The Reincarnated Count’s Daughter Is the Strongest as She Is Loved by the Spirits, Though She Is Only Wishing for Regular Romance! - Chapter 27.1
Chapter 27 : East vs West ?
The sky was high and clear, and the white clouds that had been floating in the sky were slowly drifting away behind the castle walls.
The clear early morning air was slightly cool, and I couldn’t help but rub my arm with my hand. In the square in front of the castle, spirit carts and carriages lined the street, alongside rows of horses.
The horses with matching saddles are the horses of the knights, and the others are the horses of adventurers.
The number of carriages alone is close to 20, so the number of guards is also quite large. The people bustling around them look exactly like adventurers in novel illustrations.
Some carry large swords on their backs, some wear plate armor, others wear robes, and a few have bows strapped to their backs. Surprisingly, there are also glimpses of women among them.
“Big Brother Alan, they are adventurers. Everyone seems strong.”
“Dia’s spirit beast is stronger.”
“Let’s compare that between humans.”
“Dia is stronger.”
…Well, If the spirit beasts are strong, it means I can use powerful magic. But you know, that’s not the point. It’s about romance. I was all excited since the morning!
“Big brother, are you in a bad mood?”
“No, it’s not that. I’m just sleepy…”
“Last night, you were probably chatting with Jude-sama and the others until late, weren’t you?”
“……That’s not true”
While we were having a girls’ talk, the guys were also gathering in Jude-sama’s room.
I wonder what men talk about in such situations. Maybe silently flipping through erotic books or something.
Today, Margrave Norland and his family are dressed similarly to adventurers.
The Margrave looks like a warrior no matter what he wears.
The leather breastplate and huge axe suit him so well, it’s almost frightening.
The next Margrave, Cody-sama, wears light armor and a robe, while his wife, Greta-sama, carries a bow.
When they stand together, they look like an adventurer party. They don’t look very noble. But then again, not all the nobles of Norland’s territory are like that.
Some people dress like adventurers, but there are many women, in particular, who wear dresses. The dresses are a bit shorter, and made of a material that does not wrinkle easily after long rides in a carriage, but they are the usual noble clothing that can be seen in other territories.
Unfortunately, I was also in a dress, and surprisingly, even my older brother Alan was dressed the same as always.
I was hoping he might wear something like “I’m ready to fight!”.
But he told me that if we were in a situation where even we would have to fight the enemies, we should run away before we could fight.
Well, it would be a disgrace for Margrave Norland to let two children who were not yet ten years old, who are also treated as dukes, fight in a battle.
That’s why my job is to stay quiet inside the spirit carriage. So boring.
“Have a safe trip.”
“Please don’t do anything rash.”
Even though it was early in the morning, Carla-sama and Patricia-sama came to see me off. Monica-sama has also come to see her family off.
Other noble wives and daughters who were staying behind are also lined up to see us off, and the men who are adventurers have been glancing at us since a while ago.
With so many beautiful women gathered, it’s no wonder they are looking our way, but they better watch where they’re going or they might trip if they don’t look ahead.
“As expected, everyone in the knights is quite sturdy, aren’t they?”
“Huh? Is there anyone from the Knights ?”
When I reacted to the nearby lady’s words without thinking, I caught everyone’s attention.
“You must be Diadora of Belisario, right ? Yes, it may be difficult for people from other places to understand.”
“Those from the knights have crests on their breastplates. It’s the ones with the black breastplates.”
“Ah, I thought the black armor looked nice.”
“Right !”
The knights of Noland have equipment resembling adventurers, designed for facing magical beasts. It’s quite different from our knights. But I don’t know because some adventurers are equipped with black equipment!
“Get in the carriage! We’re leaving!”
Nobles boarded their respective carriages, surrounded by knights and adventurers for protection.
My Big Brother Alan and I also parted ways with the people who were seeing us off and headed to our own spirit carriage, where we manifested our miniaturized spirit beasts.
Big Brother Alan’s spirit beasts, which were shaped like tornadoes and rocks, unexpectedly became humanoid when they were enlarged.
However, it’s not a beautiful girl but something like a genie from a lamp. You see it in the anime, right?
There are four different colors of them.
Let’s be clear. He’s gross. He’s a rugged bald man with green, red, yellow, and blue skin. I don’t quite understand Alan’s taste.
Even in its shrunken state, unlike in Velisario, there were cheers from many people who were seeing the spirit beasts for the first time.
Even though the number of adventurers with spirits has increased, it is apparently very difficult to raise them to spirit beasts.
So having a spirit beast is a sign of a high ranking mage adventurer.
“Good morning. I’ll be using the Ministry of Spirit’s spirit carriage until the break, so I’m counting on you, Alan and Dia.”
“Alright.”
It seems this time we’re participating under the pretext of helping the Ministry of Spirits. The tasks remain the same, though.
Since your father is also participating as the Minister of the Ministry of Spirits, not as Margrave Bellisario, there won’t be any debts or favors between our house.
Honestly, there’s no way we’ll become close through this… well, nobody believes that, right? They seem to be quite friendly, though. But they say keeping up appearances is important. I don’t really get it.
Today, there are four spirit carriages in total.
Two of them belong to our family, one is from the Ministry of Spirit , and one spirit carriage has been lent to the Margrave of Norland as a trial run.
The windshields on the coachman’s seat are rounded to reduce wind resistance, and it has two magic headlights so it can run at night, so it looks a bit like a car.
For the times when I have to ride for a long duration, I paid special attention to the cushioning of the chair. It has armrests so you can lean on it.
If you flip up part of the ceiling, there’s a mirror attached. It even comes with an ice box for storing drinks in the accessory case.
I initially wanted a reclining seat, but I was told to hurry up and learn spatial magic.
“I’m sure you guys can take it easy. Here, have this and eat it on the way.”
Cody-sama came over with a bag of sweets to check on us, accompanied by a small golem-like spirit creature trailing behind him.
“Thank you.”
As I was about to get into the carriage after exchanging greetings, Cody-sama was peering through the window.
“Is something the matter?”
“Oh, no. I overheard the court mage talking about space magic. I was wondering if you might be able to use it by now.”
Hey, court mage. You talk too much.
“It looks like the wind and earth spirits still have one more stage of growth to go. It seems that space magic is useless until the spirit beasts of all attributes have grown up.”
“I see, so you do need all elements. How many years does it take to raise them?”
“Hey, I said we’re leaving, didn’t I?”
“Ah, Father. I’m sorry. We’ll talk later then.”
After watching Cody-sama leave with Margrave Norland, we quickly got into our spirit carriage.
Since Danny, who usually serves as the coachman when we go out for spirit explanations, is with us, my brother and I have nothing to do.
Gemma and Alan’s butlers and attendants riding in the spirit carriage behind us. Since it’s a spirit carriage surrounded by two spirits, there’s no need for an escort.
“Space magic seems to be the talk of the town.”
Big Brother Alan told me this while arranging the cushions on the chairs.
“It became a matter of debate as to whether the Ministry of Magic or the Ministry of Spirits should lead the development.”
“It must be tough for you, Father.”
“No worries. Both the chief court mage and the deputy chief mage are Dia’s disciples, and they owe a debt to father regarding the Spirit Forest in the imperial capital. It seems like they’ve decided to do joint research, but in reality… It’s like the Ministry of Magic has already come under the umbrella of the Ministry of Spirits.”
Wow, seriously?
Is that what’s happening in the Imperial Palace?
Father, despite his charming and gentle demeanor, he is a man who does things when he needs to do something.
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Translated by : Cutae30