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You were invited, as well?

Well, I'm technically a distant relative of the royal family,

so I'm often invited to these kinds of events.

Even though he acts a bit like a playboy, he's surprisingly well-mannered.

So he's actually of royal blood...

Yet he's being treated like a mere retainer.

I mean, the chances of me inheriting the throne are practically zero.

So, please, no need to be formal with me.

Seichiro?

My, I hardly recognized you.

Prime Minister Karvada.

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EPISODE 5: I WENT ON AN EXPEDITION

We were able to expedite the expedition considerably because of you. Thank you.

No, Your Excellency and the other high-ranking officials

are the ones who worked hard to truly make it happen.

Let's just leave it at that, then.

By the way, you look quite well today.

That outfit also suits you nicely.

Thank you very much.

A colleague of mine prepared everything for me.

As for my complexion, well, I've learned some of the struggles women face.

I was forced into attending this obnoxious gathering,

but I don't intend to waste this time.

Um, Prime Minister Karvada, there's something I'd like to ask you...

Hmm?

Oh! Prime Minister Karvada!

Purple is the color of the royal sorcery department.

Director Zoltan, I thank you for your fine work on the recent summoning spell.

Oh, stop.

Granted, it was indeed a large-scale spell that wouldn't have been possible

without the royal sorcery department.

We've even been asked to participate in the purification expedition!

More than the third royal order that relies solely on brute force,

it's clear the kingdom is in need of my department for its knowledge and ideas.

Sounds like they see the third royal order as their rival.

Let me introduce you.

This is Seichiro Kondu, assistant director of the royal accounting department.

He is a highly capable individual who worked hard to hasten the expedition.

Oh, the holy maiden's...

This saves me some trouble.

A proud noble like him should be easy to handle.

P-Please excuse me for a moment!

What are you doing?!

Greet His Excellency!

But I haven't left my research laboratory in ten days. I'm starving.

This is His Excellency Prime Minister Karvada

and Assistant Director Kondu from accounting.

Accounting?!

Please give us money!

No.

What's wrong with you?! You only just met the man!

Introduce yourself first!

Oh... Okay.

Don't wipe your mouth with your sleeve!

I'm Ist, the assistant director of the royal sorcery department.

Um... Kondu, you're from the accounting department, correct?

The royal sorcery department needs a lot of funding,

but we don't get much, and we're very poor.

So give us money.

Ouch!

It seems Zoltan is focused on politics as director,

while Ist is a royal sorcerer focused on practical matters.

Ow, ow, ow...

We can't increase your budget for no reason.

However, I could take things into consideration if you grant my request.

What do you say?

Commander Indolark...

Aresh-sama, that hurts.

Aresh-san!

Oh?

The holy maiden?

Your Holiness. I was informed you'd be entering with His Highness.

Oh, I-I'm sorry, Camile-san!

I couldn't help chasing after Aresh-san. He was supposed to enter with us.

Well, no matter.

You should return before it causes a commotion.

I'm sorry. Aresh-san, let's go back.

This event is about Your Holiness and the royal family.

You've no need of me.

Huh?

Your Holiness, allow me to attend you.

What's with your face?

I don't understand what you mean.

I mean your face. And those clothes... Where did you get them?

Someone from my department lent them to me.

As for my face, his household maids painted me with all sorts of things.

It's makeup that's low in magicules, so it shouldn't be a problem.

What's gotten into you?!

Don't do your hair in ways that make me uneasy!

They put so much effort into it and everything!

Whatever. I should get away from this guy...

The king made his entrance,

expressed concern over the miasma from the demon forest,

and extolled the sacred ritual that summoned the holy maiden.

Then the holy maiden herself entered, escorted by the firstborn prince.

Though she sounded a bit hesitant,

she said she wished to do her best for everyone in the kingdom.

I will now announce the participants of this expedition.

First, I shall be leading the operation.

So the firstborn prince will be in charge?

I'm sure that'll cause no end of trouble.

Isn't this far more operatives than we anticipated?

We'll have to revise the budget...

What?!

Why?

Seichiro! I didn't know you were joining the expedition.

Will you be all right?

I'm joining the purification expedition?

This is unthinkable for you.

I'll speak to His Majesty on your behalf.

Even the frail Yua is going.

Yet a grown man like you wants to run away?

It has nothing to do with age or gender.

Unlike the holy maiden, he has no resistance to magicules.

Going somewhere with a high concentration of miasma is too dangerous!

It's absurd that the one who pushed for such a perilous expedition

gets to stay in the palace, comfortable and safe.

He should go himself.

Unlike other people, the risks of the demon forest are too great for him!

Your Highness, I have to agree.

For him to go to the demon forest is tantamount to suicide.

The prince refuses to listen.

He must really hate the fact that I rushed the expedition.

