Chapter 75 Que Cera Sera!

Sabine: 「Oneesama, someone is looking for you . 」

A somewhat 30 years old man, was standing beside Sabine .

Yumboro「It’s a pleasure meet you for the first time, my name is, Baron Yumboro from the College of Arms . 」 (TN: anyone got a better name? ユンブロ yunburo )

Mitsuha: 「…… . . College of Arms?」 (……紋章院？)

What for? I have no idea .

Yumboro: 「Yes, since my lady couldn’t come to register the creation of the crest, used by the Viscount Yamano Household, as a form of gratitude to the Princess Shrine Maiden of Thunder, this time I was delegated here to do the procedure . So I report…」

Mitsuha: 「Ah, thank you very much for that . Thank you for your trouble . Sabine-chan, bring a colored picture, and also a stamp for invalidation . 」

Sabine: 「Understood!」

Sabine-chan ran towards the reception counter .

……But the crest? What is he talking about?

Mitsuha: 「Umm, the crest…」

Yumboro: 「Oh, I should have given this to you first . It’s a registration certificate . 」

As he said that, the Baron handed some parchment with a drawn pattern…… .

Ah yeah, that…

A girl from the orphanage, with a code name [Scheming Girl], painted the design .

It’s for bandit prevention .

Did this became the official emblem of the Viscount Yamano House?

As long as the descendants of the Yamano Family survive?

…… . Gakkushi . (orz sfx)

Baron Yumboro of the College of Arms, was delighted to see the set of pictures and drawings that Sabine-chan had brought, and then he bowed many times, his cheeks were beet red while heading back .

There are versions in the pictures like, the wedding dress version, maid clothing version, and so on .

Yeah, it’s because of a certain someone .

Those who won 8 times and those who cannot find an opponent, were instructed to come before headquarters, but the [potsupotsu] and people began to come from around the evening . (８回勝った者、対戦相手が見つからない者は本部前に来るよう指示してあったが、夕方頃からポツポツと人が来始めた。) (TN: no idea about [potsupotsu], rubbing sfx maybe?)

It seems that the earlier ones, had already won eight times . They check the name and write it in the tournament table for the next day .

For those who did not agree with each other and became hesitant, I appointed someone other than myself in the headquarters, to match the number of victories, so they fought .

Oh, a young maid from the Viscount Liner family, is nominated by a young man, who is the one who got one of the first 600 sets in stock . She is insanely strong though…… .

Fufufu, you’re caught into a trap! (She’s a trap?!)

He thought that she was just a young girl and nominated her, [Sabine-chan, cannot be defeated], you know! I put Sabine-chan in maid uniform, in order to take advantage of an unsuspecting man!

Fu wa ha ha ha ha!

Oh, to thank the servants who gave up participating in order to help, they are supposed to be given the same prizes, as the fifth to eighth place .

Really, my head is not bald… ah, even if it gets bald, I will be completely healed, I forgot!

I was relieved……… .

Iris: 「I won four times in Shogi . Is the registration here?」

Why are you here, Iris-sama……… .

Eh, I was so busy, I only focused on the Earl, I forgot the rest of the Bozes, did you left the Earl behind, is that so…?

Since the Earl asked me not to take the opportunity away from the commoners, did the majority of the aristocratic participants came for the Shogi match?

Alexis and Theodore both participated in Shogi, Beatrice participated in Othello, but they are already wiped out .

Namu namu . (Praying to the gods . . )

I will give you a colored picture that has a stamp of invalidation later .

It became a gift, a fully colored picture .

After quite a long time since the sun has set, the battle for the day was finally over .

But, our battle is coming!

I have to finish the tournament table for tomorrow, and I have to clean up various other miscellaneous affairs .

However, of the first monochrome picture was not used for exchange to a colored picture, there was no one wants to shake hands along with the invalidating stamp . I had to make a person forfeit the game instead . (Namely Sabine-chan . . )

Those who won four times believed in their power and aimed at the top . Yeah, I think that ambition is splendid .

OK, let’s sell the pictures later .

If there was a person who invalidated, [Eh, If I can buy it later, I shouldn’t have forfeited the game!] Although complaints may have appeared, no one chooses the way to invalidate and saved it instead .

If so, the colored pictures, are simply [picture that replaces 16 monochrome pictures, because it is troublesome to increase the number of monochrome copies], yeah only that .

They will not complain if I sell it later .

Or rather, I don’t listen to complaints .

This is good for my personal assets, but not for the budget of the territory .

Oh, yeah, I banned selling or giving away the prize’s rights to others . That prize isn’t that kind of thing .

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And then, the second day came, the last day of the tournament .

Compared to the 30,000 players yesterday, there should be only 136 players today, both Othello and Shogi combined, but the number of players is almost the same as the first day .

Did all of the yesterday’s losers became audience…?

Even though there are so many people, it will not be seen like that…… .

Hot air swirls around the crowd, and the hot blood are running in the eyes of the players .

I slept properly last night, but you guys… .

The game was getting heated . Specially in the semi-finals of Shogi, after a very close battle, Iris-sama was defeated by the Prime Minister and the venue became chaotic due to the violent act(berserk mode) of Iris-sama, throwing the pieces of Shogi to the Prime Minister .

In the final match, the Prime Minister is the winner and a Count from… Somewhere I don’t know .

Since it is not uncommon for Othello to have a big reversal in the last few moves, everyone continues to keep their eyes on the game until the very end .

Thus, the big battle in the Kingdom for two days is finally over, I finally wrapped up in a sense of relief like an elementary school student who finished the summer vacation homework, by the start of ceremony and at the closing ceremony .

