Chapter 12 I Received an Invitation from an Outrageous Place (1/2)
A few days have passed since I was summoned to another world. I gradually got used to living in Lilia-san’s mansion, and it’s not just me, but that also includes Kusunoki-san and Yuzuki-san. I’m starting to see a smile on their faces as well.
Of course, there are still many things I don’t understand about this world, but thanks to Lilia-san’s goodwill, I think I’ve had enough time to organize my head over the last few days. Well, as for Kuro who’s showing up every night, she’s still a mystery to me, but she doesn’t seem like she intends to do me any harm. In fact, I can even say that I felt more comfortable talking with her compared to Lilia-san.
Well, it’s common for the Humans to spend three days at home in the New Year to begin with, and since I didn’t go out, except for this irrational little demon girl, there doesn’t seem to be any incident that happened, so it was very peaceful…… Well, though I say that, there’s a saying in my beloved hometown that tells about “the calm before the storm”……
[……An invitation?]
It was early in the afternoon, on the fourth day we’re in here, while we were chatting leisurely over tea and cookies, Lunamaria-san appeared with a grandeur envelope and told us that this is an invitation to a party to be held tomorrow.
[Yes, it’s for the night party to be held on the fourth day of the New Year at the royal palace. Since this is the year of the Hero Festival, it will also be a magnificent event where they will introduce the person who holds the role of the Hero. Normally, these invitations should have arrived sooner, but we arranged for everyone’s invitation as well this time, so it took a little longer.]
[Eh? Us too?]
Hearing the words that Lilia-san said with the calm smile she usually had, Kusunoki-san looked surprised as she asked back. Well, I understand how she felt. It’s impossible not to be surprised when you suddenly hear about an evening party at the royal palace.
[Yes, since Mitsunaga-sama will be visiting a number of countries after this, I thought he might want Aoi-san and Hina-san to go in particular.]
[Ah, I see, Seigi plays the role of the Hero after all, so he’ll be introduced to the various cities of each country. I wonder if he’ll be alright?]
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According to what they told me, the sophomore Kusunoki-san and the freshmen Yuzuki-san and Mitsunaga-kun are clubmates. Kuh, as I thought, club activities really are the shortcut to being a normie, I should have done club activities in high school instead of just playing internet games. No, I didn’t join any circle in college in the end, so maybe it doesn’t really have any connection whether I played internet games at that time or not.
Well, setting aside the story of my lonely life…… This would certainly be a good time to have a leisurely conversation with Mitsunaga-kun, who will be traveling from one place to another. The two of them were worried about him, and the trusty Lilia-san followed up on that as well.
As I was thinking about that, Lilia-san took out a letter from a large envelope that seemed to be of very good quality and looked it over—- she still had the smile on her face, but I could see a vein pop out of her forehead.
[……Luna, are these all the letters from the royal palace?]
[……Y- Yes.]
[……I think my eyes may have gone bad. Would you mind reading it for a bit?]
I wonder what’s going on, Lilia-san is smiling, but her eyes aren’t smiling at all. Or rather, she looks terribly scary.
[Well then, please excuse me—- I’ll spare everyone the early parts of the letter as it’s just a regular opening sentence. Err… “In addition, invitations for he who plays the role of the hero, Mitsunaga Seigi-sama’s fellow countrymen, Kusunoki Aoi-sama and Yuzuki Hina-sama are enclosed together with this invitation.”…… Eh?]
[……Hmm?]
Arehh? That’s weird…… Because if I heard correctly, I don’t think I heard my name included in the sentence that Lunamaria-san just read out loud……
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[……Luna. I’m sure I’ve contacted the royal palace to prepare an invitation for “three people”, haven’t I?]
[Y- Yes, there’s no mistaking it.]
[……What do you think of this?]
[……His Majesty, the King’s bad habit appeared again……]
[……Is it possible to rearrange it now?]
[……I- I think it would be difficult……]
Hearing Lilia-san’s words in an indifferent voice that sounds as if she’s suppressing her emotions, Lunamaria-san replied as cold sweat dripped down behind her back.
If I’m not mistaken, His Majesty, the King is Lilia-san’s older brother and is a person Lunamaria-san said to have a severe case of being a sis-con, I think? That King’s bad habit…… Ah, I see.
After some very heavy silence, Lilia-san stands up from her seat and after a few seconds, she comes back “with a sword in one hand” and bows deeply to me.
[I’m sorry, Kaito-san. It seems that due to an error on our part, we weren’t able to prepare an invitation for Kaito-san……]
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[Ah, no, that’s totally fine. I’m not really that acquainted with Mitsunaga-kun before, and I don’t have anything, in particular, to talk about.]
[I’m really sorry. I’ll have to keep you waiting at home here in the mansion, but instead of that—- I’ll be back with a stupid “king’s head” as a souvenir.]
[——Huh?]
[My Lady, My Lady…… Your eyes are glaring, you know?]
[……That stupid Older Brother really is…… trying to reach the end of my patience……]
[My Lady, please calm down! In case you forgot, that is still the king! He may be stupid when it comes to My Lady, but aside from that, he’s one of the competent ones!]
[Let go of me, Luna! As his relative, I’ll be the one who’ll make sure that that idiot’s misbehavior will be punished accordingly!!!]
[That’s fine, but please put away the sword for now!]
Ahh~ I guess that’s what happened. Lilia-san was supposed to have arranged for the three of us to go to the evening party, but the Siscon King, who doesn’t like men approaching Lilia-san in the first place, only prepared invitations for Kusunoki-san and Yuzuki-san, but not for me. In the first place, he probably doesn’t like the fact that I, being a man, am living in Lilia-san’s mansion. That’s probably the part that Lilia-san didn’t let her mess with.
And Lilia-san, who has been bothered by that siscon’s behavior for a long time now, finally lost it……. Yep. She’s super scary. I’ve never seen Lilia-san so angry before, or rather, what the heck have you done in the past, Your Majesty, the King……?
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After that, the composition of Lilia-san who was about to pull out her sword and Lunamaria-san who was desperately calming her down continued for a while, and it wasn’t until about half an hour later that Lilia-san calmed down.
I finished bathing and headed to my room. I feel like I’m tired for the day. As far as I’m concerned, I don’t have any problem with not being able to attend the evening party, rather than that, I’m even glad that I didn’t have to attend such an ostentatious occasion…… Lilia-san is trying to treat us equally, but it doesn’t seem like it’s something that would be easily approved. She apologized to me over and over again, and I had a really hard time calming her down.
Maybe it’s because she’s a very serious person to begin with? That part of Lilia-san doesn’t seem very noble-like, but it’s nice to know that she’s thinking about us seriously. I’m really lucky and grateful that the first person I met when I came to the other world was Lilia-san. If possible, I’d like to repay her in some way……
[Ah, welcome back~]
[……………..]
Opening the door to my room, I found Kuro sprawled out on the couch, eating a baby castella. She finally didn’t just show up out of nowhere, she was waiting for me here ahead of time. I’ll say this again because it’s important, but Kuro is a stranger in this house…… I’m not talking about it anymore.
Humans are creatures that adapt. I guess I’ve gotten used to Kuro’s unpredictability to some extent, and after letting out a big sigh, I took the teacup she offered me and brought a baby castella to my mouth.
[Unn? You look like you’re a little tired today, huh?]
[Yeah, well, it’s not really a big deal but……]
Just as perceptive as ever, Kuro pointed it out and I gave her a rundown of what happened today. Occasionally replying with “Unn”, Kuro listened quietly to the end of my story.
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[Heehhh… Then, you can’t go to the part because of that king, Kaito-kun?]