Seirei Gensouki ~Konna Sekai de Deaeta Kimi ni~ Chapter 184

Published at 29th of July 2022 06:30:15 AM

Chapter 184
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A few days after Hiroaki caused a scene, Rio had dinner with Celia, who had just returned from her lecture at the Rodania Mansion, that night. And since they told the maids, Sofia and Angela, that they didn’t need attendants for the meal, it was only the two of them at that dinner.

「Come to think of it, it’s been decided that I’ll come along to the Galwark kingdom. Best regards during that time.」

Celia said, filled with a smile as she looked at Rio.

「What about your lectures in Rodania? 」

Rio asked, slightly surprised. He was about to head back to the Galwark Kingdom tomorrow. This time to meet Satsuki. However, aside from her, he also had to give his greetings to Francois, mainly because of his status as an honorary knight of Galwark.

While he knew that Flora and Christina decided to come along using Restoration’s magic vessel, Rio had expected Celia to stay in Rodania because of her duties as a lecturer.

Christina and Flora both had their reasons for going along with him. Christina’s purpose was to inform King Francois about her inauguration as the new representative of Restoration. While Flora’s purpose was to report her safe return after her disappearance.

「Yeah, but I expect a hell of jam-packed lectures waiting for me once I get back from Galwark. And besides, I was asked to go along as Christinsama’s and Florsama’s attendant.」

Celia spoke, still with a happy smile on her face.

「I see. There’s no way you can refuse their request.」

Rio agreed as he returned her smile with his own.

「Yes… Ah, now that it has come to this… It seems that we’re going to stop by Almond on the way to Galwark.」

「Do we have some business there? 」

「For safety reason, the magic vessel will stop by for a while, but Liselotte-sama told us that she will tag along with us.」

「Liselotte-sama…」

「Yeah. She said that she absolutely must come along with us to prove that Florsama had safely returned. And…it seems that she also wanted to spend some time with you when she heard that you would come along.」

Celia said, looking closely at Rio’s expression.

「I see …………Understood」

Rio replied after pondering for a while. Anyway, the matter about meeting up with her again had been decided ever since their adventure to deliver Christina to Rodania, so there was nothing to be done. Meanwhile, he tried to recall his impressions of her during that time――,

“―― This might be a sudden question, but do you believe in previous lives, Lord Amakawa?”

That time, Liselotte suddenly came with such an absurd question. However, she eventually ended it there with a promise to continue their talk the next time they met. She probably chose his visit to the Galwark kingdom at this time as the most appropriate time to make her move. Rio at least predicted that much. And――、

「By the way, after we visit the Galwark kingdom I’m going to make a bath in this house and then I’ll leave on a journey for a while to visit my acquaintance.」

Rio suddenly changed the topic of their conversation.

「Bath? 」

Celia’s eyes opened wide as the topic drew her interest.

「Yes, Aisia told me how much you missed the bath in my rock house while I was away.」

Rio unintentionally let out a smile when he told her that.

「G-Geez. I mean Aisia missed it too.」

Celia’s face flushed red in embarrassment.

「Ahaha, yes, she did say that she missed the bath too.」

Yup, I missed the bath.

Rio laughed again when Aisia’s voice joined in the conversation in his head.

「B-But, is that really alright? Isn’t that rather risky for you? 」

Celia asked as she stared at Rio sitting in front of her.

「No problem. I do need to collect the necessary materials during our stay in Galwark though. I think I might be able to finish the bath in one or two weeks. I mean I want to immerse myself in the bathtub whenever I come to this house too. And though it won’t be as luxurious as the one in the Rock house, please look forward to its completion. 」

Rio said magnanimously. The magic tools installed in the rock house used a large amount of mana to operate and so the high purity spirit stones had to be constantly refilled. Although this came with the advantage of having a constant supply of water no matter the environment the problem was the necessity of a constant supply of mana. Therefore he needed to lower the specs to the standard of where it could be reproduced with the sorcery technology of the Strahl region.

