Knight Commander and Prime Minister
Close to dinner time, Madam Rosary brought an unlikely guest with her.
「Oh, Lord Simon, long time no see.」
「Umu, it has been a while, Iruma-dono. May I come in?」
「Yes. Of course, please do. Would you like to join us for dinner too?」
「Oh, it seems our visit was untimely, my apologies.」
「Please come in for now.」
The person Madam Rosary brought with her was her husband, the Valkyra Kingdom’s Prime Minister, Lord Simon.
Still, it was somehow within expectations for Lord Simon to personally come to the Sanctuary.
Of course, if the Sanctuary were to form a knight order, the neighboring countries would become nervous about it.
Even up to this point, it is likely that none of them consider the Sanctuary’s forces to be weak. During the war in the Savage Lands, they had witnessed a large number of golems who were individually strong while also capable of listening to simple orders. And with a knight order on top of that, I could understand why they’d want to know more about who they’d be fighting.
After a lively dinner together with Lord Simon and Madam Rosary, we moved to the living room to talk.
It was bedtime for the children, so Freesia-san and the maids were lulling them to sleep.
Freesia-san comes over quite often to meet with Etoile. She comes almost everyday.
Well, I get how she feels doting on her grandchild, and she is definitely a big help.
Once he settled down with a sip of his tea, Lord Simon explained his reason for coming to the Sanctuary.
「As it does not seem you have the intention to hide it, let me be blunt, a knight order has been created in the Sanctuary?」
「……yes, it definitely has.」
As I thought, the reason he came to the Sanctuary definitely was related to the knights. It makes sense to be on edge if the Sanctuary suddenly had military might.
「Fumu, I do not believe that the founding of a knight order in itself is strange at all, however, we would have liked a notice beforehand.」
「Sorry.」
「No, you need not apologize, Iruma-dono. If one really thinks about it, it’s only a matter of course for a small nation, of which the Sanctuary is the scale of, to have an organization for self defense.」
Apparently, Lord Simon wasn’t upset about the founding of a knight order, but rather why one was created so suddenly.
「I simply wish to know why it was founded.」
「About that.」
So I explained the origin of the Sanctuary Knights.
「……so it was the Great Spirits.」
「Yes, if it was an idea or a whim, I don’t know.」
Sure enough, as soon as I mentioned that the Great Spirits were the ones to suggest it, Lord Simon couldn’t say anything more. Though not as extreme as with Yggurle Kingdom, Human countries still worshipped the Great Spirits.
「Why did the Great Spirts create the knight order?」
「Hmm, I wonder about that. I suppose they wanted to name the knight orders after themselves.」
「The Great Spirits’ names?」
「Yes. Salamander’s Fire Spirit Knights. Undine’s Water Spirit Knights. Sylph’s Wind Spirit Knights. and Gnome’s Earth Spirit Knights. Each order’s flag has a design that is inspired by their Spirit, and their armors have been decorated with colors representing their element.」
「…………」
Lord Simon fell silent.
Am I the only one who thinks it’s futile trying to find a reason behind the things the Great Spirits do?
「……ah, speaking of which, were the knights’ armor made by you, Iruma-dono?」
「Laeva, myself, as well as Doganbo-san and Golan-san did. Doganbo-san and Golan-san were busy with the brewery as well, but when it came to the equipment to be used by Gnome’s Earth Spirit Knights, as Dwarves, they couldn’t refuse.」
「I’ve heard of someone named Doganbo, but isn’t Golan the name of the Divine Craftsman in Gnomstoll Kingdom?」
「Wow, as expected of Lord Simon. That is the very same Golan-san. Golan-san also immigrated to the Sanctuary during its early phase.」
「…………」
The equipment of the Sanctuary Knights were something we could take pride in. At a single glance, even an untrained eye can tell it wasn’t ordinary.
Anyhow, while it does pale in comparison to the custom equipment we’ve created before, but having seen the knights’ equipment from Valkyra Kingdom, Lomaria Kingdom, and Yggurle Kingdom, I still think we might have gone a bit overboard with it.
In the Sanctuary Mine, magic steels all the way to mithril and adamantite could be collected in abundance, so utilizing that, Laeva, Doganbo-san, Golan-san, and I naturally made equipment incomparable to the Trination’s knights.
「……would it be alright to observe the knights?」
「Yeah, there’s no problem at all. Shall we go now?」
「Umu, please.」
「Then shall I accompany my husband as well?」
「I’ll prepare the carriage immediately.」
Since Madam Rosary said she was coming for the observation, we may as well travel by carriage.
Madam Rosary often saw the patrolling knights, but maybe she had never seen the training grounds and the knights headquarters. Or perhaps it’s been a while since they’ve done anything as a couple, and wanted to go together?
The distance from my house to the training grounds wasn’t unwalkable, but it was a bit of a distance away, so I asked Tsubaki to pull the carriage for us.
Since the roads were well maintained, Tsubaki reached our destination in no time at all.
There, the four orders were training together.
It was rare for the Water Spirit Knights to join in.
「……G-Galahad!?」
And upon catching sight of Galahad-san yelling instructions out in a loud voice, Lord Simon was left utterly dumbstruck and speechless.
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Thanks for the chapter! Awesome translation! May God bless you!