Chapter 120. Conflict?! (7) + Preparing to make a bank (1)
‘Oh my God? What a shameful deal?’
I’m not in the mood for the same joke.
“hmm? I don’t have any money right now.”
“What are you talking about! than that! I just forgot about that!”
“Yes?”
“Forget that this is a spirit.”
In the end, I guess I gave up on looking around.
“I will give you an example.”
Whoa… they’re trying to bribe me.
To think that everything in the world can be solved with money.
You’re a girl who doesn’t know how the world goes.
“I will pay the price without regret.”
“I do not need it.”
“what?”
“It means I don’t need that kind of money again.”
Money honestly rots and overflows.
Seeing that I wasn’t bought off, the princess looked quite troubled.
“Is it troublesome if it is known that the princess has that spirit?”
He doesn’t answer, but he looks troubled just by looking at it.
What’s the matter?
I’d like to guess, but I don’t know anything about her because I haven’t cared about her until now.
But I don’t think I’ll teach you by asking here.
Now she seems to be on the lookout for me.
I can’t.
“Then I won’t tell you.”
“?…”
Huh?”
“Because they don’t talk.”
When I said I would keep it a secret, the princess opened her eyes wide as if in surprise.
“Or do you want me to make some strange request?”
“It’s not like that… Are you really going to keep it a secret?”
“I don’t know why you want to hide it, but it doesn’t have anything to do with me.”
I said it honestly.
“It wouldn’t mean much to me even if the princess said that she had a spirit.”
When I gave a very valid reason, she showed a little understanding.
Still, on the other hand, I don’t give up my vigilance.
“Even if I talk, it’s enough if the princess catches it, right?”
“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu… of course it is.”
I don’t believe it, but thinking about it calmly, I can understand it.
“Are you really not talking?”
“of course. I keep my promise. Even so, he is famous for keeping one promise thoroughly.”
And he is famous for forgetting promises when he turns around, but this is a secret.
There’s no reason to talk about it, so there’s nothing to talk about.
Isn’t that a complete lie?
“If you don’t want to be found out before then, you don’t have to call me out.”
“…I can’t just do it like that, can I?
….it comes out on its own.”
Listening to the circumstances, the fact that I was running around a while ago wasn’t taking this guy for a walk.
He said that he was just chasing after something that jumped out and wandered around.
Well, it’s troublesome for the elemental sage.
If it’s a person with a half-way affinity, there are cases where the spirit acts arbitrarily.
Basically, it is closer to the feeling of acting in consultation rather than a one-sided ordering relationship.
That’s why I don’t bother using spirits.
There’s no benefit to it, and I don’t even like it.
In some cases, you may not hear anything at all.
I don’t listen to opponents who are weaker than me This feeling?
Apparently, the princess didn’t feel like a spirit sage either.
It’s just that they have a high affinity, so it looks more like a case where that Salamander follows his will.
“…let me teach you a tip.”
“uh? tip?”
“Give orders with strong awareness. Do you have a dog, for example? It should feel like educating that puppy. Spirits of that form are not highly intelligent.”
To put it bluntly, it is a lizard.
At my advice, the princess put the salamander on the floor while being suspicious.
“Try it. hand! I do.”
“Isn’t that a puppy?”
“Whether it’s a lizard or a puppy, that’s it. Now, try it.”
In the end, the princess held out her hand and gave an order, as if she had decided to pretend to be deceived.
“hand!”
The salamander looked up at her blankly for a moment, then put out a front paw.
“If in doubt, order more.”
After that, roll and jump! Let’s command various things, etc. This red lizard faithfully follows.
“Isn’t it that easy?”
Easy-to-do spirit training.
You, too, are elementalists from today!
The princess, who had caught on like that, ordered the salamander to return this time, and the salamander submissively turned into a red light and disappeared.
“It’s simple, but few people know how to do it these days.”
“How do you know?”
“I read it in a book.”
They usually believe it when they make excuses like this.
In fact, it’s not difficult to find old books about spirits in the palace.
The princess seemed to trust her now, perhaps because her vigilance had become less vigilant than before.
“what is your name?”
“You’re asking too soon.”
Well, it wouldn’t have been of any interest to me just a little while ago.
Are you trying to remember my name for now, even for later?
what to do Shall I tell you the truth? Or should I use a pseudonym in moderation?
“Arel Ernesia. Please remember.”
After thinking about it, in the end, I decided to just teach her her real name.
No matter how hostage she is, her opponent is a princess from another country.
If I play around with the name for no reason, I think it will be annoying later.
and.
I wanted to see some reaction.
“Ah…rel’? Ernesia?”
As if she noticed something only then, the princess blankly muttered my full name.
“You…
” “Because I have nothing to hide.”
