Ashes and Kingdoms

"Well, that's settled for the plumbing of the water. Is there anything else we can do? If it's not a rush project, I'll turn it around next week and finish today. It's past noon, and everyone will be hungry."

Oandus looks around together. One of them raised his hand and caught it thinking it was the same.

"All right, then this closes the meeting! Good luck."

More than ten senators also smile and take their seats at the chairman, who sneered and breaded his hands. Finn also raised his hips from his end seat and stretched out a lot. And I smile bitterly at a brunette with her neck and shoulders spinning as well on the side.

"Good day, Mr. Orsina. Aren't you bored?

"No way," the woman laughed and stood up, tapping Finn's arm lightly. "It's so much fun compared to the City Council in Winnea. As much as I want to show my husband."

Sir, they say, Finn silences with an ambiguous face. Because I know Orsina's husband was a former Winnean councillor and died on business trips.

Robberies and assaults were rife in Winnea in the meantime because Dilgius took almost all of his legions out to the mountains. Orsina's husband was also one of its victims, at the unexpected end of the day when he was stabbed to death by a robber on Daytime Boulevard. Orsina, who felt in danger, evacuated to an acquaintance house in Comrith, where he heard rumors of the dragon march and later came to Nanaith.

Seeing Finn's care, Orsina smiled bitterly, but dared to keep it bright.

"Only once, a lot of coincidences overlapped and I got a peek at Congress, but, Ben, that was terrible. Can you believe it? We're not discussing what to do." What you're saying is rude now, correct it and apologize, "or catch the word butt and take a fried leg, or make it difficult to figure out what exactly the statement is aimed at right now in the first place. That's all. I thought I'd finally cleared it up, and now I'm going to go over the order in which the senators spoke - because the proposal is going to be submitted very seriously. You didn't say a word."

Orsina spread her hands and also laughed at Oandus, who came to hear the story.

"In that regard, Congress here is constructive, so I'm not tired of it. The problems to be solved are clear, and everyone is focusing on them. There's no fool who just kettles on other people's suggestions. I know it's because of the small number of people, but it's more of a neighborhood neighborhood neighborhood neighborhood than a parliament. Mr. Oandus is good at summing up opinions, and I can see that Nanais has become so decent in three years."

"Thanks for this."

Oandus frightens. "Give me a compliment," Orsina said, looking up at the blackboard behind the stage. It miraculously came out of the ruins of the orphanage almost intact.

"That's useful, too. That's a good idea."

Then the young man who was listening to the interaction in the wall seat pinched his mouth.

"Thanks to you, I'm here."

Crisp and busy moving the pen because it sums up what's going on today. In Winnea and in the cities of the country, the contents of the congress shall be recorded and cleared by specialist shorthand correspondents and posted in the square. But of course Nanais doesn't have that kind of talent, and he can't afford the finances enough to hire from his home country.

Therefore, while proceeding with the proceedings, Oandus tabled the main points, and the secretary took notes on the wax board with the secretary, which later became a way of dating the two to produce documents for recording and posting. Oandus' board book is well received by the senators as easy to grasp the main points. Finn was just a little good with it.

"My uncle was good at summarizing the main points and explaining them to people."

"Oh, come on. You don't need flattery in there."

Praised Oandus seems to smell, poking his fins lightly. Orsina was smiling at those two.

But the soothing air was that far.

"Excuse me.... Hey, Brother Finn, Mr. Oandus!

Finn also changes his expression slightly to Mac's nervous voice as he rushes in. Mac gave a gentle toast to the other faces that were indoors before rushing over and whispering.

"He said a new auditor is coming. And from the street!

"No way!"

Mac shook his head with a sinister face to Finn, who accidentally raised his insane voice.

