Oukoku e Tsuzuku Michi

I sit deep in the chair with Adolf and Porte in front of me.

"I need you to put some more together. Wouldn't it be like a piece of paper..."

I have the paperwork right in front of me.

I admit the effort I made all night and overnight, but I don't want to see it all the time. This is it.

"The main purpose of the documents is to instruct their respective personnel. But the chief authority is Master Hardlett, so it's your duty as an internal affairs officer to confirm everything."

"That's a pain in the ass..."

I go around a desk full of paperwork.

"All right, I checked."

"No, sir."

I've been on Adolph's side until Porte.

Did I switch to Adolf even though I was the one who took the virgin? Let's just get it out tonight.

"I don't care about the details. We just need to get a rough idea of the whole thing."

You reacted to my words, fox pops out from under the couch, pulls one out of the pile of paperwork and brings it.

It's an example fox that's been following me lately for some reason.

He's been right beside me since Nonna chased me around.

"It is the population distribution table of the territory…"

I'll spread the word if I can see a piece of paper... a scroll.

All 240,000 people in existing territory.

45,000 in major cities Rafen, 10,000 in Lintblum, 40,000 refugees.

New Territories Old Liberties All 120,000

30,000 people in Richmott, a major city.

5,000 inhabitants of all the southern regions of the new territories?

Scheduled for Zweielphi, major city

More than 360,000 all inhabitants.

Friendship malt 200,000.

Ares, 70,000.

"What the hell?"

I compare the paper to the map again.

"That's for sure. The old Liberty area is that small and 100,000 people. The Southern Territories haven't confirmed it all yet, but hundreds and thousands of survivors will never be found in the future."

I knew it, but if it got so reduced, I wouldn't even be able to maintain a town or village in the field anymore.

"Yes. It would be better to gather the survivors in a new town. And the population ratio is broken."

The only survivors in the south are the lucky ones who were able to escape in groups like Linuga and those who hid underground.

There was a preferential hiding of women and children in the basement, so the ratio between men and women and the population was broken.

"There were also war casualties out of existing territories, but they did not decrease significantly because of the minimal damage done to the population. But it is imperative to secure the livelihood of those who were burned out in the last scorched earth operation and those who fled the south."

I'll leave that to you guys.

Do as you wish.

The scroll is still going on.

"Is that the whole central plain down there?

"Yeah, not directly necessary, but in a narrow plain. Sometimes the situation next door affects us… I held my head during the creation."

Before and After War Central Plains Population

Urban State Group 540,000 ⇒ 510,000

Kingdom of Malt 200,000 ⇒ 200,000

Goldonia + Southern Euglia 7.4 million ⇒ 4.6 million

It was Meldra and Ares's involvement in the war that reduced the number of urban states.

Malt only lets the dead die to the extent of error because of his luck as usual.

In contrast...

"Gordonia and southern Euglia are not to be discouraged. You're nearly three million dead."

It's supposed to be corpses all the time, but it's more unsaved because most of the dead have been eaten.

"This is the last array in addition to the sacrifices in the war. The population of central southern Euglia will not remain at 10%. We fished history books for play, but the war that left so many dead is not on the Central Plains record."

"Yes."

I put a bag on my side.

A raw head with a difficult face rolled out of the bag.

"Wow - ah!?

After Porte jumped in surprise, he held down his crotch and turned blue.

Did it leak by accident? I want to stick my face in my crotch to make sure.

"It's not what I did. But I do remember ordering a rare Holocaust. Which is right as a person, whether you should poke unknowingly or apologize on the ground"

This guy's around me for a good reason, too, right?

I'm listening because I keep saying things that are difficult.

Kubihelmina worries as she rolls.

I don't care what you say now, and I'm not gonna blame you.

"Hmm, let's keep it a challenge for the future. Now, this data is interesting."

Take a peek.

Faction Population

Unified goldonia 4.6 million

Wang Di 800,000

2.5 million traditional aristocrats.

New aristocratic faction 1.3 million (Radharte territory 240,000 hardlet territory 360,000)

Well, there's quite a difference between a traditional nobleman and a new nobleman, anyway.

"I have no choice. The northern part of Goldonia, an ancient territory and far from the war, is all traditional aristocrats. I have a solid pile. The South, on the other hand, where there are many new aristocratic territories, is a war inherited from the war… The territory given this time is also a bad way of saying it, but it's like debt with interest through non-performing loans"

All the great lords but me and Eirich can be called traditional aristocrats.

He'll have a headache, too.

"Is this the financial metric... this is gonna make you headache too"

The firehermina pulls the paper out as it rolls.

How can you be so clever just with your neck?

But the fox was after the same piece of paper, and he jumped to see if it would be taken away.

