Chapter 96 - Audience with the King (1/2)

Chapter 96: Audience with the King

Translator: “Pink Tea” Editor: ”Ryunakama”

I want to have an audience with the king.

To make that wish come true I first have to get the cooperation from someone with more than a moderate level of influence in this town.

If I came and asked for an audience out of nowhere, no one would believe me in the first place, but even if I tried to persuade them, it would take too much time.

So, after spending one night in the capital, we visited Reginshion Trade company in the morning.

「W-what a pleasant surprise, Taiki-sama! Welcome to the capital’s second branch of Reginshion Company!」

Luckily, I soon discovered Diego. He flew from the interior of the store while rubbing his hands together.

「How can we serve you today?」

Looking at Diego, beaming with a smile, I started from the main topic.

「I want to meet with his Majesty the King…… And as fast as possible. Can something be done about that with Reginshion company’s influence?」

「Please leave it to me! His Majesty the King, right? I will check if we have any left in the stock………?! Hi-His Majesty the King?!」

After a terrible shriek, Diego froze in shock.

「A-audience is it? We-well, as one might expect, even we don’t deal in audiences with the king, what can I say……」

Looking with pity at the panicking Diego, Ayla spoke up.

「Ta-Taiki-sama. I apologize for repeating what I have said yesterday, but unless one follows a proper procedure, an audience with a king can hardly happen……」

「I do know that. If we go through the proper procedures, our identities will become public knowledge and it will also take time……」

I get Ayla’s point, but it’s because I don’t want anyone to know that I came from the Heavenly Castle that I’m trying other routes.

If I wanted to make a flashy entrance, I could’ve just sent some dozens of robots and then made my way towards the palace in a grand procession, that surely would get me an audience quite fast.

But there is no telling what they would think if I were to do something like that. In the worst case, it might be taken as pressure with military force or provocation.

Therefore, I’d prefer a secret, yet authorized audience.

And while we were whispering with Ayla, the branch manager, Rabia, appeared from the store’s interior.

「Oh, Taiki-sama! Welcome and nice to see you. Can we be of service?」

Diego timidly leaned towards Rabia, that was showing his perfect business smile, and whispered something to him.

「?!」

Then, Rabia’s face stiffened.

「…An, an audience you say……」