Kuro no Senki (LN)

Tilia was grumpy waiting for Chrono in the office on the top floor of the Elakis mansion.

"So, what can I do for you?

"... you've gained a lot of weight. If this isn't you, I'm condemning you to death for disrespect. Show me something like that."

Dyed his cheeks to the vermilion and Tilia coughed.

"... has decided to succeed Marquis Elakis"

Tilia smiled with a seriously evil smile in the royal family.

"It's you, Chrono"

"What about Baron Crawford's territory?

"No problem. Baron Crawford will be able to remain active for a while, and in times of need, you just have to set up a surrogate."

Do you even want to make it for the faction? and Chrono stared at Tilia, who nodded satisfactorily.

The current emperor of the Kepheus empire has two sisters with his righteous wife and one boy with his concubine.

The rightful heir to the throne is Tilia, but it seems that there are some factions who push for a concubine prince.

I don't know how powerful a faction to call anti-Tilia is, but I'm guessing Tilia wants to keep one or more allies.

It's an annoying story.

I feel more and more distant from my contemplated peaceful life as a borderline nobleman.

But even though he didn't make it, Tilia led reinforcements to come and help me, and she's taking care of my men.

"What do you say, Chrono?

"I get it. So, how much budget do you get?

"There isn't."

Tilia ran out of words.

"... Was it a bad way to ask? Empress...... would you like to accommodate your immediate funds as you take over the Marquis of Elakis?

"So there isn't. Whatever, I gave Chrono the Marquis at my discretion. I can't have a special budget right now, and I can't lend from the treasury. But don't worry, the money will be paid monthly to maintain the army."

"Does that mean... do I have to guess the vault of the Marquis Elakis"

"I paid retirement money to a massively fired servant, so there's not a single piece of copper left in the safe."

Cancer! and Chrono was struck like he had been beaten with a blunt instrument.

"How can you run a territory without money?"

"I'm sorry that the Imperial nobles are so worried about gold. A little more, you should be proud of yourself as a nobleman."

"If you can live by eating Xia, you must live proudly. Unfortunately, your budget will be convenient for you."

Chrono sighed and left the office behind.

Admiral, where do I put this statue?

"You just have to arrange it properly so it's easy to see"

Heh-heh, the deputy replied prolonged and placed the statue on the floor of the hall.

"Is this the last time?

"Hey, it was the last time this statue was in the treasure trove."

"Still, that's a lot of stuff you've been accumulating."

Saying, Chrono looked at artwork and magic items filling the hall.

An equally large statue of a naked woman carried by a deputy officer, a pot and painting that looks tall, a bunch of weapons that hold magical powers or whose origins seem to be correct, something that looks like a magic item.

"Sorry, guys."

Chrono spoke to his subordinates.

Eight subordinates, including his deputy...... two werewolves with white and gray hair, one lion with gold hyena, one Lizardman and one Minotaur at a time, one Dwarf and finally Leila.

A hundred captains, all of whom lead hundreds of subordinates… Leila is a fifty captain (tentative) who wraps up fifty surviving elves…

"Admiral, what are you gonna do with this?

"I want you to keep your mouth shut until I officially announce that I'm going to rule Marquis Elakis."

Ooh, and eight men raised their voices.

"That's good, but I don't have any funds for my activities... and I've decided to sell off Marquis Elakis' property"

Ooh, and the eight men raised their voices as if they were discouraged.

"... Admiral"

"I know you don't have to tell me. Well, even I want to behave like a nobleman so that everyone can be proud of me. But without money, I can't even pay the Marquis Elakis for his clothes."

Pompung and his deputy slapped Krono on the shoulder to comfort him.

"So I'll be the first to make an inventory. Leila!"

"Yes, Master Chrono"

Chrono gave Leila a paper-stamped plate and ink kettle, a feather pen.

"I'll give it a proper name, so write it down."

"Ha... Um, Master Chrono?

