Oukoku e Tsuzuku Michi

Episode 133: The Messenger from the South

"Marquis of the Kingdom of Malt, [Babon-Muruney]."

"Agil-Hardlet… I am Count of Goldonia"

If I only named her after her, Nonna would follow her flank with Pom Pom, so I would also tell her the title.

"It's my wife, Nonna-Hardlet,"

Pick the hem of the dress for a polite courtesy.

The Marquis looks at his chest with a nod of hum.

You scumbag.

Marquis Mulooney and I look like middle-aged fathers who seem to be everywhere.

He doesn't seem so gutsy, but he doesn't look like a cutter no matter how he looks.

There was nothing that could be described as a marquis except wearing a fine garment.

Some of the Marquis of Gordonia were terrific and disgusting, but there was such a thing as an atmosphere.

"The title has a higher opponent, but different statehood. Don't be rude and don't be rude."

Shake hands only equally dignified based on Nonna's advice.

"Say hello."

"Um, okay... tell me..."

Don't hurt just a little shaking hands.

"Please sit down."

Sitting opposite a fine sofa placed in the reception, the tea is placed.

After slowly tasting each other's tea and tea treats, they cut out insignificant errands.

It's a pain in the ass.

"What can I do for you this time?

"Um, I'm here to deepen the friendship between my Kingdom of Malt and Gordonia."

I didn't want to go to Wang Capital, but I heard a voice.

"Ha, unfortunately I am not in the diplomatic service of Goldonia. Not likely to be able to help, though?

Mulooney just looks at the paper at hand.

You don't look like you're writing something down.

"Then I'd like to make friends with your lord alone instead."

Am I a substitute or should I stick him down?

"You don't see the story. Suddenly the Marquis appears, saying friendship with Goldonia, and with me personally. Can't you tell me your sincerity?

"Uh..."

Start scrolling the bundle of paper in hand again with a pepper.

(Mm-hmm?)

Oh, Casey's coming out of the ceiling.

See what it says on that paper.

(Um, it's some bullet point. It's hard to write and I don't know. I was up late yesterday, so I'm gonna go back to sleep.)

Spoon and face pull in, this is what I thought.

Then Mulooney blamed Gohon.

"My country wants peace with its neighbours. I do not intend to give an export on your country's actions, so I want to make a deal with the peace treaty as a neighbour first. Do you think it would be a peaceful bridge between the two countries to have good personal relations with your lord, who borders widely?

State diplomacy so that it can be turned around.

"Your country and we are not particularly in conflict, and the kingdom doesn't say anything in the deal, so if you want, you can do it without any problems."

If the deal makes a profit, that's fine, the peace treaty is troublesome, but we've done more damage than we thought because of Tristan, and we might as well avoid aggressive attacks.

If you need it for that, you can just tie it and crush it.

"Oh yeah! Then..."

Again the man rolled a bunch of paper and nodded loudly.

"Then I would like you to visit my capital of the Kingdom of Malt [Biard] once and meet with His Majesty [Celestina]. That way, we can move on."

View a piece of paper that says don't get instant answers from Nonna.

Oh, you know what?

"Ha, that would be an honor, but I would serve the Goldonian royal family, and my king would not be happy to visit another country cheaply. I may have to keep you waiting for a little while, would you mind?

"I guess that's natural. Please let us know when it's convenient."

This guy was talking desperately looking at the paper, too.

"By the way... I heard you can taste some very delicious meat in Rafen"

"... Sebastian, prepare the feast"

"Yes, sir."

"Ooh! This is no good! I don't mean to say thank you, but I'm bringing you my country's proud wine. It's the best thing that goes well with meat."

There's nothing disgusting about this guy, and he doesn't seem like a bad person, but he doesn't look like someone with power, no matter how bad he is.

I'm getting really suspicious about the Marquis, but I'd be good enough to feed him.

Don't look forward to all the booze you bring.

Eventually, at the talks, I decided only to visit their capital, Biad, to confirm that the Kingdom of Malt and I were not in a state of war and to discuss future deals and peace.

