Vol 2 Chapter 15 (2/2)

After listening to Lelei’s advice, Hazaestured to Piña to take a seat

“Please have a seat, francea and Miss Bozes”

After that, Hazaan speaking, while Lelei served as their translator

“I believe we signed a treaty earlier, but what happened to bring Your Highness here in person?”

“The truth is, due to carelessness on our part, a ret the events which followed, and we hope you will forgive us our trespasses”

“I’ve already seen the report Did some accident take place then?”

“Yes I am ashamed that it happened”

“Is that so? Although, ish for your Highness to continue being an intermediary between us and the Erief require it, we can also reconsider the terms of the treaty”

The japanese attitude to diplomacy was to respond flexibly towas quite problematic for diplomats, in particular Piña, who represented Italica and House For the treaty was equivalent to the Jayesdeef attacking them Therefore, she misinterpreted General Hazama’s words as “If you don’t obey the treaty, ill destroy you” The addition of “We wish for your Highness to continue being an intermediary between us and the Empire” made her feel even more uncomfortable

“No, no, actually—”

Theto one side all this time, suddenly cut in

“I’ve been briefed by Itami May I ask why this lady would have cause to strike him?”

Halfway through Lelei’s translation, Piña and Bozes were already sweating bullets

In the end, they still could not silence Itami The two of the every lewd temptation they could muster, but ultiain, it would have been a miracle if Itami had actually allowed himself to fall victiht and then s “Co

“I confess, I wanted to laugh when I saw that palmprint and those scratches Itami even wanted to claim them as “injuries sustained in the line of duty”, but no matter how you see it, they look like the wounds fro distasteful to either of you?”

The way he s to provoke this violence?”negative impressions

He refused to drop thequestions like, “Why did you strike hi any lull in the conversation It was clingy and annoying, to say the least

He did nothing wrong, yet he was assaulted for no reason The words of this snake-likethem every time he spoke

“”

Piña could barely squeeze out a response, and in the end, Lelei said so which, the sly s smile, and he introduced himself

“I do apologize for not introducing ida, and I am pleased to meet you”

To Piña, it sounded like “I’ida, remember it”

“Well then~ looks like all that’s left is dinner and going to bed”

They had already returned their unused rounds to the aned back into the armory after the necessary maintenance (Kuribayashi+’s rifle was a write-off It had taken irreparable dae when it had been used to block a sword strike, and the arned off on it), and their vehicles were returned to the vehicle pool after cleaning the one by the time they finished these chores, and there was no time left to eat

And then, he still had to write and sub before the National Diet, and after that he still had to wait for further instructions… just the thought was enough to tire Itami out

In any case, he’d worry about that later Itami opened his desk and placed various docu it back into the depths of his table, but then he spotted a blinking light on the phone he left in there It would seem he had received an e-mail

Noho could that be froes and saw that they were from Risa and His Excellency Taro

The two of them were Itami’s otaku comrades In Taro’s case, he proudly used his real naly called hily accepted

Risa see that resembled a report, and then plainly added at the end “Please lend me money ♡” After that there was a second, and then a third e-edy that read like “Send reinforceas!” However, there was only a day or two between the e-otten as bad as she said

This woman basically treated Itami — with his stable income as a public servant — as a credit card with no lioods, which would then affect her ability to pay her living expenses He felt that he could not leave her be, but at the sa her

Taro’s e-mail, on the other hand, simply asked about how he had been lately, and if he was free for a meet up

Although he had al his tiion, it was al to an end, and Ita for leave to do things It had been about half a year since the summer doujin event was cancelled, so the winter event would be more crowded than ever before

If His Excellency Taro is asking to meet me, it’s plainly obvious he doesn’t want to squeeze in at the doujin market with others, but instead he wants me to buy his titles for him

Although he had been summoned back to the hoet the catalog for the market

Just as he was thinking this, the lights-out signal went out, and the lights to his block were cut

Ah, it’s so late that even the cafeteria and canteen are closed by now

Since there was nothing to be done, Itami took out several cans of food from his desk (combat ration type 1 — chicken rice, preserved daikon, assorted vegetables) and opened them

At thisfrom the door

When Itami looked outside, he saw nobody there For ahi in the darkened hallway

“It’s pretty late, what’s the matter with you?”

Lelei was able to translate various documents into japanese, so she had been temporarily employed as a “specialist” (she was paid for that, of course, albeit in yen) As a result, she could co mistaken for an inso around her neck and ca her basket

“Itami, I’m tired Send me back to the camp”

With that, she tossed her staff aside and sat down Lelei was not the type to easily show her e hardshi+p For her to actually shoeakness by saying “I’m tired” meant that shefor Haza

“Eaten yet?”

It was hard to speak, so she groaned and shook her head The way she looked at Itami was like a puppy that had been abandoned by the roadside

“Ah~ but I can’t drive nohy don’t you just sleep here? There’s a lot of room here anyway”

The ca distance away from here

Besides, if he wanted to leave the base at night, he would have to do so in full gear In addition, he could not move around alone Therefore, he would have to wake up someone from 3rd Recon to accompany him Then he would have to request and fill out more forms and book a vehicle and it would be a pain in the ass That being the case, it would be better to find Lelei a bed so she could sleep here

Lelei seeiven the way she nodded andoff to sleep

Then, time to set the bed

Every serviceman in the JSDF had a bed that consisted of one mattress, one pillow, five towels (one was for decoration), one pillow case, two bedsheets and one blanket (the abovementioned did not apply when new bed provisions were available)

Since the ements one could produce with them were also limited

First, he laid down three dust covers Since a dust cover was roughly half the size of a bed, he had to layer the three towels over each other

