newbobooks #348 - One year has passed, welcome the return of the Dragon King
#348 - One year has passed, welcome the return of the Dragon King
Astrea Territory, the residence of the Sword Saint family, is also Reinhard's hometown.
Zun-zun had been sulking since just now.
“Please have some tea, Lord Zun-zun.”
Fram, his personal maid whom he hadn't seen for a year, prepared steaming hot black tea for him. Although black tea has the effect of calming the mind, there was no way to get him to drink it.
“Alright, alright, stop throwing a tantrum.”
On the sofa opposite him, Felt crossed her legs in a carefree manner. Sitting improperly, she could slightly turn her head and see the panties under her skirt.
She was currently playing with Zun-zun's fairy dragon, seeming to like it very much.
“Isn't it because you said you'd be back in a year that Reinhard brought you back at such an inopportune time?”
“You know it's 'brought back,' huh? Besides, at least let me say goodbye to my companions at that time!”
“Then you should tell Reinhard, not me.”
Felt snorted.
Reinhard also added factually, “I am very sorry. The situation was urgent at the time, and the space was about to stabilize. I had no choice but to first acquire the blessing of traversing space and the blessing of protection to bring you back. But having said that… Lord Zun-zun, you didn't mean you didn't want to come back, did you?”
“Huh?”
“The agreed time was one year, and you showed no intention of acting at all. This time, if I hadn't sensed your aura when you broke through the space, I suppose you had no intention of coming back at all, right?”
“H-How could that be? I twisted space so hard, my purpose was to come back, it's just that I didn't succeed!”
“Really?”
“Really, really, you have to believe me, Reinhard!”
Zun-zun tried his best to make a sincere look.
This was a lie.
When he broke through the space, his first thought was to return to Souchun, how could he come here?
Reinhard stared at Zun-zun, making him wonder if the other party had acquired the blessing of truth… Probably not.
Reinhard has too many blessings, even the blessing of breaking through space can be easily acquired, he couldn't help but wonder if the other party was going to stop being human.
“Forget it, Mr. Reinhard.” Otto waved his hand and said, “No matter what, Lord Zun-zun has already returned, isn't that enough?”
“Hmm… that's right.”
Reinhard withdrew his gaze.
NICE JOB!
Zun-zun secretly gave Otto a thumbs up. As expected of his knight, the timing of the support was perfect. But with this, he had no reason to be angry anymore.
Actually, he wasn't really angry.
Returning from the "Re:Zero" world to "Konosuba" was much easier than the previous world, after all, there was a complete cheat character there.
He looked at the handsome Sword Saint standing beside him.
“It’s a cheat.”
“It is a cheat…”
“There is no doubt it's a cheat!”
Otto and Felt echoed Zun-zun's words, but the Sword Saint still maintained his warm smile, seemingly unaffected.
“Can I take that as a compliment?”
“…Reinhard, your skin has gotten a lot thicker in the year we haven't seen each other.”
“Thank you for the compliment.”
No matter what Zun-zun said, he seemed to accept it all. The Reinhard of a year ago would not be angry about such a small matter, but would often feel troubled, but now it was like this, obviously…
He looked at Felt, who was carefree and heartless on the other side. Sure enough, taking care of children can make people grow quickly.
“You can say whatever you want.”
“Nothing. I just wanted to say that Felt, you've changed a lot in the year we haven't seen each other.”
“Oh, did you notice!”
Felt jumped up from the sofa. She pointed to herself excitedly and said loudly, “I'm already a mature adult! Want to know why—my height is 1 cm taller than last year!”
“Oh.”
“Oh… what does that mean! Are you looking down on me!”
The plain answer made her very upset. In a fit of anger, she kicked over, but Felt was now wearing a gorgeous yellow short skirt. Raising her leg high caused everything under her skirt to be exposed after her slender ankle was grabbed.
The same bear panties as a year ago.
“Hehe.”
“You guy——!”
Felt completely went red. She bared her little tiger teeth and wanted to attack, but Flam and Reinhard stopped her with quite practiced movements, the process was so smooth as if they had practiced it hundreds of times.
“Felt, a mature adult wouldn't yell and scream over such a small matter, but would be as calm as me. Hmm, the black tea is delicious, thank you, Flam.”
Compared to her, Zun-zun was obviously more mature.
“You bastard…”
“Enough, Lord Zun-zun, please stop provoking Lady Felt. Also, Lady Felt, please restrain yourself a little, the more you are like this, the more Lord Zun-zun will make fun of you.”
“I, I know!”
Felt snorted unhappily and hugged the fairy dragon, rubbing and kneading it as if to completely vent her unhappiness.
