Steel, Guns, and the Industrial Party in Another World-Chapter 647: The Sirdan Queen
TL: Rui88
Vito, a shipwright from the Western Exploration Team, and five other crew members.
A total of six people had become prisoners of the “Ascendants.”
Ascendants, in the local language, could be called the Sirdan people.
However, in private, they preferred to call them goat-people based on their physical characteristics.
Vito was now in an empty room.
Everyone had shackles on their feet.
“Oh, my little darlings!”
A well-dressed Sirdan person holding a leather whip walked in.
“How is your practice of the lessons coming along?”
He looked at Vito and the others with affection, but it was the kind of affection one had for kittens and puppies.
“Crack!”
He cracked the whip.
“Lord Hubbard will be here soon to inspect the results of your training. I hope you won’t disappoint him.”
“Yes, Lord Aibut, we are ready.”
Vito and the others answered him in fluent local language, and then, in a very formal manner, they bowed to him in the Sirdan way.
Although they still felt extremely humiliated in their hearts.
But in order not to be abused, they had to do so.
A saying had come from Count Grayman…as long as the green mountains remained, there was no need to worry about having no firewood to burn.
A person’s fate was the same; as long as one was alive, there would always be a day for change.
“Very good, very good, you are truly my masterpiece.”
Aibut nodded with satisfaction, and then he went out.
Vito and the others continued to wait.
After a while, the Sirdan person who had ordered the attack on the exploration team’s ships at the port…Lord Hubbard…appeared in the room.
He checked the results of Vito and the others’ learning.
Language, etiquette, and so on…
“Astonishing!”
He discussed it with Aibut in a very surprised tone.
“In fact, I originally thought these hornless people might have some sort of intellectual deficiency.”
He circled his finger on his temple.
“But it seems their performance is better than I imagined.”
Anger burned in the hearts of Vito and the others, but they dared not show it.
“Alright, my little darlings!”
Hubbard clapped his hands. “Now I can finally present you to Her Majesty the Queen. I hope Her Majesty will like this gift.”
……
“It seems like a banquet is being held inside!”
Listening to the continuous music from unknown instruments coming from the palace, a member of the exploration team, Pepys, guessed.
“Alright, in a moment we’ll be taken to the banquet to be exhibited like six monkeys.”
Another exploration team member, Ralph, mocked himself, “I hope Her Majesty the Queen likes monkeys.”
During this period, they had worked hard to learn all sorts of knowledge related to the Sirdan people.
In the words of that “beast tamer” Aibut, this was to make their performance more like that of a “person.”
Disobedience would result in punishment.
Starvation, or even physical suffering.
But if they were obedient, they could eat and drink well.
“Alas, do you think we can ever return to our homeland?”
Pepys was extremely dejected. Was the rest of his life to be spent as some sort of pet?
Everyone fell silent; no one answered him.
Finally, Vito said, “Don’t think the worst. A person must always have something to hope for.”
As soon as he finished speaking, a group of Sirdan people dressed as palace guards came over.
“Alright! You hornless ones!”
The leader shouted loudly, “Her Majesty the Queen intends to see you strange creatures. I hope you won’t make any impolite gestures.”
Vito thought of the dwarves kept by kings and lords in the old continent.
In the court of every ruler, there were such people with developmental problems.
When the lords held banquets, they had the dwarves perform at the banquet.
Acrobatics, magic, comical performances, for the amusement of the guests.
What were the true feelings in the dwarves’ hearts?
Were they already numb, or were they filled with anger like himself?
Dragging the shackles on their feet, they were led to the banquet.
In the great hall where the banquet was being held, Sirdan nobles dressed in magnificent attire were gathered.
The moment Vito and the others appeared, they attracted the gazes of most people.
“Wow, they really don’t have horns!”
“Could it be that Lord Hubbard sawed off their horns?”
“Oh, that would be too cruel.”
The discussions about them from the surroundings made the six feel very uncomfortable.
They lowered their heads and followed the Marshal of the Court, slowly advancing along the scarlet, magnificent carpet towards the main seat, where the ruler of this kingdom sat. 𝖗âꞐộ𝖇ƐṨ
They were not allowed to raise their heads until permitted.
The Marshal of the Court stopped, and Vito and the others immediately stopped as well.
“Your Majesty!”
Hubbard’s voice sounded; he was reporting to the queen.
“These are the hornless people captured from the port of my domain. According to them, they come from another continent.”
“I found them to be of a novel appearance, so I have brought them as a gift for Your Majesty. I hope you will like them.”
Vito and the others waited quietly.
After a moment, a beautiful female voice was heard.
“Raise your heads.”
Vito felt nervous. He slowly raised his head and looked at the throne above.
Then he was stunned.
The Queen of the Sirdan people was standing there.
That tall and graceful figure, that extremely alluring face…
Especially those green eyes and long green hair…
No matter how he looked, she seemed like someone Vito had seen before.
She looked so much like her! He had even seen her at the banquet before the exploration team set out.
Except for the addition of a pair of horns.
“She seems to be…”
Pepys muttered to himself, and the others were also very surprised.
The hornless people’s “loss of composure” made Hubbard very embarrassed.
Although the queen he admired was indeed very beautiful.
Really, training them had been for nothing.
In front of the queen and numerous guests, Hubbard could not show his anger.
He bowed to the queen.
“Your Majesty, I am very sorry. My gift has offended you.”
“Lord Hubbard, I very much like your… gift.”
The Sirdan Queen’s eyes showed great interest, her gaze fixed on Vito and the others.
“That’s wonderful.”
Hubbard said with a smile, “I hope they can bring you some amusement.”
The queen ordered an attendant, “Remove the shackles from their bodies.”
This surprised Hubbard, but he did not stop it.
But what happened next shocked him.
The queen actually arranged a dining table for her “gifts,” just like the other guests present.
“Your Majesty, this…”
“What, do you have an objection to my actions?” The queen’s voice was full of authority.
“Oh, no. They are already your property. How you deal with them is your freedom.”
Was this… freedom? Vito and the others were all surprised, feeling a lightness they had never experienced before.
“Guests from across the ocean, I hope you can drink to your heart’s content here.”
The Sirdan Queen raised her wine glass to them and even seemed to wink playfully.
Waves instantly stirred in the hearts of Vito and the others.
The queen displayed an indescribable charm.
Perhaps it could be called “enchantment.”
