With His Majesty in the lead, several knights and civilian officers were following him like it was a daimyo’s1(in feudal Japan) one of the great lords who were vassals of the shogun. —Wikipedia procession, and we went ahead.
I still got a question mark inside my head, but I let it aside and followed His Majesty and Father without question.
When I took a peek, I saw Baron Cellar’s face color was getting worst. It must be because of the tension of the sudden audience in the castle added by the admiration and fear when he immediately encountered His Majesty the king. Moreover, he looked like he lacked sleep. A lot of emotions jumbled within him and now he was completely exhausted.
As the procession was continued for a while, we were led to the audience room.
“Well, let’s get in~”
“… There is no need for you to directly guide us here, you know. Because of you, Lord Cellars was almost fell unconscious.”
“But I want to show Violet-chan and the other my cool appearance.”
“… It seems the amount of work you have was a little insufficient. I will review it later in the future.”
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“Jakwx! Vzlypl, esd’v es vbyv!”
Gp pssd yp ol ldvlale vbl assx, Tkp Yyflpvu yde Wyvbla pvyavle vblka wpwyz yatwxldv nypwyzzu. Gddy’p Wyvbla obs pyo vbkp pkvwyvksd qsa vbl qkapv vkxl oyp sdzu zssjle yv vblx okvb aswdele lulp.
Gnvwyzzu, Tkp Yyflpvu wpwyzzu zssjle zkjl y pxyav yde zshlzu wdnzl, cwv obld bl oyp vyzjkdt okvb Wyvbla, bl ynvle zkjl y qaklde yde pvyavle vs rzyu yaswde.
“Nsae Ulzzyap, Gddy, vbspl vos yal wpwyzzu ynvkdt zkjl vbyv, ps esd’v xkde kv vss xwnb, sjyu? Lso, zlv’p tlv kd.”
Fkdnl vbl vos sq vblx olal pvwddle, R rwpble vblka cynj yqvla vwadle yaswde yde pyke vbyv vs vblx. Gqvla blyakdt xu lmrzydyvksd, vblu zssjle yv xl yde vbld zlv swv vbl calyvb vblu fwpv blze yde clnyxl y zkvvzl ckv nyzxla vbyd clqsal.&dcpr;
“——-by, obyv eke usw pyu?”
Odvlakdt vbl ywekldnl assx, vbl svbla yakpvsnayvp obs zkhle kd vbl asuyz nypvzl olal tyvblale, ol olal twkele cu vbl plahydvp kd vbl nypvzl vs vbl nldvla sq vbl assx yp ol tyvblale yzz sq vblka yvvldvksd.
Ebld Tkp Yyflpvu alynble vbl vbasdl, ol tyhl bkx y cso. Tkp Yyflpvu dso zssjle ps ektdkqkle yqvla bl nbydtle vbl lmralppksd bl bye fwpv dso.
After taking a while, His Majesty reverently spread out the documents that he received from the civilian officer.
And then, in that silent room, the words that came out from His Majesty’s mouth was the status change of Baron Cellars.
『I will give the “Count” status to Baron Cellars.』
After the opening statement, Baron Cellars himself was the one who was surprised the most and unconsciously raised his voice. But, I thought it couldn’t be helped.
The four of us were lined up and I stood beside the Baron. The turmoil was transmitted and I could feel it clearly.
『The life of the prince of the neighboring country was saved with the antidote that was manufactured by the daughter of Baron Cellars with the latest technology. It prevented the occurrence of international problems with the neighboring country.』 And after His Majesty explained the reason, the other aristocrat around us could only swallow their breath.
Most of their gaze was moved to Anna who they probably just saw for the first time.
(Is it about the antidote from Anna that I gave to Sieg the other day?)
It was true that the efficacy of that medicine was really high. I think the pharmacy knowledge that Anna had might have taken over the specialists.
In Marquis’ mansion, she was the one who got the most knowledge in medicine and poison after all.
“—In addition, let’s give them another reward. Ah, if I am not mistaken, the people under your territory are having a hard time with the repeated cold weather, aren’t they? Let’s give you a new territory from the confiscated territories. Besides, I will give you a reward that can cover all of the debts you have incurred…”
“I am afraid, Your Majesty, that Marquis Rottnel House would like to provide the financial support this time.”
“I see. The daughter of the Marquis was saved by her as well, it seems.”
It felt weird for listening to their interaction when the other audiences were listening to it as well. When I was thinking by myself, I looked at His Majesty, and then he gave me a wink.
I wonder if there were some intentions behind that.
Maybe… Ah, I see…
Cellars Family was just a Baron once and now their family jumped over the Viscount and received the Count title.
The Cellars Family was at the lowest rank of the aristocracy. Perhaps His Majesty was trying to check the opposing aristocrats to secure his position as an aristocrat.
Cellars Family was under the Marquis Rottnel protection and those who are trying to disturb it would be unforgiven. That was the message given by Father to the aristocrats around us. That was scary. I could say, at least he would return it ten folds, and those who had decent heads would never harm Cellars Family.
I was not involved in that case. That was the fact. But they used my name in here so that the other aristocrats got the impression that Marquis Rottnel House had a kind of indebtedness towards Cellars Family.
In fact, without that antidote, it would be hard to escape. To silence the confused Sieg, I might have harmed him… Yes, I am glad I was able to prevent it from happening.
“So, Daughter of Baron Cellars, —-Anna is your name, isn’t it?”
“Ye, yes! I am the third daughter of Baron Cellars, Anna.”
Anna who was called by His Majesty was deeply bowed towards him.
I could feel the eyes of the surroundings were judging Anna since she was just the daughter of a Baron family.
(Sigh. All of you underestimate Anna! I had been with her since she was just a maid apprentice, so she has enough background.)
Somehow, I felt like a mother and I was good at it. When I took a glance towards His Majesty for a moment, he looked away from me. … I knew he was laughing.
“Your age is above the average age for having your first debutante. However, I have never seen you at the evening party.”
“I, I apologize. Our family’s finances are difficult, so I couldn’t give anything to this youngest daughter. She has not made a social debut yer.”
“I see. That’s a terrible situation. You are going to be the daughter of a Count, so you need to finish it immediately. Count Cellars, please keep in mind.”
“Ye, yes.”
After receiving those words from His Majesty, Baron Cellars kneeled and bowed deeply as his face colored with fear.
Anna’s debutante. I bet she would be very cute.
I still couldn’t participate in this age, but I imagine it in my head and naturally smiled.
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