"What? @ Visible Yamano isn't here?"

"Yes, he suddenly got sick ..."

Ten days after that, at a party attended by Earl Wonrade and Viscount Efred, we were unable to see Viscount Yamano, who was supposed to be present.

"... I can't help but prevent anyone from getting sick. Wouldn't it be better to leave your homeland, live alone in a different country with different water and food, and stay fit?

I've come here so let's talk a little with everyone today. Count Earl of Wonrade, as a kingdom noble. Sometimes that's good too.

`` Tell Marquis Mitchell to be very careful about Viscount Yamano's condition and be careful not to suffer any serious illness. ''

"Hah!"

His Majesty the King ... No, for the Earl of Wonrade, you are free to enter any faction party, regardless of army faction or naval faction. So, just wait for the next opportunity. That was all.

* *

"What, the Viscount is absent again?"

"Yes, on a bad day ..."

"Oh, oh, yeah. Even though I'm still a child, I'm a woman.

If you are not sick, there is no problem. All you have to do is change the date. It's no problem if you meet a few days late.

"What? I don't even have it today?"

"Absent this time? What is it?"

As expected, the king began to be suspicious.

Viscount Yamano is not absent from all parties. If so, it may be sick or for any reason. However, it seems that they are attending parties where the king and prince are not attending due to public affairs or political considerations.

By coincidence, they overlap too much. At this point, not only the aristocrats, but also the king have noticed.

"It's been avoided ..."

Yes, when Mitsuha was invited to the party, he consulted Marquis Mitchell about attending, and if he decided to attend, he replied to the organizer, saying, `` I have been absent suddenly on the day because I am not feeling well recently. It may be, but if that's all right ... ".

Later that day, the hired messenger boy gave a letter to the party, not the nobles of the organizers, but those who were in charge of the party's work, saying, "Is Count Wonlede and Viscount Efred attended?" I was checking.

… As a result, one party will be attended by Viscount Yamano as scheduled, and another party will be notified that they will be absent due to sudden illness.

If this is repeated many times, information will flow even among the nobles, and the condition of “if Viscount Yamano is absent” will be confirmed. ...... Yes, "Whether Count Earl Wonrade and Viscount Efred are present".

It is an extraordinary honor for the organizers, as the king and prince can usually come to the party with stealth. … Yes, if it ’s “normal”.

Everyone knows that the purpose of this "Shinobi Rush" is to clearly contact Viscount Yamano with "pretending to be an ordinary nobleman", not to interact with the organizer or appeal to intimacy. ing.

And, I can't talk about my stomach. With this, I cannot boast that I have visited His Majesty. And officially, it's just "Attendance of Earl Wonrade".

... That meant that the nobleman would reply "NO" to the question, "Would you like to attend" Country of Wonled "until you destroy Viscount Yamano?"

"How did this happen……"

He was a king with a head, but he was blamed on his son who made a foolish misconception and uttered rants with his self who thought of the wickedness of “pretending to be an ordinary nobleman”.

"Why did this happen ?!"

* *

I'm here, a port town!

Yes, this is a naval port town with a fleet base.

The aim is that ship, um ..., there was, the state-of-the-art ship "Leviathan". Hifuumi, since there are 32 gunboats on one side, the latest 64 guns are definitely!

Because it's the same time as last time, sitting on the same bench ...

I waited for about an hour and a half, but the soldier did not come. Isn't it so convenient?

Well, it's not a promise, so it's natural. I thought that if I go out and get breakfast and go out soon, it would be around the same time every time, but in the first place, no matter how much I am entering the port, the lower sailor is allowed to go out, One or two days a week would be nice. Well, let's relax.

Pia, I'm not a soldier, I've been called to other sailors many times. ... Persistence.

I told him that I was waiting for a person, but then only while I was waiting, so I talked a bit with some people on the bench, but even those who have the knowledge of military personnel are gentlemen and polite, Nobody was interesting to talk about. It was a hit at the beginning, after all ...

No, of course, if you are an elderly person, there are probably many people who are far more knowledgeable than a soldier, but you can just say, "Speaking to me who looks like 12-13, a sailor about 14-16 years old. In between ”.

After about 20 to 30 minutes, all the boys say, "I don't seem to be coming, so I'm with you today ...". One after another, as if waiting for it!

And if it does not come for about an hour and a half, withdraw. This is a place where the soldiers who land from the ship must pass, meaning that today was not the day of the soldier's outing.

Then, the first day, the second day, and the empty swing, the third day.

"Mitsuha-chan!"

It is the soldier who has been running for a long time, screaming and running from the other side.

"It has been a long time!"

"See, Mitsuha-chan ..."

A soldier who is running out of breath, sprinting all the way.

that? Speaking of which, earlier, the soldier ran straight from a distance where my face would still be indistinguishable, as if I knew I was there, right?

"Oh, I know I'm ..."

"Oh, oh, I heard from a senior who had landed yesterday that there was a beautiful girl with an exotic (exotic) face on the bench on the wharf waiting for her lover to return." I thought it was Mitsuha-chan ... "

Oh, with a beautiful girl! Let's ask a soldier to give a souvenir to his seniors.

Great people …… From the point of view of the soldiers, it is the bridge to the gaps in the information gathered from “The People on the Clouds”. . And, well, it's like connecting faces, what is the purpose of today?

Let's go to the store!

… The gaze from sailors of the age group of about 5 to 6 years old from the same age as the soldiers…

Did you not want to be seen by seniors and senior officers? Somehow, I'm so proud of my face, but I guess it's okay, after returning to the ship ...

And since I came here without breakfast today, I gathered information while eating a light meal (gokandan).

"That's about one training voyage .... Then, in actual battles, how many opponents and how many would you run out of shells and gunpowder?"

"Because the same cannons are installed, the performance of the weapons is the same as the 40 generations of the previous two generations? Only the difference between the number of guns and the hull (platform) is overwhelmingly advantageous?"

What do you ask the great people about?

And even though all of the captured ships have naturalized, it seems like talking about information that would be detrimental to their home country where their family and friends live seems like a betrayal, or if it goes beyond the general theory, was heavy.

It's hard to be able to talk forcibly, and it's not good to be able to talk about appropriate things, so I've heard that they talk spontaneously, but when you compare what everyone says, there are various inconsistencies and inconsistencies I mean ...

Well, the poor sailors probably don't know anything, and even if they're officers, they're going to be sailing like that, so I guess it's wrong to expect less. It's been a while since I left my home country.

That's why military personnel who are willing to talk about the latest information are highly valuable.

Good, let's hand over the prepared gifts as planned. It's an earth folding knife, but sailors will have the opportunity to use it.