next day.
[Certificate], which was in the name of the brave party, was safely overwritten in my name.
Now, both in name and in reality, I am the [lord] of that territory.
"Hey Aiga. You're pretty dignified."
After giving the king a copper sword as a testimony of the appointment from the king, the Minister came down and said that way.
"No, I was really nervous."
"Wah-ha-ha! That's right ... By the way, Aiga. What's going on in the future?"
"Huh. I've already done my business, so I'll return to the territory."
"Are you going to visit Maro's headquarters a little before that?"
"Then, train time is not yet available, so I'll just let you in."
With such a reason, he leaves the palace of the Great King and goes to the Minister's "Honjo" by chariot.
Pakara! Pakara! ......
The minister's head house was more luxurious than the one in Miyanaka's duty station.
The garden is very elaborate, with large buildings lined up in the West Building and East Building.
Meanwhile, the minister passed me to the guest house of Nishikan.
The guest room has a table set and a curtain of les.
A maid wearing a headdress brews Darjeeling tea in a floral cup and presents it.
I had three words on it,
Ton Ton Ton ...
I heard that the door of the room was beaten and put the cup on the saucer.
"Excuse me"
Looking into the entrance to the room, a woman in a gray ladies suit bows down.
"Hello, struggle. Come here."
The woman also bowed small and looked back behind the Minister.
"Well, Aiga, she's Igarashi, the secretary of Maro."
"Igarashi" Irashi "Etsuko" Etsuko ""
The woman bowed down to me this time, naming.
Each time he bows, the ponytail gathered at a high position shakes with Rin.
"Maybe you said yesterday?"
"Oh, she's still young, but she's a very good guy. I'm sure she will help you."
"... but is it really good?"
"Wahaha. Actually, Maro also has a heart. Isn't your" Kiden "a professional of" fostering "? I'm expecting him to be seconded and come back in the future ... "
On hearing that, I thought that this Minister should not be the enemy.
The Minister goes on further.
"In addition, Igarashi-kun's hometown is Tokumo."
"Huh? Is that so?"
I look at Mr. Igarashi and try to see him.
"Yes……"
She nodded, just nodded.
"That's why Igarashi-kun. Will you help Aiga and gain experience? Waha ha ha ha"
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On the way back, Igarashi took the first class seat.
First-class seats on trains and boats are not something you can ride if you only get the money, so it's my first experience in my life.
"It is natural that Aiga is already a lord."
Says Igarashi.
The first class seat was a private room.
Reclining chairs and desks.
Mr. Igarashi sat there, partly because of the attendant's seat (that is, it is assumed that the person taking the first-class seat has an attendant).
Gatan, gotong ...
The ponytail is shaking slightly as the train goes.
A bunch of tightly tied black hair ran shiny, and the tight skirt, which was slightly thicker on the thighs, reminded me of the smoothness of a female horse.
"..."
However, it is still almost expressionless and does not quiver.
"That ..."
"Yes"
"Igarashi-san, is it true that you are from Tokumo?"
"Yes"
"From when to Imperial City?"
"Since my college days"
"What is a university?"
"I'm Imperial University"
"Hey .... How old are you now?"
"I am 24 years old"
"I see"
"..."
I don't know. Conversation does not continue.
I don't know what Imperial University is.
Well, Igarashi-san will try to expand the conversation a little more.
Ask my age.
The silence is stuffy because we are two in a private room.
"..."
They don't look at me at all, nor do they smile ...
She's a beautiful woman but her eyes are sharp and scary.
Maybe she's going to follow me this time, wasn't she a bad heart?
I wasn't able to talk to me if I was nervous, and then a word was gone.
… But when you see this hard-to-reach woman, “People,” in the eyes of the goddess,
Potentiality: @ bride
I don't know the talent.
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By the way, when you arrive at "Skahama" and join Garcia, "No conversation" with Igarashi is even more noticeable.
"... Husband. What's that woman?"
Says Garcia.
"I'm a new friend. Igarashi-san will be my secretary in the future. Make friends with you."
