Soon, the royal castle was completely overrun.

　All the soldiers of the first prince's faction were detained, and all the important people except the vizier who was turned into a lump of meat were captured one by one.

　The First Prince Klaus looked down with a look of shame and did not resist in any way.
　The third knight commander of the Ja-Nanka Third Order was covered in piss and shivering and crying.
　First Queen White was ...... a bit unbearable to watch. I guess that's what you call a crazy person.

　Well, that's not the point at all.

　The long-running mess is finally over. I skipped home in a really good mood, wanting to eat, bathe and sleep.


Yukari, how do you like it, you kept your promise.

　It's late at night, but we are drinking a sumptuous dinner. I can't sleep with my feet up against the servants.
　I'm drunk, and I suddenly decide to talk to Yukari.

Yes, sir. Yes, the master took care of it.

　Yukari still seemed to remember the promise, and when I said that, overlaying my words in the past, she smiled, which was rare.

''She said that it was the First Queen White who drove the dukes to take down the duke family, but it was still the vizier who was behind it. It seems that the vizier noticed the existence of brainwashing magic and feared it, so he used the First Queen to plot against her.
Yeah, Winfiled told me.
Right. So you know how the Prime Minister ended.
...... yes. And that it was a big deal.
'Good thing I didn't see you. You're going to miss your hamburger tonight.
Master. I'm not sure how you can say that after you've eaten your fill.

　Sure. But it was good.


Yeah, is there a cubello?
Ha, here.

　There he is. I've seen this guy in every room, every time, everywhere.

I think we got him avenged, don't you?
"There is no better result, sir. The people know that the ambush by the bandit suppression squad was a deception, and the man who acted in such a cowardly manner is now dead. My late master and the men who died for me have been vindicated.
All we have to do is find a survivor. Don't worry, they won't suppress it anymore. They'll come out soon enough.
...... Yes?

　Cubero killed his voice and cried.
　I knew at once that they were not tears of frustration or sadness.

'And you can tell Bicide. And tell Bicide that he is welcome to work for us. I'll be ready to hire him as soon as we find a new member.

　A moment later, the sobs that were just barely contained broke down.
　Cubero cried into a man's tears.

　I thought this guy was pretty patient, but maybe he's surprisingly tearful.


''Err, the rest is at ......

　The righteousness with Mine was also fulfilled. The future of the kingdom entrusted to me by the High Priestess will be bright for a while. And then there's only one thing left to do.

Winfilled.
'Yes, sir. Mr. Second.

　This guy.
　She's done a lot for me. From one to ten, that's a lot of things.

　But there's no need to apologize or thank me for that. She and I were just playing around on the board.

Did you enjoy it?
I'm sorry if I was boring you. I wasn't very young.
Were you desperate to win?
Yeah. He's in a hurry to win, huh?

　Great. I was crying emotionally and ranting just a few hours ago, and now I'm already analyzing my reflections objectively.

'You're amazing, Mr. Second. There was no distraction, at all. And yet, I, what a ......
'Oh, stop, stop. You can give me more credit, but you can take your reflections to your room.
Yeah. Well, I'll give you a compliment. Mr. Second, you're so cool!　Mr. Second, world number one!　I love you, Mr. Second!
Wow, this is a fun night.

　I was moderately drunk and felt great.
　But as soon as the conversation was over, Winfiled was being "deported". What did she do?


''...... Well,''

　I regained my composure and turned my gaze to Sylvia.
　

'The unlikely thing is all over for now. I think we're going to go back to being likeable now.
Hmm. What do you mean?
Let's go to the Metio dungeon and hunt some dragons for starters. Tomorrow.
Tomorrow?
The good news is, it's sooner rather than later. Oh, you mean today, not tomorrow.
'Wait, wait, isn't that too soon?　Well, you know, I'd like to do something like this, like a launch, or something like that, and then we can relax a little bit and then we can go to .......

　Silvia, it looks like you've slackened off again while we've been having a political battle. All right, I'm going to start from scratch to prepare for the upcoming title fight.

I've made up my mind. I'm going to go with Isolois instead of Metio.
"This is a Grade A dungeon!　No, I can't!　I can't do this very well!
No questions asked.
You can find it here: ......

　Sylvia makes a despairing face, saying that she thought she could rest for a while. Hmm, I'm starting to feel a little unhappy, so I try to prepare some candy.

"Let's go shopping on the way home. You and Eco, you promised to buy a reward, right?
Yeah, well, that'll be fun!

　...... I may have spoiled it too much.

　Oh well.

　Thus. The political battle we stuck our necks out in ended overnight.






　And so I thought.

　The next morning.
　The next morning, Mein visited my house in person.

"...... Welcome to King Mein, Your Majesty.
Oh, no, please!　I haven't acceded yet.
"So, His Majesty the Next King Mein.
''f*ck it!　None of that. Me and Mr. Second are friends.

