67-Chapter 4-3 Shocking Reunion

I'm sorry... what?

Sorry to disturb you but.........wow!

Tida and Luna were amazed at the size of the interior as soon as they entered the carriage. Tida sounded as if she had seen something unbelievable and Luna sounded curious.

'Don't stand at the entrance, just sit down for now.

I was inside first, and I suggest a seat to the two people standing at the entrance who are stunned.

''Ah, yes!''

Yes?

When they took their seats, Aura quickly made a cup of tea and offered it to them along with some sweets.

After finishing serving the tea, Aura is standing behind my seat with Jeanne.

'Jeanne, Aura, you two take a seat over there Tida and Luna don't mind.

Just because the two men in front of me were royalty didn't mean I was going to respect them.

It's not because they're younger, or because of what just happened, or anything else, it's just that I'm not going to respect someone I can't respect... although I would read the air a little bit if it was someone like the Grand Duke.

The seat I assigned to Jeanne and Aura is next to me, and for Tida and Luna, it's diagonally across from me.

The first thing that comes to mind is the fact that you can't, Temma-sama, it's impossible. To share a seat with a royalty.......I'm a slave and a maid!

'Temma, I can't either! This is disrespectful to the princes!

They refused, but I'm not going to let them get away with it.

This is not only important for Jeanne and the others, it's also important for me, and it's meant to show Tida and Luna where they stand with me.

It's also a precautionary measure for when Tida eventually decides to succeed to the throne, and in a sense, it's an imprint.

In other words, I'm going to include the threat of "I'm not going to bow to authority and I have that much power" and "If you try to force me to obey you, be prepared to do the right thing.

Most of all, though, the latter seemed to have already been imprinted by the king.

'Never mind. You're just a kid sharing my carriage now. Just relax like you always do.

That's why Jeanne and Aura were forced to take their seats.

Jeanne and the others were quite nervous, but Tida and the others didn't say anything and didn't seem to be complaining.

'By the way, what kind of minister is the one who instigated you two?'

At present, the country's organizational structure consists of the King at the head, the Deputy King, the Prime Minister, the Ministers, the Deputy Ministers, and the various departments.

The Assistant to the King is not above the Prime Minister, but also serves as the King's deputy, so it is a higher position than the Prime Minister, but most of the positions are held by the next candidate for the King, so they are in that order.

There are four ministerial positions: Minister of War (Minister of War), Minister of Finance (Minister of Finance), Minister of Foreign Affairs (Minister of Foreign Affairs), and Minister of the Interior (Minister of the Interior), with the relevant departments under each.

'The Minister of the Interior. I am the Duke of Kaisen von Dalam.

It's a fat, balding uncle!

What I learned from my questions to the two of you is that

The two men were instigated by the Minister of the Interior, Duke Kaizen von Dalam.

Kaizen pointed out the two of them ... especially Tida's lack of real-world experience and showed them where the calves were.

The cows are numerous and need to be thinned out so it's okay to kill the calves.

He said.

In addition, he's fat and bald and often looks at women in a disgusting way, so he's No. 1 in the castle for being unpopular with women (according to Luna)!

Furthermore, they say he's not on good terms with the other ministers ... especially the Minister of War and the Minister of Finance.

'I see... well, I don't know what kind of guy he is on that basis, but it's none of my business.

While they were talking over snacks, Tida and Luna seemed to be getting used to it. Jeanne and Aura also seemed to relax somewhat.

''Um, Temma-san, when you appeared earlier, was there something like a bird flying around?

Tida asked, scurrying around inside. Luna caught on and scurried around as well.

'Oh, you mean Solomon. 'Come out, Solomon.'　

I didn't mind showing it to him, but I called out to Solomon, who had been hiding in the bag.

I guess Solomon didn't want to make a scene at that moment, but he had hidden in the bag himself.

'Cui?'

Huh?　

'Oh, my God! Cute!

Tida froze in surprise when she saw Solomon pop out of the bag and Luna cheered yellow.

Solomon jumped out of the bag with a whimper and landed on my head. Luna saw him, and reached out to touch him, yelping, but Solomon deftly dodged on top of my head.

When Tida saw this, she hurriedly stopped Luna by clasping her wings around her.

'Luna! What if the dragon gets mad? Calm down!

Luna nodded reluctantly at Tida's words and returned to her seat, but her eyes continued to stare at Solomon.

