About four months had passed by the time the design of the family crest, flag, and coins were decided upon and production was about to begin as soon as possible.
　The New Year had passed and I was twenty-three years old.
　Ron and Soyon's baby, Rosward and Leah's baby, and Gram and Lulu's baby were also born last year, so I was turning two years old, along with Marcus, Sophia, and Flora.

　When I think about it a little more calmly, they are the same age.
　Ron and the others have no family like me, and they don't have the backing of a clan.

　If they could successfully marry each of their three children to mine, their descendants would be safe and sound.
　But, well, I guess it's too early to tell.

　Well, it is already March.
　It's spring and the weather is warm.

　And it is also this month that Raimondo will be leaving for Germanis to establish diplomatic relations with the nations of Germanis through the mediation of Emperor Xerxes.
　........as it should have been.

　Nuh-uh-uh...
　Rest easy, Raimondo.

　To my surprise, Lymond's hip had passed away here.
　Lymond was exactly the ideal image of an old Adelnian, a very healthy image.

　'Why, why, he'd never had a back injury before!
　Well, I guess I'll have to do it.

　Apparently I was too excited about my first trip abroad and was distracted.
　Well, I've heard that Germanis is even more remote than Adelunia, so I don't think it's a place to get excited about....

　It must have been a woozy thing to hear from Raimondo, whose first time out of the Adelunian peninsula was the first time he had met the previous Emperor Xerxes.

　''But if it comes to this, it can't be helped. I'll go........''

　Well, the Zordias have calmed down.
　The war to liberate the Adelian people is over.
　I don't plan on going to war for a while at all.

　It's a golden opportunity.

　"So, Raimondo, you see, I'll go. Don't worry, I'll be there.
　Oh, wait!　The king cannot leave the country...
　'I haven't made it an organisation that will collapse just because I've left the country for a little while. Rest assured.

　I smiled at Raimondo.




　'Oh, Alms is going after all.
　Well good luck with that.

　When I told Julia and Tetra that I was going to Germanis, they replied curtly, not seeming particularly surprised.
　Strange?

　Normally, you'd be crying and crying about how worried you are. What's up?

　I asked, and Julia and Tetra looked at each other.

　''Well it's a good wife to keep her husband away from home.
　Because I believe in it.

　Apparently Raimondo's sermon was showing quite an effect.

　'But make sure you come back, okay?　Because I don't want to be a widow at my age.
　"...this is a talisman. Julia and I made it together.

　Julia and Tetra wore a bead-like object made of beautiful curse stones on my wrist.

　'Oh, thank you. By the way, what's this good for?
　"Avoidance of women.

　You don't trust me that much?

　Yulia and Tetra laugh happily as I chuckle.

　'It's a lie. It has the effect of playing down curses and such. Well, even if there's no such thing, Seo-yeon and Lulu, who will be following you as your bodyguard, will protect you.
　Well, it's a charm against evil, and women are part of that charm.

　It seemed to be a decently effective amulet, for one thing.

　After handing the amulet to me, the two of them looked up at the ceiling for some reason.

　''Alice!''
　'Ha!　Here!

　Thud!

　With such a sound effect, Alice came down from the ceiling.
　It seems like the ninja level has been increasing lately.

　''Take care of Alms.
　"Watch out for the girls.
　'I understand. I will take responsibility for protecting Lady Armes from the vixen of Germanis.

　What do these guys think people are?
　Very rude.





　It took two weeks by boat to land in Cilicia, and then two more weeks to go north.
　After a total of one month of sailing, I arrived in the Germanic region.

　Now, let me introduce you to the basic members of the Germanic region.

　First of all, Ron, Rosward, Gram, So Yeon, Lulu, and Leah are the familiar members of the crew.
　Since I'm the king and I'm heading there, I'm going to need an appropriate bodyguard.
　That was the idea.

　Originally it was only going to be Ron and So-yeon, Gram and Lulu, but with Leah's wish to return home once and Rosward's request to live with Leah, I brought them along with me.

　Well, I came here for diplomacy, not travel, so this experience will never be in vain.

　Furthermore, of course, Alice joined as an escort.

　On top of that, the Persis side sent a person to guide us and a person to escort us.
　Well, since I'm being introduced by Emperor Persis, if I die at the place where I was introduced, it would be a matter of prestige for Persis.
　That's what this means.




　So, Your Majesty the Leader, Your Majesty the King. Where are you headed to first?
　'Well, I'm sure there's a messenger coming from one of the tribes of the Germanic region, the Swevi.

