Chapter 684 – International, Emperor, Sister-in-Law! (2)
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Ca Eddy Xaviro I buttoned up her clothes. The Gorgalia diplomat’s brooch swayed on her chest as if she had grown accustomed to the waves.
How many days have you been on a boat in your home country?
Gorgalia’s delegation had the port of Hughthroit right in front of them.
〈Last briefing prior to docking. There will be no resumption of the briefing on site after this, so don’t be distracted and focus.〉
Said the Foreign Minister, sitting in the cabin of the Lessing.
The fact that a minister of a country came to a small country, especially a city on the periphery, signified the significance of that ‘floating island’. Even if I forgot for a while that Gorgalia is a national power comparable to Britannia.
“Our goal is not to acquire Atlantis, the island in question.”
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, nervously rubbing his eyelids, advocated a sense of purpose, which he had also done in parliament, before departure.
At his subordinate’s joking remark, the Minister of Foreign Affairs erased his stern face and smiled. Kaedy hated it, saying that it was not wrong. ‘Actually, I can’t tell if it’s a different country.’ Even if you set your eyes on Atlantis, you have no choice but to force yourself without solid historical data. This would be the case even for a great power. ‘I don’t know if I’m really absurd.’ It’s a farce that makes it difficult for listeners to refute it because it’s absurd. ‘… What am I talking about?’ Ka Eddie blamed herself for her short thinking. Isn’t it common to see the opponent who is forced to take a look at the diplomacy. ‘Do you know? I wonder if there will be an emissary who is forced to be blamed.’ It’s not a very good choice, though. ‘Because it was said that only Count Wolfheddin could move Atlantis even if he took it that way.’ It was the story of an envoy who met the King of Britannia. It’s time to check if that’s true. Kaedi’s job was simply to prevent that surreal island from becoming a weapon of war for a potential enemy. The Foreign Minister put on a cold-blooded expression again.
A poker face was a skill that any diplomat should have.
The meeting ended with that.
I’m just reconfirming the schedule, but there’s no reason to make it longer. I had to land soon.
〈… Yes?〉
At that time, Kaedi suddenly felt uncomfortable and looked at the ceiling.
〈… No, it looks like someone is watching us.〉
No one denied Kaedy’s words. She came from an aristocratic family with excellent spiritual abilities.
─Chirin! The Foreign Minister performed his magic without hesitation.
It was Gorgalia’s arcane magic that detects life’s reactions. It can only be used in a designated area, but instead it can find even small creatures such as insects.
That must be the cause of the foreign minister’s nervousness. If you have to see bugs or molds infesting you every time, anyone will develop a mysticism.
The Foreign Minister opened his eyes after working his magic for several minutes.
〈… Whoa.〉
The members of the delegation caught their breath as if they were relieved. There were also people who tapped Kaedi on the shoulder, saying that it was fortunate that it was an illusion.
Technically, it was hard to imagine that such a thing would be possible.
I wonder if it is the clairvoyant of the heavenly god in mythology.
‘Besides, weren’t you talking in code? The chances of getting caught are low.〉
Even if you can escape the foreign minister’s magic, how can you understand the contents when you talk in code?
Even if there were people who could understand the languages of all countries in the world, they would not be able to decipher the codes. If such a thing is really possible, there is no choice but to wave the white flag.
The Foreign Minister was impressed by the generosity of his men.
〈… Excuse me.〉
‘Always be nervous. This is already the enemy camp.〉
It is the foreign minister who ordered the use of passwords even in oral conversations. He never had a diplomat who was so blind or thoughtless that he could complain.
The delegation stood on deck and received a brief inspection.
Diplomacy between countries is finalized prior to entry. That’s why the inspection was just an identification process, but it’s a bit different if the knights were in charge of the job.
‘The Royal Knights inspected?’
‘King of Britannia, no princess. I made up my mind.’
Whatever the diplomats thought, the knights who confirmed their identity pointed in the direction.
