29-Years-Old Bachelor Was… Brought to a Different World to Live Freely

Episode XII: We're going to see the King at the Royal Castle.

An hour after we left the burning golden floor pavilion, we were rocked by a carriage.

The escort is the unit led by Captain Waltz, the most squad of the Knights of Crossroads.

……

There is no conversation in the four-person carriage.

Marl is next to me.

On the front is a magic soldier with tears on his eyes - it's Lynette.

"Hih!?

When I glance at her, she blues her face and shivers with rattles.

When I returned from the ruins to Crossroads, I left the best care of Flam to the squad, so I'm sure I understand exactly why Flam happened.

It's funny, so I've been freaking her out from time to time since earlier.

"Mr. Tysi?

"... Sarsen"

Marl blames me for playing and lightly twists my thighs.

I can't help it, there's no other entertainment.

Do you want to check your status and skills soon?

[Skill Points] 25 points

[Name] Tysi-Mituba [Level] 18

[HP] 251 [MP] 882

[STR] 215 [VIT] 219 [AGI] 2011

[DEX] 155 [POW] 336

[Mastery] Swordsmanship 4 Fighting 3 Long Weapon 4 Shooting 1 Demonic Fighting 2

Fire Magic 3 Water Magic 3 Wind Magic 3 Earth Magic 3 Pure Magic 3 Recovery Magic 3

Connection Magic 3 Life Magic Body Enhancement 1 Magic Enhancement 2 Magic Recovery 2 Negotiation 2 Cooking 1

Appraisal Eye Magic Eye Poison Resistance 2

You have a lot of skill points.

Obtain signs detection and hazard detection skills that can be helpful if you hit them, which can make toxicity a level 3 max.

You don't know when and where assassins will attack you and poison you.

You were supposed to live free, why do I care about this... no, no, these skills are useful enough.

You don't have to worry about poison, you can protect yourself from traps and ambushes, you can do enemies around you, it's full of good things!

Un, souda, matigaynai.

So let's use Crisp 9 points to take Toxic Resistance to Level 3 and 12 points to take Sign Sensing and Hazard Sensing to Level 3.

Toxic resistance and hazard detection do not boil down to one real feeling right now, but sign detection immediately boiled down to the real feeling.

Something like a radar in a corner of my head.

I can now grasp how far and how many things of strength are around me.

If the name and face match, we can also identify which signs are roughly which.

For example, the Knights of Crossroads who are riding to escort this carriage. Signs of the Knights of the Most Squad and their horseback riding.

I can also feel the signs of the horse pulling this carriage and the person operating it.

This is convenient.

It can also be actively turned on and off.

Perhaps it is covert behavioral skills that can gain stealth against this sign perception skill and danger perception.

That leaves you with four points?

I'd like to try to calm down and develop my production skills.

You know, making your own weapon with your blacksmith skills.

Alchemy skills to make medicine.

Yeah, I came up with a good thing.

If I can get something to apologize for, I'll get a mansion or something that will serve as a base with a blacksmith or alchemist.

If you can't, you can buy the right, or guide the worst building permits and trusted vendors.

"Oh, um..."

"Ah?

"Hih! Shh, excuse me!

I was called out when I was portraying a happy and perfect future outlook, so I stuck with an intimidating response.

How about that, you're still having a rough heart.

I guess I can't help but sprinkle it on Lynette or flirt with it.

Grow up, grow up.

"No, I'm sorry. I was still a little concerned. What's the matter with you?

I tried to listen back to Lynette with a normal voice.

Lynette opens her mouth several times, closes it, repeats, and then finally starts spinning words.

"Oh, uh, actually, I'm keeping a letter from Captain Twaning."

"... Hmm?

Peel off the wax in the letter that Lynette has been offering and look through the contents.

What the letter says is how Captain Twaning dispatched the most squadron led by Captain Waltz to that site.

Having reported a troll crusade, that an order was given to give a product bearing a secret mark of pursuit as a compliment from the upper ranks of the army.

I was wondering, that my status check showed that I was a brave man, and I reported it.

At that time, the top management ordered me to wait a long time for my approach.

I still started looking into it as strange, that I found out that an irregular unit called the 'cleaner' was after me in the military.