Then the Marquis went home in a good mood, eating and drinking scattered.

I asked Nonna if this was a negotiation between the nobles, but she looked complicated, so I guess not.

It's just that the liquor he brought was a rare bargain for the meat of the Black Beast.

The Dwarf liquor was also delicious, but it was too tight and crumbled when I drank it.

"Well, I'm glad nothing happened."

Celia and Nonna muttered as relieved.

There's nothing wrong with just welcoming a guest.

There's no way we can do anything without Leopold and Adolph.

Besides, he was practically the only messenger.

After that, you said you were in a good mood because your personality seemed good.

At least it wasn't like talking to someone in Marquis status.

"Let Leopold and Adolph think about it too... do we have to let Wang Du know more"

"Naturally. You can be seen as betraying a king by going to a neighboring country in secret."

I rub my chest by stroking Nonna's head, who advised me.

"No more! Not in the living room"

Oh, my boobs are getting away.

"If you're in the bedroom, you can rub whatever you want and suck it."

The maid who refrained behind Nonna turned red.

She's a beginner.

"Speaking of which, you don't see that maid. I'm from the beginning..."

She was a displaced woman who fled to Rafen, and she used to work alongside me and my wives, the woman I hired as a maid of honor for the mansion.

"The maid Rita was free."

"Why? You used to work for me."

There won't be much to fire.

"... I'm paying my salary right. Don't you have any idea?

I said, "I don't remember giving you time to say a word."

Nonna stares at this one with obstinate eyes.

"She's pregnant! My belly started to swell, so I let it go back to town! Do you really not have any idea!?

"Oh, I see."

Too many times I was excited and pressured by her to serve me with devotion.

I have often left my birth control pills unprepared because I suddenly asked for them.

"That girl, I didn't reveal whose species she was until the end, but I can't think of anything other than Dear Eigil, so I'm making it special."

"Well, thank you"

"Buh..."

Nonna swells her cheeks and puts her head on my lap.

All right, all right, let's not spend the night one-on-one for the first time in a long time.

Let's give Casey a peek and serve him some booze for dinner.

Drinking doesn't wake that ghost until noon the next day.

……

"You'll be back later."

Melissa, the other women half-faced through the door.

Come on, Rae, don't pull things out.

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A few days later

"" Promise me something extra again... "

This was the first voice of Adolphe and Leoporto who brought the soldiers back.

Sincerely, it's not funny.

"Fine, but I'm not going to do anything right now."

"My name is Deal, but what's their specialty and what do you need? What's the price difference? How about tariffs? What about street security?

"You can pack something like that later"

"Who does it?

You're the only one who stays.

Even if I ask, I don't know what tons.

"The Kingdom of Malt would have planned an attack if it had been necessary, but it took a lot of work to investigate it."

Is Leopold next?

"That's true, but there was also a lot of soldier damage on this one. The truce with Magrad can also expire after autumn. There's no way we're gonna do this right now."

"Yes, yes, it's my fault, isn't it? If you want to boil, bake, whatever you want."

Tristan says in a throwing manner.

They've been loaded in carriages because they can't ride horses and they don't have enough strength to just walk around.

I've been brought here unintentionally and I seem to be messing with it a little.

"Reinforcing troops is paramount now, but closing one option for securing funding wasn't a smart option,"

Leoporto continues ignoring Tristan's disrespectful remarks.

"Claire also said the iron mine was on track, so it's okay! Summarize the results of the patrol and get a general idea."

Celia's next to me.

The two break up their soldiers with a sigh of sigh, and bring up the dossier with Gosogoso.

Tristan left me alone and pulled into the back of the carriage with the book.

Let's have Irijina drag us on later.

I'll make his residence a room in the building, if I give him a house or something, he's going to pull it off.

Tristan, who then literally grabbed the collar and dragged it, was also turned into a debrief.

"I know what it's like to be the first person to be sold as a slave after 21..."

"Get a private room in the mansion and what is a slave"

Myra bites at Tristan's stupidity.

I chose a relatively large room for this guy's private room, but still couldn't get in the tremendous amount of books I brought from home, and the book storage room was greatly increased.