'If you don't do something you don't want to do, Solomon rarely gets mad at you. Solomon, say hello.

As I held Solomon in my arms and turned to Luna, he looked at Tida and Luna.

Cui!

He sat down beside Luna, squealing.

'Kya~cute, brother, give me this baby!

No.

After answering Luna's words as quickly as he could, Solomon also moved away from Luna and now to Jeanne.

As Jeanne held Solomon in her arms, Shiroumaru quickly stood in front of Jeanne and checked Luna.

'Luna! You don't have to do that! What if an angry Solomon eats you! I'm sorry, Temma. Please forgive me, I will remind Luna well.

If it looks like this, there's no need to slip it in... although I'm a little uncomfortable with it.

'Would Luna give it to you if someone else said, "Give me your father or your mother,"?

At my question, Luna thought for a moment and shook her head.

I'm sorry...

I apologized. I patted Luna's head at that, and Solomon seemed to realize that I had forgiven him and flew to Luna again.

'Look Luna, even if Solomon thinks you're cute, you're still an undeniable dragon. You don't know what horrible things you'll do to him if you do something he doesn't like. It's the same with any other creature. Of course, it's the same for people. Just remember that.

I glanced at Tida at the end of the ride and she seemed to be thinking about my words.

We were relaxing in the carriage for a while when suddenly there was a lot of noise outside and a horse ran alongside the carriage.

'What's going on?'

The knight on the horse was Mr. Din, and Mr. Din looked a little troubled by my question.

'We're in trouble. It looks like a bunch of wolves have spotted us ... probably smelled the blood of a cow.

Hearing those words, I leaned out of the carriage to look for the wolf and saw a pack of five to sixty wolves running together about fifty meters away from our group.

''A 1.5-2 meter black wolf.......a direwolf.......or a D-rated designated wolf.

'Yeah, if it's just one wolf, it's a D, but if it's about ten, it's a C, and if it's twenty, it's a B designated wolf.

The direwolf, as Din said, is not difficult to defeat if you have one, but it is a troublesome wolf that increases in difficulty as the number of the pack increases because it is good at coordination... By the way, since it is not a demon, it is often attached with 'designation' because it is not a demon, but other demons in the guild I'm treating it the same way.

''Perhaps a few of the herds have joined up, but with these numbers, it's probably the equivalent of an A-rank or higher request in terms of difficulty... Temma, I'm sorry, but I need your help.

Mr. Dinh said and tried to get to the knights to get ready to attack, but

'If you're dealing with wolves, I think Shiroumaru will be enough. Shiroumaru, go play a little.

With that, he removed Shiroumaru's collar and let him out.

The collar was removed and Shiroumaru returned to his original size, running out to the direwolf pack, wagging his tail.

'That's Shiroumaru... why is he a different size?'

'This collar is a magic item. I got it in a dungeon and had Shiroumaru equip it because it's extremely useful.

Not only Din-san, but everyone who was watching Shiroumaru... even Jeanne and Aura were surprised by Shiroumaru's change, but he didn't care about that, he was chasing around the direwolf pack.

Even the direwolves didn't seem to expect a wolf bigger and much higher in rank than them to come towards them, and they were running around like spider spiders.

'Oh, it looks like Shiroumaru's got one of the leaders pinned down. I'm going to go for a moment.

After watching Shiroumaru and the wolf chase each other for a while, Shiroumaru had managed to hold off one of the larger ones in the pack, and since it seemed to be one of the leaders, I decided to go check on it for a bit.

When Din-san saw me heading to Shiroumaru with my flying magic, he seemed to want to say something, but I pretended not to notice and flew up to Shiroumaru's side and said, "Good job.

'Good work, Shiroumaru. Keep it under control for a while.

I stroked Shiroumaru's head and then looked at the direwolf that was being held down and the wolf snarled at me menacingly, but I held the wolf's mouth down with both hands and showered it with a slightly stronger killing blow.

The moment he was hit by the killing air, he cried out in a frightened voice, a change from the one he had just heard, and he managed to show his belly and try to get into a surrender stance while Shiroumaru held him down.

'Shiroumaru, you can let go,'

He told Shiroumaru to let the wolf go, but the key wolf refused to get up in a position that left his belly showing.

'Alright, alright, I'm not mad at you anymore, you can get up.