And he tried to protect me as soon as possible, knowing that we were already on the run from the crossroads, and using the secret seal of pursuit to dispatch the most troops.

"... to a certain extent, Tsujitsu fits."

I give the letter to Marr and think.

I mean, the Kingdom of Calendar - or the Army of the Kingdom of Calendar - was marking me before I checked my status.

As for timing, when I received a report of a troll crusade.

I guess he was already moving in the direction of getting rid of me at this stage.

"This letter alone is scarce in judgment material."

"Right. Given the speed of judgment, there seems to be a high probability of military arbitrariness."

Yes, that's the neck.

Think about it in time, it moves too fast.

Let's just say that at the time of the Troll Crusade report, I was determined to be a brave man.

The report itself is carried out with almost no time lag, as there is a magic tool for communication.

We were attacked on the first day of the reported Troll Crusade.

Let's look back at what we did.

On the first day, I ate, drank and slept. Perhaps there should be a report of a troll crusade in there on this day.

The second day I had a date with Marr and spent the day. At this time, Captain Twaning should have prepared a hunter knife. The letter does not say when that order was given, but it cannot be made in time unless it is prepared at this stage at the latest.

On the third day he went to the Knights, where he was checked for status and determined to be a brave man. Me and Marl set up a journey schedule within that day.

He left Crossroads in the early morning of the fourth day and then took three days to reach the ruins.

That was the sixth day, when the assassin attacked him around sundown that day.

According to the story, from Alfen, Wang capital, to Crossroads, you can hurry by horse for a day, about three days on foot.

The assassins would have traveled on horses, at least until Crossroads, because they wouldn't make it on foot first.

Given that I couldn't find a horse where I left the woods, did I travel on foot from Crossroads to the ruins?

The enemies on the road should have been destroyed by us, so marching at the same speed as us or a little faster? Well, it would be an error here.

It's unlikely he came on another route with us, but it's got to be an error.

Assassin Squad should be crossroading in the day we left Crossroads or at the latest the day after that.

In other words, when I checked my status with the Knights, the Assassin Squad was already on the crossroads, which means you can assume that the assassination order was given to me.

Given the time to prepare the hunter knife, you'll be deciding to assassinate me within a day of the report.

I have a knife stamped with tracking secrets from day to day. If not, I'm pretty sure this is on the time schedule.

"I knew it was early."

"That's right. If it's not the military's discretion, it moves too fast. And we have to talk about it."

I can't help thinking deeply around here. And Marl's right, because if you don't keep your mouth shut, you don't know when you're gonna get scratched in the neck.

For now, there's nothing more to be wary of than 'unfortunate accidents' on the road.

Two days out of Crossroads.

The carriage carrying me and Marr had arrived in Alphen, the king's capital of the kingdom of Karendyl, without delay.

"Wow, that's awesome."

"The population of the Wang capital Alfen is seventy thousand. They say if we let in short-term adventurers, pedestrians, people who live in slums, we'll have over 100,000 people."

Lynette started explaining to me when I saw the town.

The Wang capital, Alfen, is surrounded by four walls, including those under construction.

Our carriage is now running on the outer edge of the Fourth Wall, a chaotic section with various shops and cluttered inns.

Although it seems to be well zoned as we approach the walls under construction.

They say the slave market is on the outside edge.

"These places are the same in every country."

That's Marl's valve.

Many people were engaged in the construction of the Fourth Wall.

They don't just do slaves and criminals in this kind of labor, they also do adventurers running out as day jobs.

It's going to be body building, and for an adventurer who aspires to be a warrior, is it one stone and two birds? I'm totally sorry.

Beyond the Fourth Wall, people come and go in an active way.

It seems that this is the so-called civilian section, with shops, inns and artisan workshops that are superior to the outer edges.

You look like you've made the city of Crossroads bigger and more active.

Is there a normal market here and various products are sold and bought?

Apparently the Adventurer Guild is also installed in this compartment.

Inside the third castle walls are superior shops and inns.

Do you think there are other public buildings such as bureaux, churches and magic schools?

They also have many other wealthy merchant houses, castle-duty soldiers, and cavalier houses up the civilian ladder in this section.