‘You mean Atlantis? Why?〉
The possibility that Count Wolfheddin would come out as a show of force was not even worth considering.
But why should I stay on that island? Even if it was the purpose of this visit, the island would not have been equipped with infrastructure?
The knight who received their glare pointed at the territory.
〈There are no inn rooms left in Hughesroit.〉
〈… …〉
Certainly, the state of the building seemed insufficient to accommodate all the delegations of at least 20 people from each country.
The lord’s house would be hard to even welcome these knights and the princess.
〈Since it was a sudden visit, we heard that there was an agreement to forgive any inconvenience. We ask for your understanding.〉
〈… No, this one was rude.〉
Saying that he couldn’t give Britannia time, he wrote a swarm of people at the royal castle in this country, saying, ‘I want you to visit me as soon as possible’. It was the karma of the envoys of each country, not anyone else.
The delegation got on the boat again, saying that there was nothing special.
Before I even started, I felt like I had lost my momentum.
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‘The delegation’s reactions are all the same.’
I opened my closed eyes
I stopped observing the reaction of the delegation from each country in the mansion. My eyes are sore.
‘Still, it’s fortunate that Odin’s Eye leveled up.’
The clairvoyant ability he gained while releasing the curse of the Bicorn Gods was more useful than expected. Because it was possible to intercept unilaterally even from a distance.
I feel like I’m committing a little crime, so I’m not in a good mood.
Still, if they were in my position, of course they would have stolen it. Ooh, look at that shady thing. It is also diplomacy. Dirty dirty
“Nor, aren’t you eating?”
Fran, who was eating together, twisted his head.
It was our family rule to gather and eat in one place if possible, but in this situation it was a little difficult to match the meal time.
Thanks to that, I and Fran ended up eating just one step later.
I stopped writing down the stances of the envoys in my notebook and picked up my spoon.
“I will eat. Isn’t that what the Valkyries cooked? You should taste it.”
“I taught you while cooking together, but there was absolutely no flaws, right? I learned very quickly I was surprised when I told you.”
“Hehe. You won’t need a cook.”
There is a possibility that the food may be poisoned.
‘Even so, the elderly sent me a magic item tableware set that checks for poison as a wedding gift, so I was really scared.’
He said he was sorry that he couldn’t attend, but the subordinate who came to visit this time gave it to him.
The reason he didn’t come in person is because the world knows he’s my sponsor anyway.
‘It’s okay if the elders come while Elisabeth is there.’
Everyone in the world knows that you are on my side. No matter what you say in the discussion, it will inevitably lack persuasion.
Thanks to you, you sent a trusted Romanian nobleman. He was a viscount from a civil servant.
Fran licked the spoon and said.
“I thought this was made of metal with mana, right?”
“Yes. Because mana was put into silver, this is mithril. I came back as a gift, and they said the dwarf artisans made it. It’s not a trade, isn’t it a bit funny?”
“Is it funny? Even a single spoon like this is proof of Norr’s hard work. Still, it’s pretty. Lol.”
“The prettiest thing is Fran, and your way of speaking is the prettiest.”
Fran is so cute After all, our franc is the resting place of my heart.
The motherhood that can do it without hesitation can only be found in Fran under this sky.
Maiden Mamang Nemo seems to think I’m going crazy and brings a healer—Dana—if I get mad.
At that time, Fran said while eating rice happily.
“Nor, do you have to go back to work later?”
“Yes? Well, yes. I have to say hello to the delegation.”
She tried to meet her at the port, but was stopped by Elisabeth, who told her not to look down on her.
‘Even if the other person’s status is higher than mine, if she is not from the royal family, there is no need to meet her.’
Still, it would be rude to not show her face. It’s annoying etiquette, but there’s nothing to ask why. I’ll just go for the middle if I do as I say.
After finishing the meal, Fran wiped her mouth in regret.
“Nord is going to be hard too.”
