I’m an Adventurer! ~Musou Skill is Plane Magic~

It appears that the County of Rockman lies about 300 kilometres northwest of the New County of Weissman. It is not uncommon for the kingdom to have only one small town and one village, the territorial capital. The new Vicomte Weissman is an even smaller aristocracy, with only one territorial capital.

There is nothing that can be said to be the main industry, and if you insist, it is located at the northwestern edge of the dark forest, so the monster material that can be harvested there cannot be said to be a specialty. After all, there is a branch of the Adventurer Guild. The New Vicomte Weissman loses in that regard. I just got up, so I can't help it.

It's closer to Dolton in distance, but there's no direct street route because it's a forest full of rocks, big rocky wastelands, and monsters. They say there is only a large route through Border Sets.

Why have such peripheral mini-nots fought the same peripheral mini-nots that they have just created?

It's a water right.

Let's do it.

The New Viscount Weissman Territory exists in the middle of the Great Forest. Aristocratic territory, probably the most remote part of the kingdom. It takes more than five days to drive a carriage from the nearest city (Dolton), and instead of being on the road, there are monster raids near the city at the forefront of the human settlement.

It's such a dangerous place, but at the very least, we can get enough water for people to live in. That's why I was able to build a pioneering village.

The southern part of the kingdom has a mesoclimate between savannah and the desert, and this new Viscount Weissman territory is no exception. Sometimes away from the sea, the trend is more pronounced. Normally, the land and air are dry, and it is not an environment where agricultural work can be done very well.

However, the Dragon Cry Mountains are further south in the large forests extending south. Small rivers are running everywhere because the rain that has fallen there is soaking in the ground and gushing out as a spring from all parts of the forest. This is one of the streams used as agricultural water in the town of Dantes.

Many of these rivers dried up and turned into rivers as they flowed through the dry landscape, but some of them merged into larger currents and poured into the sea and larger rivers. One such river flows through New Weissman Territory to Rockman Territory.

"Water is a precious resource in the south. Grasping it means grasping life. That's why I was expecting a skirmish like this. The only thing I didn't expect was that Count Rockman moved faster than I thought."

Basically, the river's water rights have priority upstream. In this case, the new Vicomte Weissman.

Until now, it was just a pioneering village, so there was no problem. Because I had no rights to land or rivers. However, since the territory was granted by the Count, the right to the river flowing through the territory was also acquired.

Vicomte Rockman may have to pay royalties depending on the wishes of the new right-holder because the water in the river used to be commonplace suddenly became the property of other nobles. It is a matter of life and death for the petty aristocrats.

"States barely speak out except for territorial issues. In the case of an interest like this, it is customary not to interfere with the parties alone."

"But it's a fight, right? If a lot of people are dead, isn't it painful for the country? Sometimes the lord of the aristocracy dies."

"Hmm. That's why we have a law called the Domestic Problem Solving Act." Among them are items related to solving problems by force with a large number of people. Only citizens can participate in battle, and the number of people is less than 10% of the total population. Participation in the main battle and the participation of other noble families is prohibited. We can only direct them. "

Is there such a law? If my participation in the fight is forbidden, there is no danger that the house will end even if I lose. If we do not consider the presence of wizards, it would be more advantageous to have more people.

Is that why this is the right time? If it was the New Weissman County, which had only just stood up and had few people, they would have stepped on the idea that they would never lose if they went to battle. Viscount Rockman seems to have a pretty good strategic eye.

"For my part, I didn't intend to take the money out of the water, but Count Rockman didn't. You knew I'd earned a lot of money in the war, and you thought if you won, you'd wind it up."

It looks like Count Rockman has a pretty good sense of money! Selling a fight and winding up the money is all I'm doing. I'm sure the kitchen is on fire because of the doctor's research expenses.

"But if there's such a law, I can't help you, right?

I see. This time, we'll have to do it alone with the new Viscount Weissman. And it's a tough fight to win. "

If you lose, you'll lose money for territorial development, but if you win, you'll have to pay for your water rights. That's why we're fighting. But that may temporarily moisturize the pockets of the new Viscount Weissman, but it is a fatal wound to the Viscount Rockman. That may cause it to sink and change.

When villages and towns are renovated and abandoned, they become untouched, meaning that people's living areas are narrowed. Even though I built a branch of the Adventurers Guild, I want to avoid becoming an abandoned village as a country. The Vladimir who created the cause will be underrated, and there is no possibility of any penalty.

In that case, I think we should win the battle and take a little water royalty, but it can't even be done in front of other aristocrats with water rights. If one supplier destroys the price, there will be price reduction pressure on the existing supplier, and as a result, the management of the existing supplier will be difficult.

In other words, there is no alternative to a draw in this battle. Wow, that smells annoying.

A good commander can do something about winning or losing. But in order to pull it off, we need accurate situational judgment and command, which is very unlikely with a slightly superior level of command. If you're a warrior and an experienced countess in battle command, you might be close. I can't. Overwhelmingly inexperienced in battle command. I'm sure it's faster to push myself in than to direct.

Well, has Count Rockman read so much and set it up? I'll never lose, so there's no reason not to set it up. Count Rockman seems to have a strong personality when it comes to weaponizing his own weakness.

"So, when and where do we fight?

"Five days later, it is a wasteland near the border of the two sides. There's a distance, so we don't have time to set up a team unless we leave tomorrow. Tell Glenn when you get home."

Hmm, I don't have more time than I thought. This battle is an overwhelming disadvantage to the Count. In a normal war, I might be able to do something with my help, but only this time... no, it depends on how you do it?

The point is, you don't have to help either of us, you don't have to fight, do you? All right, then, let's scratch it flashy and fight it.

But even though this is happening, my father, sleeping well... he was certainly a squire commander, wasn't he? Vicomte, can I fire you?