Kuro no Senki (LN)

Kah! Kah! and the sound of hammering echoes from the corner of the Elakis Marquis Mansion... one of the towers surrounding the Elakis Marquis Mansion...

There is a furnace there, a golden floor, charcoal piled up like a mountain, Dwarves walking around in haste.

"Whoa! Dear Chrono, I've been waiting for you!

"Captain Hundred, I need to ask you something?

What should I ask from, Krono looked up at the tower.

"Thanks to Master Chrono, a wonderful workshop has been built."

"Well, if you spend a thousand gold coins."

Hahaha, and Chrono and Dwarf laughed.

"So, who's the synthetic bow?

"... we have all the ingredients, but when it comes to actually building"

"I'm not telling you to get results right away, but I'm not even going to build a workshop out of play."

It would have been a little tight to say, Krono stared at the hundred captains.

"I'll see what I can expect."

"I hope so."

This is the sincerity that must be faked.

If we can build weapons and protective equipment in this workshop, we will save a lot of money, and if we develop better quality weapons and protective equipment than we do now, we may not have to let our men die.

"Dear Chrono, actually... I had an idea for armor when I was younger"

"I don't mind. Of course, it's life-threatening, so do a good endurance test and switch to that new piece of armor if you don't have a problem with it."

"Yes! I'll get right to it!

I'm motivated, and Chrono dropped off Dwarf's hundred captains.

"Chrono, you've handled subhumans better in a while."

"What is it, Tilia?"

"Is it my fault!

Tilia stood next to Chrono with a flashing expression, pointing a frightened gaze at the workshop and Chrono.

"Do a magically granted weapon to a subhuman, build a workshop, keep, keep, bring that half-elf into bed every night, one, you spoil a subhuman too much, don't you?

"My men are only subhuman."

Speaking of which, Marquis Elakis' men... where did his colleagues and human soldiers go?

"And I especially shouldn't have half an elf. I don't know what you think, half-elph and, see, I don't know what you're getting into for being a slut, but half-elph is a half-elph who can't be a human or an elf. Whispering love, I am determined to take my fortune. Are you listening, Chrono!

"Sorry, I've been listening for about half of it"

"I'm thinking for you, I'm telling you!

Is it also about being tricked by a half-elf marriage con artist? and Chrono stared at Tilia.

But if this is a normal feeling about half an elf, they won't pay off too much.

"If you know what I mean, give that half-elf a deposit and kick him out."

"... Tilia, I'm not going to kick Leila out."

Huh? and Tilia opened her eyes to surprise.

"That's right, I think Leila has some plans, too. But Leila wanted me to give up everything because she was a half-elf. I think that was a very courageous decision."

"Well, that's your imagination."

"Yes, maybe. Tilia was right, and even if Leila was cheating on me, I promised to believe Leila."

"... you are"

Tilia's face is distorted.

"You're an idiot! I thought you were stupid, stupid, but you're a big idiot!

"Hey, Tilia"

"Don't touch me!

Tilia beat me up and Chrono poked me in the ass cake.

"Okay? I'm busy. You can't leave Imperial City forever. Just hire a new servant and let me go home to the Empire!

Turning his back on Chrono, Tilia went back to the Marquis Elakis residence in a rough foothold.

"Master Chrono, are you okay?

"... I think I cut my mouth off"

He's cut off his lips, too.

Chrono glanced at the iron smell spreading in his mouth.

"Really, Master Krono loves Leila."

"Be me."

Wiping the blood with the sleeves of his military uniform, Chrono stood up.

"Where are you going?

"Tilia wants to go back to Imperial City, so I thought I'd go find a servant."

I'm not guessing, but Chrono looked up to the sky.

How many people does it take to manage the Marquis Mansion, as accounting is indispensable?

I tried to remember my adoptive father's mansion, but I just can't remember.

"Do you dare ask Mr. Minot if he has any soldiers who wish to change careers? You're supposed to be training outside the city today, but how's this outfit going?

Though I told him I was going to go find a servant, Chrono didn't think he could easily hire a servant without any connections.

Then I changed from military uniforms to regular clothes in an attempt to combine city inspections.

What I'm wearing right now is a civilian style tunic and hemp trousers.

Most importantly, it's beautiful for civilians, so if you look at it, you might get the impression that it's a rich bong.

Buy dried fruit at an outdoor store, flutter appropriately, and then negotiate with the pedestrian to have it put on the carriage carrier.

The commercial district seems to be quite secure from the Marquis residence of Elakis, but there are also floaters, stray children and women who look like prostitutes.

"... a lot of stray kids."

