Otoko Nara Ikkokuichijou no Aruji o Mezasa Nakya, ne?

April 2, 7450.

A general acknowledgement could also be received from Viscount Yorise on the laying of railway lines in the form of crossings into the territory and on the trade in the exchange of demersals produced in the Samish region with cereals produced in West Dirt.

"Now, regarding the details, in a few weeks or so, along with the materials, your representative will be available at the administrative office in Beglitz..."

"Yeah. I think the number will be three or four. Best regards,"

"I'll wait a long time for you."

"Ha. But within ten years, you will receive three nobles and as many squire as you need, so this is the one who will bow his head."

I bowed my head to me, and I saw the bald Viscount Yorise, and I made a mild meeting, too.

Well, I've spoken in for over an hour.

Suddenly you will come and annoy the boulders any more.

It's about time.

"Then it's time..."

Waiting for the Viscount to lift his head and drink up the tea left in the cup, he hangs his free begging voice.

"Ha. Sometimes, Your Excellency decide to stay this evening?

"Yes, including those who accompanied me, already..."

"Well, sometimes it's a hurry. It's a product of our territory, but there was something interesting..."

"Huh."

"If you must try it,"

"Huh."

"We have a private room, so let's change the riverbank there."

The Viscount and his wife take their seats and tell them to follow.

Claw and I meet up face to face, but we're going back to the inn like this today to kill time with Udauda until dinner, and all we have to do is sleep.

I'm also attracted to Samish's products, which are interesting, and they're just great for free time.

I was put through to another room in the mansion, but it was a room that I had no idea what it felt like to see.

but as I imagined from the sweet smell that darkened to take me closer to that room, the source of the smell is apparently this room.

Is the room as big as the room I was in earlier, about ten tatami?

There is a large ashtray like a cigarette basin in the middle of a table situated in the center, with a couple of sofas to surround that table.

"Mm. Is that a cigarette?

I didn't notice because it didn't smell like a cigarette.

As far as I'm concerned, I only do cigarettes so much that I can be a grandfather and drool the fishing line, and I'm not going to get my hands on them until I have time.

Claw also frowned and looked at me anxiously.

"When it comes to cigarettes... no, they do resemble each other, but they're a little different."

The Viscount took out elongated things like xels when he got his hands on his nostalgia.

I guess it's a kind of smoking device.

The wife also takes the brand new cigarette kit (it) from the small shelf on the side of the table and gives it to us, "Here you go."

"Uh. I recommend corners, but I don't drink cigarettes"

Me and Claw keep standing up without sitting on the couch.

"If you say so, please sit down. Please give it a try. Anyway, it's a blessing for Nigivana, so thank you."

The wife says with an elegant grin.

Nigivana...... grace of Mother Earth God?

What's this all about?

With his hips buried on the couch one foot away, the Viscount is opening a small drawer provided at the bottom of the cigarette basin, taking out a pinch of something powdery like brown from inside and starting to pack it at the tip of the xel.

Hmm? That looks like something I saw somewhere...?

I turned my gaze into a drawer that was intrigued and left open.

There's a small pot in the drawer, and it looks like that brown powder is in there.

[Bucks]

[Calesso grass]

[Condition: Good]

[Processing date: 1/9/7450]

[Value: 66/g]

[Endurance: -]

[that dried the liquid secreted from the uterus of Calesso grass]

[Often used primarily as pain relief]

Bucks...... oh, I remember!

and at the same time turn the eye of appraisal to the Viscount.

There is no abnormality.

There are no abnormalities in the back either.

I quickly fly my gaze indoors with just my eyeballs, but I couldn't find anything like a cross.

... Doesn't it matter?

No, there's no reason for that!

Consciously tighten the face that is likely to distort and claw with your elbows.

Oh, silly......!

Claw's asshole tries to sit on the couch trying to figure out what he got wrong.

"Viscount, I appreciate the advice, but I may still be on the battlefield. I'm sorry, but I don't drink."

Claw finally seemed to notice my words, too, and I panicked and leaned back off the couch.

