After a brief tussle at the drop-off point, Ryoma ducked under a thick gate and proceeded through a spacious garden.
　Ahead of him was a three-story white-painted building.
　Two spires, perhaps built as a lookout, sit behind it.
　And on the side of the road is a line of fully armed knights.
(Guarding an important person........is that a little too optimistic to think of.......)
　It is true that the noble class is a VIP (important person) in the earth world.
　However, being a VIP does not mean that everyone receives the same treatment.
　There is a big difference between a baron and a viscount, although they are only one rank apart in terms of rank, but this difference is huge.
　Starting from the position of the carriage stops to the order of audience in the palace, there is no end to the comparison.
　And above the viscount, there are counts, marquises and dukes.
　If this is the highest ranking royal family, the difference between them would be ridiculous to compare.
　However, as far as Ryouma knows, even such people can't receive this level of security.
　That leaves two reasons.
　If Ryoma is a guest of honor that is superior to royalty.
　And the other one is........
(They say the best VIPs are criminals... but it's true.)
　Of course, this is ironic.
　But in terms of security, they may be right.
　No matter where you are, prisons are heavily guarded for twenty-four hours.　　
　Ryouma proceeded along the path created by the walls of the knights.
　It seems that the House of Lords is quite cautious about Ryoujin.
　The question is, which intentions do they have for that vigilance?
　With that in mind, Ryouma continued to walk leisurely.
　How much time on earth had passed since then?
(Three hours?　(No, it's not like that...)
　Considering the condition of Ryoma's stomach, he must have been standing for five or six hours.
　I'm sure you'll be able to find the right one for you.
　As soon as Hamilton led Ryoma into this room, he immediately sneaked out of sight.
　It's not very desirable for an aristocrat, but still, there's no one to look at here.
　In any case, when I asked to be sent to the bathroom, the knight brought something that looked like a urine bottle to me.
　Of course, the item I received was not so bad looking.
　Is it for the nobility, or is it made of pottery and painted with flowers.
　It's quite stylish to look at.
　However, it's quite a bit of resistance for Ryoma to use it to do his business.
　At least, as far as Ryoma remembers, he has never used a urinal in his life.
(Though, true or not, there were no toilets in Versailles Palace in France, so he either used a urinal or did it in the dark outside...)
　To be honest, it's information I accidentally looked up on the internet, so the truth is unknown.
　But if it's true, then the reality is quite different from the elegant and cultured French aristocracy that Ryojin had in his mind.
(Well, it's natural that life and thinking are different between the present day and the sixteenth century.
　And from that point of view, this land world is much better.
　At least, there is a toilet.
　Of course, they don't flush.
　They're the kind you see in the countryside.
　Even the number of these toilets is limited.
　At least, we can't use them with the ease of renting a toilet at a convenience store.
　But even so, the lack of existence and the fact that you can't use them have a very different meaning.
(Well, I didn't really want to go to the bathroom, but I didn't understand that you don't provide food either.
　Certainly, Ryoma would not have come to the House of Lords for a visit.
　Therefore, it might be selfish to ask him to serve a meal.
　Besides, it is true that if you consider the possibility of poisoning, even if you are served it, you can't just put your foot down.
　However, that is only a personal situation for Ryoma.
　If it was an ordinary nobleman, he would have definitely stormed out to produce the person in charge first.
　After all, we are left in this small room for a long time without food or a glass of water.
　No, in the first place, as an argument, it could be said to be unnatural that there was no one else in the room besides Ryojin.
　I'm sure the following carriage was occupied by Roberto, Signis and others, led by Mrs. Yulia, who was called as a witness.
　And Laura and the others who were waiting for them in their maid's clothes.
　Of course, it's not hard to understand why they would share a room with Mrs. Yulia and the others who were witnesses.
　I'm sure you'll be able to see that the most important thing to remember is that you're not going to be able to get your hands on any of these things.
　It's not a problem, but there's no point in separating the rooms now, even though it wasn't an issue.
　Besides, the fact that they are separated from the people who take care of their personal affairs, such as servants and maids, is itself quite problematic as far as treatment for nobles is concerned.
　To the nobles, servants and maids are literally equivalent to their own hands and feet.
(Is this also part of the harassment...?)