"Marquis Elakis has crushed the Sanctuary. But they're not trying hard enough, so you don't have to be sympathetic.

When Chrono shrugged, the pedestrian said without even trying to hide his contempt.

The expression "throw up" fits.

"I see."

Well, if you were just a person with that idea, there wouldn't be fewer floaters and strays.

"I hear the Loess Temple cleric is doing it with rice... but if you do it over rice, you just get lazy habits"

"Well, you're a religious man."

I don't want to be kicked out of the carriage, so Chrono appropriately talked to me.

The temple of the loess... a pillar of the six-pillar god, a temple dedicated to the Mother God who makes the loess and conducts abundance.

In addition, there are the "God who turns bright red and directs destruction", "Goddess who turns pale and directs life", "God who makes triumphs and directs circulation", "God who directs order in pure white", which was believed by the Commander of the Kingdom of Argo, and his wife, "Goddess who directs chaos in pitch black".

Why, when it comes to being called by such a long name, it is forbidden to call the name of God even more.

At last, it seems that only those who have excelled in divine authority can know the name, as proxies of God.

The Six-Pillar God is also believed in the Kepheus Empire, but the political influence of the Temple is not great.

This is the first emperor of the Kepheus Empire who said, 'Don't let the temple get involved in the dead!' and because of the thorough oppression.

"That's all I need."

"Bye, Bon!

As Chrono jumped near the gate, the pedestrian said goodbye words in a rambling way.

"Well, I was using it for training"

Chrono relies on his memory to go for the squad field.

Fortunately, the squadron field... is merely a wasteland, with piles of trees to target... was quickly found.

Sometimes I've just been discharged, and today I seem to be practicing combing hands, sorcery, and bows on a pedigree-by-species basis.

In training assuming real battle, troops are organized on a hundred basis, but that is also irresistible in a situation where there are no cavalry or archers.

"Uh-huh, very powerful."

The combiners of werewolves and lions are also powerful, but the Dantotsu are the combiners between Minotaurs and Lizardmans.

I definitely don't want to manipulate each other with a wooden stick like Marutai.

I guess I noticed Chrono.

The deputy leaves the supervisor to Lizardman and walks over to Chrono.

"Admiral... I'll cut your lips off."

"Don't fall."

"The Admiral is also prone to divergence. Are you here today to see Leila?

"I was going to hire a servant, and I was wondering if any of my men wanted to retire."

Buh-oh, and the deputy exhaled with his nose.

"The treatment has improved, and he can move and no one wants to retire. It's just that I have a man whose wounds are healing slowly or who's left with sequelae. '

"How many?

"Elves and dwarves, together in twenty. Well, the Dwarf guys are just a bunch of people with training in blacksmiths, so they're going to be relocating to the workshop... but all the Dwarf women and elves are. '

"I think it's going to be cheaper than the military, but I'm going to hire everyone."

Is it true?

"There's no reason to throw it out. Where's the elf?

"It's just a woman. Don't worry."

It's true that I wanted to hear the ratio between men and women, and Krono glanced at his deputy.

"Admiral, who built the workshop?

"I didn't think of it as a relocation destination, so it's a happy miscalculation."

I would have increased my budget if I had assumed that from the beginning.

Admiral, aren't you going to see Leila? Right over there.

Looking in the direction the deputy pointed, Leila was pulling the bow.

Fast succession of arrows... shooting through the dozens of meters ahead at a speed that makes you realize the meaning of such words.

Looking at what the other elves are removing, Leila looks like an excellent archer.

"Leila's good at bows."

"The magic arm is also made of dantotsu. I've been helped by Leila's witchcraft many times, and it's not weird to be a deputy if it's just strength."

Chrono narrowed his eyes because he was a half elf.

"Of course, I... the people here take it for granted that Leila has become captain of fifty."

So Chrono felt strangely convinced that you had retained Leila.

"You have to be happy."

Not at all.

In the end, Chrono left the squad field behind without meeting Leila.

I was a little hungry, so Chrono decided to stop by the dining room and inn Leila was using for her sanatorium.

The dining room was idle...... there were no guests other than Chrono, are you used to this situation, the general was wiping the counter with a borough cloth.

"Oh, Baron... what's that outfit?

"Thanks for your patience. I'm visiting the city."

"Ha ha. Then why don't you call me Baron?"

"Right. Okay, Cro" Boy!

I wonder if it looks so painstakingly unknown, and Chrono sat in the counter.

"I only have bread and soup, do you want some?

"Um, shit." No, I'm a kid now. "

I'm not just inspecting the city, playing rich bong bong...,

"It's troublesome to keep up the great attitude... and bread and soup, General!

