Akuyaku Reijo Ni Koi Wo Shite

A pasture just surrounded by simple fences. There are over thirty horses being thrown there. A horse that Kiel had as promised. Thirty animals are by no means a large number, but they can be said to be sufficient for the purpose of messenger. Of course, this is the result of Keel's adjustment.

And keels aren't just horses. There were about twenty soldiers serving as messengers. Even though soldiers, every face is young. They are just as old as Lion.

This is also intentional. Kiel thought he would leave his relationship with Lion to the next generation. Regardless of their inherited ambitions, they wanted to know what they felt when they saw Lion and what they wanted to do as a result.

There is also a calculation that it is easier to understand than those who have already formed a groove.

But this countdown has been a bit stumbling from the beginning.

"Eriel, relax more. If you're nervous, you'll quickly get tired."

"Eh, yeah"

Horse riding training. Airiel said he wanted to do it too. Certainly, it is better for Airiel to ride a horse. Rion accepted without hesitation and brought him here.

"The reins are easier. If you pull suddenly, the horse will be surprised."

"I understand."

At this point, when Riel's horse riding training begins, Rion is still irritated.

"Well, do you need to ride to teach a horse?"

Rion asked Kiel standing next to her. The man teaching teaches closely, as if hugging Eriel from behind. That's what Leon doesn't like.

"Well, I'm worried about falling off, so I need to support it from behind."

"... isn't it too close?"

"No, I can't support you if you leave a pause ..."

Kiel is making excuses hard. After all, his son, Mercury Brow, is irritating Rion.

"……Really"

Keel's description is not a complete jumble. I can't complain because Leon knows it. Then there is no chance to stop the frustration.

"So, I'll tell you?"

"Hmm?"

The voice I heard from behind was a female voice. There can be no other women here than Airiel.

Looking back at someone, Leon looked back and found a woman of around the same age as Leon.

"Nice to meet you, Lord. I'm Venus Weiss. I'm the maid of Eriel."

"... I don't remember hiring?"

"Now, say hire now."

"why?"

"Is she the same woman who teaches Eriel to ride?"

"hire"

It was a wonderful proposal that exploited Rion's weaknesses.

"Then, it's decided. First, I'll knock the idiot Mercury off the horse."

"Oh, leave it."

"No, no, Lord?"

It is his son who is knocked down. Keel hurriedly interrupted.

"What?"

"Isn't it okay to just change instead of hitting me?"

"... isn't that interesting?"

"It doesn't have to be funny. Venus, you don't say anything crazy."

"Yeah. Well then, we'll take turns."

"Oh, I'll ask you."

Venus leaves the place. He said that he would take turns, but he was arguing with Mercury somewhere else. Whether they are good or bad, anyway, they can have a quarrel.

"Are you OK?"

"Is it hiring that child?"

"Yes"

"That's what I hear. Is this the Bandu Six Party?"

It is clear that Venus, who has Weiss's last name, is an official of the White Party. Rion thinks she is the daughter of the party leader, Ruge. In fact.

The situation seems to be that the blue and white parties are acting independently, not as six parties. Rion is asking Kiel for it.

"I don't know if it's a good thing now, but I think it's a good opportunity to think about the future of Bandhu. Do you want to keep your past or find a new way to live?"

"Well, well, I'm not eligible to say anything about it."

"Is it a lord?"

Keel doesn't want the situation to be lined, as Rion says. I want a new way to live, following Lion, in a direction that enriches Bandeau.

"Just because you're a lord now doesn't mean that it's always the case. At least I'm a marginalist here. I don't know what the people here have accumulated all the time."

The resentment of the kingdom of the people of this land is different from that of Rion. I didn't use the word grudge, but Leon says:

"That's why the Lord can be a trigger for reviewing the past."

"... I see. That lord."

"Yes. What?"

"Stop it because it's tickling."

"Huh?"

"So, if you call me the Lord, it's kind of embarrassing, so change it to another. It's okay, Rion or Frey. Oh, no baron. I don't like that."

Rion has always been called with honorifics. I didn't want to be able to attach anything, because I felt uncomfortable. I didn't accept it silently because it wasn't just a disgusting relationship.

In Rion, the distance from Keel was slightly reduced.

"... Miyagata-sama"

"Mr?"

