A, a date!?
Yeah
I explained to Liecia that I had a day off and that Hakuya recomnded that I take this chance to go on a date with her, to which she looked taken aback.
Is that sothing you do because sobody else tells you to?
I thought so too, but. in Hakuyas mind a royal date is official business
Such an inhuman line of thought
Hed probably say, before Im a human being Im a pri minister
Ahaha, thats just like him
And hed probably expect us to be King and Queen before being human beings
.. sorry. I cant laugh to that
The two of us breathed a sigh. Yes, its honestly a pain. Hakuya had a good head on his shoulders and hes reliable with work, but his overdevotion to his job is the fly in the ointnt.
But Im glad for the holiday, we can go out sowhere right?
Well, we can
Yes, yes! Then you simply must go to our forest!
Aisha raised her hand in appeal, but I shook my head.
We still have lots of work to do. I cant take more than a day off
Uu. certainly the Dark Elf forest is three days there and back, but.
Ah, we cant do that then.
Give it up for now. Ive at least taught you about periodic thinning for now, didnt I?
Yes. But there are extremists among the Dark Elves. they say why in the world do we, the protectors of the forest, have to cut the forests trees'
Ah, they exist in any world, I guess. People who misunderstand things.
Not realizing that the thought that people must protect nature is itself a form of arrogance.
Which is why the King must go out there and yell at them
.. when I have the ti, okay
Please. For that reason please use this body, this life, in however way you want
Aisha said as she bowed.
In that case, theres one thing Id like you to do
Yes! You want to service you?
The hells with that!
Well, didnt I just say Im offering you my body?
the worst
Like hell Im asking that! Liecia, dont you look at like that!
Seems like Aisha is the type to run wild once she gets fired up.
Will I be okay with a guard like this? I wanted the best guard I can have.
what I want your help with is to be our escort around the castle town
Why!?
Y, you want to co along with you on your date?
Well, if anything happens itll be difficult with just and Liecia. Even though its formally a date its just us going on an inspection around town so itll be alright
. Its bothering though
Liecia was pouting for so reason. Did she want to have a date with just the two of us?
.. couldnt be. Im only her fianc as an official stance, after all.
TN:ET TU SOMA!!?:/
Well, thats how it is. Ill be counting on you both on the day
Yes! Understood!
.. Haaah, all right
In contrast to the energetic Aisha, Liecia looked glum.
Like I said,why?
This and that happened and ca the day of the date.
Liecia, Aisha, and I were walking around the Parnam Castle town. Hakuya said to show the citizens that you wanted to be friendly with them, but of course he was kidding and on the appointed day he asked us to go incognito. I surely cant go walking around saying I am thy King. If I did so then Aisha alone wont be enough to guard .
Which is why the three of us were each wearing the uniform of the Military Academy here in Parnam. I shouldve been going into college right about this ti so why do I have to sadly go back to wearing uniform!? Anyway, Aisha was simply wearing school uniform, but Liecia whose face is well-known had her hair tied in a braid and was wearing glasses in an honor student disguise. This way wed look to anyone like school friends who are going out to town.
Liecia, the glasses look good on you
R, really?. thanks
Milord! How about my uniform!
.. Ah, hm. Doesnt really suit you
But why!?
H~m, the school uniform looks almost exactly like a blazer, but that and the dark brown skin and silver hair of a Dark Elf doesnt really match. How should I put it, its like seeing a cosplay of a school ani character, I guess theres no pink-haired girl in real life and dyed hair just feels out of place, or thereabouts? This is the contrast between reality and fantasy, maybe.
I dont think it looks that bad, though
Milady~
Hm. Well, it mightve been my worlds value standard
Im in a world with diverse peoples now. Better get used to it soon.
Rollrollrollrollrollrollroll..
. Rather than Aisha, its that thing youre dragging around thats getting on my mind
The thing Im dragging around? . this carry bag?
How is that a bag? Its got wheels on it
Yeah. Its got roller wheels underneath it so I can carry even heavy things easily
I see. Seems like sothing useful, huh
Aisha looked at it wide-eyed. A carry bag is sothing that never existed in this country before.
By the way, this is order made by the castle towns artisans. The artisans who made this said they wanted to sell this as their product so I allowed them on the condition that they dont monopolize it. If it fills peoples needs well then it will no longer be an oddity in a few years.
But Your Highness, I can carry any luggage
Were in disguise as school friends, itll be weird for a schoolboy to have a girl carry his things
To add to that, this contains my self-defense equipnt.
No matter what happens I cant let go of this.
And stop calling Your Highness, were incognito here
Yessir! So how should I address you
You can call normally by na. If you like you can call by my given na [Kazuya]
Eh?
Huh? Why does even Liecia have a dubious look?
Eh. isnt Somas given na [Soma]?
Huh? Souma is obviously my family na. Kazuya is my given na
But you said your na is Soma Kazuya, right?
