Kays Translations
Just another Isekai Lover~
Chapter 43: Idiots, Idiots Everywhere
“So, in the end, you couldn’t stop the summoner from coming here, huh?”
“…I have no excuses.”
At this moment, the princess of Weimar is groveling on the ground before me.
Not just the princess—her entire entourage is too.
Looking at them prostrate like this makes something painfully clear:
Groveling is nothing more than a form of forced apology.
When someone does this, a normal person would feel obliged to forgive them.
Normally.
“Heh, what a bunch of incompetents.”
“!!”
At my words, the princess flinched, her body stiffening. Meanwhile, I noticed the knights groveling alongside her clench their fists against the dirt.
“Oh, come on, Princess. Your guard dogs aren’t very well-trained, are they? They look like they’re about to pounce on me any second.”
“W-what?! Stop it, all of you!! You’re absolutely forbidden to oppose him!!”
“Ugh… h-ha!”
When I pointed out the knights’ reactions, the princess panicked and hastily stopped them.
Am I really that terrifying?
“Haah… So?”
“Huh?”
“Why did you let that summoner and his group pass through? I distinctly told you not to let them come here, didn’t I? And yet here they are, while you come groveling in apology. What exactly are you trying to accomplish?”
Admos and Weimar share a border.
Since this forest lay inside Weimar, the summoner had to cross Weimar’s territory to reach it.
Admos and Weimar just recently went to war.
If a summoner crossed the border illegally during such a fragile period, it could ignite another conflict.
The fact that the summoner had reached this forest meant that he had formally crossed into Weimar.
“Didn’t you notify the border guards?”
“Y-yes, we certainly did! However… the summoner displayed his power before the guards, and they were so intimidated that they let him through…”
Oh, for crying out loud.
Using a display of power to scare people off—I figured they’d gained some combat experience from that demon war, but it seems they’ve grown bolder than I expected.
Still…
“What spineless guards you have.”
“…I have no words to defend them.”
You’ve been saying that a lot.
“Well, I suppose expecting ordinary people to deal with a summoner was asking too much. So? After that, did you simply sit back and watch while they crossed your country unchallenged?”
“N-no! Once we received the report of their entry, we rushed to meet them and tried to persuade them! We explained that we weren’t under your control and pleaded with them to turn back at once. But Nara-dono—the summoner—wouldn’t listen. Instead, he declared that he would liberate us from you…”
Hearing the princess’s explanation, I couldn’t help but bury my face in my hands and look skyward.
“So… how exactly did you try to persuade this Nara-dono?”
“Huh? We told him that we weren’t under Maya-dono’s control, that you weren’t the villain people claimed, and that they should return to their country immediately.”
Wow. Exactly what I expected.
“And how do you think they interpreted that?”
“What do you mean?”
“You called me Maya-dono. That makes it rather difficult to believe you aren’t under my control, don’t you think?”
“…Oh.”
“God, this world is full of idiots… I can’t take it anymore.”
It’s enough to make me want to cry.
“I-I deeply apologize… It was completely unintentional…”
“Whatever. So this Nara guy thinks you’re under my control and came here to ‘liberate’ you, right?”
“Y-yes, that seems to be the case…”
I mean, even if you tried to fight back, you wouldn’t be able to stop someone like Nara with actual combat experience. If you had, it would only add credibility to the idea that Weimar is under my control, sparking yet another war.
Besides, my original demand that they keep the summoner away had only been a way to make life difficult for them.
I suppose I’ll let it slide for now.
“Still, Nara’s playing the hero, huh? How annoying.”
Just as I muttered that, I realized something.
“Come to think of it, there was supposed to be another summoner, wasn’t there? What was his name?”
When I asked, the princess shook her head vigorously.
“Apparently… it seems they aren’t traveling together this time.”
“Not traveling together? Their chances of success are higher if both of them are together. What are they thinking?”
“I deeply apologize, but I’m not privy to the reasons behind this.”
Ah, she thinks I’m blaming her for this.
“I’m not blaming you, you know. There’s no way you’d know the inner workings of another country’s plans.”
“Y-yes, thank you for your gracious understanding.”
…Sigh, Princess…
Whatever.
“Anyway, I guess I’ll try talking to this Nara guy. Tell the guards at the forest entrance to let him and his group through when they arrive.”
“Y-yes! Understood!”
“Alright, you can go now.”
“Yes! Excuse me!”
The princess stood up, bowed, and left, taking her entourage with her.
As I watched them leave, I felt someone standing behind me.
“…That rumor wasn’t wrong, was it?”
“…The people involved denied it, so it’s not true.”
“Yeah, but… that excuse doesn’t hold much weight, does it?”
“Shut up.”
I know, I know.
That princess’s behavior.
She was completely treating me like I’m above her, wasn’t she?
It’s like she’s subconsciously placing herself under my control.
No wonder Nara misunderstood the situation.
Sigh… The royals in this world really are a bunch of idiots.