“Yes. It’s hard enough for me to die. Why do we have to go see the faces of the ladies who have no interest in our franc? I’m crying, really.”
I hugged Fran and frowned. Frank comforted me while hesitantly.
Fran likes to accept my foolishness, so wouldn’t this be a win-win?
“I wish I had 10 bodies, lehu… Let 9 work, and I want to stay here and play with Frank…”
“Yes… Then hey, is there anything I can help you with?”
“Just being by my side in good health is comforting.”
Britannia is the best, the best…
It was me who had such a comfortable time, but honestly, I expected it to some extent. That my life, where I’ve been blessed as much as I’ve been fucked, can’t be this smooth.
Also, having received Catherine’s signature, I stood up with arrogance.
“Nor? Why?”
“… The Byznia royal family has come.”
“… Woah, the royal family?!”
Fran jumped up in surprise.
It is said that the horse is Mr., And a boat led by a creature that looks like an oriental dragon has been witnessed. I was dumbfounded and clicked my tongue even while wearing my coat.
‘What the fuck, what qualifications does Byznia have to join?’
It is said that I am a Kitai, but the moment I became a noble in this country, the ties were cut off. Even if I am the emperor’s illegitimate child, I am already a South Korean.
By the way, did you send someone from Baiznia?
Is it just because there is a concern that Atlantis will be used as a weapon?
Stop talking bullshit. If that’s the case, will someone from the royal family come to visit me?
I don’t know what it was, but I couldn’t let it go.
“Would it be good for me to go out with you too?”
“I’m sorry I canceled right away, but I’ll ask you a favor. Since I am also a nobleman, it would be polite to have a wife with me.”
I got dressed and changed into a Frando dress.
It was a pity that my breasts shrunk a bit compared to when I was wearing comfortable clothes, but what can I do? If I were a member of the royal family, I wouldn’t be able to take my eyes off 100% of Wool Franc’s chest.
“Hee-hee-hee-! (I was eating rice—!)”
I rode the wagon led by Valkyrie and headed for the port. Elizabeth was in charge of managing her delegation, so she was not on time. Her opponent’s ship was too fast.
As Fran touched her head, she cringed at the sight of a boat carrying a Weiznian flag, a creature leading the boat.
“D-Is it a dragon?”
“No. It’s not that strong.”
I think it’s like Irochi Black Gyarados.
Did they also evolve from koi? It would have been correct to see him swimming in the sea.
I entrusted the procedure to Elizabeth’s knights and stood proudly.
『Princess Lianne Yui-ling(蓮 雨灵) is coming!!』
It was a grandiose, even rude horn sound in a sense. As I was trying to stop my eyebrows from furrowing, a woman in a palanquin got off the ship.
Are you a little girl?
No, I don’t know how old you are.
The face is mature, and the hands and feet are quite long. Excluding the height, the proportions alone made him look like an adult.
He was shorter than Fran and had black hair. Maybe it’s because I’m small though? She was a doll-like woman dressed in royalty.
Considering the difference in culture, she probably thought to keep her manners, but she removed all the feet—things like curtains—that seemed to have been set on a palanquin so that the cloth could not see the faces of the royal family.
【… Sister?】
So it was.
That princess was able to open her eyes wide upon discovering us.
【Sister Francesca? Isn’t that Francesca’s sister?!]
“… Det?”
Me and Fran opened her mouth blankly.
Sister? Sister, what the fuck does that mean?
My head popped up a blue screen like a ghost and repeated the same word, and after a few minutes I managed to input the dictionary meaning.
“… … Fran’s little sister!!!!!”
I looked at Fran in amazement.
Come to think of it, I heard that the rest of her family is living somewhere!!
Fran’s father was also an alchemist who benefited from polygamy!!
Bung-Bung-Bung-Bung-!!
My Fran just shook her head and protested with her whole body, ‘I’m seeing this for the first time!!’ My eyes were full of tears when a person who couldn’t lie was misunderstood.