"Yes, boy"

The general nodded at the play, placing the same black bread and boiled vegetable soup on the counter as the previous one.

I felt a little short of salt, but Chrono sipped the soup without complaining.

"How's the economy, ma'am?

"That's not good. Here... No, there's been a weird increase in taxes since the Marquis took his place. Taxes, taxes on firewood, small shops like mine, they're really in deficit... even the ones I finally set up with my dead husband, but they're still in the form of debt."

Chrono breaded silently because it was heavier than he thought.

"It's not your fault, don't look like that. Yeah, I have some good news. Marquis Elakis was captured for embezzlement or something, and a new lord is coming."

Phew, and Chrono pretended not to care.

They say no doors can be built on people's mouths, but some secrets are kept.

"Speaking of which, what about that half-elf daughter?

"Leila would be fine."

Heh, and the general grinned like a prank.

"Boy was obsessed with that girl."

"Blah, I made you a mistress"

"Oh, you're going to admit it."

The general said as if she had clapped out.

The more annoying and repudiating this deal, the more you get on the diagram.

"If I were ten years younger, I'd run for mistress, too."

……

With his gaze turned like a ragged and starving beast, Chrono hastened to drink up his soup.

I'm sensitive to threats because I'm weak.

"Hey, baby."

Then he made a sweet voice, and the general sat down next to Chrono.

That sweet voice only sounds like the roar of a carnivore to Chrono.

Even if I can only get around my chest, it's only like I'm grinding my nails.

I came to eat, and Chrono picked up the bread... and I lost it.

I get grabbed by an extended arm trying to take bread.

"... hey, boy?

"Hey, what is it?

"Are you willing to let a woman scratch her shame?

"Why are you sitting on me?

"... I don't mind if you like it. So, Pato:" That, I can't "

What? And the general tilted her neck so that she could not understand.

"So, Patro." So, I can't "

Phew, and the general went back to the next seat in white.

"You're a nobleman, aren't you? So, think I'll help."

"Well, noble."

There are more than 23,000 gold coins left in the vault of the Marquis of Elakis, and to some extent it can be used at the discretion of Chrono... this is something the Marquis of Elakis squeezed out of the people, so it cannot be used lightly.

To tell you the truth, while Chrono receives his salary as an officer, he also receives a service from his adoptive father, so he has free money to spend.

"You can think of a man like Daddy Sketchy."

"So you're saying I don't mind!

Chrono stared at the general to lick her and embarked on herself.

"I'd do terrible things if I got in that relationship with money."

"... if you can protect the store."

"First, we're gonna lock you in the dungeon."

"Scared! What are you thinking?

You imagined, the general held her own body in pale face.

"Madam General, how much is the total debt?

"Oh, I refuse to let that happen!

Yeah, and Chrono really pounded his tongue for it.

"So, what's the debt?

"... hundreds of gold coins"

"I can't be a patron, but I can introduce you to a good job"

"Like what? Oh, because I refuse to work in the basement!

The general pulled her body to guard Chrono.

"Cock at the Marquis Elakis Mansion"

"Don't tell me stupid is off, too! I want to protect my husband's shop!

"I think working as a cock and paying off my debts is about keeping the store in good standing."

Ugh, and the general clogged her voice.

"Can you give me a second to think about it?

"Fine, but I'd like a response by tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. Come to the Marquis Elakis Mansion when you have an answer. I... was called by Chrono Crawford, because the gatekeeper will catch me."

"... I get it."

The general answered small.

Chrono follows the family path, saying that the general may have hated her.

It's the general who's been seducing me, and I'm trying to feed Chrono, so I want you to forgive me for that.

"The general is supposed to come, and the question is accounting."

Dry fruit cheeked and Chrono dropped his shoulder.

Given the literacy rate of the Kepheus Empire, it seems difficult to secure talent that can be entrusted with accounting just by going.

I don't have a connection to pull it out of anywhere else, and I don't want to make extra enemies.

"Growing your own isn't realistic either. I don't want to borrow it, but I think I'll talk to Mr. Nicolas."

With that in mind, I found some flower selling girl.

She tries to sell flowers in a foothold that looks fluffy and feverish, but she's not dealt with at all.

The girl, turned down by some opponent, fluttered towards the street, where the carriage came into great momentum.

"What!"

Chrono ran to the girl with all his might.

"Ugh!"

Too temperamental, uh-huh! I may have, but Chrono dived into the girl on the verge of being hit and escaped into the safety zone as she rolled over the dirt.

It was with respect that I struck you in the head.

"Are you okay?"

"... Huh! Oh, me! Oh, the flowers!

