「Then, since we’re already here, shall we meet the king?」
「Yes!」
———-
「Yo! King.」
「Seiji!
Ah, did Elena come as well!?」
「I’ll have you pay me the money today.」
Well, I don’t have such business here today,
but this fellow seems to forget about it if I don’t urge him many times.
「Gununu.」
Even if an ossan says that line, it’s not cute.
「There are various damages caused by the war with the devil-kin last week,
it’s hard on the reconstruction budget so, there’s no such surplus gold.」
「Ah, is that so?
Then, sell Elena over to me.
It can’t be helped, oh, it can’t be helped.」
「W-, Wait!」
「Until when are you going to keep me waiting?」
Blah blah blah, we’ve done our usual exchange. It’s really fun to mess about and torment the king, huh.
Well, it’s the worst, don’t you have anything? I’m even accepting payment in kind.
Isn’t there a legendary holy sword handed down from generation to generation of the royal family?
Until Elena wants to come back on her own accord, I’ll pull this prank on him.
「By the way, King.
To you who is up to his neck in debt, I’ll do something good.」
「What is it!?」
I gave Elena and Hilda’s photo albums to the king.
「What the hell is this!!?」
The king nearly fell down looking at the photo albums.
「How is it? It’s well made, don’t you think?」
「Wha-, w-, what on earth is this!?
These pictures are life-like.
This book is really well made.
This wonderful Elena……」
The king admired the wonderful figure of Elena and couldn’t speak anymore.
「That ultra-luxurious, photo album set
is only 10, 000 Aurum!!
Furthermore, it’s not just that!
If you buy now-!
With two sets of each book, I will add another copy of each book,
the price is irredeemable!!」
「I’ll buy them!!」
Oi, King.
Don’t you have no money because of the reconstruction budget!?
***
I had Aya and the others wait inside Elena’s room.
I went southwards from the Royal Capital to Toki town using【Lightning Flash】.
When I run for awhile, the smell of salt water……
and when I run further, the sea was visible on the left.
And when I went further along the coast,
I finally saw the Toki town.
———-
I summoned Aya and others, and everyone went to Toki town.
「It’s the seaa-!」
Aya becomes excited as soon as she saw the sea.
Although both the juniors–Elena and Hilda–behave themselves,
Aya who is the most senior is the most childish.
Precisely because the Toki town was a port town, there was a lot of fish-related food sold.
After Aya who wanted to eat food right after buying it was somehow pacified,
we looked for a person who could divine.
It should’ve have been faster if I know the name of the『diviner』or the place he is staying, but it can’t be helped since Rachel-san doesn’t seem to know that much either.
As a result of the thorough investigation(eating right after buying)―
We found out that the identity of the『Diviner』―
was a person called『Exeter』―the feudal lord of Toki town.
If it’s the feudal lord, he should’ve told us that he works as a diviner when Lela’s message came
———-
Therefore, we went to the mansion of『Exeter』―the Feudal Lord of Toki town.
「Excuse me, I’d like to meet the feudal lord, can you tell him, please.」
When I said so to the gatekeeper―
「I’m don’t listen to such talk!
If you want to meet the feudal lord, come after having a permission beforehand!」
Was what he shouted at me.
「Errr… this person here is Princess Elena,
is it still no good?」
「I’m not going to listen to such talk either!
Don’t spout lies!!!」
This is extremely absurd……
「What should we do……?」
We don’t have anything that can prove that Elena is Elena……