The banquet, or how Captain Mainwaring saved the Anglo-Japanese treaty
Mainwaring hoped to forget his enouncer with the mad Japanese Emperor as soon as possible. Did those Canadians really want to ally with such people? George was still holding a dusty old scroll. The young chap claimed he won it by defeating some Jap warrior and had to give it to the Emperor, where did he even get those ideas?
The banquet started a short time later. Fortunately he and George where seated on a different table than that unstable Emperor. Mainwaring had to admit that for a nation of barbarians the decoration of the room was exquisite. The food was a different tale, didn’t those Jappo’s understand that fish had to be cooked before being served? And what was with all that rice? That wasn’t a good base for a proper meal? Mainwaring decided to make the best of it. They would be home soon anyway. According to the Colonel the Japanese had no intention to join forces with Canada anyway.
Reluctantly Mainwaring started to chew on some raw fish. He was surprised to find out it tasted rather good, but for some reason none of the Japanese on his table had touched the stuff. Those barbarians didn’t understand good food.
Example of the barbarian, uncooked food.
“Captain, will you excuse me. I have a scroll to deliver.”
“No George, stay where you are!!!”
But Mainwaring was too late. George sprinted to the Emperor, only to be grabbed by several angry looking Japanese guards. He managed to throw the scroll to the Emperor, hitting his Imperial highness in the face. Poor, poor George, Mainwaring could only imagine what the penalty for throwing dusty old antiques at Royalty was. Back in old Blighty they would hang you for that. But to his surprise the Emperor ordered his guards to release George!
“Members of GLORIOUS Japanese government, honoured guests of less GLORIOUS nation of Canada. Till today I thought your nation was just another bunch of cowardly roundeyed monkeys. It shames me to admit I was wrong. This feeble looking young officer beat great warrior and earn this anciets scroll. If there are more such heroes among you, I would be honoured to sign treaty.”
“Well, Captain Mainwaring is really brave. He once faced Mrs. Carr’s full fury by stealing an applepie. Nobody ever dared steal one of her pies before…”
The brave captain, after stealing an applepie.
Why did the boy had to involve him in this business? Suddenly one of the Japanese officers on his table stood up.
“Excuse me, your Imperial highness, the young boy is right. This Mainwaring-sama, he ate all fugu on this table without second thought. He must be really brave.”
“The old man who dared ask me directions, I should have known. Fugu, if not properly prepard, is highly poisonous. I as Emperor am forbidden to eat it. Only a truly brave man would eat as much as he did. Gentlemen of lesser empire of Canada. It would be my honour to sign the treaty.”
“By golly, I always knew you where a hero Captain. All those times you where sleeping at your desk you must just have been saving energy.”
“We will stand shoulder by shoulder crushing all before us: the cowardly Chinese, the evil Germans, the dumb Russians…”
“And the dastardly Syndies…” Mainwaring added. If he was to be a hero he might as well speak up, even if his stomach protested.
“Syndie. Are you calling me, the Emperor SYNDIE?"
“Well”
“ARE YOU CALLING ME A SYNDIE!!!!”
“Ehrmm”
“TheRe aRE nO SYNdieZ In NihoN!!!”
The two guard now grabbed the Emperor, dragging him away.
“SYNdieZ eVeRYwHeRe. WE MUST STOP THEM!!!”
A high ranking general stood up. “We apologise, the Emperor react strongly to syndicalist threat, we will sign treaty as soon as he recovers.”
“SYNdieZ!!!!”
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Canada has a new ally in the highly unstable Emperor. Will Canada find more friends in the world?
Find out in the next episode…