168 CHAPTER XVI -- NEW Brave and Treasure Princess 1 (1/2)

SIDE: Kite.

”Your mission is to protect humanity and defeat the evil one's messengers. It's not too late. I've asked you.

Human prosperity?　An emissary of the Evil One?

...... Where are we?

I found myself lying in a strange room.

I sat up, puzzled by the hard stone floor.

”Where am I?

I rubbed my eyes ...... quickly as I tried to look around every corner of the room, searching for the memories until I passed out.

Maybe it was a dream gone wrong.　It was filled with a scene so bizarre that I thought .

I was surrounded by a group of ...... that looked like something you would find in a picture book or history textbook, and the floor where I was laying was covered with symbols and letters that I couldn't understand at all, and I couldn't tell if they were symbols or not.

The most surprising thing was ...... when I saw a girl on her knees in front of me, with her eyes closed and her hands folded in prayer.

A girl with a bright red dress and beautiful blonde hair .

No, is this more love at first sight than surprise?

The way they were praying was so beautiful, so beautiful.

''Oh~''

It's working.

So the future of the kingdom is bright.

You did it, my king.

As I was gazing at the beautiful girl in front of me, the quietness of the room suddenly became noisy.

Then a big, fat man and a thin, light-haired man with a black collar came walking toward me.

”Elaine, thank you. You can go now.

Okay. ......

The big, fat man spoke to me, and the beautiful girl opened her eyes, looked up ...... and locked eyes with me.

We stared at each other in silence, not saying a word, not changing our expressions.

The girl's eyes were unusually crisp, which added a little bit of coolness to my image of her as beautiful and pretty.

'What's wrong?'

No, no, no, I'll be off then.

When the thin-headed man, worried that the girl was not moving, spoke to her, she huffed and stepped backwards.

Then the two old men came in front of me to replace the girl.

Nice to meet you. May we ask your name?

What's your name?　It's Kite.

Mr. Kite? My name is Lambros Beckman and I'm the Prime Minister of this country. And this is His Majesty Clairhants, the King of the land.

Hi. How do you do?

What is it?　I don't know what that means. Poppy?　The king?　I don't know why, but I have no idea what he's talking about.

It's true that this guy is dressed in a pompous outfit, but without that, he looks like an old man out there.

Don't introduce yourself. Ramroth, get on with it and put a collar on that man.

The old man, who was introduced as the king, gave the old man a high and mighty order.

Yes, sir. I'll leave you to it.

What?

Suddenly I thought that old man Saishou had his hand on my neck, and he had a hard collar on me.

I gasped and went to touch the collar to take it off, but he caught my hand.

It's necessary for you to live in this world. Don't ever take it off. Always wear it on at all times, okay?

'What?　Oh, I see: ...... yes.

I was so bombarded with information that I couldn't make a right decision, and I was convinced that this was how it should be.

Hmmm. So you are going to do your best to make this country great again?

Working hard?　What is this guy talking about?

Just as he was thinking about this, the king started to walk towards the door with a satisfied look on his face.

'Wha?　Huh?　Do you have a better explanation than that?

Where am I? I need to know where I am and why I'm here. I need to ask you some questions.

'Is that a detailed explanation?　Yes. ...... Princess, could you tell me about this world, Kite?

The old man stopped at my words, and after thinking for a moment, he grinned and turned his attention to the girl from earlier and said something like that.

Princess?　Huh?　Are you a princess?　So beautiful on the street.

Yeah. Elaine, you're up.

Yes ......

The princess was expressionless as she replied to the king's words, but I could sense a hint of discontent in her voice.

''I'm counting on you .

After saying that, the king and his men left the room.

I would have liked to have had you two, the most important people in the room, to explain it to me.

Whispering these complaints in my mind, I turned to the princess.

''......''

......

Huh?　You gotta talk to me. I'm not the one who understands this situation at all, okay?

The princess opened her mouth to see if those feelings were understood.

Just ......

Okay, follow me.

That's all he said.

'Yes, yes ......'

Then the princess showed me to a luxurious room.

Even to a layman like me, the walls are decorated with expensive jewelry and other ornaments.

It's a very uncomfortable room. .......

With that in mind, I took a seat across the desk from the princess.

”Nice to meet you. I'm Elemenane Alvar. Please call me Elaine.

''Well, uh, ...... me, no, I'm Kaito Emi Emi Emi Emi, no, I'm Kaito Emi. Please call me Kite.

To the princess's polite words, I responded in an uncool way.

I mean, what would happen if I suddenly tried to use a term of endearment that I don't normally use?

You don't have to use honorifics if you don't want to, do you?

I don't know if I was being too respectful, but the princess made me an offer.

”Well, uh, ...... then. I don't usually use honorifics ....... Elaine, no honorifics, please.

Don't you usually use honorific language?　What do you mean ......?　Could it be that you, no, Master Kite was a famous nobleman in the original world?

Hmm?　Oh, since there's a king in this country, will there be nobility and stuff.

No. - No. No. - The people of the people. There weren't any nobles in the original world. So let's just talk to her without the polite speech. No, I'm the princess, so I have to use honorific speech.

Well, even in my former world, there were people who actually had to use respectful words for teachers and such.

I was always allowed to talk to them in a friendly manner.

'You don't have to worry about the fact that I'm a princess. You're a hero from today. The brave woman is technically the highest in the land.

Formality?　Well, never mind. It doesn't matter.

'My hero?　Is a brave man in that story?

The kind of thing you'd expect a kindergartner to read in a storybook or something?

'What?　Does your world have a story about a brave soul?

'Well, I guess there is: ....... Maybe a story about a princess being captured by a dragon and going to save her?

I used my hazy memory to make up a story about a random hero.