Chapter 469: # 469 Princess and Emperor, and timing.
âHonestly, Iâm sorry!
âOh, no, even if I apologizeâŚâ
Girl bowing her head deep across the table. Heâs about my age, dressed in a thin green dress that looks primitive at first glance, but a little tiara shines on his head.
We are in the royal palace of Arendt, the holy kingdom, surrounded by a rose garden, Shi âa âAzumayaâ. 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 relationship with the Holy King Arendt.
Royalty in neighboring countries, itâs not strange to have some relationship with each other, but I didnât expect you to come on board directly.
So, why is the princess apologizing to me?
âI really didnât mean that! Because I leaked extra things to such an importantâ Oh and ââŚ!
Anthropomorphic golem transformed into an example Miss Imelda. The mastermind of that commotion is her⌠Princess Cordelia has confessed herself.
No, itâs not exactly a mastermind. The real mastermind is holding back behind herâŚâŚ
âLook, Parrell! Apologize, too!
âIâm sorryâ
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 glasses.
When it comes to Princess Cordelia, this maid named Parrell imprisoned Miss Imelda and let that anthropomorphic golem infiltrate the leaflet leashâŚ
âAfter all, what was the purpose?
âTo protect His Majesty Emperor Gardio.â
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 donât 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?
âTo be precise, to protect against the women approaching Emperor Gardio.â
âHuh?â
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.
âThatâŚ, Lady Lancelet has been invited to Gandylisâ Our âparty several times for several years⌠I was still a nobleman, not an emperor, at the time, but as I spoke intimately, theâŚâ
The last one didnât hear a word from you, but I kind of figured it out. Even Iâm 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 emperorâs 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 Lanceletâs mother was the sister of the previous emperor.
The former emperor was trying to repair his relationship 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.
âI see. But what happened to this mess?
âWell, I heard about having a pageant with royal children on a nearby leaflet leash as well⌠If Lancelet attends the partyâŚâ
âNo, when I said participation, His Majesty Emperor Gardio was only present, and he didnât participate in the pageant, did he?
Yumina corrects Princess Cordeliaâs words. It was compulsory in the case of Crown Princess Liliel, but is basically free to participate. Thatâs the same with royalty. His Majesty Emperor Gardio did not participate. Well, I donât think I could have participated so lightly or anything more than already being king of one country.
âYesâŚâŚ Master Ariati told me. Looks like I made a mistakeâŚâŚ 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. LanceletâŚâ
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? Iâm talking about Mr. Parrell moving on his ownâŚâŚ but can he do such a big thing to one maid?
âParrellâs parents had a major guild of Golem technicians called Exploratory Techniciansâ Seekers â⌠I think you used that handoverâŚâ
Princess Corneliaâs words, which she spoke sorry for, had a familiar name.
âExploratory Technologistsâ Seekers⌠thatâs what Iâm talking about. One of the highest golem technicians, the Elka technician said. In this case, are you two because youâre husband and wife?
âThe Exploration Techniciansâ Seekers âdo 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. Itâs not just a bunch of engineers, itâs a bunch of mercenaries crusading the warcraft that nest in the ruins, itâs a bunch of merchants selling regenerated golems.â
Mr Parrell explained that to meâŚ. 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? Iâd say itâs the most sensible thing in a way.
âWhat did the boss and his daughter say to Gandylis there?
âThe Exploration Techniciansâ Seekers âhave 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.â
And, Princess Cordelia. Yeah, âExploratory Technologistsâ Seekers seems to be closely related to Gandylis. A group of technicians in need of countries producing many ores and various steelsâŚ. I donât know.
âThat anthropomorphic golemâŚâŚâ Katrea âis what my father asked me to do to make repair regeneration Restore, and appearance, but I havenât told my parents anything about the details, and itâs all on my own. Of course the princess is not responsible either. Iâm sorry to disturb you. Existence of any punishment.â
Look straight at this one, and say so, Mr. Parrell. Hmm. Honestly, if you say so, I donât actually have that right, do I? Iâm 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?
âNo, itâs bad that Iâve been grumbling forever! Your Majesty, please give all of you the opportunity to apologizeâŚâŚ! Please! WhateverâŚâŚ!
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 didnât know it had anything to do with it.