Leila called Chrono in a bewildered manner.

"What's going on?

"General, Leila can't write."

As Chrono shifted his gaze to his deputy, he turned sideways at first sight.

"Sorry I can't help you"

Chrono receives the writing equipment from Leila and goes to the statue at the far end.

"Best, naked woman statue...... number two, pot"

Kettles, kettles, kettles, paintings, kettles... collect all those kettles, what are you going to do! It's just pot enough to make me want to say.

"... number twenty, ah, Paul Axe?

"Dear Chrono, this seems to be granted magic power"

When Chrono said with his neck tilted, Leila said just a little bragging.

"What effect?

"I'm sorry, but that's it"

Hmm, and Chrono stared at Paul Axe.

Would the length of the pole axe be less than three meters?

The patterned part is also metal, reminiscent of the sceptre of Kiyomizu Temple, which I took on a middle school study trip.

"Mr. Minot, can you hold it?

"Well, that's about it"

Saying, the deputy lifted the pole ax lightly.

"Well, this is Minotaur's"

Admiral, are you insane?

"If you can use it as a weapon, you should use it effectively."

Even if he tries to sell it, he'll soon have legs... and Krono looks at his very grateful, shivering deputy with cold eyes.

"Next...... glass? No, crystal?

"It's an item that allows you to talk to a distant opponent"

Leila answered immediately as Chrono took the transparent sphere contained in the crate.

There are twenty clear spheres in the crate.

"What's the effective distance?

"Sure... in the hashel, you could have used it anywhere"

Chrono handed the sphere to his men.

"I'll give it to you as a means of communication... bow next"

Chrono took the bow in his hand and stared carefully.

Apparently, this bow was made of a combination of multiple ingredients.

"That's... that's a synthetic bow. It's a bow with a lot of flying distance, but there's a secret way to make it."

It was Dwarf's hundred captains who answered.

Dwarves living in the Kepheus Empire seem to acquire skills as artisans all the way before joining the army is a classic course.

"Can you do mass production?

"... as long as there's a workshop"

"I will fund the construction of the workshop, so establish a mass production system."

Unfortunately, Krono handed the synthetic bow to Dwarf.

"Ah, pots, pots, paintings, paintings, palm-sized nude statues...... number fifty, sword"

"There seems to be no magic."

"Technically, that doesn't sound like a big deal"

"So, how much is it going to sell?

Uh-huh, and Chrono roared with Leila and Dwarf.

"Dear Chrono, we are not merchants."

"If you don't know the right price, they'll buy you in a bundle of three sentences. Let's finish the inventory first, thinking about the sales price later."

pots, pots, kettles, plates, plates, paintings, paintings... the magical hidden hammer goes to the hundred captains of the Lizardman... the magical sword goes to the man lion... sculpture, sculpture... the magical sword x 2 goes to the werewolf... the sword engraved with the royal crest goes to his hips... the jewelry kind goes back to the treasure trove, and the armor and sword that may be used also goes to the treasure trove...,

"Two hundred pots, three hundred plates, fifty paintings, ten large sculptures, fifty small sculptures, a total of six hundred... for a long time, I've accumulated"

By the time Chrono had finished making the inventory, the sun had finished the day's service and was about to set.

The Pics Chamber of Commerce is a large chamber of commerce with branches throughout the Kepheus Empire.

Nicolas, who keeps branches of the Marquis territory of Elakis, is a merchant member of the ancient ginseng, but his talent as a merchant was scarce.

Nicola herself thought that although it took more than twice as long as people to rise to their present status, they would not be able to anticipate any more birth.

In short, the Marquis Marquis branch of Elakis is like a place of banishment for people like Nicola.

Still, Nicola did a serious chamber of commerce job without rotting.

I have taken good care of my apprenticeship members without discriminating against any other person.

It was time for an aristocratic youth and a half-elf woman to come to Nicolas like that in the evening.

Will noble-style youth not reach the age of twenty?