　Among the nobles who belonged to the House of Lords, Salzberg had some people who were related to the Count and Northern Ten families.
　It's natural that many of those people are hostile towards Ryojin.
　Most of them may be noblemen, but they do not have much power.
　Of course, they can be arrogant as much as they want against their fellow countrymen, but it's a different story among the nobility.
　At the very least, there are only a limited number of people who are able to use force, such as assassination.
　But even if you don't go that far, you can lower their spirits.
(Well, that's good. It's within the range of our expectations, you know.
　Ryoma doesn't dream that the House of Lords will treat him fairly.
　There is a ten percent chance of that happening.
　And I've already prepared a plan to deal with that situation.
(If it's like this ... well, plan B ... or maybe C.)
　It was one of three preliminary plans that were to change depending on the House of Lords' response.
　The plans have their own minor branches within them, but broadly speaking, they are divided into friendly, neutral, and hostile.
　Plan C is, to be honest, the less enthusiastic of the several plans.
　After all, it's a pretty rough means to an end.
　However, it's also true that it's unavoidable for the purpose of protecting myself and my companions.
(I've already asked the Igazakis to collect the Wailing.......and the rest.......)
　Thinking about this, Ryoma continued to quietly wait for the time to come.

　The sound of whistling comes from inside the room.
　Sometimes low.
　Sometimes high.
　Sometimes sad, sometimes rhythmic.
　Some people say that whistling is not music, but you could say that skilled whistling is music that does not use the same instrument as singing.
　But that's not the point.
'Hey I hear it again, don't I?
　A knight who was guarding a line in front of the door of the room visits his partner.
　Although hidden due to the full-face helmet, it's not hard to imagine that there's probably a puzzled expression on his face.
　And it's probably the same for the partner who was spoken to.
''Ah........What on earth does he mean by that? That young man........even though he's an upstart, what kind of whistling is that for an aristocrat on the fringes of the aristocracy?
You have no idea why you're here, do you?
I don't think so... but the question is, what are we going to do about it?
　Either let them stop it, or let them continue to look like they don't know what they're doing.
　It is true that there is no law that prohibits people of the noble class from whistling.
　But there is a place for it.
　After all, this is the House of Lords of the Roserian Kingdom.
　It's a place like the Supreme Court of Justice, if you will.
　It's a symbol of authority in the Roserian kingdom, lined up in the audience room of the royal palace.
　Naturally, it is required to be suitably solemn.
　Certainly, whistling to pass the time is not a crime.
　The question is whether or not you should stop an act that is not a sin.
　However, under normal circumstances, the knights would have stopped the whistling without hesitation.
　Aside from the appropriateness of the whistling, because silence would be appropriate for a solemn occasion.
　Well, to begin with, ordinary nobles would not whistle in the House of Lords, so it would be more accurate to say that there is no way for such a problem to occur.
　But unfortunately, the two of them were facing such an impossible situation.
(Unusual sequence of events...)　
　The knights of the guard have been secretly ordered by their superior, the president of the House of Lords, to keep a close eye on the people in this room.
　It is also unusual to assign a room with many problems to keep a nobleman waiting, and it is also unusual to separate him from his companions.
　Moreover, from what I heard from my colleagues, they also confiscated the sword they were carrying.
　It's true that they are supposed to keep it temporarily when heading to the Diet building where the hearing is held, but if it's at the entrance to the House of Lords, it's a very different story.
　It is true that the knights also have a lot of thoughts about the people in the room.
　The position as a baron, which they have grabbed at such a young age, and the fame as a warrior.
　And the fame as a military man.
　All of these things make the knights admire and at the same time feel jealousy.
　Because it's something that the two of them will never be able to obtain now that they are approaching middle age.
　But that doesn't mean that you feel clear malice.
　I'm not going to be able to say that I'm not going to be able to do anything about it.
I'll just wait and see. If it's not good enough, the top brass will tell us.
'Well...'
　The knights gave a small nod at their partner's words.
　The knights had a vague idea of what the upper echelon of the House of Lords was thinking, too.
　But that didn't mean they were going to do anything about it.
　They may not have malicious intentions, but they don't have good intentions either.
　They had no intention of willingly covering themselves in fire.
　Afterwards, they stood in silence before the whistling room.
　They just zipped along until the time the hearing was to begin.