Ah, Rave Borderline BobâŚâŚ âEmperor Gardioâ, âOut of the wayâ, âTo eliminateâ heard by Lucrecion Boy in âThe Devilâs Eye of Memory,â does that mean âTo eliminate the intrusive women approaching Emperor Gardioâ?
⌠Thatâs a scary story though.
âWhat are you going to do, Mr. Winter Night?
âHuh?⌠No, well, Iâm going to be honest with the people involved more than I know whatâs going onâŚâ
âThat doesnât mean weâre going to talk about this Cordelia-like romance, either. Thatâs what you want, isnât it? I donât know what they think when they hear itâŚâ
Ugh. Mr. SuâŚâŚ youâre going to stick a pretty sharp spot in it.
The princess and emperor with neighboring countries⌠I donât think itâs 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.
âYou and the Emperor were close, werenât you?
âHuh? 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 birthdayâŚâ
âIf you were enough to give me a gift, wouldnât you have cared? Isnât His Majesty the Emperor?
âWell, Iâd love toâŚâ
Listen to me, Mr. Yumina. Su, who was beside him, also joins the conversation.
âThen why didnât you tell them how you felt sooner? We had as many chances as we could, didnât we?
âThe⌠I knew it was hard to say from me in my position at the timeâŚâŚ While I was doing that, Master Lancelet became emperor⌠Iâve solved the position problem, but on the contrary, I hope they seem to be after the status of queen this timeâŚâ
âThough I think I care too much. Anyway, if youâre a stranger, youâre dating enough to give me a present for my birthday, right? Yumina, youâre right. I think you have a pulse.â
âWell, I guessâŚâ
I feel indescribable in the love bana of the royals, except Mr. Parrell. Thereâs been a lot of talk about these hands latelyâŚ
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 Cordeliaâs love is going to comeâŚ
âThe question is, if you find out that the cause of this disturbance is Princess Cordelia, what does His Majesty the Emperor thinkâŚâ
âUgh!â
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, Iâm sorry. No offense.
âMiss Imelda is a problem, too. Just shut the fuck upâŚâ
â⌠no, Imelda and I plan to convince ourselves. I donât know from your parents, the Trios, but I was wondering if they would ever protest from you.â
ââŚâŚâŚâŚ what?
Mr. Parrell revealed a much more outrageous fact. Convinced? Oh, what is this? Is Master Imelda glued with the Parrells?!?
âMaster 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 couldnât attend a party because he was attacked by a mysterious person.â
âIâm not listening!?
Princess Cordelia was also her first ear, she raised her surprise to Mr. Parrell. Havenât they explained that much?
What kind of handout, with Miss Imelda, a nobleman from another country?
âThatâs about as many retired members of the Exploration Techniciansâ Seekers âand 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, Iâm sorry I put you in a coma with drugs.â
⌠Youâre starting to feel like youâre dancing all in the palm of this maidâs hand. Was it because Miss Imelda hated socializing? Itâs troublesome because if they ask you to marry me from the nobles upstairs at a party, you wonât be able to do it without me.
Nevertheless, the Exploration Technicians âSeekersâ âŚ. Theyâre doing business quite widely. Wouldnât it be quick to spread the Golem even on the Eastern continent if I worked with Olba from âStrand Chamber of Commerceâ?
⌠and asking Mr. Parrell to make a loan and introduce you⌠no, no, no, how about putting it into peopleâs weaknesses.
âDid it work out for you, with the other guy?
âYes. Heâs a doctor with the Trios family. This time we were in a coma, we checked each otherâs feelings and told your parents.â
Everyone who was on the spot talking about Mr. Parrell, thatâs goodâŚâŚ, got the air like that, but no, no, thatâs not what Iâm talking about.
âAs I said earlier, everything I planned and executed on my own. The princess has no responsibility whatsoever. Please, Iâll take all the punishment.â
âThatâs why you canât do that! Speaking of which, IâŚ!
âNo, I shouldnât have cut my numbness to Princess Hethale, who worried about me and wouldnât move into action at all. I should have known you were a cowardly princess with low romantic experienceâŚâ
âHey, do I say that much!?
âItâs really tough.â
Absolutely. Itâs a lot of trouble when love is involvedâŚ. Speaking of tangling, you really donât have Hana Love Sister involved this time⌠I havenât heard from him in the last few days. She said she didnât have to worry about the blades.