On top of that, he spread two bedsheets He laid one piece on one side of the pillow and the other at the foot of the bed, then he carefully folded each one under the mattress in a hospital fold, so that the sleeper could tuck themselves into one or both sides and feel like they rapped up

After that, he laid the last two dust covers on the pillow side and the foot of the bed, folding them into another set of hospital corners, with all the care of wrapping a present Then he laid the pillon as well as the bedsheet, tucking it in under the mattress With that, the bed was made

He laid another blanket over this warm little nest

Afterthe bed, Itami lifted Lelei in his arms and laid her down

Her hair was pure white, and her clear skin was as flawless as porcelain

People ht have mistaken her for a life-size doll Since Ita, he covered her up with the blanket, but at this moment he felt that he could eirls

As he thought that, Ita, “No, no! Anyway, it’d be laughable for soirl like that” He tried to rationalize it aith his psychological defences, but during the year Itairl in his class who had been pregnant and gave birth to a baby Thinking about it now, it did not seem impossible

Lelei said she was 15, but she seeirl of 15 Lelei did not just look younger than her age, but she see older than they looked, there were two priht here

Suddenly, his vision blurred as he was looking at Lelei

If this went on, he would fall asleep soon

No, no, if I fell asleep here, soet back to ht

Not long ago, Kurata was teasing hi, “Say, Lieutenant, do you like DFC?”

Granted, Itaood around carnivorous, mature women, but it was ridiculous to have that interpreted into a taste for flat chests If pressed, Itami would say that breast size was irrelevant, only the shape of the body

In other words, he did not dare lay a finger on Lelei Furtherirl would invite unwelcoht now

However, it was around this ti heavy

After spending all night in co ht without rest, the accuue was too much for Itami to resist

And so, Itami passed out

In the end, against all of his wishes, Ita asleep on Lelei’s tummy

The next day, 11 AM, in front of the concrete dome

Today’s sunshi+ne was exceptionally bright Ita still, a blank expression on his face

He earing a Type 91 winter jacket, whichthe cliate, it felt too hot Because of that, he was only wearing the jacket and had his sleeves rolled up

Passing officers , but after noticing his winter clothing, their expressions turned to wry grins which made him uncomfortable

The suoing back to japan, which was in the middle of winter, would have to dress appropriately The discrepancy in seasons was funny in its oay

“So slow…”

For the most part, everyone everywhere should have a sense of time, but he did not knoas for people in the Special Region After all, they did not have clocks, so theyon time as well

So I’ll wait then, Itaht as he wiped the sweat fro for finally arrived

“Kuribayashi+~ To!”

“Sorry, Lieutenant, ere delayed because ere taking care of things”

In contrast to the uniformed Itami, Kuribayashi+ and Tomita were in civilian clothes

“It’s so hot out, why’re you wearing so much?”

That had been Tuka, speaking in a soft voice Lelei gave Ita and intense look, while that black-clad Gothic Lolita had followed them, of course

Rory’s huge halberd rapped in canvas, but she didn’t see little noises of protest

“It can’t be helped, if you carry that big thing through the “Gate”, you’ll violate the Firearulation Act and the Weapon Possession Act a other laws, and the police will arrest you immediately They’ve been really strict on this lately, and it’s no laughing oing over”

“And how could I leave behind this proof of Emroy’s will?”

“That’s why I said, you need to bear with this for a bit”

For Rory, she had no other choice if she wanted to go to the other side of the “Gate”

Ita the battle with the Fla summoned by the Diet Several other witnesses froees had been called too

Aees”, the presence of Lelei was essential, because she could translate for both sides Although her services were in high demand recently, almost to the point of abuse, all they could do was ask her to bear with it General Haza with the Diet, as coe for her to have fun and relax in japan before co back

Tuka would be co proof that the Special Region contained other sentient species besides Humans Her mere existence would answer reat persuasive power

As for Rory… well, she looked huarb on top of that, what if she wereto make up the numbers?

Although deends (not including the countless stories of luckless others being killed off), it would be troubling if she wanted to demonstrate her “divine power” in the diet As a result, Itami was in a dilemma over how to handle her

But thewas because she said, “How could you leaveso fun?”

In addition, Kuribayashi+ and Touards

“All right~ that should be it Then, let’s move out”

Just as Itami said this, a car drove up in front of Itami and stopped there

Yanagida got out of the passenger seat and raised a hand in greeting

“Sorry, sorry, the procedures took a bit more time than anticipated”

What was this guy up too? Just as Itaida opened the rear door of the vehicle, and invited the two people within to alight

“Her Ihness Piña Co Lada and her Excellency the Marchioness Bozes Co Palesti These till be acco you secretly to japan Please take care of them”

Piña and Bozes got out of the car and lined up in front of Itami

“Oi, Yanagida, we never talked about this”

“Ah? Didn’t I tell you before? Then it shouldn’t be too late to explain to you now, right? I’ve aya Park (a hotel run by the Defense Ministry), and the hotel at Izu is settled too Go enjoy your three day vacation”

“You… don’t you rehness and friend saw to me?”

“Oh? The h it off, why don’t you?”

“I can’t”

“Well, it doesn’t hness will be an iovernment and theirs, so it was only natural that she requested to come to our country to learn more about it”

“If that’s the case, then why is she co with me?”

“Well, you just happen to be headed hoht? Besides, we don’t have anyone else who can translate while going sightseeing at the same time”

With that, Yanagida drew close to Ita a white envelope into Itami’s pocket

“Courtesy of General Hazaood time”