122 Chapter 7-10 Rewards

At the end of the meal, each enjoying his after-dinner tea, the king opened his mouth as he inadvertently remembered.

"I forgot. Tenma, I'll see you tomorrow...... no, come to the royal castle the day after tomorrow. Be dressed then!

When the king spoke like this, he became wary because it was mostly not a loco thing.

"Well don't be alarmed. I've officially forgotten to reward Tenma as a royal family for what I've done, so I'm just going to give it to you before I leave the King's capital."

"I appreciate the story, but I won't"

I listened to the king and resigned without getting my hair in.

The king is told he doesn't want it before he speaks out his words, and he has a slightly surprised look. Exactly this is too disrespectful, so the moment the king began to regret slightly that he would be angry, he heard a laugh from becoming king.

"You, that's exactly the way you put it. I say no to Tenma. You would think that the usual way of cutting out when dealing with a nobleman would give you territory or title as a reward, because Tenma has said for a long time that you don't need that."

"Mmmm..."

The king, comforted by Maria, had a slightly shy face on his cheek.

"I said no without listening to the story to the end, and I'm sorry. If it is not a territory or a title, what is a reward?

In the way the King put it earlier, it's usually territory or title, but if not, is it like gold or silver treasure? As far as I'm concerned, I'd appreciate a rare metal like Hiirokane...

"Uhm, a reward to Tenma is a family name and family crest!

I was a little surprised by this reward. However, it was not the family name that surprised me, but the family crest. With regard to family names, it is not very unusual to be given an active adventurer enough to stop in the eyes of a superior nobleman, or something that a leading merchant or the like has to distinguish themselves from other vendors. Extremely speaking, there is nothing particularly wrong with ordinary people naming themselves. Well, as in this case, it is not uncommon for the royal family to recognize it and give it a name.

However, the family crest is different from the family name. This one will be kept in the Royal Castle records room, so you can't make it on your own. Those with family crests are powerful aristocrats, historical aristocrats (more often than not, zero or new aristocrats), those who have contributed greatly to the country, and those who have made extraordinary achievements. However, since the latter two examples will, for the most part, be aristocratic at the same time as they are given family crests, it can be said that few people have them in ordinary people. You can assume that what you have is the descendants of those who did not become aristocrats in two examples.

"Tenma doesn't seem to like being a nobleman, so I want you to at least take this much. This is also my favor as king."

That I said the king on purpose would make him take anything. If the royal family finds out that they have rewarded me, and that these are not the two things that I have trouble with, I can't afford not to take this story. If I get this reward, I can appeal to the royal family and I to be good friends, and assuming I don't, they'll think I'm making fun of the royal family, and the ratings will go down for nothing. Either way, the name of the royal family will not be scratched.

"That's a pretty nasty hand."

"Sometimes I have to show you what a king looks like."

For my disgust, the king has a hateful face. This looks like my defeat.

"Thank you for this reward."

"Uhm!"

When I knelt down and thanked him, the king nodded with a great breast. But I regret not being hit, so when I got up,

"I don't mean to thank you for the reward, but I'd like to dedicate some pudding for dessert after dinner. However, I have to make sure that your Majesty is not feeling well because of what I have offered you, and that your Majesty's share will be confirmed by Mr. Cliff, the poison watcher."

"Hey, I'll take care of it."

Before the king said anything, at some point Mr. Cliff, who had come right behind me, offered his hand. Although I was a little surprised by the sudden appearance of what I expected, I handed Mr. Cliff the King's share of the pudding as if nothing had happened.

"All of you."

"No, Tenma, mine." Thank you, brother! "Pudding" Thank you, Mr. Tenma "is..."

As I passed the pudding on to everyone while ignoring the king's words, the pudding no longer went to everyone except the king.

"Then let me take a look at the poison...... Mmm, this shouldn't be! It is poison to His Majesty! So be responsible for this I will handle it!

"K, Cliff! What's poisonous! Give it back! Give me my pudding," Dear Tenma, thank you. "Ooh..."