　We are now in a place that is Germanis and not Germanis, because this place is a Cilician city-state built on the coast of the Germanis region.
　Because this place was a Cilician city-state built on the coast of the Germanic region ... in short, the territory of the Persis Empire.

　Immediately to the north from here is the territory of the Swevi tribe.
　It seems that the Swevi have a territory on the eastern bank of the Lyle River, which separates the Germanic region from the Gallia region, and they seem to be regularly playing donkey with the Rozelle Kingdom.

　It seems that they have never defeated the Roselle Kingdom before.
　Well, it's not surprising since that General Clue is glaring at me.

　''By the way, Your Majesty, Mr. Almus. I heard you brought something, a souvenir, what is it?

　Sojourn pointed to the large amount of luggage I had brought with me from Romalia.

　'It's silk from the Eastern trade, gold ornaments, and spirits. Well, not much.

　We thought it was not good to go empty-handed, so we brought it with us.
　Incidentally, some of the souvenirs are 'specials'.

　While we were chatting about such trivial matters on the deck of the ship, a group of about a hundred people appeared from far away.
　I checked the flag they were holding.

　It's the Swevi. They are the Swevi.

　We disembarked from the boat and greeted the Swevi.

　If there was one word to describe the Swevi, it was barbarians.
　I don't like to call people barbarians before the Cilician calls them barbarians, but....

　Many of them wear only a loincloth and a spear in their hands, and even those of somewhat better standing wear only a fur cloak.
　Many of them wore fur cloaks and carried spears in their hands, while others carried objects that were clearly human skulls around their necks and carried short spears in their hands.

　If you gathered ten painters and gave them the subject 'The Barbarians', nine out of ten of them looked like they would be able to draw it.

　From a quick glance, the spear's tip is made of iron, so he seems to have iron-making skills....
　Compared to the spear points used in the Adelunian Peninsula, they are much smaller. Iron must be very precious.

　Unlike the Adelnians and Cilicia, whose skin color is olive and relatively similar to that of the Japanese, their skin is pure white, just like a white man.

　A quarter of them have blond hair and blue eyes.
　The other quarter has bright red hair and brown eyes.
　And half of them have brown hair and brown eyes.

　None of the black hair is gray-haired, as the Adelnians are.

　They are a very different people from the Adelnians and Cilician people.

　A man of the highest status among them came forward.

　'Hallo Fremde Könige und ihre Anhänger,'

　Okay, I don't get it.

　Roseward, please translate.
　"Yes, brother, His Majesty the King.

　Rosward said and proceeded to the man who seemed to be of high status.

　'Ich übersetze Ihre Worte,'

　Then a man of high status, THE barbarian, nods quietly and says the same words again.
　Roseward instantly translates it for you.

　'Good afternoon, foreign kings and their attendants.'
　I'm sorry to tell you the same thing. My name is Alms. I'm the King of the Kingdom of Romalia. I am here today to establish a friendship with the people of the Swevi. Please tell me your name and your identity.
　"My name is Adalbero. I am the chief of the Swevi. 'My name is Adalbero, Chieftain of the Swevi, and as the valiant king who defeated the Kingdom of Roselle, your name is well known to Germanis. I'm proud to be your friend.

　I held out my right hand to Adalbero, and he smiled and took it.
　Firmly, we tie a handshake.

　Apparently, I've succeeded in grabbing it.

　'As a token of your friendship with me, I have brought you a souvenir from Romalia. I hope you will accept it.
　"Thank you. I'd be happy to oblige. For now, let me pay you a visit in my palace. I have nothing to offer you, but you are welcome here as best I can.







　It was about a week north along the Lyle side from the Cilician colony to the Swevi settlement and the palace of Adalbero.
　Unlike the Adelunian peninsula, it was still cold, even in March.

　It was cold in March, unlike the Adelunian Peninsula.

　The Swevi tribe's settlement has no walls at all.
　In the midst of the dense forest, small pit dwelling-like houses were popping up, and only a few of the trees around them had been cut down, leaving only a small field for home gardening.

　And finally, Adalbero's palace emerged....
　It was a rather large pit dwelling.

　Let's be clear.
　It's a countryside far beyond what I'd imagined the countryside to be.

　Compared to this, Japan's marginal settlements are a big city.
　Well, unlike the marginalized communities, the birth rate is probably higher and there is a future for it, though.

　I see, the first person who came to Japan from the continent to bring rice to the Japanese archipelago probably had the same kind of feelings as I did....

　When I thought about it, I felt something very emotional.

　I mean, I'm glad my reincarnation isn't here.