Isn’t she a sister? I’m so glad If this was a morning drama, I would have been in a car accident about 5 episodes later.
‘Amy Sval, now is not the time to talk like that.’
If that girl wasn’t Fran’s sister, how far away was this?
【Sister! I’m glad I could see you like this!]
To us who were in extreme confusion, the sick princess, who mistook herself for being her sister, ran as if jumping off her palanquin. The speed at which she teases her short feet is incredible.
Wow-! The princess embraced by Fran.
Unable to evade or parry her imperial family, Fran was hardened to stone. I was out of my mind, worried that this crazy princess might harm her.
The frozen Fran asked, like her ventriloquist puppet.
【I, I, have you seen me somewhere, have you ever, yo?】
It was then.
Thanks to Papago’s superior translation ability, I noticed a certain truth that was difficult to properly understand.
Even if the English is the same, British and American are quite different.
Likewise, isn’t the Germanic language these two people using mixed with Nidavellir’s unique accent and pronunciation?
Small stature compared to mature face. Similar hair color.
Fran’s words that she was never her own sister.
Combining this and forcibly combining it into the biggest problem of Atlantis, it was possible to reverse the process from the predetermined result.
To put it simply, it means you know what happened.
It was only then that I understood the bullshit that the royal family in the middle plains came up with.
Because I understood, I was blown away.
‘I’m serious? It’s a completely shot-in-the-head idea?’
Chiara Collido said. Mixed blood means that the human parental traits are rarely displayed.
And there is no such thing as a paternity test in this world.
Even if there is, it won’t be over in a day or two.
In other words, the Emperor of Baiznia was able to insist on this until we brought in no evidence, saying, “Don’t talk bullshit.”
—As you can see, there are dwarves among my wives.
─ Her child, whom she thought was missing, survived by crossing her wilderness, and she renamed it ‘Francesca’.
If there really was a missing half-dwarf princess, that could be used as evidence.
Vaiznia is a country adjacent to Nidavellir across the wilderness.
‘So you’re going to claim her franc as his daughter?’
With that, instead of me, who had already become a Britannian, it was a sign that he would try to reach out to the Wolfhedin family——in the dispute over the ownership of Atlantis.
Truly a different world-style internal line and Northeast project.
Or… One Byznia!!!
【Ah, me too! Excuse me for the first time!]
Just in case. The princess with dwarven blood flowed back with dignity. And she raised a humble greeting that the imperial family could not show to a foreign aristocrat.
[Nice to meet you, Francesca! I am the 9th Princess of Jinryeon-guk, Li-Ann Yui-ling! Having the same mother as her older sister… I’m your little sister!]
As if they didn’t know that I was staring at them with calm eyes, the half-dwarf royalty innocently shone their eyes.
As if he really believed the emperor’s lies.
Or, as if she was happy to see her dead sister again.
I patted the back of Fran, who was in a state of ecstasy, and I carefully inspected the Baiznian delegation with a calm mind beyond the critical point.
The chance that this half-dwarf princess is the representative is 0%.
If so, who is the representative?
What kind of ridiculous idea did you prepare such a stupid excuse?
“Excuse me without explaining in advance.”
Upon receiving my gaze, a man from the delegation came out.
He was a man with straight hair and an official uniform trimmed without wrinkles.
“This is Planetarium Zhang Zhiqun.”
A man who seemed to have never heard anything other than a brush in his life embraced and bowed.
“Currently, I am in charge of assisting Princess Yui Ling on behalf of Her Majesty the Emperor. I also want to apologize to the princess for impulsively seeking a reunion.”
“… Indeed. You did.”
It was only then that I was able to smile.
The eyes of Odin, who had awakened clairvoyance, showed it.
A bunch of very familiar bugs swarming in Zhang Ziqun’s body.
‘An insect magician from Gulanarok who infiltrated Byznia.’
Did he say that his nickname was Chungwangdaegun?
That’s a pretty bold move.
