I’m an Adventurer! ~Musou Skill is Plane Magic~
Episode 177: People have stories, Cats have stories
Argna is the princess.
Princess Argna is a foodie with no eyes on the fish.
Argna sleeps in a circle when she is careful.
Sometimes the princess is punished for spitting poison.
Princess Argna is hungry and asks for food with a pathetic face.
Princess Arnie stretches out with her unconscious face with her ears and tail moffed.
"I'm convinced... no, I don't understand."
"I feel like I've been imagined very rudely. Let's protest."
Argna, sitting next to me on the left, slaps me in the back with her tail. It doesn't hurt at all, it's just a reward for being a mofflist. Nekoshippo has a supple flavor in it.
We're sitting in the biggest house in the settlement, on the biggest boardroom, laying down a bunk that we bring with us. The cushion brought what was always kept in the carriage. Small but the cushion works well.
Usually, Ouch, Christella sits on my right, but this time Argna sits on my left. Christella gave it away. Such considerations are the beauty of Christella.
The status quo is standby with surveillance. The only entrance to the room is two brown-haired cats standing by and watching over us. Why don't you give me the Namari festival?
Thanks to Agna, I was able to drop my sword tip for now, but I don't think I can be trusted yet. The settlement towns are under discussion in separate rooms, and in the meantime we're under house arrest.
"For now, leave Agna alone as royalty."
Move something to the right with both hands.
Woo-chan, who brought something in front of her, stared at her with a strange face. Nothing, just feelings.
"Thank you, it's starting to seem like just saying hello."
"I don't think we'll be able to talk about it if I leave it behind... but there are some signs of getting into trouble."
"Well, it's definitely not land."
"Oh dear, I'm in trouble. Would you like to take some time now?
"... good is quick. Hurry up, Evil."
"No evil. Hmm, but leaving like this will leave a tragedy behind."
This situation arose on my own whims, but Argna's thoughts are not uncomfortable.
When I told her I was going home, Argna could have refused if she really didn't want to. That didn't trigger the Slave Print, or lead me to a lie and deceive me. Looking natural, she's actually a good daughter, Argna.
And yet, bringing me to this hideout of secret epilepsy is a manifestation of my desire to break the status quo. Indeed, the status quo in this settlement is terminal.
"Still, everyone's welcome was amazing. It was like a hero's triumph."
"Uyaaa... that's because I'm a princess witch."
"Princess Witch?
Words have come out that are far from Agna again. Even though "Princess" is uncomfortable, if "Witch" is added, it will slightly exceed the limit of understanding. I feel like I have multiple drops of gigadata at the same time, and the PC is displayed for eight hours until the end of copying.
"Royal Seema has two faces: the face of ruler of the country and the face of guardian of ancient ruins that have lasted for generations."
"Oh, ancient ruins! What does it look like!?"
Grandpa Murdoch stepped forward. After more than 30 years of conquering the kingdom of Seema, you haven't been investigated. Well, the dog is faithful to the Lord's orders, but there's something else he doesn't see. Too much enthusiasm for winning a war, and almost nothing else. The existence of this hideout is proof of that.
"I don't know the details. Everything is a temple belonging to the God of the Sea and Life, and only the Princess Witch can communicate with that God. It seems that the temple is located at the end of an underground passage leading from the former royal palace."
"What do you mean, a god?
"Sure, you said God of the tide. It is the tradition of the Kingdom of Sima that a princess and witch who communicated with God at the shrine will become the next queen."
If the world was alive, then Argna was the queen? I'm so worried... No, only fisheries are well protected. I feel like I'm going to govern with all my might just to protect it. That's what Argna is like.
It's a temple of God. Speaking of which, the only temples I've ever visited are the main hall of God of Law and Commerce and the branches. It seems that there were various temples of gods in King's Landing, but they haven't gone anywhere yet.
I don't know the god of the tide. By name, is it a god who dominates the current and profits from abundant fishing?
"The kingdom of Seama was a maritime state?
I see. Make money from fishing and trading in the ocean. It was a staging area for trade from Border Sets across the Black Mountains. "
"Yeah? Well, wasn't it a friendly relationship with the kingdom? Why did the kingdom tie hands with Bandeau instead of the kingdom of Sima?
"Royal Seema is on track, Lord Face."
According to what Grandpa Murdoch explained, in the early days of the Unification War, the kingdom and the Kingdom of Sima were in a cooperative relationship. It seems to have gained an overwhelming advantage, but it made the Kingdom of Seema a temple dog. Even though it's a cat, Tengu.
As a condition for maintaining friendly relations after reunification, the Kingdom has offered to annul the contract for payment of aid supplies by placing the Princess of the Royal Family in the realm of the Kingdom.
The king of the kingdom at that time had already taken his wife from one of the three Marquises, and it was impossible to abandon it and receive the real house from another country. Doing so would result in a clash with the Marquises, leaving a spark of political anxiety in the country.
The annulment of the payment contract could have resulted in considerable losses and a significant loss of national capacity. I wanted to influence you, but I helped you, and that doesn't make any sense.