Are you joining the expedition, Kondu?

My participation wasn't part of the plan.

That's why I wanted to connect with Ist and ask a favor, but...

I can't deny it would be most efficient for me to see the situation for myself.

Yes, I'll go.

The expedition is set to depart in three days.

The journey there and back will take six.

In the precious time we have before we leave...

I told Nor I wanted to visit his home.

To thank everyone for the clothes and makeup they provided, of course,

but I also had another purpose.

Which is why I wanted to speak with Nor's adoptive rather than biological father.

Nor happily made all the arrangements, so I think everything's gone well.

Since the banquet,

I've been busy delegating my work to the right people

and preparing budget proposals.

All because...

Seiichirou, let's go.

...of the commander, who drags me to the cafeteria every lunch break

and picks me up right when my work day ends.

My only saving graces are the facts

that I bring my work home and that I can secretly drink nutritional tonics,

because I recover each time he casts the barrier spell on me.

Sei-san, the journey is about an hour each way, so let's go home tomorrow.

Tomorrow? But my work...

It's my family that has to arrange for the carriage.

Fine...

All right!

We have tomorrow off for expedition preparations.

I'll be able to finish the work I brought home when I get back tomorrow.

Where were you?

I was out on personal business.

Personal business? Right before the expedition?

I heard you went out with a man from your department.

So he's asking even though he knows the answer.

He helped me prepare for the banquet a few days ago,

so I visited his home to thank his family.

Then what's this?

You're already going somewhere dangerous in such fragile condition,

and you're still working without rest?!

Oh.

Do you still feel hot?

No. I'm fine now, so may I return to work?

Absolutely not.

I want to make sure everything's in order for the expedition.

If you want everything in order, you should put your own health first.

You need to be more conscious of your own weakness.

I'm well aware.

If it weren't for him, I'd die just from breathing.

Even a minor scratch would be fatal.

I also know that our present relationship is strange, even for this world...

Besides, I've already prepared expense summaries for the second and third orders.

Huh?

What's with that face?

I don't have them on me.

I'll give them to you tomorrow, so do your work then.

I came here to reinforce the barrier spell before we sortie.

Oh...

I was waiting for you to bring it up,

but I didn't expect you to go on a long two-day trip,

then lock yourself in your room to work the day before.

I... do apologize for the trouble.

You and I will depart from here tomorrow.

What? You aren't going home?

No, I'm not.

He's planning on making sure I don't work!

Home, huh?

Commander... Aresh-sama, do you have any siblings?

I have two older brothers and an older sister.

So the unruly, handsome commander is the youngest child.

Totally expected.

That hurts.

This hurts? Really?

Do you all still live at home?

No, my older sister has already married and left the house.

My second-eldest brother also lives at his own manor.

It makes sense for the eldest to stay and inherit the estate,

but why's this guy still there, too?

I have a room in the knights' barracks,

but my family home is closer to the palace.

It's less of a pain, so I basically live there.

Group living doesn't suit the young master, does it, huh?

That hurts.

What about you?

I'm an only child.

I expected as much.

Given the situation, maybe it would be better if I'd had a sibling.

I was so busy with work that I rarely went home for Obon or New Year's.

Back in my world, with their only son missing,

what's going through my parents' minds? How are they spending their days?

If possible, I hope they take it easy, expecting I'll come back eventually.

It's just me...

I'm the only one.

If I can't return to my own world,

I won't be able to take care of them in their old age.

If it comes to that,

I hope they'll get all the assets I left behind without any fuss.

No matter how many times I hear it, it sounds like singing.

Like a lullaby...

The carriage I'll be riding is...

Seiichirou.

You're over here.

Come again?

Um, Aresh? The tagalong—

I mean, civil official is riding horseback?

You already know he has no resistance to magicules.

He'll die if not constantly monitored.

I'll take care of him.

Then what was the point of casting that barrier so thoroughly on me last night?!

I wanted to chat with the royal sorcerers while we were traveling...

Aren't those clothes from Aresh's place?!

Commander Indolark, I've never ridden a horse before.

Due to my frail constitution,

I don't think I could take a long journey this way.

Stop making that unhappy face just because I called you by your title.

Not a problem.

I'll continually heal you as we go.

So he'll cast barrier and healing spells on me

while staying close and familiarizing me with his magical energy.

Wait, is he serious?

Hold on tight.

Is it okay for two grown men to ride this horse together?

Not a problem.

Diana can outrun any horse, even when I'm fully armored

with a sword and shield in hand.

Did a clerk from the royal order prepare this?

No, I put it together.

Huh?

What's with that reaction?

Is there something wrong with it?

No, it's a very clear and well-organized document.

What do you mean by "costs of repair and complete replacement of parts" here?

Oh, that's...

This is my chance to learn about the accounting methods of the royal order.

