"Why are you looking at me like that? Isn’t it common knowledge for a civil servant to speak one or two foreign languages?" I spoke casually in the Fairy Tribe language.

Marsen was dumbfounded and the Fairy woman next to him became furious.

"If you can speak our language, you should have said so earlier!"

"Why?"

"What?"

The Fairy woman looked at me dumbfounded and I shrugged.

"There's no reason for me to use the Fairy Tribe language that I'm not familiar with."

"But out of consideration...”

I cut off the Fairy Tribe woman.

"Of course, I could do it out of consideration. But that's something that someone who is being considerate should say, not someone who’s inconsiderate."

The Fairy woman was speechless.

I added further. "And in the first place, it's under the control of the Central Ceremony Department to host the delegation. Please contact them for such consideration." I handed it over to their jurisdiction, as was often done. 

Marsen laughed cheerfully at my words. "Hahaha! That's true. This is the empire. Besides, it's our fault for suddenly barging in."

The Fairy woman seemed a little upset at Marsen's...