Isekai Sagishi no Consulting

Concon...

After knocking, I hear voices coming from the other side of the door.

"... come in"

Weak voice.

If I hadn't known that I was the visitor, I would have been replaced by a sidekick.

"Excuse me."

Open the door with a clear voice.

The room cleaned to the limit to avoid dust smelled a little disinfectant.

The Lord's room, where only minimal humans are permitted to enter.

A narrow man is lying in a large bed by the window.

Oltvine Claremona, now Lord of the forty-second district.

He's my father.

"Father. I got fresh vegetables from an agricultural guild."

Fill the box with vegetables you just received from the Agricultural Guild and make them visible to your father.

While lying on the bed, his father narrowed his eyes.

... I wonder if they know.

But that's why I can't stop here.

"The quality of the vegetables seems good this month, look at this carrot. It's so thick and bright."

"... I see."

Breathing through your throat makes a faint sound.

Your father contracted an epidemic that struck District 42 a few years ago and is not fully cured now.

Your body is only weakening day by day.

I haven't been on the stage for almost a year.

... that's why I have to stay strong.

"I'll give it to the chef. Eat plenty and apply your sperm. The people are all looking forward to your father's grand appearance."

Finish the conversation with a smile, being careful not to get dark.

Speaking of parents and children, visiting your father is limited in time. It is dangerous to waste your health.

"... Estella"

I heard a weak voice when I tried to quit the room.

Looking back in front of the door, his father turned his face toward us and moved his dry lips.

"... I'm going to have a hard time."

The knob was jammed.

If it's hard, it's driven by the urge to exhale a weak voice and jump into your father's chest.

Fear, loneliness, anxiety and helplessness.

But I'm acting on behalf of the Lord.

"Not at all. The servants work well, and the residents are all favorable, so there's nothing wrong with it."

It's not a lie.

It's not a lie, but it's not true.

Still, I need to get rid of as much of your father's anxiety as I can.

This city still needs a lord you can count on, not such a half-breed.

"The Forty-Two District, which your father built and defended, is a wonderful city that has never been different. I'm getting a lot easier."

I think it was a perfect smile.

You can smile perfectly on your face in any mood.

One of my noble abilities.... I would never be proud of you.

"... I see."

That said, his father dropped his head on the pillow.

Also, the blurred sound leaked out of my throat and I couldn't hear anything else.

I lowered my head deep and left the room quietly, careful not to roll up the dust.

"... hah"

When I closed the door, I felt a little relieved.

It's not good to sigh.

"Lady."

Natalia, the waiter, is coming to me.

Because I am the waitress of the Claremona family, I should have followed your father and waved his arm, but she has been taking care of me since I was a little girl.

For that reason, while Natalia is the waiter of the Clairmona family, she follows me on behalf of the lord, not the lord.

"Natalia, can you give this to the chef? Ask your father to cook a delicious meal."

"Yes, sir."

I bowed respectfully and received a wooden box with vegetables from me, and I raised my eyebrows slightly.

"... so much. Again, you've made a lot of effort."

Natalia seems to be seeing everything.

"What your father needs is rest and nutrition. As a filial daughter, I'm so excited."

Yes, I bought most of these vegetables myself.

Some of them were really from the Agricultural Guild, but none of them were too thin to touch your father's eyes.

"Isn't this carrot wonderful? Mormatt said he was confident about this."

"In addition, did you authorize the payment of taxes in kind?

"Well, it's a painful situation everywhere."

The Agricultural Guild is obligated to wholesale vegetables to the Trading Guild and to pay taxes to the Lord on the money determined from its profits.

However, the vegetables bought by the Trading Guild are limited to good quality items, and many vegetables are unbundled.

Naturally, I also have trouble paying taxes, and I receive a plea that I can manage to replace taxes in kind.

It happens all the time.

It is not limited to agricultural guilds.

"I'm not a malicious trampler, so shouldn't I accept it with a generous heart?

"Too generous, I would say."

Natalia's voice remains unchanged.

I've been preached a lot since I was a little girl, but it doesn't change at this age.

"You can't buy anything, like vegetables that the Trading Guild refused to buy. In other words, there's no substitute for money.

"But you can eat vegetables. We don't have to buy vegetables, so we're keeping our spending down."

