124-Chapter 7-12 Day of leaving the royal capital

Yes~yeah~!

On the morning of the day we left the capital, Aura's voice echoed in the mansion. I told her that it's only me and my grandfather who will be leaving the capital, and that Jeanne and Aura will be entrusted with the management of the mansion in the capital, but this commotion has been going on since the early morning. Well, more than half of the reason why Aura is so reluctant to go this far is because the person in charge (the main deputy) is Aina.

''It can't be helped.......phew!

Ugh.....

Aina, her temples twitching, dropped Aura, who was clinging to the stair railing, with a strangling motion to quiet her.

'Temma-sama, I believe His Majesty will be here soon. It's too conspicuous at the entrance to the King's Landing, and he said it wouldn't be too obvious here.

Aina had bound and gagged Aura's fallen limbs and awakened her to life in a gagged state. For a while after she regained consciousness, Aura didn't seem to know what had happened, but the moment she saw Aina's face, she seemed to remember what had happened and tried desperately to get away from the scene, but it was impossible to get away from the stone, and before she had gone more than a meter, Aina had caught her.

'Aura, this is for your own good. Worst case scenario, you and I will be put to death for treason. The only way to avoid this is for you to become a full-fledged maid!

Aina scissored Aura's half-confused face with both hands and began to say something f*cked up at close range. If this was a normal state of affairs, even Aura would have realized that it was a lie, no matter how much Aura was confused, but on top of being confused, Aina's masterful acting seemed to have mistakenly thought that she was in a crisis situation.

''Uh-uh-uh.''

'You understand. I'm glad.

You can find a lot of people who have been in a state of half-crying and blushing, but Aina smiled a gentle smile that she doesn't usually show and stroked Aura's head. It looks like brainwashing is complete.

Hmm? I see that Her Majesty and the others were just there.

Aina muttered, and a little later she heard the gate open, and a carriage came to a stop in front of the front door. As soon as the carriage came to a stop, the front door was opened and Luna was the first to jump in.

'Brother! What about Solomon? Ouch! Solomo~~!

Swoosh!

As soon as Luna came in, she sought out Solomon and charged at him. However, Solomon seemed to be startled by Luna and flew away from the window just before he was caught.

'Solomon wait, puffer!

Luna followed Solomon and was about to jump out the window when she was suspended in mid-air by Aina.

'Lady Luna, it's not a bit of a stretch to get out of a window,'

Aina didn't hang herself because she grabbed her back part instead of her back collar, but it still seemed to be quite a shock, and Luna was coughing in pain. Then Luna was carried to Maria-sama like a kitten being carried by a cat's parents.

'Aina, thank you for your help. Isabella, please.

Yes, ma'am.　

Luna is pissed off as usual. 　

Well, let's leave that one aside and just take it, Temma!

The king looked sideways at Luna (and Isabella-sama who was preaching) and then handed me a small box he took out of his pocket. I checked the contents there and found that it contained the family crest of the Otori family, made of palm-sized orichalcon. Naturally, it's the one without Namitaro.

On the back of the crest, along with my name and the royal family crest, is engraved a sentence attesting to the House of Otori. I'm sure that the nobles will not bother with the Temma unless they have something to show for it.

The Otori family itself has no political power, but thanks to this one sentence, it's as if the royal family has given them a modicum of power.

Thank you. I will put it to good use, but I swear to my Heavenly Father and Mother (........) that I will never abuse it.

I heard that the king and the others don't have any particular gods to believe in, so I decided to swear to my dad and mom, who both the king and I hold dear.

The king and grandpa's faces broke into tears when they heard my words, and Maria nodded with tears in her eyes.

After talking to the king, I talked to Maria and then said goodbye to Caesar and the others. Caesar-sama and Isabella-sama thanked him for taking care of the children, especially Luna, and Zain-sama thanked him again for treating Missalia-sama. By the way, Missalia-sama did not come here. She wanted to come, but it seems that moving the carriage was difficult for her, and she would soon fall ill, so Maria-sama decided to stay at home. Lyle-sama and Ernest-sama told me that next time I come to the capital, I'll take you to a nice restaurant, but Maria-sama heard that comment and misunderstood the nice restaurant (...) as an 'adult restaurant' and pursued it quite persistently. By the way, Lyle-sama and the others say that a good restaurant (...) is a place that serves good food and drinks.

