Part 4[แก้ไข]
-----------[Underwood Great Tree] Conference Room, Evergreen Longhouse.[12]
Moments after the end of the Hunting event, Jin Russel arrived at the conference room, prepared to discuss the terms of Alliance with [Six Scars].
Within the Evergreen Longhouse, the other party was nowhere in sight. Only Percher and a gloomy Shirayuki-hime stood to the right and left of Jin's back, dressed in their maid outfits.
"Wh,Why must I, Shirayuki wear this maid outfit and become subservient to others?"
"I advise you to give up soon. The clothes prepared by [Thousand Eyes] are of good quality and quite comfortable once you get used to it."
Percher, who had gotten used to her maid outfit, was leisurely poking fun at Shirayuki-hime.
----Originally loaned to [No Name] for the development of the waterways, Shirayuki-hime now had to extend her stay due to the uncompleted renovations of her temple.
Initially complaining and protesting "Who would wear such an outfit!", Shirayuki-hime had placed the maid outfit as the bet and played Gift games with Izayoi. Going at it for a hundred times, she had also lost to him a hundred times. In the end, she was almost forced to wear something so indecent that a pen couldn't possibly start to describe it. Hence her reluctant acceptance of the condition to wear a maid outfit as we see it today.
Although Kuro Usagi had specially obtained a maid outfit for Shirayuki-hime, one that was much more reserved and covering more adequately than the previous ones, for one that never wore a western skirt in her life, the outfit was totally strange and foreign.
"……How I miss my wafuku."
"Then wear it. Didn't you receive a wafuku in the set of clothes delivered to you?"
"That….That kind of obscene thing that exposes my shoulders, back, barely covering my chest and lastly showing off my legs, can't be called a wafuku! You aho!"[13]
"Oh so you understand what is embarrassment? Aren't you sleeping naked all the time in your burrow in the form of a snake?"
"Hmph, you are totally incapable of understanding the difference in culture! And my real form isn't that of a snake but a sacrifice------"
--------*Tock Tock!* The doors of the Evergreen Longhouse was knocked twice.
Straightening his sitting posture, Jin warned his aides.
"Quieten down for now."
The wooden doors were slowly opening as the two shoved aside their squabbles.
Carol in a formal dress led the way in before stepping aside for the leader of [Six Scars].
The one that appeared in the doorway was a cat beastman that looked around the same age as Jin.
" ….. You are Jin Russel?"
"I am. And I assume that you are Garol Gundark's son------ Porol Gundark?"[14]
Porol Gundark gave a casual wave in greeting before pushing his spectacles higher on his nose bridge..
The two sitting beside Jin relaxed their shoulders as their tension subsided.
(……. Just a kid?)
(Just like a youth… No, a young leader)[15]
A crop of messy hair matched with round framed glasses, with a playful gleam that seems to shine in his eye whites that makes him look even younger than he already is. Only his dress code seemed appropriate for the occasion. In short, he looked more of a normal teen that was in his rebellious period.
(Since it's going to be a negotiation between two of the same age group, Jin shouldn't be pressed into a corner I guess…. This is going to be so boring.)
(I never thought that I would see a day when leaders, that carry the responsibility of their Communities, to be all children around the age of ten coming to the conference table. The end of the world must surely be near.)
Both of them silently came up with similar conclusions as they heard Jin introduce their entourage.