The Kingdom’s Strongest
“……up,……i”
I hear the voice of somebody calling me. Chrona? I wish she would let me sleep a little longer.
“Wake……, Lei”
Un? It’s not Chrona? It’s a tone of voice with a calmer atmosphere than Chrona.
“Wake up, Lei. I’m gonna eat you up1 if you don’t quickly wake up, alright?”
Eat? Eat what? I’m bothered by it so I open my eyes and over there was
“Uーーーーーn”
the face of Princess Alexia that is approaching me for a kiss.
“Ky, kyaAAAA!”
I raise an extremely miserable voice and tumbled over vigorously. And then
“Ouch!”
I fell from the bed
“Geez, you don’t have to run away like that. It’s a morning wake-up kiss”
says Princess Alexia with a sulky tone.
“Wh, why is Your Highness Princess Alexia in my room!”
“What are you talking about. It’s my room here. More importantly, what’s that! That way of calling! I said just ‘Alexia’ is fine, right! It’ll be punishment by boobies suffocation2 the next time you say it. It’s so amazing that all the children in the orphanage hate it!”
“Un, understood. Then I shall call you Alexia-sama”
“Well, that’s fine for the beginning. You’ll get used to it even if you don’t want to after we spend time together”
What? Spend time together?
“Erm, so. Why was I sleeping in Alexia-sama’s room?”
“It feels somewhat distant huh. It’s fine to use「Ore」3 as well. It feels like a little kid overreaching himself and it’s cute! After Lei duelled the male students, Lei fainted from magic power exhaustion. After that, Otou-sama and the others who caught wind of the situation came as well and talked about what happened, it became quite late so we have the Margrave rest in the guest room as well. You had plans to come here today as well, right? Isn’t it just perfect”
“……Why am I in this room?”
“Something like that, it’s of course because I requested it! Doing this and that while Lei is sleeping……”
Was that done to me! Did I climbed the stairs to adulthood at 8 years old!
“Is what I thought of doing but, I was stopped by Helen and couldn’t do it”
Princess Alexia who says that and looks disappointed. ……What’s this? There’s a me who thinks, ‘I was saved!’ and, also a me who thinks, ‘What a shame’……
“Un? Stopped by Helen-san, that means”
“That girl is sleeping on the sofa over there. I said ‘let’s sleep together’ but she obstinately refuses”
I look at the sofa and Helen-san is indeed sleeping.
“Fufufu, neko-tan4 is cute~”
……She’s making a tremendously blissful face. Does she like cats?
“Helen was also quite anxious that Lei fainted. She was so upset that she pressed the Margrave with「Just because I didn’t stop it!」, 「I will take responsibility if anything happens!」and so forth. Margrave was also smiling bitterly.”
Princess Alexia who says that and laughs. I guess it can’t be helped since Helen-san doesn’t know my true strength huh.
“I am sorry that I cause trouble for you”
“It’s alright. To begin with, it’s the seed I sow. I’m sorry as well. But the Lei clad in black lightning was also coolー!”
She looks at me with a tremendous smile. It’s tremendously beautiful but why do I somehow feel afraid of it?
We are talking about that and
“Uu~n. It’s noisy huh, Alexia-sama”
Helen-san woke up.
“Ara, good morning Helen. Had a good sleep?”
“I was able to have a good sleep thanks to you. I sleep with Alexia-sama and the dakima,ku,ra5……”
She sees me while in the middle of saying that and froze. What’s wrong?
“Wh, wh, wh, wh, why is Lei-kun in the room!”
“What are you talking about, Helen. Didn’t you originally stay over for the sake of nursing Lei”
“……Aa. You are right. I am sorry, Lei-kun. I raised my voice as soon as I saw your face”
Helen-san whose face is dyed red. An embarrassed look on this kind of people is somewhat fresh. I feel like looking a little bit more so I move closer and look into at her.
“It is fine, Helen-san. Since it is my fault for being in a woman’s room”
I try to look at Helen-san and, she turns her face away from me. Why? I try to look and, she turns away from me. ……she won’t meet her eyes with mine. Though her face is red when she glances over occasionally. Why is that?
“Hahaーn! Now then, Helen you”
“Wh, what is it, Alexia-sama”
“We will need to have a talk later huh”
It’s probably something that the two of them understand. And then a knock on the door can be heard.
“Alexia-sama. The breakfast’s arrangements are ready”
“I get it. I’ll go at once. Now then, Lei and Helen, change your clothes and let’s go. I think the Margrave is there as well”
Princess Alexia who says that and tries to remove my clothes. I already gave up.
We finish changing and finally reach the dining room. I hear that it’s apparently a room for immediately starting the meeting after finishing the meal.
Inside, the members from yesterday were already present. At the innermost is the King. Beside him sits a gentle lady. I wonder if she’s the Queen? In sequence from there is the Prime Minister, Imperial Guards Captain Gayn, Magician Squad Captain Marin, the members who have seen yesterday’s duel. I go next to Sieg.
“Oo, good morning Alexia. Helen as well, thanks for your hard work. And great job protecting my daughter, Lei”
“No, I only did what I should do”
Oi, don’t whistle at that, Sieg. It’s completely visible from what I can see.
“Regarding that matter, let’s leave it after the meal. First of all, take a seat”
I was told that so I sit next to Sieg. Princess Alexia sits near the King and the others, Helen-san sits near the Prime Minister.
“Good morning, Otou-sama”
“Aa, morning, Helen. You look somewhat happy. Did something happen?”
“No, it’s fine”
Helen-san who says that and smiles. Ee? Helen-san is the Prime Minister’s daughter?
The meal moves forward as I ask about the fact I just found out. As everybody is about to finish their meal, the maid comes in.
“Excuse me, Your Majesty. Schicksal-sama has arrived”
“Oo, is that so. Let her in”
The maid was told that and retires. I wonder who’s that? I am bothered by it so I look towards Sieg. Thereupon
“Wha! Did the Headmaster come!”
Sieg who’s drenched in sweat is there. He’s so flustered, what’s the matter?
“What is the matter, Chichiue?”
“Lei. Don’t go against the person who’s coming now no matter what. She is the Headmaster of Cardia Academy, the academy in this Royal Capital, the sole possessor of the「Sword Saint」title in the Nanor Kingdom. She’s being called The Kingdom’s Strongest. That demonic old lady, why did she come today!”
Sieg speaks badly of her. Thereupon, a very beautiful voice can be heard.
“Who’s the demonic old lady! Sonny Sieg. You’ve become arrogant in the short time we didn’t see each other”
And the one who entered was a tremendously young woman carrying an enormous sword on her back.
- In the original text, she didn’t specifically say that she’ll eat him up so Lei was confused
- Original パイ息, Pai iki, Oppai+Breath, So I translated it to boobies suffocation
- Lei uses ‘Watashi’ when he’s talking to the Princess. He normally uses ‘Ore’, just ways to refer oneself
- Neko means cat
- Dakimakura is basically a body pillow
