Reincarnated Young Lady Aims to Be an Adventurer - Volume 9 Chapter 148

Translator: Kadowaki | Editor: NovelMultiverse

After Sakaki, Lu, and I left Tabuchi’s house, we headed towards the enemy’s hideout that was mentioned in Liguido’s transmission and dashed down the completely dark city streets.

Matching Sakaki’s horse’s pace, we got to our destination in the Iwama district after three hours, well past midnight and in the dead of the night.

“I don’t sense anything going on around here – how anticlimactic…” whispered Sakaki, now dressed in black clothing. Sakaki was a real spy, after all! I could finally fully accept that fact.

“Well, we can’t sense anything going on, no…” said Lu.

I headed straight for the entrance of the mansion. The door was being held closed with a stick on the other side of the door jammed up against it. After preparing a soundproofed method, I kicked the door wide open!

“Fio is really not her usual self, right now. Ah, no big deal, I guess,” said Sakaki. I wondered what kind of beast he thought I had become. Then again, I was really only giving it 10 percent of my full power.

The inside of the mansion seemed like it belonged to some mid-level aristocrats. It was a little luxurious by today’s Marshan standards.

“Eight people downstairs, and four people upstairs. They’re all asleep,” said Lu.

I left the first floor up to Sakaki, and I started making my way up to the second floor.

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The sun was beginning to rise.

Lu, Sakaki, and I sat on a sumptuous sofa and gazed at the twelve people whose hands and feet we had bound. They were slowly waking up as we watched.

“What, wh-why?!”

“H-hey! Wake up!”

“Wh-Who did this?! Who are you?!”

“Hey! Stop messing around! Untie these ropes!”

“Please wake up, Princess Tomoe!”

“Prince Yajima!”

Yes, Princess Tomoe had been sleeping on the second floor. I had not seen her for some time. Sleeping next to her was her brother, as well. The other two on the second floor were their servants.

While still sitting, I decided to intimidate them with about thirty percent of my energy. I used Father, the so-called Demon King, for my inspiration.

Boom! 

“Ahh…” the four of them cowered in fear.

“Ah, Sera. You pulled that off quite skillfully,” said Lu.

“What a nightmare of a married couple you and the emperor make…” said Sakaki.

We weren’t a married couple, just yet.

“Good morning, everyone! Do you know who I am?” I asked.

“That voice… Serafiona!!!” cried Tomoe.

“Princess Tomoe – long time no see,” I said.

Princess Tomoe had grown slender, tall, and beautiful… She was bigger than me, in fact. She was fourteen, now, as I recalled.

“Because of you… Marsh! Marsh has been destroyed because of you!” said Tomoe.

“By disrespecting the guild, it was you who destroyed Marsh. Please don’t project your ignorance onto me,” I said.

“Serafiona… You mean the one from Trundle?!” asked a middle-aged guard, looking upon me with a dazed awe.

“What are you saying? This woman is a Granzeus. They are obsessed with money! What mission have you taken on, now, Serafiona? You’re the type of despicable woman to do away with people with no hesitation, just for money!!!” cried Tomoe.

“Eek!!!” all the guard-like men gasped and stopped their breathing.

“To think… You’ve grown this much…” said Sakaki, shaking his head.

I didn’t have a minute to spare. I put them all under paralysis and decided to reveal my intention at once.

“My name is Serafiona Granzeus,” I said, “I am the leader of the Trundle guild, established in the Kingdom of Judor. Marsh is an ally of Galle, and when I came to this country, I found that its Prime Minister, Tabuchi, has not been able to function properly due to his daughter and grandchild being taken hostage. He cannot make the political decisions he should be able to. I, therefore, moved to release these hostages… And I made the ringleader of this plan cough up the whereabouts of this hideout. That is why I am here.”

I made sure everyone was listening and continued speaking.

“Tabuchi put aside his need for sleep and food, worked without compensation, and even took himself to the brink of death by overworking himself for the revival of this country and raising the standard of living for its people. Galle decided to build an alliance with Marsh because of his hard work. I didn’t think for a moment that any of his people would neglect to give him his due thanks. I don’t know what you all have done to make enough money to live this lavishly, but I can tell you that Tabuchi, the Prime Minister of this nation, is living a humbler life than you.”[Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the “Novel Multiverse dot com” website @ novelmultiverse.com]

“Well, Serafiona-sama – you don’t seem to be very picky about your clothes, either,” said Sakaki.

I was wearing the standard clothes of Marsh – dark green, monochrome layers of cotton. As they say, “When in Rome…”. It was true that even the guards were better dressed than I was.

“This country has become a vassal state of Galle in order to pay off the great debts they have accrued. In other words, the laws of Galle apply here, as well. In Galle, the punishment for the abduction or confinement of a child is the death penalty. I’m sure you chose your actions with conviction, so I assume you’ve prepared yourselves for the possibility of this outcome,” I said.

