Senpensekai no Madoushoshi

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[Herald]: “Your attention everyone!! The Hero who slew the dragon!! The mighty witch!! Iris Calvafon-sama!! Now entering!!”

*Bum Bum~~~~~~~~~~!! Bum Bum Bum Bum~~~~~~~~~~~!!*

I could hear the sound of a trumpet blaring behind the door the same way as what I heard at the church.

It was then that the door began to swing open, showing off its weight and the years behind it through the heavy creak it made as it did.

[Saluena]: “Then, shall we go?”

Saluena reached out her hand to me.

I can understand what she’s getting at without having to be told.
She means to take my hand.

[Rose]: “Yes.
Iris-san.
We are all here for you, so there’s no need for worry.
If you ever have trouble answering, remain silent.
We will handle it for you.”

What a reliable promise.

So with Rose-san at my back and under Saluena’s escort, I took my first step into the throne room, and my audience with the king began.

 

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It’s just like the pictures in my storybooks.

A large velvet red carpet stretches down the middle of a grand hall, leading to a couple of steps where a majestic throne is perched on high.

And on that throne, a single man sat upright.

A person with a golden crown resting atop wavy, shoulder-length hair.
This was Olivar-sama, the current king who governs over a country with a thousand year history.

I normally wouldn’t have been able to see his face from this far away, but I now have the glasses Rose-san bought for me.

After putting just a little magic power into them, my field of vision expanded greatly and gave me a clear view of their face.

(An awfully kind-looking face…….and an amazingly prominent beard.)

He looks a lot like Ashel-sama to the point where it’s obvious that they’re blood related.

As we slowly made our way further into the room, I moved my gaze towards the knights standing at attention around the red carpet.
Each of their faces were familiar.
They were all members of the Shirayuri Knights.

Ashel-sama was standing near the throne with Yuhanna-sama right next to her.

Apart from the orderly knights was a person draped in luxuriously embellished clothing who I could tell right away was a noble.

They were watching us with great interest while whispering something to a person standing beside them.

[Iris]: “Ah, it’s Marie-sama”

Looking further, I found a familiar face standing in a spot opposite of Yuhanna-sama.

Marie Arone-sama, the bishop of the capital’s church who administers every other church on the continent.

[Marie]: “……”

Whether she heard my muttering or simply read my lips, Marie-sama rose her hand slightly and gave me a small wave.
She might be an unexpectedly playful person when outside of the church.

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[Lapris]: “Ridiculous.
Is there any reason to make a room this big when it’s only used for greeting people?”

A small little voice chirped in my ear.
I didn’t need to look to see who would be saying something like that in a situation like this.
It was obviously from Lapris who rode into the room on my shoulder.

[Iris]: “Shh, keep quiet.”

[Lapris]: “Yeah yeah”

Incidentally, Lapris was wearing the same thing she always wears.
I thought she should at least put on a ribbon, but it was rejected because she didn’t like the color.
So the ribbon was instead tied off around Plushie Unicorn’s neck who is walking directly in front of me.

The distance between me and the king keeps shrinking.

We’ve already hit the halfway point, but the knight leading us in hasn’t stopped walking yet.

Ten steps, and then another ten steps.

The knight didn’t divert to the side until we were so close to the king that I could clearly see his face even without the use of my glasses.

The spot where the throne is situated is several steps higher than anywhere else in the room.
I figured I should stop right before those steps, where the red carpet comes to an end.

[Olivar]: “We thank you for coming.
The dragon slaying hero, Iris Calvafon-dono.”

And a voice called down from the platform in front of me after my feet came to a stop.
It was from Olivar-sama.

(Um, I’m wearing a dress, so this is the part where I curtsy right?)

I didn’t think Olivar-sama himself would be the first one to say anything, so I was a little thrown off.
Still, I managed to keep my wits about me just enough to replicate what Rose-san had taught me in advance.
I pinched the ends of my skirt with my fingers and bent one leg.

[Iris]: “I am extremely pleased to be granted the great honor of an audience.”

But, after I raised my face and finished my greeting, I heard something I really wasn’t prepared for……another one of Lapris’s bemused mutterings.

[Lapris]: “What the, this one’s a woman too.”

[Iris]: “Bwah!?”

And then in the middle of an audience where everyone in the room’s attention is focused squarely on me, I made a grand fool of myself.