Gifting the Wonderful World with Blessings! - Volume 6: The Princess of the Six Flowers by Natsume Akatsuki

Author:Natsume Akatsuki
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kadokawa Shoten
Published: 2016-04-11T04:00:00+00:00

Part 5

— The next morning.

We came to the castle to report yesterday’s incident.

This was the deepest part of the castle known as the audience hall.

“I see. Despite your confidence in apprehending the thief, you failed.”

Claire said sarcastically to me.

As the stand in for the King who was away on an expedition, she sat on the throne that was in the deepest part of the audience hall.

I couldn’t tell them that the chivalrous thief was an adventurer I knew, so I gave a fake account of how the thief looked.

And so, the thief was a strong bandit wearing a strange mask.

“No, it wasn’t a complete failure! If not for me, all the treasures from old man Alderp’s house would had been stolen!”

This caused an uproar among the nobles.

The content of their whispers were ‘he is no big deal after all’.

“… Hmm, let’s say that is true. Since this is Kazuma-dono who fought with the bosses of the demon king army, we won’t need to use the magic items that detect lies. That’s right, seems like that chivalrous thief is a hard opponent to beat.”

This woman was definitely doubting my words.

When she heard Claire’s belittling words, the atmosphere around Megumin who was behind me changed.

Darkness panically restrained Megumin who was planning to do something, and Iris stood up from her throne at this moment.

“Erm… No matter what, thank you for your hard work! This wasn’t a failure in capturing the chivalrous thief, but a success in preventing his theft. No one has the right to blame you!”

She clenched her fists and said with a blushed face…

While I was feeling moved by Iris’ speech, Claire said with a bitter expression.

“The generous Princess Iris have spoken. You uttered such boastful words before so many nobles but failed, normally, you should be punished. Be grateful to Her Highness Iris for her mercifulness… Since you failed to capture the thief, there is no reason for you to linger in the castle, leave at once!”

— On my way out of the audience hall, the maids and butlers showed a cold attitude towards me.

They seemed to have learned of my failure.

News of me not being a big deal had spread.

“Sigh, don’t be bothered by this incident. You have done well. Like Princess Iris said, it is true that you stopped the criminal. But we will be going back alright? No one will ask you to work for a while back in town. Aren’t you going to get a huge sum of money from that fellow Vanir soon? I think you should relax for a while.”

“Kazuma, you’ve played enough right? Let’s go back to Axel Town. Even if you don’t stay in the castle, isn’t lazing around at home in Axel fine too?”

Darkness and Megumin consoled me.

… I wasn’t that insistent about being a hikkikomori in the castle.

However, despite being a twelve year old kid, Iris who wasn’t wilful and had been holding back—

I was just concerned about Iris who had to spend her days lonelily in the castle that had no virtue other than being large and vast.

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