"If you run out of income, you'll go bankrupt before you spend less."

I know that. Me, too.

But I can't shake a sleeve without it.

You can't blame the Agricultural Alliance or make them take responsibility.

"It's the virtue of my forty-second district that there are a lot of big people."

"The biggest one is the lord's family.... at all. Even though I took a lot of vegetables that can't be exchanged for money, I bought additional vegetables of good quality to improve the appearance when I showed them to the owner...."

"Well, that's good. Everything is in critical condition right now. If anyone who can't do it at all can do it somewhere else. If you take advantage of that margin and create another place, the whole city will slowly turn into a marvellous city with plenty of room."

"Ideally, it's..."

... I know.

It's not that sweet.

It hurts. The more involved you are in governance on behalf of the lord, the more you feel the tragic situation in this city and your helplessness.

I want to do something about it.

But there's nothing I can do about it.

I am too weak to change this city.

I can't create a huge force to turn this city upside down.

"Maybe they'll show up from somewhere. An eccentric and fascinating hero to break this sense of obstruction."

I shouldn't say that to anyone else, but I am.

But it's good enough to dream.

It's impossible for anyone to break everything that's stuck.

I'll have to cut someone off someday.

Cut off the weak, the hopeless, to avoid killing the entire city.

Leave the little one to live.

With enough cruelty to abandon your own father, you can't even stand here long enough.

... I wonder if I can do that.

If only I could....

Can I stay as I am after doing that?

I wonder if I can be as proud of my family and friends as I am.

If you become a frog, you will escape this burden.

In the wetlands, turn your eyes away from the world, block your ears and breathe...

... no, I can't do that.

I don't know where the frog's ears are anyway.

If I can't keep my ears shut, I won't know much.

If you can't be sure.....

"When the time comes, I'll make a decision."

Sacrifice yourself to save this city.

If the only way to survive is to cut off a small one, wouldn't it be reasonable to cut off a small one first?

"... yes."

What kind of expression am I wearing now? [M]

Natalia took a step back with a sad look on my face.

Natalia's attitude when she said, "I have nothing more to say."

You're going to have a hard time, Lord.

Well then, I'm going out, so please take care of the building.

"Where are you going today?

"Just outside the ocean."

Remove the lord's permit from his pocket and show it to Natalia.

This is a one-time landlord's permit to join the fishery aboard the Sea Fishing Alliance vessel.

"Miss Fishing?

"I've been invited before. I'll make some money to put in my vault while I get along with my old friend."

Marsha Ashley of the Sea Fisheries Guild, who has known each other since childhood.

I asked her to accompany me to the Sea Fishing Guild fishery.

The deadline is from this afternoon until tomorrow morning.

Speaking of friends' ships, it is worrisome to go outside the world where forced translation magic loses its effectiveness.

There are also beasts in the sea, and there are many dangers.

Still, I need money in this forty-second district right now.

If I can make money, I'll do anything.

As long as the name of the lord's deputy is not tainted.

"Miss...."

Natalia, please.

I'm sure you want to stop it.

But that's all I can think of right now, and that's all I can think of right now.

So at least let me do everything I can.

"Would you smile and send me out? Then I'll do my best."

"... yes."

After thanking her with a clear face and raising her head, Natalia laughed slightly.

"Thank you. I'm coming."

Leave the lord's mansion and take the coach to the Thirty-Fifth District.

As I was shaken by a carriage, I remembered that Ginette liked sea fish.

Then I'll take one of them as a souvenir.

I'll have Marsha redeem all the money.

The carriage leaves the forty-second district at once.

I prayed to the Spirit God like a dreaming girl as I watched the forty-two ward that was going away.

If your wish comes true, let us meet a hero who will save us.

If such a person shows up, I don't mind betting my life on him.

If only you could save my precious forty-second district.

Soon I will meet a man.

An eccentric, good or bad, powerful person who flips the entire forty-second district - a cautionary one.

I still don't know if my wish has reached the Spirit God, but I felt something slightly. When I saw him, no, more than before, when I saw that letter of arrangement.

I couldn't say it well, but... if I didn't fear that it would become an obvious word, I would say, "A glimmer of hope" - I certainly felt that kind of thing.

You know, his face, depicted on a 30% more evil face.