He was in tight shape, either due to the war or had a big scratch from his right forehead to his cheek.

He's closing the eye lid, so apparently, he's losing sight of his right eye.

Is the woman in the half elf as old as twenty?

Most importantly, it is dangerous to judge age solely by its appearance, because it draws the blood of an elf who is supposed to live twice to nearly five times the age of a human being.

This one is in a smart shape...... I feel a little undernourished, and I'm wearing blushing clothes.

Aristocrats and their mistresses, or whores bought to play with.

"What can I do for you?

"I want this girl to look after her clothes."

As Nicolas responded by floating her sales smile, the aristocratic youth blurted away.

"So what about these clothes?

Nicola offered a dark blue skirt and beige tunic, a skirt and a vest of the same color as the black one.

"Can I try it on?

"Yeah, this will be the fitting room. Ver, show this customer around."

Nicola calls on Apprenticeship Merchant Ver to guide the woman in the half elf.

"How much?

"Yes, it will be five gold coins"

I thought it would be priced, but the youth handed Nicolas the price.

He's a courteous young man for his bluffing attitude.

"... Store owner, I need to fold in and talk to you?

"What is it?

"As a matter of fact... more noble people ordered me to sell my art. I don't know what the market is and it's difficult."

Ha, and Nicola felt like she touched the end of one of the reasons why youth money payments are good.

Perhaps the youth are subordinates of the Marquis Elakis keeper.

"If I may, may I consult you?

"Right!

Less than an hour later, Nicolas regretted having taken the youth consultation.

The number of items appraised exceeds six hundred, and the actual sale is the next day.

The next day, Nicola left the branch to a trustworthy subordinate and went to the Marquis Elakis residence with apprentice merchant Ver.

Suddenly, it wasn't until Ver started talking that he put a carriage on the grounds of the Marquis Elakis residence.

"Branch Manager, Branch Manager!

"What is it?

"We're not gonna get killed, are we?

What? and Nicola raised a barbaric voice to Ver's words.

"We got the market, so it's like we don't need it anymore!

"It won't be there."

Separated with his men, he held up a box full of gold coins, and as he entered the hall, there were a large number of subhumans and humans.

The Subman stood surrounding the hall, humans… leading merchants in the Marquis of Elakis.

"Hey, you got something? Is there an executioner standing on that platform?"

"Shut up for a second."

After a while, yesterday's youth stood on the platform.

"Gentlemen, I'm Chrono Crawford. He was therefore entrusted with the rule of the Marquis of Elakis."

youth...... Mr. Krono separates words,

"I'm going to sell the property Marquis Elakis left behind to fund his future activities. The method is familiar to all of you... competition!

A very noble man, Nicolas stared at Mr. Krono with a frightening half-assed impression.

Perhaps Mr Krono had a voice besides Nicolas.

It seems like it would be a good idea to sell it to the highest-priced merchant, but Mr. Krono is aiming for further price hikes by adopting a competitive method.

Even if it doesn't sell, it's impossible to wind up in a bundle of three sentences than Mr. Krono understood the market.

"Firstly, a statue of a naked woman made by a sculptor from the group of free city states in the north! We start with 400 gold coins!

"Four hundred and ten!

"Four hundred and thirty!

"500!

"Yes, winning the bid!

"Next, a pot of saddle roasting made a hundred years ago!

At first, he was calmly dispatched, but he would be awarded a bid for a sum that exceeded Nicolas' expectations, whether he was enthusiastic, whether Mr. Chrono's incitement was good, or whether the psychology of wanting to sell his face to a new ruler worked.

The competition lasted two days and Nicolas and the others were forced to sleep at the Marquis Mansion.

I was allowed to go out, but conversations between merchants... possible collusion... were prohibited.

"Not really, I couldn't buy it"

"Well, I can't help it"

Nicolas replied powerlessly to Ver's words.

The money was surplus, but that's because Nicolas couldn't be attacked with strength.