The wolf is meekly in a prone position as it gets up and checks me out, after patting its belly and calling out to me.

The other wolves seemed to be on alert, watching me and Shiroumaru from afar, and when they looked in that direction, they retreated slightly, ready to run away at any moment.

'Are you hungry? Then you should all eat this.

I pulled three dead cows out of my bag, not yet bled, and placed them in front of the wolves so they could see them.

The wolf lying down beside me looked at me curiously, but quickly stood up and began to smell the cattle.

I made sure of that and turned to go back to the wagon.

Shiroumaru, we're going home! That's for the wolves! Don't worry, I've got something else for you.

Shiroumaru joined the wolf and sniffed the cow's scent as hard as he could.

'Ooooooooooooooooo, coooooo, gawang!

Shiroumaru didn't want to move away from the cow, so I had no choice but to put the collar on and force Shiroumaru to fly back in the air with his reduced size.

That's when I grabbed the collar and Shiroumaru let out a pained cry, but I didn't care.

'I'm back, Din. I think the wolf is safe now, so let's move on.

Mr. Din had a surprised look on his face, but he ignored it and sighed lightly as he watched me walk back into the carriage and started to move forward back to the knights.

The first thing I did when I got back into the carriage was to give Shiroumaru an ox horn. While doing so, he gave it to Solomon, who was chewing on it with tremendous glee, and at this rate, he might have to beg for more.

'Um ... Temma-san. Why did you give those wolves a cow?

I was looking at the two animals and Tida asked me that curiously.

'Tida, those wolves are your victims in a way, too. The disappearance of the dozens of cattle in the herd meant that there was no more food for those guys. When you think about it, it's nothing more than giving them a cow.

Oh, really?　

Tida seemed to agree with me. But in truth, the majority of the reason was more that the wolf was cute, so I served the cow. What I told Tida was one of the reasons, so I'll keep this to myself.

After that, nothing much happened, and in less than half a day we were able to get close to the royal capital.

''Shiroumaru, let's do a little exercise before we enter the royal capital...............There you go!

I opened the carriage door and let Shiroumaru out, thinking that I would let him run as fast as he could before he entered King's Landing.

One of the knights approached me as Shiroumar jumped out to see what was going on, but when I explained to him that once he entered the capital, he would have to exercise Shiroumar as he had to be quiet for a while, the knight agreed and went back.

'Siloumar, don't get too far from the carriage! And if there are strangers in the vicinity, come back to the carriage at once!

Won!　

Shilomar barked a single bark and ran off in good spirits.

Solomon wanted to get out, too, but he hadn't told the knights about the dragons, so he told them to be patient in the carriage so as not to cause any unnecessary commotion.

'Wow, early, early! You're doing great, White!

Shiroumaru is running around the carriage at quite a speed, sometimes passing the knights and playing with small animals such as rabbits, teasing them.

Luna is watching the scene with glee and cheers.

'Oi, Shiroumaru! Where are you going!　

Suddenly Shiroumaru changed direction and ran off. Ahead of him, a carriage was running, and Shiroumaru seemed to be heading for that carriage.

The carriage also seemed to be in a hurry to get to Shiroumaru, who was suddenly approaching, but for some reason it immediately started to move towards Shiroumaru.

''Oh no! They may decide they're the enemy and intend to fight!

I hurried out of the carriage and flew toward Shiroumaru.

Meanwhile, in that carriage.

'Master Merlin! There's one wolf coming toward us! That's a lot of speed!

When I heard that report, I thought there were some stupid wolves. There was no way a single wolf could beat this many people, so what was he thinking?

But maybe that wolf thought he could win even against this many people, and that's why he's coming. So I decided to take a look at that wolf, just in case.

'What the hell! He's got a lot of magic in him! Men and women, stay alert! That's a pretty good opponent!

I knew at first glance that it was not just a wolf. I told the knights about it and took up a counterattack position.

Hmm? Could he be ... of all of us! Abort the attack! That's Shiroumaru!

From the color of the fur and the memorable magic I could see as I got closer, that wolf was most likely Shiroumaru.

''Heh? Shiroumaru ... is it true!

Chris was surprised by the surprise in his voice and Edgar rolled his eyes too.

'Like that! Look! It's coming at us, tail wagging! And I don't feel any hostility towards it!

