Chapter 321 (1/2)

An Audience With His Majesty the E the day of rest, it was time for our audience

​ In the chae white pillars,it all feel like a temple

​ A handsoolden throne stationed three steps higher than the rest of us Raverio Empire’s emperor, Lionel Raverio

​ And beside hi and beautiful white Goddess… our Haku-san

​ We earing luxurious, rented outfits and kneeling before the steps on the carpet

​ I was in the front with Wataru and Rokuko to ht respectively Behind us were Gozoh, Roppu, and shi+kina, with Meat and Ichika in the rear

​ Sally-san, the knight leader, was there as Haku-san and the Euard, as well as several other civil servants It looked like there was even souess they were there to formally transcribe the event

​ “Raise your head”

​ “Your Majesty”

​ As I practiced on the previous day, I looked up toward the emperor

​ “Kehon Is this true?”

​ “Yes, it is… Please accept on talon frag her nails) and so the rest to the blacksmith) to a civil servant The man placed them on a silvery trayprobably mithril and delivered them to Emperor Lionel

​ The ement

​ After he exa to hi hi himself back to the matter at hand

​ “It’s true then, these are indeed the scales and talon of a flauished service of repelling the threat of a flaon from Our empire, ard you the title of Baron For those who accoain the Ventulier title And for Count Nishi+mi, there will be a monetary reward”

​ “”” Thank you, Your Majesty “””

​ Baron It hat I was inforet, but well… eh, blah Normally, B-Rank adventurers would become Ventuliers, but that wasn’t sufficient to reward the achieveh…

​ Starting frohts, Baronets, and Barons, so it was three ranks above everyone else It was four ranks above commoners… and was a title that would be succeeded by my children Hurrah

​ And as I had just been elevated to a rank at least as high or above a Landed Knight, I was given the ceremonial sword tap to the shoulders and had to swear fealty to the empire

​ … Some hero just had to have told thea and anime written ALL over it I took the cere that

​ By the way, I’d be keeping this sword It was so a Baron… let’s decorate the office when I get back hoic swordssurveillance caht? This is just a standard, run-of-the- according to schedule and all that was left was it co to an end Pfft

​ Ito chat with the e, the only reason I was summoned here was for this But seriously da faq couldn’t they have just ended this with a letter saying it all… I mean, they obviously couldn’t, but still

​ “You may ask these ht, could I have so now”

​ Haku-san smiled as she interrupted the emperor

​ Called it

​ Haku-san interrupted! I knew this would happen from the instant I saw her here

​ Haku-san waved her hand, sending the civil servants scurrying out of the room Were they on her payroll?

​ The only ones left were Haku-san, the emperor, Sally-san, and us… I wanted to head off as well, but I figured that probably would’ve been bad

​ “Rokuko-chan”

​ Hearing Haku-san call for her, Rokuko blinked, looking like she was at a loss

​ This was definitely not in the script we’d rehearsed yesterday

​ “Noould you come here?”

​ “O-Okay”

​ Called forward oh-so fahtlessly went up the steps

​ Oi Isn’t this entirely against what that person yesterday told us about those steps being there to show the difference in our ranks? The heck’re you goin’ up ’eeon is huuuuuge!

​ Though even the e his brow as if to show his displeasure This was probably a spur of thefro from Haku-san

​ “Ufufufu♪”