Hakai no Miko

Seven of the ten Commissioners, Cornelius, visited the mansion of Menahem, where the Ethereal Horse was located.

"Again, this is a lot quicker for a new guest."

Menahem, who appeared in their response, first exchanged a brief greeting before cutting out so.

Isn't it rude to want to say hello to visitors all the way down the road soon after taking a breath? Cornelius smiles back to Menahem, who tries to make it smell extraneous and say no to the warm greeting to the pale horse.

"It would be against my gratitude not to have to say a word of greeting as a ten-member commissioner, even though I have been pushing customers. Besides, if you think you've saved us the trouble of saying hello from the other side, I'm glad."

I didn't just explicitly declare that it was only Menahem personally who invited the Ethereal Horse, and for us it was just a guest who pushed us on our own. He has taken the lead against Menahem, who was about to introduce the Ethereal Horse as a guest at a meeting of ten commissioners, saying it was not necessary.

"You must be rude with the customers you've pushed. This is an important guest I invited. I intend to formally introduce the brothers of the ten Commissioners at a later meeting."

I'll introduce you later, so go home.

"Ha, ha. Lord Menahem, you shouldn't be spared. Speaking of the Son of Destruction, he is now a whirlpool figure in the West End. Just a glance, so I'd like to meet you."

Son of Destruction is an unwanted source of commotion. Did you want to create a fait accompli between such a guy and us that you suspected some sort of compromise had been made? Just get the son of a bitch out of here.

The Ethereal Horse and Joash watched from the shadows how the two used far-fetched rhetoric to interact with the ticks.

"My father and I are dealing now with Lord Cornelius."

"Did he..."

The Ethereal Horse also heard about Cornelius.

I hear that if you let them handle precious metals, they are also the best in the West Side. His biggest trading partner is Holmeer, which boasts one of the best mining volumes in the West Side. You can't just undermine the mood of that business partner. By declaring the abolition of slavery in the Ethereal Horse, he said that he had suffered a huge loss due to the fact that slaves could no longer be used in the workforce carrying the huge chunks of copper he had bought to Jeboa.

Next, it is Jacob, the dealer, who is frustrated behind that Cornelius. He is a profitable trader who brings rare goods from abroad to the royal nobility of the Holmeer kingdom. The reason for disliking the Ethereal Horse is similar to Cornelius, but Jacob, the seller, says he cares even more about the mood of the Holmeer nation.

In a similar situation to this Jacob is Judah. Judas, who profits from the manufacture and sale of liquor made from quality grapes that can be picked around Jeboa, said he was in the process of expanding his sales channels to the royal nobility of Holmea over the past few years. For this reason, we cannot undermine the mood of the Holmeer nation more than Jacob.

According to Joash, these three are the ones who clearly take a stand against improving their relationship with the Ethereal Horse. The other four were those who, as a result of scaling Cornelius and the others and the Ethereal Horse, were showing passive opposition. For this reason, it seems to be uncomfortable with Menahem.

Menahem and Cornelius did so with a smile, even while Joash was explaining those things. However, Cornelius finally presses Menahem to make a decision in a situation that has never been clear.

"If you can't let me see you, I can't help it. It's not free for us. I'm so sorry to hear you've been sewing between busy times."

You said no first. The next time you say you want to say hello, this is an ultimatum because you say you are busy and say no.

As for Menahem, I wanted to call and introduce the Ethereal Horse to the meeting after rooting for the other ten Commissioners. But don't let this happen. Let the servant, who had refrained by his side, go and call on the Ethereal Horse, who would be watching the present exchange from the shadows.

When the pale horse appeared on the spot, accompanied by one Shemr, Cornelius and others slightly bothered.

Cornelius just frowned, but Jacob has an obvious expression of contempt, and Judah looks puzzled. That was because the appearance of the Ethereal Horse I saw for the first time did not appear to be the person who did the great thing of fanning the slightest Zoan and the slaves to fly an anti-flag against the Holmeer country.

Nice to meet you. I'm Aoima Kizaki.

First, when the Ethereal Horse introduces himself, Cornelius returns his greetings on behalf of everyone.

"Welcome to Jeboa. - But from the city of Bornis, which has developed remarkably today, there will be nothing to see but peace, such as this city."

The intention of Cornelius, who gently emphasises the part that there is nothing to see but peace, is the restraint of not bringing in unwanted disturbances and the pressure of leaving the city quickly.

