Seiun wo Kakeru

What the hell is this unusual feeling?

I have a very (...) hunch (...).

Unexpectedly shivering, Franco looked at Age with a surprised look.

"What's wrong with you?

"No, it's nothing"

"It would be tough if I fell ill at this important time. Rest early when you're done talking."

"I will. So, what should I watch out for in the village of Qwara?

"A man named Zilva is a very good man as a deputy village chief. Perhaps they'll make friendly contact with you."

Age didn't know what Franco was afraid of.

What is the problem with being in friendly contact?

I guess the question was in the pocan look, Franco smiled bitterly.

"Zilva herself has declared the Neutralists, but the village of Qwara is a village that has been at the centre of the East-West feud in the past. It also had a lot of influence in the sense of the village of the beginning, bringing the east together"

"So you'd rather be more intimate?

"Stupid, I just wanted to be careful not to be taken in."

"Yeah? That's crazy. If we can interact, we might be able to avoid the war."

"You... what a thing. You think the opposite way."

Strengthened his expression, as Franco fought at Age's words.

Age is the one who startles me by opening my eyes and amazing Franco's attitude.

Would I have said something so strange?

Because we don't know each other, it leads to fright, suspicion, and war.

If you tell them you're on guard, they'll be on guard, too.

I think mutual understanding is the best way to peace.

At least Age and Dante were able to gain trust by knowing each other.

I don't think we can tell each other from the beginning, or maybe not until the end.

But when you decide from the beginning, your options narrow.

I hope we understand each other.

Maybe that's a difficult road though.

"I think I know why Lady Nazioni is holding you."

"Really? I'm just telling you what I came up with."

"I guess it's the lack of a back that earns me trust. I hope it works out."

"Right."

Above all, with mutual understanding.

Franco is also influenced by knowing how Age thinks.

I don't know how that impact will work in the future, but I hope it will go in the right direction.

"Well, with an understanding of Age's mindset, this village is next"

"True east of the island, right"

"Um. It's the most wheat-rich village on the island, called Vanguard Village. It has a yield of roughly three times that of other villages and is very moist. It has a large population and about 600 people live there."

"That's amazing. It's very different from our village."

The village of Siena now numbered about 260.

The food problem is solved, and every year a child is born.

Nevertheless, the survival rate of babies is still low enough to make them sad.

The fact that the population will actually increase steadily will require future improvements in food self-sufficiency and the resolution of sanitation problems.

"Just because the village is rich, so is the influence. Qwara is good because the deputy village chief who is partitioning is neutral, but this village has fusi who are thinking about independence"

"You actually think you're going to take action?

"It won't be that soon. But it's not strange that you're accumulating power. I am wary of that. So I hope Age doesn't inadvertently promise to negotiate iron tools and weapons here either."

"I see. Are my tools widespread on the other side as well?

"Little by little, but surely. It also seems to have a good reputation and many people would like to trade"

"Nevertheless, there are no sales channels, and I'm not sure we're still going around the western village."

"Um, so you don't have to prioritize."

I'm glad you appreciate it.

But I don't want to help where there might be a war.

You read Age's thoughts, Franco nods and agrees.

Ultimately, he thinks it would be nice to have iron shoots and sickles all over the island.

The prosperity of all the West can create an imbalance with it and become a hotbed for war to take place.

Until then, Age didn't even tell Franco.

"At the end of the day, it's about the same height as the village of Siena."

"Isn't that pretty expensive?

"Uhm. And this village...... the villages of Lililka and Siena are very unfriendly, so be careful"

With a bitter look, there's so much Franco purposefully emphasizing every word.

I guess we're really not close.

What the hell has happened in the past?

On the contrary, it bothers me.

So Age asked a quick question.

"Oh. You know this island is divided between the east and west and the north of the center by cliffs, right?

"Yeah. Pretty wide cliffs, right?"

"Because of this, the village of Siena cannot usually travel to and from the east"

We need to go all the way south diagonally to the town of Nazioni, from the town of Nazioni in the centre of the east and west, and climb northeast.

It is said that the relationship between the villages of Siena and Lililuca is close if at a straight distance, and far from actually coming and going.

"Once upon a time, the villages of Siena and Lililka had plans to bridge the cliffs"

"Weren't you close then?

"Oh. The task of tying the cliffs together first with rope and crossing the scaffolding one by one with trees there was being done little by little from left to right. One day after the work was halfway through, the carpenters from the village of Lililuca stopped showing up."

"Have you quit?

"The carpenters in the village of Siena had no choice but to proceed with the construction on their own. You put a lot of time and effort into it, so you couldn't help yourself along the way."

"I guess so."

It doesn't feel the same now, but the tools are immature, and the danger would be climbing eels.

If more than half the construction is going on, it's the humanities that make you want to do it.

But Franco said with a sinking look, he prefaced.

It sounded very, very unpleasant.

"One day, a storm hit the island. They had a very strong wind and damage to the house as well. The bridge, which was still incomplete and had strength problems, broke unbroken in sight. The carpenters in the village of Siena strongly resented the humans in the village of Lililuca"

"I guess that is. Why didn't the village of Lililka participate from the way in?

"Just then, the village of Lililka had the village chief fall ill and died. And to bad in between, the village chief had no children and had not even made the next nomination. I hear the villagers were holding rallies like every day to decide the next village chief"

"Well, then, you didn't mean it."

What a bad thing between us.

But even so, if I say a word or so, they won't even misunderstand me.

Or was it so pressing that it couldn't even do that?

"When the next village chief was finally decided and the carpenters of Lililka village went to see the bridge, there was only debris left there. And the carpenters in the village of Siena cursed me so hard that they couldn't pull it off later either. As a trigger, that's the thing. After that, our relationship was getting worse and worse as the rocks rolled down the hill"

What an irreversible story.

Nevertheless, information letters are sent to the entire island.

Even from the village of Lililka, people will come.

"By the way, what is the village of Lililka now?

"If we stick each other in the face, it's bad enough to start a grasping fight"

"... wouldn't it have been better not to invite you?

"The prestige of the lord rests on it. If we didn't invite just one village, we would still have the evil roots later..."

"I need your support. No, really."

"Hmmm... I don't know what else to do"

Aggie realized that each other's eyes were not so good.