ALL NOVEL chapter 5
5 – Banquet
Before arriving at the villa and unpacking the luggage, Edwin’s maids brought banquet costumes,
And as if to supervise it, Clara also came in soon after.
“There will probably be a huge crowd at the banquet today.”
“……”
“As long as the hero decided to stay in our kingdom, the neighboring countries have been waiting since yesterday to look good to the hero.”
“Ah… Yes…”
The clothes that Edwin sent were not tuxedos or ordinary party clothes, but the uniforms of the kingdom of Argen.
I was well aware that this was to prove to the people of other countries that the hero wears the uniform of the kingdom of Argen, so he is a hero of the kingdom of Argen.
But…
This uniform is similar to a military uniform, but it is decorated with decorations, so it is a clothing that seriously stands out to the people around you, so I felt a bit repulsed.
“You look so good together! Warrior!”
“…..”
“I think this suits you better than a tuxedo.”
“Hey… Princess”
“Yes?”
“Is it okay for the princess not to go to the banquet beforehand…?”
The ladies-in-waiting have been approaching and secretly whispering to me that it seems to be telling me that I have to go to the banquet hall.
Instead of going to the banquet hall, she seemed to be waiting for me by looking at my clothes.
“Me? I was waiting to go with the hero?”
“Yes?”
“Hero, you don’t even know the way to the banquet hall by yourself…”
You just need to get directions from the maids…
“If you don’t have a friend to talk to, you might be bored…”
I want to have some quiet time to think…
“I… If I’m not by your side… I’m sure the noble ladies might annoy the hero!!”
Even now, it’s annoying enough…
“That’s why I was waiting!”
“Ah… Yes…”
I roughly guessed why Clara was doing this to me, but since she hadn’t confessed or poured out her heart, it was hard for her to say no.
She doesn’t know what to do if she shows uncomfortable expression or tells me not to like me because I’m proud of myself…
“Go! Warrior!”
After the final inspection of my uniform, Princess Clara dragged me straight to the palace banquet hall.
On the way to the banquet hall, I looked out the window and saw that carriages were congested outside due to nobles and royalty from the surrounding kingdoms.
A large number of people gathered in the banquet hall, so the heat made it sweltering.
“Hero, this way…”
As I entered the banquet hall, I could see the nobles trying to come over and say hello.
Among them, as Clara said, the noble ladies approached, and she took one look at Clara in her axe eye, and then she went back.
When I first became a hero, I would go up on the podium and talk about campaign speeches in the empire.
This time, since he was actively opposed to Edwin, he decided to just greet the nobles, foreign royalty, and nobles next to him.
“Are you here?”
“Yes.”
Edwin, who had come to my side before I knew it, spoke to me in a quiet voice, and I only answered, keeping my eyes looking around the banquet hall.
“In a little while, people will be flocking to say hello.”
“Yes.”
“As you asked, we didn’t send invitations to the Aether Empire, the Kingdom of Jeremiah, and the Kingdom of the Elves, so don’t worry…”
“Yes. Thank you.”
In the first place, Edwin did not send an invitation to the country where the former warrior party members live, in case they come.
It is said that he made a request to the royal palace guards guarding the castle gate in preparation for a visit without an invitation.
“It is an honor to meet you, warrior.”
Among the guests, the first to approach me was a noble from the kingdom of Argen wearing a uniform similar to mine.
“Ah. Hello Carlos. Duke Veris, who is acting as the chancellor of our kingdom.”
“How are you?”
Duke Verris shook my hand instead of greeting me and started laughing.
“This is true. It seems that the hero is much more alive when he wears the uniform of our kingdom!”
“hahahaha, thank you for the compliment.”
“His Majesty the King and Queen of the past said they would like to meet again on a quiet day in the future, so please make time soon.”
“Yes. All right. If His Majesty has a convenient day, please tell me that I will visit you anytime.”
Duke Berris is a nobleman who served as chancellor long before Edwin assumed the kingship.
I heard that he was Edwin’s father and a friend of the previous king.
“Oh, and Your Majesty.”
“Yes. Duke of Veris.”
“His Majesty the predecessor asked me to deliver a message…”
“Yes? What message?”
“When you say… Nice words… Bring crystal whiskey.”
“…..”
Couldn’t it be… If it was whiskey made with that crystal, wasn’t it the three of us drinking together with Kir from the cabin a few days ago…?
