Watashi Ga Betsu No Sekai De Umarekawatta
16-6: King and Shiro
I made an audience with the king at night when monsters appeared in the Royal Capital…
They exaggerated me for having conquered Demon Lord Dog Head and tried to force me to grant the noble title called Duke Mitsukuni or something…
The house of Duke Mitsukuni seemed to be the house established after Ancient King Yamato handed the throne to the second generation, at which time the famous members of the state council to carry out social reforms…
It seems like Duke Mitsukuni's peerage was still granted until after the fourth generation King had retired, but there were some circumstances, and after that, no one was given the title of Duke Mitsukuni's nobleman anymore…
I ended up hearing some interesting anecdotes of this blessing, but since I was not interested in the peerage and the others, I appropriately rejected it…
The king seemed to think that I was not satisfied with just the title of Noble, this time he suggested me the [Blue Territory] in the southwest region of the kingdom…
The Blue Territory seemed to be the place where seven cities were sacrificed in order for the Golden Wild Boar King to destroy the Furu Empire…
To the west of the Trade City and the South of the Labyrinth City, there was a sea of trees where the cities were sleeping, having become a nest of monsters by now…
In the past they had managed to recapture cities by sending soldiers many times over, but they could not hold back the overflowing monsters from the sea of trees and had to be evacuated as a result…
Shiro can easily repel monsters in cities, but keeping them permanently seems to be quite tiring…
I'm not very interested in territory management and administration…
I often play city building games, but in the real world there are too many problems, so I will hold back…
So, I refused lightly, but the King and the Prime Minister openly looked disappointed…
They might want me, who has the power to defeat the demon lords, to reclaim the cities with that power…
After a little stale talk, I came to the main goal…
"Your Majesty, I received some reports from the Echigoya people about the monsters that appeared in the Royal Capital…"
I actually found one myself, but let's make this a second story…
"As expected of Shiro the same…"
"You know quickly…"
"Prime Minister…"
"Yes…"
"Please let me explain it from here…"
"We have received reports of gigantic monsters appearing in metropolitan areas over the past few days to date…"
"Every monster suddenly appeared from underground and after destroying buildings and people in their area appeared, they disappeared underground…"
So it really came from underground…
"There have been seven reports of appearances to date, but there have only been two cases where the monsters could be killed before they could escape, the first being when the Shiga Eight Sword, was, Lord Ryouna made it in time and the other was when some of the explorers of Mithril happened to meet one by chance…"
Ryouna six-pack amazon, right…
The explorers should be about us…
I tried to check the map, but there was no sign of monsters underground…
According to the report, all seven monsters had red rope-like patterns…
It was not only an insect-type monster, there was also a rat-type monster…
"Are you trying to chase the fleeing monster…?"
"Yes, when we sent the soldiers of the Royal Capital to search underground, they found the remains of the monsters mentioned above…"
"There are three monsters that have died from weakness, one from decomposition and one from some kind of sword and magic…"
"Decomposition and attenuation…?"
Putting aside the monsters that were killed, did the other four die by themselves…?
Ga Hou the Orc of the Capital of Duchy told me that there were other Orcs in the Royal Capital, so they might have exterminated monsters underground…
"We created the Royal Research Institute to research monsters, but we didn't get any useful information…"
"Then I'll tell you one thing…"
"I have an acquaintance with the appraisal skill in the Royal Capital and that acquaintance confirmed that the monster had the status of Bestowal's Magic Body when they saw the monster…"
"Magic Body Bestowal…?"
"That's impossible…"
Prime Minister san seemed to remember about the existence of the Fiend Drug as well, he was at a loss for words while looking bitter…
He probably recalled the illegal manufacturing incident in the Labyrinth City from before…
Marquis Kelton who was the main culprit at the time avoided punishment by using the influence of his faction if I was not mistaken…
After that, I found out about a group of priest lords called the Light of Liberty who were trying to smuggle the Fiend Drug out of the kingdom…
"Prime Minister, how is the banishment of the Fiend Drug…?"
"Yes, the Royal Research Institute is in charge of that disposal…"
"Have you heard what method they used to dispose of the Fiend Drug…?"
"No, I've instructed them to make it so that it can't be used anymore, but I didn't hear about the details…"
Well, that's natural…
The Prime Minister may not have much free time…
"Maybe they dissolved the Fiend Drug with some drug or acid and then threw it into the sewer…?"
