Chapter 377 - : Horn Kingdom, and the Heated Conference (1/2)
In a Different World with a Sdodoriculture, situated in the Surface World, on the eastern edge of the continent Being blessed with fertile lands and ion with unique culture, and only interacts with very few outside countries
One of the reasons for that was the invasion by Heavenly E in the past
Until around a hundred years ago, Horn Kingdom had some territory to its north as well That piece of land was taken by Yulong through force
Horn Kingdom obviously took offense, and severed any diplo an alliance with Ferzen to keep the former in check Afterwards, it continued its half- isolation diplomacy for nearly a hundred years
It sounds nice when they say that Horn has a unique culture and national identity; however, the fact that nothing new is co left behind by the world It’s not even trying to take in soic-inclined cultural development
And one of the people who felt a sense of crisis at the current situation is the previous king, Tonam Da Horn’s son and the crown prince, Kadoht, he petitioned the king—his father—to start proactively gather foreign talents and incorporate their skills into the current structure
However, the king did not approve of his thoughts; and with that, a rift for and the crown prince They did not acknowledge each other’s views at all, and apparently they break out into arguments whenever they ive ground in their arguments, and their relationshi+p only worsened with the passing of tiedy struck the royal family
The accidental death of the crown prince He fell down a cliff together with his carriage on a rainy day, and departed this world at 21 years of age
A huge funeral procession was held, and all the citizens mourned the early death of the crown prince And as if to pouralso passed away suddenly, only a week after the crown prince did
As for the cause, so up on top of hisof his body condition, which had been in a bad state for several years before this
A state funeral was immediately held, and the entire nation edies
However, the dom did not end with this
Nor dies However, that crown prince had died just a week ago In this case, following regular procedure, the one-year-old son of the crown prince, Cuo Da Horn would inherit the throne instead
Of course, there’s no way a baby one year old canAs such, people expected the pri King Cuo, Schwein Adante to act as regent for the er brother, Ganossa Da Horn voiced his objection
He claiht of inheritance froer brother—in other words, hiic, he accused Schwein of plotting to take away the authority of the throne by force
On the other hand, the pri had wanted to ’s younger brother’s clai that he himself had been asked to , a power struggle began to breeen the grandson faction and the younger brother faction And ultiht the country to the brink of civil war… Is it so like that?”
“It is”
The Ferzen king gave a se carriage belonging to Ferzen was running on the road leading to Horn Kingdoe, which is wide and comfortably furnished, Her Holiness the Ra in front of ed along with the reason of guarding me
“Ferzen would mediate between the two ca that, I’d like to borrow Your Holiness the Pope’s power to see through any lies theyon the results, Ferzen would align themselves with one of the factions, is it?”
“Uh deterrent against a civil war”
Well, I can agree to that Still, I know Her Holiness the Pope is here to see through lies, but what am I supposed to do here?
“I’d like to request Touya-dono to be on guard against ical interference While I don’t think it’s likely, there er brother or the pris that we cannot notice ourselves, after all”
I see It’s true that if the for may actually happen They’re the type ould blow the what could occur
As I took a deep breath to refocus e stopped; we’d arrived at the royal castle, it seems
The royal castle is sulus Its appearance, too, is rather simple, with almost no splendour to speak of
To co and without the red color It’s just an iates, and entered the castle Unfortunately, the gates don’t look like Shureie cae which had been in front of us, soldiers belonging to Ferzen’s hts belonging to Rae behind us, and lined up in front of our carriage
The captain of the soldiers opened the door of our carriage for us We alighted in the order of His Majesty the Ferzen King, Her Holiness the Raroup of three
“Welco, Your Holiness the Ran”
A e around thirty, swept-back black hair, and a pair of glasses on his face His appearance gives off the i a civil servant, but his eyes are sharp He’s wearing asy over his shoulder
“You are?”
“One of the Four Marquises of Horn Kingdom, the Eastern Sea Marquis, Toren Hanoi A pleasure to make your acquaintance”
“The Four Marquises?”
When I spoke out due to hearing a new phrase, the person in question answered me himself
“It refers to the four overn over a territory facing the ocean to the east, hence the Eastern Sea Marquis”
Within the nudoovernors are called the Eastern Sea Marquis, the Western Forest Marquis, The Northern Mountain Marquis and the Southern Spring Marquis,up the Four Marquises
Within them, the Nothern Mountain Marquis and the Western Forest Marquis support the king’s younger brother, Ganossa Da Horn, while the Eastern Sea Marquis and the Southern Spring Marquis support the prime minister, Schwein Adante; they’re perfectly split in half
So, Eastern Sea Marquis Toren in front of me is part of the priuess the Eastern Sea Marquis is fine The Eastern Sea Marquis guided us into the castle
“I did not expect Your Majesty the Brunhild Sovereign and Your Holiness the Ramissh Pope to visit as well, however”
“I had wanted to see Horn’s lands that are famed for their wonderful a for listening to our unreasonable request”
“I see Our country doesn’t interact with other countries at all besides Ferzen, after all… I’ood… On this occasion, it’d be fortunate for us if you would act as witnesses for our conference”
The Eastern Sea Marquis answered with a bitter smile Fuht be holding son countries, lending credibility to their views
Eventually, ere guided by the Eastern Sea Marquis to a room that looked like a conference hall
It’s a luxurious-looking roo out here and there on the walls and the pillars A huge dragon is engraved on the entire ceiling, leaving quite an impression It’s a drastic departure from the simplistic look of the castle itself For noe sat down at the north side of the rectangular frame-shaped table placed in the roohts stood behind us as guards
The Eastern Sea Marquis left the room to call in the representatives of the two factions After that, I looked around the rooic pohich I had been feeling since a while ago
“Fuun…”
“Touya-dono? Is soozaru ka?”
Yae noticed on engraved on the ceiling And the crystals it’s gripping in its hands Those are ical tools”
“Eh?”
“Well, they aren’t things that would har like [Silence] which prevents sound fro out of this rooics, and an activation sequence for a simple protective wall… I think”
Basically, sound from within the rooic would be dispelled, and if someone tries to harm another person within the room, a protective shi+eld would appear Well, I don’t know about the strength of it, though Still, it should count as a decent safety measure
After so opened together, as if timed beforehand, and the representatives of the two factions entered the roo in ter, we remain seated as they entered Yae and Sakura stood up and nodded in greeting, though
And like that, we exchanged greetings
To our left is the prime minister, Schwein Adante, followed by the Eastern Sea Marquis earlier, Toren Hanoi, and the Southern Spring Marquis, Navait Chelht before his seventies, and despite being an old ht in his eyes cannot be underestimated He has some white beard on his face, and the deep wrinkles on his face as well as the hooked nose accentuated his i- willed person He looks like the type ouldn’t really get jokes
On the other hand, Southern Spring Marquis Navait is in his thirties, and looked like a ed man with a rather plump body shape While he looks like he’ssweat off his face with a handkerchief; I wonder if he’s nervous He seeht, we have the king’s younger brother, Ganossa Da Horn leading the other two marquises, the Northern Mountain Marquis, Hawkes Manius and the Western Forest Marquis, Seiria Suile
If I reer brother Ganossa is forty this year He looks very well-built The black e Together with the sharp glint in his eyes, he definitely looks like a warrior
Northern Mountain Marquis Hawkes, who’s sitting next to hirandpa with a mysterious atmosphere around him, and is somewhat hard to read He kind of reminds me of old man Naito A rather useless person