Reincarnation into the Barrier Master
Lesson 446: The Woman Who Can't Eat
After all, from Vieille, he didn't say anything after the due date. Apparently, you couldn't decipher the text I sent you. I've waited five days since then, but I couldn't see any action from her.
"Now, what if Vieille doesn't move..."
I'm alone in the office, whining about that, looking up to heaven. That's when I saw Sadakichi outside the window. I open the window and welcome him in.
"What's up?
"The Bar Real Army has moved the soldiers"
"Ugh."
"North of Dorga, we built a fort in a place called Hyama, and we put soldiers in there."
"What?"
I hold the map of the Warloff Empire and spread it on my desk.
"Again, you built a fort in Lai Lai... Now it's possible for the Burreal Army to secretly go out to sea and attack the Headata. Well, all of a sudden you won't do such a rambling thing, but don't let your majesty have one more headache problem."
I don't care who you tell, I squeal.
'Thank you, Sadakichi. Keep an eye on the Bar Real Army movement.'
"Ha."
"Oh, and let someone go to Vieille's."
'Already, we're keeping an eye on you. Especially the movements that seem to be moving......'
'It's not. I want someone to go to Vieille himself. He might be trying to write to me. "
"Understood."
I give Sadakichi dried meat. When he put it in his mouth, he disappeared softly.
"Still, you have a really good commander, enemies. I'm sure the newly built fort will also do all sorts of tricks...... After all, if you don't actually go and see it with these eyes, you can't say anything..."
I sit in a chair whining about that. Then turn to the ceiling again and close your eyes.
"The rest is about the Emperor's fee..."
Ask Rico, the Emperor's fee seems to mean property owned by the Emperor of the Headata Empire. Sometimes, when something happens, the national budget is not enough. For that time, they store a few percent of the state's finances each year as emperor's fees.
This time His Majesty told me to take half of that. That amount, he said, corresponds to ten years of Agarta's national budget. I didn't miss how Rico's eyes glistened when I heard that story. I'm sure in her, the use of that money had begun in her head.
Even though all that reward was promised, if the Warlov Empire were torn and the country ravaged, there would be no ex or child. It's only my hunch, but this time the enemy feels a little different than before. If we're bad, I have a feeling we might be hit hard too.
"Reinforcements...? You're a handful of good guys anyway."
When I whine, I ring the bell on my desk. And he told the soldier outside to call Kunogen and Matkal.
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"Um... I'm sincerely afraid"
In the middle of a meeting, one of the soldiers came into the office feeling sorry for him. What the hell is going on? We're gonna look up.
"Oh… a customer… I see you"
"Guests? Who?
"It's me. I'm sorry."
What a Vieille it was to come in after soldiers. Unexpectedly, I harden up by accident.
"Dear Vieille, it's been a long time."
Kunogen speaks loudly of my wolves. She is giving him a spilling grin back.
"Sudden visit, I beg your pardon. We were exchanging letters, and I can't help but take the time. Therefore, I am sorry to disturb you today without disrespect."
That's what she says. She comes beside Stasta and me. He wears a pure white, chinese-clothes-like costume. Though the chest is hidden, its abundant breasts are firmly shaped. Are you not wearing underwear? With that in mind, one of the soldiers, he brings a chair. She smiled and thanked me and sat next to me.
"King Agarta, it's been a long time. I wanted to see you."
With that said, she puts her left hand on my thigh soothingly. I get up immediately, head to my desk and ring the bell that is placed there. Soon a soldier will come into the room.
"I'm sorry, can you bring me a drink? I'm fine with warm milk. Others… they seem to be the same."
The soldier bowed his respects and left the room.
"Well, how far have we talked? You've come a long way before that, Vieille. You look even more polished by your beauty than you did before."
"Joke, ho ho ho. King Agarta, do not say anything that is not in your heart."
"That's not true"
"I have no heart at all for the story."
"Really? Well, by the way, what are you doing here?
"I have come to reply to your letter the other day"
"Reply?"
"Yes. My new Crimean nation will be at King Agarta's side. We will march our navy as instructed."
"... well. If you do that, it'll help."
"Specifically, how can I give it to you?
I point to the map I'm spreading to my desk.
"I want this strait sealed off. In particular, I want you to make sure that the supply ships never go through"
"If that's about it, there's no making it."
"Right. Where you are... Aphrodite? From there to this strait, how long will it take you by boat?
"Did I just say about... two weeks"
"Right. Then get back on your feet and get ready. Let's make it work for Vieille and the others by the time they arrive."
To my words, Kunogen and Matokal bow their heads slowly.
"By the way, King Agarta"
"What?"
"It's about the reward..."
"After all, you didn't say anything by the due date. You couldn't crack the cipher I wrote in my letter?
"No. Solved. Read the letter in the middle first, around the right, and you'll get an answer soon."
"... as always, you're an inedible woman"
"I thought about the reward, but I didn't think of anything King Agarta would understand. So here's a suggestion from me."
"Proposal?"
"Be sure to come to Aphrodite. We are reborn into a more beautiful and functional city than before. And so I'd like you to open a society."
"Society?"
"Didn't King Agarta and Lady Mairias have been announced before? I want you to hold that society in Aphrodite, the new one. Whatever you say, you may speak to the nations of the world."
"Ha-ha-ha. You thought about it. You want me to call people from all over the world to show Aphrodite prosperity? It's a great publicity product.... Fine. I was just about to receive a request from King Ribbon of Fladime to host the Society. Consider it positively"
To my words, Vieille bowed her head respectfully.
"Vieille, by the way. You, how did you get here? Besides... in order to get into this hotel, you shouldn't be able to get in without permission?
To my words, she smiles nicely.
"This is where we helped Posei, who will come to Aphrodite, to transfer and come. And here, I showed you this, and you let me in."
That said, she takes a single letter out of her nostalgia. That was a letter I sent to Vieille.
"To the guard, if I explain in good faith, you understand. I don't know if you're convinced, but please, don't punish the soldiers."
"Seriously, you're an inedible woman, you are"
That said, I shook my head slowly with a frightened look on my face.