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Here the new chapter… Should be released

yesterday, but I am so tired by the barrage of RL duty that I can hardly evade…

This is the cost I need to pay to have a paycheck on my plate.

Another chapter will follow soon……

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In case you didn’t realize it… I leave certain

j.a.panese word as it is. After all, I am not in the “full localization” clique

as I am not really that fluent in English and English’ finest parts elude me.

DISCLAIMER: There is no

guarantee that my translation is 100% correct. Please correct me if I was

wrong.

Author:

Dozeumaru(どぜう丸)

Translator:

Yukkuri Oniisan

Editor:

So-Chintzy

Postwar Arc

Chapter 6: In Which I was Baiting Sea Bream with a Shrimp

but Caught a Shark Instead[1]

A

There was a tiger in the middle

of darkness, closing his eyes, while remembering the events of that day.

◇　◇　◇

When he opened his eyes, the

first thing he saw was a familiar ceiling.[2]

While his mind was still hazy, he was staring at the patterns on the ceiling,

but when he was fully conscious, he noticed that he was lying on a soft bed.

This was strange. The last scenery that he saw should have been the prison. When

he remembered this, he turned his neck, and found someone sitting on a chair

besides the bed. That person was a young man who was looking over doc.u.ments.

After he stared at the young man

for a while, the young man seemed to have noticed his condition.

『Hm? Yo.

Did you finally wake up?』(A Certain Young Man)

The young man put the doc.u.ments

down and handed him a hand mirror that had been placed under the chair.

『You might

have many things to ask, but first, please look at this.』(A Certain Young Man)

As what the young man had said,

he peeked at the mirror that was given to him. A tiger-faced beast-kin was

reflected in it. A gold and black striped pattern that unmistakably belonged to

a tigris(sword tiger)[3] (it was bigger than Earth’s tiger

and had long canines as its special trait). This overwhelmed him and caused him

to gape as the young man spoke with a smile.

『You

are a tiger. So you will be a tiger.』[4](A Certain Young Man)

He didn’t understand what the young man means by it, so he didn’t

say anything, but the young man was scratching his head as if he was

embarra.s.sed.

『Well,

umm, after all…… don’t merely push things on me. You need to bear it a bit,

too.』(A Certain Young Man)

◇　◇　◇

「Kagetora[5]-sama」(?)

Someone was calling for him. His

consciousness returned, and he saw a man wearing a black dog mask kneeling on

the floor.

「So

it is you Beo-…… Inugami.[6]」(Geo- Kagetora)

「Yes.

It seems that the Mountain has moved.」(Beo- Inugami)

The dog masked man who was called

Inugami, bowed his head while reporting.

「…… I

see. It has been one month since then. Unexpectedly, it is early.」(Kagetora)

「That

is true. Even though I thought that it should have taken a bit longer.」(Inugami)

「Fumu……

Even if it is early, it is not a bad thing. After this, whatever happens on

this land will be reported to His Majesty without omitting a single detail.

This is our duty, the 『Black Cats』!」(Kagetora)

「「「We

understand. We accept the command.」」」(Black Cats)

Receiving Kagetora’s order, beginning

with Inugami, the Elfrieden Kingdom King’s Guards Special Intelligence

Operations Squad, the 『Black Cat』 began to move.

◇　◇　◇

「King~,  let’s play~」(Girl)

「King,

shoulder ride~」(Boy)

「……」(Cat-Girl)

A lively and cute 3 year old wolf-eared

boy and a human girl came to play with me. The last one was a cat-eared girl as

old as the other two, who had occupied my cross-legged lap and had fallen

asleep not long ago. The cat tail that came out from her end was moving

flip-floppily.

「Ummm,

I can’t move, so please don’t climb on me on your own.」(Souma)

「「Yes!」」(Girl)(Boy)

The two of them then began to

climb on my back and playing happily. Yep, really cute, right? Even when they

had climbed on my shoulders and then patted my face, this was something that I

was used to.

「Fufufu,

Your Majesty is really popular with the children.」(Tomoko)

My lovable step-sister Tomoe-chan

and her biological mother, Tomoko-san were smiling at me while folding the

children’s laundry. This place was the day nursery that was established inside

the castle not long ago. It was for taking care of the children of the people

who were working in the castle, like the maids and others. Then the relative of

Tomoe-chan, who was semi-forcibly adopted as step-sister, Tomoko-san was

working in this place as a live-in nursery worker. By the way, the wolf-eared

boy who was touching my face with hands covered in drool was her eldest son

(Tomoe-chan’s little brother), Rou-kun.

「Nii-sama[7],

I am happy that you play with Rou-kun and the others, but will this be alright?

