Otoko Nara Ikkokuichijou no Aruji o Mezasa Nakya, ne?

April 8, 7450.

Al and Mizchi had about 20 minutes to show their faces in the ballroom after a visit with Andersen and other guests.

Using that time, Mizuchi stayed in the lookout room to get Aida in the woman to comb her hair back, and Al had opened the office door to comfort her hand-held boredom.

I was tempted to go ahead with the verdict at all.

I started looking through the paperwork piled on my desk for a few minutes.

The sound of a knock sounds.

It was Rolic who Al would do.

"I heard you got into a break."

"Mm-hmm. I'll be there in a little while."

Saying so, Al recommended the couch to Lorrick.

'I heard that. Examples. "

Saying so, Lorrick lowered his hips on the couch.

The face is slightly exhilarating and I can tell that I'm already drinking, but I'm not drunk.

"Oh. Have you heard that already?"

'... Al. It's the matter......'

"Yeah?"

"I hear people are coming for the example knob fom. That, also to Fio...... '

'Oh, I'm going to. I mean, let Fio put a handle on it, but there's no point in letting Knobfom play with it. "

'Oh, thank you!

Lorrick stood up from the couch where he had just lowered his back and said:

'Thank you.' Cause it's a promise, and it's just right for the handle. '

Al answers with his shoulders flattered, but his eyes are pointed at the document at hand.

'But, Mr. Al. You say it's a religious group that makes drugs. Can you crush every tissue now?

'Well, you don't know that. I haven't gathered any information yet. But it's too late to do anything after the drug market is completely ready. I guess we'll only have a chance of extermination now that it's not too widespread yet. I'll do whatever I can. "

Answer the document you were dropping your eyes on as you sign it.

And I reached for the new paperwork.

'You're not in our territory yet, are you?

"Oh, I haven't been able to confirm that so far."

'Is that true? If it's hidden...'

Al looks up and sends his gaze to Lorrick.

"There's no reason why anyone should be banned or punished for using Zondir today, and there's no reason to hide it?

"Oh, sure..."

"So I think even if it were in there, there would be very little information at all,"

'But even Zondir has eight thousand people, so it's still not entirely...'

'Mm-hmm, that's right, but I'm saying we're almost done investigating more than just civilians...'

"But it's not complete, is it?

'That's what I'll say. I wonder if they're the only ones left in the mountains doing the wood dusting. He usually says he rarely even shows his face to the city, and his family who lives in the city says no one smoked until at least last autumn's mouth...'

What they're talking about is people cutting sugars and stuff in the mountains north of Zondir and processing them into wood.

They are three civilians, usually using about dozens of slaves each to cut out wood while also caged in a mountain hut.

Wooddust like them doesn't come first to show their faces in the city between October and March, when the air starts to dry.

This is because we are cutting out stand-up trees such as lumber.

Cut down raw trees are left intact for about a year without paying for branches, dried with leaves.

In the spring, I branched Sugi, which I cut last year, making it round and then lowering it to the foot.

In short, it was about time they put their faces on the city to wholesale their merchandise to lumberjacks from summer to fall.

Food and other necessities were purchased by their families and slave families at Zondir to carry them to the mountain hut.

'Sure. Then you won't be able to buy it...'

'Yeah. It's hard to imagine buying a ton of drugs from the very beginning, even if they were buying the Bucks rather than the tobacco-type Knux. It's not good enough to lose a small amount. "

"So is that."

Naturally, we have to fully investigate all residents in order to grasp the extent of drug use, but the number of people to be divided into surveys is limited, and the people under investigation are more overwhelming in the streets.

In addition, both Bucks and Knax are transported from other territories.

It is likely that carriers using carriages and the like are used to carry a significant amount.

Thus, Al thought it was more likely that the city's inhabitants were overwhelmingly more likely than not that it was the wood dust caged in the mountains for six months that was likely to touch the drugs.

'Besides, Bucks and Knax are still luxury items that slaves can't easily buy from the price. Even for cheaper tobacco types, slaves don't have the habit of smoking originally. I don't think I'm going to pay enough to suddenly inject all my weekly wages into the amount of cigarettes I smoke while the market is formed and my reputation doesn't grow.'

'Mmm... sure'

Al returns the documents he was holding to the docket on his desk.

"Plus, I guess I can make a certain amount of it because it's made like an opium cave in Zahrax, but I don't think the production is a big deal yet."

Why?

'Cause there has to be more demand to make drugs epidemic. If you can make a lot of it, you have to spread it apart in a value that can easily be bought by anyone. Demand isn't going to increase. At first you can just hand it out, but that will also require a lot of seed money, and unless you're too rich for that, you won't be able to do it for boulders.... Whatever it takes to make real money is after more demand'

'Oh, right. Even Yakuza said he'd hit drugs at first.'