Afterwards, I talked with Tida and Luna, but Luna seemed to be half-hearted. So when I called Solomon, she thanked him and ran towards him.

'Excuse me, Temma-san........'

Tida looked at her sister's behavior and looked really sorry. The kings who were talking with her grandfather were also sighing when they saw Luna's condition, and even Maria-sama and Isabella-sama were discussing it with some serious expressions. Perhaps they are discussing Luna's education policy in the future. Incidentally, Luna was about to be run off by Solomon again, but he had succeeded in touching her with his secret weapon (a snack)... as an added bonus.

Once we were done talking, we moved outside to talk to the members of the waiting kinsmen. Mr. Din tries to master the joint the moment we shake hands, and Mr. Jang says, "Next time you come, I'll invite you to my house. But don't touch my daughter (who is six years old)," with a serious look on his face, and Chris muttered something like, "The problem is our age difference..." after he spoke, and we couldn't continue our conversation with Sigurd because we didn't have much contact with him. The only person who was able to talk properly was Edgar-san.

The king and his men stayed in the mansion until just in time to say goodbye to each other again before returning to the castle. After this, Grandpa and I will be heading to the entrance of the royal capital. We're going to meet up with Jin and the rest of the Sword of Dawn there.

After checking my room to make sure I hadn't forgotten anything, I went to the backyard to check on Jube's group. It's because we can't take three of them with us, so they're on a stay-at-home basis. The people of Kukuri village, led by Aunt Martha, are supposed to take care of the Jubees. I have asked Aina, Jeanne and Aura to help, but the three of them have other things to do, so they are going to assist the aunt and uncle.

The three cows were grazing in the corral as usual, but Tama-chan got physical when she saw me. It's not because they don't like me, it's just Tama-chan's way of expressing his affection... except he only does it to me.

As usual, after dodging a few body blows, Tama-chan slid his head in. I had just finished checking the feeder and water troughs while petting Tama-chan when I heard a voice from my grandpa, who had finished getting ready.

I headed toward the direction of the voice and found Jeanne, Aura, and Aina waiting there, along with Tida, Luna, Chris, and Edgar, who I thought had left.

I knew that Jeanne and the others would be coming to the entrance of the King's Landing with me and Grandpa, but I'm sure Tida and the others had said they wouldn't be coming to the entrance.

When I asked Tida why she was following us to see us off, she told me that Maria had told her just before she left. She said that Chris and Edgar were their escorts. Probably it includes appealing that me and Tida and the others are on good terms, but if that's the case, I wanted them to at least say so beforehand. Well, there's no point in complaining about it, and it's not something that I'd really care about, so I kept my mouth shut.

Anyway, we all decided to get in my carriage and move around. It was more efficient to move in one carriage and easier to escort, but the two people who suggested it (Luna and Chris-san) each seemed satisfied with the idea. In contrast, it was Shiroumaru and Solomon who had a puzzled expression on their faces. The two animals are currently stuck in a tight hug, so they are unable to move. Tida, the usual tweaker, had a look of resignation on her face, and Edgar-san was outside, moving on his horse, so there was no one to stop them. By the way, I dared to pretend not to see them, because if I stopped them here, it would make things messy.

When I arrived at the meeting place, there was a small crowd of people there. The majority of them were people from the village of Kukri, the rest were the royalist faction, including the Duke of Sangha and the Marquis of Samons, and the Viscount Mustang and the neutralist nobles I had met during the coup d'état fiasco. They all came this way because they said that the royalty was coming to the mansion. They decided that it was impossible to talk to us with the royalty.

We got out of the carriage and started to talk to everyone, but as soon as we got out, we felt a sharp look from behind us. The same thing happened to my grandfathers, but they were all ignoring us. The owner of our gaze seemed to have lost his patience with our attitude.

Hey, can we get some help?

