Chapter 138 (2/2)

In response to the council’s request, I have codom

I’ve been given a VIP treatht noander in the castle town

I brought Beni Also Shuna It’ll be troubleso too many, but this should be fine

shi+on is busy training the subordinates, and Gerudo has taken command of various constructions

As for Diablo, he’s been out clearing whatever re his protégé… whatever that means

Well, they’ll come immediately if I call them, and it’s not like there’s work for them to do here, so I let them do as they please

And that’s why the four of us travelled to the Ingrasia Kingdom

We’ve look around at various shops, and Shuna was especially interested in -shopping the latest clothes and decoration

Beniuard

Souei has been lurking about, giving me reports from the shadows

Speaking of shadows, it’s been lonely now that Ranga no longer dwells in my shadows–he’s with Gobuta

Gobuta has been called to train with Karion, and he suddenly broke into tears, saying he was going to be killed With a “it can’t be helped”-kind-of-feel, Ranga joined hia too was depressed…

Oh, but I’a likes Gobuta

And all’s shen they are doing well

While enjoying a ed opinions about the upco

Shuna’s holding on to the clothing I bought her happily, and is rather talkative It’s fun to see such a difference, compared to the sad-excuse-for-a-secretary shi+on

Doesn’t seeh, but I don’t think it matters much

Honestly, I actually don’t give a damn about the council I caive them a well deserved break

So unlike Souei who’s always on soive Benimaru and Shuna a chance to enjoy the world

And that’s e’re giddily discussing toenda

「So, Souei What’s the agenda of to?」

Souei then let us know

Contrary to our expectations, see somewhere, the appearance of a athered

Doesn’t Souei like to work hard!

Beco information non-stop latelySo the reason for our invitation should already be known by Souei

And by now everyone knows that I rely on Souei for info gathering

「Well, we’ve already got the gist of it We relied on records of country strengths and our own hypotheses…」

「Ah, spare us the details So, e invited?

We’ve been treated as a national guest, but they probably want so

I wonder is it because of the train? Do they want it in each country?

Since ould need to lay rails… it would be impossible even if they asked 」

「Perhaps, they want our help because a war is about to start?

The only ones we’re obligated to help is the Burdom?」

「Ah, the empire There’s that too It’s about time huh」

Benimaru and I talked about important matters casually

Shuna isn’t here at thestate secrets in a café

But thanks to a barrier we’ve erected earlier, no one can hear us anyways

「What Benimaru said is correct

However, it does seem that the train has also becaine such a thing, that is Some merchants contacted Myorht

The main matter will be on Eastern Empire’s invasion, and possibility of Tempest’s support」

「How unfortunate that they want our power and not the train… Well, I a the empire, but is there a reason for us not to accept?」

「Ay Actually, fro deal

In a straight up clash, in tere

It would be a different story if we forcefully h」

「That’s true

I mean, they have prepared for war for many hundreds of years

Worst case scenario, wecountries here to cooperate」

And so the conversation between Benimaru and I continued

In reality, it would be great if we could avoid open conflict, considering that Yuuki’s there as well

That’s because I hoped to conceal our fighting potentials like Sion and Diablo, who are currently enthusiastically strengthening themselves

Seeo into a training phase Even Gobuta is out and about trying to get stronger

Moreover, even if the countries never requested our support, I can’t really iine a case where we did not join in the conflict

「I see, there’s probably no probleht?

In this situation, the power balance is split between the association and the council

The council reflects the noble’s opinions, while the association defends the interest of the commoners……

The Council pushed to comth of Tempest instead」

「Huh? They want to use us?」

「Yes, using us However, since we’ve been recognized as a country, our forces will be left to our own discretion

In other words……」

「Hohou I see, isn’t it fine… wait how is that different fro used!?」

「This sure leaves a bad taste……

Well, the other party doesn’t seee of us but it’s still hard to stomach 」

We both nodded and concluded the conversation

With our cake after a meal, the clerk had come

Cake

Such an alluring food

While a sweet taste can still be prepared to soar is still a valuable commodity

And so, cakes are super high class luxury goods even in Tempest

Ah, this nostalgic taste

Even though I ate this every day for too reat

The real reason I brought Shuna here today is for the cake

This way Shuna will remember the taste of the cake and reproduce it Myher here

「Shuna, this is seriously delicious

During your stay here, feel free to eat as much as you want So, remember the taste to the best of your ability」

Shuna, as puzzled by my words, tried the cake

First the short cake It’s orthodox, but this cake affects all other cakes If this one’s bad, no doubt the rest will not turn out well

Shuna took a bite out of the cake

And turning serious, she looked ht and nodded She then intently concentrated on the cake

Soon, words were no longer needed We understood each other on a deeper level And if she could even replicate ice cream, cake would definitely be a piece of cake

And so we, coed in delicious cake

The next day, we arrived at the venue of the

The contents are as expected Hinata visited last evening, and gave me an overview

As per Souei’s intelligence, the council’s objective was to utilize our forces in the name of cooperation

However, the feeling is mutual

And so began the clash of wits between the raccoon and the fox