I quietly peered at the young man in front of me in a kneeling position.

　The black-haired young man has an unfamiliar exotic face and is dressed in a unique atmosphere. On the contrary, the beautiful woman who stands at the side of him is a beautiful sight and figure with exactly the blood of royalty.

　And for the guards, he is an elven sorcerer. At first glance, one might unintentionally believe the word "royalty" in their lineup.

　However, this is not information that can be easily taken for granted.

　I'm not sure if I'm going to be fooled that easily, but for some reason, without seeming to have any suspicion at all, Rabia advised me to cooperate.

　What on earth did he see and hear?

　If I made a wrong choice here, it would determine my progress. And if the story is true, and if I can have a connection with another country's royalty, even the celestial land that is now the most talked about among merchants, then I am sure I will gain more than ever before.

　It's truly a critical moment.

　I had my intentions and began to explore with the young man who claimed to be the King of the Celestial Country.

''........From what I heard from Rabia, His Majesty wishes to have an audience with the King of our country, but why do you want to hide your position and set up a place for it? If you say the name of His Majesty's country, which is now at the height of its prominence, he will open the gates to you, won't he?

　When I asked him that, the young man smiled and tilted his head in annoyance.

''I didn't want to be too flashy...''

'Flamboyantly... so can I take that to mean that you don't want the surrounding countries to know that His Majesty's country is involved?

Yeah, well, sort of.

　I was prepared to be a little rude and asked a series of questions, but the young man replied vaguely with an expression of apology. Looking at his face, he is not telling a lie.

　I see. Certainly, if a celestial country that is said to even surpass that Blau Empire visited the king of this country, there would be a lot of speculation.

　It would be enough to confuse the surrounding countries.

　However, if he had a strong influence, it should only be used to serve the national interest.

''........If Your Majesty just says so strongly, most of your requests will be granted.

'I'm sorry to hear that. We'd like to engage in a verbal dialogue first, and then we'd like to get a mutual agreement in place.

''.........Agreement, huh? It is, after all, a preferential trade right with this Karruk Kingdom, which is even said to have everything in place....

'Oh no, no. I don't really have much trouble with things. It's just that they're a bit too much to look at, and I'd like to demand an improvement in the way we treat our slaves.

　Then the young man laughed, as if embarrassed.

　With that, my head involuntarily stopped moving.

　Improve the treatment of slaves.

　It was because I thought the young man in front of me had said that. I carefully checked my face, being careful not to twitch.

''........Treatment of slaves.......how.......?''

　When I asked, the young man wrinkled his brow and snorted.

''Well in a nutshell, you don't want to enslave the people you kidnapped, or blame innocent people for their crimes and turn them into slaves... oh, and you want to make sure that the people who are enslaved have a minimum standard of living and

　I almost shouted at the young man who snarled and made such a joke, and I almost shouted that I couldn't.

　Slaves are profitable because they are cheap and can be used up. Besides, even now there are not enough slaves, so kidnapping is rampant, but if you stop that kidnapping, many slave traders will end up on the streets.

　No, it would definitely be unacceptable in the Karruk Kingdom, where slave trading is the center of the economy to begin with.

　What kind of time would the king of a country confront the king with an absurd demand?

　Thinking about that, I raised the edge of my mouth.

''....I see. I understand. Your Majesty's feelings have been more than adequately conveyed to this Zig.

Oh, really? No, it's something you can understand if you talk about it, isn't it?

　The young man's eyes narrowed happily at my words.

　There is no doubt after all.

　This is the wolfsbane of the invasion of the Karruk Kingdom by the Celestial Kingdom, which has demonstrated its military might.

　To what extent will the Karruk Kingdom resist and compromise with the demands it cannot accept?

　It's difficult to narrow it down because there are so many options for that.

　But in the end, the Celestial Kingdom will have far greater gains. Then which side should I take?

　I bowed my head deeply and opened my mouth.

''As Your Majesty desires, I will certainly grant you an audience.

　I replied, and the young man... no, Taiki-sama smiled and nodded at me.