In the meantime, the Viscount is using an ignition demon prop to ignite the tip of the xel and inhale the smoke.

The wife also quickly began to pack the Bucks powder at the end of the xel.

By the way, I've been saying xel xel for a while now, but it seems a little different from Japanese xel.

There's no fireplate facing up, it's just a strawy pipe.

But... before both of us even got to our seats, and despite turning down smoking, this behavior.

I behaved like a nobleman.

He hasn't shown up in his status, but maybe he's starting to have withdrawal symptoms of poisoning.

"Well, don't ask me to be so hard... and this is similar to a cigarette but not a cigarette..."

Unlike tobacco, the Viscount said as he spit out white smoke of color.

It still smells sweet.

Hmm... assuming it's the opium Mizuchi expected, or something close to it, it's about the smoke that was spit out. Much worse.

I'm not going to go out and smoke anything that might be drugs, but I need to gather information.

……

In the carriage on my way home, I kept my arms around me and kept quiet.

As soon as I left the Viscount's mansion, my expression hardened and my mouth shut, or Claw shut up.

The inn will arrive in a few minutes.

I kept quiet for a reason.

Of course, there's the drug (Bucks) thing, but it's because we got information that's not the case.

Well, shall I explain it in turn?

Let's start with this medicine called Bucks.

Judging by the descriptions of the Viscount and his wife and how they looked after smoking the Bucks, it still seems that this Bucks has a psychotropic, psychotropic effect.

I'm not surprised at me because there are things that you might expect about this, but Claw, who saw the Viscount and his wife feeling wrapped in a sense of pride and loose expression, and his thoughts also dulled, took a lot of effort to hide his expression.

So far, I can't even tell if it's habitual or addictive like drugs, but presumably it is.

Next, it was found to be made in a village called Balzas, about 20 km south of Zahrax.

At Zahrax we started going out around last year and it only took about a year for it to spread among the city's upper class people.

Still, the Viscount and his wife seemed to be quite slow to use it, saying it was last month that they smoked it for the first time.

The price at the end is roughly 100,000 Z per 100 grams or slightly more.

Similar to tobacco, use a few grams at a time to the extent that, on average, you can smoke about five to six times with xels.

I hope Zahrax also has a store open that makes people smoke Bucks, like Opium Cave, and now they have quite a few loyal users, not only in the upper classes, but also in the civilian population and beyond.

Anyway, they sell the amount of a bottle of xel for 5000Z in the opium cave, so if you earn a lot of money, you can smoke it pretty easily.

He further said that the bucks have been dissolved in water and dipped in real tobacco leaves for about six months now.

Named Knax, it smokes and uses just like chopped cigarettes and bucks.

Price is 100 grams 30,000 Z for less than half the price of Bucks.

It seems that the effect of the drug would be less than half as well.

Ordinary chopped tobacco is about half that price in the same amount, so it's a pretty expensive substitute for tobacco for something that doesn't extend to cigars.

And last but not least, it's probably the most important piece of information.

They say there is a group of people in the village of Balzas of origin who look up to the Mother Earth God (Nigivana).

It is an organization founded by a young woman named Margaret Siebex, called the Great Enlightened or the Virgin, a clean religious organization dedicated to the Mother Earth God named Nigiwana, whose name is also known in Aus.

He has pushed the doctrine that everything that lives and lives is a family and has spread many supporters below the civilian population, and these days he has begun to have followers in the nobility as well.

The doctrine is peaceful, and it does not interfere with disobedience to the noble class or its system of domination, and it is said that it has become a friendly relationship with frequent deliveries, with the Patriarch, the Virgin (Peggy), and senior executives who are archbishops, among others, showing their faces to greet them.

For this reason, it is not particularly endangered by the nobles, including the Viscounts.

And, well, this is why.

But Bucks was originally introduced as a favor to Nigiwana.

Both Bucks and Knax originate from the village of Balzas.

There is a denomination in the village dedicated to Nigivana.

A cross called the seal of Nigivana.

The word of prayer to that cross is the South Amitabha Buddha.

The Virgin who shines her hands white with the miracle of God of the earth (Nigiva) and heals her illnesses and injuries….

