"That's what it feels like when you look at it from above... Your head seems stupid enough. Of course, I'm referring to you."
Under the guidance of the twins, they said they wanted to enjoy breakfast in the restaurant, but they met a curly-haired girl who said this instead of saying hello.
Emilia went back to her room first to change her clothes, so she and she were separated in the middle. Now the only people in the restaurant are Tsukisei, Subaru and the curly-haired girl.
"Hey, good morning, Betty" Yuexing greeted politely
"You suddenly say something like this when we meet on a crisp morning, you lolita"
The girl's sarcasm caused Subaru to look extremely displeased.
"What kind of word is that? I've never heard of it. I just feel very uncomfortable."
"It's just not within the scope of the strategy. I mean I'm young. I'm not interested in those who are young."
"... Being so rude to Betty makes people feel sad."
Deliberately ignoring the girl's sarcastic words, Subaru looked around the restaurant
There is a table covered with white cloth in the center of the restaurant, and several seats have already been set with plates. If the guests' portions are also prepared, then one of the seats at the last table belongs to Yuexing and Subaru.
Facing the angry girl, Subaru waved his hand and was about to sit down at the main seat. The person sitting in this seat is probably Emilia or the owner of the house, and the probability is half and half.
Seeing Ang Zhen sitting on the main seat, the curly-haired girl and Yuexing shook their heads.
[Sure enough, he is as rude as ever] Yuexing secretly mocked
"Excuse me, guest, the food delivery point is here."
"Excuse me, guest, here are the tableware and hot tea."
The door to the restaurant opened, and the twin maids pushing the dining cart came in.
Rem put salad, bread and other formal breakfast items on the table, and Ram quickly poured tea into cups and distributed them in front of each seat. The hot aroma made Subaru and Yuexing's stomachs growl.
"Wow - a dining table that is full of aristocratic flavor. I was originally thinking about what to do if it was filled with strange food from another world."
Indeed, the food in other worlds also has a different flavor.
Subaru leaned his whole body against the back of the chair, letting only the two chair legs bear his weight. The creaking sound of the chair echoed throughout the restaurant.
"Aha - ah, is there any - good stuff? Good - stuff, good - stuff."
Before that, everything was interrupted by the happy voice of a new person entering the restaurant.
He is a very tall man, half a head taller than Subaru, with dark blue hair.
However, her physique looks very slender, and her skin color is also sickly pale.
With his upright appearance, he looks like a depressed and gloomy beautiful young man.
The different eye colors of left yellow and right blue clearly strengthen that impression.
If it weren’t for that outrageously colorful costume and the same face makeup as a clown,
"...You still hire clowns to do sideshows before dinner? I really don't understand what rich people think."
The clown (Rozwaal) who entered the restaurant looked at the girl, and then his eyes widened.
"Oh? It's so strange that Beatrice is here. After so long, do you finally want to dine with me?"
"As long as the guy over there is a happy person, Betty is just waiting for her brother."
Ruthlessly cutting off the intimate words, Beatrice cast her gaze behind the clown. The one who walked into the restaurant slower than the clown was the silver-haired girl who had changed her clothes.
"elder brother!"
Standing up like a spring, Beatrice swayed her long skirt and ran over. Her smile was like a flower blooming, and her cute charm made people forget the arrogance of the girl until now.
In front of Beatrice's sight stood Emilia, but she was not the one who responded.
"Hey, Betty. I haven't seen you for four days. Have you been a decent and dignified lady?"
"I am fully looking forward to my brother's return. Let's spend today together."
"Yeah, no problem. It's been a long time since I've been like this. Let's spend leisurely time together today."
"Wow, great!"
Jumping off Emilia's shoulders, Parker landed on Beatrice's outstretched palm. Holding Parker, Beatrice happily spun on the spot.
"Haha, are you scared? Beatrice is really clingy to Parker."
Emilia showed a naughty smile and walked towards Subaru who was frightened by this happy scene. As soon as Emilia said the predetermined lines to the rarely used words, she pointed at Subaru with a "Huh?"
"Oh, Subaru, that seat..."
"No... no, if you sit on a cold chair, your soul may become cold, so I'm just helping to warm it up first. Don't you want to make indirect contact?"