All Nicola could buy was sixty pots, plates and other small items.

Sculptures and paintings that can be sold at high prices have been bought up by another Chamber of Commerce.

"The Pics Chamber of Commerce!

"What is it?

It was then that Nicola tried to get in the carriage that she was called out.

"Master Chrono is here for you."

"What can I do for you?

"I don't know what Mr. Krono thinks."

The woman in the half elf replied baffled.

Nicola was led by a half-elf woman and stepped into the reception room on the third floor of the Marquis Elakis residence.

"Hey, from the Pics Chamber of Commerce"

"My name is Nicolas"

"Nicolas, take it easy"

Nicola lowered her hips on the upper couch and confronted Mr. Chrono.

Somehow, he is a young man who seems to be everywhere.

If I insist, I feel like I like you.

"What's the outcome of the competition?

"You know the result better, Master Chrono."

Yeah, and Mr. Krono had a full smile.

I earned over 30,000 gold coins in just two days, so it means laughing.

In Nicolas' view, it was 20,000 gold coins.

Nicolas vomited evil in her heart that she would be made such a young man.

"What can I do for you?

"I thought I'd ask Nicolas to be your merchant rather than the Pics Chamber of Commerce..."

Huh! and Nicola accidentally floated her hips off the couch.

"Why me?

"Because customer service was good"

Mr. Krono smiled and glanced at the woman in the half elf.

In view of the fact that the woman in the half elf dyed her cheeks with embarrassment, the view that she was a mistress did not seem wrong.

"Is it food for soldiers to start with? I've got six hundred and fifty men all the time, and how much is it?

"Oh, if that's the case"

When Nicola presented the amount while explaining the price of wheat, Mr Crono nodded satisfactorily.

"If that's the amount, how about a five-year contract? When you have more people, it feels like you're going to increase the amount based on it."

"Then... don't I lose money when I commit murder?

Nicola nearly nodded, but immediately thought to herself.

Danger, danger.

This young man is strong, although he has an atmosphere that seems to be popular.

"But you make a profit when you're rich, don't you?

"The market today is… average when it comes to average"

Nicolas quickly recalculated that stockpiling wheat during abundance would reduce the risk.

Then,

'Cause I wouldn't say May fly if I kept the quantity and the quality above constant.'

Mr Krono added as if he had seen through Nicola's thoughts.

"Okay. Nevertheless, is Master Chrono really a nobleman?

"If you can run a territory in a hurry, you must."

This person is not normal, Nicola corrected her impression again.

"Since the auction sales were five hundred pieces of gold for thirty thousand coins and six thousand pieces of gold for the unpaid portion of the salary, are there twenty-four thousand and five hundred pieces left? Can you afford it because it's October when taxes can be paid? But you also have to build a workshop."

I have to collect servants, and it's hard to do it myself from what to what, Krono stuck to his desk.

"... sorry I can't help you"

"Mm-hmm. Well, all this."

I had no choice, Krono replied to Leila, who was so powerless as to be pathetic.

What's the use of study in the future?

Everyone living in modern Japan once thought about the question, the answer to which is the boundaries surrounding Leila and the subpeople.

You won't need to study if you're just going to live a day or a day.

However, if we look to five or ten years from now, we will need a minimum of scholarship.

Soon Chrono consolidated his determination and wrote twenty-six letters on paper that resembled the alphabet.

The grammar of the language used in the Kepheus Empire remains English, the only difference being that the pronunciation is spelled as it is.

"... Master Chrono, don't you love me tonight?

"Leila, sit down"

Standing up, Chrono sat Leila in the chair confused.

"Um, this is"

"I'm going to teach you letters and arithmetic from tonight on. I don't think I know what I need to study for right now. But in five years, for Leila in ten years... I want you to remember the letters and the arithmetic for you in a hundred years"

If Leila wants it, it would also be love to respond to it.

But I think it's love to consider Leila's future.