Nakai

**Nakai** is a Japanese government employee and a staff member of the Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who serves a highest representative at the Local Survey Team Office in Runepolis, the capital of the Holy Milishial Empire. He is Yanagida's junior and a promising elite.

## Personality

Nakai has a humanistic personality and is sympathetic to the situation of Lumies, a defector. As a member of the elite, he responds reasonably to Yanagida's concerns and persuades him to defect to Lumies.

## Chronology

### Japanese-Parpaldian War Arc

After the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship *Shikishima* rescued the merchant ship *Tarcos* from attack by the pirates, Princess Lumies was transferred to a major hospital in Japan from JSDF hospital in the base at Ejei under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Yanagida and Nakai were talking amongst themselves about prospects regarding the future. He spoke to Nakai that they were still safeguarding in Japan a royal of the Altaras Kingdom that was currently at war, although; Lumies and Lilceide were emergency measures. Nakai pondered Yanagida’s perspective that the cabinet ministers had already expressed opinions that Japan would enter into a war with Parpaldia Empire. The Altaras, which had lost the war against them, were positioned close to the capital of the Parpaldia Empire. If Japan allied with the Altaras Kingdom at this moment and if their clash with Parpaldia became decisive, Japan could then be able to use this to its advantage. While Yanagida listened to Nakai’s suggestion, he slowly became aware of his being sensitive to the Princess’s position as a VIP.

Later on, due to the extensive efforts of Nakai and Yanagida, it decided to keep Princess Lumies under their protection. Yanagida and Nakai hid her true identity in public, made her an international exchange student, and then let her stay in Japan normally. Furthermore, the crew and passengers on the merchant ship *Tarcos*, who were partaking in this effort in Nagasaki, were ordered to keep about the situation while the government’s plans regarding her continued in secret.

After Lumies had regained consciousness at the hospital, a female Foreign Affairs staff member guided Lilceide to the bath and meals and prepared her the pantsuit from wearing her string bikini. Also, she brought the all-white apparel consisting of a fluffy sweater on top of a blouse and a knee-high frilly skirt to Lumies, who changed into the clothing. After Lumies and Lilceide finished with civilian clothing, they exited the room and out into the hallway. A Foreign Affairs staff directed them to follow and exit the hospital to the car for sightseeing around Tokyo.

After wrapping up their sightseeing in Tokyo, a Foreign Affairs staff settled Lumies and Lilceide down in their lodgings in the suburbs where Nakai was waiting for them. Nakai introduced them to the housekeepers, who would be with them for the rest of their stay. He began explaining to Lumies current affairs that the Altaras Kingdom had lost the war and had become a province of the Parpaldia Empire, perturbing Lumies’s heart greatly.

### Pre-New World War Arc

Before Gra Valkas Empire had planned to invade the Irnetia Kingdom in the next few months, crown prince Aethes and Lord Bealey McWell departed for Mu with several of his subordinates, who were minor nobles, on several wyverns. After four days of restless travel, they safely landed at the Ainank Airport in Mykal. After negotiating with section chief Gandolf of Mu International Affairs for Outside the Civilized Areas, Gandolf arranged a flight for Bealey, Aethes and their Irnetian envoys to the Holy Milishial Empire.

Seven days later, the Irnetian envoys on the plane arrived at the airport in Runepolis, the capital of the Holy Milishial Empire, and then checked into a hotel where they were able to book one room. Later, Bealey and Aethes noticed so many envoys from all sorts of countries fill the queues and waitlists of the Milishials’ foreign affairs ministry, which the ministry observed an order to prioritize the highest on the list were the superpowers, followed by civilized countries from the Central World, the Second Civilization Area, the Third Civilization Area, and finally those outside the civilized areas. While the Irnetia belonged to the last category, Bealey couldn’t help but feel pointless and insignificant. Aethes saw him losing time and gave him a suggestion with his idea that they would visit Japan embassy where he heard back at the Nagomi hotel in Mu that Japan had established a local survey team office in Runepolis as a prerequisite of their diplomatic relations with the Holy Mirishial Empire. So Bealey accompanied him to visit the Japanese local survey team office.

At the Japanese local survey team office, Nakai, the highest representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, discussed with his men about their recent developments. He learned so many things about the Holy Milishial Empire that a local survey team, who deployed to Runepolis, had yet to fully understand usually consisting of experts from all sorts of fields of study such as agriculture, medicine, engineering, and so on. They were typically accompanied by government workers such as diplomats, personnel from the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and even officers from the Japan Self-Defense Force and Metropolitan Police. However, he learned about the basic principles of magic running technology in Runepolis, which presented a problem for the Japanese since they didn’t know what the upper or lower limit of the possibilities of such magic technology and the realm of material engineering the Milishials use from the observation that the Milishials observe a quality of life and advanced-looking architectural styles similar to modern Earth standards.

When the staff member sent to ascertain who was at the door returned, he summoned Nakai two visitors from the Irnetia Kingdom who claimed the prince and had come to greet them diplomatically, surprising Nakai. Utilizing a manacomm, Nakai sent a memo back to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kasumigaseki informing them of the sudden visit. Upon receiving an affirmative to receive them not in a diplomatic setting but as a gesture of goodwill, he allowed them to enter his office.

They met Nakai and introduced him to crown prince Aethes and top diplomat Lord Bealey McWell. After a brief exchange of greetings, Aethes got down to business with him and explained to him that they came to Mu on diplomatic business and stayed at the hotel called Nagomi, which appears to be built by a company from Japan. When Aethes heard Nakai had a local survey team office here in Runepolis, he figured they could come here and visit him. Nakai was impressed with a warm smile and had heard of the Irnetia Kingdom before and of how beautifully they had built up the commerce Aethes conducted, but unfortunately, Aethes told him that they were expecting an invasion from the Gra Valkas Empire soon. He asked Nakai if to happen to know about the Gra Valkas Empire, mentioning him of the name brought reports from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the far west, which posed a considerable threat. While he feared the direction the discussion seemed to be heading, Nakai responded to Aethes’s question that the Japanese were yet to make contact with the Gra Valkas Empire, which they had nothing definitive on the Gra Valkan disposition or interests, but knew that they declared war on the Second Civilization Area. Aethes stated him the Irnetia Kingdom was next for invasion in less than a month after receiving a deal with the terms of surrender from the Gra Valkas Empire. Nakai was shocked by Aethes' explanation.

Aethes had a request to ask him to allow the sale of weapons to the Irnetians as a form of support against Gra Valkas after hearing stories of the incredible military might Japan demonstrated to the world against Parpaldia. However, Nakai was a mere government worker in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who did not have diplomatic power to authorize or even consider the Irnetian request. He could find solace in the unshakable fact that Japan had legal constraints preventing it from authorizing weapons sales, allowing him enough emotional room to reject the Irnetian request. He understood that Aethes' circumstances were inexplicably difficult, but he was afraid to tell Aethes and Bealey that the Japanese could not help them. Aethes was so unfortunate but wanted Nakai to contact back to Japan for negotiations with their diplomatic authority. With Nakai handing over the Irnetian contact information, he sent it to the Japanese government, concluding the first contact between Japan and Irnetia.