178 . Confusion 3
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)
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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)
“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)
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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…
So 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…
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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 .
I feel bad for the one who have brought the map but…
“That is not necessary” (Mitsuha)
“…eh?” (the King)
The person who’ve brought the map stopped in his track .
Prime minister-san who put a startled face .
…And the King wo put a blank face .
“Earlier, I conveyed that I was being careful not to be rude to the Kings of other nations, and that I couldn’t give the details regarding my country yet according to the instruction of my country, but I still dared to revealonlythe country name in honor of your Majesty . Being required to tell more would lead me to betray my country, and I could be punished for breach of confidence, but nevertheless, I decided that fulfilling your curiosity has priority over that, and I told you what asked, right?” (Mitsuha)
“Then, rather than betraying my homeland, I would choose to withdraw right away, of course . Then, I will leave this country as soon as possible, no matter where my homeland is, we have nothing to do with this country anymore…” (Mitsuha)
“Eh?” (the King)
Naturally .
Even though I said it’s no good .
Moreover, I said that it is a direct instruction from my country .
I guess he is still the relative of that DQN family after all .
“According to the action guideline, if the other party were to ignore our policy and forced me to follow their demands, I have to leave the country immediately and relocate our base to another country, so it is not under my sole discretion . Well then, I’ll excuse myself . ” (Mitsuha)
… Sorry, Rephilia . The matter about moving abroad became faster than I thought…
And 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 andyourresponsibility 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?