CH 343

When I told the king about my plan for the monsters’ garden, he snorted at me, looking at the blackboard with his mouth in a crooked smile.

I asked him if he would be willing to fund the project, and he looked at me reluctantly. To be honest, I don’t think this project will be profitable for the country, so it will have to wait and see. If anything, it’s more important to expand the site.

“It sounds interesting, but my father seems reluctant. So you’re against it?”

“Hmm? Oh, no, that’s not why. Idols, costumes, and now this. I was just thinking that Lars has an amazing imagination. Oh yeah, I also had a hamburger and some fried chicken. The fried chicken was difficult, but the hamburgers looked good enough to serve to the guests.”

“It was delicious, right!? But the one Lars-kun made was even better!”

“Oh, yeah, I’ll have some next time.”

Basleigh-sensei has me in her sights in a matter of seconds, and the King was freaked out. I don’t think I can present it to the king, for various reasons. The king’s face broke into a smile, and he continued to talk about how happy he was that he ate it. 

“For now, back off, Basleigh. Now, about the monsters’ garden, there should be no problem with the land. I’ll ask the Minister of Land and Infrastructure just to be sure, but the use of that area is undetermined. And as for the funding, I would like to ask the Minister of Finance to consider this as well …… but I will use my own private funds.”

“What!?”

We shouted in surprise at the unexpected statement. By private funds would pocket money …… he said he was to use that. Then he told us the reason.

“It was the previous king, my father, who built that facility. He used to brag to me about how he used to collect all kinds of monsters when he was a kid. He said he had a particularly hard time with a monster called snow tiger. I’m sure he’s on the second generation of his family, how is he?”

“Oh, yes ……”

“He’s, fine. Haha ……”

“The little kitty’s father? He’s sloppy no–“

“Hey, Aina! You’re in front of the king!”

“Mmm!”

Maybe the father and son have been replaced, just like the king. For the time being, I covered Aina’s mouth and felt relieved.

“If you want to improve the situation, I’m willing to pay for it. Together with the thing about the land, let’s see, give me three days. When it’s finished, I’d like to inspect it myself. It’s been a while since I’ve seen snow tiger, after all.”

“T-Thank you very much ……!”

“I’ll be there too, I’d like to try the hamburgers Lars made, after all.”

“Ehhhh ……”

Prince Orden laughs through his teeth and I drop my shoulders. I don’t want to cause food poisoning or anything like that, so I’m hoping you’ll give me a break on that …… but even though there are more challenges, we’ve cleared the land and the money, which is great. Since I’ve lost money since I bought the house, I’d estimate my assets to be around five million beryls. It’s not quite the size of the Tokyo Dome, but it’s big enough that I feel like I’d run out of room if I tried to develop it.

“Will Sarge be staying at the facility as well?”

“Ha-ha-ha, that’s a shame. I thought the defense of the Royal Capital would be strengthened!”

When Sarge said that and lifted his mouth, the king also smiled. When I was ten years old, the headmaster said he was a bad kid, but I think I saw a glimpse of that.

“Well, that’s the end of the discussion. You can look forward to the next three days.”

“Thank you very much! Will Basleigh-sensei report back to me?”

“Yes, he will. See you all soon.”

We bowed and turned on our heels to find Flugel-san smiling and nodding. I’ve never been a part of this conversation, but I wonder if I’m supposed to retort about the pocket money.

However, the punchline came at the end.

“…… Basleigh, you’re still at work, aren’t you? Don’t leave with Lars-dono and the others.”

“Uh ……!? As expected the Prime Minister …… you really know …… it!”

“Ah! She escaped!”

The moment Aina raised her voice, Basleigh-sensei ran away as fast as she could. But she was immediately blocked by the knights, who took her by both sides and came back to us. 

“Impossible ……!”

“I know exactly what you’re going to do. Don’t think you can escape in front of me!”

“Let’s do our job obediently, okay? Basleigh-sensei.”

“Gunuu, let’s do as the Prime Minister says, for Makina’s sake!”

“This guy’s ……! Take her to the Office.”

After agitating the Prime Minister with a smug look on her mysterious mount, she was taken to her workplace. She was yelling something at the knights, so I called out to her from behind. 

“Basleigh-sensei, if you do your job well and come back on time, you can have some of the new dish? But you’ll have to do your job right, though.”

“Oh, she’s shaken off the knight and going to her room by herself!”

“Haha, …… she never changes …… in a good way.”

“I like her, though. Basleigh-sensei’s nice, after all.”

“Aina too!”

She is a popular teacher from the time she was in the academy, despite her personality. We left the castle and went to pick up Ash and the others. 

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“…… So they left. However, Lars is finally becoming a person we can’t ignore.”

“It’s not every day that you find someone who can do everything. So it was not a mistake for father to bring him to the Royal Capital at that time.”

“That’s right. I knew that he would benefit the country when he acquired ancient magic at the age of ten. Shall we make a ministerial slot for him?”

“Your thinking of another horrible thing …… I don’t think Lars will like serving in the castle? Well, he’s the kind of person I want when I ascend to the throne.”

After Lars and the others had left, Albert and Orden were discussing Lars. Cooking, fighting ability, knowledge, imagination. He is a man who can do any one of these things, but he can do all of them, so the country wants to keep him.

“Well, he also got a good personality, so I’d like to bring him in as soon as possible.”

“Do you agree with me, Flugel?”

“Yes. But he is young and needs experience. I’d like him to see a little more of the outside world, though.”

“Hmm. I see …… All right, I’d like you to prepare a draft so that we can create a ministerial slot by then. So we can always bring him in.”

“Yes, sir.”

“Well, I wonder what kind of interesting things he’ll do next. I’m looking forward to it. Well, I guess I’ll just have to study as hard as I can. “

Orden left the audience hall humming a tune.

Lars had given color to Orden’s uninteresting life up to the age of ten. Orden was honing his skills in case he ever had to deal with him again.

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When we reached the entrance of the castle, we walked in the direction Ash and the others had gone. I’ve never stepped foot anywhere other than inside the castle, I thought, and after passing through the open garden, I came to a square with an iron fence.

“Ashhhhh!”

“Kuon? Kuooooon♪!”

Aina called out, and Ash came dashing towards her.

“Kuon!?”

“Oh, that looks like it hurts ……”

He hit the wire mesh and fell to the ground. Sephiro, Schneider and Radia also came running and surrounded Ash. Then the tamer big brother came over to us, laughing.

“Hey, did you finish your business with His Majesty? I’m glad they’re so quiet, so it was easy for me. You taught them well, how long have you been a tamer? You’ve been doing this since you were a kid, right?”

“No, just recently ……”

“What!? Just recently, are you serious!? I’ve been doing this for ten years, so a Deadly Bear is not easy.”

“Well, it’s Lars, after all.”

“It’s Lars, after all.”

When my brother, Urka, and Sarge said such things, Makina and the others looked troubled. Then the big brother looks at Sarge and his eyes widen. 

“D, Dragon, huh? I was so distracted by the deadly bears that I didn’t notice it earlier …… Who the hell are you? Heh, interesting! Why don’t we have a little chat!”

“Ah, I’m sorry, but I have to prepare dinner now.”

“What the hell!? All right. Then I’ll go with you. Okay?”

“What!?”

I don’t know what’s going on, but the tamer big brother is coming with me. He seems to have a bad mouth, but I’m used to Tigre-sensei, so he doesn’t seem like a bad person. At any rate, since everyone agreed, we decided to go home.

The tamer big brother has increased again ……

Thank you for reading!

[Afterword Theater]

“He seems like a nice guy?”

I wonder if he’s the same as Tigre-sensei?
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