.. ah
TN: For clarification, whenever the raw says I translate it asSoma, whereas becosSouma
Whoops. This country puts the given na first like Arica or Europe. So I shouldve introduced myself as Kazuya Soma. Aaah, I see sothatswhy everyones been calling [King Soma]. Co to think of it now, calling a King by their surna isnt normal. Its a hereditary position so several Kings wouldve had the sa na.
Can we fix it now?
Impossible, isnt it? Everyone thinks of you as Soma, and foreign docunts have been written in the na of [Soma Elfrieden], since our engagent I think
DAAAAH WHATEVER! I never thought Id fail this hard
W, well, its fine, right? I know, why not make it a public-private thing? Well call you [Kazuya-dono] in private tis like this
HavingAishafollow up after made feel down even more.
To even havethatAisha follow up after
Just what am I inside Kazuya-donos head!
Lets see a failure of an Elf?
Thats way way over the line!
Sheesh, enough with your stand-up cody act, lets go
TN: manzai
As Liecia dealt with a teary-eyed Aisha, she prompted us to go.
H~m Even though she says go, we havent decided where were going to go to.
Do you two have anywhere you want to go?
Nope
Ill go anywhere Kazuya-dono goes
Mm. You two should at leastactlike youre thinking about it
Its hard on to be left with all the decisions. Now that reminds , this is the first ti Ive been outside the castle, huh.
Hm. In that case itll be better to go around looking at things. Im a bit curious how much the policies I decided bore fruit, or didnt.
Well, lets just go look around, I guess
Parnam Central Park.
It was a large park situated in the center of the Parnam castle town. Despite being called a park it was only a place where they plant trees and shrubs and flowers, but the size of the place was over three Tokyo Dos. There was a huge fountain in the middle of the park, one that whenever there was a Royal Broadcast, could make it visible from several hundred ters away. There were seats prepared around the fountain just like a circular arena, several tens of thousands of people seed to have gathered in this fountain plaza during the last royal broadcast. The scene wouldve been just like the idol Dorma Concert, I suppose.
Hm Itll probably be interesting to hold a live concert here soday. I will certainly plan on it once Gyna-sans [Show Business and Celebrity Making using The Royal Broadcast Project (Ill call it the Lorelei Project since its too long)] starts. One day this fountain plaza will be the Big Stage to Elfriedens songsters and songstresses just like the [Tokyo Do] or [Hibiya Theater].
well, leaving the unhatched chickens uncounted, we went to the central park.
Its quite a lovely spot with all the nature
The air is so clear even though were right in the middle of the city. Mmm~
Aisha looked all around while Liecia did a big stretch.
Huh? But I think it wasnt all this pretty before
Thats because we worked hard to fix it
I puffed my chest with pride to Liecias question.
What did you do to fix the park?
Not just the park. We fixed the entire Parnam underground, even more, we also fixed the regulations. Sanitation is much better compared to how it was a few months back, I believe
Frankly speaking, before I fixed it this countrys sanitation is at the level of a dieval European city. In other words, its filthy. Horse droppings littered the streets like thats where its supposed to be, and household sewage was drained from the houses into gutters by the roadside, giving off a foul stench in the sumr. Because the idea of hygiene itself doesnt exist, these problems are left alone and are allowed to continue. Even though when the horse droppings dried they beca airborne particles and caused all kinds of respiratory illnesses when people inhale them.
Which is why as a first step I maintain [Underground Sewers] as a asure against the sanitation problem.
Underground sewers when did you make those!?
Well, it wasnt that much work. Parnam already had underground tunnels going all over the place to begin with, so I just ran river water through those
ARENT THOSE THE ROYAL ESCAPE ROUTES!
As Liecia said, the underground tunnels going all across Parnam were routes used by royalty to escape if the capital ca under enemy attack and its fall beca inevitable. In order to prevent the enemy from easily chasing after them when the passages were discovered, it was made in the form of a maze, the scale of which covered the entire area of Parnam. It was convenient for making sewers out of
To even make those into sewers . whatll you do if theres an ergency!
If it ca to it that the royalty had to escape from the capital, doesnt it an the country is checkmated? I personally would surrender at the point when they approached the capital
That quick?
Liecia, a King would be safe so long as the people are his allies
This is one of Machiavellis teachings.
He says the best possible fortress is not to be hated by the people A ruler has the two enemies of rebels internally, and foreign invaders externally, but if he had the support of the people the rebels would not be able to recruit allies or instigate a revolt and can only give up. Conversely, if the people hated him, there shall never be a lack of foreigners willing to assist such a people, and he would sooner or later co to ruin.
TN: The Prince, Chapter XX
Even if the throne is lost, if he had the peoples support he can make his return. On the other hand, if only the King survived, even if he made a successful counteroffensive he would be prey to another conqueror without the people protecting him
its a harsh world, huh
Thats reality
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