Right now, Fukiba is sitting on the sofa in the reception room in the royal castle.
There is no one in the room. Outside the door, though, a maid who works at the royal castle is waiting for him.
I don't understand the meaning of making a single five-year-old child wait in this room.
Earlier, a few butlers and maids appeared, and they suddenly stripped me of my clothes, measured my body size, and made me change into a new nobleman's uniform.
The reason being that, as expected, they couldn't have an audience with the king in their traveling nobleman's clothes.
This audience, it is true that we defeated thirty orcs and goblins to saved the princess and Duke Hiro.
I'm sure the knights told you what happened, so what is there to talk about now?
As I was thinking about various things, there was a knock on the door and a person in a butler's uniform came in.
''Young master Fukiba, please prepare for your audience.
'Oh, um, ... I don't even know how to get an audience.
It is true that an audience with a five-year-old is very rare. When you enter the audience chamber, please go straight to the end of the carpet, kneel down on one knee, put your hands on your chest and bow your head. After that, I will call out to you on a moment-by-moment basis, so I'm sure you won't mind.
Thank you.
Fukiba thanked the butler for his polite instruction.
''Let's go then.''
Okay. Nice to meet you.
He continues down the hallway and is made to stand in front of a large door.
The door opens and you move forward. On either side were people who seemed to be noblemen, lined up on either side. Of course, his father, Jake, is also in line.
Advancing to a break in the carpet, Fukiba gets down on one knee and bows his head.
'Face up,'
His Majesty's voice came from the front.
I look up as I was briefed earlier. His Majesty sat on the throne in front, with the Queen and her children standing around him. Of course, the third princess, Valentina, was also lined up. Tina is smiling while looking at Fukiba.
His Majesty, seated on the throne, is dressed in fine clothes and wearing a crown like a king. He has blond hair and looks to be in his fifties, but he seems to be working out, with a solid body and a beard.
From the side, a man in his fifties or so with white hair came out. It's the vizier I heard you talk about earlier.
''Your Highness Princess Valentina and Young master Hiro have just been attacked by a pack of fifty orcs and goblins.
The nobles in the audience room all buzzed at the content.
Then Fukiba Hanes Shino jumped into the deathtrap and killed thirty orcs single-handedly. After his defeat, he healed his wounded knights with magic and brought back his deceased knights to the capital.
When they heard that he had killed thirty of them by himself, more nobles in line made a noise.
''I will give you a reward there. Your Majesty, please take care of them.''
The Prime Minister finished his explanation.
The King nodded.
Fukiba Hanes Shino, you have done an excellent job. If it were not for you, neither Valentina nor Duke Hiro would have survived. I hereby anoint Fukiba Hanes Shino as Baron. And I give him ten platinum pieces of gold and a house in King's Landing.
The nobles in line make another round of noise. It's louder than before.
From among the noisy nobles, one noble stepped forward. He was shaking his fat body.
''Oh, please wait, Your Majesty. You can't be ordained at the age of five, no matter how old you are. He's still such a child.''
One of them seems to disagree. No, I have to admit, I disagree. A master of high society doesn't know what to do.
Shut up. "Shut up, Marquis Matthew. "Shut up, Marquis Matthew, you can't just walk into a dead body and destroy 30 orcs and goblins by yourself?
That said, ....
The Marquis still disagrees.
'Fukiba Hanes Shino was your Second son, wasn't he? He is not a legitimate son of the Shino family today. What happens if a boy of this caliber is sent away to the wilds? I won't change my decision. Step back!
The Marquis of Matthew steps back into the line of nobles, glaring at Fukiba.
'It's Fukiba Hanes Shino. Don't accept it.
The king stared straight at Fukiba.
The king's gaze was scary.
He looked at the face of the vizier standing beside him.
The vizier nodded silently
He also looked at the face of Jake standing on the other side.
He just nodded silently as well.
Fukiba took a breath and then answered.
''Ah, I will gratefully accept Your Highness ....''
He was in no condition to say no to five-year-old Fukiba in this atmosphere.
''This audience is now concluded. Your Majesty, I would ask you to leave.''
After those words, His Majesty exited. The royal family followed behind him as he exited.
