Bannou “Murazukuri” Cheat de Otegaru Slow Life ~Mura desu ga Nani ka?~

capital’s walls; their city was thoroughly clean; and their towering royal palace was overwhelmingly impressive.

Shortly after arriving, the duke tried asking for an audience with the king.
However, he was told that the king has left for an inspection of the ‘amusement park’.
It seemed like even the duke didn’t know what an amusement park was.
And so, curious about it, he decided to meet the king there.

As it turns out, the amusement park was a large land full of various structures and attractions that were for having fun.
Before I knew it, I had reverted to being a child and played around.

It shames me to admit it, but I completely forgot my duty as a messenger.

Was I under some kind of spell? Ahh, but wouldn’t it be nice to ride that roller coaster again…ah, no, no, I must cease these thoughts at once!

It wasn’t just me that have forgotten themselves.

“……ahem.
I-it would seem I enjoyed myself a bit too much there…I was supposed to do a simple inspection of the place, yet…”

“Y-your majesty, for some reason, I too was overcome with excitement when I saw those recreational structures…”

Both the king and the duke seemed not only embarrassed for their actions but also confused.

“At any rate, for your kingdom to be able to spare enough to build something like this in a city…”

Cities surrounded by walls were often, if not always, troubled by the scarcity of land as the population grows.
If the city wanted more space, it would need to expand its walls first.

As such, there normally shouldn’t be much space for unnecessary buildings.
In this city though, they used an incredibly large piece of land just for recreation.

Not only that, such infrastructures must have consumed large amounts of resources.
Looking at the city’s residents though, they didn’t seem like they have been exploited financially or otherwise.
If anything, they seemed to be treated well based on king’s intention to open this place to the public later down the line.

“Hahaha, how right it was for us to withdraw that quickly…”

Challenging a kingdom with this much national strength was nothing but folly.

Once I return home, I would immediately report my experience here and do my best to convince my king to build a friendly relationship with this nation.

“But is this really the same kingdom that has been troubled by civil wars until just a while ago…?”