Or maybe they do it without doing it…
Prime Minister san's eyebrows twitched when he heard me…
His face looked a little pale but he controlled himself quite well…
"I'll call the director of the Institute and the one in charge immediately…"
Prime Minister san resigns to arrange a summons…
"Hey, Your Highness…"
"Is there a detailed document of the Fiend Drug…?"
"There's…"
"Royal Research Institute borrowed it once, but other than that, it was stored in the Forbidden Library under the royal palace…"
Is it okay to lend books taken out of forbidden libraries…?
Well, it may have low secret content…
"There's something I want to check, you know, didn't you allow me to enter the forbidden library…?"
"It's cold what Shiro is saying…"
"This palace is also Shiro's palace…"
"You can get in and out of where you want…"
No no, the rules were too careless…
The king guided me further through the royal family's private area, to the forbidden library…
The forbidden library was located beside the treasure room and a large gate with powerful anti-intruder magic was installed in the place that led to the two…
The level 30s guard knights of the palace guards, they looked diligent and stoic…
Even though I was with the King, they asked me for my purpose and asked me to take off my mask, following that rule…
I showed a disguised face under the mask and then we passed through the gate…
The corridor split towards the treasure room and the forbidden library in the middle of the road, we continued the corridor leading to the library…
The king was a good passerby because he was a holy knight in his youth, but I felt bad letting an old man walk too far, so I took a seat from my storage, he said, make him sit on it and bring it with Magic Hand…
We passed through 13 gates before we reached the forbidden library, but the gatekeepers from the third gate onwards were not humans, but magic flaw creatures 'Constructors' like golems and living armor…
The gate was placed at fixed intervals in the corridor, indicating the importance of the forbidden library beyond this…
After passing through the double-layered door that seemed to be a barrier, we finally entered the forbidden library…
Smell paper…
The insides are dark and it seems that they regulate temperature and humidity at a level that is best for preserving books…
When the King holds the medallion used as a slit, the light inside the building is lit…
We passed through the entrance hall and arrived at a room with a row of bookshelves that were as high as the ceiling…
I checked, there was only one detected, the other was not a librarian, but about twenty work golems and living dolls…
"I wonder who it is, so Your Majesty…"
"Your mother, are you in good health…?"
"You nerds as always, never go to a night party…"
"Yes, fortunately, the marriage proposal for Earl Lesseu came back with blank paper…"
The one talking to the King was the Sixth Princess
She is 18 years old, a year younger than Miss Karina and 2 years older than me…
Her hair was slightly brownish and black, she was wearing a neat tiara…
Earl Lesseu was probably the young ruler of san who came out as the topic of his calamity in the previous stale talk…
The Sixth Princess rolled her strong-willed blue eyes behind the silver glasses towards me…
"Who is this guy in suspicious clothes…?"
"New bodyguard…?"
"Be careful with your tongue…"
"This man is the hero Shiro dono…"
The matter regarding Shiro being misunderstood as Ancient King Yamato seemed to be a secret only to the King and Prime Minister…
I greeted the Sixth Princess kindly, she welcomed back with courtesy after showing an unhappy expression and then she returned to her own studies…
After that, the King led me to the Golem that had eight arms inside…
"Same shiro, this is the 'Librarian' of this forbidden library…"
"Your Majesty, Today, Book, what kind…?"
The Librarian Golem asked in a disjointed synthetic voice…
"O. 'Librarian', with my authority as King of Shiga Kingdom, I gave Shiro permission to remain here until the third layer of the archive…"
"Run it…"
"Yes, Performing, Running…"
There were four layers in this forbidden library…
That means the last layer isn't allowed, huh…
Well, I can find the title of the book with my existence as a nigh omniscince, I can only disturb myself if there is something I want to read…
"Sama Shiro, I think you already know this, but the last layer can only be entered by the current King of the kingdom 'Librarian' has memorized the list of books, but the last layer can only be entered by the current King of the kingdom 'Librarian' has memorized the list of books, so I'll take it for you if there's any book you need, please forgive me…"
No, no, there's no way I'm gonna let the king be the errand boy…
I can't say that I'll interrupt it myself, so I lightly replied, “I'm counting on you when it happens”…
After sending the King back to the surface, I hurriedly returned to the library, and began research on the Fiend Drug with the help of the 'Librarian' and living doll aides…
Although I already know what I will examine, but the plot given by the author wants me to go through the process first…
Well, even if it's boring, but I'll do it for the one I love, 'He'
After I finished researching the matter, I teleported back to the workshop to be Kuro's disguise…
There's an entrance to the nearest sewer…
Entering the locked door with the padlock, I descended into the sewer…
A herd of bats and rats attacked me, but I carelessly scattered them with Light Stun…
It's been a long time since I've used this magic…
I flew through the sewer to collect dirty water with Magic Hand from 128 points including the place where the incident happened…
I saw the remains of two monsters with red rope patterns…
Both were eaten by rats and insects, but there was a magic core in one of the rest of the monsters…
This magic core is more white than vermilion…
I gathered the two just in case…
I'll take them to the Royal Research Institute later…
Since I was close, I turned into Shiro just like when I met Ga Hou, and disturbed the place where the Orcs lived…
"Hey, nice to meet you…"
"I'm not your enemy, so can you get rid of that dangerous spear…?"