'... similar, but a little different, that'

Al poured water from the water drain into the glass.

'No?'

'No, I'm not. Yakuza doesn't just distribute to unspecified people. That's what I do to make certain people food, drug dependent. "

'That would be so, wouldn't you be with me?

'I'm not with you. It's a weird metaphor, but you're saying the same thing I did when I created the market for condoms.'

'Huh?'

Lorrick's eyes opened slightly wider as a slightly unexpected word popped up for him.

'Condoms, or contraceptives, originally existed. It's a very low quality pig bowel, but the contraceptive itself was there. So naturally the market was also formed'

"So?"

"I'm sure a rubber condom is overwhelmingly better than a pig's bowel, but it doesn't spread to the fact that you can't use it. So I first offered a free sample to a whorehouse that was a big mouth user. This is the equivalent of when Yakuza makes a mistress. Well, I don't have to do that. I think he used it out of rarity because he uses luxury rubber, but I'm captivated once I use it for anything. After that, the guy who used it promotes it on his own. '

That's it, Al sipped a glass of water and dampened his throat.

'Oh, I see. Understood.'

'Well. So it doesn't fit into this case. Until now, there has been no such thing as dependence on oath. At least I've never heard of any of those things. "

If Al, educated as a great nobleman in the Wang capital, has never heard of it, he will not.

At the very least, it seems fair to say that it did not exist in the Kingdom of Lomberto.

That's what Lorrick thought.

'Right. Before, it was definitely Mr. Mizuchi, you said. There's pain relief using demon stones, and healing magic, so I guess something similar to drugs didn't develop...'

'Right. I'm sure you know that, but you can also buy drugs that almost completely make you feel less painful if you give them money. Especially since the army bought up all the powerful painkillers and the adventurers didn't come around that way. "

Some secret medicines, made by mixing powders of demonic stones picked from a wide variety of demons in hidden proportions with other ingredients, can make you feel almost painless even if you suffer major injuries.

Even the adventurous Al was able to buy only two of his secret medicines, allowing the bewitched magician to use his magic again.

Raw materials require Golden Slime Demon Stones that rarely appear, so they are just very expensive or quite rare.

The price also reflected the need for skilled craftsmen to create secret medicines.

As a result, Mizuchi and Bell still carry the two secret medicines purchased.

'Sure. That's right, and I've been able to read that about this one.'

'Hmm?'

'I guess Samish religious groups are still reincarnators like us. It would have been more prevalent if it had been made for a long time in an organization with history. We're only twenty-two now, so we won't be flying the flag for a few or ten years first.'

"Yeah."

"And their purpose, Zubali, is to make money"

"What makes you think that?

Al asked looking a little fun.

'That's what I found out. I don't even know the doctrine, but if you're serious about preaching, you're kidding me about Namida on the Cross. A Buddha... isn't a Buddha... I don't use words. Sounds like you're just making up the proper doctrine and letting this say the proper scripture again.'

"Hehe, you're right"

'I don't know if I learned how to manufacture drugs from the beginning or since I started my denomination, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to pillar that, at least at the moment. This could be why it's easier to put them in a trans state when you preach, or maybe the idea is to make them into spiritual slaves while they're on drugs. Anyway, you must be sowing seeds right now trying to make addicted patients during Samish'

"I see."

'And I think there's a reason not to spread them cheaply. As Al said, we couldn't produce that much yet, so we had to start with manufacturing facilities and money to open up the drug fields. "

A good part of Lorrick's reasoning is centered, but this is not enough.

It is in the mountains that we also want to increase production as Peggy, the bishop known as the Virgin, and Wally, the top executives, but before that we had made more pure and effective drugs, with Viscount Yorise, Lord of Samish, as our primary puppet.

Of course, parallel efforts are made to develop the market.

If we consider that moral imperative as a simple undertaking anyway, production, funding and, while human resources are limited, it would be quite an effective measure.

The taxes cannot be deluded, although they have at any rate cemented from the back about the control of the Balzas village where they are based.

Suddenly one day, if the proportion of taxes collected by cash jumps sharply, Viscount Yorise, who stands further above the lord of the village of Balzas, may also wonder and investigate.

There is also a fear that if the Grand Noble, who is not a believer, finds out that Bucks' raw materials can be obtained from farming, they will send an army to take them up.

Even the best possible outcome could create a powerful rival.

Therefore, we do not go to cultivate only Calesso.

So far it has not been possible to take the cultivated area of Calesso that wide.

More money, more talent, a little more hidden fields, or it's the only way to make it look like we're growing the right vegetables until we can cut and expand new villages.

Or tailor Viscount Yorise, Samish's ruler, to a completely indispensable addict?

That's when the office door made a knock again.

I guess Al was running out of time to show his face in the ballroom.

Al and Mizchi's face in the temporary ballroom was just temporary, as planned.