"My parents' house is also in this section. It's been about a year since you've been back."

Lynette looks at the town with her eyes narrowed on her long return home.

Everything. She seems to be a magic school graduate. It's this beauty and proposition, it must have been rusty.

But a magic school is intriguing. I don't know if I'll ever get a leg at this age.

The interior of the second castle wall is almost an aristocratic compartment.

All you see are people of good standing or guards. I hardly see any adventurers or anything else in this compartment.

And it is finally the royal castle that I see.

"Big, that's Royal Castle"

The castle I can imagine is about the name of a princess in a dream country.

The castle built in front of you is big. Somehow, he's alive.

I can't describe it well, but the king lives there and lives and breathes as the heart of the country.

I see some spires. I guess that spire isn't just a decoration either, it's made for some purpose, and it's actually used.

I'm kind of excited. Looks like the first time I saw the streets of Crossroads.

From here it looks like the castle is surrounded by moats all the way.

There is a bouncing bridge in front of the castle wall, and I guess this bouncing bridge will be raised when defending it.

I'm sure this castle has been through a lot of battles. Before becoming such a great power, this First Wall would have protected people from demons and wars against other countries.

Looking up at the royal castle and being held back by emotion, Captain Waltz called out to the royal castle guardian who apparently finished taking over.

"That's it for our escort. Take care, Lord Tysi."

"Oh, thank you. I'm sorry about the ruins."

Captain Waltz shook his head at my words and gave me a grin.

"Never mind. I think I would have been in the same position as Lord Tysi. Take care of Lord Marr."

That's what Captain Waltz said, taking the most squad faces away.

The last time you spoke to me in a shattered tone, it would be his concern.

"We'll show you from here. Go ahead."

"Oh, I'm going now"

Me and Marr dived through the gates of the First Wall and stepped into the royal castle of the Kingdom of Karendyl.

"No, that's amazing."

"It feels like a real royal palace."

We were walking in the royal castle with soldiers wearing armor that seemed high in the front and rear, stiffened to the left and right by butlers and maids.

When I asked him where he was headed, he said he'd be put through the reception room first.

And that's the royal palace. The Royal Palace.

There is a sense of luxury in every single piece of painting that is decorated there.

I wonder if the new maid will crack and punish me. No, in this world, you're all in debt and you're thrown into slavery? Let's not touch the conditioning, un.

"Please relax here. What can I do for you?"

The butler gives a pissy, pleasant thank you.

This was another room like a reception room filled with expensive conditioning.

I hear you're waiting here until you're ready to take a look.

"Hey, Marl, it's not good to watch armed."

"Um, right. I think you should stop. Mine is the sword of chastity, so I'm fine."

That's how Marl showed me the red ribbon tied to the pattern.

Anything wearing a dagger with a red cloth on the pattern is a 'sword of chastity', which seems not to be disrespectful even in front of the royalty.

Do you think it's a sign that says, 'Don't tell me you're going to welcome me to the side room because I already have a man who's sworn to chastity'?

When I heard that, Marl suddenly loved me and wanted to hug me. Patience. Patience, no man. Don't lose the machine.

"Deacon, can I keep my weapon?

"Yes, I accept"

Nice middle butler took care of my weapon.

Three things were deposited: the Mithrill Sword, the Hunter Knife, and the Battlestaff.

The activator ring remains fitted in the finger, and inside the storage is a long sword, a poisoned dagger taken from the assassins.

If you have to, this will be your response.

Then, for a while, we headed for the sight.

They waited a little, but I didn't have to be so bored because there was such a fine cup of tea and tea treats as I had never had in the original world.

Now, in the meantime, I'm kneeling towards the king.

"The rest is Calendir XI, king of the kingdom of Calendir. Brave man, raise your face."

"My name is Tysi-Mituba and I'd like to meet you first."

That's how I look up.

Karendil XI, king of this country.

He looks like an old man over forty. The elegant Kaisel beard, luxurious costume and the crown on his head come with a variety of jewels, large and small.

Um, to see. The King.

"Um, you have good eyes. Raise your squire's daughter's face too... ugh!?