However, the princess’ reaction that followed was slightly different from what I expected.
“Were you royalty?”
“?…yes?”
“If you’re Ernesia, you’re royalty, right?”
“It is.”
what? It’s not the reaction I was expecting.
Did you expect a feeling of trembling with more shame, anger, and complex emotions?
“Have you heard my name and don’t think about anything?”
“thought?”
The princess tilted her head.
“Is that an unusual name?”
okay. You want to fight me!!
….Anyway, this lady really doesn’t seem to have any thoughts.
That means…
‘You really don’t know about me?’
Being defeated in the war and eventually coming as a hostage, but hearing my name and not responding.
that she doesn’t know about me
‘Am I not involved in politics that much?’
Are you not interested?
I don’t know if it was raised on purpose or not close to it.
With that alone, I learned a few things.
However, I wonder if this is really nutritious information for me.
‘Maybe it’s just for sending them hostage.’
Sometimes there is such a thing.
It’s like royalty that only exists for the sake of it.
There are people who do
n’t know any of the important secrets .
Is she like that too?
There are just a few doubtful points… but let’s skip that for now.
‘Cause I’m not involved
“Anyway, if you understand that I am a member of the royal family, it’s simple, right? That there is no merit in making fun of me at will.”
“Uh…yes… that might be the case.”
At first, he seemed to understand.
“Rather than that… you said Arell, right?”
“yes. Well, please feel free to call the princess.”
“More than that. By any chance… do you know about spirits?”
You can be confident that you know the tricks of grabbing the spirit king by the collar and intimidating him to get rid of it.
“It’s just to the extent that I understand it.”
“Then… can I ask you something else later?”
“…it doesn’t matter.”
There’s no point in refusing.
“But I don’t usually stay in the palace.”
“what? Have you been relegated to the provinces?”
They are royalty too!! You see right through the situation!
Rather, what is a relegation! Relegation!
Don’t feel sorry for me! I’m happy!
“That’s why, if you’re looking for me, ask the guy named Lanfil, the head of the escort knights who works at the concubine. Then maybe they will contact you.”
“…I’ll remember it.”
I just hope you never find me.
Well, after this, I won’t have to run into her again.
She will soon forget too.
I was just thinking that way.
Fortunately, I was able to turn it down somehow.
Let me meet my father in person and post an opinion that refuses to meet, saying that it is not yet time.
“….is it? i get it. Arel, if you don’t have an idea yet, I’ll wait a little longer.”
Gladly my doctor was respected.
“I’ll think about it again later.”
However, there was also a feeling of regret deep inside.
I wonder why adults are so anxious about not letting their children get married….. They’re
bound to go when the time comes…
Anyway, with this, there’s no need to worry about getting married for the time being, right?
So, let’s take this opportunity to do something.
Preparation to establish a bank (1) As soon as I returned to the territory, I drew a picture for the establishment of a bank in earnest.
While I was preparing for the meeting, I prepared the idea and the groundwork in my spare time, so there is no big difficulty in making a specific plan.
‘Um… but the problem is that I’m attracting him.’
Thinking so, I decided to act immediately.
Whatever you decide to do, do it as quickly as possible.
“Because I’m going out, get ready…
I was about to go out of the office and tell the servants to get ready, but I paused before going out the door and frowned.
….I didn’t realize it because I was lost in thought a while ago.
When I opened the door as quietly and quickly as possible, Asha Seina and Dia, who had been eavesdropping on the situation in the room just before, ran into me in the same posture as they were clinging to the door.
“What are you guys doing?”
Asha was the first to answer when asked.
“That’s it… I guess I should say I’m worried because Arel-nim is strangely quiet after returning from the meeting.”
“worry?”
What do you mean?
“…I was just wondering if something happened to Arell-nim in the confrontation.”
Dia calmly explained.
So… that is?
“…You guys mistakenly thought that I was kicked in the face-to-face meeting?”
“It’s not like that at all… Three Seina! Say something!
It’s because you said ‘that’s a car’!”
“Eh? Is it the sword that abandons me right away?”
Apparently, as soon as I returned from the meeting, the three of us seemed to have misunderstood what had happened at the meeting, as I immediately shut myself in thinking about the plan to establish a bank.
“…So that’s it? Did you think I might be kicked?”
There are all these absurd misunderstandings…
It’s lamentable.
“Can we punish that opponent?”
Dia asks with her staff.
“don’t do it. don’t Aren’t I kicked?”
The car is also my own, and I never car.
“Then how did you meet?”
“…I just haven’t thought about it yet.”
After I explained, the three of them seemed to have cleared up their misunderstanding about dating.
But for me, it’s really sad.
I can’t believe I… misunderstood that I’d be kicked around… How dishonorable this was as a pro in my previous life.
