A bright morning greeted not only me. Next to me, Kurumi was spread out sweetly - an amazing girl who demonstrated mastery and creativity in bed relationships. Probably, with such a girl you can feel like a real hero. If I had the opportunity to fall asleep, then it would be even better. I would feel like a hero sleeping in an embrace with a beauty. But we have what we have. It is enough to just lie and enjoy the caress of her thin fingers.
- Lord of the Dawn! - a loud call was accompanied by a desperate attempt to knock on the front door of the living room. If I'm not mistaken, it's early morning here, so many of the guests of the courtyard have just returned from luxurious banquets. The inn is not cheap, and the nobles often entertain themselves with feasts. - This is urgent, please open up! - Lakyus must still be holding back her strength, otherwise she would have easily torn the doors off their hinges.
- How annoying... - naked Kurumi pressed herself closer to my body, and her clinging hands gently hinted that I should scare the guest away. - If this is such an attempt to hit on my creator... Hee-hee... - since the yandere notes of laughter appeared, then it was necessary to save the cute clingers. The members of Blue Rose are valuable sources of information and connections, and they are also funny.
"Good morning," I greeted my guest without opening the door. My palm gently patted my charge's back, letting her know that I needed freedom. She winced with displeasure, but got out of bed rather quickly. It's good that we have the opportunity to quickly change our outfit from scratch to a full set. It significantly eliminates the difficulty of a long dressing.
- It's not kind! Please open it!
She doesn't want to harass me right this morning, does she? A crazy thought flashed through my head, and damn, it has every chance of coming true. These four adventurers, I don't count the fifth one, are constantly harassing me. But to burst into the living room with such desperation... There is a reason, otherwise it would be very strange. So to say, very strange things and everything connected with women.
- One moment, - he politely asked to wait while my appearance and equipment quickly changed. Just before the door opened, my ward and I had a presentable appearance to greet the guests. - You are in full force, or something terrible must have happened.
My calm words made the five adventurers tremble.
They were wearing a full set of armor, had stern looks on their faces and slight panic in their eyes. I know this mood very well, my subordinates had it after the message from their superiors about dismissal.
"Here… Can we come in?" the Blue Rose leader asked, looking over my shoulder.
- Naturally, my room is at your service, - opening the door completely, I walked to the chair, where in the blink of an eye I removed all the unnecessary documents from the desk. The locals do not know our written language, as practice has shown. The opposite is also true, but you never know what superpowers the local inhabitants have.
According to Evileye, exceptional living beings have talents. Unique traits that allow them to master incomprehensible knowledge or match the strength of an entire army. I'm sure someone will have a talent for interpreting unknown languages, like the research monocle for solving the riddles in the ancient ruins of Yggdrasil. It's a pity I didn't have one because I didn't need it, but I could look for it in the treasury of Nazarick.
- Well, it's a big secret, - the green-eyed blonde whispered. - Um... there was a massacre in the royal palace, which killed the king and his two heirs, as well as many eminent nobles. The only survivor was the princess, but now she is suspected of conspiracy. However, there is no evidence. What bad luck so early in the morning, - clutching her head, the green-eyed interlocutor approached the bed and nervously sat down on it. To my shame, she sat on an unmade bed. I should learn some manners.
"Why would a princess do such a thing?" Ivileye asked rhetorically.
Surprisingly, the vampire decided to take off her mask, showing a rather cute face. Scarlet eyes coupled with golden curls gave a stunning contrast. She sat down next to the leader, and the other girls did the same. Yeah, I've never had so many girls on my bed, well, I'm growing above myself in sinful terms. I'm sure the title of Apostle of Lust in Hell is guaranteed for me.
- How should I know? She did so much good for ordinary people... No, the golden princess definitely has nothing to do with it... She was set up!
- But Renner was the only one who benefited from this?
- What? No! Ouch... Well, she couldn't... She was in love with a guy who was eaten by that chimera. Just to be with him, no-no. Even so, if things were different, then it definitely wouldn't be her!
Having settled myself more comfortably on the work chair, which was more like an armchair due to its animal skin upholstery, I was fully attentive to Lakyus's unrelated words. Kurumi, who had come up from behind and stood to my right like a maid with an arrogant smile, was also listening to their groundless arguments.