It’s finally over ~ .

Safely, it is over ~ .

Dammit… . I will not plan a ridiculous tournament anymore!

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Several days have passed since the tournament ended, the capital regained it’s usual calmness .

My treatment in the Kingdom did not change so much as I was worried .

Is it because I was originally a hero who saved it?

Even if a 90 degrees of hot water is added to another 90 degrees of hot water, it still feels like 90 degrees hot water isn’t it? It’s a little different…… .

Anyway, in terms of dealing with the invading country, various policies and new businesses have been launched, the Kingdom was booming in the war economy, but there is no sense of crisis .

I wonder if I will manage to do something again .

That’s not good .

But to the normal people who’re living with a sense of crisis everyday, I wonder if it’s something you say with a dazzling look . Then, is it better to live happily without worrying about anything? (ignorance is a bliss?)

Should I leave the worries to the King and the Nobles?

[Noblesse Oblige], obligation of the noble ones?

For cannonballs, shrapnel shell that aims at people or sails, on the deck is a timed fuse squib type explosives, and the grenade aimed at the hull is the pipe bomb .

Let’s emphasize the speed and defense power of the ship rather than its size .

Would you like to get the design drawings and models in hand and scales down the high-speed [Cutty Sark] or [Thermopylae (clipper)​] to put the armor boards?

Or would you like a dead copy of a cheap ship that is easy to imitate, pushing through just by the superiority of ammunition and armor plate?

No, no, I won’t decide on everything . Even if the choice is shown, whether it is a defense power or an attack power, whether it is a large ship at the cost of performance or a small ship that is easy to build and flexible, those decisions should be left to the parties .

Nothing, I do not need to carry out everything .

It’s just a coincidence that I’m here now .

[At that time, if a miracle did not happen and I fell from the cliff and died . ]

[If the first nobleman I met was not the Earl Bozes, but an unscrupulous nobleman . ]

[If I left this country and went to another country . ]

If none of those gears were engaged, I wouldn’t have appeared to this country before the invasion of the Empire, the dragon, and also the invasion of the Kingdom of Vannel this time .

If I am there and I can lend my ability, I will cooperate . I want to protect the people who helped me and the people I became friends with .

But I’m arrogant to think that I have to do everything on my own, that I have to do the fate of the country .

Even if I do not exist, the world will go around and people will live stubborn even if we lose the war .

[Que Cera Sera . ]

What will be, will be .

It sounds like an irresponsible word, but the meaning of this word is not .

Don’t think too much about it, if you go forward with a positive attitude based on your own will, your own beliefs, the world and the future will show us a good result .

What will be will be, is said to be, a gentle yet reckless word . (なるようになるんだよ、という、のんきで優しい言葉。)

I also want to move forward in a relaxed/leisure way .

The territories, the Kingdom, this Country, the neighboring Countries, and also about the countries on Earth .

Let’s take it easy .

Don’t forget your first choice .

What was my first intention?

Yes, to save money after retirement, to live comfortably .

If something goes wrong, escape quickly with teleportation .

Change the name and go to the other country .

No, until now, I’ve been only moving from Earth and here, but I can also go to other worlds, if you think about it . But first, I think that it would be better to teleport after wearing a space suit .

I met Pez-san as I was walking while thinking about various things .

Mitsuha: 「Ah, Pez-san, Hello . How was that child?」

Pez: 「Iya~a, I was surprised . Absolutely, good… *cough* . . She will be a great merchant, that child! 」

No, why did you correct it?

Pez: 「Although she said to leave it to them, I am still worried about the orphanage, so I will come to the orphanage from time to time…」

Are you worried about the management of orphanage is being handled by a 9 year old child!

… . . Be firm, no, really .

Mitsuha: 「Ah, Pez-san, the things that I am selling at our shop like, shampoo, rinse and many others, are not you going to handle it at Pez-san’s shop?」

Pez: 「Eh~h, is that’s OK! 　But then, that’s not what I wish for . It is a product that has the best effect on attracting customers, because it surely sells, and the customers who come to buy it will buy other things at the same time . But then again, why?……」

Is it natural for Pez-san to wonder?

Mitsuha: 「Yeah, because with my current situation I cannot open the shop, I thought that it would be annoying to the customers . I decided to quit the shop and say that over there is the residence of the Viscount Yamano . I am also anticipating another source of income, so I wanted to be a little easier … 」

Pez-san seems convinced by my words .

No, really, I just extended my hand a little .

I also want to turn shampoo into a local product . Let’s check it out next time .

Pez: 「Speaking of income, it was the commissioned colored picture, it greatly sold! 　With this, Mitsuha-sama will be known to the neighboring countries as well . 」

Mitsuha: 「Eh… . ?」

Pez: 「No, Mitsuha-sama’s picture will also be known to neighboring countries …」

Gyā a~a~a~~!!

The money was so dazzling, I did not notice!

I thought that I am relieved because there are neither a picture nor a television here, but why did I spread out the printed colored pictures of myself by myself?

Am I stupid?

Am I stupid, am I?

Sabine: 「Are~, Oneesama, why are you squatting down in this place?」

Yumboro: 「Ah, Princess Shrine Maiden-sama! Good timing, actually, I want to ask you about the colored picture… . 」

Iris: 「Mitsuha, although this is a matter of the third prize lunch!…」

A ā a~a ~!

Well, at least for the next few years, I will be able to spend my calm days .

… . And then what?

Que Cera Sera!