The Archmage’s Restaurant

# 155

Chapter.36 Hibiren Flowers and Concert

“Hibiren Flowers? Well, I know that there are various rare flowers stored in the imperial palace treasury, but I don’t know if such flowers exist. Of course, I have to listen to what you ask for. I’ll tell you to look for it right away. “Isn’t it all your work that the imperial palace treasury still exists today?”

“that… thank you.”

Fortunately, this emperor is not the type of petty person who forgets the past or interprets it as he pleases.

Well, if he were a tyrant, he wouldn’t have helped.

“Is there anything!”

At the emperor’s call, the door to the study opened and the chamberlain came in with a hasty gesture. The emperor gave an order to the chamberlain.

“Find out if there is a hibiren flower in the treasure trove.”

“I will do so.”

As soon as the emperor’s order was given, the chamberlain bowed and quickly walked backwards and left the study. Walking backwards is very fast. It’s an amazing sight every time I see it.

Anyway, if this happens, the story goes smoothly.

As things seemed to be going well, Lurin seemed to have lost interest and was reading whatever books she could find.

Of course, I’m not reading it seriously. I unfolded it roughly and threw it, unfolded it roughly and threw it, oh? If I find something that interests me, I read it.

Thanks to you, I am at peace.

As I was chatting with the emperor about trivial personal matters, the chamberlain came back.

The face was slightly distorted. He had a very embarrassed face.

“your majesty… .”

“Did you find what I said?”

“That is… .”

The chamberlain bows towards the ground. It was almost like digging into the ground.

“I understand that when your Majesty decided on the prize for the last concert, you chose Laplatia, a magical flower that never fades.”

“Yes, I chose a flower called Laplatia, which is a flower that corresponds to the beauty of legana performance and is said to have many legends. “I heard it was very valuable and thought it would be suitable for a concert. Why do you ask?”

“That is… According to the person in charge of the treasury, when the truth was received, it was written with the name given by His Majesty the previous emperor, and it is said that it is called Hibiren flower in the private sector.”

“… … .”

The emperor could not reply to the chamberlain’s words. He quietly looks at the chamberlain and scratches the back of his head in embarrassment.

It was an unreasonable behavior, but the chamberlain was embarrassed and the emperor was also embarrassed, so there was no one to point it out.

“Why is that?… . Huh… .”

The emperor first appointed the chamberlain. And he looks at me with a troubled face. It’s like a 5-year-old kid asking for help because there’s a problem.

Then, even though she pretended not to be interested, Lurin’s ears were still open as she threw down the book she had been reading and walked briskly in front of the emperor and spoke.

“Isn’t it simple? Bring it back.”

“Great being… That is… .”

“I clearly told you to bring this body.”

Lurin’s expression is unusual.

Well, when I asked him to go get hibiren flowers, the guy who always complained that it was a hassle to go to the capital did not do that even once this time.

I don’t know if it’s because I know that hibiren flowers are related to Selly.

Lulin was strangely serious now.

Lurin’s blood is leaking out.

The emperor is only a status person, but inside he is an ordinary human being. I was so wrapped up in the dragon’s fear that I couldn’t even scream and my knees began to tremble. Of course, it is impossible for a human body to fully withstand dragon fear.

The Emperor opened his mouth, struggling to form words as if he could not even speak properly due to his fear.

“Oh, I understand…” We will take action… .”

Even though his whole body was covered in cold sweat, he was trembling and holding on to his chair, demonstrating his indomitable will as he was the emperor of the empire.

If Rurin gets angrier, she could die like that.

But the emperor’s position is also the emperor’s position.

It is the nature of those who call themselves emperors to go back on what has already been said, something that does not happen often. What happens if the person who reigns at the top of the country changes his words without permission?

All policies are in chaos.

Therefore, an emperor does not change a word once he has said it, even if it is wrong.

And I also didn’t have Hibiren flowers on my wish list in advance.

In order of order, it was decided that I would write first, and then I appeared. Therefore, appearing late and unilaterally demanding something without considering the other person’s position is nothing but violence and abuse of power.

It’s true that I saved them, but I didn’t ask for anything in return.

But now that I’ve rescued you, I can’t ask you to hand it over. I don’t really like that kind of logic.

Moreover, regardless of what was rescued, the treasures of the imperial palace naturally belong to the emperor.

If there was no particular use for hibiren flowers in the imperial palace, I came to get them, but I did not come to extort them.

Even if it’s because of Celie.

As long as the hibiren flower is in the imperial palace, aren’t its roots everything? Other hibiren flowers also exist in the world.

“Lurin… “Reap the Peer.”

I stroked Rurin’s head and hugged her gently.

“you? but.”

“You don’t have to do that. your majesty. “Belatedly taking something that has already been put to use is tantamount to plunder.”

“But you! “Didn’t you say you needed hibiren flowers?”

“If you take it by force just because you need it, how will it be any different from the people who tormented Celie? “Even if you get the Hibiren flower that way, Celie won’t be happy.”

“… … .”

Lulin pursed his lips tightly at my words.

