CH 114.2

Chapter 114.2. Expedition

-Masatoshi’s POV-

Ambrose Ninny, who comes to avenge Mashiro’s death, also said it was in the past, but she didn’t say how many years ago. So he assumed it would be a couple of years before the start of the original story.

It’s a fraud. The past incidents before the start of the original work were not listed in the timeline even in the setting book. So Masatoshi had never imagined that the incidents were linked.

Masatoshi want to punch himself in the past for smugly saying Zephyrus was probably on his way to Tokyo to hunt druids.

Tokyo is dangerous unless you can fly. And the person who killed the Tokyo Investigation Team is even more dangerous. You’ll encounter a nasty enemy in that terrain. Even monsters have a type that doesn’t like that place.

Even he, a fire magician, would die if I did poorly. He was frightened inside, knowing that he could only rely on Seina.

He was about to tell his father he’ll take a pile of magic tools from home and his treasured Elixir with him. He noticed something strange.

Why didn’t he say something to acknowledge Takano County’s performance? The arrangements had been made, and this audience room was supposed to be a performance.

When he looked around, the air was still perplexing. He knew the reason why. The Emperor was still reading Takano County’s written response. At the very least, he should have read the contents once before the performance, so what’s going on?

“Your Majesty, is there something wrong?”

The prime minister calls out to the Emperor with a troubled look on. He still thought it was strange.

“Ah, no, I think this written report is quite well-written. Are you sure that this is the correct response, Count Takano?”

He unwraps the scroll, unfolds it, and shows it to us.

“Yes! There is no mistake, Emperor!”

Masatoshi was smitten by the young girl’s ahem and chest puffing and understood why the Emperor had taken the time to read it.

“This, this! Di, did Count Takano write this?”

The prime minister’s face paled, unable to hide his surprise, as he looked at the report and shouted.

“Yes! There is no doubt about it, prime minister-san.”

“When did this happen ……… but ……?”

The prime minister is confused but understands how he feels, and Masatoshi is stunned as well. The others were also stunned.

It was only natural. After all, the letter was written in dirty handwriting. The handwriting was so rough that it looked as if it had been written by a young child trying hard to write with a brush. No wonder it took the Emperor so long to read it. It took the Emperor a long time to read it because the handwriting was so dirty.

“Kukku, I see. You changed it before the performance.”

“I heard that the head of the family writes her so~j~sho, so I wrote it myself! I left the previous one behind!”

Miu replied to the Emperor, who laughed at her, without fear, as if she were a child. The Emperor is not intimidated, and Miu is a bit surprised. She probably believes she has done a good thing.

Miu’s father is not sure whether to apologize or not. It’s a written response submitted by the head of the family. He knows it would be bad to deny it here. Somehow, he seemed like a struggling small-towner, and Masatoshi felt closer and closer to him.

He was laughing at Sena. It was too young to be adorable, but she was too young to be shown that attitude. Some of the nobles standing by the wall also started laughing.

“Well, I see. There is no difference between the scroll and the contents of this book, is there?”

“Yes, there is no doubt, Emperor!”

“I see, I see, it is indeed no different from the previous scroll. Yes, yes, it’s the same as what you just said.”

The Emperor finally rolled up the written report with one hand, laughing hysterically. The nobles around him burst into laughter at the Emperor’s attitude, and the audience hall becomes noisy.

“Indeed, the head of the Takano County is a lovely girl.”

“Indeed. I wonder what the acting head of the family is doing?”

“As I thought, it seems that the rumors were exaggerated.”

Some people even made fun of Takano County. After looking at this performance. It’s understandable to make fun of them. Fathers would have to watch their children a little more.

But he felt uncomfortable. Instead of laughing, some of them looked stern. The Ryusui hag, the fox-eyed bastard Kanna, and even his father, Enraku. Ouga had a wry smile on his face.

I knew immediately why.

The Emperor stopped laughing with a snap, and then his eyes narrowed into a stern look.

“You dare to test me. I see that you are a ‘magician who can’t use magic’, Yoshiyuki.”

“Ha ha ha!”

The Emperor tells Yoshiyuki, who looks puzzled, as he claps his hands on the scroll.

“All right, I’ll allow you to play. I also forgive you for your cheeky intrigue. Count Takano. I will allow you to act at your discretion! You’re a cheeky fellow.”

“Hehehe, Takano Miu, I’ll write you a letter!”

“Good. I’m counting on you!”

Sitting flat on the floor, Miu curled her petite body and fell. There was no need to be flattered, but this girl didn’t know anything about court etiquette.

But the Emperor spoke out of turn.

Free discretion? Did he ever mention such a thing?

The laughter stopped suddenly, and the ceremony ended with everyone staring at Yoshiyuki Takano in disbelief.

It was later explained to me that Yoshiyuki had cunningly added to the content of the ceremony. He had slightly altered the contents so that he could move freely and escape at any time.

Takano Miu is the treasure of Takano County. They had taken steps to ensure that she wouldn’t die on this expedition, in case she did.

A magician who can’t use magic. Masatoshi was impressed that Yoshiyuki was now called Komei, and he wondered if his petty-bourgeois attitude was an act, and the familiarity he had felt was completely gone.

Masatoshi headed off on his expedition, wishing he could have escaped too.

He was going to Tokyo, a city that even the god Masatoshi feared, a city that had fallen into ruin.

TN: what’s the marquis equivalent of earldom or county???