Hakai no Miko

"My concubines, Marman is a weak species."

Tateus' words were unexpected. Speaking of Marman, it's a species called the King of the Sea. When the queen called herself weak, it was something neither Ethereal Horse nor Thought.

"Have you heard of the concubines who were not originally from the sea around here?

That was taught by Joash. Anything tells the story of the Marman clan coming from the east swallowing and settling the few Marmen who were already around here.

As the Ethereal Horse nodded and indicated affirmation, Teteus further asked.

"So do you know why the concubines came here from the East Sea?

The Ethereal Horse shakes his neck to the side.

"Okay, let me tell you something. - The fathers of the concubines were chased from the eastern seas in defeat of the battle against humans."

The fathers of Tateus lived in waters closer east - to the centre of the continent - than here. Yet we had to abandon that sea and flee to the shores of Jeboa because we were caught up in a strife over land.

"The trigger was trivial. My concubines, a small seaside country that was close to Marman, was attacked by an empire."

The empire that attacked said it shouted loudly about the small country's non-existence, but its fruit was almost equal to the claim as well. He understood that an empire burning in the ambition of the central reunification of the continent would be a military operation to keep the trading ports that the small countries had in their hands.

"The fathers of the concubines were outraged, and there was friendship (yugi) until then, and they decided to support their little country."

The Mermans supported small nations from the sea to guard ships carrying supplies and, conversely, to sink imperial ships seeking a maritime blockade. A small country that was worthy of it and that everyone thought would just be trampled down quickly was fought for years against the Empire, the champion of the centre of the continent.

But the struggle in that country was also, until then.

In front of the empire's overwhelming quantity, it did not at last extend, and the small country disappeared from the map.

"But that wasn't the end of the story. Originally, the empire was furious when it stumbled upon a small country that should have been easily crushed. And the spearhead of that anger was naturally directed at Marman."

But still, the fathers of Tateus had taka. No matter how mighty an empire is, the ocean will not defeat us.

"In response to such fathers, the Empire summoned an Incredible General known as the Famous General and ordered the Merman Crusade."

General Inkdias, who was ordered to crusade Marman, said that cutting all the nearby mountain trees immediately made tens of thousands of rafts (or rafts) out of round-tails and iron chains. And when the rivers were chained together the rafts that were carried to the sea at once, they served as a bridge to the islands where the Marmans lived at the time.

Naturally, the Mermans desperately disrupted it, too. But even if only one raft would have been overthrown and many were chained, it would not have prevented the soldiers of the Imperial Army from creeping into the island.

"If they landed on the island, the concubines no longer had a hitter. The fathers made the decision to abandon the island, with the thought of a severance. - But the concubines' ordeal wasn't over."

Pledged to reclaim the island, once they had fled the island, the Mermans tried to rest and resume their tired bodies on nearby islands, coasts, etc., for now.

But the soldiers of the Empire, whom Inkdias had already distributed such mermans, were waiting. All the Mermans that went up to land were slain by soldiers, and those who were helped had no choice but to flee with it.

"No matter if you are tired of swimming or resting, at last you are exhausted, and there are not a few of your compatriots who disappeared into the waves as they were and never floated again. I also hear that many of those victims were weak people, such as children and the elderly."

Teteus, who talks about the tragedy that has been heard by his father, leaked a heavy exhalation.

"The fathers who fled here fought with Jeboa to gain the island. But that's nothing more than because if we didn't get this island, it would have been Setouchi, who had to perish not far away."

So Tateus smiled faintly.

"The concubines are called kings of the sea. But he's not an absolute winner. Ink Diaz Ran (only) Ri with a bridge across the island. I didn't bring a warrior with me, that's all. The people of the land think of new hands one after the other, and they bear the concubines."

To the words of the queen, the princesses of Marman and Olga, who were with him, can also snort.

"The concubines, the land is terrible"

Tateus affirmed.

"But at the same time, the concubines cannot leave the land."

The teeth point their fingers upwards. That finger was pointed at a large bronze mirror placed on the wall behind the coral's throne.

"Have you ever heard of concubines Marman rarely having mirrors?

The Ethereal Horse nodded coldly. That's what I was hearing when I asked Joash for his opinion on selecting a souvenir for Marman.

"So do you know why?

Ethereal horses often think. The first thing I came up with was because Marman was a female-dominated race. But then the same female-dominated dwarf would have to be the same.

The Ethereal Horse, who couldn't immediately think of a reason for it, honestly shook his neck to the side.

"Okay, let me tell you something. - It's something the concubines can't make."

Soon after, behind a pale horse who couldn't understand the meaning of Tateus' words, someone says Boso.

"By fire," it is Dvarin. "The Mermans can handle a fire that's strong enough to process metal."

To Doverlyn's guess, Teteus nodded and showed all the right answers.

It is satisfactory if you ask me. There are no fuelled trees in the ocean, even if they are strong enough to process metal. It could be used as fuel, at best, about dried driftwood and seaweed flowing from the river in the sun.