This... will be certain already.

I've even thought about protecting him as a national religion for a time.

But you can't just do drugs.

No matter what happens, you can't admit it or miss it.

I expect the criminals to be rehabilitated, unless I'm a criminal after all, for the purpose of fostering a bud that will overthrow the nation I make in the future.

It abolishes all but some of the special ones that even provide for edge and joint sentences to criminals in national law.

That is, an idea of tolerance for human rights in a way.

But drug entanglement is not the only way to say that.

Drugs destroy people and devastate the societies that come with them.

Whoever has had an easily arguably enormous profit over his efforts, no matter what punishment he inflicts, will always stain his hands on the same crime.

Even Earth has proven a lot.

I don't want reorganization.

Only those involved in the manufacture and sale of drugs and similar things should apply marginal and collusive sentences in order to incite fear of showing off and punishing their successors and copycats.

Especially since this isn't my territory, it's someone else's.

So far, I can't give you a hand.

Legally.

For once, I said that I would like to see the Patriarch in person within close proximity, called the Virgin.

The Viscount must have told me, and he gave me a heartbeat that I could make it happen within a few months about the meeting.

The carriage arrived at the inn.

When I get back to the inn, I'll call Marie and tell her the story.

"This is it."

And he threw a gift from the Viscount, a sachet packed with bucks, at the table.

"Are you sure it's drugs?

Marie said with a fearless expression and did not reach out to the Bucks.

'I saw that too, but that was definitely not normal...'

Claw also said with a serious look on his face.

'There's no certainty, so we're going to look into that now. I'm going to use magic now, so shut up for a while.'

That's what I said, I used Sin Light Eyes magic.

Sorcery activates in about two minutes and starts talking accordingly.

"I dried the liquid I picked from a grass room called Calesso, and it was supposed to be used for pain relief."

'Wait a minute. What do you mean, "Shibo"? Fat?'

"Didn't you learn that in science?... about the swollen part of the female."

"Simply put, you can think of immature fruit."

"No, I just thought it was fat."

Liar.

Well, no.

'That's the same thing I found from Oak's nose some years ago. Because that's when Mizuchi said it wasn't opium... if it's mustard seed (Keshi) or its pedigree, it must be opium...'

"It's hard to judge..."

Claw says to my words.

Exactly.

In case you weren't, you wouldn't even be a clown passing Azuma.

But as far as I'm concerned, I think we have to do something about it, even if it does.

Still, we shouldn't neglect our efforts to find out who this guy is.

"First I have to find out if this guy's a real drug, but I don't see how I can find out."

That's what I deliberately said.

'That's right...... oh, why don't you just lick it? It's not gonna be a big deal.'

You know what it tastes like?

"Sounds bitter. I saw it in a detective drama a long time ago. He licked it and said it was real because it was bitter... '

Claw says to dig up old memories.

This guy is a real idiot.

"Is that a wake-up call?

"You're with me."

Marie goes in, too, but Claw replies without a nibble.

The silliness added or subtracted from ignorance may be the same as Ralpha.

'Close, but no. Different effects, too. Well, a kind of drug is more appropriate as a reminder.'

"So it tastes different, too?

"... I don't know."

If you don't know how to say it, lick it in front of you.

I'll stop it.

But...... hmmm......

Both Claw and Marie just stare at a bag packed with bucks and frown root, just like me.

I can't help it. Want a tip?

'You have no choice. You want me to lick a wild dog or something? The usual method of ingestion seems to be smoking, but if you're on drugs, oral ingestion will work...'

Well, I say some places are like opium caves, so the quick thing is to go there and make an allowance or gradual appraisal and see if you have any symptoms of drug addiction.

No, I don't know if he'll show up for the appraisal.

Regardless of the appraisal, if you go to Opium Cave, you'll be able to see if it's habitual.

We just need to be able to make sure that there are guys in and out who are trying to buy even though they don't have the money, who are severely ill addicted, who are developing intense drug addiction.

Either Claw or Marie, but I want you to say this.

"Do you know that right away?

Claw said.

No, I'm not an expert. I'll find out.

