Takarakuji de 40-oku Atattandakedo Isekai ni Ijuu Suru

Afternoon in a dozen days.

To inspect the fortifications along the border, Ichigo was riding his carriage through the wheat fields.

The season is just the harvest season for bread and latta wheat, with workers working everywhere on pruning jobs.

The shape of the carriage on which Yi Liang is riding is a large opening of the seating area so that it can be viewed outside, with a clothed roof with an iron frame.

There are three rows of forward-facing seats large enough to seat four people side by side, and a table is also provided in front of them.

This is a new carriage for long-distance travel with two heads pulled, employing a suspension type (the method of suspending the seat from the body of the vehicle) for vibration control.

There are dozens of one-headed, eight-passenger carriages moving through the commercial compartment sequentially in the city, and operations have begun since the beginning of the rainy season.

The fee is on a late payment basis and the fare between compartments is 3 al per seat.

Prices are cheap as they are financed by the Istell family for the purpose of revitalising the economy.

"Hmm, you have a field in the fort, too. Is it more or less as large as the agricultural land of the village of Gricea"

"Yes, production has improved significantly with the input of fertilizers, so we expect to be able to produce more or less 200 to 250 people of food stably over the course of the year"

"Are cereals and potatoes the only things you're making?

"This is the case with crops on agricultural land, but we also plant fruit trees by flying in empty spaces. I was wondering if the fruit would start to grow around this year."

Ichiran and Narson were sitting next to each other in the front row of the carriage, looking at the entire map of the spread fort and being briefed on the equipment.

Nalson wears luxurious armor and creates a sinister atmosphere such as' General '.

Sometimes the Istel family travels with all three of them, and the escorts and squires they are taking are nearly 300 in total.

Behind Yi Liang sits Reese and Baretta, Reese in armor and Baretta in private clothing.

Eira and Marie are the rear seats.

Zirconia was not in the carriage and, along with Isaac, had spearheaded the troops in Lata.

He is accompanied by his parents in another carriage because he insisted strongly that the Colts would come with him as well.

"That's an amazing wheat field. I'm surprised there's such a place outside the barn zone."

Barletta spoke to the neighbor Liese, looking forward to the pruning operation.

……

Leese keeps her cheekstick on the elbow of her seat, looking at the view on the other side rather than responding.

"Master Reese?

Barletta looked a little confused and turned her attention to Liese.

"Oh, I'm sorry. What?"

Reese finally realizes that she was being spoken to and looks at Barletta and smiles.

Barletta glanced back at the view she had originally seen again, "Ah, no..."

Since he left Isteria, Leese felt like he was not feeling well somewhere.

"Dear Kazura!

When I saw the gates of the fort, a havel on the lata rushed with the sound of a hoof.

Swirl quickly all the way on the spot and point Rata's head in the same direction of travel as the good guys.

Great horse job.

"Mr. Havel! Long time no see!

"We're out of time! How's the carriage?

With a really refreshing smile, Havel greets her well.

Hardness like before has no fine dust.

"Sounds good. My butt doesn't hurt, and I don't care how many hours I ride this."

"Brother!"

From the back seat, Marie calls Havel out loud.

Havel twisted her half and looked back, smiling at the look of her sister waving with a full grin.

"I'm glad Marie looks fine, too. Do you have a problem working at the Mansion?

"It's just that. He's working very well and neatly. We're all glad it's so bright."

"Good. I was worried that I might be losing my mind because I changed my identity."

Havel now lives the fort as a temporary residence because he oversees the work of digging new wells into the farmland that opened up around the fort.

I haven't been back to Isteria in the meantime, and I haven't seen Marie in about two months.

"Speaking of which, did Mr. Marie mean Mr. Havel and you've been calling him 'brother' for a long time?

"No, you used to be 'Master Havel'. After that one incident, he finally admitted to me as his brother."

"Oh, I knew it was. Stay relaxed, brothers and sisters, as Marie's work will be closed during her stay at the fort. Mr. Havel can take the holidays."

"What!? Yes, no, that's not exactly how it works. I haven't finished digging the well at all."

In a frightened manner, says Habel.