Anything to make my work easier is always a good thing.

I finally have some time to myself. I have to use it wisely.

Ouch...

First, I need to speak with Ist-san...

Kondou-san!

Nothing ever goes according to plan.

Kondu?

May I have a moment of your time?

The director told me I should try to avoid talking to you.

Not the kind of thing you should repeat to my face.

I wanted to discuss a way to increase

funding for the royal sorcery department, as I mentioned at the banquet.

Come right in!

He's fundamentally the honest type who stays true to his desires.

This is common among those whose hobbies become their line of work.

If you know their goals, it's easy to work with them on a professional level.

Then there's the difficult type...

Um...

Tomorrow, please switch places with me!

Isn't it a bodyguard's job to discourage this kind of behavior?

Hey!

Is that a no?

Shiraishi-san, do you understand the purpose of this expedition?

Huh?

Of course I do.

Aren't we going in order to purify the miasma?

That's right.

And you are the precious holy maiden, the only one who can purify that miasma.

That's why you're in the same carriage that the royal family uses,

and why the knights are providing you with full protection.

Whereas I am the person most susceptible to the miasma in this world.

Um, is that because you have no resistance to magicules?

That's right.

To put it in our world's terms, just breathing the outside air weakens me.

Yet here I'm going somewhere filled with gas

that would sicken even normal people.

I will most certainly die.

What? No way...

Indeed, I will die. Guaranteed.

I've already nearly died twice since coming to this world.

I'm sure you meant nothing by your request,

but you're increasing the workload of those

tasked to protect you and asking me to risk my life.

No!

I didn't mean it like that!

Shiraishi-san.

You should start considering things seriously.

This isn't a world where you can just blindly do as you're told

and expect to live peacefully ever after.

After all, I plan to ruin her brilliant future as a holy maiden.

I heard you said something to the holy maiden.

Where did you get that information?

From the holy maiden's bodyguard.

I shut him up so that His Highness won't find out.

I'm most grateful for that.

She was visibly down during the dinner party.

I'm almost certain it was because of me.

But the fact that she came and didn't stay holed up in her room

means she must have given some thought to what I said.

If the holy maiden had skipped the lord's dinner party while staying at his estate,

it would have been a great insult to him.

The firstborn prince, as expected,

covered for her by saying she was tired from her journey

as he thanked the lord for his hospitality.

I took him for the first to be blinded by infatuation with her,

but I need to revise my opinion on him.

I thought you had no interest in the holy maiden.

How could I have no interest in her?

I see.

Aresh-sama...

Isn't it about time you return to your quarters?

I'll go back once you stop working and get into bed.

You're not planning on going back?

You're not planning on sleeping?

Where did you go before dinner?

To hear reports from the civil officials who went out to survey the area.

Before that.

I went to ask some questions for work.

Who did you visit?

He must have seen me enter Ist-san's room.

If Aresh-sama spreads the word to the third royal order,

this is going to be a headache.

If you saw me, you should have said something.

You completely ignore me or postpone things with me while you're working.

I wouldn't be so rude to someone who's saved my life...

Except, yeah, I've totally done that. Sorry.

Oh, please! No way.

Guess he's not planning on going back to his room.

Well, if that's what it takes to sweep it under the rug, it's a small price to pay.

On the third day of the expedition, we finally approached the demon forest.

Yua!

It's all right. Our formation's just a bit disorganized.

But didn't you hear animal noises?

Everything is fine, Your Holiness.

We're close to the source of the miasma,

so the beasts have probably grown more ferocious.

In addition to the second royal order's elite knights,

the third royal order is here to protect you, too.

We won't be outdone by any ordinary creatures.

Ferocious beasts?

Is everything all right?

I mean, I can cast healing magic, so...

It's dangerous. Please refrain from going out, Your Holiness.

Be at ease.

The royal medical bureau is also with us.

You need only to think about the purification.

I've heard about the miasma,

but everything has been so tranquil and everyone so kind.

There wasn't a single sign of danger.

Everyone protects me, so I live peacefully, but...

What about Kondou-san?

I will most certainly die.

I've already nearly died twice since coming to this world.

This isn't a world where you can just blindly do as you're told

and expect to live peacefully ever after.

Kondou-san!

Looks like that's the last of them.

They don't normally attack humans holding weapons.

They've grown weaker, too.

I agree.

This is the entrance to the demon forest.

We will proceed on foot from this point.

The civil officials are to wait here.

You stay here, too.

Hold it.

He's coming with us.

Looks like he wants to drag me into danger, no matter what.

Your Highness, with all due respect,

civil officials will only be a hindrance from here on out.

Even if I stay here,

it'll probably be all right since I already made a personal request...

Ist-san.

Do you remember what I asked you to do?

What was it again?

I'll go, as well.

EPISODE 6 I MADE A PROPOSAL