Chapter 0683 Charter

Translator: Jay_Forestieri

Editor: Tseirp

“The island people are gathering in huge numbers at the port.”

“Yeah, there are quite a lot.”

“Everyone looks happy.”

“Would there be anyone who isn’t happy?”

“Abel is always so cynical like that! Couldn’t you be a little more honest? For the people of the island, the Suje Kingdom is hope!”

For some reason, Ryo spoke with unusual passion.

“If this place is incorporated into the Suje Kingdom, my books will spread to this island too.”

“Come to think of it, there was a book like that...”

Ryo looked pleased; Abel had completely forgotten about it.

Ryo’s bag, which contained all kinds of books, had been frozen in opaque ice along with the cash and left with Andalusia and Feiwan.

It was very heavy, and since Andalusia and Feiwan were there, it should not be stolen.

From beyond the horizon, the ship of the Suje Kingdom, which had been gradually approaching, was finally about to enter port.

“What a shame, Abel.”

“What is?”

“If only we’d been a little earlier, you were probably thinking this place could have been made an enclave of the Knightley Kingdom, a stepping stone toward world conquest, right?”

“As if I would think that.”

His Majesty the King flatly denied the premier duke’s words.

A policy of expanding control and exercising power over the territories of other peoples or other countries is called imperialism...

“Hmm?”

“What is it?”

Ryo tilted his head and spoke out, and Abel caught the remark.

“No, it’s just, that ship from the Suje Kingdom... could it be the Lone Dark?”

“Is it? There were plenty of similar ships, weren’t there?”

Abel tilted his head at Ryo’s words.

Of course, Ryo himself wasn’t certain, so he did not continue speaking...

The ship entered port, and a man came down from it.

His cloak fluttered dramatically, truly imposing.

He was about 180 centimeters tall.

In his mid-thirties, with hair closer to brown than black, brown skin, and pale blue eyes that stood out strikingly against that complexion.

He had a refined face, but there was a faint sword scar on his right cheek...

“That is...”

“No matter how you look at it, that’s Lord Protector Kabui Somar.”

Neither Ryo nor Abel would mistake him.

“He’s bringing the charter to officially incorporate the island into the nation, after all. There’s no one more fitting than Kabui Somar.”

Abel nodded.

“He used to come to Darwei and other places, didn’t he? After that, Her Majesty came to the autonomous city of Kwebasa. The government core of the Suje Kingdom really is quite nimble.”

“Nimble? I do not really understand, but diplomacy is basically about visiting the other country, is it not? That is how you show them, ‘We trust you’.”

“Well, yes, but... it’s scary if you’re attacked while traveling or something.”

“You’d be protected by sufficient escort, wouldn’t you?”

Ryo’s concern was true, and Abel’s thinking was true as well.

They both understood that.

And both of them remembered.

What kind of person Kabui Somar was.

“He came to the Komakyuta Principality himself just to meet Princess Iliaja.”

“That’s right, all by himself.”

Ryo and Abel both knew that Kabui Somar was a bold man.

“Bold people are cool and popular, but Abel, please keep it moderate.”

“Hm? Why?”

“Because Abel will go beyond bold and probably charge straight ahead recklessly.”

“...I really can’t accept hearing that from Ryo.”

“I am a rear-line magician whose motto is safety and security. I do not want to be lumped together with a sword-swinging, charge-first swordsman.”

“We really should rethink the definition of magician, should we not? I think someone who not only uses magic, but also swings a sword around and charges in, is a different kind of being.”

Ryo declared with his chest puffed out, and Abel objected.

While the two were having that conversation by the window, Kabui Somar met their eyes.

Ryo reflexively waved.

Perhaps because of that, Kabui Somar’s eyes widened.

He must have recognized them as Ryo and Abel.

“He looked surprised that we were here.”

“‘Where Abel goes, trouble follows’... that kind of saying must have come to mind.”

“Do not make up random sayings.”

Ryo and Abel also turned their eyes to the person walking behind Kabui Somar.

“Captain Gorick... right?”

“In that case, as Ryo said, that ship really is the Lone Dark.”

“Heh heh heh, I told you so, didn’t I?”

A slightly smug Ryo nodded again and again.

“The Lone Dark is also a ship with deep ties to us, isn’t it?”

“We were taken care of in all sorts of ways.”

The two remembered their journey through the eastern countries.

“I recognize Lulu Island as the Northern Autonomous Province of the Suje Kingdom.”

In the island’s central square, Lord Protector Kabui Somar read out the charter and handed it to Aminga, the autonomous representative elected by the islanders.

With that, Lulu Island was formally incorporated into the Suje Kingdom.

At that moment, voices rose all over the square.

“Woo!”

“Hooray!”

And so on, but in the end, they all converged into a single phrase.

“Long live Her Majesty the Queen!”

The Suje Kingdom’s new queen was apparently wonderful... the islanders had heard that many times from people who visited Lulu Island.

The islanders had also visited the Suje Kingdom for work, and each time they had been astonished by the kingdom’s development.

If only we could...

And then came the destruction of Bor Main Island.

The ten thousand islanders of Lulu stood at a crossroads.

Suddenly, they found themselves in the position of having to decide their own future.

Of course, there were also people on Lulu Island who had migrated from Bor Main Island, and there was also a stationed unit of the Bor Navy.

Many of them lamented the destruction of Bor Island, of course, but since they had moved there because they had come to like Lulu Island, and had volunteered for the stationed unit as well, not a single one was now calling for Bor’s restoration.

After a series of twists and turns, they ultimately came to wish for incorporation into the Suje Kingdom...

Today, that wish came true.

After that, the entire island held a feast.

Food and drink were distributed free of charge around the central square.

Ordinary islanders also provided things they had made at home.

“Lord Protector, thank you very much for making the journey here.”

“No, Representative Aminga, for the kingdom, it is a joy to gain new companions. Her Majesty was especially delighted as well.”

Aminga, the representative of Lulu Island, and Kabui Somar exchanged greetings.

After talking about matters such as the intensifying situation in the southern part of the continent, Kabui Somar asked about something that had been bothering him.

“What is that stone building over there?”

“That is the building of the Suje Kingdom Northern Navy Headquarters. Is something the matter?”

“No, it is just that a friend of mine was looking out from the corner room on the third floor of that building...”

“Ohh?”

As Kabui Somar and Aminga were speaking like that, it so happened that Commander Mebeli came over.

“Ah, Commander Mebeli, just the right person.”

“Me?”

Commander Mebeli being caught by Representative Aminga was inevitable.

“His Lordship the Protector just said that there was an acquaintance of his in the corner room on the third floor of the Northern Navy Headquarters. What is that place?”

“The third-floor corner is the officers’ room. But right now...”

Commander Mebeli looked at Representative Aminga and Kabui Somar, and hesitated slightly.

But he could not say nothing.

“The two I reported yesterday, the ones claiming to be adventurers adrift at sea, are inside.”

“Ah... the commander said there was a possibility they were suspicious persons...”

At Commander Mebeli’s words, Representative Aminga nodded.

The representative also remembered being told they were being held by the Northern Navy as a precaution.

After hearing the two’s exchange, Kabui Somar gave a wry smile.

“Lord Protector?”

Aminga called out, puzzled.

“No, forgive me. I just thought it sounded like something my acquaintances would do. Could I meet them now?”

And so, Kabui Somar was guided to the Northern Navy officers’ room.

And three days later, Ryo and Abel were on the deck of the Lone Dark...

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