Chapter 62 (1/2)

Summary of the last chapter in three lines

Duration of king’s reign.

An apology from the man from yesterday.

Going to the castle? Come along then.

「So narrow…….」

The man guiding us is called Dorusu. The carriage he prepared is the one that commonly used by n.o.bles, if it’s used for its intended purpose, then there should be enough s.p.a.ce.

「It really is, isn’t it…」

Dorusu also agrees with Souta.

Boarding the should-be-for-four-people carriage are six people: Dina, Souta, Narasu, Arezel, Roury, and Dorusu.

「I’m sorry, I was planning to ride with you too, but… I should’ve ridden a horse separately.」

「It’s fine, I never thought everyone would come along like this.」

「I-I’m sorry, I actually didn't have the intention of coming along, but….」

Everyone’s eyes gather at Roury.

「Hm? Isn’t it fine? It looks like it’s going to be interesting, there is no way I'll miss out on it!」

Roury who had finished was.h.i.+ng the dishes overheard the conversation with Dorusu, and took an interest in the new king.

And so, she urged Arezel who was reluctant and afraid to come to the king’s castle.

The result is their current cramped state.

Souta originally proposed to bring his own carriage, but after thinking for a bit, the idea was rejected by Dorusu.

It was said there would be a problem if a carriage with low status were to enter the royal castle.

「I'll just endure this until we reach the castle… Say, do you know the flow of events that will happen once we arrive?」

「Hmmm let’s see, once we reach the royal castle, I need to contact the king and minister right away, I think you will be asked to wait in a different room until we’re ready.」

「It will be boring if we don’t do anything while waiting, so please prepare sweets and tea.」

Responding to Dorusu’s answer, Roury orders so.

「I-I understand, are there other requests from everyone else?」

Despite Dorusu’s answer, Narasu hits Roury’s head.

「What are you doing!」

「That question should be asked to you instead, learn how to hold back even if it’s just a bit.」

「Eeee~ but isn’t it fine? Even Dorusu say it’s fine.」

With Narasu and Roury’s exchange as the background, Souta answers Dorusu's question.

「Nothing in particular, but don’t put a guard outside of our waiting room, and don’t eavesdrop on the conversations we have inside.」

「Tha-That is…….」

「It doesn’t really matter, but in that case, I will treat them as my enemies.」

Souta says so with an intimidating att.i.tude.

「I-I will convey that to the top.」

Dorusu treats the request seriously because Souta’s eyes are clearly not laughing.

Dina who sits next to Souta doesn’t rebuke him and instead just watches him with a smile.

In fact, her reaction is like that because she knows Souta won’t do anything terrible to them even if he ends up regarding them as enemies.

Arezel becomes more and more tense as they get closer to the castle.

Souta already visited the royal castle when he was summoned before, and this time around he was also summoned into the royal castle of the human race.

Dina was originally royalty, while Narasu and Roury have experience getting summoned to the royal castle as alchemists. Arezel is the only one experiencing this for the first time.

「Arezel-san, are you okay?」