The Reincarnated Count’s Daughter Is the Strongest as She Is Loved by the Spirits, Though She Is Only Wishing for Regular Romance! - Chapter 8.1
Chapter 8 : Close Encounter With the Imperial Family
The next day, my parents headed to the imperial capital and were able to have an audience two days later. This is one of the most unusual cases. Both the Empress and the General had their schedules planned months in advance, so it’s hard to suddenly insert an urgent appointment into their schedules. But if someone says, “I met the Spirit King,” well, that’s something worth hurrying for.
We also suddenly became very busy. People who would have to travel hours by carriage to get to the castle asked us to find a place where spirits lived in their area. Our task was to assist in creating an environment where they could communicate with the spirits without disrupting their daily lives.
With this, they will feel indebted to the lord, and as the spirit beasts increase, the power of the navy and border forces will increase, and crops will grow better, right? There’s no reason not to do it.
But without the spirit beasts, it’s impossible to communicate effectively, which means I have to go. However aren’t I only 4 years old ?
It’s too much for me to go to all those places by myself.
From the castle, we can instantly move to the imperial palace and the academy using teleportation arrays. It’s just, these arrays are fixed to specific destinations and can’t go anywhere else. It seems this is a lost technology, and it’s impossible to install new ones.
Therefore, it is completely useless for traveling around the territory. It’s like in Japan, where you can go to faraway places in two hours by bullet train or plane, yet there are places within the same prefecture that you can’t reach even in two hours. It’s a similar thing to teleportation.
“We need to look for someone who has spirits that seem likely to evolve into spirit beasts!”
A spirit that can use ice, scorching heat, gravity, and tornado magic should evolve as long as you talk to them !
“Though there’s one person who can use ice magic, I wonder if there’s anyone else with the other abilities ?”
What??!!
“Our military strength is too low.”
“Huh? Were you planning to search for the military as well?!”
“But, Big Brother Chris told me to handle everything…”
“No, no. It’s not like that, you can take your time slowly, it’s just maybe you need around half a year.”
“People who got delayed will complain, you know.”
“……You’re right.”
In times like these, everyone insists on prioritizing their own tasks. And through that, they will start saying things like, ‘This will show that we are considered important to the Margrave!’ or something like that.
“What about the person with the ice powers?”
“That would be our exclusive mage, Alissa.”
This person, I’ve heard she’s also in her late twenties!
From what I heard, her husband passed away seven years ago and she has been living alone ever since. If she was talking to spirits, that might look a bit lonely, but if her spirit can become a spirit beast, she’ll be able to communicate with them. She’ll do it, right!
“The military, huh ? I guess we can manage if it’s just two people.”
“One from the navy and one from the knights. We’ll teach them how to become spirit beasts. If they search for the locations of the spirits, they might encounter new spirits, right?”
“That’s a good sales pitch, but Dia, did you give up on sounding like a four-year-old ?”
“If you’re going to say things like that, then I won’t talk to you, Big Brother Chris.”
“Huh? Sorry, I won’t say it anymore. Dia always gets along so well with Alan, it’s not fair. Ah, I know! When Dia goes to look for spirits, I’ll just go with you.”
Big Brother Chris is said to have a sister complex by Rex and Brad, but he really does treat me well. However, I’m not a naive child who believes my brother will understand me. I’ve lived alone and worked hard, surviving in the metropolis of Tokyo, so I’ve seen a lot of unpleasant news and encountered many unpleasant people.
That’s why I can’t help but feel suspicious. If he were to find out that I have knowledge of another world, he might try to keep me close to exploit me. If this world were one where political marriages were the norm, I thought I might be okay with that too.
But in this world, even among the nobility, there are many love marriages, so I want to experience love too. After all, I was single in my past life!
That’s why I’m a child with interesting ideas. A strange child who comes up with outrageous things. I want my family to see me that way too.
“Dia? Are you angry? I really won’t say it anymore.”
“Nah, I was just wondering where would be a good place to go.”
“Let’s go to the place you want to go.”
“Hmm… I want some cheese.”
“Huh? Why cheese all of a sudden?”
“I’d like to go to the northern region.”
“Dia’s thoughts are interesting as always.”
And then, the next day, he secured two more people in addition to Alissa. Big Brother Chris is seriously capable. And from there, my hellish training began… Or it didn’t.
Since Alissa and the other two from the military were professional mages, all that was left was to communicate. For an entire day, without letting them do anything else, I had them talk to their spirits, and all three of them successfully evolved their spirits into spirit beasts.
Apparently it was quite mentally difficult, constantly talking to the orb of light in front of a young girl. But the result was alright, right ? With the four of them splitting the work, they’ll be able to cover the territory in no time!
Or so I thought.
“I heard that the imperial family will be coming here in a week.
Time for the second family meeting, I guess. What do they mean by a week? They are busy people, after all.
By the way, the spirits can return to their original form. Convenient, right? If everyone kept their spirit beasts all the time, it would become a major issue, requiring us to expand the rooms significantly.
“I thought they would come in the summer.”
“They’re only meeting with the Spirit King and will return shortly afterward. Dia, is it okay to go to the lake with the spirits and ask the Spirit King to confirm if he will meet them?”
“Okay.”
“It seems that some court mages from the imperial palace will accompany them, so I want Diya to be there as well.”
“What do you mean?”
Big Brother Chris’s voice becomes lower. Father scratched his cheek with a troubled look on his face and then sighed.
“There’s information about the Spirit King and the spirit beasts in the literature, but no one in the current court has actually met them. The various unusual events happening only in our territory seem to be causing particular unease among the court mages.”
“They must have prided themself as the expert of spirits, after all.”
“It seems like they can’t even believe the existence of Dia.”
Well, that’s because I mastered all spirit attributes at the age of four, with fire and water as my spirit beasts. Even gained the favor and blessing of the Spirit King. For those who have dedicated their lives to this field, it is something that can’t be tolerated.
“Can those people use ice and tornado magic?”
“The chief mage and the deputy chief mage have three attributes, and the others have two attributes, it seems they can use it.”
“Then, we’ll need intensive training so that we can return with the spirit beasts.”
“Um, they have quite a high status…”
“Intensive training !”
If you have time to complain, then use it to learn!
Do it until you vomit !
Even better if you can do it until you faint !!
No, well, actually I’m counting on you.
I don’t like it when people think I’m the only one special.
“When we were developing the Spirit King’s forest, they didn’t object. That’s why, it’s only when I said that it was the Spirit King’s forest, they just couldn’t believe it.”
“Even if they meet the Spirit King, it will likely come to that kind of conversation, right?”
“I guess they think there’s a chance they won’t be able to meet because their schedules don’t match up. There are people saying things like, ‘There’s only summer resorts that have no special features other than being rich in seafood. And there also people that make things up to attract customers.’”
“Father, please make a list of those people.”
Big Brother Chris looks like he’s up to no good. But even for me, it doesn’t suit my nature to keep getting hit. If you only hold back, there’s no way the other person will understand. It’s better to make them think it’s not worth messing with me.
After meeting the Spirit King, I found that Wiki-kun had clearly specified the location of the Spirit King. There must be records in the imperial palace as well, right? Or perhaps it was deliberately discarded during past power struggles?
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Translated by : Cutae30