"...... good"

"So I don't need you"

"..."

"It looks like a fool"

"... I can't think of anything more."

"Well, think about it. Well, don't look, do I practice?"

Originally, it was horse riding training that I asked for because I wanted to be good. Rion also decided to start practicing. Indeed, there is no need to learn with a person on the back, as with Eriel. I came here from the royal capital by horse. You can get on as it is.

Rion jumped over and jumped over the horse. It looked like a self-taught, rather aggressive ride, but the movement of the horse on it was strange and smooth, and the keel was amazing.

"This is ... I can't be taught by Mercury."

In Mercury, you can only teach in a traditional way. Then, Keel felt as if it would ruin Rion's equestrian movement.

Eventually, Kiel will be the master of Rion's horse. And also about the sword. After this day, Keel began to take a step back from political affairs and became a teacher of Lion.

◇◇◇

Meeting in a conference room. With the number of policies in motion, Rion decided to hold regular plenary sessions. This is because individual meetings made it difficult to grasp the effects on others.

At the conference desk, sovereign officials are sitting together.

The left side is the Bandu party, and the right side is the former Kingdom Academy student.

"Mercury. Why are you here?"

Cassis asked Mercury sitting diagonally forward.

"As a guard of Leon."

"It's Konoe?"

“Yes.

"... What happened to Keel?"

Cassis was new to Mercury. I tried to question the keel, but the keel isn't here.

"My dad says he's not good at politics. He's going to focus on the work of the military now."

"What did you say?"

"I don't have a job title."

"... Venus?"

It's not just Mercury that has joined the scene. Venus was sitting next to it.

"what?"

"Why are you here?"

"Because I'm an Eriel-like guardian maid"

"A guardian maid?"

"My job is to take care of and protect Aeriel's personal life."

Naturally, this is the first time Cassis is new. By the way, Rion is also new to him, but he doesn't say anything because the next Airiel smiles happily.

"... What about Liju?"

"I don't think your head is allowed to come here?"

"Head?"

Lyon responded to Liju's reply.

"Even my mother, my clan's order is tight. That's our way."

"No, I understand it somehow, but is the language different?"

"... the details aren't good"

Leon also knew that Venus's language was not a clan's convention.

"Now, we're about to start a meeting, but can we consider the other person to be a relative?"

Cassis has a keen face without understanding the meaning of Rion's words. It is the same for others. Only one responded.

"……immature"

Black party Bravod alone.

"Is it relatives? It is better not to get close to anyone who can use magic if you keep them in a safe place. You will notice that you can not turn off the sign too much."

The spirit does not speak of Rion. If you say that, you have to explain the spirit. Not only is it difficult to explain, but he doesn't want to be suspicious of his identity because he misunderstood his knowledge of another world.

"It is immature"

"Can it be erased ... I see, it's really different from a bandit."

The spirit can hide the sign. Although this fact is of great interest to Rion, he has stopped asking for details. At least because I know it's not something I talk about here.

"Original is the same"

"... Is it a former bandit?"

"Consent"

"... It's quiet, meaning that a group that was once a bandit has honed its skills and turned into a group of men."

"Consent"

As Rion guessed, the Black Party was once a bandit. But one day they noticed. It's more money to steal and sell information than to steal money. When they knew it, they stopped working as bandits and were reborn as money-stealing groups.

The White Party is similar. The White Party was a wanderer with no settlement. They were getting the food for their lives by selling art and color. And he noticed as well as the Black Party. That the information obtained in each place is valuable. The story that I heard in the pillow talk about color things is information that is surprisingly valuable.

Then, the two groups became each other's skater groups, got to know each other as peers and cooperated with nature. They chose to work together, taking advantage of their different strengths rather than crushing them against the hostile.

The two parties, black and white, did not have any ancestors in Bandhu, but only settled on their homeland in favor of having no particular ruler here.

"The story has derailed. If it's relatives, let's start talking without worrying."

Although disguised as a blank expression, Bravod is quite surprised at the heart of these words. Bravod received the words of Rion, which seemed merely incoherent, as proof of credit. In order for information to be used, it must be trusted by the other party. However, few trust the existence of a man. Rion thought he might be one of those precious.

"Jean"

Rion couldn't notice Bravod's inner surprise, and he started the meeting normally.