　For some reason, Mine blushes at the mere mention of the word "friend". If you're embarrassed by this, you shouldn't have said it.

'You said it, didn't you?　Well, let me tell you something, don't come here this early in the morning, it's depressing. Think about your position, your position. You want to ignore it, but you can't.
Oh, my God!　I was going to ask you what you wanted in return.
Welcome to Mine. My friend!
I'm in good shape, so I've already gone to ......



Klaus' punishment?
Yes ......

　It seems that Mine's visit was not only about a reward for me, but also about a consultation. I feel cheated somehow.

'I don't know, it's none of my business, it's too much trouble. I don't want to know. Or you can just get the death penalty.
But my mother's been against it.

　Huh, the Second Queen Huron... It's true, she seems to be really nice for nothing.

What do you think, Winfild?
I'll probably get the death penalty, too. I'll probably get the death penalty for being a lieutenant.
Deputy Commander?
'You're Garam, Deputy Commander of the Second Order. I heard that Mr. Second killed you in the blink of an eye.
Yeah, that old man.

　For me, I don't think that old man should be put to death. He did a great job of breaking the nose of Sylvia and Eco, but I don't like Klaus for some reason. But I don't like Klaus for some reason.

''The focus of the problem is the part about your brother being used by the vizier. Your brother himself seems to have been acting in the best interest of the kingdom all along. ......
What you're saying is that he's so stupid that he's been made to look good and it's gotten him into this mess.
Yes, well, to put it simply, yes.
So that's a bad idea.
I can't... ...... your mother.

　I see. Mine's guy was just being called a motherf*cker at the Royal School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, that's all.

"Mine, you'll be the one to decide. It's no different than your mother being king if you don't think for yourself.
It's ......, right?

　Oh, no.

Why don't you just make her your slave?
I've thought about it. I thought it was a good idea. But Minister Hailai and Commander Memphis think it's a disgrace to their country that a prince should be a slave.
Ha-ha!　It's a national disgrace, the Empire has eaten so much of our interior that even if you say that now, it's just a joke to other countries.
It's pretty obvious, isn't it?
It's true.
Huh ...... Politics is hard.

　What's the norm? .......

"It's all right. I'll keep an eye on you to make sure you don't become a tyrant, so you can do what you want. And if you're wrong, feel sorry for yourself and do it again.
Mr. Second: "Mr. Second: ......
''So make sure you hold the winter title fight properly. Also, give me all the grimoires of the four major attributes from the first to the fourth type.
That's what you're really saying, isn't it?
I'm just being honest.

　Mine smiled dismissively and muttered, "You're a man with no choice. That means it's Ok. Alright, now I can make all of my relatives learn all the attributes of 【Magic Arts】. As for the corporate-type grimoire, I'll get it, so there's no problem.

　There were many other things I wanted, but I compromised with this one this time. It's not that I was working hard for this. I was lucky to save time and effort.

...... Okay, I get it. I'll do it the way I want to do it.

　Mine declared with a firm look in his eyes, as if he was on to something with my proper and reasonable advice.

　Yeah, that's fine. As long as the Castal Kingdom survives in a reasonably good way and the title fight is held, that's fine.


''Then I'll tell you how Second-san will be treated in the end.

　Then Mine suddenly gets a serious look on his face and says something like that. It seems to be something important to talk about.

''The Kingdom of Castal recognizes you as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Castal to the Kingdom of Zipangu and agrees to it.
Yeah.
'...... Um. That means you can continue to live in the Kingdom of Castal. I'll even recognize this ridiculously large piece of land as a Zipangu embassy, and, well, I'll do all sorts of things for you.
Oh,

　I feel like there's a lot of things that are impossible to do, but it seems like they've taken pains to consider my treatment so that it won't be a problem somehow. Yeah, I'm really grateful for that.

　I felt it's a little strange to say thanks, so I accepted the letter seriously, following Mein's example, saying "I respectfully accept". By the way, I have no idea what this letter is about.


　...... Thus.

　The political battle is over. The political strife is over and I am now an ambassador to a country that never existed.



　　* * * *



............

　Melson Marvel, the daughter of Emperor Gordo Marvel, shuddered.

　Her father called her in, and what she saw there was unimaginable.

This is Val Moreau's pendant. It's the same one I gave you.
Your father said that this is the remains of Bal Moreau: ...... Yes, he did?
Of course. Ha-ha-ha.
'It's no laughing matter!　Such and such ......!

　Melson turns away from the mass of discolored flesh.
　It's hard to believe that such a thing is a human corpse. However. If it is true. The thought of it was enough to give me a shiver.

"Listen. "You are the kind of people who send minced meat to the Emperor. He is the kind of person who sends minced meat to the Emperor.

............

"The Kingdom of God has been defeated. By that one man. Never think you can win a battle, Melson. And you will be next. You will watch and learn from my back. Learn from my good side, and learn from my bad side, for your own sustenance.

...... Yes, Father.