"Yes, no, we..."
"Oh, um... excuse me."
The men panicked, pushing each other away.
You can't do that.
"... then they are"
Chief Dion snapped his neck.
"You must have remembered something, too."
"I guess that's what it is. Then let's go. Say hello to Princess Sarane, Anne. Your Highness, I'll see you later."
Chief Dion took my hand and proceeded to the party venue with Don.
We all pay attention to what's going on, but the chief of the family doesn't care at all.
"Marine, use between onions. Get ready."
That's what I screamed and left the venue. Mr. Marinne, I think you're the secretary.
But it's because of you, this guy.
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I have met Mr Dion in the past.
But that's when I'm wearing a mask.
In this case, I started from the beginning.
"I received such a letter"
The chief of the family omitted all sorts of things and gave me a letter with the dragon kingdom crest on it. It's because of you.
Are you sure? It seems to be important though.
"Are you sure you want me to read?
"It's your Lord's name on there, isn't it? I want your opinion."
It did say my name. [M]
"… I will see"
Proceeding with the reading, I knew what the chief of the clan had called me for.
"There's something I can't read"
"I guess."
Characters that cannot be read by the family chief. It is a cryptographic character used between the Shadows.
Wouldn't it be decrypted, this "shadow" character, it's a line of letters that have little meaning even if I read it?
But only in one place, there is a part of it that makes sense.
That's it, I got it all.
- Disclose it.
That's what the cipher said.
Using a cipher that only works in any way, the only character that could be read is "Disclose it".
This would mean one thing.
It's about who I am to disclose it.
There was no such directive before we left.
It's my third day here. [M] I wonder if something happened in the meantime.
This is a directive brought to me by Her Majesty the Queen.
Disclose my information. What do you want from me?
Doubts remain, but the dragon jockey who delivered this letter must have come to deliver it without rest.
I changed my mind. [M]
"... Long time no see, Chief Dion"
"Oh, you took care of that verse. But is that really your father?
The chief of the family returned it normally. You mean it came with a prediction?
If they send me a code on my behalf, they will.
"Yes. Yes, but?
Anything for your father?
"I read the report on the fort defense battle. I've never had a head like that in my long life."
Oops? Is that too much?
"Even in the moving-country, the driven infantry used by the Great Bobcat family is distinct. Differences in sequence result in differences in performance, and that remains the difference in battle power. Who the hell is going to disable it so brilliantly?
"You're the master of the bakery."
………………
No, I can disclose my information, but I don't know my father's.
I know you can tell me, but all you can trace from me is that much information.
"Fair enough. I don't care about the details, because the bakery there will work a thousand times a horse, but it will be inside anyway."
"Speaking of which, Ann told me that you brought information about a major metastasis or something"
"Mm-hmm. It was in the letter. Demon Nation... No, I've been keeping you informed about the Devil Nation and the movement of the Merchant Nation"
"Is there also a merchant country? … what moves have been made in the merchant countries in the Great Transition"
There should be no profit to the merchant country.
If all countries are confused, the most troubling is the merchant countries.
Non-productive merchant countries do not stand alone in their own countries.
If other nations fall, they fall together.
"I sold the information obtained by the Devil Nation to the merchant country. Based on that, they're putting up a joint front."
The information the demon kingdom got was the one that was stolen last time.
If so, we can assume that information was passed on to the merchant countries about the period of major metastases.
So you put up a joint front.
"I think the demon kingdom is going to invade the dragon kingdom. Will the merchant countries join it?"
"It's speculative, but you've decided that an armed invasion of the Dragon Nation is difficult. Given the speed of dragon movement in the first place, there's no way to set up a national battle or anything like that"
I think so, too.
The enemy formation, the backpackers, the ambushes, and the location of the supply units are all found out in reconnaissance from the sky.
If holding information unilaterally wins, this is no longer a fight.
"So what happens?"
All you can think about is stopping circulation, but if you do it openly, only the merchant country will be the bad guy.
Even the table does that, but there's nothing good about it.
"They're going to build a factory in Dragon Country."
".................. Huh?
What, all of a sudden the story flies?
"No, I'm glad we had a wedding. We exchanged information with other families and it turns out that the merchant country bought the technology that had been sleeping in the country of skill for many years. It was useful, but the investment was too huge, and it was a delicate development to see if it would be profitable."
Apparently, the merchant country bought one of the technologies presented at a technology competition seven years ago.
He said he bought it.
"Mm-hmm. For it to work, we're going to need a big factory. It won't work in a factory that's already there."
"Is that why you're building a factory in Dragon Country?
"The merchant country will build a factory in the dragon country and use the talent of the demonic country"
"That's not a strange story. I'm curious not to use people from Dragon Nation."
"It will work. It also increases productivity. Factory products are overflowing the market in large quantities, and factory visibility is abundant. And there's gonna be a major metastasis."
"Yes."
"The devastation of the demon kingdom will be daunting with the great transfer. Food distress should be whispered soon. And Dragon Nation has compatriots. I have work to do. Then I think there's a place."
"Will the people of the demonic kingdom fall into the dragon kingdom?
"I would steer it to be so. You just need to occupy the town with essentially demonic people, not war"
"Will it work?"
"A magician would sneak in. And local lords should embrace it. All you have to do is promote it alot. If you go to Dragon Nation, you'll be saved."
"What good is it for the merchant country to do that?"
"There is no land or people in the merchant countries that can feed themselves. If people pour in from the demonic kingdom, it's gonna be a big deal."
"To keep you from doing that, put Dragon Country in the scapegoat?
"That's right. What if, for example, in the town of Saul, ten times the population pushes over?
"I can't help it. Ten times, right? If you try to push them back with force, it's this way they'll kick you out."
"There's no more over there. Great metastases have begun, even if we try to use dragons. It's hard to get rid of only the demonic people who entered the whole town. These are the people who have deserted the country in the first place. Not a soldier.... but if you accept, how long will the original inhabitants be evicted"
"Right. But when that number comes in... even the refugees will starve."
"Then you'll go to the next town. The people of Dragon Nation know where to go, so it's there before the original inhabitants flee."
"That's how you get one dragon country town after another...?
Chief Dion nodded heavily. Immigrants...... no refugees.
This is a plan to take over the refugees.
It's been a big deal.