Chapter 109
Strange
Occurrence
Translator : PolterGlast
"I think we
should have been more specific about what benefits they would get by bringing
the heroes into the empire. I think we failed to present them with clear
benefits."
"That's certainly
true."
The Elmore Empire was a
great power, but even with all its strength, its national power wasn't so
overwhelming that it could ignore everything and do as it pleased.
Furthermore, they were
clashing with the demons in many places along their long territory.
They were currently fighting
the demons and wouldn't want to create any new sparks.
From their
perspective, the Grust Kingdom is one of the countries that is fighting demons,
just like them, and it's only natural that they would want to be on good terms
with them if you think about it carefully.
"But I think
there's still room for negotiation."
"Why do you think
so?"
"Because Empress
Emilia's tone was a little strange."
Looking back, the
Empress's words were barbed for a country fighting alongside them.
What did she say?
[But that... is not
now. I cannot say that we have a need to take you in at the risk of breaking
ties with the kingdom.]
They didn't want to
take us in at the risk of breaking ties with the kingdom.
In other words, I
think they would be willing to take us in if they could avoid a falling out
with the kingdom.
But if they took all
the heroes into the empire, it would definitely become a diplomatic issue with
the kingdom.
I couldn't think of
any way to resolve that issue right away.
"Conditions for
the kingdom to allow the transfer of the heroes, huh... is the kingdom making
unreasonable demands on the empire?"
The first thing I
thought of was to curry favor with the Grust Kingdom.
If we could save them
from their predicament and create a big favor, they might allow the transfer of
the heroes to cancel out the favor.
"Izel II is the
kind of person who knows how to suck up to those stronger than him. He's only
ruthless to those weaker than him."
"What kind of
king is that, really..."
Thinking calmly, it was
Izel II and Misha we were talking about.
Even if we did them a
favor, they would probably try to weasel out of it, so it would be better to
scrap that idea.
Alicia, the second
princess, seemed very decent, though.
I wondered if we
should just go to her... but that would change the story too much.
Hmm...
"Then how about
we do the empire a favor?"
"It would be
difficult to do something that would make Empress Emilia nod in
agreement..."
Judging from Empress
Emilia's attitude and words, she seemed quite fed up with Izel II's and Misha's
selfish behavior.
I felt like we could
find a breakthrough if we had some kind of starting point...
"How about we
just show them your power, Masaru?"
"It's scary how
that makes sense, even though it's a bit of a rough idea."
This Alistella was a
sword-and-magic isekai.
In other words, to sum
it up, it was a world of meritocracy where you could silence everyone if you
had the power.
It wasn't as rough as
making them listen by force, but showing them that I had power would be a valid
bargaining chip.
My power, which
defeated the Knight of the Holy Corpse, was frankly great enough to be counted
from the top in this world.
Furthermore, I could
use the power of [Home] to teleport and master all kinds of magic.
I felt like I could
make them listen if I threatened them that I would become a terrorist and
destroy the empire if they didn't...
It was a complete
villain move, though.
"Or maybe we
could make them think that teaming up with us is more valuable than teaming up
with the kingdom. In any case, it would be best if we could show them that our
power is useful without resorting to violence."
Should I try
infiltrating the imperial castle again and going directly to the Empress, like
I did with Princess Alicia?
If I went that far,
they would have to acknowledge our power.
But infiltrating the
imperial castle with all those magic tools was too risky... hmm, what should I
do...
The discussion ended
there for the day.
The next day, while
using full Mana Perception to see if there was anything to work with, I felt
something strange.
"What is
this...?"
"Masaru, what's
wrong?"
"Hmm, what's
this..."
I hadn't noticed it
yesterday because I didn't check carefully, but when I used Mana Perception
carefully, there was a strange reaction inside the royal castle.
The mana reaction
indicated that something was both a human and a monster.
It was a reaction I
had never seen before.
What in the world was
it...?
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