"Oh, oh, oh, don't take it to heart. I see, your body temperature may not be passed on to Emilia-sama, but I will accept this carefully——"
The Joker reached out and patted Subaru's shoulder as if to comfort him, then smiled. Looking at the hand touching his shoulder and the Joker's gentle smile, Subaru wrinkled his face in disgust.
"How is this clown? He loves to pretend to be mature."
"Subaru, this person is..."
"Oh, oh, oh, oh, it doesn't matter, Lady Emilia. Thinking that he has recovered from a near-death state and looks so energetic, shouldn't we welcome him?"
Although his tone was annoying, his speeches were extremely serious. The clown just accepted everyone's attention, pulled up a chair and sat down slowly.
Sitting at the top seat of the huge dining table, where Subaru was sitting just now
"I can't stand it anymore——"
Yuexing quickly walked forward and dragged Subaru, who was sitting on the ground, to the back seat.
"Yuexing, what are you doing-"
"Please forgive Subaru for being rude, Roswaal-sama..."
"What's the meaning?"
"It doesn't matter - Huang Yuexing. What I mean - is, this - what I mean."
Facing Subaru's question, the clown sitting on the chair spread his hands and responded.
"I am the owner of this house, Roswaal L. Merzas - that's right. You are safe and comfortable in your humble house. That is more important than - anything else - Natsuki Subaru "
The perverted aristocrat dressed as a clown was so shameless that he gave his name in a refreshing manner
Seeing this, Subaru ran to the back seat in despair, found a chair and sat down.
"Excuse me, where is my location?"
Yuexing asked Rem. In comparison, Yuexing is much more cultivated than Subaru.
Rem walked to a seat, pulled out a chair, and looked at where Yuexing should sit.
"Learn from others——, you rude guy," Beatrice said sarcastically to Subaru.
…
Led by Roswaal, who was sitting at the main seat, everyone sat on their prepared seats and began to enjoy breakfast.
"Hmm...it's surprisingly delicious."
Yuexing expressed his thoughts from the food displayed in front of him
The proud Roswaal nodded in response, and Subaru looked at Rem, who was probably in charge of cooking.
In his sight, Rem made an upward gesture with her index finger and little finger. It was probably the gesture representing V in this world.
Moonstar responded with a fisted thumbs-up gesture.
"This dish is made by the blue-haired one... uh, can I call you Rem? Did you make it?"
Subaru asked curiously
"Yes, guest. Rem is in charge of the dining table in the house, because my sister is not very good at it."
"Haha - the twins are good at different skills, so the older sister is better at cleaning."
"Yes, that's right. Cleaning and washing are the things sisters are best at doing at home."
"Then Rem is better at cooking than doing housework."
"No, Rem is good at basically all housework, including cleaning and washing. He is better than my sister."
"Then wouldn't my sister's existence be meaningless?!"
The sister is all-powerful, but the elder sister is not good at anything, which is quite new even for twins.
Ram didn't care at all about his sister's statement. The fact that he didn't correct it means it's true, but is it really okay?
"Maybe it's because of different fields? Ram is good at fighting?"
"You're not bad - yeah, Ram and Rem both have strong personalities, so they weren't very popular when they first met."
"In terms of the depth of the character's personality, the master is too special, so it doesn't matter at all, dear Ross."
Roswaal, known as "Roz's dear", used the calmness of a powerful person to forgive Subaru's speech.
Subaru ate one after another, digesting the dishes on his plate.
"I was worried about what to do if I ate strange food, but it's no problem if it's so delicious. Right, Emilia-chan"
Faced with Subaru's casual address, Emilia wiped her mouth with a napkin and responded with a poker face. Subaru tilted his head to express his incomprehension.
Yuexing, who had been enjoying the food, sighed and said
"Subaru, it's best not to chat during the meal. This will be very rude to Rem and Ram who are preparing the meal for us. If we don't have these etiquette, there will be some bad consequences in important scenes."
"Yes... yes, but don't you think it's a little late to bring it up after this?"
"I thought you would know, but it turns out there are still some cultural differences between us. It seems we should communicate more when we have time."
Subaru suddenly thought that there was a doubt in Emilia's words.