"You have no choice but to die now that you have seen this place…"
"Prepare yourself…"
A young Orc wearing a hood over one of his eyes and holding a magic spear told me so…
I avoided the thrust spear that left a red trail behind…
It was a sharp thrust, although not at the level of Lina and Shiga Eight Sword First Seat…
His magic edgen was quite resolute as well, some half-assed Magic shields would not be able to withstand this…
"Impossible…!"
"Even Ga Hou could barely avoid my spear…!"
"Who are you…!"
I want you to ask that first…
"I am Shiro, a friend of Ga Hou who lives under the Capital of Duchy…"
"J-so you're Shiro dono…!"
"I've heard about you from Ga Hou…"
"Please forgive my insolence…"
"Yes, I don't mind…"
Ri Fuu is an Orc 200 years younger than Ga Hou…
He led me to the Orc village…
There were slightly less than 20 Orcs in it…
Most were from the same generation as Ri Fuu, but there were three small Orcs as well…
It was late at night now, but for the Orcs living underground, the time when the people on the surface slept was the time for them to be active…
"We only produce the next generation Orcs when our members are reduced…"
"Actually, they are newborns after 150 years, everyone has spoiled them, how embarrassing…"
"That's not true…!"
"Ri Fuu is evil…!"
In addition to slight physical differences, Orc children look the same as human children…
"Thank you for waiting…"
"They're food brought by Shiro san…"
"Everything, you can eat after saying thank you…"
"Well…!"
I gave them the ingredients I bought in the Capital of Duchy, although there were also many different types of meat and seafood from the labyrinth…
They were very happy with the Japanese Radish of the Kuhanou Earldom…
I asked the Orc wives who cooked Orc dishes if there was anything strange in the underpass…
"Your mother, the rat monster we fought back then was an extraordinarily formidable monster…"
"There are even wounded among us…"
So the monsters underground were completely defeated by the Orcs…
"Yes, it would be dangerous if Ri Fuu wasn't there…"
"This guy even thinks it's a demon…"
"I mean, no monster can spread such a defensive wall…"
The defensive wall that the young Orc mentioned was probably the barrier that stopped the Tiane spear for a moment…
It wouldn't be strange if there were casualties with their levels…
"Any, yes, I think that underground creature has been on the rise for the past month…?"
"Even mice get nice and fat, they taste good…"
Fumu, there must be some kind of nutrient source…
Hey, I hope it's not a Fiend Drug…
I told Ri Fuu and a few other village leaders about the possibility of dangerous drugs being mixed in the sewer and asked them not to eat the creatures living underground for a while…
Of course, I gave them the part of the food needed for it. I have a large amount of ingredients that can't be processed in storage, so I give them as much food as a month that can be stored…
"Shiro dono, why did you go this far for our sake…?"
Ri Fuu asked such a question, I guess I was too nosy…
"Un, I guess I'm just nosy…"
"And so, I'm a friend of Ga Hou's…"
If I leave my friend's relatives alone and someone becomes a victim among them because of that, I will feel regret…
Besides, if I meddle here, they might be willing to patrol underpass or something…
"Ohh right, since I'm being nosy, take this as well…"
"It's not like the holy sword I gave Ga Hou…"
"A-is this magic sword…?"
"Is there magic spear as well…!"
"Both are weapons that can be easily filled with magic power, but I think they will be useful against monsters…"
Sorry that they are mass products, I presented them to Orcs with magic swords and magic spears made by Echigoya Company…
Their combat power should be increased by now…
After receiving a thank you from the Orcs, I left their residence…
All right, tomorrow to the Royal Research Institute…
I would hate it if the shop we were going to visit closed temporarily or was damaged due to monster interference because I didn't deal with it early…
Well, for the sake of playing happily, let's go the extra mile…
While basking in the sun with my whole body, I made myself move…