I lost patience and flew for Shiroumaru, while Edgar and his friends chased after me, but I arrived at Shiroumaru's place before they did.

Edgar and his friends chased after me in a hurry, but I arrived at Shiroumaru's place before they did.

Shiroumaru, where's Temma?

The momentum of Shiroumaru's crash sent me flying through the air, and I was sent flying through the air.

Oh no! Shiroumaru has hit someone!

I looked at the person who was sent flying after colliding with Shiroumaru and for a moment I thought that Shiroumaru had killed someone.

'Somehow, he's going to live! A stranger!

As I approached Shiroumaru, I saw that the person who had been blown away was apparently still alive.

The person had been flung into the mud of the grass and was stuck upside down from his head like a gag cartoon.

'Shiroumaru! What have you done! Are you okay!

When I tried to run up to someone stuck in the mud.

Tenma.

Temma-kun.

I heard a voice call out to me. When I looked towards the direction of the voice, the carriage that Shiroumaru was aiming for earlier was approaching, and the knight on two horses running in front of that carriage was waving his hand while calling my name.

''That was...er...uh...''

It looks familiar, but I can't remember its name. Shiroumaru seems to remember it and waits with his tail wagging.

As I try my best to remember, the two knights speed up to my side and dismount their horses.

'You're really alive. Thank God!

'That was really good! Long time no see!

I looked closely at the two men who were approaching me in a friendly manner, and their names finally came out.

''As I recall, the King's Kings Kingsguard, Edgar-san and...Chris-san?''

I called their names in a hazy way and they nodded and patted me on the head.

'That's right! It's Edgar! Thank goodness we met in one piece...

Yes, really...

They seemed to be very happy to see me and were slightly tearful.

''By the way ... why are you two here?''

'Oh, I was looking for Master Merlin and Temma, but where is this Master Merlin?　

He ran off first, but...

It was then that I remembered the person Shiroumaru had just splashed.

'No way! Grandpa!

I hurriedly pulled out the person stuck in the mud, and sure enough, it was Merlin the Wise, aka Grandpa.

''Grandpa! Don't die!

I hurriedly layered my recovery magic on Grandpa and made him spit out the mud that was stuck in his mouth, and he managed to open his eyes safely.

''Temma.......Temma! At last we meet........Temma.......

The moment he opened his eyes and recognized me, Grandpa started crying and tried to hug me... but...

Grandpa it stinks....

The smell coming from my grandfather made me hold my nose and avoid it.

'Nah, what do you mean! It's an emotional reunion....d*mn it!

Grandpa smelled his own clothes as he complained to me, and instantly pinched his nose and took off his clothes.

Apparently, there was some animal feces mixed in with the mud where Grandpa had been poking me.

Grandpa hurriedly washed himself with the water ball that he had produced with the water magic method. I threw the soap into the water ball, making it lathered up, and washed my hands while doing so.

'Oi~ Temma~'

As I'm washing my hands, I hear a familiar voice from the carriage that Edgar and Chris left behind earlier.

'Uncle Mark! My uncle was here too!

Uncle stopped the carriage and ran over and hugged me.

'Thank God! You're really alive!

Uncle was in tears, repeating that he was glad... and then...

Noooooooo! Mark, you're going to have an emotional reunion with Tenma before I do!

Grandpa's voice echoed around the area as he finished washing up. Uncle Mark had a look on his face that said he didn't understand what was going on, but from the way Grandpa was acting and the way Edgar was talking to him, he seemed to understand that the problem was that he was hugging me before Grandpa was, and he was apologizing to Grandpa again and again.

He bowed his head several times and apologized to his grandfather. ...By the way, what did Tenma do after she defeated the dragon zombies?

Grandpa complained to his uncle a lot and dried himself off, then, as if to start over, he hugged me and asked me what happened after that.

After I defeated the dragon zombies, I passed out and collapsed, but Shiroumaru and Slarin carried me on their backs and escaped to a place where the zombies weren't around. I didn't seem to wake up for days after that, and I didn't know where I was, so I walked along the river for a few days. When we got there, we heard about the village of Kukri, and we heard that more than half the villagers were dead... we didn't have the courage to find out if everyone was alive or dead, so we just went on our way.

I told Grandpa a somewhat adapted story, but it's true that I thought he and the others died of dragon zombie breath and were afraid to check the bodies.　