Escaping Chrono's arm, the girl scratches the flowers trampled upon her miserably.

"He said it was dangerous!

"But the flowers... all, I need to sell"

The rattling and flower-selling girl shook her body and bit her nails like some withdrawal symptom.

It was Andersen's fairy tale, The Match Selling Girl, that passed Chrono's brain.

"I'll pay for the flowers and the basket."

Krono attracted the girl without waiting for a reply.

The skin peeking from the collar is pathologically white and the body is so thin that the clavicle floats.

Painfully thin feet painted on mud and blood as well.

"Oh, Master Chrono!

When I turned to the voice, Nicola was about to jump off the carriage.

Apparently, the carriage that tried to kill the girl belonged to the Pics Chamber of Commerce.

"I'm sorry, Master Chrono"

"Oh, 'cause I'm not hurt badly"

Chrono smiles to reassure Nicola.

"At least, just treatment... lips and a scratch on my forehead"

"Then is this kid good with you?

Nicola stared at the girl and narrowed her eyes sadly.

"Yes, of course."

Only branches are established throughout the Kepheus Empire, and the Marquis Marquis Branch of the Pics Chamber of Commerce is built in a place equivalent to first class among the commercial districts.

Although the size of the building is inferior to that of other chambers of commerce, the customer service of employees exceeds by one or two steps.

Chrono had secretly decided to do this when buying Layla's clothes, underwear, underwear, etc.

The office of the Pics Chamber of Commerce, guided by Nicola, was very snug.

"Sa, Master Chrono"

"If you're dealing with a wound, take this girl first."

"How are you? Ver, Ver! Bring the first aid kit!

Ha! and Ver jumped into the office with the first aid kit in one hand.

"Ver, I need this girl's allowance."

"Yes, Branch Manager!

Ver sits the flower seller girl in a chair and treats her with a slightly familiar motion.

Even so, it is a treatment to the extent of hanging water and wrapping a bandage.

"Yes, Baron next"

When Ver wrapped a bandage around Chrono's head, he just got back to work.

"In a way, you're a crisp daughter."

"I'm sorry. Ver has had a shallow day since becoming a business member, and courtesy is imperfect. Oh, how about tea and tea treats?

"Oh, nice to meet you"

I expected golden confectionery, but unfortunately it was regular tea and confectionery.

The girl sipped at the dreaded tea and devoured the confectionery.

"You can eat my share too."

"Oh, thank you"

Now reluctantly watching the confectionery eating girl, Chrono slowly included tea in his mouth.

Somehow I looked on my desk and a bunch of paper was placed.

"... paper"

"It should be rare around here, but Master Chrono is an expert."

"I also saw you at the Marquis Elakis residence, is that so rare?

"Yes, it's imported from the northern group of free city states, and the laws are kept secret."

"I wonder if I can make it in the workshop"

If it can be made within the Kepheus Empire, it will only be cheaper for the cost of transportation not to be multiplied, and the Marquis of Elakis should moisturize.

"Dear Chrono, how is our business?

"The food situation of the soldiers has improved visibly, and the workshop is fine for now."

Phew, and Nicola exhaled in relief.

"This is going to be a personal...... territorial management issue, is there anyone who can do accounting?

"Being educated and trustworthy enough to be an accountant"

Right - and Chrono looked up to the ceiling.

"If you don't care what you do, there's only one way."

"Like what?"

Honey, and Nicolas coughed at ease.

"It's in slavery. Most importantly, we don't deal with slaves, so we can mediate."

"Do you have an educated slave?

Really, two things, upbringing and slavery, are not linked in chrono.

"Slaves have a lot of things to do."

"Well, I mean, ask for an intermediary."

Chrono wasn't into riding, but Nicola doesn't seem to be very into riding either.

After a fine exchange, leaving the Pics Chamber of Commerce, the sun was about to set.

"Where do you live? I'm sending it to you, okay?

"Over there."

The girl took Chrono's hand and walked out.

I haven't paid for it, so maybe Chrono is trying not to run away.

"Who do you live with?

"Mother."

When Chrono inquired, the girl answered briefly.

"Why, are you working?

"... because your mother is sick. I work hard, but I just eat the best, I just eat the best."

The girl hastily re-said that she realized that Chrono was noble.

The girl drew her hand, and Chrono went to the outer edge of the city.

"Brother...... aren't you noble?

"You can have a brother. Then, for once, it's noble."

Mm, and the girl wrinkled between her eyebrows and pressed her silence.

"Don't you like nobles?

"I hate...... Huh! So, but I like your brother, he bought me flowers."

Chrono had no choice but to laugh bitterly as the girl desperately said.

