Wortenia Senki

Chapter 2 Episode 11(Audience 3)

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TLN: Unedited.ver... I think my editors were busy or something.
Chapter 2 Episode 11(Audience 3)

The 96thday after being summoned to another world.

Ryouma wasthe only person inside the room in the castle.

There was alittle bit chaos during the audience; however, the princess never changes herdecision.

In Ryouma"smind, he remembers the general gaze full of hatred being directed to him at thetime when he was about to leave the audience room.

(Fuu...Well, I was a newcomer after all, so it can"t be helped. )

Actually,there are many things that he feels regretted.

In thebeginning, he wants to join the princess" faction without making anyone wary ofhim.

However,even if he said that, nothing would change.

(I shouldbe happy that the princess show an interest to my proposal...)

Currently,Ryouma is still not yet formally part of the princess" faction.

Consideringeverything, it was natural.

After all,he has no achievement yet.

And fromnow on, he should start making an achievement.

ThusRyouma"s battle is still not yet ended.

No, rather,this is where the actual battle start.

"I"msorry I"ve made you wait. "

The one whoentered the room was Princess Lupis being accompanied by Meltina.

"Ohno, for granting such an impossible wish, I really feel grateful. YourHighness. "

Ryoumaraises his body from his chair then lowered his head.

He wants todiscuss about what to do from now on, specifically because he had createdinconvenience to many people during the audience.

For that,Ryouma and the princess both moved to another room within the castle.

And forsecurity reason, only Ryouma was being called.

"Well,you don"t have to be that stiff. Please relax and make yourself comfortable."

"UnderstoodThen please excuse me. "

Afterconfirming Princess Lupis and Meltina have sat down, Ryouma once again sit downin his chair as well.

"Thenshall we began our discussion? "

Afterconfirming with the Princess, Meltina starts the talk.

"Youshould know it already, what we want is a military force. "

This shouldbe equal to putting Ryouma and the others in the princess" faction.

Meltinasaid those words while looking at Ryouma as if trying to read his mind, thenshe continues.

"However..."

"Thefamily of the people who died because of us, you unable to disregard the familydissent is it?"

HearingRyouma"s words, Meltina nodded her head.

"Well,I guess that can"t be helped, don"t you think? Now then, what"s yourterm?"

"Value..."

Meltinaanswered Ryouma"s question briefly.

Althoughmany expectations were hidden within her reply.

"Isee... I have to show some value other than being a war potential, is it?"

"Afterall, if you said you only have war potential then, it would be no differencethan hiring mercenaries from somewhere. "

"Ifthat is the case then, your highness will get a bargaining in this negotiationyou know?"

HearingRyouma"s words, Meltina shows an expression as if doubting him.

"Whyso?"

"Afterall, I"ll be the one who brings victory for your highness. "

Hearingthat, Princess Lupis unintentionally leaked small laughter.

"Youhave such a great confidence ne~? "

"Thankyou very much for your praise. "

"However,I can"t believe you with just a mere words "

"Ofcourse, I understand that. "

"Thencan you prove your words?"

PrincessLupis tone of voice sounds like joking; however, he can feel thirst of bloodcoming from her gaze.

"Ofcourse... or so that is what I want to say but, can I ask some confirmationfirst?"

"Whatare you trying to do? You, are you trying to deceive her highness?"

Meltina"shand moved toward the sword on her waist.

It seemslike she"s going to cut his head immediately if he makes a poor excuse here.

"No nono... It"s just, how am I going to make a countermeasure if I can"t grasp thecurrent situation? Or rather than that... I saw something worrisome during theaudience, you know... After all, the situation is entirely different from whatI heard from Mikhail. Thus, I want to hear the current situation directly fromher highness. "

Meltina whoheard Ryouma"s explanation turned her line of sight toward the princess forconfirmation.

"First,shall we listen about the worrisome matter you had said just now?"

PrincessLupis said those words toward Ryouma while keeping calm.

"Alright...First, I heard from Mikhail that the Knight faction is the princess" faction;however, I guess it was not that simple is it not?"

Unrestexpression shown on the two people face after they heard Ryouma"s words.

Whilepretending to be calm, Princess Lupis continues the talk.

"Whydo you think so?"

"Thatbecause at the time when your highness spares Mikhail"s life, some of thepeople there show unpleasant expression. Well, it was only for an instantthough. And The thing that I want to confirm just now. I"ve already got theanswer from looking at your highness expression. "

"Isee... Then, what is your thought regarding that?"

"Regardingthe knight faction as your highness base support, we"re sure of that, right?However, not all the knight faction members supporting your highness. Perhaps,the General who had been arguing against Meltina-san? Is there a separatefaction centered around that person? No... opposite of that, it"s not likethere"s a separate faction centered around that general, the general himself isthe main actor while the princess is actually only a figurehead, am Iright?"

Longsilence covered the whole room.

One mightwonder just how much their hearts was beating furiously after hearing Ryouma"swords.