But the Ethereal Horse shook his neck to the side as outrageous.

"It's full of interesting stuff. For example -"

The Ethereal Horse counts fingerfolds and lists what he saw in the city and learned to be of interest. Besides, it's bad for the people who say it in vegetables. Cornelius, who was about to read behind the words, is simply baffled by the ethereal horse who speaks happily.

"No, well, that... I'm glad you value Jeboa so much"

When Cornelius coughs up one thing and gets back on his mind, he just can't wait to get things going again, all at once.

"So, what was your purpose in being in Jeboa?

The Ethereal Horse, who was still excited about the exotic city of Jeboa he visited on his first trip since falling into this world, finally pulls his mind together.

"My purpose is to be friendly."

Cornelius can tell the answer of the Ethereal Horse that this is another big one.

"For any ship, the port of Jeboa is always open"

Cornelius said he saw the ship and the harbor as the door to Jeboa's friendship was always open, so all he had to do was walk over. Lose it and the Ethereal Horse does it again.

"If we could lay our hands on each other, we wouldn't be happier."

The merchants of the region offered their palms upwards during the trade talks, and when they lay their hands on it and shook each other, the business talks would have been concluded. But we can't do that without giving each other our hands. Not only did the Ethereal Horse seek concessions from Jeboah's side.

It is an achievement that, over the past few years, we have learned the basis of negotiations by Eladia and Joash.

Even afterwards, Ethereal Horse, who wanted to enter into a non-interference agreement for Jeboa in advance of a full-scale battle with the Holmeer State, and Cornelius, who wanted to attach the withdrawal of the declaration of abolition of slavery and the privileges of Jeboa merchants, continued their verbal recompense in an attempt to elicit the words of their opponents' silences and concessions from each other.

The content is very different from when Joash first met him. That's why Cornelius' attacker was easy to anticipate and the response was easy, but the Ethereal Horse was somewhat fed up with the repetition of the same thing.

But it was Jacob who reached the limit of patience before the Ethereal Horse.

"I want you to stop! Why should I waste my precious time for the head of a bandit who tries to humiliate his country with such slavery!

It's all Menahem or Cornelius is a frowning tantrum too.

He scolded his opponent, who was still in charge of one force. It's a disrespectful act to be asked to make some kind of concession as an apology for all the withdrawals of remarks and if it doesn't go through - they won't even quit exercising force.

But if the situation in the Ethereal Horse is now one of pressing relations with the Holmeer country, does Jacob further say that it is absolutely impossible to tread?

"Still, it stinks here. It smells like a livestock shed. I hope it's over soon."

Obviously, it is a belly that seeks to break negotiations.

The Ethereal Horse only laughed bitterly against that Jacob's expectations, even though it was natural to turn his face bright red and angry if he was so insulted. Instead, he gazes at Shemr, who makes his fangs sharp with angry shapes in his place.

"I'm in trouble. We're never bandits."

With the look of genuine trouble, the pale horse scratched his cheek with his fingertips.

Besides, Jacob gets clapped out.

In an age of power saying things, if you are someone who can follow many people, you should have a lot of self-esteem. Yet I couldn't believe that it was one bitter laugh to be so insulted.

How gutless is this guy?

Jacob, who deepened his contempt for the Ethereal Horse, came up with a good thing.

"If you say you're not one of the bandits, how about we give you a single testimony?

"A testament to yourself...?

Jacob gave a nasty grin to the pale horse that puffed his eyes.

"Come on. For example - how about bandit exorcism?

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"Oh, my God, that guy who doesn't know how to thank you. Ha!

After taking the form of a desire to reflect on Jacob's proposal and asking Cornelius and others to return, it was Shemr who raised his voice first.

You have just insulted yourself, Zoan, by the smell of the beast, and so on, and you have been belittled by your beloved "you under the umbilical." If Eladia hadn't persevered enough from day to day to keep her quiet no matter what happened during the Ethereal Horse negotiations, she would have cursed or slashed Jacob at all.

Behind such an angry shemle, Zoog said as he sniffed his body.

"Hey, it's Gallum. Do I smell that bad?

He was a silent gutter all the time asking for crap, but from the fact that he smells the smell of his own arm with insignificant tricks, he also seems to care secretly.

"On Angry Claws, Raging Teeth! Are you kidding me?!"

The two, reprimanded by Shemr, shrugged their shoulders small and smiled bitterly.

