Chapter 93 Merge

Two days after arriving at the inn, I took Sabine-chan and Colette-chan from the inn’s room to Yamano territory with continuous transfer .

If I don’t return there occasionally, everyone will worry .

Yup, everyone in the territory is not worried about the territory, but me instead .

The territory management won’t turn that bad when the lord is absent for a few days . If the territory is in such an unstable condition, excluding me who can use transfer, ordinary nobles won’t be able to go to the royal capital . While the lord is away, the other people are doing exactly well……should be .

Transfer to my private room .

Otherwise, they will be surprised if I suddenly appeared before them . Then, when I took Sabine-chan and Colette-chan out of the room… .

(Noel) 「Mitsuha-sama!」

We were discovered by Noel-chan, a 10-year-old girl who was about to be sold off under the title of being a servant a few decades ago . No, it’s not even 『discovered』 if I may say…

Perhaps because of their small age gap, Noel-chan had became close friend with Colette-chan . She smiled at her and ran off in a hurry to inform everyone about my return .

Seeing Noel-chan’s natural smile… . you have became brighter, Noel-chan… .

Then, I heard the reports from everyone who have gathered and then returned to my room immediately, as there was no problem in current situation .

Yup, this is the main purpose of my return to the residence .

(Mitsuha) 「White Home, White Home, this is White Rook, over」

(Audyst) 『This is White Home leader, can you hear me?』

Yes, as today is the day before the arrival of the main party, we had promised to contact them for confirmation .

Because it’s troublesome to transfer the car everytime and move to the outskirts to contact them, I decided to contact with the communicator in my territory . Also in terms of frequency, if the distance is only halfway, it will be too close for UHF and VHF, and there’s a possibility to get caught in a blind spot too for HF . Thus, I thought that it would be better to contact with HF from here .

The antenna also has a better performance here . There’s enough space, so instead of using an extension coil, I installed a full-sized antenna .

(Mitsuha) 「Yes, it has good reception, hence we could hear you clearly . How’s the plan?」

(Audyst) 『Okay, we are still on schedule . As Viscount said, we went a little further from the Esu Oo Ee or something . The schedule for our arrival does not change and we will arrive in tomorrow afternoon . Let’s merge at the inn near the royal palace as mentioned before . 』

(Mitsuha) 「Understood, then, tomorrow」

(Audyst) 『Umu』

Ah, SOA is the term for Speed ​​of Advance . It divides the distance you are advancing by the estimated travel time that is to represent the current situation you’re having . One hour ahead of SOA, 5 minutes late, and such, it’s a word to grasp the progress so far .

The 『Yamano Household Maid Corps, girls group』, Colette-chan, Noel-chan, 12-year-old Ninette-chan from the fishing village, and 4-year-old… . no, she’s already 5-year-old now, Ria-chan who is a maid apprentice here, plus Sabine-chan are having a meeting, or should I say, playtime with me after having finished communicating with the Earl . Well, even though I said 『Maid Corps』, Colette-chan is not a maid, though I don’t care about the details .

I had explained to everyone that Sabine-chan was not a princess, but a retainer candidate from the royal capital, a similar position with Colette-chan . Sabine-chan herself wanted it to be like that .

Well, instead of being treated at utmost care, Sabine-chan has chosen this as there is a few chance of being treated as a close friend .

Still, it was impossible for Sabine-chan to pretend to be a maid, and because the retainer candidate Colette-chan treated her normally as a companion, I thought it will be fine for her and seems like she has fit in well just as I imagined . As expected of Sabine-chan .

(Mitsuha) 「Should we go soon?」

(Sabine) 「Eee……」

I thought of going back to the inn’s room soon and called out to them, but Sabine-chan gave a frowned look .

Aah, it was so much fun to play together with normal girls, huh……

(Mitsuha) 「It’s fine, you can always come again, okay」

(Sabine) 「yes……」

Sabine-chan is a good girl . When she wants to complain, she will complain but she knows the time and place for it . And now she judged that it’s not the time to argue . Well, perhaps she didn’t want to show her shameful appearance in front of the younger kids .

