The Ideal Sponger Life: Volume 12 [Complete] by Tsunehiko Watanabe

Author:Tsunehiko Watanabe
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf

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Seemingly satisfied with her conversation with Zenjirou, the princess left the room in good spirits.

Zenjirou and Freya had yet to be shown to their own rooms, so they remained in the guest room. This would normally be the height of rudeness, but expecting perfect hospitality under the circumstances would be pointless.

The service staff had—with absolutely no warning—been forced to contend with their princess arriving first thing in the morning. That princess had then summoned a foreign princess and prince consort. On top of that, the mercenary Yan had needed to see the lord’s men to deal with the imminent attack before taking them marching on.

The service staff was doubtless in the midst of a hellish period of busyness. With that in mind, it would be rather childish to complain about being kept waiting.

As Zenjirou let out a deep breath—almost a sigh—Freya turned to speak to him in concern.

“Are you tired, Sir Zenjirou?” she asked.

“I am fine. Thank you for your consideration, though,” he replied, putting a polite look on his face.

He was rather tired, in truth. Of course, it wasn’t a physical tiredness, but a mental one. Anna could give as many logical explanations as she liked for why the city wouldn’t fall. Zenjirou wasn’t resilient enough to be unbothered when he could be on the periphery of a battlefield. The trip on the Glasir’s Leaf had risked his life, but there was a distinct difference between nature and a murderous person.

Frankly, he felt ill. He had been aware of it from the beginning, but war and fighting were areas where he would be more of a liability than anything. The current situation was just emphasizing that to him.

“Judging by Princess Anna’s comments, we will be free to go after the victory party. Is that inconvenient to you?”

There was honest concern in the silver-haired princess’s question, so Zenjirou answered in kind.

“I cannot honestly call it a good situation. The diplomatic permissions Her Majesty gave me were for a friendly relationship with Uppasala and nothing else. Still, the choice for Capua between the knights and Złota Wolność itself is self-evident. Some personal friendliness should be nothing to be concerned about.”

The commonwealth allowed religious freedoms, while the knights only permitted following the Church of the Claw. Capua put their faith in the spirits, so there was only one choice as far as diplomacy went.

That said, there were multiple decisions making up such a choice, and the final one rested with Aura, not him. That meant that Zenjirou’s only choice was to stress that he could not make diplomatic agreements while he was there.

It certainly should be fine. After all, Anna was using him to make it clear that there was at least one country with a reigning queen. Him solemnly deferring to his wife was actually in service of that.

Freya mulled over what he told her. “So having me be the invited guest while you are just ‘royalty from another country that happens to be present’ would work for you?”

The difference would be an introduction—unofficial, but still—as royalty of the Southern Continent.

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