"Fair enough. Relax, Shemr."

The Ethereal Horse, aware of his unreliable appearance, does not even care about Jacob's words that belittle him. Besides, we are now first to consider Jacob's proposal. And there was something I had to check first before that.

"What does bandit exorcism mean?

Speaking of Jeboa's Merchant Guild, the bandit who attacked the merchant is known to hang a large bounty around his neck to hunt him down to the end of the earth. I'm just surprised that some bandits would raid merchants who are members of such a merchant guild, but it was even more surprising that it was still letting go wild.

"That's all they were..."

On behalf of his bitter-faced father, Joash replied with a bitter smile.

To Joash, it was probably a wreck in the battle between the Ethereal Horse and General Darius. They say they are uprooting the mountain closer to the border with Bornis and attacking the caravans and pedestrians passing through it. That number isn't as large as twenty, but they don't just stand up in arms and tie harder than the bandits there.

But Jeboa is also a country though. I thought if there were just about twenty bandits, it would be easy to crusade.

Pointing that out, that's Joash's face, too, like he chewed up a bitter bug.

"As a matter of fact, I've already sent out soldiers to crusade three times."

In Jeboa, where merchants have strong power, the royal power is relatively weak and the number of standing armies is small. But still, only two thousand soldiers possess. However, the soldier was used to hunt the mountain three times, but it was at best to discover the crude mountain hut where the bandits were based, where they could find no key bandits, looted hardware, etc., with little success.

That seems to be the state of Itachi, where the bandits will repeat their assault after a while, although they will lurk in the ringing shortly after the mountain hunt.

The Ethereal Horse thinks "what if" to talk about moving armies and even hunting mountains and still not catching them. Menahem, who spotted the guess of the Ethereal Horse from his expression, nodded and showed one.

"Guess you're right. In this Jeboah, moving the national army requires a vote of ten commissioners. With the result of that vote, we have decided to make a request to the King to move the National Army for the first time."

The Ethereal Horse, I still thought.

If such a cumbersome procedure were followed, the story of bandit exorcism would be leaked from somewhere. Then it's like telling the bandits to run away because they're going to be hunting mountains.

Regardless, Menahem and the others had noticed that.

"Some merchants, who thought the same thing, funded each other and tried to bring out the bandits by putting the mercenaries they hired in an empty carriage. But it also all ended up empty."

Sounds like a pretty cautious bandit. Instead of just indiscriminately targeting merchants trying to cross their territory, they seem to be carefully marshalling their prey before raiding.

Gallum suggests to the Ethereal Horse who listens to those stories and thinks with a difficult face.

"What do we do, Soma? You want me to call for backup?

Already in the city of Bornis, the warriors of Zoan are beginning to gather continuously from the plains following the convocation of the Ethereal Horse.

I am accompanying all two Harpuran warriors as a preaching order for an emergency. If you entrust them with a letter, Marcronis and Banukkas, who are in the city of Bornis within that day, will arrange a sufficient number of warriors to hunt the mountains.

But it was Joash who changed the blood phase to that suggestion.

"Please don't. If the forces of another country cross the border without permission, it will be an unwanted feud!

If you let a warrior who can just be called a single army step inside Jeboa without any permission, it's going to matter a hell of a lot. It's a dangerous act that could be a battle between Ethereal Horse and Jeboah if you do poorly.

But your people told you to get rid of the bandits, didn't they?

When Shemr hits a simple question, Joash sighs and drops his shoulder, too.

"That's why. Those guys didn't ask me to call in the army and use it when I told them to exorcise the bandits. You can hire mercenaries to get rid of bandits."

I mean, it's been an impossibility.

Those on the spot have uniformly turned out to be difficult.

"They didn't expire forever, so think carefully"

Joash said in a bright tone, but soon there was a voice of denial.

"No. I don't think we have time"

It was a pale horse who said that.

"I think they'll tell you this story soon,"

Even from a short dialogue, I knew that Jacob looked down on us and hated us. Tomorrow's arrangement is an attempt to pull this leg, not to mention some disadvantage or bad reviews.

Again, this time, I would put myself on the shelf blowing the impossible and say that I asked the Ethereal Horses to get rid of the bandits. I have the expectations of the merchants who are plaguing the bandits with their heads, and if they refuse or fail to exorcise the bandits, they seem to damage the reputation of the Ethereal Horse.

