Isekai Nonbiri Nouka Chapter 1081: The Unifying King’s Memories of His Journey and Meeting

I am the Unifying King.

A messenger from the village chief of Village Five has arrived.

The village chief of Village Five.

In other words, Lady Tiselle’s father.

A-all right. I’m ready.

I’ve practiced my greeting as well.

I am a king.

There is nothing I cannot accomplish.

It’s not as though I’m standing before an army of a million soldiers.

Take it easy and go.

Count Chrome and Count Pugyaru both said that Lady Tiselle’s father was a mild-mannered person.

It’s just the people around him who are extreme.

……

D-don’t think about it.

Don’t think about the people around him!

Stay positive.

Let’s stay positive and do this!

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We met in a room inside a building called the Village Five Council Hall.

There, I met Lady Tiselle’s father, the village chief of Village Five.

Since this was a meeting, I thought it would be just the two of us, but there were many people in the room.

First, me.

That’s me.

And then, Tiselle’s father.

……

Ordinary.

He really does look like an ordinary person.

If Count Chrome and Count Pugyaru hadn’t warned me, I might have underestimated him.

That was close.

If you think about it for even a moment, an ordinary person wouldn’t take an angel as his wife.

Also, this might just be my imagination, but he looks remarkably similar to the owner of the ramen stall I saw serving ramen in the middle of the night.

Could they be brothers?

I’ll ask if I can be introduced to him later.

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Sitting beside Lady Tiselle’s father was Youko-dono, the acting village chief of Village Five.

I’ve heard about her from Lady Tiselle.

She is the person who actually runs Village Five.

That makes me wonder what the village chief of Village Five, Lady Tiselle’s father, actually does, but apparently he has other villages besides Village Five and travels around overseeing them.

……

Wouldn’t someone like that be called a lord rather than a village chief?

The culture of the Demon King’s Kingdom is difficult to understand.

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And sitting a little distance away from Youko-dono was the Demon King.

Yes, the Demon King.

He was sitting there in proper Demon King attire rather than the clothes he wore for baseball.

He had so much dignity that I almost thought he was a different person.

He had already eaten the cake that came with his tea and was asking for another serving, but he still had dignity.

Come to think of it, I am visiting the Demon King’s Kingdom unofficially.

A direct meeting with the Demon King… no, in this case, since there are so many people, I suppose it would be called a conference.

Could there be a problem diplomatically if I were present at a conference attended by the Demon King?

It could give other countries an excuse to attack my country, or something like that…

Is this really all right?

Was everything arranged by the Six Dragon God Kingdom?

If another country attacks us because I met the Demon King, then the Six Dragon God Kingdom would become their enemy.

So they took custody of me in the Six Dragon God Kingdom and invited me to the Demon King’s Kingdom.

S-so that’s how it works.

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Sitting beside the Demon King was Count Chrome.

Count Pugyaru apparently couldn’t come because of work.

I feel a little uneasy.

Count Chrome is in charge of foreign affairs for the Demon King’s Kingdom, so I assumed he was here to attend the meeting.

No?

He’s just here as my escort?

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The ones Count Chrome brought with him were three beastkin boys and one oni boy.

Apparently, they are Lady Tiselle’s father’s children.

The three beastkin boys are Lady Tiselle’s older brothers.

The oni boy is Lady Tiselle’s younger brother.

Knowing that they were Lady Tiselle’s siblings made me a little wary, but all four of them were extremely polite.

Is Lady Tiselle the unusual one?

The four of them are here to hear about Lady Tiselle from me.

And to apologize.

No, no, Lady Tiselle hasn’t caused me that much trouble.

Yes, she’s actually helped me in many ways.

It’s all right.

I’m not being forced to say this.

They don’t have something on me, nor are they holding anyone or anything hostage.

Don’t worry.

I understand how you feel, though.

Yes, I understand how you feel.

From the things Lady Tiselle says and does… yes.

But I also understand that Lady Tiselle has been holding herself back while in my country.

Lady Tiselle has been a great help to me.

Really.

Ah, we’ll talk properly later.

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That’s everyone.

Including Lady Tiselle’s father and me, there are nine people seated at the table.

There are also two secretaries for Youko-dono, three bodyguards for Lady Tiselle’s father, and several butlers and maids in the room, but since they are not seated at the same table, I am not counting them.

Also, I was told that this would be treated as a meeting rather than a conference.

Officially, Lady Tiselle’s father is simply meeting with me to hear about Lady Tiselle.

Understood.

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The meeting with Lady Tiselle’s father…

It began with simple introductions and small talk before moving on to the subject of Lady Tiselle.

I told him everything honestly, without exaggeration, and as accurately as possible.

If she caused me trouble, I told him she caused me trouble. If she helped me, I told him she helped me.

Count Chrome and Count Pugyaru had told me that was the best approach.

Apparently, as long as I hadn’t personally assaulted Lady Tiselle or put her in danger, her father wouldn’t get angry.

I believed them.

There was nothing else for me to believe.

I’d already given them letters from Lady Tiselle and the others beforehand, so they probably knew at least some things about my situation as well.