“That.. Please tell me that I will definitely buy something better and visit you.”
“I definitely delivered the message.”
“…..”
Edwin’s expression was getting darker, and after seeing his expression, Duke Berrys finished his mission and returned to the other nobles.
“Hello, warrior. I am Count Rocelli from Horon Kingdom.”
“Ah.. Yes. Hello?”
“We are very glad to welcome you to the northern part of our continent.”
“Yes. I am very happy to come to such a nice place.”
If it is Horon Kingdom,
As a neighboring country to the Kingdom of Argen, I know they had some territorial disputes with each other in the past…
Recently, the demon army appeared and I know that they are having a hard time due to the increased number of monsters.
“When the time comes, I hope you will visit our kingdom…”
Count Rocelli stopped talking and looked at Edwin next to me…
Anyway, it’s a country I’ve never been on good terms with, and when such a country tried to take a hero… I couldn’t look at it favorably.
“hahahaha, I see. I will visit you sometime.”
“Yes… Please, please.”
“By the way, did something happen?”
“That… Actually… More than 70% of our kingdom is made up of mountains, so a lot of monsters live there. “
“Yes. I understand what you mean. I’ll go there later, taking advantage of this friend’s lack of supervision.”
“Thank you! Warrior! Thank you!”
At my words, Count Rochelli bowed his head and thanked everyone, and when he returned, Edwin began to express his dissatisfaction in earnest.
“Are you saying you want to go to the kingdom of Horon, which we didn’t get along with? Are you going to try to seduce you with a demon as an excuse?”
“That’s why I said it just now. This friend…”
“??”
I don’t think Edwin understood what I just said, but I think Count Rochelli did.
Even if they try to scout me, Edwin and I are close enough to be called this friend, so I meant not to think of anything else.
Besides, the meaning of going when this friend, namely Edwin, is negligent,
I said it around a lot to mean that I would not go without the permission of my friend, King Edwin.
“True.. So how can I become a king…”
“If the knights heard what you said right now, they would have put you in prison for insulting the king?”
“Yes. Then I will escape and go to Horon Kingdom.”
“Call me Clara?”
“Sorry…”
I couldn’t stand Edwin’s threat to Clara, so I hurriedly apologized, and he smiled and patted my shoulder.
“Hey! There it comes. Get ready.”
“What? Who?”
Edwin gave me a signal… And after a while…
“Hero, long time no see?”
The person who approached me was someone I knew well…
In the northern part of the continent, Princess Cecilia of the Fjord Empire, who was a hegemon and almost went to war with Argen Kingdom, greeted me.
“How are you?”
“Yes. Hero, I heard that something bad happened in the past…”
“……”
“If that happened, why don’t you come to our empire?”
“Ah… Yes…”
Her long silver hair and sharp eyes make her look aggressive, but even with that, her beautiful princess, Cecilia, pretended to comfort me while glaring at Edwin next to her once in a while.
“Next time, please come visit our empire. I also have something to tell you personally…”
She came slowly towards me and with her index finger ran down her shoulder, brushed her chest, and drew a line all the way to her stomach.
“Princess Cecilia? Excessive skinship is prohibited, right?”
“Yes? Me? When did I say that…”
Clara, who was talking with the nobles from a distance, approached and rushed at Princess Cecilia.
In an instant, many people flocked to the banquet hall to watch the two women fight.
In the meantime, Edwin and I moved slightly to the terrace and drank wine while watching the two fight.
“Those two are still the same…”
This isn’t the first time I’ve seen the two of them fight, so I exclaimed, and Edwin, who was watching with me, quietly opened his mouth.
“I’m a princess now, but maybe next time we meet, I should call you empress?”
“The Empress?”
“Yes. She is now a potential emperor candidate for the Fjord Empire.”
“A Candidate for Emperor?”
“Yes. I’m not usually a strong woman…”
In the end, it was truly a great thing to win the title of powerful successor to the throne, beating many of his brothers.
And Clara, a woman who could stand up to her like that, could never be taken lightly.
When I was watching the two women quarrel,
A knight approached with urgency and was whispering something to Edwin…
“What? How are you?”
“Yes. Right now, they are waiting in front of the castle gate, and they are about to come in at any moment.”
Edwin, who had been conversing with the knight so much that I couldn’t hear him, ordered him to do something,
The knight who received the order bowed again and left the banquet hall to return to the castle gate.