Chapter 34 - Volume 3 (1/2)

A few days later, I went to the castle with Helena.

As we don’t have any connections in this country, it became hard for us to meet the king directly.

So I decided to use someone close to the king.

The other party is the minister that Fran met.

Hearing it from Helena, he is one of the kings trusted retainers and one of the highest positions below the king.

It’s possible to have an audience if we were to ask from the minister.

“Then Helena, can I leave it to you?”

“Yes, I will try my best!”

She nodded lively and went to the back entrance of the castle.

Then, like as she expected, the minister in question was there.

“Oh, Helena. Working hard today again as usual I see.”

“This one is grateful for the praise, but this can’t be compared to his Excellency”

“Surely you jest, young lady”

He made a light greeting as always, today I have to get close to him somehow.

The minister’s mood seems to have improved too, while speaking with her.

After all, it seems that he cares about Helena according to Fran’s story.

I have to utilize this now.

“Ehehe. By the way, your Excellency, to tell the truth, I have some sort of request”

“Are you? Come on, don’t be shy and say it. I can grant you anything”

“Well, as for the story, there are some people who want to have an audience with his Majesty”

At the end of the main subject, the expression of the minister changes to something suspicious.

“Hmmm. Helena, who said these kind of things?”

“It’s a person named Alan vi Alling”

“Such a name, I have never heard of it …”

There is no excuse for the minister not to know, because our diplomatic relations have been broken for a long time.

But not to know the names of the Elven Royal family, do they even have historians?

“To tell you the truth, that person is an Elf.”

“An Elf! can’t believe it ……”

“Uhm, it’s true! And, onii-san is the prince of the kingdom of elves …”

“do you have a fever? I think you should take a break today. I’ll inform the head maid myself……”

Apparently, this seems to be the limit for her.

But it is fine just to hold him back.

I walked over the two people from behind.

“Excuse me, your Excellency. Are you fine?”

“Who on earth is this, another half elf again? How did you enter this castle…”

“I am the elf that Helena said there”

“What did you just say? Though there is that sense of incongruity coming from you”

Apparently, he is not that familiar with the elves either.

Then I have no choice but to pull this out.

I took out the branch of the King Tree from my pocket.

“That’s…… a branch from the King Tree! And moreover, it’s not from ours or the other countries either!”

“Of course it is. After all it’s the Elves’ King Tree.”

“For someone to possess the limited branches of the King Tree……”

The minister had been silent for a while, but when considered me with a nod.

“I understand. I’ll prepare you an audience with the king. But I want to make sure that the branch of the tree is real first.”

“Fine with me, however, I have bring my reliable companions too”

With that, I called over Cecil and the others from the outside.

“Oh my, what is this? Two more elves……and one of them is a spirit! What a great time to be alive”

The minister seems to have forgotten about Helena.

Well, I would have the same reaction too if such mythical creatures appear before my eyes.

“Not quite correct. The other woman is a half-elf. Why don’t Cecil and the others take the King Tree Branch and follow the Minister?”

“Allan-sama, are you sure you want to entrust it to us?”

“I can trust no one more than you”

“……Yes, we’ll do as you wish”

Cecil then knelt in front of me, receiving the branch in a way like standing on a ceremony.

It seems that the minister is beginning to believe in her gestures that I’m someone important.