Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

Even after the tally is done, Zwei still has a lot of work to do. Recount the contents of the national treasury and calculate the rearrangeable territory. Mines, forests, confirmation of fields, etc., are important sources of income for each territory.... I had to figure out a specific reward to fit into the distribution list of rewards calculated by Julia.

Zwei was trying to aggregate what should be called the "value of the nation's assets", which is why Julia is not here today. Mid Eden, though a friendly country, could not know what to call the country's shame. You--,

"Well, it must be a leak...."

--It didn't seem very meaningful to Zwei, who had just seen a glimpse of the intelligence-gathering capabilities of the Mid-Eden Intelligence Agency.

And one more thing. There is a reason Julia and the others did not participate in the asset value calculation. Because the story was simple, there were only a large number of people to investigate, and it was not difficult from the viewpoint of man-sea tactics. Moreover, it is only a matter of time before the assets are calculated by adding and subtracting the aggregate information coming from the lords and tax collectors of each territory. That was supposed to happen.

But reality is heartless. After completing the heaviest task, the reward splitting list, Tswei was shocked when he decided to keep an eye on his men's work.

"Mr. Zwei! This is a list of taxes collected last year....."

"Ah, there's a big difference between pre-war and post-war, so you can't use it? Think about it in terms of the presence or absence of battle--"

"No, it's not. Actually... I can't find it."

"Can't find it...? What's wrong with you?

"... a list of all taxes collected up to last fiscal year. Perhaps it was brought to the attention of the ecclesians in the confusion during the war or burned down....."

Zwei became white. The inside of my head and the actual appearance became pure white. Well, she was originally white because she was a snowwoman, but it was bleached even more, and her presence seemed to have become scarce just to melt into the scenery on the spot. Until then, the loss of the tax collection list was shocking.

Because without a tax list, the value of assets held by the state cannot be calculated in the first place. A minimum of one year to be calculated tentatively. Calculating accurate values requires an average amount over several years, such as crop yields and ore mining, so it takes about five years.

"Now, instruct everyone to send a copy of last year's tax collection list!

"Yes, it has already been notified, but it seems that each territory has been lost one after the other while it was occupied by Ecleria, and less than 10% of the territory can be submitted immediately."

"So, you're saying you can't decide on a reward right away...?

"Unfortunately...."

Having heard the words of his men, Zwei turned to heaven without thinking. Whatever I could think of, I didn't think of anything. Yes, nothing.

But the fact also gave her hope in a way.

"Fufu...."

…………

"Fuhahahaha!

"Mr. Tsuwai?

"That means you don't have to tally each territory until you're done tallying it! No, no, thank you, everyone. Say hello again in a year.

Currently, no matter how good an aggregation team works, aggregation does not end physically. In that case, you don't have to work early in the morning and late in the evening as you do every day, so why don't you take about a year from now to proceed with the calculation slowly... The heart of Zwei, who gained the name of the disappearance of the materials by the ecclesians, was clear for the first time in a long time.

... but before her, the devil —— no angel —— no succubus comes again.

"Oh, I wanted to. Master Zwei, we found a large number of documents in the transport truck of the captured Ecleria, so I will give them to Master Zwei. At first, I was worried about who to give it to, but based on the contents, it was tax related material, so I decided it was appropriate to give it to Tswei."

"... heh...?

"But it's a little incomplete. Though detailed figures have been compiled, there are no documents summarizing the totals...."

"Hyi?!

"Ah, but I'm glad I just had to calculate it. Five years, I think."

"Chin."

At that moment, Zwei stopped thinking. Just before she stopped thinking, it seemed like she was thinking about this.... I wonder if it would be easier for us to leave everything to Julia.