"Psychotropic drugs... I already know if they work as psychostimulants, but it will take some months or sooner to be able to confirm the effects of habituality, dependence and addiction"

"When that happens, isn't this bag enough for a boulder?

Right. I guess it's not enough.

I wonder what I can do to get it?

If I kept my mouth shut, Marie gave me a faint look.

'... that sort of thing... I guess I'll have to go buy it. You have a store that lets you smoke, don't you?

You seem to have noticed that I'm trying.

"Oh, well."

Oh, well, no... I noticed Claw asking directly about the existence of a store like Opium Cave.

"If you go to the store, you'll have guests, so you can observe what's going on."

"Oh. Maybe we can follow the guests in and out."

I was hoping you'd notice without a hint, but, okay.

'Right. Maybe I could stay a few days for the investigation. If you observe it for a few days, you'll probably understand.'

Because of the time not included in this appointment, this is something I have to give permission for.

'Huh?'

"Are you sure? 'Cause next week...'

They look surprised about eating time in an unplanned stay.

In fact, next April 8th, we were supposed to hold a wedding banquet for me and Mizuchi.

I actually got married two years before that day, but I didn't do anything like a reception then.

At the time it was just before the Earl of the League raid, and at the same time it was expected that he would be forced to marry the king's daughter, so he could not do anything fancy, and only two of them had secretly performed the ritual of marriage at the shrine.

Naturally, before we embark on this journey, we are sending protégé letters to lords across the territory, and since we have nominated Associate Duchess Insenga as chairman of the organizing committee, we are also in the process of arranging alcohol and food to behave as residents.

I guess the two got worried about preparing for the day, etc.

but these guys, they make some mistake.

"You'll have no choice but to come with drugs."

'That may be...'

'That's right. He said it was gone now...'

'Maybe, but not all of this. Better be quick. Oh, I'll be home tomorrow as planned. Claw's parents, of course. You two, but good luck. "

They make a subtle face, but they seem to have given up.

'Yeah. Maybe if we work hard, we can see a decisive scene in a day. Even if it takes a few days, you'll make it to the banquet.'

Two people nodding with the look of giving up that they had no choice.

'So, when you find out you're dependent...'

'Yeah. What are you gonna do?

'I don't care what you do or do this. smash every organization...... what i want to do is mountains, but this is someone else's land...... how do i do it?

April 3, 7450.

Earlier in the night, we left Claw and Marie in the investigation and left Zahrax behind.

Claw's parents have decided to keep him in my slave house for now.

I also came to the conclusion that the matter of drugs ended up only enough to lure the reincarnated woman, who said the Virgin did it, into my territory as bait, to smash her to death without telling her whether or not to do so, or to throw up the entire body of the organization after capturing her for good reason, and to send in an assassination group in the name of a covert task force to destroy the organization.

I'd like to use Dark Elves in the mountains, but the four of you on my territory right now aren't the first warrior class to have fixed assassination techniques like Mizuchi... and they'll stand out and leave evidence to bury.

If you think about it, it's probably best if I go alone, cover each village with a killcloud, and the fields burn down completely.

But some villages like Balzas will not be involved in drugs either.

Even children and babies......

Besides, the village of Balzas may be a major hub for drug manufacture, but considering the possibility that other methods of manufacture are leaking, it's just a mess.

Of course, whether it's a chicken or not, I'm sure I have to keep chasing it...

More than that, there is also a great shock that the neighboring territory, which was also made of drugs so close together.

There's a good chance they're already in my realm.

I have to send more knights to my post with Samish than I do now and never miss a pass.

We should also think about increasing the number of barracks.

Talented, I'd have to make you stick up for a righteous knight who knows at least that scare, that is, either Claw or Marie.

It hurts to be taken now because of the education of the Knights and their own growth, but the drugs... I can't even say that.

There's a reason why you're treating drugs completely even though there's still no complete evidence out there.

As a matter of fact, late last night, I went out to Opium Cave by myself.

Of course, it also means checking the location, but according to the Viscount, it's open for grandeur, and now it's so popular that no one can tell if you ask someone, it doesn't mean that much.

