Metsal

**Metsal** is a nobleman in the Quila Kingdom, who is equivalent to the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

## Personality

Metsal has a serious personality and seems to have a good skill. He is a dwarf and thus hates the human supremacist country, Louria Kingdom.

On the other hand, he feels very friendly to Japan, which has enriched the country, and he seems to have planned a goodwill sumo with dwarves.

## Chronology

### Short Story: Japan and the Quila Kingdom

In the meeting room at the Quila Kingdom's royal capital Barrat, the royal noble who oversees foreign affairs, Metsal, greeted Ambassador Payne of the Qua-Toyne Principality who had requested for dialogue due to “urgent matters”. Payne informed him about an emerging country called Japan who visited the Qua-Toyne Principality and opened diplomatic relations. He had coming to request for the Qua-Toyne Principality to mediate that Japan wanted to open diplomatic relations with the Quila Kingdom, but Metsal didn’t understand the description of a “peculiar emerging country”. He talked about Japan's flying object and metal giant ship, making Metsal suddenly shocked which it was unbelievable they would be on the same level as a country from the civilized areas as a superpower. He told him that Japan was transferred here from another world where the Qua-Toyne Principality government still don't know much about Japan.

Metsal became curious about the makeup of non-humans and asked him that Japan could be a new threat. Payne replied that Japan was entirely human, neither any dwarves, beastmen, nor elves, making him worried. He calmly reined in Metsal’s strong tone, telling him that they did not know what Japan was, but Japan's technology had shown interest in the Qua-Toyne Principality. Metsal regained his composure and decided to meet Japan envoys for diplomatic negotiations.

At around one week later, a place of discussion was established for the first contact between the Quila Kingdom and Japan. Japanese diplomat Uda arrived at Barrat from a ship off at sea using a flying machine called a helicopter and exchanged his introduction with Metsal. Hearing from the Qua-Toyne Principality that Japan is one with superior technological capabilities, Metsal asked him what Japan want from a poor country. He looked for the resources that Japan have inquired from the Qua-Toyne Principality that the Quila Kingdom was brimming with volumes of oil called “flammable water". He wished the Quila Kingdom to export it to Japan and exchanged the rates for infrastructure. Metsal calmed down after hearing nothing to be concerned over. However, he became baffled after hearing that the subject of the transaction would be “flammable water”. He accepted it for exchanging the oil (flammable water) where the Quila Kingdom couldn’t stand with full of ooze since it is useless for growing crops and also had trouble by smelling.

When Uda gave him the term papers, Metsal felt that the terms won’t be help if the construction work detailed required a lot of manpower. Uda shows him a video introducing the country of Japan on a laptop. High-rise buildings that penetrate the heavens, lush and bountiful nature, and the beautiful four seasons. Upon seeing the video on the methods and procedures for infrastructure construction, Metsal was overcome with astonishment. Seeing sceneries and technologies he had never seen before, he came to the understanding that Japan is a country that compares to the world’s superpowers. The authenticity of the video can be verified by inquiring about the delegation sent by the Principality of Qua-Toyne to Japan.

Understanding that discrimination wasn’t the cause, Metsal decided to promptly raise the matter to King Quila.

Someday later, the Quila Kingdom and Japan established diplomatic relations for the oils and resources, and the Quila Kingdom has received so much support that they have become richer.