âAnyway, we canât help talking alone. I will speak to His Majesty King Reef Reese and His Majesty Emperor Gardio. Then donât apologize, just atone for your sins. Is that okay?
â⌠Yesâ
âOkay.â
Both Princess Cordelia and Mr. Parrell nodded small.
I donât 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 donât know how to tell you what Princess Cordelia thinksâŚ
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 nowâŚâŚ
â â â
âWell on the face of it, as a leaf lease, I didnât 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, itâs not a bad idea to stay close to that important country.â Exploratory Technicians âSeekersâ and âOnce upon a time.â
⌠His Majesty King Leafreese speaks softly of my hesitation. I want to be able to decide with Zuban this wayâŚâŚ
âLeaf lease is fine, if youâre GardioâŚâ
âŚâŚâŚâŚâŚâŚâŚâŚ
Emperor Gardio stopped without blinking.
Uncle LevĂŠ, sitting next to him, speaks to the young emperor of the Gardio Empire, who is a pocan.
â⌠Your Majesty. ⌠Your Majesty the Emperorâ
âHuh? Oh, oh! Hey, what!?
âNot what. Protests against Gandilis, etcâŚâ
âOh, no⌠His Majesty King Leafreese is right, letâs leave it to the other side this time. For once, Iâll interview Miss Imelda, but I donât think thereâs a problem. Iâve taken the time to be friendly, but sometimes I dare to make waves with Gandylis.â
Oh, did you hear that for once?
Hmm. So this settles one thingâŚ
I tried to tell her how Princess Cordelia felt, but what about Her Majesty the Emperor, in fact? You just seemed surprisedâŚ
â⌠what does Emperor Gardio think of Princess Cordelia?
âWhat!?
His Majesty King Leaf Reese asked me what I had trouble hearing instead. Yo, thatâs 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 canât talk to each other unless weâre menâŚ
âUhâŚâŚ To be honest, Iâm happy. But itâs true that she started it and our country was annoyed. In view of that, it is not so easy to replyâŚâ
âNo, thatâs fine. Either you like it or you donât?
â⌠su, like, butâ
His Majesty the Emperor turns bright red and diagonally upwards. Thatâs right. Otherwise I canât 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.
âNo, you know, itâs too steep, I hope youâre feeling moody, Iâm so happy! But I also have a position, and Iâm not the son of an aristocrat like I used to be, so I canât 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!?
âLeave yourself to the flowâŚâ
âYouâre cluttered!?
Some kind of shocked young emperor. No, actually, in my case, thatâs pretty much it. If we like each other, we donât care about the clutter around it, do we? Probably.
âI donât think itâs a bad story in the sense of bonding friendship and goodness with Gandylis, who was unfriendly. As someone who governs the country one way or another, what shouldnât 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 friendship. Originally, thatâs what a kingâs marriage is all about.
It also applies to me and Yumina, Lou and Hilda. Maybe a little different because I wasnât yet king when I got engaged to Yumina.
âBut this is what happened, and thatâs not how it happenedâŚâ
âMmm, it doesnât matter. Thatâs about it, put it together and accept it. Donât think you can carry a country like a womanâs life, not a princess of a country? Look at the King. Nine of them are carrying me.â
King Reef Reese laughing at Buhaha. Um⌠Donât use people against me.
âWhatever. Iâll put my daughter on it.â
âOh, no, thatâs justâŚâ
âHa. Itâs a joke, a jokeâ
His Majesty the King was laughing, but I wasnât. Your daughter also has such a troublesome romantic situation right now!
Even in the sense of pushing His Majesty Emperor Gardioâs back, I agree with King Leafleath.
âWell, whatever it is about me, this could certainly be a chance in many ways. Because according to the goddess of love, all these things are timing.â
âHaâŚâŚ Goddess of Love, is it?â
His Majesty the Emperor with an astonishing look on his face. Youâve met him, too, but the goddess.
Mr Parrellâs 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 thereâs the Empress Lilliel.
Who the hell is the mysterious black mask, already?
I interviewed all the men from all the countries in the black mask⌠and then there wasâŚ
One assumption comes to my mind. [M]
âMen in black masksâ was interviewed. Men, to.