He spoke to me. The owner of the voice was Namitaro, who had taken up his position on the roof of the carriage as before, and his body had dried up and attached itself to the roof. In fact, he had been attached to the roof even before the kings came, so he had been in that state for several hours now.

''........Waterball.''

After getting everyone to back off, I fired three shots at Namitaro, who, having regained his moisture, slid off the roof under his own power. Namitaro stretched out and then joined the conversation as if nothing had happened.

Namitaro's plan for the future was to travel with us to the middle of the road and then split off at a river on the way. Then he said he was going to go down the river and meet someone he knew after he got out to sea.

The djinn didn't seem to have arrived yet, so we continued to talk about saying goodbye to everyone for a while. Aunt Martha and some of the villagers wanted to go with us, but were chastised by Uncle Mark and the others. I couldn't leave my current life behind, and they all agreed with me when I told them that Uncle Mark was going to get in my way. However, they made me promise to write a letter to them once every few months about my current situation and where I was, and send it to them.

And the nobles...well, mainly Albert, Rion, and Cain, but these three are ready to come visit Seigen. Even though they are heirs, all three of them are not yet working in earnest, so they have more time on their hands than the other sides. Viscount Mustang seemed to get along with his grandfather, and they talked quite a bit after talking with me, but he ended up greeting the other neutralist nobles in a normal manner. Thankfully, the neutralist nobles here seem to care about Jeanne and Aura, who remain in the royal capital.

The Duke of Sanga and Marquis of Samoens are chatting with the grandfathers about something. Since they occasionally glance at you, they may be planning something.

They are spending time like that, but the Sword of Dawn still hasn't shown itself. When it was almost past the appointed time, a carriage finally arrived.

I'm sorry to keep you waiting but you can complain to them.

Jin pointed to Blanca and Amur. Blanca had an apologetic look on her face and caught Amur as he jumped off the carriage and tried to jump on me. Amur, dangling in the air, was flailing and struggling with his arms and legs.

At any rate, I asked Jin to explain it to him. According to the report, Amur caught him just before we left the inn and has continued to do so ever since. It seems that Amur had been watching Jin and the others, who seemed easier to persuade than me, and had been waiting for me at the inn since yesterday. According to him, it was a 'surprise' success.

I checked with Blanca, but she said it was not a big problem because we had to go home soon anyway, and the direction was right even if we stopped at Seigen. If you take a return trip without stopping at Seigen, there is a high possibility that Amur will be gone before you know it on your way back, and this is more of a problem. They plan to stay in Seigen for around ten days.

It's a lot of fun, but it's time to leave. I haven't stayed in King's Landing for three months, but it may have been the most intense time of my life. The kings, the people of Kukri village, and the reunion with my grandfather, the people of the royal family, Albert and his heir trio, Branca and Amur. On top of that, I got to know some neutral, trustworthy nobles.

It's sad to say goodbye to such people, but it's not a lifelong goodbye, so we'll see them again eventually.

''Then Temma, it's time to go.

At Jin's words I climbed into my own carriage and grabbed Tanikaze's reins. Grandpa sat down next to me and nodded that we could go whenever we wanted. It was the same for Jin and the others, who got into the carriage and waited for us to leave.

'Everyone! I'll be back!

With those words, the carriage started to move and a distance began to form between us and everyone else.

Every face we saw from the carriage was smiling and waving to us. This is the second time we've been seen off like this, but we're still sad to say goodbye. It's far enough away that we can come any time we want, but maybe it's because seeing the people of Kukuri village again reminds me of my childhood.

While I was lost in such sentimentality, I began to feel a sense of commotion behind me. I turned around to see what had happened.

'Hey, don't leave me again~~! Sis is no~~~! Ugh.....

Aura's brainwashing seems to have worn off. She's desperately trying to chase after the carriage, but Aina and Jeanne have caught her about ten meters in. And they've been locked down again.

Aina, noticing my gaze, bowed towards me and carried Aura as if she were carrying a load on her shoulder. Jeanne, walking next to me, looks very embarrassed.

Sadly, that's the last thing I thought of in King's Landing....