Summary of the last chapter in three lines
Souta 「I want to go home soon.」
King 「Wait a bit, I will hand a souvenir over.」
A man in butler clothes brings something.
A man in butler clothes comes into the room with something covered in cloth in his hand. And then he shows what’s beneath cloth to Souta and the others.
Beneath it is a luxuriously decorated dagger, and on its handle there is the royal family crest engraved.
「It’s a luxurious dagger indeed, but if I’m asked whether I want it or not…」
Souta only looks at it without taking it.
「So-Souta-dono, you’d better take this. With this, you can pass any checkpoint just by showing it, you can also get the permission to enter the royal castle as well.」
As it’s such a fine article, Narasu’s voice is a bit shaky.
「It’s amazing Souta-san!」
Arezel who also looks at it hops up and down in excitement.
「Ummm, let’s say I receive this, and then I try to pass a checkpoint, right? And then they will instead say “You bastard!! Where did you steal this!”」
「Tha-That possibility never crossed my mind… Umu~, it’s indeed true. For a human to have this is hard to believe….」
Crestfallen, the man in butler clothes hangs his head with his shoulders slumped.
「Hahh~ even though I came in person with this kind of clothing, in the end it’s no good…..」
After the man dishevels his swept-back hair, remove his glasses, and his beard, what shows up is the face of the king they just met before.
「So, it really you….」
Souta already guess his identity so there is no hint of surprise in his demeanor.
「Eh- EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE HMPH HMPHHHHHH….」
Too surprised, Arezel shouts in a loud voice that might reverberate inside the castle. But before anyone knew it, Roury is already right behind Arezel and blocks her mouth.
「Yes, yes. Try to be quiet.」
「HMPPPHH! HMPHMHMPH! Hmphh……」
Arezel tries to resist at first, but with Roury’s strength, she can’t move at all. Not long after, she gives up and stop stirring about.
「Hahh~hahh~ S-Sorry, I was surprised and reflexively shout…」
After being liberated, Arezel immediately apologizes to everyone.
「Yeah I understand your feeling, however, if your loud voice attracts the guards, the king will be in trouble you know?」
「Uuu~ Your Highness, I’m sorry.」
After being cautioned by Roury, Arezel apologizes again with a disheartened expression.
「A-A~a, You don’t need to worry that much. I will feel bad as it’s because of my actions that you make that face.」
After saying that, the king pets Arezel’s head. Arezel who feels ticklish narrows her eyes.
「So, what do you need? You came here in person, there’s no way that’s the only reason right?」
「You don’t change in any situation, do you… but, it’s just like what you said, I’m here to apologize to Dina-sama. I apologize for the rude thing my subordinate said to you.」
The king lowers his head. Everyone is surprised from his action that can be considered a serious matter if done outside of that room.
「P-Please don’t worry. You already apologized during the audience, that’s enough.」
Hearing to that, the king raises his head, but his expression is serious.
「No, that time, I apologized as a king. Please let me apologize as my own person now, as Agradia.」
Like that, he lowers his head again.
「You…… Agradia is your name?」
Rather than the king lowering his head, Souta is more interested with the name of the king.
「Eh, A~a, that’s right. I also want to apologize to Souta-dono and the others…… I’m really sorry.」
Souta absentmindedly looks at Agradia, who is lowering his head.
「It’s just like what Narasu said before you came here. If it’s Agradia that became the king, it shouldn’t be bad.」
「Isn’t it.」
「I agree.」
「Right.」
「Yep yep.」
The other four nod, agreeing with Souta.
「D-Did I do something?」
Puzzled, he blurts out such words to Souta and the others’ conversation.
「No, we’re only saying that you’re a good person.」
「I-I see. In that case, thank you for your word, wait, is that fine?」
Watching Agradia who says his gratitude while still puzzled, everyone can’t suppress their laughter as they find him amusing.
