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Chapter 1643: Hydra Kingdom\'s Founding Festival ⑧

If we want to watch the Sea Dragon Parade at the end of the procession, we will not make it in time for the start of the ceremony.

Well, I think that the main purpose of those who are going to the ceremony isn’t the ceremony itself but the message of the First Hero, so we may actually have some time if we only focus on that aspect.

[……No, I mean, there sure are a lot of people. Seriously, it’s like it’s some grand migration……]

[You’re right. F- For there to be this many people……. As expected, wouldn’t moving through them be difficult? It feels like even moving just a few meters would be rough.]

To be honest, as is the case with Neun-san, the person involved in this matter, I might have underestimated the name value of the First Hero a little. The main street was crowded with people like us, heading towards the ceremony, and with the way things are going, I didn’t feel confident that we would reach the Parliament Plaza by the start time.

The content of the message itself would probably be introduced in various magazines after the Founding Festival, but there seemed to be a huge number of people who wanted to see the moment of the announcement on the spot.

[Everyone, this way.]

[Unnn? Alice, that isn’t the way to……]

[No, this way is fine.]

Guided by Alice’s voice, I moved my gaze and saw Alice pointing to a path away from the main street. Compared to the main street, there were noticeably fewer people on that path, so this path clearly didn’t lead to the plaza. In fact, the direction the path is heading to seemed to lead further away.

As I tilted my head at her suggestion, I followed Alice and walked along the road with few pedestrians…… and arrived at a dead-end with only a wall in it.

Well, if the destination is a dead-end, it’s no wonder there’s little foot traffic here, but just as I was wondering what was going on, Alice walked towards the wall. As Alice approached the wall, vertical lines of light ran along it, and something resembling an entrance opened up.

[……Unnn? Could that be Gluttony-san’s?]

[Yes, well, I could do this myself, but they get so happy when I let them do the work in this kind of situation……]

Gluttony-san is one of her fanatics after all…… They’ll definitely be very happy to be of service to Alice. In any case, by looking at that pathway, I could sense what she was planning. It’s difficult to navigate through that crowd, so we’re going to use Gluttony-san’s Space-Time Magic for transportation.

With the Founding Festival around, Hydra Kingdom would normally have a strong Teleportation Inhibition Barrier, but it seems that those who are extremely good at Space-Time Magic, such as Gluttony-san, can ignore those barriers and teleport.

However, those who are able to do that are really high level, as even among the Six Kings’ Executives, only a limited number of people, such as Gluttony-san and Jutia-san, can do this.

As a side note, it’s said that even those who are skilled in Teleportation Magic can’t break through the single Teleportation Inhibition Barrier in the Sanctuary.

The Sanctuary is a special place that can’t be reached without Shiro-san’s permission, and unless they are on par with individuals like Kuro or Eden, it seems like you can’t even pursue the path toward the Sanctuary without Shiro-san’s permission.

[……However, even if we were to use this to get to the vicinity of the venue, it would probably be quite crowded, but is there a space for us to get in now?]

[Ah, guess you’re right. It should be even more crowded over there than the street we just left.]

[Well, it should be alright. There’s no way that Alice-sama hasn’t thought about that, so we can just pass through without worries.]

In response to Neun-san and my question, Hapti-san relaxedly entered the glowing gate-like entrance, to which Neun-san and I exchanged glances before entering as well.

Squinting our eyes slightly due to the brightness, we passed through the gate and arrived…… in what seemed to be a large room.

[Arehh? Indoors? ……Is this some kind of conference room?]

[……A- Alice-sama? Are we inside the House of Parliament?]

[That’s right. You can see the whole view from here.]

[……I think the House of Parliament was off-limits during the Founding Festival, even to their own staff though……]

[Do you really think I can’t handle something like that? Don’t worry, I’ve reserved this place properly through the official procedures.]

[Well, that was a pointless question……]

In response to Alice’s composed reply, Neun-san has a distant look in her eyes, a resigned look on her face. Well, it certainly isn’t surprising if Alice can reserve the House of Parliament.

According to what Laguna-san said, Alice should have already gained control of the majority of the parliament members, and if she just so wishes, she can apparently change the laws of Hydra Kingdom as she pleases…… Hmmm, that’s astounding.

[Nice! Now this is what we’re talking about, Alice-sama! In that case, I can sit on a chair and watch from a good spot. Let’s see, which one’s a good chair……]

[Can’t you at least be a little perturbed!?]

No, well…… That person you’re talking to is also Alice so……

<Afterword>

Serious-senpai : [The tempo is too fast…… This isn’t good, I feel like I can see through the Author’s intentions to quickly finish off the essential events and move on to the sweet developments……]