"Stop. Don't put your tail on your face. Stop it, you'll hit the unclean part."

I pull up the paperwork because it is barren, such as a fox and neck dispute.

I feel induced to see it all somehow.

"Expected revenue and expenditure until next spring. The new territory will be delayed because it will be taxed on grasp. You should call it a rough estimate."

Income

4,000 head taxes.

3,000 mine taxes.

0 Transaction Taxes

0 cereals sold

7,000 pieces of income total

Expenses

7,000 mansion maintenance and repairs

Guards, maintain 13,000.

25,000 military salaries.

2,000 military facilities and more.

1,000 Home Affairs Development and Reconstruction

1,000 Interest

(100,000 gold cents)

Expenditure totals 31,000 sheets

Total - 240000 sheets

The fox sounds sad and keen.

"This is terrible"

"Are we going into bankruptcy proceedings?

It's not a joke.

How did this happen?

Adolf's explanation is long and depressing, but he'll have to listen.

"From those who earn money - the first thing you can take a headcount is from a stable city in the north. You can't take it out of an area that was burned out by a war or even once seized by southern Euglia."

I'll protect you. Is it reasonable not to take it from a town that has been burned or strategically thrown away because it imposes a headcount tax on the price?

"Mine taxes, too. All mining and production in Lintblum leaned towards the military, so we can't collect taxes for that, so it's a huge cut in revenue. The deal was extinguished by war… and there is no surplus food due to the burning of large plots of arable land. If you take a harvest tax, you'll starve to death."

It's only after next spring that the fields the elves have made will bear fruit.

"Whatever you say in your spending, it's a soldier's salary. The wounded and the dead will be paid even more. That's a hell of a lot."

Still, if Kechi revolts the promises he made when recruiting, it could lead to the separation of the people and rebellion rather than future recruitment.

Unsharpenable part.

As far as the numbers go, it's over.

I have no choice but to step down on my debt already, or rob the neighboring lords by attacking them.

But there's a trump card.

"Yes."

Adolph checks to see if there are any people, under the door, the window and the desk.

Probably because I was letting a maid squeeze me into lurking under my desk listening to him before.

Firehermina and the fox appeal if they don't press their mouths and talk.

"The money has begun to arrive from Dwarf. Mass refining of gold doesn't seem to progress without experience, but it's a chunk of pure gold somehow. It has the impact of turning the whole finances upside down."

"Then why don't you just do it? It doesn't feel good to have more and more debt"

Adolf shakes his head.

"If you release it without thought, you'll have eyes on the kingdom in an instant. First we release it as an emergency deposit, then we get permission to trade with the city state or the Federation, release it as this payment, and use the purchased goods and gold coins for domestic purchases."

Wait, I'm getting a headache.

"Exchange Dwarf gold and Ares gold coins, for example. You buy things from within the country with that gold coin. And Ares makes new gold coins out of gold. This way, we just look like we're buying things for the benefit of the deal."

I'm not sure about Porte's description, but it smells fraudulent.

"I didn't break the law. Also, the national law says," You have to get the king's permission to mine gold, "but we only discovered it, and it's the Dwarves who are not Goldonian nationals who are digging. So this is not the law."

Kubihelmina nods yeah too.

I rubbed against Adolf, pressed the glass and poured the liquor with a humble grin.

"Adolph, your Lord is evil too."

"No. As for your lord... did you feel it?

"Done."

I think of something else.

"That's right. You used Busco. How about that inferior species? Can you use it?

Then Adolphe and Porte answered with a face of confusion.

"Excellent in ability. I don't have the talent to fly away, but I'll do 65 jobs, no matter what you make me do, from housekeeping, policing to talent mining."

That's former King Meldra, he didn't seem completely incompetent.

"It's just that... do you think there's too much product... it's inferior?"

Porte says so hard to say.

"Specifically, he is harsh and arrogant to those under his nose, and even this is flattering to those under his nose. When you see Master Hardlett, he rubs his face against the ground."

Porte says it like he doesn't like it.

"I also came to say the first nasty thing to me, when I found out I was Adolph's man, I suddenly sat down and licked the back of my shoes..."

Fire helmina opens her mouth.

"He's an inferior man to the depths of his heart. Use it well inside without any real harm, and kick it if you have a problem"

That will do.

The door is knocked.

I ask Adolf with my eyes, but he doesn't document anything about the gold mine, so if he doesn't listen, there's no problem.

"Get in."

"Excuse me. It's addressed to your lord from Lintblum!

A guard brings a crate for ten.

"Whoa, put it right around here."

The soldiers laid down a box that looked heavy and left with a salute, out of breath.

"Mind if I ask what's inside?

"Wow, it's nothing to keep a secret from."

I open the box in front of Adolf.

The contents are Goldonian gold coins that I was asking for from Barbano.