"I am in a good mood for His Majesty the King. I am Mar, a servant of Lord Tysi."

I saw Marl's face. The king's face turns blue at once. He's a royal human being, so I guess he's a favorite about Poker Face, but this time he's a bad guy.

Oh, my God. The royal family of another country, that's the first princess, too.

If it becomes public that you unleashed an assassin against a royal family in another country, it's definitely not a fuss where the big problem lies.

The heavy towns that refrain beside the king are also face-to-face Blue Hawaii.

"Long time no see, Your Majesty. Has it been three years? Thank you for inviting me."

Marl grins like a smile and a flower. I will not forget to invite you and emphasize. That's good, Marl, do more.

When the king said something blurry nearby, most of the humans who had been watching had left the room, starting with the Kingsguards who had been consolidating their surroundings.

All that's left is us and the king, the queen-like woman, and a few other people we think are close.

Marr pulled my hand and stood up.

They pulled my hand, so I get up too.

"Ma, Princess Marriel, this time."

"Your Majesty, I have a suggestion for you"

Block the words of Calendill XI, and Marr speaks.

The king was trying to move his mouth for a while, but he gave up or sighed.

"Good, say…"

"Yes, thank you. So, Your Majesty, here's a suggestion from me, wouldn't you like to make it 'something that wasn't there'?

"Nothing happened, huh?

"Yes, Master Taisi visited this castle today only to be recognized as a brave man, 'there was no other reason'"

In other words, let's say there was no assassination squad raid itself.

The benefits of this for the Kingdom of Calendyl are obvious.

This attempted assassination of me means that the assassination attempt on the first princess of the Kingdom of Missclonia by the assassination unit of the Kingdom of Calendyl is also an attempt on "nothing".

It would be hopeless for the kingdom of Calendyl to be able to 'do nothing' about this incident, which could put a deadly crack in both countries.

That's what the princess herself is suggesting.

If things go public, it's not strange to go to war.

Besides, if you violate the Convention for the Protection of the Brave, there is no doubt in the international community that it is a total Skan.

"Fortunately, I have not suffered a single wound thanks to the brave man"

"Ugh, I was lucky... and what do you want?

"First of all, I want you to be thorough so that 'mistakes' don't happen in the future. And about me, it's a secret."

"Ugh, um, let's make it thorough. But I don't know where he went."

"If there were to be a return to the kingdom, I would have to speak without 'everything' covered up, Your Majesty."

"Wow, okay. Let's do what I say."

Mr. Marr, this is Magipane. King Tajitaji.

But are you okay? If I hunt him down too much, he'll come out hard and be buried from the dark to the dark.

Is it okay to add and subtract around it? Well, Marl's strong, and he looks fine.

So far, Marr's demands are to be thorough so as not to plan assassinations in the future, and not to report Marr's presence to Marr's national state.

The latter is not a great disadvantage because you just have to pierce the unknown.

The former needs to be suppressed if hard-line nobles and military forces are rampant. That would be a lot of effort, but suppressing saying that in the first place can also be described as royal work.

Is attitude high pressure, but also unreasonable demands?

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Now, let's talk about our support for Taishi."

"Good, say what you want..."

"Yes, thank you. So, Dear Tysi,"

That's what Marr said and backed off to my oblique back.

The king's tired gaze and the gaze that conceived the tensions of the heavy towns concentrate on me.

Relax, Marl set the stage for me. All I have to do is say my demands. Then you just have to compromise somewhat and buy the other person's pleasure.

"If you don't mind, we would like to have a base in Alfen, Wang capital"

"Base, huh?

The king's brow picks up.

"Yes. Alfen, the king's capital ruled by His Majesty, had merchants come and go vibrantly, and people were full of smiles. I am based and want to work in such a wonderful place. I'm an adventurer, because where people gather, information and work gather."

"Hmm... but is it good?

Where the king says, 'Is that good?' Isn't it dangerous to put yourself on the knees of hostile forces? I guess that means.

"Yes, I would like to trust Your Majesty in that regard. Even for me, if it's to pay for the firepowder that comes down, I'm not going to spare it, so please let me know."

That's what makes me smile.

The point is that we will spare no cooperation if we are to strengthen the kingdom by shredding the power of the nobles who do not listen.

