The king finally let go of my hand and stood up from his chair.
For some reason he turned his back to me and slightly tilted his head.
「Now, where should I start?
Right… You already understand that you came here from a completely different world, correct?」
「Yeah. Probably」
「What’s with the weak answer?」
「Well, since waking up I’ve only seen the room I opened my eyes in and this one, so I can’t be one hundred percent sure this isn’t Earth yet」
「Earth? What an odd country name」
「Ah, no, that’s not the country. That’s the name of the planet. My country is called Japan」
「Planet? You named your planet…? Well, I’ll hear about your world later. For now, I’ve never heard of this 『Japan』 place」
「Got it」
If he doesn’t know it, then this is definitely a world I don’t know.
If a medieval-style kingdom like this existed on Earth, variety shows would never shut up about it.
Plus, I’ve never heard of a country called the Kingdom of Univance.
「You’ll figure out soon enough that this world is different from the one you lived in」
「Yes」
「First, I want you to understand one thing. This country… this whole world… is in a pretty dangerous situation right now」
「Dangerous?」
「Yes. Very dangerous」
The king kept talking with his back to me, nodding deeply.
Is he trying to be one of those “men who speak with their backs” types?
「To put it simply, in the last ten years, two neighboring countries have been wiped out. Not by war」
「I don’t really feel the danger level yet」
「…Before those ten years, the last time a country was destroyed by something other than war was about 150 years ago」
Okay, now I get how dangerous it is.
Something that didn’t happen for 150 years happened twice in just ten years. That’s scary.
「The cause is 『dragons』. Do you know what dragons are?」
「Dragons? Um… big lizards with hard scales and wings that fly around breathing fire?」
「Exactly. So you do know them. Looks like dragons exist in every world」
No, they don’t exist. They’re imaginary creatures. Like a final boss in a game.
「Those dragons suddenly started multiplying and attacking countries」
「I see」
「Of course our kingdom is under attack too, but we have some of the strongest heavy infantry on this continent. Our defenses are top-notch. So we haven’t fallen yet」
「Got it, got it」
「But no matter how strong our shields or armor are, we don’t have weapons that can actually kill dragons. We can drive them off, but never take them down. That’s been our biggest headache」
It seems like this world doesn’t have the concept of trade-offs or contradictions.
Well, normally if you push for one thing, the other side suffers. I personally like this country’s focus on defense.
「To solve that, some ministers and generals teamed up and put a certain plan into action」
「A plan? Like a rebellion?」
「I’m a king beloved by all. Nothing like that would happen!」
He declared it with total confidence.
If my temporary dad is a good king, that makes me happy as his pretend son.
「…It happened a few times in the past」
「It did?」
「Yes. Back then I was young and… couldn’t keep my hands off girls from all over」
「That’s the reason? Flirting leading to civil war? That’s not okay」
「『Go all out on making kids, ruling, and diplomacy!』 That’s my motto!」
「Putting kids first is already a problem, right?」
Well, if things are stable now, maybe it’s fine?
「Let’s call that story a joke for now. It still gets the queen mad at me sometimes when I bring it up. …Anyway, back to the point. That group gathered orphans and trained them specifically to fight dragons. In the end, you could call it a success. But only one survived」
「…What about the others?」
The king shook his head side to side.
「I was told they couldn’t handle the brutal training and died. Even though I didn’t know, as king I can’t forgive what they did. I punished everyone involved and built a memorial monument where the training ground was」
「……」
So he’s a total womanizer, but still a kind king.
「Children… especially girls… you never know how they’ll turn out unless you raise them warmly. Those idiots never understood the joy of watching them grow up」
「Can I have back the tiny bit of emotion I just felt?」
「What are you talking about?」
「Nothing. Never mind」
This guy’s love for women is bone-deep.
「Anyway, the one survivor… we couldn’t just leave the lone girl sitting around, so we threw her into actual combat. And she produced terrifying results」
「The survivor is a girl?」
「Yes. Her name is Noie. She has long silver-white hair and snow-pale skin. Absolutely beautiful. Personally I prefer women with… fuller hips, but the shape of her butt is honestly perfect」
Queen-sama～, your husband is showing his pervert side again～.
「But she is terrifying. She exterminates dragons without changing her expression once. Everyone in the kingdom, myself included, trembles and cowers just looking at her. The first time I saw her fight, I shrank back too. My instincts screamed at me. If anything ever happened, that woman would rip off whatever had shrunk between my legs without a second thought」
So basically he was too scared to make a move.
The king, who had been talking to my back, finally turned around.
「But she is pretty much the only dragon slayer in this country. We can’t let another nation steal her. We tried to welcome her as part of the royal family… but everyone refused, or political issues got in the way, and nothing worked」
「Reason for refusing?」
「She’s terrifying. Just imagine her tearing a dragon apart without even blinking. Scary, right?」
The image that instantly popped into my head was a two-meter-tall muscle-bound amazon ripping dragons limb from limb. I could even picture her giving a bloodthirsty grin while putting one in a camel clutch.
Yeah. Scary.
「We ran out of options… so as a last resort, the prime minister ordered his younger brother, my third son, to marry her」
「That would be me, right?」
「Correct」
The king turned his back to me again.
Doing it right at this timing… did he mess up the dramatic pause and turn too early?
He’s unexpectedly cute.
「A lot happened… and in the end he drank poison and took his own life」
So my fiancée is that scary!?
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