Chapter 136

Within the mountain valley, was an enormous building .

It was much larger than the Retice Kingdom’s royal castle, and much calmer and more peaceful than the elven royal castle .

It was the royal castle of the usually hot-blooded beastmen, so I thought that it would be more boisterous .

「This is the royal castle . Please watch your step as it is slippery . 」

Perhaps it was because it was built as if it was on the surface of the canal, as it was not unpleasant even though it was wet .

I looked up and sighed .

I couldn’t see the highest point of the castle .

How should I say this, it was similar to a certain school of witchcraft and wizardry .

TN: reference to Hogwarts

「This place, is surrounded by mountains, but if you were attacked by enemies from on top of the mountains, then wouldn’t you be defenseless?」

I had said that to Ria as I looked up at it after disembarking the boat, but Ria smiled and shook her head .

「There is a spherical barrier around royal castle, protecting the skies above it and the ground below it, so there is no need to worry about intruders . 」

Ria having such a self-satisfied look on her face meant that it’s a『God’s Barrier』, huh .

Making a sound of acknowledgement, I looked back up at the sky that seemed to be covered in a thin film .

If it’s the『God’s Barrier』, then will it be alright?

「Well then, Amelia-sama, Akira-sama, the room to have an audience with King Igsam is this way . 」

As it was an audience room, the place that we had been led to was a ridiculously large room .

It’s the same with Retice castle, why was it necessary to have such a big room .

Wasn’t it enough for it to be about as big as the school’s student council room .

In fact, the only people in the audience room was, a lion beastman who seemed to be the king sitting on the throne, and a horse beastman who seemed to be a knight standing next to the throne .

Perception was also indicating that there was no one else but these two people .

In other words, including us, there were five people in this vast room .

I couldn’t calm down .

「Father, I have brought the elven princess Amelia Rose Quartz-sama as well as the summoned hero Akira Oda-sama . 」

TN: Ria is using お義父様 (ogifu-sama), which means foster father here . Since it’s not a commonly known term and one wouldn’t call one’s foster father “foster father”, I settled for just “father” .

We bowed our heads as Ria bowed and said this .

My being a summoned hero was something that I myself had disclosed to Ria, so it couldn’t be helped, huh .

It would be very troublesome, so I had wanted to keep it hidden as much as possible .

The king who was discussing with the knight about something, raised his head and looked over at us the moment he was called out to .

「Ooh!! Sorry about that, Ria . My two guests, this way please . 」

He was smiling as he said that, but those eyes were examining me from head to toe .

I pretended that I wasn’t aware of his gaze and approached the throne .

The knight standing next to the throne glanced at me, and snorted .

It seems that, unlike Amelia, I was not welcomed .

As Ria stood right behind the throne, King Igsam spoke .

「Thanks for coming, Amelia-dono, Oda-dono . 」

Brightly smiling, King Igsam stood up from the throne .

I didn’t know the proper etiquette when dealing with the kings of other tribes, so I imitated Amelia .

I had come because this king had a request, so I didn’t feel that it was necessary to go through with formalities, but I would like to avoid the possibility that they would complain about Amelia because of my behavior .

「It’s been a long time, King Igsam . 」

「It has been a while! So, have you thought about the matter from before?」

When King Igsam said that, Amelia looked like she had swallowed a hundred bitter pills .

I wonder what he was talking about .

Or rather, the look on Amelia’s face was terrible .

Was it so unpleasant .

As I was thinking like that as if it was someone else’s problem, Amelia glanced at me .

「I already have Akira . 」

Amelia;s cheeks turned red .

Really, what was it about .

King Igsam frowned, but in a flash, it was gone and he was smiling brightly again .

「I see, that’s unfortunate . …then, let’s end the salutations here, and move on to the real issue at hand . 」

The moment King Igsam, who didn’t look that disappointed, sat on the throne, the person who seemed to be a knight took a step forward .

「Princess Amelia, this is the first time we’ve met . I am King Igsam’s imperial knight, Victor . I am pleased to make your acquaintance . 」

With a charming smile on his lips, he bowed to Amelia, and glanced at me .

Amelia nodded at Victor and once again looked back at King Igsam .

Due to the cold reception, a vein bulging on Victor’s forehead could be seen, but King Igsam started speaking, so his gaze turned towards him .

「Firstly, I heard that you saved my daughter, though she was adopted, in the Brute dungeon . As the king of the country, and as her foster father, I would like to give my thanks . Thank you . 」

Amelia shook her head when King Igsam who was sitting on the throne lowered his head .

「That matter was because I had been kidnapped by a demon . Ria was just coming to rescue me, so if anything, I am the one at fault, and the ones who saved her was not me, but Kurou and Akira . 」

「…is that so . Then, I need to thank Kurou as well . 」

Oi, you don’t need to thank me?

He continued to ignore me .

「And, there is also another matter I would like to discuss . 」

When he said that, King Igsam finally made eye contact with me .

At that moment, the alarm from my『Threat Detection』went off, the sound deafening .

Wasn’t it a bit late .

For it to sound when the situation became impossible to avoid, what kind of skill was this .

「The summoned hero Oda-dono, was it? Won’t you listen to my request . 」

I stifled the sigh that I had unconsciously almost leaked out .