It would be advantageous for the royalists, headed by the King, to have at least the equivalent of a single Knights unit of 'decent unaffiliated force' available.

Whatever. "It's what the brave do, so you have no choice. I don't know anything. '

"I just want to live a free and casual life as an adventurer. I'm attracted to gold and honor, but I'm not interested in power in any way, so it's bad."

Don't put 'woman' in what you are interested in. Because Marl's here, yeah.

"... aye ok. I'll leave you to Zondaak for more details."

"Ha!"

The proximity I had withheld beside the king bows my head.

Yeah, is this what the negotiations are about?

It will be troublesome for a while, but if you can finally sell your favor to the king, you should have some flavor.

If it really bothers you, you should run.

"My name is Zondark-von-Meister. Well, I hope he remembers the sire's side, Lord Brave."

"This is Tysi-Mituba, thank you"

"It's Marl. Don't worry about me."

At the end of our visit, we were back in the reception room with Zondaak, the king's sidekick.

When I serve tea, the maids exit, and the only people in this room are me and Marr, Zontark, and the first butler to show me into this room.

Marl is grinning gracefully for tea next to me.

Zondaak is young to say that he serves close to the king.

Probably still about mid twenty.

Brown hair close to black, no gaps in her eyes, and her physique is as good as mine. The face, by the way, is not particularly handsome. It's noble, but noble.

"Let's break our bellies and talk, we don't have to worry about words either. I'm tired of keeping my tone in the same format."

That's what Zondark said. He sipped a cup of tea.

He's a pretty good talker, I like it.

"First of all on this one, a runoff of hard-line aristocrats close to the military and the military. Via the Adventurer Alliance, we also had information about Lord Brave, but it moved before we decided to respond. I am truly sorry for you, Lord Brave and Princess Marriel."

That's what Zondark said. He bowed his head. It's amazing how you can bow your head properly even though you have a status.

"It's especially beautiful to thank Lord Brave. Though a military outburst, if Princess Marriel had been assassinated by the hands of our country, it would have been very unsavory."

"... oh, I was desperate, too."

Reminds me of the frightened face of Flam and the assassins who killed him. Guilty, but that was necessary. It was necessary to scatter 'virginity'.

"Let's move on to specifics. First of all, Lord Brave has succeeded in sharpening the power of the military by devastating the cleaners. In addition, the presence of Princess Marriel has made it possible to sharpen the forces of the other party politically, and the other party has easily been unable to reach them."

"I mean, you don't need my help?

"It's rare. I'm not saying there's never going to be, but I think you're gonna be okay with me leaving it to you."

That's what they say and I'm heartbroken.

Yeah, I told you, I don't want to be involved in a drooling power struggle between nobles if I can.

I'll do it if I have to.

"As a nation, we must share the information of the Valiant Hall with the nations that are party to the Convention, beyond discovering the valiant. I'm supposed to make a big announcement, but sometimes I don't by the will of the brave. There is a precedent for this, and there is no problem. What does Lord Brave think of the announcement?

"As far as I'm concerned, I want to live a free-handed adventurer's life. I hope you don't make the announcement, by and large. What do you think of Marl?

"I have the same idea as Mr. Tysi!

"Okay, then let's move in that direction. After what Lord Brave hoped for, what property exactly do you want?

I think a little into Zontark's words.

It's a corner, so why don't we go out here big? If you show difficulty, you can make concessions.

"First of all, you want a bath that's quite a size. I also want other workshops that can be used for blacksmiths and alchemy. Does Marl have anything?

"That's right - you want a big bed or a comfortable sofa to sit on! And I also want trusted caretakers and maids, who will often vacate their homes on adventures."

The janitor didn't have the idea of a maid. That's the princess.

"Okay, let's arrange it to be as hopeful as possible. And stay in the castle for a while. I need time to consolidate the ground."

I guess we're going to go on offense now and drastically cut the military and hard-line forces.

Until then, don't get choked up.

"Okay. Marl's good, too?

"You have no choice. I was walking around the city, and I was scared to say," Busli from behind. "

"I won't make it that easy."

This is how we decided to stay in Alfen, our king's capital.