"Why, don't you like nobility?

"Mother, I worked at the Marquis Elakis' house, because I got sick and they kicked me out"

When I talk to people in the city, all the bad talk of the Marquis Elakis comes out.

"I don't like soldiers either. But I like the dog soldier. White, fluffy, always helps."

That's great, my men! and Chrono praised his men in his heart.

When the sun went down, Chrono finally reached the girl's house.

It's a crude house you deserve to call Barack, and the houses around you are similar.

"... looks insecure"

"Hey, brother"

After less than three seconds, anxiety was neutralized.

A chimpy Osama called out.

"Stop it! I don't have the money to give you!

"Oh, my God, you kid!

Why, oil the fire! and Chrono sheltered the girl from Osama.

Blunt shock hits the chest.

This level of opponent seems to be able to crack it down with his bare hands, but not while sheltering the girl.

"Hey, is anybody there!

Wasn't it just a chimp, people come out of the darkness all over.

While sheltering the girl, Krono bit at the difficulty of using the magic he wore.

Heavenly Kagura is too lethal.

The next moment Osama shook up his arm, a single arrow stood under his feet and a white wind passed directly beside Chrono.

White hair, a hundred captains of werewolves.

The hundred captains of the werewolf instantly control Osama and intimidate the men who came out of the darkness.

The men tried to stop,

Admiral, is it easy to kill them all?

"You don't have to kill me, if you're going home without doing anything"

He escaped with us to the words of his deputy giant and Chrono.

"Master Chrono!

"Leila, thank you."

Being vigilant around her, Leila leaned in to shelter Chrono.

"Dear Krono, this area is particularly insecure among the hashels"

"I've been through this myself."

Cold sweat transmits the spine like it is now.

"Mr. Minot, Leila...... I have business to attend to, could you wait a moment?

"Well, if the Admiral's orders."

"We're risking our lives to secure our exit."

These two would be fine with a bunch of thugs hanging around.

"Will you let me see your mother?

"Good, but why?

The girl's mother was needlework in bed, but when she saw the bandage wrapped around the girl, she jumped out of bed.

"Alison! If you think you're home late, what's wrong?

"I almost got hit by a carriage, and your brother helped me."

Ha ha. Alison's mother looked closer to Chrono.

"I don't know who you are, but thank you for helping my daughter"

"No, because I just did the obvious"

Then the conversation broke off and Chrono turned his gaze around.

Thin dirty walls and a ceiling with traces of rain leakage, not even the minimum amount of furniture required.

Mother and child families...... who are not alone in reaching out for salvation, even though the mother who should support the household is sick.

Instead of helping, there's even a bunch of guys trying to take money away from children like the guy just now.

"Now I'm looking for a servant."

"I'm very, very grateful for the offer...... now I'm sick"

Alison clings to her mother.

"The cost of the treatment is...... in the form of a temporary replacement by me, if the illness is cured, you can repay it at an inexorable pace. Hopefully... I can feel free to put a child like Alison to work, but they both want you to work in my mansion."

Alison's mother seems bewildered by the treatment of breaking, but there's no other way to do all this than to get Chrono to believe.

"... ok"

Thinking about it for a while, Alison's mother accepted Chrono's suggestion.

Immediately packed, Krono took his deputy, Leila, a hundred captains of werewolves, Alison and her mother to the Marquis residence.

Chrono pulls Alison's hand and dresses as a deputy lifts Alison's mother.

Leila looked with envy at Alison holding hands with Chrono, but never complained.

Leila was the earliest to notice the anomaly in the Marquis residence of Elakis.

"Dear Chrono, someone is making a scene at the gate"

"Is that the general?

Chrono's hunch was off.

The general and the gatekeeper were questioning at the gates of the Marquis Elakis residence.

"So you're saying Master Chrono called me!

"Don't lie to me! Baron Crawford wouldn't call a woman like you! Go home now!"

"Then at least, thank Master Chrono for catching me up!

The general, she was an aggressive person, and Chrono significantly corrected her first impressions, including today's one.

"Ah, you guys."

"Baron Crawford!

Shit! And the gatekeeper stretched his spine.

"The woman is right. I know Tilia told you, but I'm looking for a servant."

"So I told you! I was called here by Master Chrono!

"May fly, woman!

"Huh? If I apologize for a word or so, how about it!

Well, and Chrono broke in between the general and the gatekeeper.

"Madam General, have you heard back?

"To protect my husband's shop, to cock, to mistress."

You! and Krono sighed in his heart as he forgived the gatekeeper who exclaimed.

Well, I don't know... it's going to be a tough future.