The Ideal Sponger Life: Volume 8 by Tsunehiko Watanabe

Author:Tsunehiko Watanabe [WATANABE, TSUNEHIKO]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2022-09-29T00:00:00+00:00

Intermission 2 — Lucinda’s Influence

While Zenjirou was in Valentia checking on the repairs with Freya, Aura received a request for a meeting with General Pujol.

Generals and ministers did have the right to unlimited audiences with the queen, but very few of them ever exercised it. It went without saying that those with such titles were all high nobility and—for better or worse—had their own positions and obligations weighing them down. If they did too much on their own, they could easily gain a reputation for being flighty or unable to act in accordance with their station.

In some respects, not paying heed to the eyes on him and public opinion was perhaps very much like the general.

“I had thought he might calm somewhat after his marriage, but it seems he is the same as ever,” Aura commented with a sigh.

The narrow-faced secretary at her side showed no feeling either on his face or in his voice as he replied, “General Pujol calming down is perhaps just as likely as Your Majesty acting in a ladylike fashion.”

“Oh, so you think it is possible?” she asked with a sarcastic smile.

The secretary’s slender eyebrow rose. “Oh? That almost sounds as if you wish to say that you have become ladylike, Your Majesty?”

“I am saying exactly that. Do you know how ladylike and womanly I can become when just my husband and I are alone?”

“Never have I been so grateful that I am not permitted entrance to the inner palace.”

“Just what is that intended to mean?”

“Forgive me for not explaining further. I have no wish to be imprisoned for speaking against the crown.”

“If you truly speak against the crown, it will take more than just your head to satisfy me.”

Their usual banter was interrupted by a knock at the door, followed by a man’s voice. “Excuse me. General Pujol is here to see you. May I show him through?”

The queen answered her guard in a carrying voice. “You may.”

The door clicked open.

“Excuse me.”

The man who walked in—General Pujol Guillén—had a body honed to the extreme, and said body was covered by the Capuan military uniform.

“I am pleased to see you. Take a seat,” Aura told him.

“My thanks,” answered the general, calmly walking into the room and seating himself on the sofa opposite her.

The sofa was built to accommodate people of normal stature and most certainly was not suited to the general’s large frame. Even so, he did not look out of place. His strength allowed him to hold his whole body in an appropriate position.

The queen took a sip from the tea a maid had brought before dispensing with the pleasantries and bluntly questioning the man. “So, what business do you have?”

It was somewhat out of the norm for a conversation between royalty and nobility, but this was the best way of interacting with the general. The man preferred not wasting time and being upfront rather than following the normal etiquette in these situations.

Indeed, the man showed no displeasure at the queen’s question and simply answered, “First, I wish to offer my congratulations.

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