Chapter 202
Audience with Queen Natasha
Our audience with Natasha, Queen of the Forest next to the world, took place in the audience hall, which, even from our point of view, was enormous .
Huge pillars with elaborate decorations lined up evenly on either side, and in front of them were elaborately dressed fairies, each in their own elaborate costumes .
The number of fairies standing in rows in this vast audience hall was just a few, and because they are tiny, it gave off quite a lonely impression, but it was still a beautiful, splendid-looking place .
The data I gathered showed that it was not only the pillars, but also the floor, walls and ceiling were decorated, and the windows for lighting are designed to reflect the light in every detail .
The most amazing thing was the number of magic tools that were installed in this audience hall .
Amazingly, each and every giant pillar was a magical tool, and although far inferior to the defensive magic that Kuti regularly uses, I could clearly tell that quite powerful sorceries were sealed in them .
They would probably withstand two or three hits from Obaasama .
The fascinating point is the synergistic effect of all the pillars which is designed to protect the entire audience room .
When working together, it’s enough to rival Kuti’s defensive magic .
In addition to the pillars, there were other magical tools casually placed in various places, mixed in with the furnishings and decorations, and it was apparent that this place was special .
Incidentally, there was not a single person dressed as a soldier or knight .
Instead, there were several people dressed like sorcerers, and they were probably the ones in charge of security .
All of the gowns they wore were also magic tools .
I know this because I’ve been shown Eliott’s work process a few times before, but it’s a lot of work to make one of these .
Since they are capable of sealing such powerful sorceries in gowns this tiny, it shows how far ahead the magic tools craft here is compared to the Lizwald Continent .
… No, it’s only natural with Kuti and Sani Sensei at the helm .
If these two collaborated in the manufacturing of magic tools without any restraints, it would be only natural for them to create something terrific .
Moreover, many of the magic tools manufactured in the Forest next to the world is based on flotsam, so it wouldn’t be strange if some magic tools had the flavor of my past world’s science .
With Kuti and Sani Sensei leading the way, we proceeded through the solemn audience hall .
It’s only Kuti and Sani Sensei who will appear at the audience with me .
Mira, Scarlet, and Reki-kun, unfortunately, have to wait for us .
But since all the data obtained through the information gathering sorcery is being sent to the Kutipad, Scarlet and Reki-kun are able to see what is going on here .
I was going to tell Mira a lot of things during this trip at the Forest next to the world, but we had not talked yet, so she doesn’t know of the Kutipad’s existence .
Well, Scarlet will manage .
I wanted Scarlet to accompany me to the audience too, but that would leave Mira alone with Reki-kun .
Reki-kun wouldn’t bully Mira, but his body is uselessly large, so he gives off quite an intimidating impression .
Mira knows Reki-kun well so I thought it would be fine, but I was worried nonetheless .
Rather, Mira wouldn’t be able to stop Reki-kun if he did something stupid .
Despite his appearances, Reki-kun is quite a prankster, after all . It won’t be a problem now while he’s absorbed in gaming on the Kutipad, but he occasionally gets tired of it, so you can’t let your guard down .
In that respect, Scarlet is used to handling Reki-kun .
It would have been nice if I could have brought everyone with me to an audience, but I was afraid to do so, so I decided to do things like this .
I’m constantly gathering data, so the data from the guest room where Scarlet and others are is transmitting to me as well, so I’m always able to check on them .
Scarlet and Reki-kun seem to be busy checking the Kutipad, while Mira was reaffirming the luggage .
There seem to be no problems so far .
Let’s focus on things here .
I walked slowly through the large audience hall and stopped my feet when Kuti stopped .
In the projection of my Contact Lenses, I saw a platform that was gradually raised to about ten meters higher than the average floor, and a throne at the end of it .
There was a graceful fairy sitting at the throne that looked exactly like Kuti .
She was Natasha, the Queen of the Forest next to the world .
However, unlike Kuti, her expression was full of seriousness and dignity .
“Welcome to the Forest next to the world . Special Sorceress-sama . I am Natasha . I serve as the Queen in these lands . ”
A beautiful ringing voice resembling Kuti’s signaled the start of the audience .
Audience with Queen Natasha
As I had asked Sani Sensei in advance, this audience with Queen Natasha will be somewhat imitating the way it’s done in the Ovent Kingdom .
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Yep, somewhat .