「Hahaha, as I thought, you’re really interesting. You don’t have to apologize anymore, and also, I’ll receive the dagger. Instead, as a proof of friendship, I will give you this……..」
After receiving the dagger, Souta looks around his magic bag, and then takes out the seedlings of Iyashi trees.
「Let’s do this. With this and this holy water, you can increase the yield of Iyashi trees. After planting the seedling, just give it a few drops of this holy water.」
Souta takes out a dozen seedlings and a bottle of holy water, and then hand them to Agradia.
Agradia’s jaw drops as he looks at them wide-eyed.
「If my conjecture is right, the Iyashi trees right now are the trees planted with the seedlings from the trees whose leaves were mostly taken, right? Considering the supply volume is considerably low, the seeds seem to be low quality ones.」
「You know your stuff well. You’re right, the Iyashi trees right now come from weak seeds. The amount of leaves per tree is also low, so the distribution volume was inevitably reduced.」
「So it really is the case, I thought it’s really strange that Iyashi tree leaves, which the original trees produce massively, are sold with that extraordinary price.」
Answered by Narasu instead, Souta nods.
「Agradia … Oi, Agradia!」
After being called the second time, Agradia regains himself.
「Wha-What is it?」
Why did you call? What is this sapling? The question he asks to Souta has these two meanings.
「This, is the seedling of the original Iyashi tree, not the weak one you have now. With this, I guess it will help restore the number of leaves per Iyashi trees in the future…… Right, Dina?」
「R-Really?」
Agradia looks back and forth between the seedling, Souta’s face, and Dina’s face.
「It’s true, this is a seedling from a thousand years ago that I gave to Souta-san. If it helps solve the problem, then please use it.」
Dina adds to Souta’s words. She says that without hesitation, as if she understands perfectly Souta’s aim.
「Thank you, Souta-dono. Thank you, Dina-sama.」
Agradia then places the seedling to the side, and then lowers his head deeply, to the extent that his forehead might touch the floor.
The problem with Iyashi tree leaves is the root of the Elves’ racial discrimination. Agradia hopes that by solving this problem, it will become a huge step toward the normalization of diplomatic relations with other countries.
「You don’t need to lower your head this much…… More than that, we need you to inform the guards and the gatekeepers so we can use this dagger.」
「Of course! It is no exaggeration to say that you’re the savior of the country. I will make sure your travel in this country will happen without any inconvenience.」
Agradia raises his head and then declares strongly with a deep nod.
t/n: late again, I probably should change the blog name into “The Late Rhea”
make you wonder why Souta don’t just sell one leaf to buy the mansion right? well, it doesn’t matter, not like what he did was wrong, questionable at best
quick reminder: we need Ed……
also a little advice from me as an avid reader, not me as a translator:
never insult the author because of lore/story inconsistency or plot hole, pointing it out is fine (it might be translator’s fault anyway), complaining -as long as you do it directly to the author- is also fine, but insulting right away without giving the author a chance to explain is just like complaining why the culprit of the mystery novel is not revealed some pages after the case happen, absurd right? well it’s freedom of speech alright, so in the end, this is just an advice, not rule
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Thanks 4 the chapter!
I wonder if the king is a descendant of someone Souta knew.
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funny thing is, it’s entirely possible that every named character so far other than Dina, the 4 heroes, and obviously Souta himself is the descendant of Souta’s acquaintance, yes even Ed
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ESPECIALLY Ed.
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soo…. that horse will evolve into something ??
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Thanks for a chapter.
Leave it to Shouta to do something like that. I wonder how he knew Agradia though? I’m sure we will learn later on.
As I know about the difficulties of translating Japanese to English, I don’t really blame anyone over plot holes. But… you need ed?
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hmm he knows agradia from narasu’s offscreen talk, that’s it
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Okay
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also, yeah Ed, the waifu
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What? Ed is who? I thought Ed was the horse??
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who ever said horse can’t be a waifu?
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I’m sorry, please forgive me, I’m the only weird one here, please, forgive me!!