We use engine breakers to dig wells, so there's no way Havel can get out of the work.

"Nothing. I took a few days off, and it won't affect me that much. Take it easy once in a while"

"... Yes, I did. Let me do that, then. Marie!"

Havel looks back and calls Marie out loud.

"Ha!"

"When we get over there, why don't we go fishing together?

"Yes! I can catch fish with my bare hands! I'll show your brother how to do it too!

"Oh well."

Havel turns again and turns to good.

"Well, I'll be ready to pick you up"

"Yes, I'll see you later"

Dropping off Havel, who ran out of momentum, Ichigo turned his attention to the fort.

A large stone barrier with a defensive tower extends as it crawls through a loosely extending hill.

Inside and outside the fence there was a line of buildings considered to be workers' dwellings, and a wheat field with golden ears spread over the flat area around the fort.

Facilities such as barracks and food depots gather in the central part of the fence.

Due to the name fort, Ichirano had the image of a boneless military establishment, but the fort he actually saw gave the impression of a rural town surrounded by walls.

"But you made it a lot wider. Will this be used for war..."

To such an idyllic sight, Ichigo roars without imagining what is actually on the battlefield.

"I made it my best condition to be able to cage castles for a long period of time even if they were completely besieged. We can't just ignore this place and invade the mainland if we garrison our troops and consolidate our defenses."

"If you ignore it and invade the Isteria, you're pinching it with troops from the interior. We can crush the supply troops coming from Barbell, and it does matter here. It's hard to attack enemies if you're on the high ground, and if you do suppress them, it's here."

"Yes, as long as we keep this place under control, we won't lose."

"If you can stretch a trap downhill from the hill, the front is a slate stone. We have to be careful in both directions, both the troops in the interior and the troops in the fort, because the enemy will be stepping into this territory from the sides and the back. In some cases, you can siege with reinforcements from Clayrats."

"Exactly. Because I read wartime material?

"Yeah, I asked Liese to explain it to me as I looked at the material"

Later, relaxing, the line proceeded to the fort.

Reach the south gate and ask the soldiers to open the castle gate.

The castle gate was shaped by a good part, and there was a gap in the scaffold so that it could be aimed directly underneath.

Going around the castle gate, hundreds of soldiers were aligned inside.

In front of the soldiers, the old soldier - Ixios - with his grey-haired blonde hair all-back, is talking about something with the zirconia that arrived earlier.

Isaac and Habel had refrained beside him, exchanging words with some pleasure.

Either that or Isaac is talking to Havel with a bright look, something like that.

As everyone was getting off the carriage, Zirconia and Ixios walked over.

"I've been waiting for you. Long haul, good job."

Ixios bows his head small.

"Um, nice to meet you. This is Lord Kazura, who is supporting us in our internal affairs. This time, I'm going to be able to get some advice on military matters."

"It's a kazla. Best regards,"

Ichiyoshi bows his head to the dust.

"It's Ixios."

Ixios is not a dust, he names his name.

"I will show you the fort. Come here."

That said, Ixios turned his foot to the back of the fort.

Once in the atmosphere and intimidating, the old soldier with no shards of love, Ichiyoshi tenses his expression and follows.

For such a good reason, Zirconia, who was watching the exchange, drew ever closer.

"Oh, that's who I am. Don't feel bad for him."

Keep your mouth close to Kazura's ear and whisper in a whisper.

"Oh really... I thought you were mad at me"

"Even if they're royal, they have the same attitude. During the war, he behaved like a king, ignoring it completely, even when he was blamed for it."

"Shh, that's amazing. Were you okay after that?

"The king has surrounded us, so the occasion has subsided. And then, thanks to the prince telling his surroundings," Don't make a scene about the details, you guys, "and then nothing happened."

"Mr. Lugro would certainly say..."

"He's an interesting guy, isn't he? I, I accidentally blew it out. My neighbors were all over me."

You remember that time, I laugh when the zirconia creaks.

"Mr. Lugro, were you in command or something?

"No, not once alone. I had an army under my command, but they came across me saying, 'I'll leave the way to you.' It was really placed under the command of the entire Istell army."

