creature that even stronger than Wyvern, then only thinkWyvern Lord that succeeded to be raised in a small amount in the Three GreatCivilized Lands came to his mind.

Although, if he included ones that couldn’t be controlled by humans, then therewere creatures that couldn’t be matched by wyverns like the elemental dragons, elderdragons, or divine dragons. It was unthinkable for a man to control those naturalcalamity-like creatures.

For an 「object」 to rival those natural calamities, furthermore to be flying with suchlarge body size, it was impossible even for Mu from the Second Civilized Land.

Due to that repet.i.tive unbelievable information, Yagou begin to have astrong interest in the country called j.a.pan.

(The delegation dispatchedthis time…… Perhaps my name will be chiseled into the history of Qua-ToynePrinc.i.p.ality.)

「Then let’s begin the meeting. Partic.i.p.antsa.s.semble.」

His thought was interrupted by the sudden order.

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At the small conference room, the Chief of Diplomatic Missions began togive an explanation.

The number of member for the diplomatic mission this time was five people. Everyonewas people who held position as a foreign affairs official, excluding general Hankiwho was temporarily transferred to Foreign Affairs Ministry from MilitaryAffairs Ministry.

The Chief began to talk.

「Our first objective this time,is to judge whether or not j.a.pan is a threat to our country. As you gentlemenalready know, j.a.pan’s metal dragon easily penetrated our country’s air defense network.At the present time, our country doesn’t have any means to counter that metaldragon. They had told that their intention is to establish a diplomaticrelationship with our country, but they might conceal the fact that their countryis a hegemony-seeking country, or perhaps they have an extreme discrimination againstdemi-humans just like Louria Kingdom, also for what reason they want toestablish a diplomatic relationship with our country? It is necessary that we investigatetheir real intention.」

Everyone nodded.

「How high is j.a.pan’s developmentdegree is unknown, but there is no doubt that they have high technological strength,and correspondingly, high military strength. I think you understand, not onlyyou need to interact with them with firm att.i.tude, buy pay thorough considerationin your speech and conduct to not provoke the other side. Also another point, Iwant you to investigate what is the strength and weakness of j.a.pan, and searchfor a field where we are more advantageous than them. Then, I want everyone to takea look at the distributed guideline.」

The mission members looked down at the newly distributed doc.u.ments andtheir expression changed into one of puzzlement.

「……『The entire country was transferred?』」

After he confirmed that everyone uniformly took notice, the chef then beganto explain.

「According to their words, one day the whole nation suddenly get transferredto this world. The veracity of this claim is not ascertained yet, but just likewhat I have mentioned earlier, please bear in mind to refrain from any doubtingmanner to not provoke the other side.」

Yagou nodded, while thinking at the corner of his mind.

(An entire country get transferred…… It’s the same as Mu’s myth.)

The major power country of the Second Civilized Land, Mu. There was a mythpa.s.sed down in that nation, 「12,000 years ago there was ahuge transfer of the continent.」 Since the official governmentrecord from that time still remained, the people of Mu believed in it, but theother Civilized Lands people treated it as just a fairytale.

「Just like in the guideline, thistime j.a.pan will provide the ship for the travel. The departure time will be atnoon one week from now, so please properly finish your preparation. The eveningof the second day after the departure, you will land at the j.a.pan’s western city『f.u.kuoka City』, where you will stay for 2 nights. During that time you will be taught j.a.paneseetiquette in addition to common knowledge. I am told that if you walk aroundoutside as you please then there is a possibility that you could die from beingrun-over by a transport vehicle called 『automobile』. On the noon three days after the landing, you will depart f.u.kuoka City andby using a transport system called 『shinkansen』, at the evening you will arrive at j.a.pan’s capital city 『Tokyo』, then the next day you will have a conference with the people fromj.a.panese government.」

「「「……?」」」

Strange. The time table was too strange.

The distance between j.a.pan and Qua-Toyne Princ.i.p.ality was more than 1,000km. This was not a distance that could be covered in just 2 days by a ship.Furthermore, the distance from Shizuoka City to Tokyo was stated to a bit morethan 1,000 km. To depart at noon and arrived in the evening, just how couldthey possibly do this?

It might be understandable if it was the metal dragon that appeared in theircountry before, but there was an explanation that this Shinkansen was a land vehicle.Perhaps it was a vehicle that consumes considerable amount of mana?

(It seems that it’s a countrythat our common sense couldn’t apply to.)

At the questions that appeared one after another in their head, startingfrom Yagou, the members abandoned trying to think about it.

And thus the conference ended

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Next part. Common Sense Breaker!

Also to give you comparison (and saved you from Googling this).

Most sailing ships speed is about 4 to 8 knots (7.4 to 14.8 kph), a clippership is 14 to 17 knots (23 to 31.5 kph).

Modern liner speed is usually above 20 knots (37 kph). Warships could reach30 knots (55.5 kph), though their real speed is usually cla.s.sified for obviousreason.

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