It seemed that after a year of getting along, even Reinhard knew how to handle her.
“But your changes… Otto doesn't seem to have changed much.”
“Huh?”
“Still looks like a wimp.”
“Can I be angry, can I be angry!?”
Otto shouted unwillingly.
It was clearly a tone of nostalgia, but the words he said made people angry.
Reinhard said with a smile, “Lord Zun-zun, Lord Otto has worked very hard this year. He not only rectified the Astrea Territory, but also made the surrounding earth dragon trade more accessible, driving the economy of the entire territory. Lord Otto is already a qualified internal affairs officer, I hope you can praise him well.”
“Is that so?”
“That's right!” Otto slapped the table, shouting while slapping the table, “I have worked very hard to rectify the town, making the earth dragon industry the pillar industry here, and I have also cooperated with Frandartz, one of the five major cities, and even the benefits have increased by more than 5 times compared to last year! Do you know how hard I have worked, going to negotiate every day without my feet touching the ground, and signing all kinds of documents, I have clearly worked so hard…”
He kept pouring out his grievances, telling the pain and hardship of the past year, wanting to prove how hard he had worked. However—
“Otto, have you forgotten that this is the Astrea Territory, in other words, it is the Felt camp.”
“...Eh?”
“As my knight, you are actually helping my potential opponent develop, and even becoming the other party's internal affairs officer. If it were in another camp, you would be charged with treason and beheaded.”
“Eh————!”
Otto was struck by lightning.
He seemed to have just realized that he was indeed helping another royal candidate to develop, and he was immediately plunged into chaos.
“H-How could this be… I worked day and night, I painstakingly planned, I clearly made so many preparations, spent so much effort… actually… actually…!”
A hand patted him on the back.
“Perfect, Otto bro!”
“Lady Felt?”
“Why don't you take this opportunity to come to my side, I have always seen your abilities, and it just so happens that I am short of talents like you here, if you come here, I will give you the best treatment!”
Felt showed Otto a hearty smile. It had to be said that the good buddy mode could indeed move people, but unfortunately—
“…I’ll pass.”
Otto glanced at Zun-zun and shook his head to refuse.
Felt clicked her tongue very unhappily.
Zun-zun spread his hands: “I told you a year ago, Otto is Duem, even if you say you want to kill him, he won't leave me.”
“I'm not Duem, ah ah ah!”
Otto couldn't help shouting.
He was just trying to repay Zun-zun's kindness back then, feeling that he had jumped from an insignificant peddler to a named Gray Knight, all thanks to Zun-zun's promotion.
Besides, he didn't think Zun-zun would behead him for this.
“By the way, what was that just now?” Zun-zun looked at Felt curiously and said, “It scared me a bit, suddenly persuading others to become subordinates, and in such an unconventional way.”
“This is my growth!”
Felt proudly straightened her flat chest, which was almost the same as a year ago.
“No, it's all thanks to me, okay.”
Otto complained in a low voice.
The only thing that the Felt camp could offer was Reinhard alone. Even the famous Sword Saint had not become the foundation for Felt to become a king, and even the territory and surrounding towns had a strong distrust.
Then, at this time, Otto took action.
He first actively promoted the economic development of the surrounding towns, making the earth dragon industry the pillar, allowing many adventurers and powerful people to gather here, and also letting the people of other towns understand the strength of the Felt camp, and have a little hope.
However, even so, it could not be compared with the talent gathering place of the royal capital.
So Otto told her not to expect the weather vane that was holding back, but to look for talents in the wild who had been buried for various reasons.
Actively win over people who have abilities but have personality problems, or people who have resigned due to guilt, send the necessary talents to the necessary places, and start the territory's transformation through flexible ideas and opinions.
Focus on talent excavation and apply them appropriately.
“There is no absolute garbage in the world, only misplaced resources—isn't that the principle that Lord Zun-zun taught me?”
“Oh oh oh!”
Zun-zun couldn't help clapping.
Otto was indeed a qualified internal affairs officer, he could even comprehend the true meaning of what Zun-zun said casually, allowing Felt to develop to the current level.
“However… however…”
Otto said with tears in his eyes: “I am so dedicated and responsible, but I am actually helping a potential opponent to develop. It is really an unexpected truth, I can't live anymore.”
“So I said, Otto bro, you should come and be my internal affairs officer, I will give you the best treatment!”
“I refuse.”
“Why!?”
Felt obviously didn't understand that in this world, there are people who will never agree to recruit, no matter how generous the conditions are.
Although they were a bit unfamiliar at first, it was great to find that they hadn't changed much.