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Engiwaru! (Bad Omen)
That bird with the annoying squawking is flying around even though it’s night.
It’s a bird of paradise, so it doesn’t matter if it’s day or night.
Hey, Wolf, how many of those birds are there? It’s seems like they’re always squawking.
They seem like our country’s natural treasure. There shouldn’t be many.
Really?
Yes. Incidentally, the Engiwaru bird flaps and cries at a certain rate when there’s a wise ruler.
And another good bit of Shin Makoku trivia has been freshly revealed.
Actually, ever since you became the Maoh, that bird seems to fly around Blood Pledge Castle randomly. It’s possible the legend is true.
Eh, really?!
What! You don’t believe me?!
Ah, not really, but…
Your Majesty, according to one of Josak’s stories, that bird has built a nest in the forest of “Shinou’s Shrine” behind the castle.
Oh, I see.
Why do you agree with him right away!
Because, even if it’s said that I’m a wise ruler, I’m not really cut out for it.
What are you saying! I think you’re a fine king, rivaling even Shinou.
Uuh, as usual a straight pitch…
Yuuri?
Nothing! But, if it’s Guriere-chan, he’s really an elusive spy. He even knows where the Engiwaru bird’s nest is.
No, I’d expect that. When His Highness was sick and Josak was visiting his room, he noticed things like the nest over the windowsill by chance.
Murata's?
Yes, recently he seems receiving a lot of orders on personal business.
Eh~? Is that all right? For him to handle his workers so tough.
He has a mean streak, too.
Eh?
Because his responses are amusing, His Highness toys with him.
Aah~, he said something like that Wolfram reminded him of an old acquainted, or something like that.
His Highness did?
Whoever he knew before-
Who cares about that?! Before that, Conrad, what’s that ridiculous thing laying in front of us? Explain!
This?
Ah, yeah. During Greta’s homecoming party you slipped out in the middle for some business. Hey, Conrad, does this have something to do with that?
Yes. It’s Anissina’s invention, the “Snuggle the Path of the Demon Pillow Squad”, you want to sleep with it against your chest.
Anissina…
I know. Ah, but, isn’t this pillow smaller than when I saw it before?
These are mass production models with some improvements. Red, blue, yellow, green, pink, silver, arranged in six colors, and it was the queen’s idea to sell it in the *antenna shop.
The mass produced model…
Above all the pink and silver models that I got from Anissina are the highest priced. When you asked before for a monitor of the prototype, I remember Your Majesty looked very interested
I did, I did! Uh, then, will I have a pink pillow right away for tonight?
You want to see a pink dream?
I want to see!
Wait! I don’t get what you’re talking about, what is this pillow when it comes down to it?
Umm, in short, you could say it’s a tool to show you the dreams you want.
Different colors can show you different kinds of dreams.
Uh, then, what kind is pink?
Well, it goes without saying that any healthy boy would like to have an *** dream.
What?! Yuuri, you ***, even though you have me, you’re resorting to a such an indecent tool, so you can drool over some scandalous dream?!
Eh, it has nothing to do with you.
How can it have nothing to do with me?! Aren’t I your fiance?! Basically, it’s rude for you to use that pillow when we’re sleeping in the same bed!
I never asked to sleep together. Eh, and speaking of that, if I’m going to use this pillow, would it be possible for me to have my own room tonight?
What?!
Now now, you two calm down. Look, no one wants to interfere in a lovers’ quarrel, right?
That’s an iffy expression.
Yuuri can’t use that pillow.
Eh, monster!
If it’s a holding pillow there might be another one. You should use the silver one.
Silver is an experience. And yet, I had a dream where I was in a 13th century parade with a bunch of macho mermaids.
What is that, did the pillow show you a bad dream?
No, it’s not that.
At any rate! I firmly oppose you using the pink pillow!
Eh~!
Wolfram. Don’t hinder His Majesty’s feelings with trivial jealousy. One or two pink dreams is fine. Right, Your Majesty?
Riight~! As I expected, Conrad. You understa~nd! Look, majority rules, two to one. How about that, Wolf?
Nnn… I get it. If you insist, but I don’t like it.
Yay!
However! Just because it’s a dream doesn’t mean I’ll let you get caught up and do something unforgivable with some nobody!
Eh? But even if you say that~
I’ll get into your dream and interrupt it without fail. Remember that, Yuuri.
Uwah~, that’s not the meaning of a pink dream.
That’s fine. Then, I’ll stay and watch over His Majesty’s pleasant mood, too.
Seriously, give me a break~
Hahaha. Well, it’s getting late, should we leave soon? Well, Wolfram?
No! I’m staying here.
A tactless man will fall into disfavor. Like a servant who is slow on the uptake.
Haha… Conrad, since you’re taking all the trouble, are you going to use the silver pillow?
Hmm, it’s too bad but, if you think hard about it, I don’t have any Maryoku, so I probably wouldn’t be able to use demon equipment dependably. At best I could climb on, there would be no effect and so I would have a quiet sleep.
Isn’t a quiet sleep good? Go ahead.
Then, thank you. So, Your Majesty, good night.
Yeah! Good night!
Yuuri, you cheater.
Ah, that’s right! Why don’t you try to use this pillow?
What?! So it can show me nightmares?!
Wow, but, it’s not like that…
Ahahaha… He~h. Great! Pink dreams, pink dreams!
Engiwaru!
Wake up! You wimp!
Nn… gugu… uh, ah, aah, Wolfram!
Good morning, Your Majesty.
Ah! Conrad! Eh, ah, haah… ahah… It was a dream?
What’s wrong, you look flushed?
The blood just rushed to his head because of the pink pillow. You jerk! Because of this silver pillow, I was stuck in a lengthy dream about my childhood!
It must have been about him getting his butt kicked during sword practice, because he’s been complaining all morning.
It’s more than that! In the dream you made me go boating with you, and I got violently seasick. As I thought, this is a pillow of nightmares!
Your Majesty? You look a bit listless, are you all right? Did you have a good dream?
Dream? Eh, ah, eeh, no, I didn’t see anything!
Eh? The pillow didn’t work for you?
If I said I didn’t see anything, I didn’t see anything! Guh, waah, ah, it’s because you guys said all those weird things before I went to sleep~!!
Yuuri?
Your Majesty? What kind of dream did you see?
Uwaaaahn!!