"Oh, the construction of the highways is almost complete, except in the mountains near the border.

"After all, how many garrisons are there?"

"There are four manned garrisons and four unmanned shelters as well."

"Do you have that much?

"The shelter was just surrounded by a sturdy fence anyway. I just prepared a place to escape. After that, I regularly look around from the garrisons. Both come out at the same time and meet at the shelter. If you don't look around from one side, something has happened.

"... Good. It's considered good."

"It's natural. All you have to do is maintain the highways in the mountains. Are you ready for garrison formation and dispatch?"

"How far has the unit formation advanced?"

Rion's question turned to Cassis. Cassis is responsible for the entire territorial army. First of all.

"We are working on the formation of the third team. It will be completed soon."

"Then, send the first team right away. Prepare today and leave tomorrow."

"tomorrow?"

"I'm ready to bring food to the garrison. I've got my armor. I just send it with my troops."

"... Huh"

Although he can lead his troops, he is not good at military administration. This is the weakness of the Band ド ゥ party. Because there are no civilians even if there are warriors.

"How about coordination with the neighboring kingdoms of Okus and Hashiu?"

"The cooperation of the Border Security was very consent. It seemed great to actually show the monsters, and it was a good impression that this danger was immediately communicated."

The answer to Leon's question is Septo. He is also a graduate of Kingdom Academy.

"Specifically, what kind of security system do you take?"

"Same as here. Place a garrison and shelter. Responsibilities are commonplace, but border points. So is to look around from both sides."

"Did you explain this way?"

"Isn't it bad? I just thought that getting the trust of the other party was my priority now."

"No, it's okay. If you don't hide it, and you trust it, it's a great help."

It is a good situation to say that there was no relationship with the neighboring country, but it is not a person who is sincerely favoring the kingdom, and it seems that Bandou's past bad reputation has arrived, so the impression is not very good. Rion wants to turn this into something positive. There are many things you want to cooperate with, such as trade.

"The security in the territory is only operational after the formation of the troops. Isn't the maintenance of demon measures first completed?"

"Roughly. The rest is just to address the issues that come up in operation."

"I see. Then, about the original measures."

"The selection of the clearing land has been completed. The work is already underway. Originally, it seems that the area suitable for cultivation has been cleared, and the harvest is expected earlier than expected. However, the development of the waterway is still necessary. At the same time, the expansion of arable land "

Around the abandoned fort as arable land. The change is going much better than Lyon and others have envisioned. Those who lived in the fort as bandits also practiced cultivation. It was the role of Lions to use that as a territory and invest in crowds and funds to bring them into full swing.

"How is the sewer and the garbage disposal plant improved?"

"Wait a little longer. I know you need it, but I still don't know what to do. Can't you drain all the dirty water into the nearby river?"

"Of course. Then the whole territory is polluted."

"Create and manage a few places to accumulate, where to go, and then people."

"People need to use felony. It's not hard work, but it's a job nobody wants to do. It's a heavy punishment."

"I see. I'll do that."

Maintenance of sewerage is to prevent outbreak of plague. I know that it is necessary, but there is no specific way to know Leon.

Still, Leon wanted to do it. The treatment of sewage and garbage is because Ryo's will is a strong desire. Ryo, a modern man, can't stand the environment where filth rolls down the road.

The devastated land of Bandhu, despite the stumbling block of monsters, was steadily on the path to reconstruction.

◇◇◇

After a busy day, Rion's resting time is with Eriel. It is a refreshment of Rion's heart to talk at will, without any particular decision, after the end of the fellowship, without any particular decision, but today's Rion does not need to talk, his mind is It was pure white.

"Is it comfortable?"

Aeriel asks gladly to Rion, who is gazing dimly on the bed.

"... Eriel's mouth shouts me when such words come out."

"Yes, but how was it?"

By all means, Eriel seems to want to hear what Leon has to say.

"It was ... really good."

"Is it true? That was good."

"But why suddenly?"

It is welcome to have a good night's life with Aeriel, but Rion is confused by suddenly behaving like a marquis daughter.

"I have a teacher too."

"What is a master?"

"Rouget Weiss"

"... what is it?"

Rion feels anxious about the story proceeding in a place he does not know at all.

"Oh, I'm determined. I'll learn a technology that pleases Leon."

