Chapter 178

178 . Confusion 3

I entered the audience chamber, walked towards the throne with my head hanging down, and knelt before the throne .

“Raise your face” (the King)

Then, after permission is granted, I can look up and see the king’s face for the first time .

And…

“Eh?” (Mitsuha)

There is a familiar face .

“Count… Wonrade…?” (Mitsuha)

And, to me who was completely flabbergasted…

“Hn? Do you know that man? That man is of a royal descent but has abdicated his royal status . I heard that he resembles me a little…” (the King)

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Ah, they’re relatives, I see . So that’s why they’re very similar… which reminds me, the hairstyle and the shape of the mustache are slightly different .

Or rather, he has royal blood huh, that DQN father… That’s why the other nobles couldn’t get in their way even though they did whatever they wanted… . And marquis Mitchell, too, couldn’t oppose them . Well, I guess there’s room for excuses .

“Viscount Yamano, I heard that you sell your country’s goods in our country, which country do you belong?” (the King)

Uwaah, it came! Well, I saw it coming miles away . Without even waiting my self-introduction huh…

…well, I guess he called me to this audience to inquire about that matter .

“Yes, my homeland is [Nihon]…” (Mitsuha)

“Nihon? I’ve never heard of it…” (the King)

Well, you won’t ask if you already know .

“Perhaps it is known with a different name around here… Even within our neighboring countries, it is also known as Nippon, Japan, Yāpan, Zipang and various other names… Even more, there’s a certain country that is called by various names such as Eikoku, England, Great Britain, United kingdom…” (Mitsuha)

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Actually, I think there’s the name of a constituent country, but it jumbled up because of the translation, well whatever . It’s nothing more than a deception speech anyway .

“U-umu, certainly there are quite a few of such customs in our country too…” (the King)

Yeah, I think there are many more examples of such customs .

“And I answered since you Majesty asked, but originally, it is not yet time to announce my homeland since I have been instructed to act with my own personal wisdom without revealing the name of our country… therefore, I would like to ask so that the names I revealed just now are to be kept within only those who are present in this chamber right now… ” (Mitsuha)

Naturally, they should’ve already investigated the fact that I don’t want to reveal my home country, and it should’ve been clear from my attitude now .

The name Nihon is also listed on the import documents, so they’ve probably already confirmed that much, and they might think it’s a fictional country . This is a sophistry explanation that [It is called by various names depending on the country] in case it becomes a story of formal diplomacy later .

And there’s no way a moron who can’t read the air, like bringing up a map here, could be the King…

“Oi, someone, bring a map!” (the King) (Note: sigh, he’s a lost cause)

…Oi oi oi oi!!

The ones who seems to be the Prime Minister has pulled a wry face, but the other, the one of the even lower position flew out of the audience chamber to score some brownie points .

Oooii…

Sigh…

I see…

So that’s their real intention…

Pushing through by force for their own benefit without any concern for the other party, I see…

I guess the King of this country is aggressive after all .

I got used to see the king of our country, his personality is kinda solid and dignified… or not, as far as I see him being swung around by Sabine-chan…

Well, surely, there are also arrogant uncles like the King of the second country we visited during the expedition…

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Anyway, I’m not going to become a yes-man . If I were to obey obediently here, requests will be escalated one after another .

And in the first place, even if you bring the map here, it’ll be useless . Not to mention japan, of course, even our country hasn’t been recorded on their map . On the other hand, if I carelessly point on a random place, it’ll be exposed with just one question to the experts, it wouldn’t make any sense .

So…

“I’ve brought the map!” (the subordinate)

It’s frightfully too fast . Maybe, they had prepared it in advance…

“Umu, whatever, just bring it here!” (the King)

Normally, an attendant would receive it before they passed it to the king .

Yet that words were almost as good as him telling the man to [Approach him] . Which means, that he [Trusted] that man . For a mere subordinate, that would be a terrific honor .

“Viscount Yamano, you can come here” (the King)

Yeah, well, I can’t point it from where I stand right now .

…but .

I feel bad for the one who have brought the map but…

“That is not necessary” (Mitsuha)

“…eh?” (the King)

The person who’ve brought the map stopped in his track .

Prime minister-san who put a startled face .

…And the King wo put a blank face .

“Earlier, I conveyed that I was being careful not to be rude to the Kings of other nations, and that I couldn’t give the details regarding my country yet according to the instruction of my country, but I still dared to revealonlythe country name in honor of your Majesty . Being required to tell more would lead me to betray my country, and I could be punished for breach of confidence, but nevertheless, I decided that fulfilling your curiosity has priority over that, and I told you what asked, right?” (Mitsuha)

“Then, rather than betraying my homeland, I would choose to withdraw right away, of course . Then, I will leave this country as soon as possible, no matter where my homeland is, we have nothing to do with this country anymore…” (Mitsuha)

“Eh?” (the King)

Naturally .

Even though I said it’s no good .

Moreover, I said that it is a direct instruction from my country .

I guess he is still the relative of that DQN family after all .

“According to the action guideline, if the other party were to ignore our policy and forced me to follow their demands, I have to leave the country immediately and relocate our base to another country, so it is not under my sole discretion . Well then, I’ll excuse myself . ” (Mitsuha)

… Sorry, Rephilia . The matter about moving abroad became faster than I thought…

And just as I try to leave the audience quickly…

“Wait!” (the King)

I can hear something from behind, but it doesn’t matter .

There’s no reason why I have to obey such uncle’s order since I’m not from this country . Even though [I’ve kindly come here], but they force something unacceptable to me, of course I’ll leave . I’m not a slave to that uncle anyway, and I didn’t owe him anything either .

Alright, first is to withdraw all the money from the bank…

“I said wait! Hey, stop that girl!” (the King)

A guard blocked me with his spear…

“You, what’s your name?” (Mitsuha)

“Eh?” (the Guard)

The guard was startled when I asked his name .

“I will include your name in the declaration of war since you’ve performed an action that equivalent to declaring war on our country . Do you want everyone to know that your action caused a war, and it is his Majesty andyourresponsibility that many people died?” (Mitsuha)

“Hiiee!!” (the Guard)

The guard become pale and stepped backward . …where’s your gut, guard-san .

The whole room is quiet . Nobody moves nor speaks .

That was a natural consequence of trying to unfairly restrain the nobles of other countries to spit out the secrets of the country .

Did they underestimate me because I’m a little girl?