The king tried to take the pudding away from Mr. Cliff, but Mr. Cliff ate all the pudding quickly, but elegantly, with a glimpse of the king's hand. The moment the container of pudding was emptied, the king was kneeling on the floor powerless as if he had cried down.

"You're so lame."

"Then I'll have your pudding......" It was a pleasure "Ohh"

Maria was eating the remaining pudding quickly and elegantly the moment she found out the king had laid eyes on her own pudding.

Everyone who sees it hastily eats each pudding saying it's hard for the king to keep an eye on him. Be elegant only with the exception of two.

The king thought everyone had finished eating pudding, and when he tried to sit in the chair powerless, he realized that there were still those who had not put their hands on the pudding.

"Zain, if you don't want it, give it to me!

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty. This is a souvenir for my wife... My wife was looking forward to this dinner party, but she decided herself to be absent crying because she was not feeling well. So I wanted to at least feed you this dessert alone..."

Tell us why Master Zayn is leaving the pudding pretending to wipe his eyes, "If Your Majesty nevertheless needs it, I will gladly give it to you. If His Majesty will enjoy his wife, he will look forward to it," he said in an exaggerated gesture, all looking at the king in unison. Of course, they're all just teasing, but Luna, who doesn't seem to understand the circumstances, offers the king only a few of her remaining containers of pudding,

"Uncle, you can eat mine, give your aunt some pudding!

Or so he said. And with tears...... if this Luna's behavior is an act, the future is quite worrying.

In these Luna words the king gave up the pudding (by Maria's cold gaze, to be exact) and sat back in his seat for the most part.

"Well, let's leave this guy... Tenma, it's about the family crest, but I'm specifically allowed to use dragons. It's only allowed in a family line that is close to the royal family, but in Tenma's case, we have defeated the dragon twice, and since we are using the dragon even more, it feels acceptable as a special case. Well, it's not like there's no such thing as a special case in the past. The design is up to you and submitted to the royal family once. Well, if you don't use Dragons and Lions, the family crest that symbolizes the royal family, it shouldn't be a big deal."

Quite an out-of-the-box explanation, but it would be problematic even for other nobles (especially leading nobles). Well, if you use a dragon, it will be harder to find it to wear, but it still exists as an animal representing its nobility, so even if it becomes analogous, you have to think about reasons enough not to make it a problem, or think about things like not wearing it at all. Surprisingly, no, it's quite a hassle.

"That sounds like quite a pain in the ass...... then I'll use something with dragons, wolves and slime. Those three symbolize me now."

The more I thought about it, the more annoying I decided to look at the dragon as Solomon and add Shiloumal (Wolf) and Slalin (Slime) to it. The wolf would use other nobles as well, but it is just a decision that no nobleman would use slime for family crests. Besides, all three of them would convince anyone who knows me, and even a nobleman who already uses wolves would never say that they are imitations if he says, "I used wolves myself as a family member."

"That's a quick decision for a nasty smell... well, fine. There are several family crests that use wolves, but there is no concurrent use with dragons, let alone those who use slime for family crests, as far as I know, should not be. There will be no complaints from anywhere. So after that, it's just design, any ideas?

A king recovering from pudding shock hears in a pleasant voice. That was the same for Maria and everyone else, who looked intrigued. By the way, the dragon I use is the same shape as the one used for the royal family crest, and it can't be changed and used.

"Yeah, the dragon is positioned in the upper right corner, a circle that places the wolf in a way that faces down its left diagonal, and represents the slime in a way that encloses those two. Place another small circle between this circular center, the dragon and the wolf. It's the nucleus of the slime, right? What about this?

Write down my thoughts on paper in a big mess. It's not particularly difficult to think about, I just placed the slurrins, but I don't think I can do it right. Instead, I'm going to decide on this even if everyone tells me it's weird.

"I think it's good! It's easy to tell it's your brother!

Solomon lover Luna was the first to agree, and everyone agreed to follow suit. He says the primary reason for agreeing is' easy to understand ', as Luna said. They say it's important to remind people who use the new family crest, and what I think is ideal in a way.