That's what Celia loves when she's supposed to bite first.

"If it's a chat, let's not do it. First of all, Leoporto, what about the force for the fall?

"If there are no salary constraints, we will bring back as a matter of priority those experienced in the previous war, and we will soon have highly skilled soldiers in place until the 3000. If it's more than that, you'll start with training, so it's twice as long and expensive."

Hmm, don't align 5,000 or 6,000 in conjunction with a bow cavalry if you usually have 3,000 soldiers.

When you collide with Magrad, you'll be able to use the kingdom's soldiers, and sometimes you can't rush any faster to align them.

"Then you'll have everything ready by 3,000 as planned. And then again... I won't rush you, but should we target 10,000 or so?"

As soon as we get 10,000 people together, we won't be able to pay them, so it will be in line with the development of the territory.

"Let's do this, then. Pay the hopeful two pieces of silver a month for weekly training. Otherwise, I'll let you go free and call you if it's a battle."

"Well, then you won't be wasting your talent on the military."

Adolf doesn't seem to have any differences either.

I can't live with about two pieces of silver a month, but if I think of it as a weekly job, I'll make a dime.

It's as if training an amateur isn't the same hassle or period if you're trained even once a week from time to time.

If men also gather from villages near Rafen, we can expect to strengthen the vigilante.

"All right, go with it"

"Then I'll take the corresponding cost"

"You have no choice."

This proposal looks quite interesting.

"And an example iron cylinder..."

"It's a cannon."

"What's going on with the cannon production?

"I made some, but tried and shot and bounced. There are many crude items that fly, and only four gates are available for use at the moment. It's also significantly inferior in range and accuracy to what was previously given to us in the Federation."

Does it still not work that well?

"But it makes sense to keep making it. Our serious shortcoming is our lack of siege combat capability. If this can be overcome, it will be worth it."

"Right, then go on"

That concludes the military story.

On the side, Tristan says, "What's a cannon?" I was asking Celia.

When Celia explained with a hand gesture, she nodded one more time and her gaze was floating across the universe again.

"Wait, please!

Myra suddenly raised her voice where she thought the military story was over.

"Rafen's population has already grown to what can be termed a city. It's accompanied by a scattering of insecurity."

"Really? It's generally peaceful."

"... apparent villains do not favor width, but there are also reports that there seems to be an influx of illegal slaves and organized criminal organizations underground"

Adolf supplemented.

I see, when the city grows bigger, how can it also produce shadows?

The capital of the King of Gordonia is not insecure, but villains like the other day seem to be out.

"It's also a lot of work since the bad guys rooted out. We need an organization to deal with before that happens!

"There will already be a guard. Though I think they're doing well."

"The role of the Guard is to protect the city from bandits and demons and to govern the disturbances that have taken place. I won't go in there hunting down the basement... and the bad guys, who are a little wise, will try to get on their side without antagonizing the guards."

"A bribe."

Even an organization that defies me and the guards will be exterminated by idiots in a good place.

It's normal to come in.

"The guard's actions are left to each captain, so the intrusion does not leave the realm of a large vigilante. I'm not constantly monitoring that behavior... and once the captain is acquired, it will be easy to operate."

"That's something I don't want to think about, but assuming it is, what are you gonna do?

Myra hangs her chest up.

Yuri rocked, that's pretty big.

"Aside from the guards, please give me a security guard under my direct command. Instead of routine security or beast extermination, we specialize in the search for and annihilation of the bad guys and eradicate the fools who come into contact with the law."

You said this before.

"You can't be too tough."

Towns without alcohol and colour are boring.

"Even Rafen can get kidnapped like this!!

You're weak when they say that, Myra would probably take a bribe, and I should watch not to overdo it.

"Okay, I'll leave it to you. But you can tell the difference between trash and just impotent people. If I do too much, I'll take it away."

"Yes! I'll take care of it!

Thus the Rafen security forces were inaugurated under Myra.

The number is fifty, an organization with its own command detached from the Guard and dealing only with illegal activities in the town.

