Chapter 336: The King, at his wits end

Chapter 336: The King, at his wits end

「So, for what reason could Margrave Volton and Earl Rockford have specially requested an audience with a joint signature? Though, I’m afraid to ask.」

Prime Minister Simon addressed Margrave Volton, who was the highest in standing among us.

「Moreover, Earl Rockford’s daughter should have been inflicted with the Magic Depletion Syndrome, so I would have assumed that you would not want to be distant from your territory, but...... impossible.」

Simon-sama looked at me with a shocked expression.

「......if so, then I understand clearing the room of people. No record of this should remain.」

「Oi! Tell me so I understand too! I don’t get what you mean!」

His Majesty demanded an explanation from Simon-sama who was the only one who understood our reason for coming.

「Your Majesty, you have heard of Earl Rockford’s daughter, Miss Emilia, falling ill to the Magic Depletion Disorder. 」

「Hm? That thing? The disease that’s said to be incurable and no known cause? Then Earl Rockford shouldn’t be nonchalantly coming to capital. I’m sure there is work to be done, but I’m not so narrowminded as to reproach him for staying close to his daughter in a matter of life and death.」

「Your Majesty, Earl Rockford had brought Iruma-dono along with him here. Do you still not follow?」

I felt like running away at Simon-sama’s roundabout way of saying things.

Then His Majesty looked at me wide-eyed.

「No way...... Iruma again, you have something to do with it again!?」

「Your Majesty, please calm down. Your tone is too discomposed.」

「As if I could calm down! He cured an incurable illness that couldn’t be fixed by medicine or magic! Just what did you do!? Be honest!」

His Majesty’s energy sure is high today... When I wanted to escape reality, Simon calmed His Majesty and began explaining.

「Wh-, wh- what’s with those ingredients!?」

「The leaves and dew of the world tree, I understand. A very limited supply circulate the market. But a dragon heart? Hermit Peach? What a jest.」

「“The heart of a 100ft (30m~) dragon is enough”. “Pick the fruit of an elusive tree that grew natively in the depths of the Forest of Death”. That is madness.」

Margrave Volton only continued once the trio’s unrest had settled.

「Today, we’ve come to the castle today to present Soma to the kingdom. However, the issue is as Lord Simon had stated, if it is known that Iruma-dono had created the Soma, the rotten parts of the Kingdom would act rashly, which may cause Iruma-dono to leave the kingdom.」

「......we have no choice but to cover it up.」

「Indeed. I will secretly falsify the Treasury inventory.」

Eventually, it had been decided that we would sell three vials of Soma to the kingdom in secrecy at a reasonable price. The cost would be taken from the King’s personal assets and emergency funds, unrecorded in the ledgers. The kingdom wanted to purchase three more vials, but they judged that buying all six in one purchase carried high risk of being leaked out.

「Let’s take our time, pretend it’s from a dungeon and circulate it into auctions to disrupt the information.」

「Mhmm, if it’s an underground auction in the Royal Capital, the seller would not be identified.」

His Majesty wanted to create favors from their allies Lomaria Kingdom and Yggurle Kingdom, and secure several more for his own country. As such, he was teaming up with the Adventurers Guild to make a fake continuous quest.

「Let’s pretend it’s a quest that continues for even several years. We will process the record of the time of acquisition properly.」

His Majesty and Prime Minister Simon confidently made secret accounts, so it might go okay. It wasn’t like someone would lose it.

After discussions regarding the Soma, His Majesty said that he had something he wanted to ask me. It wasn’t a good hunch, but I couldn’t say I didn’t want to.

It looks like this will take long............

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