The banquet hall, which is adopted in the form of a standing meal, is not very large, so it is not very suitable as a place to enjoy a slow meal.

Except for light knobs and fine wines for toasts, only alcoholic liquors are available on the central and interwall tables.

Although this place is called the Ballroom, it is because the gathered nobles are offered as a place to slowly deepen their intimacy.

The room was twisted among the nobles, but the voice of Hail boiled from those who admitted to the two appearances, and the voice propagated immediately to all.

In the rain long enough to tremble the air, Al and Mizchi return the favor by putting up the empty wine glass that was prepared when they gently proceeded to the upper seat, and wait until the chanting voice was reduced as it was.

"Thanks"

When Al, with the glass back to chest height, gives his thanks and sends his salute, next to him Mizuchi picks and interprets the hem of the skirt with his left hand, which also does not have the glass.

At that time, they poured wine from the Xenom into an empty glass.

"What a face-to-face feeling for those who were already face-to-face, but many of them are new to each other today. Thank you for coming together so often."

Here Al and Mizchi raise their glasses again, smiling and whispering.

The attendees started pouring new booze into each other's glasses.

"Now, I, Firefrid, will take the head of the toast. Countess, ma'am. Again, congratulations on your marriage. Thank you all for coming all the way..."

Starting Al, there's a grin on everyone's face.

"As many of you gathered already know, here's a quick introduction to you both. First of all, the Honourable Alain Gried, Earl of the League......"

The glass of more than half of them seems to have been filled with new liquor.

"... you have just defeated the Blue Dragon, or you have occupied three new bases in the Kingdom of Davas. Also, Countess Mizzerit Gried, Countess of the Riegle of the Wife..."

As Xenom speaks, the glass of the vast majority is finally filled.

"… and by the Countess's manoeuvres and command we succeeded in attracting the dragon until His Excellency's arrival…!

The nobles send their gaze to the glass held by those nearby, whether they have yet empty glasses.

"… as you all know, you two have had a very busy day since you were sealed in this land of West Dirt, no, since you received your countenance. And now, at this time, we can gradually take some time! Also, two years ago today, you two were married in the shrine of Cagnomiya, located in the king's capital, Lombertia. And then just two years later today, to us who live in the realm, you are once again married..."

Apparently the liquor has gone to everyone.

Everyone in the ballroom laughed again and slowly began to raise the glass.

"Well, the first time I gained your knowledge was seven years ago, no, eight years ago..."

I trembled as the edge of Al's grinning mouth slightly attracted me.

"... it kicked both orcs with brilliant moves. At the time, my daughter. Anyway, I had over twenty years of experience as an adventurer. It was an arm of sorcery that I had to wonder that this man was not the only one. But my lord and I were in a relationship of doomsday at the time. I bought an escort to the next village to get out, wanting to help your Excellency at least that day…"

Mizuchi's grin also hardens.

"… in the city of Balduk, where we arrived, we decided to challenge the Great Labyrinth. And soon it was Ser Karostaran who met her. This encounter, like ours, was due in large part to the help of God by chance..."

Xenom keeps talking like he's excited.

"Baron."

I can't drink to it forever if I leave it like this.

That's what I thought. Al whispered to Xenom.

"... you cut off the orcs and hobgoblins with sword moves! Yes, Your Excellency was not only an excellent magician, but also a great warrior..."

"Baron, Baron Firefrid......!

Al's call becomes a little bigger.

At the same time, it was a voice that included haste.

At any rate, some of the nobles were no longer able to hold their glasses, and began to softly unload their arms.

"... and finally we go to the Labyrinth of Balduk, its third layer..."

Xenom's tone continues indefinitely.

"Xenom. Hey, Xenom...... damn, are you drunk? What did Ralph... turn to the square guard?"

Somehow Al has succeeded in keeping the majority of it only in his mouth, but its face is starting to get pretty cracked up.

Al manages to see the nobles as he manages to fix his expression, but only Viscount Eckles Bartrim, Baron Darrison Bewitz and Duchess Red Andersen, important invitees except for the two of us who are more than equal to Zenom.

However, even though they are more or less the same, there is no way that they can admire a drunken, long-spoken Xenom beyond being an invitee.

I had no choice but to follow Mizuchi at the end of my elbow with his right arm entangled in his left arm.

When Mizuchi gently removes his arm from Al, he approaches Xenom with an elegant trick.

Al also slowly walked out slightly late.

"What?"

Mizuchi stood right next to Zenom, which gradually attracted Zenom's attention.

There is a relief look on everyone's face.

"Whoa ho! Your wife's turn is a little further..."

Mizuchi, who lay his own hand on Xenom's hand, reluctantly said with a red face, used the magic of Neutralized Poison.

The blue magic light moved from Mizuchi's palm into Xenom's hand and disappeared to blend into his body.

