Chapter 63 (1/2)

Summary of the last chapter in three lines

Overcapacity carriage.

Stopped by the gate and impatient Dorusu.

Dorusu runs not long after arriving.

They’re guided to a room that clearly spells waiting room. There are chairs and sofas inside, and the fruits and sweets that Roury wants are also arranged on the central table.

When Roury enters the room, she joyfully goes to the table right away.

The others also sit down, only Souta makes himself at home and wanders around.

Souta looks for people's presence around the room, but he finds no sign of people on the other side of the wall, behind the ceiling, and in front of the entrance.

「Dorusu's efforts seem to be bearing fruit, I can’t feel the sign of lookout.」

「Right, I feel a bit sorry though.」

Dina thinks about Dorusu’s busyness after he separated with Souta’s party.

In fact, Dorusu was running to the room Souta and others guided to via a different route, and then he hastily made everyone in the surroundings keep away from the room.

Ignoring the chain of command, he had done the feat of running around contacting every person concerned and convince them to keep away from the room in such a short time.

Although he has enough ability to know the difference of power between him and Souta, and his quick wit and execution speed are highly regarded by others. The other party this time is bad, and since his position is stuck between the two, the evaluation Souta and the others can give is only from the middle management standpoint.

「Well, he’s maybe in the wrong, but this is still in line of his job, so it can’t be helped.」

Souta says so while shrugging.

Even to Souta, his appropriate response and speedy switchover are evaluated highly in his book. But still, his friends are the top priority, so Souta is strict to him.

「Souta-dono is strict to people who are not his comrades isn’t he.」

「That's true, I guess. In the first place. I don’t have blood relatives here. Because of that, I want to keep the comrades I want to protect within my reach.」

Hearing Souta, Dina nods with a smile.

Despite his growth and changes in his tone and appearance, Dina is pleased that Souta’s nature has still not changed.

「More importantly, we need to do something about that.」

At the end of their gaze, there is Arezel who is unable to settle down.

Although she was calmed down after her conversation with Dina in the carriage, she became nervous again from the unfamiliar sight once they entered the castle.

And as the reality about the audience with the king sinks in more and more, her tension reaches the peak.

「Arezel, come here, let’s eat these sweets together.」

Arezel turns her gaze to Roury who beckons her.

「N-No, I am fine, Roury-sama can eat it all.」

Right after she answers her, Arezel starts to wander around the room again.

「A-re-zel. Listen to me and come here.」

Roury goes and catches the roaming Arezel and then forcefully drags her to the table.

「Here, eat this, this and also this, they’re delicious.」

「Geez, Roury-sama is so pushy…… Delicious! What is this, this is seriously delicious!」

「Isn’t it. Here, eat more.」

Roury is irritated with Arezel who was wandering around, she is not consciously trying to relieve her tension, but her action still calms Arezel down.

「That’s a natural airhead isn’t it, it seems somewhat familiar……」

「Right, umm, when I see Roury-san, it reminds me of the beastmen’s hero-san.」

Souta holds Dina’s shoulders and greatly nods.