“are you okay. Although hibiren flowers are said to be precious, there was only one root in the imperial palace. “Because you can definitely find it elsewhere.”

“me… It’s not because of him in particular. Since you said you needed it, I’ll do it… “It is like that.”

“Okay, okay. “I know very well.”

Whatever the true feelings are.

I kept patting Rurin, and Rurin slumped her shoulders and gave up.

After checking that, I looked at the emperor again.

“So, those hibiren flowers are prizes from the concert?”

“That’s it. It’s probably already been taken out of the treasury and stored at the competition headquarters. After all, that’s what you need… .”

“It’s done. So what is that concert? Of Legana?”

“I see.”

So should we hand over what he wants to the winner of the concert and ask for it personally?

If you don’t know the value of the flower and can’t hand it over, all you have to do is find another flower.

As I was thinking about that, Rurin came over and grabbed my arm.

For now, he seems to have understood what I said and is no longer showing respect to the emperor or paying any attention to him.

“you.”

“huh?”

“What is Legana?”

“Well, it’s an instrument. “An instrument that plays music.”

“Is that so? I don’t know what it is, but I’m going out. “You said I shouldn’t take it by force, so I will win with skill and give you the Hibiren flower as a gift!”

“you are?”

Nod.

Lulin nodded with his usual strong eyes.

“Have you ever played Legana?”

“No, there is none.”

Lulin shook his head resolutely. That’s natural. The guy who clearly asked what Leganya was just now has never tried Legana.

“But this body is this body. So, there is nothing this body cannot do if it puts its mind to it.”

“is it?”

“Yes.”

This is a strangely understandable statement.

Lurin is a guy who can master the art of barbering just by seeing it a few times, plays a claw machine perfectly just by seeing it a few times, and can play human games perfectly if he puts his mind to it.

This is possible because she is a dragon who considers the human world, which is generally called a great race, as nothing more than entertainment and entertainment.

I haven’t tried it, but it doesn’t seem like it would be particularly difficult for a dragon to imitate human techniques.

It may be that he beat me in a ball game and such things are trivial, but a dragon is a dragon anyway.

Lulin may seem blind due to his lack of common sense, but his brain itself is a highly advanced dragon that cannot be compared to that of a human.

“Hmm, well then, shall we look forward to it?”

“Of course. I don’t lose to humans or anything like that. Losing to humans is limited to you. Hi-Hi.”

The emperor was looking at the conversation between Lulin and me with puzzled eyes.

“Well, since that’s the case, I would like to ask you to apply for participation. “You can’t rob, but there’s nothing wrong with your conscience if you participate in the competition and get what you deserve.”

“But the competition was… in many ways.” Do you know how complex things are intertwined?”

“It’s complicated. “Fuck that kind of thing.”

I briefly answered the emperor’s words.

No matter how much I like people, I have absolutely no intention of getting caught. Don’t rob. If you can get it, get it fairly. I had no intention of allowing any interference with that.

“Our Lulin said he would go out, so all we have to do is evaluate him based on his skills. With skill. So if you don’t win, shouldn’t you just find another hibiren flower?”

***

“It goes back to this structure.”

“Hmm, so you’re saying that the great noble of the faction that the winner of the finals belongs to will wield the military power of the empire for a year?”

“Well, it’s similar. Because that much interest comes in. “It is a system that has been in effect for quite some time under the pretext of keeping the imperial power in check.”

“Is that the purpose of the concert in the first place?”

If a competition was created for that purpose from the beginning, I would just give up.

In a competition like that, you just have to have fun with each other. I have no intention of stepping into the mud.

But the emperor shook his head.

“No. At that time, it was a competition to discuss peace by thoroughly competing against Legana’s melody. “It was a fashionable era.”

It’s a convention to discuss peace.

If that is the purpose of the concert, there are many justifications.

All we have to do is return to the original purpose of establishment.

“Then we can do that. Develop it into a competition for all nobles, rather than a competition where only the great nobles have interests. Each noble participates, not by faction, and the winning family receives a corresponding benefit. Isn’t there a one-year tax exemption or something like that? “If it’s a tax exemption and a product, I think there’s enough reason to get excited.”

The taxes that nobles pay to great nobles are enormous. The amount they have is less than half of half. Therefore, if it is exempted, the wealth that can be accumulated is enormous.

“that… It seems like a good idea that could even weaken the power of the dukes… .”

The emperor was in trouble as he clenched his chin.

If you believe in Lulin.

I don’t know how long Lurin will be able to master Legana, but just participating is meaningful enough.

Even if she doesn’t get the Hibiren flower, the fact that Rurin, who ignores human rules, participates in the human competition itself helps develop her ability to adapt to the human world.

That’s what’s been most important to me lately.

To that end, I asked him to go to the market to buy groceries, but he brought Sally with him, which made me very upset.

So this is an unexpected income. This is what Lurin said she would participate on her own.

Of course, as long as Lulin participates, it is not good to be dragged around by a plan that has already been made.

Although we decided not to take the Hibiren flower by force, the competition itself needs to be fair.

In that case, I make that board.