And the redness fades from the face of Xenom.

"Baron. I'm embarrassed, so give me a break about the introduction already"

Al, who stood beside him to pinch Mizuchi and Xenom, smiled and asked him.

"Ah... this is what I'm going to do... no, I get it. Now let me cut you some introductions around here. Well, I hope for your health, and for the development of your territory - cheers!

The banquet then proceeded in a soothing atmosphere and the time became lunch time.

The meal is prepared in the square in front of the administration, with a dedicated space, along with a working extraordinary kitchen in Ghiberti.

Even though it's a dedicated space, it's just a few tables with bright white tablecloths that consolidate and guard Knights and arranged chairs separate them from other general spaces as boundaries.

Regardless of the aristocracy alone, it is an unavoidable procedure to become narrow indoors, as it is open to its families and squires.

The dishes served also begin in Baldukki and are sold outside of this space except for the freshly made Balderg Yamen pasta, veal steaks and roasts carefully raised with special feedingstuffs, vegetables grown around Beglitz and seafood taken from the village of Hash, which are free of charge.

Naturally, it is not divided by walls, etc., so it is possible to have conversations with people who enjoy drinking and eating around them without problems.

"Ko, this is delicious!

"It's a dish made with pigs called baldukki, my lord Mease. Everything was made when His Excellency the Count was active in Balduk..."

"Well, is this Balducky? Status open...... I see. But pork would be delicious if it were like this. Mm, Lord Zincase's Balducki, a little different from mine."

"Yeah, it's cazotted. This also fits the beer, what a B..."

"Beh, I envy Your Excellency close to Beglitz."

"Damn, what did you say about this elongated dish?

"Yes, I say ramen. This dish is very popular in Wangdu!

"I see, in Wang Du... Ku, it's hard to eat if it's a fork... but Chiru, what a texture and... a flavor that seems to become a habit... Hmm. This soup is very tasty again."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, what's this creepy thing?

"It's called a uni. You think it's Senno's egg? Put some on this sauce and enjoy."

"Oh well... Mmm... thank you in my mouth..."

"You have a strong habit. Actually, I don't think it tastes very good either. But please enjoy this one."

"What's this?

"I mixed the current eel with butter and applied it to the bread and baked it lightly."

"No... a bit of a cow..."

"Well, well, try it. My lord Firefrid said he loved it."

"Right. Then... hey, give me another one"

"Ho!"

"Ko, this is...!

"That's a lot of meat. It is softer and tastes better than the beef cows raised in our territory.... No, sweet. I can't compare."

"Yeah, I thought it was rudely not superior because it was so fat, but I'm not looking anywhere for such a great flavor of cow in the East Dart..."

"Ladies and gentlemen! Shab Shab is ready! You can't eat this dish anywhere else! We are offering only on this occasion today!

"Whoa, shubshav!

"Hey, Rocco, Kevin! Don't run!

"What is it? Shab Shab?"

"Come on? But, Ser Wazmar, that's how it goes..."

"Right. Shall we take it too?"

After the participants enjoyed a meal and a cheer for about two hours, a chair was removed that separated the space by looking at the fit.

I came back with Mizuchi to the executive banquet hall again.

"Did I make you wait?

In the ballroom were Zenom, Ralpha, Tris, Bell, Lorrick, Vince, and Carm. In addition to the nobility of their children, members of their squire and slayer (Slaters) were assembled.

Naturally, only Knights, starting with Claw, are armed.

Andersen had also securely secured a place in the corner with Vix and Knobfom.

With that said, I told Xenom in front of her.

Andersen and I met eye to eye.

Phew.

Fair enough.

"Well, Duchess Andersen"

"Ha"

"Does being here dissolve Black Yellow Balls?

"You can take that."

The indoors were all at once.

Vix and Knobfom look subtle.

I guess I didn't ask.

"Right. So why don't you explain to me and everyone what you meant to do with your legs?

This kind of thing should be spoken directly from the person's mouth.

"I, the Duchess of Red Andersen, am the one who serves only Count Dressler, the home. Therefore, my loyalty will be directed only to His Excellency, who has enshrined the Count of Dressler."

When Andersen says so, those who did not know about the assault on the Earl of Dressler look unable to hide their surprises.

I really shouldn't have said this since it was announced, but I guess if I didn't, I wouldn't have had the time to explain why.

Especially now because there are many people who know.

"... I am also familiar with the members of my minister, the original Black Yellow Ball (Black Topaz), on this matter"

"Ah, Mr. Tsubaki! I hear that, but I can't believe it's disbanded...!

Vix pinches his mouth.

but Andersen looked at him with cold eyes and cheeked with the back of his hand.

"Shut up, my lord... I'm sorry to show you my embarrassment. If you can forgive me, please use Red Andersen and his ministers as part of the slayer (Slaters) right now......!