Armed is not as powerful as the army, but unlike leather armor and spears and sword-only guards, armed with iron armor, shields, and bowguns, and even possesses light cavalry, so it is not something that can be fattened by evil men in the city.

"It's okay, it'll be quiet without the loud ones."

Tristan seems to have something in mind.

"Well, then, Adolph, do me a favor"

"Please don't say anything. There are more martial arts officers, but I think I'm the one with the most work."

I hear Tristan's stupidity has shifted.

"Well, let's start with the basics. The population of the territory, including the new territory, is about 140,000, and Rafen has 15,000 inhabitants, with the exception of soldiers. The new territory didn't go around all the villages, so it may fluctuate in the future, but it's more or less like this."

"Fourteen hundred thousand... that's a lot more"

"Unlike the eastern part of the border, we have the central part. The problem is the difference between the environment near Rafen and the new territory. I'll change the deputy, but the habitability of Rafen, which I've developed intensively so far, stands out. Therefore, the movement of the inhabitants within the territory…"

"Uh, whatever you want around here, deal with it."

"... well fine. Including headcount tax revenues and forfeiture of fraudulent gold this spring."

I took out some paperwork.

This guy even writes paperwork and keeps it extended.

I wish I could throw it in the fireplace if I read it.

Head Tax

Urban population 30,000.

One head tax coin, 30,000 gold coins.

Rural population 110,000 (of which 30,000 pioneering villages are tax free)

Two head taxes, two silver coins, 16,000 gold coins.

14,000 forfeited gold coins (after restitution to the people)

A total of 60,000 sheets.

The difference is that rural areas are lower than urban areas because they are taxed separately depending on their harvest, and that peasants who have to create vigilantes and vigilantes who can be protected and reassured by city walls and guards to prepare for bandits and demons.

"60,000 sheets. That's a lot of money."

Speaking of which, I haven't had trouble with gold for a long time.

Maybe he's loved by the extra money.

"And this is the spending."

The kingdom donates 5,000 gold coins.

15,000 Expense Coins

"" Wait!!

Myra and Celia raise their voices.

"What is this!? This stuff can't possibly go through!!

It's terrible, I don't think Adolf will embezzle you, but I'm not convinced of this.

Then he sighed.

"Right, I thought Master Hardlett didn't like it, so I stopped... okay"

When I gave the servant a signal, documents appeared in a full hand held car.

"Enough. Okay."

I missed my eye early, but Celia is looking into eating.

I think it's a waste of time.

Expenses range from taxpayer and guard salaries to the maintenance of fine streets and the repair of mansions.

To be honest, a lot of times I can't be sure, but I'm the one who decided Adolf wouldn't do anything wrong, and I can't help but suspect once and for all, and if anything, it's just my fault.

"Huh! What is this!?

Looks like Celia, who was staring and checking, found something.

There it said Philich Chamber of Commerce...... attached payment to Claire.

No, stop poking me into that.

"Four hundred gold coins...... not unusual! This stuff is not allowed, Master Agil! Aren't you using it!?

That's what I wanted to talk to you about.

"I don't want to hear it."

Turn away from me. Adolf starts talking with a tough face.

It's Celia... you pointed me out that I don't want it.

"Here's the breakdown. Ruby rings, pearl ornaments, expensive wooden round tables that only grow in the Federation… all unavailable in this city, I asked Mr. Claire to pick them up"

……

"What if I asked her to confirm it? And where they are now."

"... no, fine. I'm sorry."

"Because of this, let me say it. In the first place..."

Adolph's stupidity continued in extension, and Celia escaped along the way.

"I'm going to pay a little attention to Mr. Nonna,"

I thought of a good excuse.

"It's more about the future than that. I guess we don't have enough deputies, huh?

"Yes, I'll look for you, even mine, but somehow I won't just go with my abilities. You are expected to be a submissive person."

The deputy can do as much as he wants if he wants to do something wrong because he works hard to see.

You can't go patrolling like this every time, so you need to be more obedient to me than you can be.

The deputies I fired this time were never incompetent.

"I have an idea about deputies. Look at this."

