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Subaru:  It almost went without saying that city laws were a binding authority separate from royal or noble law, but Subaru didn’t take any issue with the city laws of Pristella at a glance. Most of them involved things like not inciting riots, not using magic within city limits without good reason, and so forth. After flipping through the pages, he quickly signed and handed the papers back.
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Subaru:  Notably, the official became incredibly flustered when Emilia identified herself. That meant he must have known that Anastasia was already staying in the city and had panicked a little while wondering what in the world was going on.
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Subaru:  “Suppose they can’t help but be all nervous at having more than one royal-selection candidate pop up at the same time.”
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Emilia:  “But it does seem like Anastasia told the people at the gate to expect us ahead of time. They did let us pass right away, after all. Though maybe it was actually Joshua or Mimi.”
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Subaru:  “If you set aside his weird competitiveness, it’s possible Joshua might’ve gone to the trouble, but I don’t think Mimi would’ve.” He didn’t think the cat-girl was capable of that kind of consideration. That wasn’t an insult but merely his honest impression of her.
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Subaru:  “She’s cute, after all.”
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Emilia:  “Yes, Mimi is cute.” The mysterious persuasive power of Subaru’s assertion made Emilia trade nods with him. To be blunt, he couldn’t think of any other word to describe her. Also, for some reason, Beatrice stomped on his foot upon overhearing this. He didn’t get it. By the time he’d managed to restore Beatrice’s sullen mood, he met back up with Otto and Garfiel, who’d stayed with the dragon carriage. It seemed that the check of the dragon carriage’s cargo was going to take some time.
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Garfiel:  “They sure are strict for just heading into the place. Now it seems even more like a watery prison instead of a city of water.”
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Otto:  “Truly spoken like someone who has little experience with life on the road. A traveling merchant would not even consider this a snag. At least they are honest enough not to demand something under the table.”
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Garfiel:  “Under the table? Who the hell keeps anythin’ special under that…?”
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Otto:  “He means a gift. Actually, it’d be bad if you take what I said literally, so just know that phrase means someone is asking for something bad. Don’t let anyone catch you saying that, okay, Emilia-tan?” Gift might have been technically correct in a broader sense, but given Emilia’s position, even the hint of bribery was no laughing matter. With that episode out of the way, Subaru and the others continued to an inner gate to finally enter the city proper. As the inner gate slowly opened, the scenery of Pristella gradually came into view—
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Subaru:  “—Oooh.” After momentarily squinting from the dazzling light, Subaru spontaneously let out a breath of admiration.
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Emilia:  And he wasn’t the only one; Emilia did the same as she stood beside him.