「Uhm….. Thank you! 」

Celia smiled happily as she said so.

The morning of the next day. After Rio boarded the magic vessel owned by Restoration along with Celia, it departed from Rodania along with its escort vessels, heading towards the Galwark kingdom.

Their first destination was Almond as they were going to pick up Liselotte. They arrived in Almond just before noon, Liselotte who had completed her preparations boarded immediately and thus, the vessel departed again towards Galwark’s capital, Galtouct, in the noon.

As soon as she boarded the magic vessel where Rio, Celia, Flora, and Christina were on, they began to have a pleasant chat in the saloon onboard the ship. Inside the saloon, Celia, Christina, Flora, and Liselotte were sitting on the sofa with Vanessa and the other aides waiting at the side of the room.

On the other hand, Rio was preparing tea for the five of them using the special space provided due to Flora’s request who said 「I want to drink the tea brewed by Haruto-sama again.」.

「Sorry for the wait.」

After preparing tea for five, Rio headed to the sofa. He then poured the tea into each cup with trained movement.

「…. Yup, the fragrance of the tea is wonderful.」

Christina smiled softly after inhaling the aroma rising along with the steam.

「Yes, it’s wonderful.」

Flora nodded as a bright smile appeared on her face. After that, Rio presented the cup in accordance with the height of their status starting from Christina, Flora, and Liselotte.

「Here you go.」

「Thank you very much, Lord Amakawa.」

「Thank you very much, Haruto-sama.」

Christina and Flora expressed their gratitude.

「For you too, Liselotte-sama.」

「My deepest gratitude, Haruto-sama.」

Liselotte calmly expressed her gratitude.

「Here you go, Celia.」

「Thank you, Haruto.」

After he gave Celia her portion, she smiled delightfully as she expressed her gratitude. Thus, Rio took the last remaining cup. Their five man tea party began.

First, they enjoyed the pleasant aroma and tasted the tea, and gave each of their impression, then――,

「… By the way, is hero-sama coming along on this journey to Galwark? 」

The topic switched when Liselotte asked that question. She might have felt it strange for Hiroaki not to be present on this occasion. Hearing this, Christina let out a slightly awkward smile.

「While I feel ashamed to do this, I decided that we have to confine hero-sama in Rodania for the time being.」

「Con-…-Fine? 」

Liselotte was surprised by that news.

「Yes. Yes, we imposed such a punishment due to his impolite behaviour towards Lord Amakawa and for almost causing a horrible tragedy due to losing control of his own Divine Raiment.」

Christina said as she nodded to Liselotte. Indeed, the hero, Hiroaki was ordered by Christina to stay in Rodania for the duration of their visit to Galwark. One of the reasons was for disciplining him for causing such an uproar during his match with Rio.

Rio also received a formal apology right from Christina the day after the match, and from that, it was obvious how serious Christina was regarding Hiroaki’s misconduct.

「That’s…. A bit….」

Liselotte who was at a loss could only gaze in puzzlement.

「It’s because hero-sama requested a match which was more like a duel against Lord Amakawa at the party held to celebrate Flora’s safe return. In regards to the outcome of the match, hero-sama lost once to Lord Amakawa. After grumbling that ‘he won’t lose as long as he uses the power of his Divine Raiment’, he lost again, despite using said power. As a result, in his carelessness he lost control and his Divine Raiment almost caused casualties. Lord Amakawa used his demon sword to protect the audience. I had to apologize again and again to Lord Amakawa for imposing such a heavy burden on him.」

Without hiding anything, Christina explained the previous incident. Once again, she heaved a deep sigh, nodding at Rio.

「I am not too bothered about it. It didn’t harm me in any way after all. Besides, your highness has repeatedly apologized to me, so it’s fine already.」

Rio replied with a wry smile.

「How admirable. Nevertheless, I felt fortunate enough to have this chance to teach hero-sama that he can’t just do as he pleases just because of his status as a hero. I want to express my gratitude to Lord Amakawa in that regard.」