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"If you treat a soldier like a loved one, he will fight with you for his life."

Return journey from Maeabadal territory.

In the swaying carriage, the young knight said that it was pathetic that he could not calm down and eat. When he ate white bread with dried meat in between, the Duke of Sarsus, his lord, suddenly uttered such words.

"... is that a motto or something that goes to the Duke's house?"

I don't know what the reason for that is, but I can't ignore the word of the Lord. The young knight who swallowed the white bread in a hurry gave it back... The Duke of Sarsus who was staring at the rock salt in his hand nodded and returned his words.

"That's what my grandfather used to say.

... the Dogmen who served Diaz, the Little Dogmen like that, somehow choose their servants with intuition, not money, not power.

If the opponent is selected by intuition, even if it is not rewarded at all, it shows surprising loyalty, and if the opponent is not selected by itself, even if it is piled with gold like a mountain, it does not even return words.

And because of their tremendous loyalty, most people end up using it without rewarding the Dogmen... and when it's over, they just leave without saying anything.

I don't know how long the Dogmen who served under Diaz have been working there, but if you were to get used to it, you'd probably be working there for six months or a year.

Still, they're smiling, doing their own work... and it seems that Diaz treats them like he loves them. ”

"... the more..."

At the end of the war, Diaz had a lot left... it seems that he shared the military funds and supplies he had saved with his fellow volunteers equally, and he must have been a good general around here. "

"Those who succeed, who do not seek honor, who fail, who do not fear sin, who merely wish for the peace of the nation, and seek to benefit the king, are the treasure of the nation."

"Is that what your grandfather said?"

"No, it's my father.

Diaz was a man who had never asked for anything even if he became a hero of national salvation, and when he was imprisoned, he had no resistance or excuses.

In the first place, I became a volunteer because I wished for the peace of the nation...... and now you have prepared a good quality rock salt for your emperor. "

Having said that, Duke Sarshus drew the rock salt in his hand closer to his face and began to stare at it from a distance that seemed like he was about to lick it.

"Rock salt...?"

... oh, so the fishery continues to be abundant in His Majesty's territory, but there's not enough salt to make it a salt fish.

There's not much wood around here to boil salt from the sea water... oh, I see, that's why Diaz prepared fine rock salt for His Majesty that doesn't need to be boiled... "

The young knight, while saying so himself, was surprised to see that such a thing was happening.

Nowadays, no matter where in the country the nobles are looking at the prince and the princess, who will be the next king. Anything that tries to look at the king is equal to nothing.

In such a situation, it is unlikely that Diaz, a civilian who should be far from loyalty and righteousness, is trying to demonstrate loyalty to the king...

"There were rumors that Diaz was with Richard's faction, but it looks different."

The faction that wants to support His Majesty… No, the faction that wants to support the nation.

... but I'm sure Diaz will be loyal to his people for the sake of their peace, no matter who becomes king.

His Majesty is the one who manages the production area and delights the salt fish by going to the market...... the people who get it cheaply and enrich the table.

... it will take a lot of time to carry the rock salt from here to the territory directly under your jurisdiction, but if there is any information that the rock salt will still travel, those who have stored the salt and rock salt will be desperate to throw out their inventory in anticipation of a spike in the future.

Salt itself is indispensable to life... is it all for the sake of the peace of the nation, for the sake of the people? "

Having said that, Duke Sarshus gently put the rock salt in his hand... and wrapped it back in the white cloth he had placed next to him... and then took out one of the Wind Dragon's heads and drew it close to his face like the rock salt he had just now.

"It is very frustrating that the newcomer's duke would try to make me serve as a propagandist, but I can't say that if I had enough reward prepared.

... what kind of a magic realm is that place where you can give up all three of these things without any hesitation? "

The young knight did not miss the loosening of his cheeks, saying that he was hungry.

The Duke can't be wrong about Diaz, who is the opponent who has saved the territory, the embodiment of the motto left by his grandfather and father, and who is still a hero of national salvation. Rather, his liking has increased this time.

To repay my gratitude, the gold bricks I prepared with a little mischievous heart attached to them seemed to show that they were supposed to show off the difference compared to the objects in front of me... even that little sense of defeat would have seemed reliable to the duke nowadays.

"As long as I have a little more ambition..."

Having heard the words, the young knight pale his face.

What if Diaz had a little more ambition?

It shouldn't have to be ambitious for a loyal minister who wishes for the peace of the nation... don't say too many things, and the young knight wipes the sweat floating on his forehead while muttering such a thing in his heart.

"It is good to say that the origins and so on were fallen, but it is good to have the subordinates assist in the part where there is not enough learning.

If only I had the ambition to go even higher... oh, it's a pity.It's a real shame. "

"Duke, that's enough for fun..."

Whether to say it or not, when the young knight said it from time to time, the Duke of Sarsus smiled indescribably.

I can take that smile anyway, like I'm making fun of the young knight, or even mocking myself, and the young knight is embarrassed about what to say.

"My grandfather and my father used to talk about what kind of generals were famous, but they didn't talk about what kind of king was a good king.

I don't think the current emperor would have a problem in peacetime... but I don't think so.

At least that looks better when it comes to raising children... the same goes for the guild, but I hear that the twins they brought into Mahathi territory were also very powerful.

If you are good at raising children like that, you won't have to fight with the faction to succeed you. "

Young knights who have been able to repeat such words where they are in trouble, give up saying that this is out of their control and decide that it should be okay because it is in a carriage without others.

Then the young knight remembered the taste of bread and dried meat he had just drunk... Lord Mayabadal seemed to have a lot of attention to his food, and those dogs and humans must have had a delicious meal... "I thought in the shaking carriage.