Chapter 301 – THE MAN WHO TAMED A DRAGON (1/2)

CHAPTER 301 – THE MAN WHO TAMED A DRAGON

On this day, I went out to the town with just Hikari.

『I’m here too』

I didn’t make a reaction and just wandered around with Hikari.

In the town of Reiusu that became even more lively recently, Hikari would run around when she would find something interesting.

And every time, her partner Chibi Dragon who she’s carrying would cry “myu〜, myuu〜”, so both of them look like they’re having fun

「A-re〜?」

「What’s the matter, Hikari」

「That store……Helene-oneechan’s store?」

「Hm?」

What does she mean by Helene’s store? I tilted my head and looked at that direction.

I looked at the store. It’s one of the best high-class restaurants in Reiusu and I’ve visited it a few times before.

It’s a store that naturally has good food and with their customers required a certain level of manner.

A bronze plate was hanging in front of that store.

“Purveyor to His Majesty, Emperor Mercouri”

「Heh〜」

「I wonder if Helene-oneechan is inside」

「No, wait Hikari. This isn’t Helene’s. Helene’s a princess This is probably that king’s」

「I see〜, that Oji-chan huh」

『You’re wrong』

「Huh? What do you mean, Eleanor」

『Read the plate once again. If you still don’t get it, read it out loud next』

While tilting my head to Eleanor’s words, I read the plate once again as I was told.

“Purveyor to His Majesty, Emperor Mercouri”

「……His Majesty, Emperor?」

『His Majesty the King isn’t written. It’s His Majesty, Emperor』

「What does this mean?」

『Who knows. As far as I know, an emperor hasn’t appeared after “that guy”』

“That guy”……Rodotos huh.

The man I met when I went to the world in the past with the “Pair Ticket for a Wonderful Adventure” that I won from the lottery.

The man who was one Eleanor’s wielder, and the hero who unified the continent.

I see. That guy from about four hundred years ago was the last emperor huh.

「Thinking of it like that, this is weird」

『Umu, Mercouri is a “Kingdom”』

I stared at the plate.

I would’ve ignored it if it was just Helene’s, no, that King’s purveyor, but the words “Emperor Mercouri” sparked my interest.

To confirm what it was all about, I was about to enter the storeーーit was that time.

「Ah!」

The woman who came out of that store let out a voice as she saw me.

She’s wearing a revealing armor and carrying a huge sword, looking like an orthodox female warrior.

「Agnes huh」

「You……what are you doing here」

Agnes who hates me stared daggers at me.

「As you can see, I’m out for a walk with Hikari」

「Hello, Agnes-oneechan」

Hikari greeted her innocently and respectfully with a bow.

「Y-Yeah. Hello to you too」

「What are “you” doing here? Did you come to eat?」

「No……I was just asking some questions」

「Questions?」

「About that」

Agnes turned her face and pointed at the plate we were curious about with her thumb.

「I got a request, I’m investigating about that」

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In the outskirts of Reiusu, I walked side by side with Agnes.

There was nothing but nature in the outskirts, but Hikari looks like she’s enjoying it as usual, going here and there.

「Recently, someone who’s calling himself Emperor Mercouri appeared」

「Heh〜? A revolt? Is it the Kanou Clan?」

I remembered Nana.

Nana was once treated as the barbarian princess, fighting against Mercouri in the past.

I reflexively thought that maybe that clan appeared again.

However, Agnes shook her head.

「It’s not, it’s someone who’s completely unrelated. That person suddenly appeared and scattered fliers in the town of Reiusu」

「……fliers?」

「It was written that there’s a flaw in Mercouri’s monarchy, that we should introduce imperialism. It was also written in that fliers that the Mercouri Empire would be established with Reiusu as its imperial capital」