"So, after all, why did you need drugs made from salt grass, Virgin?
"Why, what does that mean?
"It's not just about getting the money, is it? Even though church headquarters were rebuilt in the north, church organization is still a stone's throw around here and in other aristocratic territories. It should have been possible for you, the Blue Virgin, to use your influence to raise funds."
"... Master Ars Barca doesn't seem to know much about what's going on around here right now. Right now, the so-called bandits are all over the ground."
"Bandits?"
"Yes. Since the advent of Naja, the divine enemy, countless wizards have emerged from the Holy City to the old Gizanian and old Kyle territories. Unlike other nobles, they can exercise many magic."
"Oh, I see. Until then, those who were just ordinary people were able to use attack magic. And the land is desolate by salt damage. I mean, there's no food. So a very normal person turns into a bandit."
"That's right. And the knights of the Cavaliers, who rule the land around them, couldn't handle those bandits well."
"Why is that? I know it's troublesome, but I don't know if it's impossible to deal with it."
"Because the defenses of the bandits' strongholds were so strong. Because every stronghold of bandits who show up in this land is covered with high walls."
Oh, well.
The fact that ordinary people under Naja's influence can now use magic means that they can use magic that Valkyrie can currently use.
Myrialia was letting the children use the [poison deactivation] spell to recover the salt grass.
But I guess the adults were different.
Did you decide to use the magic you got more directly?
The bandits reinforced their Azito with [wall architecture] and so on.
And there must not be one or two such asides.
That would be difficult to deal with when countless bandits who show up have a stiffly guarded aside for each of them.
"Is that it? But then you can also use [soil improvement]? Why don't we just magic the land with that so the crops can grow?
"That's apparently not a good idea. Perhaps too widespread a salt damage occurred. Or maybe rivers, groundwater, etc. are also polluted. With the magic of [soil improvement], it is indeed temporarily good, but it seems to be immediately affected by salt"
"I see. Well, that's just magic to plow a certain range of land. If we're going to eliminate the effects of salt damage, we're going to have to put the land back on a much wider scale."
"... Could it not restore the power of the land?
"Oh, no, don't worry about that. I think I can handle it. Now, leave that alone for a moment, and in short, do you mean that everything from the site of the Holy City to the land nearby has become a truly lawless zone?"
... No, maybe the reason for the salt damage isn't Naja's fault?
The peasants around it are now able to use magic.
That means you should also be able to use the magic of [salt field creation] just like magic such as [poison deactivation] or [soil improvement].
[Salt Field Creation] is a magic that creates rock salt, but that would make rock salt appear on 10 m squares of land just like [tidy ground] or [soil improvement].
Within the Kingdom of Fontana, the magical use of this [creation of salt fields] was severely restricted so that it could only be used on the designated land of the church where it was dedicated.
But the lawless zone around here is not.
I wonder if the people who want salt are turning their land into rock salt on their own.
If that's the case, the salt damage could probably go on forever.
... Let's not tell Myriah about this.
But, yeah.
Maybe that's why Migliaria tried to use salt grass.
No matter how much [soil improvement] I decided to use the forbidden method because salt damage would not heal.
The presence of miraculous plants that grow even in salt-damaged lands, not known by just peasants.
For convenience, it's just a plant that has the effect of collecting salt whose roots are in the soil, from which salt can be taken.
Unlike rock salt, which could be pricey, sea salt from the Doren royal family could sell some.
Use the children who are in poverty without becoming bandits to collect the salt grass that you, the Blue Virgin, make them collect, earn only a small amount of money, and use it to rescue the children.
And restore the power of the land.
Also, apart from that, I wonder if you were going to use some kind of medicine that you created from salt grass well to control the bandits.
Even when it comes to bandits whose nobles and knights burn their hands, that is probably because the numbers are dispersed in large numbers.
The amount of magic in each person is low on the peasant level in that area, and it shouldn't be harmful to higher-ranking church officials like Migliaria.
If it wasn't for Naja, I wouldn't normally point a blade at the church.
He may have been looking to stabilize the peripheral forces that have become lawless zones by successfully controlling and placing them under control of the bandits who rely on him for some reason.
"Do you think those who became bandits would return if they were to be able to return to their former lives, Virgin? Don't you ever remember to take it away from people once and not be able to return to peaceful peasant life?
"Probably not a problem. They only take supplies away from people because they can only live by doing so. If you mean you can live your original life, you'll want to go back. Though there will be no radical ideologues inside."
"Hmm. So, can I assume that the Virgin has a guess about such moderate bandits?
"Yes, for once, even I was looking into the forces around me.... maybe take those people in?
"Yeah. I told you, didn't I? After this, here comes my brother Kyle. Kyle's goal as a Reed family is to stabilize his surroundings and rule the land. The bandits don't seem to be returning the inhabitants they originally lived in, so there's no point in ruling them as territories."
"Then you can also get in touch with people you can trust from me, but their primary interest is still the regeneration of the land. Repeated banditry around here must also be the local love of wanting to live in this land where I was born and raised. I think it's up to you if you can go back to your old mistletoe and work in the field and pull them into your crew."
"Right. Oh, the transfer magic team is responding. Apparently Kyle's coming too. Then, as soon as Kyle gets here, shall we actually have a look at the regeneration of the land that the Virgin cares about earlier?"
Talking to Migliaria made it clear that there are still quite a few people left despite what has apparently become known as the land of death.
If you tell the bandits you're the ones who changed jobs, and you can pull them back to peasants and townspeople again, you have no hand in not doing so.
Because agriculture and other jobs are basically technical jobs.
The best way to grow a crop that can be taken in this neighborhood is by being a peasant born and raised in the land.
If you bring immigrants from Barca or Fontana, you won't be able to farm the land right away.
Therefore, it was also good news that there were still people willing to return as farmers.
Well, there will remain some anxiety in policing, but that will be no choice.
And with that in mind, a reaction appeared to the Transfer Magic Formation.
At the next moment, that magic formation is activated and someone who hasn't been there before shows up.
Kyle Reed arrived to calm the bandit's treacherous lawless zone.