"The design is good, and I don't feel like wearing anything else, so there's no problem. If it's a good idea, we'll have a basement of family crests with some of the ideas. After that, you can choose between them."

They say there is a department in Royal Castle that deals with registered family crests, and one of the tasks of that department is to create family crests. Those who are allowed to have family crests can choose whether to create them themselves or ask the department to create them, and they don't have to worry about family crests circling with other nobles when asked to do so.

Incidentally, there are a lot of people who create their own coagulation, and sometimes some people are too punished to know their exact family crest, and some people go to the department multiple times to confirm or correct it. Because of this, they tend to simplify family crests, such as junior nobles and civilians whose entry procedures are complicated and time-consuming. There are no ten letters in the circle, Batten in the circle?

"Please. You'd better leave that to the pros."

As far as I'm concerned that I'm not as picturesque as I am with fine design, I would welcome a department that would do it as long as it came up with a plan.

"But anyway, the dragons and wolves might be surprised if they heard they were going to use the slime for family crests. I don't think anyone's going to make a fool of me until I know exactly who it belongs to."

Human beings who only know normal slimes will certainly be surprised. So far, slime is weak… with some exceptions.

"I did a little research on that, but from the percentage of slime types, actually, weaker slimes seem to have fewer types themselves."

This word belongs to Tida. We await the continuation of Tida's words. Though she seemed a little embarrassed by what was noticed by everyone, Tida took a moment to sort the story out in her head and started talking.

"Slime, to a large extent, they say, becomes a normal slime species, a slime species with special abilities, and a slime species that can use magic, something you often see as a normal slime and its different colors, and a slime with special abilities means something that can have a variety of poisons or create strong acids in your body, something that can use magic as it is. Special abilities, they say, are a slime with poison that is commonly seen, and its poisons range from normal poisons to bleeding poisons, paralysis poisons, poisons that show hallucinations, among them are also compounded poisons with several poisonous effects. One theory also says that only the number of poisons present in the world may exist. As with poison, they say that magic has multiple attributes from those that only have a single attribute."

It is. Moreover, because subspecies and the like exist in each of them, they are also, in a certain sense, the most varied demons.

If that happens, Slalin will be a 'subspecies of magical slime'. Or, 'a subspecies of slime with multiple special abilities'.

"Well, Tida's been studying a lot. It's not like two generations ago."

When Grandpa told me to tease him about the King's past,

"Tida looks like Maria, because she can study..."

I said. Looks like it's based properly on past reflections. Maria also hears the answer and nods satisfactorily.

Tida looked a little happy because she got her grandfather a passing score.

"So, do you even think about your family name yourself?

"No, this one is up to me to give. And we've already decided on the family name to give Tenma. I'm sorry about the temper, but it's a family name that I (the King) give directly, so I can't change it even if I don't like it. At that time, you don't have to use it unless you really need to."

Well, that must be natural. Just what the King gave me directly to change with my emotions is like disdaining the King. And since Maria is attached, she won't give me a family name that I don't seem to like. But it is also true that Maria is fine by her standards, so there is still a slight possibility of my reluctant family name.

So my heart was beating a little faster just moments before the king announced that family name.

"Tenma, the family name I give you is' Ootri '. From now on, you can call me Tenma Ootri. If you don't like it, you don't have to use it."

For the first time in fifteen years, nostalgia creeps up on my last name in my previous life.

"Thank you for that family name. Please forgive me for engraving my parents' tombs with their names and family crests."

The name of this "Ootri" was given to me personally, so I decided to get permission to use it on my parents, even if it was okay to let my spouse or child name it.

"That's natural. Ning Ro, if you don't carve it, I'll be pissed."

"That's right. It's the family name I gave you, so you can do whatever you want. Sealia and the others will be delighted."

The king and Maria accepted with pleasure.

"Then can I name Ootri, too?

Grandpa won't hesitate to ask, either.

"Of course, Grandpa."

And when I answered, I looked very happy.

"And, Tenma. Because the family name Ootri resembles my 'Audrey', a needless pry will also appear. When that happens, we can help."