It’s not exactly how audiences in the Ovent Kingdom work, but isn’t it just fine like this? It was fairly sloppy .
Which isn’t surprising, since the Queen wouldn’t hold an audience when needing to talk with someone .
Or rather, even if it’s not the Queen initiating the contact, there would be no audience .
As expected, meeting without a prior appointment is rare, but even so, they don’t waste their time and effort on audiences .
This time, we adapted to the tile of the Ovent Kingdom’s Count family .
Well, as for myself, I personally don’t think there’s a need to be this formal, but various recordings will be inevitably shown to my parents and grandparents, so there’s nothing I can do about it .
That’s why the audience ended quite quickly .
The Ovent Kingdom-ish audience has ended~ if I tell them that, there should be no problem if it ended in a short time .
Rather, ending in a short time, so that we have spare time to talk about the real objective was our intention .
It’s sad that the pointlessly extravagant audience hall was used this short for the first time in several thousands of years .
Even the fairies at the place were neither nobles nor officials, they were simply the Queen’s close aides .
No, does that make them high-ranked officials?
That being the case, we moved from the audience hall to Natasha’s office .
This office also wasn’t fairy-sized, it was spacious even for me, the sofa was perfect for the human size too .
But, as one would expect from a fairy’s office .
Everything except the sofa was miniature .
A tiny desk with a tiny chair, a tiny bookshelf, the neatly stored books were also all tiny .
There were many documents on her desk, but they were all put in proper order, so it made me feel that it was oozing Natasha’s serious personality .
In this office where her serious character appears, we were supposed to be discussing the real purpose behind the invitation .
… That’s what we were supposed to be doing, but——
“Sheesh! Didn’t I ask you to report to me properly!”
“Eh~ I think I did it properly, though~”
“Your report was totally different from Sani’s! Why are you always so vague about everything, Big sis!”
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“It’s fine, it’s fine . Weren’t we able to hold the audience, in the end,~ Annela and others were also convinced by it~ Even if it was a little different from Ovent’s~”
“Geez~!”
The dignified Natasha who showed up in the audience hall was nowhere to be found .
The one present now was having a cute quarrel with the sister she is close to .
She has the exact same face as Kuti, so I felt particularly like that .
Well, you couldn’t say that the huffing little sister and the nonchalant big sister trying to pacify her were quarreling .
“Natasha, leave it at that . You know that it’s useless no matter what you tell this fellow . ”
“That’s right~ that’s right~”
“Stop agreeing with her!”
I feel bad for the roughly breathing Natasha, but seeing Kuti’s smugface that was a bit different from usual made me feel happy .
So she shows this face to her family…
I’m a bit jealous that she doesn’t show this expression to me .
“Hah… I get it . I’m sorry for the ruckus… I just can’t feel satisfied without suitably pointing out my big sister’s faults first…”
“Nono, I’m satisfied from seeing an expression Kuti usually doesn’t show . ”
“Myyy… I’m getting embarrassed, ehehe . ”
“Big sis… Lilianne-sama, please don’t spoil my big sister too much… I mean it . ”
“Ahaha…”
Natasha hung her head dejectedly .
Having Kuti as a bad example from which she could learn, her serious character was somehow very cute .
It’s easy to see how happy her days were, being pushed around by the unrestrained Kuti .
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Just imagining those days made my magical power leak .
Ahh… spending every day happily with Kuti… Natasha, I envy you…
“U, umm… Lilianne-sama, somewhat turbulent magical power is leaking from your body…”
“Lily, calm down . Natasha, it’s alright . Lily is not being hostile to you or anything . You don’t have to be scared . ”
“Good Lily, go get her~!”
“Stop fanning the flames!”
Not good, not good .
The opponent is Kuti’s little sister . We will be associating with each other for a very long time, so I can’t make a stumble here .
“I am sorry for displaying something so unsightly . ”
“Ah, no… umm, w, what about my big sister is that good?”
“Eh? Everything is…”
“Everything…”
Once I stopped my magical power from leaking, Natasha inquired with a cramped face .
Even though it’s so obvious what is good about Kuti .
“Hya~! Lily! I also love everything about you~!”
“Kuti!”
“Lily!”
“Sani… are Variation Type Two all this eccentric…?”
“We only have two samples so far . I wish there was more . ”
“Ah, good grief . This person is also an oddball . ”