“This way.”

The dining room was very spacious, unlike our house, and the knights, soldiers and maids lining the walls were a sight to behold.

“(The ceiling is so high.)”

“(I wonder if all castles are like this ……? This might make it hard to concentrate on eating.)”

“(Makina, no!)”

We talked in secret behind Vertical. It is true that the number of knights in the dining room is much more than I expected.

I’ve never been invited to a dinner party in the Reflexion Kingdom, so maybe this is the way it is, but just like Makina said, I can’t help but be curious.

“Your Majesty, I’ve brought them here.”

“Thank you. So you were with Vertical.”

“Yes …… Where is the Lord Founder?”

“Apollos didn’t come here, he said he wasn’t feeling well. Now, sit down, because I didn’t have time to listen to you in the audience room. Have a seat.”

“Thank you for inviting me. Excuse me.”

“Excuse me ……”

I bowed and sat down, followed by Makina and Kudelika. Then Retzel and Reiss came in.

“Oh, we’re the last to come.”

“Well, well, did I keep you waiting? Wait, all the sit next to Lars-kun is occupied ……!?”

“I’m also one of those women who loves Lars-kun, you know? Isn’t it fine if you lend him to me once in a while?”

“I’m not a thing, am I?”

“That’s right! It’s been a long time for me too.”

“Um, how can you say that in front of me?”

When Reiss comes over to me and puts her hand on my shoulder with a nasty smile on her face, Kudelica fights her. Then, a girl sitting near the king looked at us, smiling, and said.

“Fufu, they’re very funny.”

“Oh, I’m sorry, we didn’t mean to make a scene.”

“That’s all right, it’s usually so quiet, after all.”

“Hmph.”

“Stop it, kids. I’d introduce them to you, my daughter Elysh, my son Igar, and my wife Olivia.”

The king has a dark, chiseled face, but his wife, the queen, the princess, and the prince have neat faces and look a lot like the queen. The parts show that they have the look of the king, but it seems they have more of his wife’s blood.

“It’s a pleasure to meet you. You too, Igar.”

“I don’t know why I have to greet the believers. Well, it’s fine since those two are cute, I’m Igar. If the man tries to look down on me, I’ll chop his head immediately. Hee hee hee.”

Igar looked at me and Sarge and stuck out his tongue and laughed while making a scratching gesture with his thumb. I now understand that he likes women as I heard.

And the princess is calm, but,

“Seriously …… I don’t know if why you’ve picked up a believer at all and had a welcome party. I don’t see the need to meet them.”

The queen seems to have a tough personality.

Well, sarcasm is no big deal if there is no direct damage, so we introduce ourselves.

“My name is Lars. This girl is my girlfriend, Makina …… and Kudelica.”

“I’m Makina.”

“I’m Kudelica!”

“I’m his girlfriend, Reiss!”

“Heh, you two are so cute! Wait, what do you mean you’re both his girlfriend?”

“Don’t ignore me!?”

Immediately, Igar gets involved and sticks a fork while pouting. Also, I’m amazed they don’t get angry at Reiss.

“Shut up, Reiss, I’m asking that guy!”

“Well, you see. I’m the son of the lord of the town of Gust …… no, I’m the second son, so I don’t have the right to inherit, but I was a nobleman, so I had many wives.”

“A noble …… from the Reflexion Kingdom?”

When the king wonders, Vertical quietly opens his mouth.

“It’s the Reflexion Kingdom. But he was put in a difficult position by the king and his people in the recent battle. He stood before me as an excellent warrior, but when he was defeated by me, he requested asylum for him and his girlfriends. The two of them are also skilled and will certainly be stronger than Igar-sama.”

“No way ……”

“Oh my, so Lars-sama is a nobleman! Can I go to your room later? It’s not often I get to talk to someone my own age.”

“Hmm …… not bad looking, huh?”

“……!?”

The queen’s eyes narrowed and a chill ran down my back as I saw her and the princess smiling at each other.

I turned away with an amiable smile, and now Sarge and the others introduced themselves.

“Oh, this is a handsome man ……”

“Oh, I didn’t get a good look at you earlier …… but you’re beautiful ……”

The king and queen looked at each other, then coughed, raised their glasses, and said in a high voice 

“No matter, the Gospel’s Descent is equal to our people. We’ll have to see your abilities later, but for today, we welcome you. Cheers!”

“Thank you very much …… Cheers.”

In the meantime, I’m going to use the [Simple Appraisal] to check if the food and alcohol have been tampered with, but there doesn’t seem to be any problem. If there is a poison in there that I don’t understand, I’m out, but I can’t see anything that looks like it, so I eat my food and drink before Makina and the others.

“…… It’s delicious. You guys should eat too.”

“Thank you for the food.”

“I’m hungry, It was a long travel too ……”

“Fufu, there’s a lot of food here, so eat up lots, Lars-sama♪.”

“Y-Yes, I’ll have some.”

” “Mm.” “

“My sister likes cool guys, after all. Well, you’re not as cool as me …… Ouch!?”

As Igar sniffed while cutting the meat, he was poked by Elysh, who got up from her seat and walked right over to me.

“You shut up, Igar. Here, have some drinks too.”

“T-That’s too much to ask. ……”

“Father, can’t I ……?”

“Uh, hmm ……”

It’s fake tears ……

The King, who is known for his small-mindedness, sipped his glass, puzzled by Elysh’s moist eyes, and replied in a whisper, “Do what you want”.

…… Hmm, I was told to be careful of the king, Apollos, and the prince, but this princess is the most troublesome, isn’t she ……?

I was thinking about this as I watched Makina and Kudelica laughing with scary faces.