Raviara and several other senior military officials were brought to the tea ceremony.


    Also, Kerala seemed to have experience from her past life in King''s Landing and was calm. Then I should have asked Kerala from the beginning.


    Jahnhahn was waiting in the room where the tea ceremony was to be held, and we were to enter the room in turn.


    When I was about to enter the room, a householder of Jahnhahn explained to me that all the weapons such as swords and knives were to be left before entering the room.


    "It is dangerous for you to leave your armor behind to meet with someone who has not even been properly appointed by the Lord Arsrod!


    Raviara complained in the back. It is natural for Laviala to say so, and that is her job. It would be meaningless if she did not make it clear here.


    Raviara is a woman who is like a wife and a sister to me. That will never change.


    Whether I will listen to her words or not is another matter.


    "I''ll take their word for it here. "I''ll take their word for it. And I''m sure that Jahan will spare his own life. And I have no doubt that Jahnhan is still connected to the former king."


    There are a number of people here who serve me. If I die, none of Jahnhan''s family will live.


    Of course, I had to find out who they were at the very least by using trumpets. Jahnhahn had no interest in the former king.


    "I understand. ....... However, if you think you are in danger, please get out immediately. ......"


    "I''m glad to see Laviala''s loyalty reaffirmed in a place like this, too."


    "Mr. Arsrod has always been prone to recklessness."


    Perhaps my compliment caught her off guard, Laviala replied with a blush on her face.


    "I don''t deny it, but Raviara was pretty good at it too. If I hadn''t saved her, she might have died in battle.


    "Well, that''s ...... what you''re supposed to do as a vassal. ......"


    When I opened the small door, I was surprised.


    The room is extremely small, only about the width of the door. The depth is not much either. Even a prison cell would not be this cramped.


    The center of the room is further blocked by a table connected to the wall.


    You would have to go under the table to get to the other side.


    There were chairs on both sides of the table, and Jahnhahn was sitting at the table at the back.


    Unlike the warm and balmy spring air of our first meeting, there was a certain pillar of mastery in the air.


    "Welcome, my dear. Please have a seat.


    On the table are tea utensils. It is called a tea ceremony, so they must be drinking tea.


    I sit down at the table.


    "This is a strange room. It would be just right if a priest heard a confession here. The only other thing I can do is sit and drink tea.


    Yes, that''s exactly right. The tea ceremony is a way to practice the mind with tea.


    Jahnhahn poured tea into a cup.


    The drink was eerily green.


    What is this? It looks like poison to me.


    "If you doubt it, shall I drink first?"


    "No, no. It could have been prevented if you had taken the antidote first."


    --Tea water. I never thought anyone in this world would serve green tea.


    Judging from Oda Nobunaga''s reaction, I guess we should believe him.


    I put the tea into my mouth.


    True to its color, it tasted bitter and sweet.


    But it was not unpleasant.


    Please taste the tea quietly. It is a tea made with a special recipe for this tea ceremony.


    We obediently followed our host and drank the strange tasting tea.


    Surprisingly, I notice that I don''t hear a sound.


    Indeed, it is calming.


    Somehow, I felt like I was doing something similar to temple meditation, even though I was only drinking the tea. It might be good to do this before a big political decision.


    It''s all about the mind, isn''t it? Indeed, it is quite different from a tea party.


    It''s like being pulled into something .......


    No, is this really being pulled in?


    I had a strange sensation that I was going inside myself.


    No way, I was really poisoned. ----


    The


    When I came to, I found myself lying in a strange place.


    Strange is the only word I can use to describe it. The ground was completely white, and there was a white mist on top of it all the time.


    "Oh, come on, it''s not funny if this is the afterlife."


    I wonder if I''ve grown too big as a regent. Raviara and the other military officers would have at least avenged their enemies, but the child was still young and the country would be in turmoil again.


    "You may laugh now, for it is not the afterlife."


    I hear a voice behind me and turn around.


    There stood a strange man whom I had never met before, but I did not feel as if I had.


    His expression was similar to mine, as if he were my real self. Only his hair color is black, but the rest is almost the same as mine. I am not sure of his age. He looks much older or about the same age.


    Their clothes are very flashy, though I don''t know where they are from. He must be of a very high status.


    "Who are you?　And where am I?"


    I asked as I stood up.


    "How dare you talk to me in such an irreverent manner? But you''ve been consistent about it, so I''m not angry with you.


    The man had a truly happy expression on his face.


    "I am Nobunaga Oda, the High King. And this, Arsrod, is your profession.


    The man said something shocking and plain.


    "Tea has the effect of making people extremely introspective. That''s why you''ve gone too far inside yourself. But even Rikyu''s tea wouldn''t have done that much for you. Did you put drugs in it?　Or is the tea of this land different from the tea of the sun?"


    Oda Nobunaga continues to talk about unbelievable things without hesitation.


    The dragon man named Jahnharn was a medicine merchant, so he may have been drugged with some kind of narcotic.


    But it did not have a medicinal taste. He once ate something that tasted like poison on purpose to learn the taste of poison.


    "That''s hard to believe. But it''s also true that I can''t think of any other explanation as to where we are and who you are. It is easy to understand the causal relationship that it is because of the tea. At least, it''s much more likely than thinking it''s because of the dinner you had yesterday."


    The man smiled. It was an irreverent laugh, as if he feared no one.


    "You''ve made a career out of this High King, haven''t you? You have a quick mind."