Could it be about 5,000 pieces?

"... how is this?

"Dwarf made it for me. I can't even buy him a Nonna dress because I don't have any gold coins. How about shopping in gold?

Laugh and drink.

"It's a serious crime to destroy your home."

Adolph's chop and Porte's low kick went in at the same time as a word from Kubihelmina.

"What are you doing!

There was no damage to the attack by the two civilians, but they reflexively threw Adolf out the window, holding down Porte and screwing his tongue in his mouth.

"Keep it a secret."

The neck says in a sigh, the fox wears a carpet and manages to hide it.

Adolph rolls out the window and groans, and Porte presses his mouth and cries out.

Excuse me.

Things were so unintelligible that Leopold, who came in, stopped moving for about two seconds.

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Numbers Summary Out This Time

Before and After War Central Plains Population

Urban State Group 540,000 ⇒ 510,000

Kingdom of Malt 200,000 ⇒ 200,000

Goldonia + Southern Euglia 7.4 million ⇒ 4.6 million

Faction Population

Unified goldonia 4.6 million

Wang Di 800,000

2.5 million traditional aristocrats.

New aristocratic faction 1.3 million (Radharte territory 240,000 hardlet territory 360,000)

Protagonist population

All 240,000 people in existing territory.

45,000 in major cities Rafen, 10,000 in Lintblum, 40,000 refugees.

New Territories Old Liberties All 120,000

30,000 people in Richmott, a major city.

5,000 inhabitants of all the southern regions of the new territories?

Scheduled for Zweielphi, major city

More than 360,000 all inhabitants.

Friendship malt 200,000.

Ares, 70,000.

[]/(n) war period general accounts/

Income

4,000 head taxes.

3,000 mine taxes.

0 Transaction Taxes

0 cereals sold

7,000 pieces of income total

Expenses

7,000 mansion maintenance and repairs

Guards, maintain 13,000.

25,000 military salaries.

2,000 military facilities and more.

1,000 Home Affairs Development and Reconstruction

1,000 Interest

(100,000 gold cents)

Expenditure totals 31,000 sheets

Total - 240000 sheets

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The protagonist, Agil-Hardlet, 25, winter.

Status Legend of the Border of the Kingdom of Goldonia Mount Big Lords and Eastern Great Lords Friends of Dwarves Friends of King Ares Heroes of Dragon Killing

Elf's Intermediary Sex Kings of White Capital Madness God Toxic Resistance

Family

Pipi (Nipple Erection) Nonna (Authentic Wife) Carla (Side Room) Mel (Side Room) Melissa (Side Room) Mitty (Side Room)

Maria (Side Room) Catherine (Side Room) Gretel (Side Room) Sofia (Side Room) Rare (Concubine) Kwe (Concubine) Luu (Concubine) Millet (Concubine) Casey (Haunted) Rita (Maid Length) Yoguri (Masterpiece) Alice (Concubine)

Marceline Mother (Concubine) Daughter Stephanie First Daughter (Concubine) Bridget Second Daughter (Concubine) Felicie Third Daughter (Concubine) Claudia (Diner) Clara (Attachment) Adela (Mistress)

Celestina (Queen reigns) Monica (Mama samurai) Benel (coma) Dorothea (for the record)

Subordinates

Adolf (Stolen) Porte (Taken) Celia (Stun)

Nautia (Adventure Elf) Felteris (Adventure Elf) Eulalen (Mother) Ijaris (Mother) Gido (Retirement Petition) Iridina (Eating and Walking) Leoporto (Staff) Tristan (Staff) Myra (Commander) Luna (Bow Cavalry Commander) Raffaella (Parasite Explorer) Marta (Attachment) Sally (Samurai) Marul (Samurai) Altair (World Crisis) Lamia (Seek Salvation)

Yarkov (free) Mac (free) Christoph (freaked out) GUIG (suspected) Sebastian (butler)

Jim Susie Solana

Dings (for the record) Linuga (for the record)

Other

Secrito (Return)??? (Abandoned)

Piris (for the record) Baroness Lucino-Escaote (happiness) Lucue (happiness) Seika (happiness)

Bisitación (Missing Escape) Busco (Lower Species) Guildless (King Ares)

Outsiders

Neck helmina t-99 (home standby)

Porch (Greater Lizard) Brunhilde (Wangdu) Lamy (Lamia) Arlaune (Stock Sharing) Mirmi (Mermaid)

Messerschmitt (Sleep) Nettie Prio Lizard () Schwartz (Horse)

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End of battle. Army temporarily disbanded.

Property Gold Currency-337000 Total Accounts (240000) Dwarf Transactions (+5000) Gold (+5000)

Experience 808

70 children made to give birth +567

Current Location Rafen