It was the repayment of the letter sent to the King's Capital, not formally, but from Eirich and Kenneth, respectively.

The letter from Kenneth is about the Kingdom of Malt and me.

Goldonia does not attach so much importance to diplomatic relations with the small country, the Kingdom of Malt.

Whether it's a peace treaty, a personal visit as a lord, you like it because it doesn't interfere.

But the kingdom also moves on its own, so that's the priority, that's all.

It said:

And a letter from Eirich is this liver.

"Ho... this is..."

The state-run educational institution created to train military commanders, whose main purpose is to train military personnel, also provides education in internal affairs to throw a stone among the politicians and civilians occupied by traditional aristocracy, he said.

However, what is in office does not readily admit them, and there is no shortage in numbers because unlike military personnel, civilians do not die until they are, for the most part, old people.

Even a few vacancies are mostly handled by blood ties and subordination within the body, so there's no place to work even if you're educated.

"Are you sending graduates here?"

"It also foils more than it plays for them, and most importantly, they think of it as a flag in the King's Capital, so there will be no boring injustice here. Besides, if you're not from the aristocracy, you have no clue."

"I see...... that makes sense. It is thought of as a hardlet."

Adolph would go to the dungeon sooner or later if he was anywhere but me.

Originally, Eirich asked me if they had any work to do.

"We still have time for the first graduate to come out. Until then, do something."

"If my village is limited to my house, I'll be the deputy."

Shut up, Tristan, you're not coming home from Rafen.

The meeting ends with a round throw of the rest at Adolf, who looks disgusted.

Well, now I see what I can do.

I have the forgiveness of the King's capital, and I will go to the Kingdom of Mort.

[Celestina] I'm very concerned about His Majesty.

From the point of view of the name, you must not seem a little arrogant beauty queen.

The liquor was good, and wouldn't it be nice to be invited?

"... Sir Hardlett, why are you swelling your groin?

Return to me in Myra's cold voice.

If you notice, there's nobody in the office but her.

I guess I headed for each job.

If you clear your ears, you can hear Celia and Nonna.

If I leave now, I'll get involved, so shall I stay here for a while?

"Myra."

Loosen the front and remove the raised delicacy.

"Please don't let me out all of a sudden!

"I want to taste you."

"... I don't mean to, but I don't want you to go outdoors while you're still there, because that would be unnecessary misunderstanding."

Myra pulled her underwear out of her long skirt and came on top of me sitting in a chair.

The meat bars indulge as they raise their voices low to one another.

It must have been pretty wet for my stuff to go in there.

Let's inject him with plenty of sperm.

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The protagonist, Agil-Hardlet, 22, spring.

Status Count of the Kingdom of Goldonia and Friend of Dwarf, King of Mount Eastern Great Lords

Residents 140000 Central City Rafen 15000 Population new

Subordinate Army 2300

50700 Property Gold Coins Tax Revenue (+40000) Military Compensation + Survivors Payment (3000)

20,000 Debts

Weapon Dual Crater (Great Sword) Dwarf's One-Handed Sword on Spear Steel

Family

Nonna (Mrs.) Carla (Side Room) Mel (Side Room) Kwe (Concubine) Luu (Concubine) Mirei (Concubine) Rare (Self-proclaimed Meat Slave) Casey (Haunted) Mitty (Concubine) Almachlor (Non-Virgin) Melissa (Concubine) Maria (Concubine)

Rita (Maid Chief) Katrine (Concubine) Yoguri (Correcting) Pipi (Associate) Sebastian (Deacon)

Dorothea (Concubine/Wangdu)

Child Swumiu Ekacherina (daughter) Antonio Claude Gilbard (son) Rose (stepdaughter)

Subordinates

Celia (deputy) Irigina (commander) Luna (commander) Ruby (Luna squire and concubine) Myra (sheriff)

Leoporto (Staff Officer) Adolf (Home Affairs Officer) Gido (Escort) Tristan (Staff Provisional)

Claire & Laurie (merchant for you) Schwartz (horse) Liliane (actress)

120 experience, 11 children who gave birth.