Chapter 178

Chapter 178 \n178. Confusion 3\n

I entered the audience chamber, walked towards the throne with my head hanging down, and knelt before the throne.

“Raise your face” (the King)

Then, after permission is granted, I can look up and see the king’s face for the first time.

And…

“Eh?” (Mitsuha)

There is a familiar face.

“Count… Wonrade…?” (Mitsuha)

And, to me who was completely flabbergasted…

“Hn? Do you know that man? That man is of a royal descent but has abdicated his royal status. I heard that he resembles me a little…” (the King)

Ah, they’re relatives, I see. So that’s why they’re very similar… which reminds me, the hairstyle and the shape of the mustache are slightly different.

Or rather, he has royal blood huh, that DQN father… That’s why the other nobles couldn’t get in their way even though they did whatever they wanted…. And marquis Mitchell, too, couldn’t oppose them. Well, I guess there’s room for excuses.

“Viscount Yamano, I heard that you sell your country’s goods in our country, which country do you belong?” (the King)

Uwaah, it came! Well, I saw it coming miles away. Without even waiting my self-introduction huh…

…well, I guess he called me to this audience to inquire about that matter.

“Yes, my homeland is [Nihon]…” (Mitsuha)\n

“Nihon? I’ve never heard of it…” (the King)

Well, you won’t ask if you already know.

“Perhaps it is known with a different name around here… Even within our neighboring countries, it is also known as Nippon, Japan, Yāpan, Zipang and various other names… Even more, there’s a certain country that is called by various names such as Eikoku, England, Great Britain, United kingdom…” (Mitsuha)

Actually, I think there’s the name of a constituent country, but it jumbled up because of the translation, well whatever. It’s nothing more than a deception speech anyway.

“U-umu, certainly there are quite a few of such customs in our country too…” (the King)

Yeah, I think there are many more examples of such customs.

“And I answered since you Majesty asked, but originally, it is not yet time to announce my homeland since I have been instructed to act with my own personal wisdom without revealing the name of our country… therefore, I would like to ask so that the names I revealed just now are to be kept within only those who are present in this chamber right now… ” (Mitsuha)

Naturally, they should’ve already investigated the fact that I don’t want to reveal my home country, and it should’ve been clear from my attitude now.

The name Nihon is also listed on the import documents, so they’ve probably already confirmed that much, and they might think it’s a fictional country. This is a sophistry explanation that [It is called by various names depending on the country] in case it becomes a story of formal diplomacy later.

And there’s no way a moron who can’t read the air, like bringing up a map here, could be the King…

“Oi, someone, bring a map!” (the King) (Note: sigh, he’s a lost cause)

…Oi oi oi oi!!

The ones who seems to be the Prime Minister has pulled a wry face, but the other, the one of the even lower position flew out of the audience chamber to score some brownie points.

Oooii…

Sigh…

I see…\nSo that’s their real intention…

Pushing through by force for their own benefit without any concern for the other party, I see…

I guess the King of this country is aggressive after all.

I got used to see the king of our country, his personality is kinda solid and dignified… or not, as far as I see him being swung around by Sabine-chan…

Well, surely, there are also arrogant uncles like the King of the second country we visited during the expedition…

Anyway, I’m not going to become a yes-man. If I were to obey obediently here, requests will be escalated one after another.

And in the first place, even if you bring the map here, it’ll be useless. Not to mention japan, of course, even our country hasn’t been recorded on their map. On the other hand, if I carelessly point on a random place, it’ll be exposed with just one question to the experts, it wouldn’t make any sense.

So…

“I’ve brought the map!” (the subordinate)

It’s frightfully too fast. Maybe, they had prepared it in advance…

“Umu, whatever, just bring it here!” (the King)

Normally, an attendant would receive it before they passed it to the king.

Yet that words were almost as good as him telling the man to [Approach him]. Which means, that he [Trusted] that man. For a mere subordinate, that would be a terrific honor.

“Viscount Yamano, you can come here” (the King)

Yeah, well, I can’t point it from where I stand right now.

…but.\n\nAnd just as I try to leave the audience quickly…

“Wait!” (the King)

I can hear something from behind, but it doesn’t matter.

There’s no reason why I have to obey such uncle’s order since I’m not from this country. Even though [I’ve kindly come here], but they force something unacceptable to me, of course I’ll leave. I’m not a slave to that uncle anyway, and I didn’t owe him anything either.

Alright, first is to withdraw all the money from the bank…

“I said wait! Hey, stop that girl!” (the King)

A guard blocked me with his spear…

“You, what’s your name?” (Mitsuha)

“Eh?” (the Guard)

The guard was startled when I asked his name.

“I will include your name in the declaration of war since you’ve performed an action that equivalent to declaring war on our country. Do you want everyone to know that your action caused a war, and it is his Majesty and your responsibility that many people died?” (Mitsuha)

“Hiiee!!” (the Guard)

The guard become pale and stepped backward. …where’s your gut, guard-san.

The whole room is quiet. Nobody moves nor speaks.

That was a natural consequence of trying to unfairly restrain the nobles of other countries to spit out the secrets of the country.

Did they underestimate me because I’m a little girl?