'After that, I lived in Gunjo City for nearly two years playing adventurer, and recently I've been trying out dungeons in Seigen. I thought I'd try out for the tournament once and head for King's Landing, and that's when I thought I'd meet the people from Kukri Village.

'So that's how it is... but we're here again, safe and sound! From now on you will be with your grandfather!

'Oh, but after the tournament is over, I'm going to go back to Seigen and try the dungeon again. And I have a room to rent.

When I told my grandfather about this, he seemed to remember something.

I remembered that Tenma had taken an apprentice in Seigen," he said. Well, I get it! When that happens, I'll go with you!

Mr. Edgar and Chris were chuckling behind Grandpa as he made such a declaration.

''Oh well, Master Merlin. Let's go to King's Landing first.

Mr. Edgar said, and opened the carriage door, but

I'll be riding in Temma's chariot so let's get going, Temma.

And then he pulls my hand away and tries to fly with his flying magic to the carriage.

'Edgar, Chris, Mark, we're going ahead! Shiroumaru, keep up with me!

As it was, I left the knights I had with me behind, and Grandpa flew for my carriage.

I was suspended in midair, but I had no choice but to use my magic to fly by myself. I looked behind me and saw Edgar and his friends chasing after me in a great hurry.

Not long after, we arrived at the carriage and Grandpa quickly tried to get inside.

At that moment, another carriage was alongside the carriage. It was the Grand Duke's carriage.

"Oh, my God, Merlin, you're alive!

That's a hell of a way to put it, you pissant!

I didn't know what was going on in the tongue war that had started so suddenly.

While I was stunned, the two of them were cursing at each other, and the cursing became more and more intense.

''Gentlemen, that's enough........''

Shut up, you idiot!

Mr. Dinh tried to get between them to calm them down, but they pushed Mr. Dinh away and continued cursing at each other.　

Mr. Dinh pushed me away and signaled me with his eyes.

'Grandpa, calm down!'

My Grand Duke, please calm down!

Me and Mr. Dinh went behind each of them at the same time and pulled them apart with their wings.

'Te, don't stop Temma?'

Let go of me, Din!

They resisted, but it was no match for me and Mr. Dinh's strength, and we were dragged away from the cheating.

'Did you know the Grand Duke, Grandpa?'

Grandpa gave me a pained look at my question.

It's just a relationship! And Temma, don't call him a lord, piss off!

''No ... even if you were the Grand Duke of this country, that's not the way to go...''

I was slurring my words at my grandfather's statement.

Do not piss on me! You pervert!

From a distance of ten meters away came the Grand Duke's angry voice.

''It's true, isn't it! You've forgotten what it was like to be in secondary school! Or blah blah blah!

He just spilled water on his pants! You were the one who stormed into the girls' bath naked!

It was an accident! It wasn't just a magical failure that blew me away and the place I fell into was the girls' bath! And to prove it, it was after bathing hours then!

The cursing between the two of them gradually became more and more revealing and the people around them were quite taken back.

That didn't change when Mr. Edgar and the others caught up with them, as the story started to get even worse.

Hey, guys, let's cool off a bit!

I jumped back from behind Grandpa and used the water magic method to create a water ball above Grandpa and His Excellency the Grand Duke's head and dropped it. Mr. Dinh was away from the Grand Duke Lord's side the moment I jumped back and did not get drenched.

''It's cold!''

The water polo was kept cold as an added bonus, and the two men stopped arguing.

'What are you doing, Temma!

I'm still a Grand Duke.

'The wise man and the grand duke, all humiliating each other! Even the knights are dumbfounded.

At my words, Grandpa and the Grand Duke's Lordship all looked around.

Then the knights uniformly looked away and removed their gaze from them.

''For now, please go inside the carriage.

I opened the carriage door and Jeanne and the others, who had been peeking at the door, rushed back to their original seats.

''Well let's call a truce.

Well let's just go inside.

The two of them said that, and then slipped quickly into the carriage.

''Temma, even though he's against that, he's the Grand Duke, so be moderate.......''

Mr. Dinh tapped me lightly on the shoulder and assembled Mr. Edgar and the others into a group and placed them in their respective positions.

Edgar-san and the others seem to be positioned around my carriage. I had a brief discussion with Din and his team, and gave instructions to Tanikaze to proceed.

During the discussion, Chris was too absorbed in mocking Shiroumaru and was scolded by Din-san.