If you are experiencing dependency addiction, some guys will come in the middle of the night but smoke, and that's why you want to see the status of such a complete addict.

The aspect of checking whether completely indispensable addicted patients, such as those who come even in the middle of the night, do not show up in the status is strong.

Opium caves were found quickly, and several people who looked like addicts were able to be identified.

[Condition: Mental disorder]

It wasn't drug addiction or drug addiction.

But drug addiction and drug addiction are not wrong because they are both a form of mental disorder.

For this reason, I know that the born mentally handicapped will not be labelled like this.

Perhaps it can be divided by whether it is treatable or impossible.

Anyway, it was also one salvation to be able to only identify the severely ill.

Thanks to you, I had a morning on my bed last night without a scratch.

I only did routine running because I couldn't sleep too much, but my legs really turned toward the opium hole, and every time I appraised a severely ill patient, I kept getting distracted.

But for this minute, Claw and Marie will finish the investigation early and come after us.

I felt pretty good until noon yesterday, and now I'm soaking up that feeling somewhere.

And I arrived at the checkpoint that came through when I came.

Pass with a loving laugh about the Samish side of the barracks and hurry to the West Dart side barracks.

Upon his arrival, as soon as he got off the horse, he had all his garrisoned soldiers gathered.

"Uh, is there anything in here that's smoking? If you're here, let me have a look."

With that said, less than the captain's righteous knight, everyone is smoking.

"Captain, did you know of a good cigarette in Samish for a moment?

The captain said with a good grin.

Again?

I felt a cold sweat dripping in my heart.

"Oh. What did you say?

Hope it's not Bucks at least......!

"In Knax? We were taught about it last month, and we split it it."

The captain said, turning his gaze to the Samish side of the barracks, which seemed far away.

I was just a little horrified, not Bucks.

As I kept my mouth shut, the captain went on to say more.

"I feel good, so this is the only break I've had lately."

I took out a long pipe like a pixel that was hanging from the sachet and hips from the lumbar compartment.

"Let me see."

When I opened the sachet, brown leaves emerged that were elongated and carved into yore yore.

"Status Open"

[Knax]

[Processed into cormite cigarettes]

[Condition: Good]

[Processing date: 2/17/7450]

[Value: 22/g]

[Endurance: -]

[The dried cormite tobacco leaves were stained with liquid secreted from the calesso grass chamber and dried again]

[A type of cigarette processed for smoking]

Fuck you!!

Everyone in alignment was evaluated in order, but the status was good for everyone.

It is also possible that the withdrawal symptoms will be mild if it is still time.

Besides, I'm a Knights member with a mission, so maybe the contamination situation is still light.

Suppose it's spread to the city of Zondir......!

Now it was time for a cold sweat to flow down my back.

"This is a good cigarette, right?"

The relaxed captain's face suffers from eclampsia.

"Does anyone else have it?

Everyone had it as expected.

Hmm.

I can't help it.

"It's an emergency. All of you, I want you to clear the gate now. Return with me to headquarters."

All of a sudden members of the group are flattered by the words.

"Didn't you hear that? Pack your bags in ten minutes!

"So, Captain, what do we do here...?

"Ruby! Jess!

I called on a combat slave.

The two advanced softly as they replied.

"Then guard the detention center until you have a separate life with the belated Knight Balladik and his wife, and seal it off. Neither my caravan nor Samish's caravan will ever make it through. Make them wait here. Replacement personnel and next orders will be sent as quickly as possible."

Claw and Marie will be here for a day or so anyway, so as long as it's not too much work with them and these two fours, we'll be fine.

In my words the captain uttered a concern about the deterioration of relations with Viscount Yorise, but combined the word emergency with the Knights captain to silence him with the majesty of his lord, who is also a dragon slayer.

There are a total of ten knights in the barracks.

Let him pack the carriage carriage carriage and push six people in, two of them your carriage.

The captain and deputy captain let Ruby and Jess cross the military horse.

The speed of travel drops, but I can't help it.

The lockdown is too slow, but we can't do it without doing it.