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The second day of the Empire.

"Please wake up."

Sleeping body shakes slowly.

Conversely, the shake makes me feel comfortable sleeping again, but I decided to get my torso out of bed because it is a wake-up method I have experienced many times already.

"Morning."

"Good Morning"

A morning greeting from a loud voice returns.

This is how it was routine for Sylvia to wake her up in the morning, when she couldn't wake up despite her errands.

Sylvia turns to the other side of the bed where I slept.

"How long have you been asleep!

"Ouch!"

Unlike when you woke me up, you forced me to wake up in a way that put chops in the sleeping person's brain.

"Can't you wake me up nicer?

"Ha, I've been letting Marie know I'm calling you today, and I'm having a bad time sleeping with Ira forever"

"Even Mars was asleep."

If there was a sleeping human next door, I could tell if he'd slept until just before.

Besides, this is not the first time I've asked such a question.

"I'm tired. Your husband's fine."

"I'm tired of running all the way here."

I came on foot to the Imperial City... or ran.

Normally we would travel by carriage, but we were allowed to travel without using a carriage because it was faster to run on our own feet.

Thanks to this, I was able to shorten the itinerary to three days that I would need for more than ten days.

But I had not been tired for a long time due to the influence of the forcible forces.

That's why I wanted you to let me rest.

"It's time to wake up."

"Yes."

Sylvia offered me a softly wet towel, so I took it and wiped my face.

By the time I put the wet towel on the table that was nearby, I would have got dressed and waited, so I would take it and get dressed.

Sylvia opened the door for me, so I head to the dining room on the ground floor.

"Oh, wait a minute"

Ira leaves the room.

I need to move the room before heading to the dining room because I have her clothes changed and other luggage in my room.

"Let's go first"

"... right"

Melissa and Iris had already started eating when they reached the dining room on the ground floor while being led by Sylvia, who looked grumpy somewhere.

"Good Morning"

"I'm finally awake"

"It's only morning."

When I sit next to them, I get breakfast at the counter in the dining room, and Sylvia puts a tray in front of me.

The breakfast menu was served with soup and bread on the salad.

It's just fine because I'm not even in the same condition as eating guts in the morning.

"In the morning, but from an early hour on, people at work are already busy moving around."

"I'm sorry I made you wait"

Marie, who also showed us yesterday, was sitting on our front.

"No, I've been leaning on your guidance for a few days since yesterday, so no problem."

Marie, who is saying so, was enjoying breakfast in a relaxed manner.

But the Empire is currently understaffed and they should have been busy with the Emperor's help.

"... are you free?

Marie makes her expression rude to the words she asked unexpectedly.

"It's not free or anything!

"Hey, what...?

Ira, dressed in her room and received breakfast, rendezvous, but she can't afford to be saying hello, not about that.

"We had met those who needed to be emperors in Rio, and we had paperwork to do, but I was the only one in my family who could do that kind of work, Mr. Cattleya, Mr. Button, Mr. Leesia, and I. Nanaka can do paperwork, but not entertainment."

So far, they've dealt with a lot with four people even though they have eight family members.

"Recently, Master Cattleya has been held up close to giving birth to keep indoor paperwork to a minimum. In the meantime, I even got pregnant with Leesia."

"Wow..."

Though I had no choice, the shortage of manpower caused the applause to hang.

I can't believe Mr. Marie is in a place like this because of that situation.

"You are all people invited by the next emperor. A lot of people have to entertain me, but I can't let the two pregnant people handle it, and I couldn't leave it to Sonia and the others because there are a lot of events that I have to attend at this convenience."

Sonia, Iris and Pina, who didn't come up with their names, are apparently helping other members with their brief work.

Marie became the guide while they were busy because they still had anxiety about the guide.

"What do you want us to do?

I didn't hear there was such an event.

"You are all visiting Empire City in anticipation of an auction to be held in four days, but the event of greatest interest to the nobles who are currently visiting Empire City is the unveiling of the new Emperor"

Rio's face, which was so low in inheritance order that it did not originally have the right to inherit the throne or anything else, is unknown.

Being an emperor is a matter of decision and cannot be changed already, but it is difficult to go about politics without the support of the surrounding people. That's why I needed to expose myself to Rio becoming an emperor.

There will be a party for that the day after tomorrow.

"I want you all to come to that party."

"Uh."

To be clear, I don't want to participate.

It's annoying.

I've never been to an aristocratic party or anything, and I should be annoyed with parties and different manners. There are only about Melissa, a former nobleman's courtier within the party, such as someone wearing those manners.

"Of course it's not that I want you to join the party for no reason. At that party, some of the items that will be auctioned off for the participating nobility will be revealed."

I wanted to attract the interest of the nobles by showing them a few things.

The goal is to catch a little bit of money by doing so.

"Couldn't you just keep an eye on the blind stuff over there?

I'm telling them about what I'm looking for.

- Tools with strong magic.

If they can use [Labyrinth Magic: Appraisal] just like us, they can know the exact value of the tools that came out of the Labyrinth. If you're really thinking about this, it would be helpful if you checked in advance.

"It is not the emperor's or sideroom's job to manage the items that will be auctioned. I could see some of them, but I couldn't see them all."

"It is, isn't it?"

Melissa agrees.

Certainly not the kind of job the emperor would do.

Plus, there's a lot more work to be done as an emperor.

"And here's a request for you, adventurers."

Take out the paperwork you had in your nostalgia and put it on the table.

That was a requisition form I was used to seeing if I was an adventurer.

"We want you to protect the items auctioned off from the bandits or thieves that are currently making a scene in Teito."

"Thief?"

When it comes to robbery, I refer to a profession that sends a notice and takes things of value.

That's how I recognize it.

"It's that thief. There are already forewarnings of thieves everywhere in the capital."

They were affixed at some point to the bulletin boards that residents use to exchange information and to shops that are busy with people.

"The thief did not specify the intended item, but he has said in a notice that he is targeting the item to be auctioned. Aren't you all in trouble for attending the auction?

If they're after something of value to us, they won't get it.

I'm sorry I came all the way to Imperial City to waste my bones.

In the meantime, I checked with my buddies on a reading and there was no objection.

"Fine. I'll be at the party."

I have plans for the day after tomorrow.

"And there's someone I want you to meet today."

They also have plans for today.