“Well, we defied the laws of Galle. We were ready to die for this, from the beginning. It would be stupid not to be,” said a guard.

Sakaki looked over each of them, looking unamused. Was he memorizing their faces? Or perhaps he recognized them from the past system.

“You’re probably keenly aware of my power, right now, aren’t you? If you promise not to start yapping annoyingly, I’ll allow you to speak freely,” I said.

Almost all of the guard knights raised their hands. Among them were two royal guards, and… two men past middle age who weren’t knights, watching on in a daze.

“Ah, yes,” I said, “Let me say from the beginning that I have received ‘the power of seeing through lies’ from the Holy Woman Eris-sama.”

For a moment, the older men lowered their hands. Well, they should take a moment to think about what they would say. I pointed my finger at the youngest guard and released him from paralysis.

“Well, um, I have been allowed to guard the princess and prince under the command of my superior officer, who is to my left. I swear that I never knew that this was an abduction, and I had no part in this conspiracy,” he said.

“Anyone who shares this view, raise your hands,” I said.

Two more hands went up in the air. I released them from paralysis, as well.

“Didn’t you think it was strange to continue to work as a royal guard despite the king’s reign ending?”

“But we had orders… We were told that although the seat of political authority may have changed, we were to remain bodyguards of the royal family,” said a guard.

“It’s too bad, but even if you didn’t know about it, you’ll be charged with assisting an abduction. Now, you – why did you command this group of youngsters to guard the royal family?” I asked.

“…”

“You knew that you were abducting the fourth-born prince, didn’t you?”

“…”

“You abducted them, meaning to put Tabuchi in a bind, so that political power could be wrested from him, right?”

“Everything that I did was for Princess Tomoe and Prince Yajima,” said the commander.

“This guy he really believes that,” said Lu.

You meet these types sometimes – soldiers that know that what they’re doing is wrong, but won’t budge on their mission.

“By the way, how much do you know about me? No matter what I say, she won’t believe me, so could you tell Princess Tomoe about me one more time?” I asked.

“…Serafiona Granzeus – daughter of a count, Destructive Princess of Twilight, child of Trundle, cherished by Gods. She has recently become the heiress of Trundle, which she has made independent from Judor… Queen of Trundle, and the Emperor of Galle’s… She shares the full might of Galle as an Empress,” he said.

Princess Tomoe’s eyes widened!

“Yes, and Emperor Gilan and I have acknowledged Tabuchi’s abilities, and have given him an administrative position in this nation we are allied with. If Tabuchi becomes useless to us, we will look for another clever man to take his role, and replace him. Then again, it would be quite difficult to find someone to rule a country that can’t afford to pay its ruler,” I said.

I went up to the oldest guard there, who was dressed in clothes lined in gold, and looked as though he had the most power… He was looking down as I stepped in front of him. I grabbed him by the chin and forced him to meet eyes with me.

“What you are all doing is truly not aligned with this age. Everyone else is moving forward. At a time like this, it’s unthinkable to look backward, and try to return to an older time, isn’t it?” I asked.

I released him from paralysis.

“Now, honestly – Tell me what you were planning, won’t you?” I asked.

“…I was simply ordered to ensure that those two members of royalty would be able to retake power as the leaders of Marsh,” he said.

“We warned him not to deceive us, and yet…” Lu said.

“We have to push back, don’t we?” I said.

I released the two royals from paralysis.

“Sato! You gave the order to do this!!!” Princess Tomoe wailed immediately. After she saw me glare at her, she lowered her tone.

“Did you two really hope to take back power in Marsh?” I asked.

“We were told that that was right, after all…”

“Do you really think that you could take back power in Marsh?” I asked.

“Well, we were told that if we could gather people loyal to the crown, it would happen quickly…”

“Even if they did manage to take Marsh back for you, what kind of government would you establish? What kind of policies would you enact to better your people?” I asked.

“I-It’s unfair that you’re only asking me all of these questions! What have you done for this country, Serafiona? What kind of policies do you have?” said Tomoe.

“I… I’m not clever enough to come up with any policies,” I said.

To put it differently, the people around me were extremely capable, and they didn’t need me not to come up with any policies.

“Well, see?!” Princess Tomoe shouted, in retaliation, and raised her nose into the air.

“I’ve been desperately training to get stronger so that I can defend my people, who are precious to me. I’ve been making sure that I don’t get left behind the times. I’ve been giving back to my country by taking on missions as an adventurer, defeating monsters, and earning money. I’ve been fighting, despite being an orphan of war. I’m still a subordinate, but I’ve been doing what I can, and putting my knowledge into practice,” I said.

“…”

“Princess Tomoe, you said that you are proud of being a royal. Please – show us that pride and dignity, right now,” I said.[Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the “Novel Multiverse dot com” website @ novelmultiverse.com]