The answercan be seen just by looking at their expression.

(I hit themark huh?... That"s mean, I have to change how I should deal with all ofthis... No wait, I have to hear the princess objective first...)

"Youable to understand all of this just from the audience today?"

"Yes. "

After thelong silence, Princess Lupis finally open her mouth.

"Isee... Indeed, just like you said, having you at my side might be really abargain..."

"Yourhighness..."

Meltinavoice filled with sorrow and regret can be heard.

"It"sfine... There were no meaning in keeping quiet when he was already seen throughme this much, don"t you think so?"

Aftersaying so, Princess Lupis turned her eyes to Ryouma.

"Justlike what you said... I had no choice but to become a figurehead. All the realpowers are held by General Hodram. "

"Isee, that is the name of the person who argued with Meltina-san during theaudience, right?"

"Yes."

"Hmm...Then can your highness tell me about the current situation? After all, I can"tmake any countermeasure without knowing it. "

PrincessLupis began to talk after brooding over a little.

"Indeed.... First, I should tell you everything about what the knight factions are."

It tookPrincess Lupis 30 minutes to explain while getting supplemented by Meltina hereand there during the talk.

"I seenow; this is indeed quite bad. Even if the knight faction were to win the nextpolitical struggle, the future that your highness will get would be the worst."

Such wordscome out from Ryouma"s mouth after listening to all of the princess"explanation.

Due toGeneral Hodram holding the real power, by the time the political strife againstthe n.o.ble comes to an end, Princess Lupis would literally.

No, ifGeneral Hodram was someone who does not care about rebel stigma, after heexecutes the n.o.bles faction, he might actually sit on the throne himself.

In otherwords, for the princess to survive, two conditions must be cleared.

One is towin the political strife against the n.o.ble.

During thetime the knight faction tried to win against the n.o.ble faction, they have alsoto expand the princess" faction until it has enough power to counter theGeneral.

Even justone of this condition can be said to be considerably difficult.

AlthoughMeltina and Princess Lupis seems to understand about this already.

(I thoughtI was going to pa.s.s my predicament smoothly but, it ends up like this huh? Onlyone-third of the knights from the Knight faction have sworn allegiance to theprincess...)

One can saythat the Princess faction was being cornered like a mouse.

That"s whythey found interest toward Ryouma"s words, as if clinging to the last straw ofhope.

For their ownsurvival.

"Iwant to make her highness the princess to be the real head of this country!Both in name and reality! You, can you do it?!"

"Meltina...Thank you..."

PrincessLupis said her thanks for Meltina"s words.

"Iguess so... But first I want to confirm, first for your highness to become atrue ruler of Rozeria kingdom. Second, to break away as the knight faction"spuppet. You want to aim for these two point right?"

The twopeople nodded toward Ryouma"s words.

"Ifthat is the case, we can do it somehow. After establishing royal authority,whether or not it can be maintained, it depends on your highness the princess"ability, however, if it"s just to take it... it"s possible. "

""Isthat true?""

"Ofcourse... "

TowardRyouma"s words, their reply was filled with a mixed feeling of happiness andskepticism.

"Howare we going to do that?"

"Bysplitting the neutral faction. "

The face ofthe two people clouded with disappointment for Ryouma"s words.

"Fuu...it was stupid for the two of us to believe in you. "

Meltinacalls him stupid with mocking tone.

"Oh?You don"t like it?"

"Ofcourse! I was already doing that since a long time ago!"

"Hou?Meltina-san is?"

A smileappears on Ryouma"s face.

"That"sright! Everyone would already think about that!"

"Andyou think n.o.body notices that? "

"Y-Youb.a.s.t.a.r.d!"

MaybeMeltina feels like she was getting mocked, she drew her sword.

"Areyou looking down on me!"

(I see...With just this much provocation it ends up like this huh?)

He hadalready expected it since the time he saw what happen during the audience, butstill...

(There"s noproblem in terms of loyalty toward the princess, but, I want someone who"s alittle bit thoughtful... )

Ryoumathought of something like that while Meltina"s sword draws closer to him.

"Stopit!"

"Butstill your highness!"

"Meltina!Calm down!"

Due toPrincess Lupis reprimand her, Meltina reluctantly withdraws her sword.

"However,it was reasonable for Meltina to get angry. Or do you really think you cansplit the neutral faction?"

One canfeel Princess Lupis words contain some thorn in it.

Althoughshe shows some tolerance toward him, she does not have any intention to swallowall Ryouma"s words just like that, and she also shows slight displeasure on herface.

Ryoumashows a bitter smile while looking at Princess Lupis, then he began to talk.

"Well,I"m 80% sure. However before that, I want Meltina-san to do something, is thatokay?"

Aftergazing at the princess, Meltina nodded her head.

"Howslow of you! How"s the negotiation going?"

The nightsky had already ruled over the neighborhood.