When Master Ernesto said so, Grandpa instantly became an alert face,

"Lord, what are you up to!

"I'm not planning anything! However, we are responsible for giving you a family name, so if you need anything, just tell us to rely on it!

The dispute between the two is usual, but like Grandpa said, it wouldn't be a mistake for Master Ernest to be up to something. At least, I don't think you're saying it entirely in good faith.

"The way the Lord says it, wherever you think, it's suspicious!

"What the heck!

Leaving the two of us alone as usual, I stared at other faces who would know what Ernest meant by his words. Staring with jito eyes, the king's face was slightly drawn.

When I tried to narrow my aim to the king,

"Well, it's not like I care a lot. As always, I'm just trying to make other noblemen think, 'There's a connection between royalty and tenma'. Instead, they say," If we're screwed, we'll take care of it. "

The kings looked surprised at Lady Lyle, who rose to pieces, but Lady Lyle saw such kings,

"It's nothing like that, right? There's a lot more to using than hanging out with the royal family (us), so it's better not to hide it. I try to hide this weirdly, so I persevere."

And I said it off.

Listening to the words of Master Lyle, the King and Master Maria gave a slightly bad-ass look,

"You're absolutely right. Tenma, I'm sorry."

"Well, it wasn't about the parents trying to use it unilaterally, telling me it was like my son's. Sorry, Tenma."

They've all bowed their heads and apologized to me. In the process, the king has suggested that we stop giving them family names.

"No, you've got words of apology, and I'm convinced to hear why. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. I

And I decided to keep getting the name of Ootri. Originally, the gods seemed to reincarnate me as Tenma Ootri (Phoenix Tenma), but when I lived in Kukri village, I didn't need a family name or anything, and even after my journey, I acted as just a tenma, so to be honest, I forgot about half the name of Ootri.

To be honest, I'm not that attached to Ootri's name right now, but if you're going to tell my father and mother (and my grandfather) to use it, I'm going to get anything.

There's only one connection between me and my father and mother right now: 'I was a parent and child', and that's also the 'know who knows' level. I guess if this was a blood-connected parent and child, I wouldn't care, but for me, as an adopted child, it makes me think that if all the people who knew we were parents and children were gone, they'd be just like everyone else.

That's why I want to inscribe the same 'Ootri' name on the two graves as I do, so that even if someone I don't know sees it, they know it's a parent and a child. I understand that I am completely self-satisfied, but I still wanted a new bond with my father and mother.

"So what do I do the day after tomorrow?

"Um, at first I thought about getting the royal family name and family crest as a reward to come and leave it as an official document of the castle, but I'd like to make an official announcement in front of the castle's heavy ministers, if possible, because the design of the family crest has almost been decided upon with unexpected speed. It will be critical in time, but soon from now on I will turn the family crest design to the department and have a few different patterned ones ready by noon tomorrow. In it, if there is a design that Tenma likes, she will officially adopt it and clean it from there. But if there's nothing I like about Tenma, I don't need to compromise anything else. At that time, you can stretch the announcement first, or you can only give the family name first."

Anyway, they say it's important to announce. The royal family name and crest are offered as rewards, which I accept officially. I end up with that sentence when I write it in the paperwork, but when the word 'in front of the heavy ministers' goes in that hasn't been added to it, things change slightly.

The most common of the heavy ministers in the castle are the royalists, but nevertheless there are some neutrals and reformists. When they see and hear directly from me and the King, they automatically spread the word to their faction mates. In other words, they think me and the royalty have strengthened their relationship. "Unilateral use" is what Maria said.

This is indeed the case. As much as I worry about that, I want you to come to my house in a carriage with dignity and care about those who relax freely in the living room.

He boiled down the steps the day after tomorrow, saying such a thing to the king.

It should be noted that the busiest part was the face of the family crest management department, which the King himself visited to give instructions, which was the country's top direct order, and said that he had less time, so he mobilized a dozen staff members in total to get to work.

One of the few salvations is that I've already decided on the most annoying part (the original design of the family crest), and the other part has been thrown round.