Then, we returned to the inn with continuous transfer and waited for the next day .

……3 days in the royal capital?

No, it doesn’t change that much even in a neighboring kingdom . We will go sightseeing, eat street food, and enjoy a lot of things with three people normally . We won’t do anything like collecting nor writing .

No matter what, we don’t want to be kidnapped every time, get our purse stolen by the orphans or be entangled with an idiot noble’s son . Especially, when we are supposed to be a 10-year-old three-girls group .

Like this, in six years, Sabine-chan will be 16 years old, Colette-chan will be 15 years old, and I will be 24 years old while looking as a 12-year-old girl……… .

Ugggaaaaaaaahhh~~!!

And the afternoon of the next day .

We had lunch not at the inn, but instead at another restaurant and walked along the main street .

Well, if we don’t confirm the arrival of the main unit, it will be bothersome to search around the inn at a later date . In addition, it may be a bit suspicious for a child to snoop around the location of other kingdom’s envoy . Even if the main party is staying at some place, the innkeeper may not want to tell honestly . Though, it is a matter of course for the inn side to be responsible for the management of the inn and their guests even if they are forced with money or employment requests .

Therefore, we went to check on the arrival .

After a while, several employees came out to the front of one high-class inn .

The employees are going to meet important guests in front of the hotel . It would be obvious if the guests are someone from another kingdom .

(Mitsuha) 「Eh? Over there is…」

The delegation have arrived after contacting the royal palace and making a reservation for the inn while being informed by the official .

The Earl’s carriage stopped in front of the entrance of the inn, and surrounded by the horse-riding escorts in the front and the rear . Then, the escorts got off from their horse and made the surroundings of the entrance of Earl’s carriage stiffened .

After confirming that the deployment was over, the door of the carriage was opened by the coachman’s signal and two maids got off first to confirm the safety, then the Earl and finally the adjutant and the son of Marquis family, Klarge-sama .

We went close to the carriage after judging it to be okay .

(Employee) 「Get lost!」

Looking at us approaching, the middle-aged employee instructed the young employees like so with a sharp voice and they quickly went toward us .

If they were left like this, we will be driven away . Well, it doesn’t matter though, but I won’t tolerate if they harmed Sabine-chan and Colette-chan . Even if it’s only a small prick on the shoulder .

(Mitsuha) 「Earl-sama, we had been waiting for you!」

The young employees who stood in front of us became confused as I spoke to the Earl . The escorts quickly pulled out their sword and broke in between the employees and us .

That is obvious . There can not be a guard who overlooked the situation in which the commoner will likely harm his kingdom’s Princess and Viscount .

(Employee) 「Eh……?」

The guards were not protecting the envoys, but instead in a position to protect us . The young employees and the middle-aged employee, who was at a loss for words, stopped and frozen because of the unbelievable atmosphere from the guards as they exuded bloodlust with a single sword .

Yes, the middle-aged man is the receptionist who drove us away the other day .

(Audyst) 「Don’t move! If you get even closer, we will cut you down!」

The Earl declared so in a heavy tone, and all the people from the inn were frozen in place .

(Audyst) 「I can not overlook the possibility of rudeness and danger to our kingdom’s royalty and the head of viscounty, no matter if they are the people from another kingdom . If there is any such action intended towards the delegation party, there will be no problem to attack, no, subjugate you . 」

(Receptionist A) 「Royal……ty……?」

The middle-aged employee was dumbfounded as he’s the one who was responsible for giving instructions to the other employees .

(Audyst) 「Her Highness, Viscout Yamano, you two are not staying here?」

(Mitsuha) 「Yes, we tried here at first, but we were driven away by that person, hence we went to another inn… . are Earl-sama and the others staying here?」

At my words, the Earl answered lightly after giving a sharp look towards the inn employees .

(Audyst) 「No . We will stay at another inn, though?」

Right~