There is no way that the Kingdom can drink the conditions under which it suffers unilaterally. After all, the kingdom lost its support until then and made a new bond with Bando. It was a wonderful thing about the king at the time that he could cut it. Normally, we postpone cheating decisions by thinking of "collecting just the investment".
Bandeau's post-reunification condition was that the princess of the Bandeau royal family (now the Ende royal family) be admitted to the royal family of the kingdom in exchange for not imposing taxes on trade through the former Sima kingdom. It is an unparalleled advantage compared to the Kingdom of Seema. Especially tax exemptions can also be an easy disqualification to recover previous aid spending.
After the war, reconstruction will require a large amount of supplies. We have to import what we can't buy domestically, and we can sell it without taxation because what we take is the price. Money dropped by lucrative merchants will also moisturize the country. It may have been a tough decision for Ende, but she couldn't replace her belly. Wanko is serious, so she is not good at glancing.
"That's why the growing Royal Seama was doomed..."
"I didn't think the royal family of the ocean nation would survive in the mountains."
"This is not even the territory of the Old Shema Kingdom. When my father implanted, it was a hidden secret where the goblins didn't live."
I don't think it's a secret now. It's strange that people live here.
"Ever since I was a kid, I've heard all about the kingdom's rebuilding and resentment against the Ende royal family. Even if you told me the name of the fish in the atlas, I could only eat small river fish. Still, Atashi was born with black hair, a royal symbol, so he was favored as the future queen. Half the children in the other houses were sick by the age of five, and one in three who survived starved to death."
Argna looks at a point on the floor and exhales her memories of the time.
"I thought to myself when my mother died of illness. When Atashi is in this village, the old people dream of rebuilding the royal family. And the kid gets sick and starves to death. Without Atashi, the only princess witch, you'll wake up from a stupid dream. Besides, if you don't have your favorite clams, the rest of the kids won't starve. So I left the village the night I turned 10."
Did you escape this secret by yourself in the middle of the night? I didn't get attacked or lost by monsters often. You're in luck.
"It was really hard. Monkey monsters chased me around, jumped into the waterfall, lost my way in the mountains, ran out of food, and managed to eat with the nuts growing in the mountains... When I arrived at Pinto, the king's capital of the old Seema kingdom, I was on the verge of falling hungry. Otchan, an adventurer who was escorting the caravan at that time, helped us eat and took us to the kingdom. Otchan had a daughter as old as Atashi, and I couldn't leave her alone. I was escorted by Otchan to register as an adventurer. I just want to thank Ochan."
They're attacking me. I'm lost! I can't believe I survived without homework, adventure, and luck. This girl is actually the hero of a story different from Christella's. Do you want to start the Kingdom Reconstruction? Full Army Assault?
That Otchan is Argna's benefactor. You'll have to look for it and thank it. You've done one more thing. Well, it's not like there's a schedule filled, is it?
"Boss, this village has a future. We can't bring ourselves to such a remote place to rebuild the kingdom. I want everyone to wake up."
"There's a way I can help rebuild the kingdom.
"Fai, Master Face, is that it!?"
Grandpa Murdoch rushed into the conversation.
In response, Argna shook her head.
"It's pointless. The people of the old Shema kingdom already live as the people of the Ende kingdom. I can't go back even now."
"That's right. I think so, too."
Apparently there is no Kingdom Reconstruction Edition. Grandpa Murdoch sighs. I won't, because it stinks.
People are tough. Ten years later, the war will be over. More than thirty years later, generations will be changing. For those who live now, the old kingdom is already a relic of the past. It's no longer worth anything.
"Boss, you're my boss's slave. I wish I hadn't been freed my whole life. Instead, I want everyone out of this village, out of the curse of the Kingdom of Sima."
Argna always complains with a serious face. I may have never seen such a serious Argna. I suppose that's all there is to the status quo of this settlement.
From what Argna herself had said and done until she came to this settlement, she would have wished the settlement had already been destroyed. If only we had abandoned our dream of reconstruction and everyone had come down from the mountain. I don't know where my family is, but then I would have thought there was no other way.
But knowing that the settlement is still alive, it's no wonder you want to help if you can. Even a family member who threw it away once did not hate it and threw it away. I just thought it was best.
Well, Argna is child-friendly and obsessed with food because of her experience in this settlement. Convinced.
About six years after Argna jumped out. It seems that this settlement has not changed surprisingly. In other words, the status quo is full, and we can't afford to develop or expand. With just a little external pressure, for example, one of the strongest monsters there, we will go straight to decline. Until now, I've only been lucky, and I've been at my limit since the beginning. Though there should be no hope for reconstruction anymore, we can't give up and postpone it - we're just going to ruin it.
I want you to help my family.
It's a simple and easy to understand hope. Even with me, it's not easy to help. The only problems are "the meaning of help" and "the will of the side that can help".
Woo-chan moved her ears twitching and raised her head as she lay down. Yeah, looks like we're done here. Several signs are coming to this room.
Well, I wonder what kind of story it came down to.