Chapter 25 (1/2)

Dignity of the Royal Family

The other people haven’t seem to have arrived yet.

I was guided to my seat but, it was an adult sized chair so I had to get lifted up to sit down. Please don’t say anything.

The King and Prince have came as well when I sat down it seems.

As I greeted the two when they sat down, a waiter-san carried over the dishes.

Huh? The Prince should be the Second Prince if I’m not mistaken. Which means, there should be a First Prince. Which reminds me, there’s only two of the royal family here, what happened to the rest?

「Excuse me, where are the rest of the Royal Family?」

「Hm? Ahh, that reminds me, I haven’t talked about it. The First Prince is currently at the western country; Sandra. The Second Princess of Sandra is his fiancée you see. The purpose is to meet and learn about his fiancée’s country. Was he returning in half a month? He’s to be the next king. Maa, you can call it studying abroad. The Queen and the First Princess have gone to our northern controlled area to recuperate, I’ve heard they’ll be back in 2 or 3 days」

In other words, it means other than the King and the Second Prince, right now the others aren’t in the castle.

「I understand, thank you」

After the King finished his talk, it’s time to begin our meal I presume.

「We thank G.o.d and the Land for their blessings」「We thank you」「Itadakimasu」

The King, the Prince, and me, subsequently.

For meal greetings, the person of the highest position recites a word of prayer, while the others chant in unison at the end.

Mine is a j.a.panese styled greeting.

This morning’s menu is pan baked white fleshed fish, ryokuoushokuyasai salad, soup and brown bread.

Seasoned with only salt and herbs of course.

This is a typical menu in this world. Even for the Royal Family the menu doesn’t seem to change much. However the ingredients are considerably high cla.s.s…

In my previous life I used to work in the Royal Palace but, other than eating lunch and dinner together, it seems I haven’t had breakfast together with them before1.

This dining hall is for the Royal Family’s use, a person not from the Royal Family can eat here if they’re invited2.

For a person other than the Royal Family, you can eat in your own room or a separate dining hall.

Today for me, because it’s necessary to have a talk afterwards about a reward, it seems it’s been decided that we’ll have breakfast together

For that reason, including my previous life, it’s the first time seeing what the Royal Family has for breakfast.

Incidentally, because this situation right now is irrelevant to my general life, nothing has come out from my previous life’s knowledge even if I consciously look for it. It appears the general criteria is, it has to be related to my previous self’s everyday life, something like that.

After finis.h.i.+ng breakfast, some after meal tea was served as the Prime Minister and Len-san arrive.

It seems these two people will be included in our conversation.

When tea was served to the Prime Minister and Len-san, the King began to speak.

「Firstly regarding Gildas, that guy has been put in prison for now. An interrogation has been arranged for the case regarding Raglia Or Schnade&rsquo

s relation to Lyle-dono’s murder. Raglia Or Schnade had been restrained in his house last night, this morning, a report has come that he’s been put into prison. Maa, it seems Raglia Or Schnade had confessed when he was restrained. Just as Sakura has said, it seems Raglia Or Schnade had given the Prime Minister at that time, Sodom Caral Balshnia, the order. I’ve told people to investigate regarding the promotions at that time. Nevertheless, for Sodom Caral Balshnia, the Chivalric Order will go towards restraining him3. His territory is far away but, he should be restrained by noon. That’s what has happened til now.」

It seems to have almost been settled during a single night.

It looks like it’ll end earlier than I thought. Should I raise my evaluation of the King?

「And with that. Before SSodom Caral Balshnia has been caught, I want you to think about what you want as a reward. Since the money from embezzlement and smuggling was quite considerable you see. I’ll hear it even if it’s more or less unreasonable. In addition there’s also Sedrim’s part of the reward too. If you have anything you wish for, please say it.」

「Although I’ve said it last night, there’s nothing that I wish for so there is no need for a reward. If I do need to wish for anything then please introduce me to an inn. Because I plan to become an adventurer, a cheap inn where a single female can safely stay in, if possible a clean inn where you can take a bath anytime would be good. Ah, please don’t intervene with the inn fees. If I untactfully a.s.sociate myself with the Royal Family, it would be troublesome if others found out and could turn out badly.」

「Fumu, although I might be needlessly saying…4 However, you want to become an adventurer…? If necessary can help you search for employment, we could be a mediator you know? Rather, we wouldn’t mind giving enough money to live and play around for several years… I’ve said so yesterday but, you’ve done enough to receive that much as a reward. Rather than asking for nothing, you don’t need to hold back.5」

「The reason I’m becoming an adventurer isn’t just to earn money. Maa, it’s to earn money but. I’ve come here from another world by chance, I’m a person who has gone astray. I want to return to my original world. I intent to become an adventurer for the sake of finding a way. Speaking of working, it’s only a means to an end6. If I were to receive a large amount of money, I’d be troubled if some suspicious people would aim for it.」

If I accepted that much money while working as an adventurer, most likely, as blushed little girl who has gotten hold of a large sum of money would be a landmark for thieves to approach. Without saying, holding onto that much money, those type of people would boil from excitement7. A successful lottery winner would be killed, is what I’ve heard.

「Is that so… If that’s the case, how about we prepare the necessary magic tools for your journey? Even if you don’t want any money, it’s still necessary for that right? To journey as an adventurer, don’t you think you’ll need money too?」10

Mu… That’s right, the money in my possession totals up to 90 silver coins and 20 copper coins. It depends on the quality of the magic tool but, besides, it’s necessary to have a change of clothing too. Certainly I’m lacking the funds even when I gather it all. Besides when it comes to magic tools, it’s difficult to guess it’s worth based on appearance. In other words even if I carry an excellent quality magic tool, it’ll be difficult for it to be exposed.

I drag out the information about the essentials I need for the journey and roughly calculate the price.