Log Horizon - Shiroe's sister

Chapter 63

"Conversation~"

Thinking thoughts

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Lord Marvis' words made Raynesia turn pale.

She didn't understand. She wasn't clear about it at all.

Raynesia smelled the burning stink of danger.

"So Raynesia-hime, please prepare with haste, all right?"

"Eh, Ah... about that..."

Raynesia turned around for help. Elissa was lecturing a maid working under her as she reviewed a copy of the documents from Lord Marvis' henchmen.

"Hime-sama..."

"How is it?"

"The documents are real... It is hard to imagine, but the fault might lie with us, a loophole in management oversight."

Oversight.

A loophole in management.

Even though Raynesia heard the words, her brain wasn't processing them. The blunder soaked slowly into her consciousness, making her feel cold as if she were touching freezing liquid.

Simply put, Lord Marvis had already informed Raynesia in advance to prepare a warehouse for him when his ship reached Akiba. The same document was delivered to Maihama, and an agreement to help was sent in reply.

This meant Raynesia promised to prepare the warehouse but forgot about it when preparing for the festival. That was the whole story.

But there was no way to tell what really transpired. There might be an error in delivery resulting in miscommunication, or an error by the administrative clerk. Or Raynesia was too busy and stuffed the document somewhere and lost track of it...

But this was not the time to review what really happened.

Lord Marvis was holding a reply from Raynesia's side, so it was definitely an oversight on Raynesia's part.

And Raynesia as the host had the obligation to assist the guest and make things convenient for him. Also, the daughter of the Corwen family stationed in Akiba and the noble sea merchant from the west Lord Marvis had different statuses. If you took into account the hidden tension between the eastern and western federations, she had no choice but to eat humble pie.

Raynesia was a woman.

In accordance with the nobles of the People of the Land, she was not educated in the ways of politics. But she could learn about it from the social world.

"Hmph, what's the matter? You are not going to tell me you are not ready for me? I already sent in the request in advance."

"About that..."

It was easy to apologize.

But Raynesia was not used to such dealings and was unable to judge whether she needed to apologize now. The lazy Raynesia wouldn't think 'I should have put in more effort to learn if I knew this kind of situation would come up'. But she still thought there was something she could do about this. She should have asked a few competent bureaucrats to be dispatched here from Maihama, that should be obvious. She had already gotten permission from her grandfather with some constraints to pick several followers to bring along to Akiba, but that was still not enough.

"Is this the Corwen clan's way of doing things? Or is your working relationship with the Adventurers... with Akiba just an illusion?"

His mocking tone made Raynesia lower her head.