"Even though I'm told I'll get along ... myself. Ah, I'm not very good at it."
"Don't say that, you"
When he arrived at the deserted harbor of Tokumo by wooden boat, further problems arose.
"Tsuka, I guess we can't do it anymore because we stay home."
"Because there are women"
"Ah, but she seems to be from Tomo, so she should have a home."
"Isn't that good? Let's go."
"Well, listen now."
"Well, please ask my husband."
Uze.
I'm trying to make something to talk about.
Huh ...
Garcia is useless at that place, so when I ask Igarashi-san,
"I'm sorry for my parents' house."
And shut up.
Do you not want to go to a private place like your home?
"No, it's good. If Igarashi-san alone can stay at his parents' house, Garcia and I will do anything in the field.
"It's no good!"
"Oh, oh ...
Igarashi-san glances at him and says,
"Your territory is an inn. You have to be aware of it because you are a new lord."
"Hah, sorry."
"... There should be a shrine just outside of Nakamura. It's a business affair, but for now, there's only an inn worthy of a lord."
I wasn't sure what I was doing, but I just followed Igarashi-san.
The shrine was certainly on a hill outside Nakamura.
The stone steps were steep, and Garcia climbed up, as usual, but Igarashi skipped over the skirt slits and jumped many steps.
Somehow, don't remind the mountain grandmother.
Shh, shh, shh ...
As I climbed the stone steps, 50 priest-like men in white coats swept the grounds with bamboo brooms.
"I'm sorry. Uncle."
"Well, what are you?"
"It's been a long time. I'm Etsuko Igarashi."
"Igarashi ... ?? Perhaps, Ecchan!"
Indeed, this is definitely her hometown.
Mr. Igarashi explained that I would be the next lord and offered me a wish for the immediate stay of the inn.
"Well, Ecchan. You've become Beppin. Now, please come here. Lord."
The man guides us to the room of the inn.
"I'm Tozo Yoshioka, the priest of this shrine. I'm running this shrine for two generations of parents and children. I'm going to say hello later because I think my son will come back soon."
"Uncle. Don't call Shohei."
That's when Igarashi-san muttered his chest.
"What? Etsuko?"
A young man in his twenties looked through the paper door.
He comes in the same white garment as the priest, but is dirty in some places.
"Father. Why is Etsuko?"
"H-chan, I'm going to be the secretary of this new lord."
"Lord?"
"Well, this is the new lord Aiga."
"Thanks"
The priest's son bowed down to me once indeed, but soon turned to Igarashi-san.
"Sorka, Etsuko, finally reverted. Well, don't be afraid."
"It's not a relegation! The minister recruited applicants, so I came along with Aiga with my own wish."
e? Is that so?
I was not disgusted.
"Please retract, your clothes are dirty."
"It can't be helped. I've just built a dike."
"Um, on the river near the village?"
When I ask, my father answers.
"Because my son is a leader in embankment making."
"Hey. That's a big deal."
"No, I'm not such a big death."
The priest's son tells me that way.
But,
"Well, I thought that it was just such a big construction and there must have been a good leader."
When saying,
"Well, well. It's about time for 'Takenashi', so construction has been temporarily suspended until today."
He seemed to be waiting for the lifting of the Ninmari cheek meat, despite being a little nervous.
"Well ..."
Mr. Igarashi gazes at Shohei with his sharp eyes.
"Aiga. But this person throws crawfish."
Mr. Igarashi tells me what he is jealous of.
"Etsuko! That's a story of childhood!"
"In addition, the head of the stone statue of the shrine is Shohei who was removed."
"Gunnununu ..."
Shohei also strikes back against Igarashi-san's fast-paced attack.
"Essuko is the only one!"
"A little!? ..."
"Eh, until you were 12 years old?
Garcia draws Don.
No delicacy.
"I do not!!"
Igarashi-san grabbed my chest for some reason.
"Ecchan, don't lie."
"Only once!"
Mr. Igarashi shouts while making the buttocks of the tight skirt moody.
"Waha ha ha ha"
When I smile like that,
"Already!"
I was a bit relentless.
