The next day, Casey-san and Telma-san headed to the military facility with their mother. They are going to visit their brothers, who are still being detained.
For some reason, I had also been asked to join the Margrave and his family for a discussion.
“We’re off.”
“““Have a good one!”””
So Sue and the others headed to the work site without me.
After seeing the four of them and Shiro off, I made my way into the reception room.
“Sorry to keep you waiting.”
“Not at all. Sorry to drag you into this when you’re already so busy, Shun.”
The reception room was packed with members of the Margrave’s family: the Margrave and Emilia-sama, the former Margrave, Kent-chan, and even Maria-san and Toria-san. The entire family was here.
The Margrave was the first to speak.
“First, let’s talk about what happens from here. The first group of the army will leave the Margrave’s territory in five days. Casey, Telma, and their mother will be traveling with them. Their elder brother will be going with the first group as well.
Five days after that, the second group will depart, taking the officers and that woman with them. I’d like you and your companions to leave the Margrave’s territory with the second group.”
“So we’ll be serving as escorts for the second group as well?”
“That is one of the reasons.”
With us along, we had enough strength to handle ourselves, and even if we were attacked, we should be able to drive them off.
But… if that wasn’t the only reason, then what else was there?
“There’s another reason. One of the most important people in this country wants to meet you, Shun. Under normal circumstances, I would simply have you travel to the Royal Capital independently of the army. But given the possibility of something happening along the way, I decided it would be safer this way.”
Uh…
When even the Margrave referred to someone as “one of the most important people in the country”, there were only so many possibilities.
“Of course, I’m talking about His Majesty. And all of the cabinet ministers want to meet you as well. You’ve resolved major incidents in several Margrave territories, after all. It’s only natural.”
I had more or less expected it, but apparently the people at the very heart of the Kingdom’s government want to meet me.
“You don’t need to be so nervous. All you have to do is safely escort Sue back to her family, and while you’re at it, meet my father.”
“No, no. That’s definitely not just a ‘while you’re at it’…”
Emilia-sama, meeting His Majesty—your father—is by far the most stomach-churning part of this whole thing.
Still, it didn’t look like I was going to be able to avoid it, so I supposed I had no choice but to accept my fate.
“Father holds you in very high regard too, Shun. He’s been receiving some remarkable reports from the various Margrave territories, and he’s been saying that he wants to meet you as soon as possible.”
Now that I thought about it, we really had been making quite a spectacle of ourselves everywhere we went. Personally, though, all I could remember was spending most of my time cooking.
“Well, that settles it. You’ll meet His Majesty, receive three or four medals, get made an honorary noble, and that’ll be the end of it.”
“Hmm… I am actually thinking you might be given a viscountcy.”
“Knowing His Majesty, he might even offer Shun one of the daughters of a collateral branch of the Royal Family.”
Please, everyone from the Margrave’s family, could you stop discussing such grandiose things right in front of me?
I don’t need any fancy rewards. Honestly, I’d be perfectly happy if they just gave me a simple pat on the back and said, “Good work.”
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeneijiworks.com
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