"that's……"

From time to time, Rion couldn't understand what Aeriel was thinking.

"It was much more fun to watch Rion writhing than to tap on my cheek."

This is not to please the opponent, but to say that they are teasing. After all, Aeriel likes to oppress Rion. I think it is my own privilege.

"Aeriel, it's not a skill that ordinary people learn."

"But Rion said he was comfortable, and he learned more than just the skills."

"Other?"

"How to prevent children"

"Ah……"

A surprise voice leaks out of Rion's mouth. No way, as far as I could, I did not think that Eriel had noticed that she was concerned about contraception.

"It's not perfect, but it's unlikely to be possible."

"... Aeriel. I don't mean I don't want kids with Aeriel."

"I know. Until the end is over. I feel the same."

"Really……"

Rion thought he couldn't raise and raise a child who couldn't know when he would lose his life and could be a weak point. This idea was also balky to Aeriel.

The White Party, who obtains information using women's weapons, had knowledge of contraception. Of course, it's not perfect, but it's better than nothing. With that in mind, Eriel decided to place Liju as a teacher.

Liju, who has proposed this, sees that Lions have some ambition, a difficult ambition that no child can have.

I was off guard, thinking it was a frontier. Rion thought so and decided to tighten her mind. However, no matter how remote or out of bounds, Rion's behavior can be spotted.

This world. The world starts moving slowly. To make the ending of the story gorgeous.

◇◇◇

It is not just the Lions who are taking countermeasures, knowing the appearance of the demon. Naturally, the kingdom also knew information about the appearance of the demon, and was wondering how to deal with it.

"Evil sightings are spread over a fairly wide area of the kingdom."

An intelligence officer in the Ministry of Home Affairs, who is responsible for intelligence gathering and analysis inside the kingdom, has begun reporting to the king about monsters.

"What's the damage?"

"It's not so much right now. The haunting spots are mostly in the mountains and woods near the border, and the contact is limited."

"Near the border. Where is the border?"

"East, west, north and south. Almost everything."

"... in other words, is it unlikely that it is a conspiracy of some country?"

The King, who heard this from the Intelligence Service, was considering the possibility of conspiracy in another country. I knew it wasn't, and instead let me know what to do with this.

"Yes. If all the surrounding nations had formed a coalition, they would move the army at once without using monsters."

"Oh, yeah."

The king knows about this much. However, it is easier to accept a situation where another country has a mastermind. If an unknown entity, such as a demon, suddenly hits the kingdom, it is difficult to tell what it is.

"There is no human damage at the moment, but it may have a trade impact in the future."

"what?"

"There are no merchants approaching the border where monsters infest. There is no impact on domestic distribution, but trade with other countries will definitely stop."

"Immediately calculate the amount of damage. How do you make up for the missing tax?"

If you can't get it from a merchant, you just get it from another place. The king's remarks have increased the burden on the people.

"But where did it come from?"

"Some local lords have reported interesting reports about it."

"Interesting?"

"The demons are being sent by transfer magic. There must be a man behind the demons."

"Transition magic, is there something like that?"

Transfer magic is not in the king's knowledge. If such magic existed, the way war should have changed greatly.

"A magic circle has also been sent to the place where the monster was infested. The mages are analyzing that they are missing, but logically fit."

"A complete analysis?"

As a king, it's the place where you care about transfer magic, or more than worries about monsters.

"It's difficult, right now. We're currently searching for monster sightings to find a complete magic circle."

"Yes. It's more valuable than interesting. Which local lord?"

"I'm Baron Frey of Bandeau."

"What did you say?"

"And the land of Bandhu is now considered the first place where monsters appear."

"How was Bandou attacked by demons?"

The poor are already recognized by the king. I was really worried about what was going on with the demon.

"No damage. It was reported that he had been encountered in the mountains and was destroyed on the spot. No sightings have been sent since."

"I see ... annihilation, and gathering information, reporting. I don't think it's over."

"that is?"

"No, I'm alone now. Continue reporting."

Rion is not the person who reports and just waits for instructions from the kingdom. The king thinks so. Find an opportunity and call the royal capital to hear the story. The king decided in his heart:

Rion, who had been waiting for the end of the stage, was forced to drag him to the stage. The world has perceived Rion as an important character needed for the story.