Won’t nee-sama[8]

will be mad at you again……?」(Tomoe)

She was asking me while cuddling

an infant in her arms. Without any animal negotiation duties, like the one with

the Rhinosauruses, outside her lesson hours, Tomoe-chan will help her mother work.

Considering that Tomoe-chan was still a ten-year old, she was a very reliable

girl.

「It’s

fine, since I am not crowded with work right now. In addition, I properly left the【Living

Poltergeist】 working at the Government

Affairs Office.」(Souma)

「Is

that so? Then, you can play a lot. That’s great, right Rou-kun?」(Tomoe)

「Yes!」(Rou)

Rou-kun raised his hands up. How cute.

I really like children. I could keep watching the tiny toddlers step, walking

unsteadily all day long. By the way, it’s not because I am a Lolicon or

Shotacon! It’s because this scene tickled my guardian instinct[9].

When my grandparents were still healthy, I helped at the recital in the neighborhood

nursery. Because of this, I played with the children for a short while.

「What

an amazing appearance you have, Master.[10]」(Carla)

When I turned around to the one

who was greeting me, there she was, Carla, in the maid uniform.[11]

「Really?

It isn’t something that the current Carla can say herself, though.」(Souma)

「That

is…… You’re right.」(Carla)

Carla dropped her shoulders

dejectedly. However, looking closely……

「The

maid uniform surprisingly doesn’t suit you.」(Souma)

「Please

don’t mention it…… I already thought about that myself.」(Carla)

In the first place, Carla was a dragonewt,

so compared to a normal human, they had a lot of additional parts.[12]

She had a tail, she had dragon wing, and she also had small horns growing on

her. To wear a maid uniform on top of these… Perhaps it could be said as an unbalanced

idiosyncrasy.

「Moreover,

isn’t the skirt’s length awfully short?」(Souma)

「P-please

don’t look.」(Carla)

While saying this, Carla grasped

the front end of her skirt. Every castle maid wore a cla.s.sic long skirted maid

uniform, but what Carla was wearing right now was something that wouldn’t be

out a place at a maid café: a knee-length puffed-wide dress.[13]

It was evident that the style selection itself was excellent.

「Uuu……

The head maid…… said to wear this……」(Carla)

「Ah,

so this is Serina-san’s “tease” huh?」(Souma)

Not a “prank” but a “tease”[14].

It was not bore out of malice, rather, perhaps, it can be said as a form of

emotional “affection(tease)”. The core of it was to instigate

the target’s shyness. As a maid, the head maid Serina was capable, but it seems

that she had a sadism habit, limited to cute girls. Furthermore, if the target

had a determined spirit, then they would be “teased”, so someone like Liscia

and Carla was right in her strike zone. Liscia had told me about this before

with a thousand yard stare on her face. I offered my prayers.[15]

「Nevertheless……

It has been about one month, huh? Isn’t your maid training already over?」(Souma)

「T-training……wh-…whoaa……」(Carla)

The moment I mentioned training,

Carla was squatting and holding her head. Oh my, something did happen. To enter

the maid corps, someone will receive training for the necessary skills, right?

「Wh-……whip……」(Carla)

「Whip!?」(Souma)

「Hitting……

with a whip……」(Carla)

「Is the

training that hard!?」(Souma)

「Furthermore,

that whip is custom made, so even when it strikes the body, it won’t leave any

wounds…… but somehow it leaves me half in pain and half in pleasure.」(Carla)

What the heck is that whip!? Rather

than for training, that was for animal taming, right?[16]

「The

head maid-dono said, 『Since the pain will obstruct you from feeling pleasure,

when you are enduring pain, then you will also feel pleasure as well.』[17] Since I didn’t want to feel useless even though I had

ended up as a slave, I planned to study and work hard as a maid…… But that whip

is too scary. Soon I might be able to easily fall into the pleasure.」(Carla)

「The

maids corps are the Master’s dogs. There is no place for a sow(female pig)……」(Serina)

「Hiiii!?」(Carla)

When I turned around, Serina-san was

standing there with a refined smile. Or rather, Carla who could plunge into the

battlefield without fear, was yelling in such a frightened state…… Just how intense

was her fear?

「Is

something wrong, Your Majesty?」(Serina)

「……

Nope, nothing.」(Souma)

I felt bad for this, but I decided

to play dumb so that the spearhead wouldn’t be pointed at me. It’s alright,

Carla. You won’t die…… Though, I don’t know what will happen to your mental state.