Most peopleinside the castle have already eaten their dinner and currently prepared toenter their bed.

"Sorryabout that. Or rather, you both still awake?"

Afterfinishes his talk with the princess, Ryouma head toward the room he wasallocated to, when he opened the door he saw Laura and the others whom heconsidered already sleeping standing in front of him.

"Ofcourse. We won"t sleep until master return!"

Sara noddedat Laura"s words.

"You"renot the only one who stay awake you know?"

"What,there"s Lione-san too huh? "

"Whatdo you mean with what! Geez... I was wondering how the negotiation was going,to the point I can"t stop my heart from beating fast!"

Lione whosat down in front of the table that being placed in the middle of the roomprotested.

"Becauseyou felt nervous thus you end up waiting is it?"

Due to thescattered bottles of wine on the top of the table, Ryouma didn"t think she"sthat worried about him.

"Nee-sanbelieved young master and had been waiting for you to return, you know? "

"Bolts!You don"t have to say such unnecessary thing!"

Then Lioneerases her smile and turns her line of sight toward Ryouma.

"So?How is the negotiation going? Is it going as you had expected?"

Sheimmediately returns the topic as soon as she sobered up, it seems like sheholds back on her drinking a bit.

"Yes.Though I was planning to tell you about it tomorrow. Since Lione-san is alreadyhere, I guess I should just tell you now. Laura, Sara. Both of you, please sitdown as well. "

"Emm...How about the meal?"

"Ah,forget about that. There"s no problem if I just skip one meal. "

""Understood.""

Ryoumawondered if the sisters actually prepared his meal already, as he ordered thesister to sit down when they were about to head toward the inner room, then hebegan his explanation regarding the negotiation.

"Whatdid you say!? The princess" faction is in that kind of disadvantage!?"

The firstwho raises voice after listening to Ryouma"s explanation was Lione.

Bolts andthe sisters" face also shows a gloomy expression.

"Well,about that there"s nothing can be done."

"Butstill, to think that within the Knight faction there"s a dispute between thegeneral faction and the queen faction is a little bit..."

"Well,I guess that"s how big-shot usually is, I guess? "

TowardLaura"s words, Lione replies in a somewhat philosophic way.

In thatregard, it might be because of the difference in life experience.

"Butthen again, are you really going to help them when you already know they werein that kind of situation?"

"Well,if we leave it as it is, it would be impossible. At least, if the princess doesnot have the power to hold up against the general after the political strifeagainst the n.o.ble faction end, it would be over for them. "

If oneconsider the way General Hodram talk or how he look at Ryouma"s and the others,he might just laughing and ignore them despite the fact that they had alreadyasked the princess to help them in exchange helping her to fight the n.o.blefaction.

If Ryoumahandles this poorly, at the time the political strife end, they might send anarmy to get rid of him.

"Ifthat is the case then, there"s no other choice other than building theprincess" faction"s strength huh?"

The reasonwhy Bolts" voice lack in energy was because if he had to a.n.a.lysis everything asa mercenary, it would be very difficult for them to win in this kind situation.

"Butnot all was bad. At least, the princess was willing to help and back us up ifwe a.s.sist them. "

Because thepossibility of winning is slim, usually it makes such agreement end up havingmore binding force.

"But,are you really sure you can win over the neutral faction?"

"Sure.Since I"ve asked Meltina-san to demonstrated how she do negotiation a whileago. I will go and catch the fish. "

Everyoneshows a wondering expression after looking at the face of Ryouma who hadresponded to Lione"s question.

They arewondering why after seeing how Meltina done negotiation Ryouma consider it asconfirmation of success.

"Well,we will talk about that after I success on doing the actual negotiation, fornow, Lione and the others will be put under the princess" direct command. Yourmain duty would be guarding the castle and practice until the war started."

Up untilhere Ryouma stop talking and direct his gaze at Lione.

"?What? Is there anything else?"

"No.Lione-san, how many people does Red Lion have?"

"Includingmyself, there"s 22 people who are able to fight. There"s a guy who got hisshoulders injured by an arrow during the last surprise attack, but if that guyinjury were to get better, then there would be 23 people. "

"Weslightly lack on people huh... Lione-san can you gather around 70-80 peoplewithout going through the guild?"

"Well,since I have some mercenaries friends and acquaintance, it is possible... butdo you have the money?"

It wasunusual for Lione to reply with such bad manners.

"Howmuch?"

"Letsee... If you want people with capability like me then... I want around 300gold coins. "

"Understood.I will ask Laura to get the money tomorrow, so can you gather themimmediately?"

"S-Sure.If you have the money, then it"s fine. "

Lione wastaken aback due to how Ryouma brought out a large sum of money easily.

"Fornow, tomorrow would be the start of our battle! What kind of action we make,and how we conduct ourself will decide everything!"

Everyonenodded their head vigorously after hearing Ryouma"s words.

Theyunderstood that in order to survive this battle is the battle they cannot lose.

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