Besides, if we put too much time aside, now the bandits who heard the rumors will disappear, and the bandit exorcism itself will not be achievable.

What a shady harassment.

"Do we have to convince Mr. Jacob in any other way or just exorcise the bandits with current gestures..."

Though I said that with my mouth, I also understood that both things were difficult.

Even if other conditions are offered now, Jacob is determined to insist that "I cannot be admitted without bandit exorcism". Whether to bring in the opponents extravaganza other than Jacob, the glistening extravaganza who have learned how things are, fortunately, will come for privilege in Bornis over the Ethereal Horse. That just adds to our losses.

Then I still feel better thinking about bandit extermination.

If you're just going to exorcise a bandit, it's not impossible to do just the current gestures. Nearly thirty Zoan warriors alone have been brought to this Jeboa, all with chosen and benign warriors. No matter how many soldier collapsed bandits, it would not be the number of things before their power.

But that's only if we can fight properly. To find the bandits who don't even know if they're lurking here, it's just an uncomfortable number of people.

Still, if you can take the time to find a safe house for the bandits from the slightest trace, it's a good hunter, Zoan. If you're Zoan, there's no making it. It would also be possible for the Harpurans to find suspicious people from above.

But if we tell the story of ourselves being asked to exorcise the bandits, we have only seen Zoan and Harpuan in a glimpse, and the bandits have decided to run away to scatter the spider child.

The more I thought about it, the more clogged the Ethereal Horse became. Shemr asks such a pale horse.

"Hitters are limited, and there's no time. - Well, it's my" you under the umbilical. "What do we do?"

It was a tone in which I believed that even soon the Ethereal Horse would present a solution. I'm happy with that trust of hers, but there's no way I can come up with a solution that just breaks this difficult situation and so on.

I just can't, I was a pale horse trying to say, but I say again. Then he dropped his gaze down and began to think with his fingers on his jaw.

"Wait, wait, wait. Limited hitters, no time? Isn't that something you can say over there?

As he came up with something, the Ethereal Horse opens his eyes small and starts talking to himself with bumps.

"Come on, think. What do we do? How do we act? I don't have time or money. Come on, what do we do?

It was a familiar sight for the Shemurs, but Menahem and Joash's parents and children rounded their eyes when they saw for the first time the Ethereal Horse walking out of the room in silence.

"Has Master Soma done well?

"... never mind. It's Soma's usual illness."

Asked by Joash, Shemr smiles bitterly, somewhat embarrassed.

He was a pale horse who had been circling his thoughts while he was talking to himself for a while, but he accidentally said, "Okay!" She stopped her legs when she lowered her voice and leaked.

Then the Shemurs stand before him, silently under the direction of the Ethereal Horse.

"Shemr."

The first person I spoke to was, of course, her name.

"I would like to contact Mr. Marcronis. Ask them to write to you later. Get ready for Harpuran's preaching."

"I got it. My" You under the umbilical. "

The pale horse, moreover, speaks to the three luxuries who live side by side - Garam, Zoog and Dvarin.

"As I said earlier, let everyone complete the ban on going out until things are resolved."

Besides, the three nodded with a painful look. But break his face with the next word of the Ethereal Horse.

"And be ready to fight whenever you want"

Then the pale horse turned to Menahem.

"Mr Menahem, please tell the ten Commissioners about this. We will prepare for battle, but only for bandit extermination. He said he wasn't going to make a scene in the city."

When it is something that causes noise in Jeboa to prepare the bandits for exorcism, it strikes a fabric stone to prevent Jacob and the others from frying and footing them.

"I understand. I'll tell the brothers of the ten commissioners immediately."

"And I'd like to confirm one thing."

"Hmm. Is that, what?

"Earlier, we talked about hiring mercenaries. Is there a mercenary regiment in this city?

"Yes or no?

Even if there is no war, the mercenaries must eat. For this reason, they say there are many mercenary regiments based in Jeboa that have a lot of work to do, such as escorting caravans and guarding merchants' mansions.

The Ethereal Horse nodded satisfactorily, okay, then said.

"Mr. Menahem, I need a favor. A few carriages and the manpower to move it. And could you lend me the merchant guild flag?

I wondered what they would demand, but it wasn't a big deal. Menahem replied and asked to be prepared immediately.

"And one more favor."

But that wasn't the only request the Ethereal Horse made.

"I would like to gather the mercenaries needed to hunt a massive mountain, so please negotiate that"