「Now

then, Carla-san. Shouldn’t you make the bed in the Government Affairs Office

where His Majesty resides?」(Serina)

「No,

it’s just…… to enter a male acquaintance’s room, as expected, it is embarra.s.sing……」(Carla)

「What

are you talking about? If you become a maid, then in the future you will have

to make the bed where His Majesty and Princess Liscia zealously 【Self-Censored】, 【Self-Censored】

into 【Self-Censored】and 【Self-Censored】, with a composed face.」(Serina)

「T-then,

as expected, I wish to be excused from it‼」(Carla)

Carla was shouting with a deeply

red face… But, huh? But didn’t Serina-san just indirectly insult Liscia and I?

Right now, I felt really uneasy, though.

「By

the way, Your Majesty. Will Your Majesty’s sides be alright?」(Serina)

「Eh?」(Souma)

「Well,

behind Your Majesty, I caught sight of someone running towards this place.」(Souma)

I turned my head to look at what

made Serina smile when she said that…

「Aw

c.r.a.p.」(Souma)

I put down Rou-kun who was riding

on my back and then just as I was about to run, my neck was firmly grasped.

「Guagh!」(Souma)

「Hahahaha!

I have been searching for you, Your Majestyyyy.」(Owen)

When I looked over my shoulder,

there was a swept-backed brown-haired hair, with the same brown-colored

moustache, muscular middle aged man standing with a smile on his face. It was one

of the people who didn’t yield to my coercion at Castor and Carla’s trial and defended

them both, Owen Javana, the head of the Javana House. Since that trial, he had

been appointed as my educator and advisor (and martial arts instructor). By the

way, the () part will be described later.

Ah, by the way the other one who

protected the Valgas father and daughter, was Piltory Saracen, the head of the Saracen

House. When he heard the misdeeds of the previous head of the Saracen House

(his father), he said,

『What

a thing…… To think that Father had done such deeds. I am even too ashamed to

ask for an apology. Therefore, I offer this life to Your Majesty until it is

dissipated. No matter how dangerous a task it will be, I will obey.』

He had spoken his honest mind

just like his honest and young n.o.ble appearance. So just like he requested, I had

appointed him to a dangerous position. 『The Special Amba.s.sador of the Elfrieden Kingdom’s Emba.s.sy

at the Grand Chaos Empire』 (shortened: Amba.s.sador to the Grand Chaos Empire) was quite a dangerous position

(since it was still experimental and it still wasn’t clear how much

extraterritoriality[18]

could be accommodated, it was practically a dangerous position).

So, let’s return the story back

to Owen. Owen was a person who will talk bluntly and fairly, even when the

other party is his superior. According to the person himself, 『There

is not much life left on these old bones, so let’s live the few remaining years

honestly!』 (even if he does say that there’s not much time left,

he was someone who won’t die even when killed……). To have someone who could even

speak bluntly to the ruler on my side, then the risk of me straying from the

path will also decrease. Even though I had ordered Carla to kill me (and she

die as a result) when push comes to shove, but if it is possible, I want to it to

end without any need for me to be killed during my lifetime.

Well, for that reason, I

appointed Owen as my educator, but……

「Guahaha,

Your Majesty! Please tell me when you are free from the government tasks! Now,

now, let’s start today’s lesson!」(Owen)

「……」(Souma)

『Physical Education』was also

included in Owen’s education, so as soon as I was free from any government duties,

I would be roped into training. If I was caught, then right after that, I needed

to deal with the training menu of running, swinging practice, or mock combat,

that was usually imposed on newcomer soldiers. Of course, not with the dolls,

but with my own body.

「No-no,

if it’s practicing, then I can do it with Aisha, so……」(Souma)

「What

are you talking about! Isn’t the G.o.d Protected

Princess(Aisha-dono) too skillful for Your Majesty’s

level? It would only be a practice for doll manipulation!」(Owen)

「Your

voice is too loud…… But, I can fight, barely, by manipulating dolls.」(Souma)

「Then

what will happen if somehow the dolls can’t be used? Your Majesty’s life is the

same as this country’s life. For example, when a.s.saulted by a.s.sa.s.sins, if Your

Majesty could defend  the attacks for few

bouts or even just one bout at the lowest, then it might buy enough time until the

Guards arrive. That one bout might keep our country’s downfall away and that

one bout could bring glory for our country.」(Owen)

Ugh…… I couldn’t make any

comebacks for this sound argument. I dropped my shoulders and Carla, who was

being caught on the neck by Serina, looked at me with slightly pitying eyes.

「Master,

too seems to be in trouble.」(Carla)

「Look

who speaking!」(Souma)

「Now

then, if Your Majesty can understand, then let’s move to the training ground!」(Owen)

「Carla-san

too, please learn how to make a bed quickly.」(Serina)

Then Carla and I, each of us were

being dragged towards different directions.

Hasta la vista, baby.

☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽

In the last part, I imagine Souma being

dragged while showing his thumb up.

But, isn’t it should be: I’ll be back?

! Another time skip!