That's why cooking with fire is the best hospitality for the Mermans.

"It's not just the mirror. The ornament that adorns this body. Weapons and armor held by the soldiers. The concubines can't make them on their own until they're in a blade, pot, or cauldron that's essential to their lives, and they have to buy them from shore."

That's exactly like being gripped by a lifeline.

"I didn't have to know long ago that I lived alone with Marman, and now that I know the convenient tools and beautiful mirrors and ornaments that are created on land, I can no longer think of a life without those things"

The truth about Marman, as Tateus says, was somehow understandable to the Ethereal Horse as well.

When I was in modern Japan, I remember watching a documentary show about how Amazon and African Native Americans became accustomed to the convenient machines brought in by Europeans and Americans, making them unable to return to their old-fashioned lives.

And how many times did the Ethereal Horse herself think it would be easier if there was one when she had just come to this world? In my case, I also gave up (Akira) because it was impossible to obtain in this world. But if it was something you could get, you'd have to let it go and shake your neck sideways if you were asked if you'd given up.

Tateus sighed deeply.

"I can't get away from it, afraid of being on land. You can't let those concubines break the current relationship you built between Marman and Jeboah. - For example, it's like making new friendships."

The Ethereal Horse, who felt something more than the content of the words in the voice of a teeth mixed with humiliation and renunciation, dared to take a step forward.

"Even if that's where the children of the clan are being held?

The eyes of the teeth were slightly opened. Then I narrow my eyes to blame and look at Olga. Olga then blued his face and stifled his body.

Tateus sighs all the time, "Not at all." Then turns back to the pale horse.

"That's right. If you have solid evidence, you can't just speculate and put a crack in your relationship with Jebor."

If they were reluctant to sell things to the merchants of Jeboa, Marman's life would be lost today. That's all, or even threaten to trigger another war with Jeboa.

That way, it wasn't always possible to beat Jebor, who knew Marman differently than it was a hundred years ago. At least, Jeboa will soon know what the Ethereal Horse did this time using Xuan. If Jebor uses the same measures, Marman will have to make a huge sacrifice to repel the ships that attack him.

That's why Tateus, the queen of Marman, had to pay close attention to his relationship with the land.

"Have you been disappointed to learn that the reality of Merman, who names himself King of the Sea, is such a similarity?

The rhetoric of the teeth can also be understood by the Ethereal Horse.

But I couldn't endorse it.

Even in the world where the Ethereal Horse was, he said, the sea was once a different kingdom that kept people away. However, with the sailing art and shipbuilding techniques advanced over time, the ocean has become part of the imprint of mankind, no longer being alien or otherwise.

In this world, if civilization progresses, it will have the same consequences.

With the times, the Mermans' superiority of the marine race has been lost, and one day it will either perish or become a native of the sea left over from scientific civilization.

In order not to do so, shouldn't we further deepen our interaction with land?

The Ethereal Horse thought so.

Metal products that cannot be made at sea may indeed have tied the Marmans to land. But at least Marman's life as a whole should have improved. Some will be lost through interaction with land. But it must bring more than that to the Mermans.

When the Ethereal Horse conveys the idea, Tateus asks to be amused.

"So what can those people bring to Marman?

Finally, I was able to draw interest from the teeth.

In order to make the pale horse more certain of the hassle he finally gained, consider the following words carefully: When I decided to meet Tateus, I was thinking about some negotiating material.

However, the Ethereal Horse dares to go on a beating to make this good opportunity a solid one.

"You can reduce the number of slaves on the island"

That was what I came up with when I was observing this island. That's why there's no backing whatsoever, and there's no guarantee that Tateus will show interest. If you do poorly, there is also a risk that you will lower the rating from Tateus for what an out-of-target suggestion it is.

There was such anxiety, but Tateus, who often indulged silently in the words of the Ethereal Horse, said:

"Hmm. That's interesting..."

The teeth are not just words, but slightly getting the body forward.

Besides, I think the Ethereal Horse still does.

Marman relies on slaves of other races for his activities on land. But if the slaves they rely on revolt, there is no way to resist the helpless Mermans on land. So while using slavery, Marman should still be feeling a potential threat to it. If we could, we would want to reduce the number of slaves. The reading of the pale horse was centered.

As the Ethereal Horse looks over her head, she looks to the cracks in the ceiling where the sea water still flows.

"Isn't the water pouring in here using the slaves to carry seawater?

As I was looking at the island from the boat, I saw slaves traveling from the coast to the hills on the north side of the island, directly above this cave, carrying buckets. When I thought about what I was carrying back and forth so many times with so many people, the first thing I came up with was sea water.

"You were right. This water was brought from the sea by the slaves."

Tateus affirmed. The tip of the crack, where the water flows down, leads to the hillside where the caves are located, where the slaves draw the sea water and pour it in.

This seawater haul is a great heavy labor. It was only limited to when guests were visiting or when they needed to change the water in the cave because they just needed so many slaves or they couldn't really torture the slaves.