Lying would be a bad idea.

Be honest.

The meeting proceeded with me answering questions from Lady Tiselle’s father.

There were no problems.

……

I think I heard someone suggest that they should send around twenty angels to stay with Lady Tiselle for the time being. Was that really necessary?

Was that one of her brothers?

Maybe he was just worried about Lady Tiselle, but don’t say dangerous things like that.

Lady Tiselle’s father, don’t nod.

They’re angels.

Think about this very, very carefully!

……

Leave things to Lady Tiselle for the time being?

Good. As expected of you!

He understands how dangerous the angels are!

No, if that’s the case, then you would bring Lady Tiselle back…

Ah, no. That’s not going to work.

I already said that having her around has been a great help.

W-well, it’s the truth.

I’m not lying.

Huh?

There aren’t any men approaching Lady Tiselle?

Ah, you mean men proposing to her?

Umm…

None at all!

When I answered honestly, Lady Tiselle’s father made a complicated expression.

As a father, is he relieved that no one has proposed to his daughter, while also worried about it?

But lying would be a bad idea.

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By the way, just like Lady Tiselle, no one proposes to Ekaterize-sensei either.

Ekaterize-sensei is the daughter of a duke from a large country, even if that country no longer exists.

The family behind her is simply too powerful for anyone to propose to her.

Even I wouldn’t be a suitable match.

So the marriage proposals are concentrated on Lady E3, who claims to be an ordinary person.

Though Lady E3 doesn’t pay them any attention at all.

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After I had talked for a while, it was time for questions.

There were no problems with that either.

I simply told them what I knew and said I didn’t know when I didn’t.

After answering all the questions from Lady Tiselle’s father and siblings, I confirmed our friendly relations with Youko-dono and the Demon King.

It won’t be made public, but my country, the United Kingdom of Careland Region, has agreed not to become hostile toward the Demon King’s Kingdom.

Honestly, the difference in national power is simply too great for us to fight.

I’m satisfied as long as they don’t regard us as enemies.

As for trade, I’m not very knowledgeable about that…

But apparently, there was no problem because I could discuss those matters with Lady Tiselle through letters.

Then I look forward to working with you.

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With that, the meeting came to an end.

But that didn’t mean I was free to leave.

After this, we were having a meal together with everyone here.

I’d been avoiding alcohol so that I wouldn’t embarrass myself in a foreign country, but if they served it, I couldn’t exactly refuse to drink.

As for the food… even though this was supposed to be an unofficial dinner, the Demon King was here, so I assumed they would serve something proper.

I’d already learned the manners of the Demon King’s Kingdom from Lady Tiselle and Ekaterize-sensei, so there would be no problem.

There was no problem, but… I couldn’t exactly say that I wanted ramen.

I had to steel myself.

I could eat ramen tomorrow.

Even though I’d made up my mind, ramen was served at the dinner.

Along with gyoza, fried rice, and karaage.

It tasted absolutely exquisite.

I shed a few tears.

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Secretary「Youko-sama, what should we serve at today’s dinner?」

Youko「The menu? The usual welcoming menu, of course. Are you suggesting we change it?」

Secretary「The guest has been eating nothing but ramen ever since he arrived in Village Five.」

Youko「I don’t believe ramen is on the menu.」

Secretary「That’s exactly why.」

Youko「?」

Secretary「I think we should serve ramen.」

Youko「What are you talking about? The guest has been eating ramen this whole time, hasn’t he?」

Secretary「Exactly. Don’t worry. Leave it to me.」

Youko「I-I understand, but…」

Secretary「Thank you. In that case, I’d like to ask Village Chief for his help.」

Youko「You want Village Chief to help?」

Secretary「No. I want him to make the main dish.」

Youko「Y-you…」

Secretary「We’ve already prepared the ingredients and everything else. Please don’t worry.」

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Conquering King 「(Tears of joy)」

Secretary 「All according to keikaku.」

TN: Keikaku means plan

Youko 「……(I suppose there are things in this world that I simply cannot understand.)」

Demon King 「What luck! We get to eat Village Chief’s cooking!」

Beezel 「Indeed.」

Gol 「I helped with the gyoza.」

Sil 「I helped with the fried rice.」

Bron 「I helped with the karaage.」

Torain 「I did my best with serving the food.」(I’m happy I could help again after so long.)

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??? 「Hawawaa. Torain is working so hard!」

Conquering King 「Count Chrome, who is that person watching us from the corner of the room?」

Beezel 「Ah, that’s the angel Kierbit.」

Conquering King 「Her gaze is… fixed on Torain, isn’t it?」

Beezel 「Yes. It seems she’s after him.」

Conquering King 「……Torain. Run.」

Torain 「Huh?」

Conquering King 「You’ll be caught if you stay here! Run as fast as you can, fwoof!」

Torain 「Conquering King-san!」

Beezel 「Th-that was incredibly fast… Was that an attack?」(I couldn’t see it.)

Demon King 「I’d rather you didn’t punch him. That could cause a diplomatic incident.」(I saw it.)

Youko 「It’s not good to interfere in someone else’s romance.」(I saw it.)