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At the shrine, they also offered a dinner called “Yuge”.
Garcia, Igarashi, and Okako Yoshioka surround the Zen.
Just those I want to work with in the future.
At this time, I reiterated my intention to do the quest in units of [territory].
"I knew the lord was a former adventurer ...
Then, it is Shohei Yoshioka and his son who have such doubts.
"I don't think the folks can live up to their expectations. In the first place, everyone isn't interested in quests, so no matter how much" lord's command, "you won't be bothered."
"That's right, so if you drag into the Muriyari battle, you won't be a quest, right?"
Garcia was similar to Shohei's opinion.
Or rather, Kouts was originally interested in "Adventurers retired and become lords", and would have been reluctant to do quests in the territory.
It's a merchant.
"I don't understand. It's the first step of [training] to make you feel it."
"Of course, does Aiga have a plan?"
It is Mr. Igarashi who raises the hurdle.
"Well."
I put a bowl.
"In short, the motivation of" fighting "is the same as" making a dike. "There are seven villages in this territory and it seems that there is a strong sense of" village "unit, but for example, the common problem of" river flooding " If there is a direction, the villages will collaborate to create embankments, so if the “motivation of battle” has a direction that can easily understand the “awareness of problems shared by the entire territory,” it will be the same. It will be born in the
"I see. That's right, but are you in that direction?"
"is there"
I immediately answered Shohei's question.
Then, continue drinking with a sip of miso-dissolved juice.
"It's the elimination of monsters living west of the territory."
"Ah"
Shouted Garcia lightly.
so. Koitsu was walking on the west side together.
I didn't see any people and encountered quite a few weak monsters.
"Everyone in this territory lives on the southern side of the mountain, because monsters appear on the west side, so if all the territory can get rid of it, people on the west side will be able to live there and create some industry. Well, even if you couldn't think of it, everyone wouldn't be motivated at least because they wouldn't want to be in a state where they couldn't live in the west because of monsters. Can you share? "
"That may be the case. All the folks are terrible amateurs fighting. How can they really defeat monsters?"
"Aiga specializes in [training]."
Did you hear from the Minister?
Igarashi responded on my behalf, but I'd like to answer a bit more specifically.
"In the future, we will cultivate about 150 people out of 2500 villagers who will be able to fight. Because I will use all the training skills cultivated at the brave party, he can fight as soon as it is And ... the monsters in the West aren't that strong, because they're just plain weak monsters at the elementary level. "
And even with this defeat of monsters, folks can get twice the experience value by playing Blessing.
"Of course, these 150 people don't always have to be part of the quest anyway. Or, because we're going to recruit people from different villages, there's a busy season of industry in each village. Basically, we want you to give priority to that, for example, "Nakamura" people can participate in quests during the off-farm season, "Kimura" people will stop embankment construction and reduce their work. So I'm going to have you participate in the early spring, so I'm going to rotate like that ... Well, dozens of people might be doing quests, but they won't hurt the industry as much as possible I'm going to take care of the fact that if I disregard the existing industry, the power will not rise in the long run. "
Huh ...
Since I took a break
"I'm going to start in that direction for the time being, will you cooperate?"
I asked.
"I'm going to study what Aiga does."
Igarashi first answers that.
"I will follow if my husband is thinking so much."
Garcia answers next.
"Isn't it okay if the industry in each village is not broken?
"... Yeah, that's right."
Says Yoshioka.
Is it really good that everyone really cooperates?
"Then Garcia will investigate the territory's economic situation tomorrow."
"Haichisu"
"I want Yoshioka to become an intermediary between" I and the people "
"understood"
Juzo said, and Shohei nodded.
"And Igarashi-san ..."
"Yes"
Mr. Igarashi who comes close to the distance with no expression.
While avoiding that your lips are likely to stick to Pitri,
"I ask for my assistant and the high-end bill"
He managed to say, "Nod" with a sharp eye.
Yup.
Something fun.
I remember this feeling somewhere.
Oh, I see.
It's just like starting a cross and an adventure party and getting more and more friends.