231 – Audience
Somehow, both of them picked out their clothes and headed back to the palace.
Is it just my mood that somehow makes me feel more awkward than before?
I don’t know. Let’s not think too deeply.
[hehehehe…. hehehehe.]
‘Don’t keep laughing badly from now on, right?’
What kind of laughter is that? I tried to grumble a little at the reaction of the goddess who kept scratching my nerves, but the more I tried, the worse the reaction came back.
[As expected, the royal road combination looks the best.]
‘It’s noisy. Please.’
I have no idea what it means, and I have no desire to know.
I realized that I was the only one who would lose if I dealt with him for nothing, so I continued to ignore it and silently moved to the palace.
When I glanced at her side by slightly rolling her pupils, Sharon’s expression was as calm and expressionless as always, but it seemed that her head was slightly lower than before.
“Hmm. From now on, it’s inside the palace, so keep your cool.”
No, I think you’re the most rude here. Aren’t you in a position to say something to others?
Still, it’s true that we don’t know the court etiquette of the Frankish kingdom, so we needed the help of Exupery, a nobleman.
However, the king wanted to meet us as soon as possible, so I roughly learned court etiquette through an accelerated one-minute training in the middle of the hallway.
And finally, the time has come to open the door to the audience room and face the King of the Franks.
As soon as I saw it, I tilted my head.
‘…Was she a queen?’
Bright red hair and contrasting blue eyes. She had a beautiful appearance, but for some reason, a subtle charisma that made people feel intimidated seemed to overflow around her body.
As soon as I took a glance, I thought that she was strangely similar to Princess Victoria. There’s no way the two could be related, and it would be more reasonable to interpret it as the force of a monarch.
Why didn’t she notice that she was a queen until now?
After thinking about it, I came to the conclusion that there was not much room for notice.
Even Exuperi and others just called her Majesty and never directly used the title of queen, and since the background of the kingdom of the Franks had little weight in the original work, it is not even known whether the queen appeared even once in the work. Because I wasn’t sure.
Standing in front of her queen, we formally knelt down on one knee as Exy Perry did.
Then the red-haired woman who was sitting on her throne opened her mouth slowly.
“Welcome. I really wanted to meet you guys.”
“It is an honor.”
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“The two of you uncovered and arrested the suspect in a case of murder and theft on a ship. Despite her young age, she has truly outstanding wisdom and ability.”
“Thanks to luck.”
“You also have the virtue of humility. The more I look at them, the more talented they are. It’s a pity that she’s Britannian.”
Something is strange. As soon as I saw it for the first time, is there any reason to blatantly paint it like this?
Of course, you should be kind enough to bring back your jewels, but that sounds like an overstatement. Wouldn’t this kind of attitude go against the dignity of a king for a mere commoner?
Exwi Perry, who was next to her, was looking at her with a puzzled expression to see if it was actually a normal flow.
That’s also true, because Exupery has been treating us as if it were natural.
No matter how much a benefactor helps oneself, a commoner is a commoner after all. In particular, in the Frankish kingdom, where the class system was stronger than Britain, it would be impossible for nobles and commoners to face each other on an equal footing.
But since her queen treats the children she treated poorly with such respect, it is only natural that she notices them. She couldn’t bear to tell the queen why she was like that, so all she could do was fidget like a dog in need of sh*t.
To be honest, this one was embarrassing as well. No matter how much I thought about it, that kind of attitude was not at the level of being able to come out simply because he found the jewel. There must be some other hidden reason.
“Are you thinking of becoming a naturalized Frankish kingdom?”
“···Sorry. We are currently attending the London Academy of Magic, so it is difficult to move around easily.”
“Hmm. I heard that our Paris academy is also a prestigious school that doesn’t lag behind London.”
Fortunately, the queen didn’t follow her advice any more, as if she didn’t intend to pony up more than that.
I almost changed my nationality after coming on a school trip. He also notices that he keeps refusing when the king explicitly forces him to do so. Of course, even if it was, she would have refused to the end.
“Sir Jean de Saint-Exupéry.”
“Yes. Her Majesty the Queen.”
“Show me the jewels those children protected.”
“Yes. ···Wait.”
Exupery suddenly stopped answering and rummaged through his pockets, flustered.
···No way. Isn’t it? Really isn’t it?
“Oh, here it is.”
“Sorry. If I lost it again, I wasn’t going to let it go.”
“hahahaha…”
I let out a sigh of relief. After all her hardships, if I had brought back the jewelry and lost it, I would have wanted to hit her in the back hard even if I were the real me. Although she should be able to find it easily because of her Goddess-sama’s sensing abilities anyway.
Anyway, the jewel that Exupery took out had a beauty worthy of a gift to the queen. Befitting the name Blood Moon, the soft red light took on a mysterious color like moonlight.
“It’s beautiful.”
“Of course. It’s because he was airlifted from the New Continent with great difficulty.”
I was quite surprised by the unexpected contents. Since he was brought on a cruise across the Straits of Dover, I assumed it was a jewel from Britannia, but I never imagined it would be a guy from America across the Atlantic Ocean.
Well, if it was a jewel that was originally in Britannia, it would have been my target long ago. Because all the jewels with that power have already been stolen.
America at the present time is a colony of Britain, just like the real earth at the time.
Anyway, since western pioneering is in full swing, it will still be a vast wasteland, except for some parts of the eastern region.
It’s a jewel that came from there. Certainly, at that level, it was a little understandable that the queen was so concerned. Rather, it was a wonder that she had entrusted such an important task to this stupid nobleman.
“Give it here.”
“Yes. Your majesty.”
She seemed quite satisfied that she had finally reached her hands after crossing tens of thousands of kilometers, but the queen smiled softly at her lips.
“Okay. She did a good job Lord Exupery.”
“No. For Your Majesty’s sake, I will do anything more difficult than this.”
“That is a very moving statement. Jim is very satisfied, so you can stop going.”
Oh. Does it end smoothly without any problems? I heard that there is a small celebration, but I think I can just enjoy it and go back. It seems that my worries were just for nothing.
“Thank you. Your majesty. Then we will go away.”
“Wait. You will remain.”
“…Yes?”
It was only after I reflexively asked back that I realized that this was quite rude, but I didn’t even have time to pay attention to it, and my head was filled with questions.
Can we stay? Exupery said to go, but only us?
Bewildered by the incomprehensible order, I looked to the side and it was clear that Exupery was also perplexed.
But he couldn’t even question the king. He got up, bowed his head, and quietly left the audience room.
In the end, as the queen said, only Sharon and I were left in the throne room.
What is it? After all, wasn’t he calling us simply by recovering the jewel?
I had no idea what words would come out of her mouth, so I was very nervous.
The Queen skipped over all her trivial introductions, and she got straight to the point.
“I need your help.”
“Would you like help?”
“Yes. After hearing the report, your deduction skills are quite good.”
Deduction skills? Certainly, the process of finding the culprit that Sharon showed on the cruise was so neat that even I, a thief, admired it, and there was no superfluity.
However, the king asked a foreigner he had never met just because he had excellent reasoning skills. At least it was clear that this was not the case in general.
That’s why I asked openly.
“Why us? Among His Majesty’s people, there must be many who have more talent than us.”
Of course, it was unknown whether there would be a better detective than Sharon. But whatever it is, a moderately superior intellectual in the country would be much more reliable than asking us.
At my question, the queen slightly frowned, revealing her uneasy expression.
However, rather than the fact that my question itself was rude, it seemed that she did not like the content of the answer.
She let out a small sigh and spoke softly.
“Now I can’t trust the people of the Franks.”
“…Yes?”
“There are people plotting a rebellion.”