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Namer embrace the weirdness…. so you can evolve into one of Rusaku’s corrupted force :3
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Nnuuuuooo~~~! Don’t tenpt meee!!~~ Back off, Dicky! The Force of Rusaku will never get me! NEVER!!!
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I thought Ed is a male
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I’ve read a novel where a donkey and a gorilla are the main ships, so a horse isn’t too weird.
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that one about an otherworlder that can henshin no jutsu animal into busty babes ? i havent read it though
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nope. that one is actually shinka no mi.
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Either the king has max stealth skills or security sucks
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Hmm…. I keep on misreading Souta to Satou
Thanks!
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i don´t remember who is Ed?
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The Horse.
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The male horse
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oooh the hoser is the best character i´ve never read in my life
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???????…This is weird?…
Was the word “The Horse” insufficient?…
Hah…I really am the only weird one here…well, Dicky! Looks like I’m one of you now! Shall we start a journey fot weirdiness?
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ops i forget the sarcastic part
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Thx for the Chappy, Rhea-san ~!
I have no problem with the chappy being late but why isn’t any of your post is not posting on my email? Or do I have to do something about it….
I mean, I didn’t even know this chappy came out…sorry for the grumbling….
And what kind of bastard just straight out insult someone but still want a free read, ungrateful bastard!….ouh, I know, some of the novelupdates reviewers! Right? I get unmotivated to read the novel I want to read when I read some of the bad reviewers that straight out bad mouthing about the story and what not…
Well, not you guys though.
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i don’t know about that, honestly while i’m able to make my own website, i’m not that familiar with blogging, let alone wordpress, hope someone else more knowledgeable will help you
no, not really because of them, well they’re, but the reason i mention that now is not because of them, in this chapter there is a particular sentence that depend on how i word it, might create inconsistency, in fact, even now when i already phrase it correctly, someone might take it out of context,
the thing is, it’s touched upon in the next chapter, the very beginning of the chapter in fact, and then there are people who complaint about inconsistency right away, instead of waiting for explanation,
you probably won’t see them here, the readers here are mostly kind, but other novel does have them, and so i thought, why not make it general advice
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I think I’m ok even if I piled them up anyway, I’m just afraid I’d forget about this good story, that’s all.
And yeah, the readers here are kind hen- I mean, kind hyumans~
I don’t know if I’ve ever seen one like the ones you just mention…maybe I miss their comments or I just ignore it after a few words or I don’t care about it.
Thx for the reply, Rhea-san!
(I’m sorry I’m the only weird one here…) T-T
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kind hen-tai ?? i think that’s only me though :d
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Eh? So it’s just you and me then? That NEEDS For Academic Purposr things?……
…Am I really the only weird one here?….
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join me , and together we shall be weird everyday 😀
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I think people who complain about somenthimg like story, or plot or other is nonsense
Why ? I believe it’s author freedom (or you can say it’s author write style ?) because some or latter it will reveal itself ~
Still complain ? Why not write your own story and feel how difficult to make other people feel interesting toward your story ^^
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Thanks for the chapter.
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The elf king didn’t notice Dina said that, she gave souta the iyashi seeds a thousand years ago…
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the seedling is from a thousand years ago, she never said when she gives souta the seedling
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I have just fund this novel!! and you are here D:
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Thanks for the treat.
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Thanks 4 chapter~
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I appreciate the translation, Rhea. Thank you. 🙂
I’m kind of curious about the King. The author seems to be setting /something/ up.
I’m wondering who the ‘other person’ Dina saw was, as well. My guess is it’s an elf. The prejudice the elves have, while having a source, seems a bit excessive without … shaping.
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Thank you for this chapters and for translating this novel!! I have Just find it and I love it!! Thank you Rhea
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Thanks for the chapter
good keep up
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Dina said that she gave the seedlings to Souta.. that part really gave out his identity
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No.. nevermind.. i read it again and i was wrong. She didnt said the time when she gave him the seeds
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