''The details will be explained in another room. I'll show you around, you can wait there.''
The Prime Minister told me to leave and Fukiba also left. The maid showed us to a room with a table and enough chairs to seat about ten people.
While I was waiting in the room, the first person who came was my father, Jake.
I'm sorry to keep you waiting," he said. I didn't expect you to be knighted. I didn't expect it, including the mansion in King's Landing. I thought you were the third son and you were the first to rise to the occasion.
He pats me on the head as he says this.
As the two of them are talking, the door opens and several people come in.
The first to come in is His Majesty, who was in the center earlier, followed by the Queen, the Prime Minister, Her Royal Highness Princess Valentina, Duke Hiro, and someone who seems to be Young master Hiro's father.
Valentina looked at Fukiba and smiled and waved at him.
In a situation where the upper echelons of a country like this are all here, it's not very possible to switch them around.
The king was the first to sit in the middle chair at the far end.
The king sat down first in the middle chair at the far end. You may sit down.
After those words, everyone begins to sit down.
Fukiba sits down to face His Majesty.
'Alright, we're all here. Fukiba, first of all, thank you so much for this time. Valentina has told me about you.
The King bows his head. The queen bowed as well.
'Young master Fukiba, let me thank you as well,' she said, 'I'm Hiro father, I'm Andrew Hane Rohan. Andrew Hane Rohan, Hiro's father. Thank you so much. It's thanks to you that Hiro was spared.
The duke also bows his head. The king and the duke bowed to the five-year-old Fukiba.
''Your Majesty, Queen and Duke, please raise your heads. I only came to help someone who was being attacked.''
The king, queen and duke raise their heads.
''Thank you. But again, I thank you not as a king, but as a parent. So let's talk.
Everyone nodded.
'And yet, may I ordain five year old Fukiba?
'My father, Jake,' asked His Majesty.
'It's all right, Jake. I have heard of Valentina. You are five years old, and your magic and swordsmanship are top-notch, and you even have an item box. You are very good for a five year old. You have your blessings. You can't leave your country so good-natured as to neglect such a talented child.
His Majesty chuckled at Fukiba.
Fukiba couldn't help but feel a cold sweat on his back.
The first thing that comes to mind is that I'm only five years old, it's nothing to do. I have not even attended the school yet. You will be paid according to the regulations. And we have to maintain the mansion. If you have any questions about the nobility, ask Jake.
Thank you. I'll talk to my father and see what I can do.
You know, I have something more important to tell you.
The king turned serious. Then he and Duke Andrew looked at each other and nodded at each other.
I am Fukiba. If you are willing, I would like to ask you to take my Valentina. Of course, we won't be officially married until after we've reached adulthood, but for now, you're my fiancée.
"[!!!!!!!!!]
Jake was against. Of course, so was Fukiba.
He looked at Valentina, his face turned into red.
'... That's right, that's what the hell ..., why, your majesty?'
It's Fukiba. You don't remember. In the carriage, at the inn, on the road.
In the carriage, in the carriage, Fukiba remembered in his mind what had happened.
Sure enough, in the carriage they rode in together, the princess and Duke Hiro were sitting next to each other, arm in arm.
As for the inn, they shared a bed and slept together in the same room, rooted by Princess Valentina's highness, who was adamant that they would stay in the same room. It wasn't the same bed, and Fukiba thought it wasn't a problem since they were only five years old.
'If an unmarried woman from a royal family was sleeping in the same room at the inn with an unmarried man and had her arms around him in the carriage, how could I give her to another wife now? Or is our daughter not good enough for you?
His Majesty says to Fukiba. The silent pressure from the duke and the two men hit Fukiba.
Fukiba didn't grasp if the royal family was that strict.
Not knowing what to do, Fukiba turned to the vizier, thinking. The vizier was silent and simply nodded his head.
I have received .... However, please put the feelings of Princess Valentina a first.
The mere return of those words was enough to exhaust Fukiba's strength.
'I've taken my word. Did you hear that, Valentina,? That's good, for you.
Valentina turned red, held their mouths and nodded with tears in their eyes.
Thus, at the age of five, Fukiba had a princess fiancées.
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12-25-2020