"I thought so too, but it was true. I was sick and tired of the army soldiers I touched earlier. He insisted on going down the street, even though it would be much safer if we kept it on the boat. So, the roads, what's with the lodging station being left rough, or there's no maintenance, Gamigami Gamigami. They were only quiet during the night, though. Sleep Alone Without a Watch"

"... sounds like a troublesome Mitsuhei"

Oandus roars and Finn holds between his eyebrows. Oandus slapped Pong and his son on the shoulder.

"Until now, I've left it up to you, but this time I'll come with you. Mac, just in case, keep it down. If me or Phineas is about to explode, you're not gonna make it."

"Are you asking me to do that?

I don't know, and Mac just goes away. Oandus tried, then shook his head to change his mood and looked down at his jacket with white ink powder.

"Then why don't you go home and get dressed? Let's go to the office later. Hurry up and put something in your stomach."

"Okay."

Finn also nods and asks the secretary and Orsina to clean up later and leave the conference room. While walking down the hallway, Mac leaked a heavily cared for voice.

"I thought I shouldn't just make up my mind about hearing rumors again, but thank you. In fact, that sounds like a hassle. Brother, what do we do?

"I don't care what you do or do... you'll have to put up with it so you can get home in peace somehow"

Finn also enters the office with a bad feeling, pulling an empty cloth out of the corner storage and wrapping it around him. Mac gave me a hand and fixed me up a little bit.

"Lord Islev is from the north, so he was too kind. I've always been sweet about it, but I'm going to have to be serious about the way I deal with my own country."

"I hope that's all we need to talk about."

To Mac, who was somewhat pessimistic at some point, Finn felt somewhat surprised, but met the legion soldiers who were in the reception room and the doubts were iced away.

"Long time no see, my lord"

The Legion soldier I touched earlier was a young man who had faced each other several times in Winnea. After a proper salute, he continued more squeamish than necessary.

"We have a message from Commander Ancius." The auditor, Lord Simulus, is revealed at a leading gate in the country. I would like to ask you to be very careful so that there are no rough phases. Unlike our legions, you know that if you were a dragon warrior, you would be able to respond with accommodation. "

"... I did accept"

Finn nodded with a complex face and returned a salute. The hidden intention behind the words drifts in thin shades, whispering in his ear. If there's a gap, knock him into the sea of Nanais. That means not so long ago, the auditor hated Winnea's face and pulled it out.

Mac seems to have heard the situation first, concealing his inner mind and pretending to be calm, pointing toward the day after tomorrow. Sure, it's something I'd be pessimistic to be told so far.

After seeing that they definitely understood, the soldier took a resting position and gave a lenient grin.

"The auditors are greatly dissatisfied with the current situation in the north. Yeah. You're gonna make all the unscrupulous demands of doing this, but you don't have to take everything right. The commander and the city council of Winnea threw the keys early."

"Really?... Well, I guess we should be glad that we've been appointed more than unmotivated auditors."

What do you say?

The soldier became tanned. They've already pioneered it on this road. But he said quickly to get back on his mind.

"That's right, I'm surprised. I heard rumors, but I didn't know there really was no city wall. Lord Simulus must have been calling Ghanjan first. You should have a convincing answer. Otherwise, I may order you to rebuild the walls now and take you to the stone cutter yourself. Well, even if we're ordered to, we refuse."

"It would be bad if the legions disobeyed their own auditors."

Seriously, Finn said, the soldier did.

"That's it there. The Legion has a long tradition. I've been told a lot of things."

Mac smiles at the loose ends, and Finn loosens his expression too. Whatever the auditors were, it was reliable to have allies among the legions. Finn said with a little ease.

"Whatever it is, Nanais is a clean autonomous city. There is no obligation to follow the orders of the auditors other than those relating to taxes or the enforcement of the law, as determined in the home country. If you're going to go through a sidecar, I'll say no."

"Your Excellency has the trust of the Eighth Legion of Winnea and the Tenth Legion of Comris, and His Majesty the Emperor. They will have to pull in, too. But please don't ruin his face too much."

After receiving the soldier's answer, Finn nodded with a heartfelt grin that he would have been such a big man.