They mostly involved Ivileye on the prosecutor's side, while Lakyus took the side of the fanatical lawyer for the princess. I wonder if if you watch this funny scene for a long time, will the inscription "Objection" appear in the center of the screen, like in the famous novel about the lawyer? That would be amazing.
- Okay... But the princess lived like a bird in a cage! She has no influence or opportunity to stage a coup. And a successful one at that! The entire royal family is dead! And a bunch of nobles, oh... - bowing her head down, the girl went into her thoughts. - So many... And considering the current children of influential nobility, the country is in for some real disasters... What to do...
Ivileye soon lost interest in the conversation and looked at me with a piercing gaze, then at Kurumi, frowning deeply. Fortunately, the undead's emotion suppressor worked, so the wrinkles on her beautiful face quickly smoothed out.
"Lord of Dawn, what do you think?" the little girl addressed me by my title.
Now, for some reason, even the servants of Nazarick stopped addressing me by any other name. It was as if everyone had gotten the blue screen of death, and after rebooting the processor in their heads, they forgot my name. Noticing the oddity, I immediately thought that Demiurge liked the adventurers' trick of calling me by my title, so he instilled the correctness of this approach in the other guards. Who knows what's going on in his head.
- You said that adventurers do not interfere in the affairs of the kingdom? - When noticing an inconsistency, it is best to point it out right away.
- Yes, but I'm also a noblewoman... And now the country is literally falling apart, which will lead to a real pogrom of the kingdom and the guilds in it. Right, well, you know how the adventurers' guilds are financed?
"I suppose from the state treasury, which is logical," I calmly pointed my palm at Lakyus, allowing her to continue developing her thought.
— And now there will be no funding, and anything can happen to the Katz Plains without the supervision of adventurers. There are many undead there... Well, for example, powerful undead will appear there, about which there will be no one to report. Or the beasts in the Great Forest will rise up, or maybe... Many things can happen... No one knows when everything will return to how it was before.
- Everything is fine, I'm sure, it's just sabotage by the damn Empire. You've heard of the Bloody Emperor's methods, haven't you? He sent all the noble lords to the chopping block, publicly accusing them of incompetence. Since he is so harsh with his own, he can use dirty methods on strangers, - Gagaran, who had been silent until then, tried to cheer up her leader.
"Oh, and why does everything come at me at once? Why don't problems come one by one?" Lakyus complained, and her slightly childish fidgeting made everyone on the bed uncomfortable.
There was a deathly silence.
In a short period of time, everyone tried to gather their thoughts to come up with methods for resolving the conflict. In fact, nothing terrible happened. My grandiose plans for an audience with the king collapsed into the deepest Abyss. It is extremely annoying and unpleasant, but one unrealized plan is easily replaced by another. This means that at the moment the kingdom is without a ruler, and the only heir to the throne with all rights to the throne is in a delicate position.
An ideal environment for ambitious schemers and cunning manipulators.
I was about to propose a concept for correcting this misunderstanding for my own benefit, when someone knocked down the door to the room. So, it turns out that I have to pay for the actions of a moron with a helmet on his head? The man in full armor is clearly not a scout or a messenger. But he brazenly invaded the honestly rented territory.
Well, what's your name? The guy who knocks down an open door...
- Blue Rose! Sorry for the intrusion, ha-huh... - apparently, he was running up the stairs in full armor. No, he had been running actively before that, too, otherwise I wouldn't have had to turn off my sense of smell because of the sudden smell of sweat.
- This is an urgent message from the guild! They have declared war on us... the kingdom!
- What???
— War?!
Someone else declared war on a state on the brink of its own collapse. What a disgrace, to do that to neighbors in trouble. Although, if you think about it, I like it. And who is so smart and cunning? Who did the Demiurge catch on the hook in political fishing?
— Everyone! The Baharuth Empire, the Holy Kingdom, and the Slane Theocracy! — Falling onto his iron knee pads, the knight messenger desperately slammed two gauntlets onto the parquet floor, breaking the innkeeper's property. No, definitely, the one who damaged someone else's property is the one who pays.
As for the war of the four states. I am certainly not a feudal lord with a plot of land, having the appropriate education and skills, but I will try not to lose face. In extreme cases, there is always a plan "B" in reserve.
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