"If we do that, we can pump up the ocean day and night without the help of people."

What Ethereal Horse had in mind was the use of windmills. Windmills introduced by Ethereal Horse are used to pump agricultural water from underground in pioneering villages on the Sorbiant Plains or to lift water from the river in the gardens at the Lordship's residence in Bornis, and have a good track record of doing so.

And there's no shield. If you're on an island in the middle of a seafield, you don't have trouble with the windmill just moving it, but rather you're more afraid that the windmill will break because it's too windy. I checked that with Dvarin beforehand, so it would be a problem that could be solved.

"And we can create the industry of the Mermans on this island."

Furthermore, the pale horse struck out what he had previously thought.

"When it comes to industry, there's nothing on this island, is there?

To Tateus's question, the Ethereal Horse nodded only that he was aware of it before saying it.

"It's seafood."

To the answer of the Ethereal Horse, Tateus becomes like a clapped out face.

"If you want fish, that's what you should ask of a fisherman on land"

Simply comparing catches, there are actually more fishermen on land than Marman. The reason for this is the existence of a net. Compared to land-based fishermen who can use large nets to catch large quantities of fish at once, the Mermans are vegetarian diving fishermen with clues and scratches. The catch varied by an unparalleled amount.

But the seafood that the Ethereal Horse was looking for is not such a fish.

"No, what I want is something that's hard to get on the net."

Merman is more advantageous if it is a seafood such as that caught in vegetarian diving fisheries even in modern times. Not only that, but there was also the idea that, given the firmness I heard from Joash with Merman and Jeboa fishermen, it would be better not to let them get their hands on much competing seafood.

"Uh, do you know what awabi is? Awabi?"

I was anxious to get through with the word awabi, but that seemed to be a concern.

"Yeah. I know, though. Are you going to eat that?

Marman was eating abalone again, too, but because of his poor appearance, Jeboa humans were treated like ghetto things that they didn't really like to eat.

However, from the modern Japanese Ethereal Horse, Awabi is more of a luxury product than a Getemono.

"Yes, it's a luxury item! Oh, I did. I want shellfish. And can I get a crab, too?

In this world, when it comes to crabs that eat, it is crabs that live in rivers. But for the pale horse who lived in modern Japan, when it comes to crabs, it's still from the sea. Crabs, however, surprisingly lived deep in the sea and were difficult to acquire with this world's fishing technology.

"Yes, the concubines are eating crabs that cannot reach the sun."

For the Mermans, there's no way to get crabs deep in the ocean. Compared to the fish swimming around, shellfish, crabs, etc. were more of an easy prey to catch.

"So, what about seagrass?

"You can take as much seaweed as you want, but what the hell do you use it for?

"Of course, I'll eat"

Tateus was surprised.

Marman lives in the sea but is not in the habit of eating seaweed. Merman, who was making up for the vitamins and other things he needed as he lived, with raw fish food, because he didn't have to eat vegetables like Eskimo.

For this reason, seaweed for Marman was the same perception of grass for people on land. The good evidence of this is that in Marman's house, a wide, long seaweed like kelp is hung like a warm curtain and substituted for a door.

"Dry those seafood. Then we'll buy it."

Seafood needs to be boiled or salted, but if it's kelp, etc., it can just be dried in the sun. Then even the Mermans would be able to do it as an industry enough.

Moreover, due to the preaching of Japanese food carried out in cooperation with Marco, consumption such as kelp, which had not been eaten before in Bornis, was also steadily growing. I guess it was a big thing that the city's top power, the Ethereal Horse, liked to eat. Even among the common people, they started eating from the point of interest, and now demand was widespread enough to be fully anticipated.

Besides, these economic relations are what the Ethereal Horse aspires to, rather than just a military alliance.

In military alliance relations, it is easily broken down by shifts in forces in neighbouring countries. However, it is Aoima's idea that an economic relationship can be a deeper and stronger relationship than that.

Most importantly, there were undeniably expectations of improving the quality of the dishes I was eating.

"There are other shark fins, scallops, sulmeica...... if the octopus doesn't work, why don't we all eat it?

Shemr's elbow entered the flank of the Ethereal Horse, which was pointing and counting the name of the dry food he was eating when he was in modern Japan. The Ethereal Horse, who had forgotten me for the food story, returns to me haha. The Ethereal Horse, embarrassed by the gaze of everyone staring at herself with her eyes round, had one deliberate cough.

"Uh... what do you think? And of course, we don't just think about money for dry goods, we think about things and technologies."

Besides, Tateus thought about it. Around us, the princesses of Merman whisper to each other as they shine their eyes on the proposal of the Ethereal Horse. From that appearance, too, Ethereal Horse realized that his proposal was never a bad one.

After just enough time to slowly count twenty, Tateus finally lifts his eyes, which he lay low on.

"I see. That's a very interesting suggestion"

To the words of Tateus, the pale horse clenches his fist for a long time.

"- But that's not enough to make a concubine nod"