Shikkaku Mon no Saikyou Kenja~ Sekai Saikyou no Kenja ga Sarani Tsuyoku Naru Tameni Tenseishimashita~

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"... you just won't be here for a few days and the principal's office has become quite splendid..."

As for the second school, Principal Eduardo was already waiting for us in the Principal's office with Greville.

The principal's office is heavily stretched with anti-bugging equipment that was never there before.

As for the equipment of educational institutions, it can be said that they are clearly excessive.

"The second school was no longer just a school... so we're working with the students to get it back on track."

That's how Greville touches the soundproofing magic props installed near the entrance to the room.

"Especially since we pulled this principal's office down to the Royal Palace hotline. Until now, when something happened, I needed to go all the way to the Royal Palace... but now all I have to do is start the demon props"

On Principal Eduardo's desk, a magic communications machine was placed.

It's a wired type of communications machine with bugging protection.

It feels more like a military facility than a school anymore......

In fact, even compared to the Knights of the Kingdom, the Second School shouldn't be inferior in strength.

"So I'm here today to find information about where the new Demons have appeared..."

"Oh. I've already identified the location.... around here for sure?

That said, the principal points to a map spread out on his desk.

One point on the map...... just around the time I felt the magic of Zadkil Gears, it was marked with a red bat.

Perhaps this is where Zadkirgias was reincarnated.

The lack of any noticeable movement since then would not have travelled very far.

"How's it going around here?

"So far, I've been asked to gather information so that the demons themselves don't notice me. Demonic magic also told me that if the Knights and the Second School work together, we could defeat them... Greville disagrees. We're just gathering information now."

That's a wise decision.

From what I've seen of the training before, if they're probably one normal demon, they should be able to defeat the second school alone without so much danger anymore.

But when Zadkirgias becomes his opponent... he will be wiped out no matter what he thinks.

"Well done, Greville.... This time the Demon Clan is extremely dangerous. Perhaps a one-on-one battle would be stronger than Zaridias"

"Thank you. I'm sorry I'm going to have to rely on Matthias and the others..."

That's what I'm talking about... the door behind me opened and a knight came in.

It's Gail, the Knights of the Kingdom.

"I had the information gathered from the Royal Palace from one end."

That's what the Knights chief put a bundle of paperwork on his empty desk.

Are there roughly ten pieces of paperwork in bundles?

Not too much or too little, just the right amount for a situation that requires a quick response.

"How's the result?

"The city closest to the source of magic...... Bowsail has had less information since the change of lord a year ago. The report to the kingdom was suspicious, by the way."

"The information is suspicious...... what do you mean?

"Figures such as field yields have increased suddenly.... maybe he tried to raise tax revenues by overmeasuring the yield"

"... you put heavy taxes on it so it's hard to understand around you"

For once in this country, the tax rate is to be determined by the Lords.

For this reason, changing tax rates is not in itself illegal.

Nevertheless, there is also a market for tax rates.

Imposing too high a tax rate can exhaust residents and escape, and vice versa, too low a tax rate can annoy other territories because of the gathering of residents around them.

This means that tax rates are essentially controlled by the State, and deviations from the market can lead to guidance from the State in the form of 'corrective recommendations', and penalties can be imposed if it continues to ignore them.

For this reason, the tax rate will not change without so much.

But... if you overestimate the yield, it's different.

The taxes imposed on farmers, for example, are determined in the form of what percentage of the harvest.

In other words, if you decide to 'pick 200 kilos' of fields that only had a harvest of 100 kilos, you can double the tax.

Of course, it is the people who pay the taxes that bear the burden.

Think normally, there's no way the crop yields will increase as much as the lords have changed.

If you were hitting your hand to improve yield, I don't know, but... if you were hitting your hand to dramatically increase crop yield, there would be rumors all around you.

The fact that nothing is spreading… probably the yield hasn't changed.

"... were you taking measures to deal with it?

"I made recommendations for improvement. We sent someone capable of passive detection to make sure there were no demons. No demon tribe died by the 'light of heaven' in the meantime"

I see.

Apparently, the "Eye of Heaven" I used is called the "Light of Heaven" because of the light that came down from heaven.

That magic would mean that there were no demons who died...... there were no demons in Bowsail or more than intermediate demons.

But if there were more than intermediate Demons and they were preparing for the resurrection of Zadkirgias, there would have been traces of it in the paperwork written in the sandgraph.

Sandgraph's paperwork didn't say anything about a demon tribe near Bowsail.

The placement of inferior demons is also unlikely to be considered to have intermediate demons over there.

So...... probably the only one in Bowsail right now is Zadkil Gears.

When there are demons besides Zadkirgias, it becomes difficult to fight them all at once.

I'm thankful it's not possible.

Perhaps the lord is a fraudulently heavily taxed scumbag, but he's just a scumbag.

You can consider the Demons irrelevant.

"You don't seem to interfere with the crusade.... How are the surrounding cities?

"No suspicious moves so far. There seemed to be a demon tribe lurking in the next Borsant, but he is already dead by the 'Light of Heaven'...." The Light of Heaven "and so on."

I don't know now, but maybe the demon tribe was there to revive Zadkirgias.

If I could have used that magic a little sooner, I could have stopped the resurrection.

"I see the situation.... Then go knock it down"

"Yeah, let's go!

When I heard what I said, Alma answered just like that.

Kind of sounds more like a ride than usual.

"... Alma, it sounds like fun... is something wrong?

Lurii seems to have wondered the same thing, and asks Alma that.

Then... Alma answered.

"Bowsail is good rice, isn't it? When you were in the realm, you heard Bowsail food was excellent, and you wanted to go there once!

"Oh! I heard good things! Let's go!

Iris also tries to leave the principal's office with an exciting face.

Look at that...... Principal Eduardo muttered with a face that sees things he doesn't understand.

"... you're talking about rice. I don't think it's a conversation we had before we fought the Demons..."

"Besides, the opponent is a stronger demon than Zaridias.... If you're a normal soldier, you know you run away from reality..."

"Perhaps this is becoming a routine, not a reality escape."