"By the way, dear Ross, I just heard Emilia-chan say that there are only two servants in this mansion."
"Aha~ This is indeed the current situation, there are only Ram and Rem."
"But, there are only two servants in such a big mansion, wouldn't their workload be very heavy, or...is it impossible to hire new servants?"
Faced with Subaru's question, Roswaal fell silent and clasped his hands on the dining table. A smile appeared on his face, but when he looked into Subaru's eyes, his emotions had obviously changed.
"You are really unbelievable——Well, you and Tsukisei-kun came to the Kingdom of Lugnika, but you seemed confused about the situation. Thank you for passing the kingdom's immigration inspection."
"Oh, in a sense, we are a bit like entering the country illegally..."
Emilia and Yuexing were shocked when they heard Subaru's mindless answer.
"Are you an idiot? Can you say such a thing so generously?" Yuexing scolded
"Then what do you want, wouldn't it be better to just say it directly?"
"I said Subaru, does it really matter to you? I once thought that everyone around you was like this. Compared to Yuexing-kun, it turns out that you are the only one who is particularly ignorant."
Feeling sorry for Emilia who was really worried about him, Subaru reflected on his attitude
"Ah - it's my memory that's bad. If it's not too much trouble, I'd be honored if you were willing to explain."
"Well... back to the original topic, Yuexing, do you know the current situation of this country - the Kingdom of Lugnica?"
"Completely, totally, completely, I don't know at all," Subaru replied
"To be asserted so refreshingly by you makes me surprised at your way of living."
This is not a compliment, Subaru thought to himself
"Since we mentioned the state of the country...did something bad happen?"
Yuexing was the first to react
"It's not a very stable state. After all, Lugnica's current state is [without a king]."
After understanding the meaning, Subaru's breath caught. After casting a warning look at the man wearing clown makeup, Subaru immediately stood up in his seat.
"There is no need to worry, because this is a serious fact that ordinary residents know."
"All in all, the country is very unstable because of this."
"However, in this case, doesn't it usually happen that the king's son-in-law inherits the throne?"
"Generally speaking, this is true, but the cause of the matter goes back half a year. At the same time as the king's death, a serious plague was spreading in the city."
It was announced that the infectious disease could only occur in people of a certain bloodline. It was said that all the kings and his sons-in-law living in the royal city were wiped out as a result.
"Since it's a disaster, there's nothing we can do about it, but what will happen to the country if this happens?"
"The current operations of the kingdom are carried out by the Council of Wise Men. They all come from wealthy families that have left a prominent reputation in the history of the kingdom, so there is no problem with the operation of the kingdom. But——"
Roswaal paused here and calmed down his expression.
"——A kingdom without a king should not exist."
Even if it is just decoration, an organization without a mind will not be established, and the same is true for a country.
"I see, I understand. In other words, the kingdom is now caught in a storm of king selection because there is no king, and has also entered a state of isolation. At this time, the mysterious appearance of us seems super suspicious!"
Yuexing understood the current situation and Subaru took a deep breath.
"Additional note, the reason for contacting Emilia-sama is to establish a relationship with the Melzas family. As long as you have that intention, that alone is enough..."
Roswaal closed his eyes, made a knife gesture with his hand, and put it against his neck as if beheading him. Seeing Roswaal's prank, Subaru couldn't stop sweating.
That's right, Subaru has always cared about one thing since the beginning
"Why...why does the owner of the mansion add the word 'Sir' to the end of Emilia-chan's name?"
The person with the highest status in the mansion shows the greatest respect
Subaru felt that the uneasiness in his chest was growing and was about to bloom into a black flower.
"So, Emilia is one of the candidates to elect the Kingdom."
Yuexing's expression was serious as Subaru explained.
With his mouth open and his whole body stiff, Subaru looked at Emilia with a mechanical movement that seemed to make the sound of gears grinding. As a result, the girl with a serious face exhaled, as if she was resigned to her fate.
"I never meant to lie to you, Subaru. My current title is that of one of the candidates for the 42nd generation 'King Candidate' of the Luknica Kingdom. The Roswaal border over there is my backing."
The facts he was told made Subaru deeply aware that his disrespectful behavior had reached the limit.