"Ma, are you serious? Didn't the king say anything?

"Nothing. I didn't allow anyone to argue with you."

"Really... what was Mr. Lugro doing during the battle?

"You just stuck with us and executed our instructions as they were. Sometimes, as I've come to think of it, I had an opinion. However, whenever I came back on the front line, I came to yell at you for real." What if I die! I don't know how many times I've been told. "

Listen to Lugro's memorabilia, Ichigo snorts with intrigue.

Apparently, Zirconia likes him.

He came to the north side of the fence as he stopped by the facilities everywhere to get an explanation of how the fort was being built.

We climbed up the stone stairs to the defensive tower equipped with the walls.

"Oh."

"Nice view..."

Barletta, who came next to Ichigo, leaked her admiration looking out over the meadow that stretched out on the Barbell side.

At the end of the fence is a gentle downhill with views of the blue and beautiful meadows and woods.

I was wondering if the hills were quite high ground, but there doesn't seem to be that high or low a difference from the plains.

Just a couple of kilometers away, there was a city surrounded by quite a few fine walls, not as far as this fort.

"Is there a city at the end of your eyes and nose..."

"That is a garrison on the side of Balbert. Recently, it seems that we have finally gathered slaves and citizens to embark on the reinforcement of our positions"

Ixios gives an explanation for a good leaked word.

There doesn't seem to be that many people in the garrison, and I don't see many people moving.

In a field stretching outside the garrison, hundreds of naked men in their upper bodies were pruning wheat at at their ends while being watched by soldiers.

"Have you been lately? This is my fifth year since I started building fortifications, but you're a lot more relaxed...... hmm? Is that Barbell's defensive position, too?

About three to 400 metres down the hill there was a strip of plateau to a few metres high.

Naked men in the upper body build fences and defensive towers around the soil.

Stone and wood were piled up on the hill.

"Yes, I thought it was meant to prevent a counterattack from coming from here."

"When you're built in that position, is it such a pain in the ass?

"It makes it harder to chase after repelling your enemies. You can shoot an arrow from there."

"I see... Ah, it's a girl"

Only one of the men had a girl on the spot in a bright white piece that didn't look good on the spot.

Her hair and skin were bright white, and her appearance caught my attention quite a bit, even from a distance.

The girl looks like she's backing the fence-building guys as she waves her hands exaggerated.

"What is it, that?"

"Come on... it's not like there was discipline or anything to let a kid play in that place."

As Ichiyoshi looked at the girl, she suddenly looked back and began to step on the herd to burst out. After a while, he turned to this side again and turned his face toward the one who was good at the fuse. Quite a distance, but somehow I can tell you're looking at yourself.

"Oh, I'm waving"

The girl is probably waving at me as she jumps and screams something.

When Ichiyoshi accidentally waved back, Ichios grabbed me by the arm a lot, and I was pissed off, "Please stop".

The girl was also held beside her by a red-haired soldier and a blonde girl dressed in blue, who came in a rushed manner from the direction of the garrison, and dragged away as she drifted.

"Damn, it's like a picnic."

"Shh, excuse me..."

When Fu Yiliang looked next door, he noticed that Barletta was gone at some point.

When I went behind my back, Barletta, alongside Reese, was looking at the streets that spread throughout the fort.

"Oh, it's a nice view over here too!

Go next to Barletta and enjoy a view of the city.

Unlike the garrison on the Balbale side, this fort was lively with many people working their way out.

Noticing no response from the two of them, Ichigo turned his attention to them.

Both Barletta and Liese stare at a point in the city with a sad expression.

Following that gaze, a large stone slab was built there.

"What's that?

"... consolation tablet. of those who died on this hill."

Pompous, Leese answers.

So finally, Ichigo realized what the two expressions meant.

"Lord Kazra, it's time to go to the next place."

Narson called out as Ichigo turned his attention to the consolation tablet without being able to say anything.

"Ah, yes..."

I turn to the two of you as I reply.

Both of you, keep quiet and stare at the consolation tablet.

"Lord Kazura?

"Excuse me. Let's go"

Narson urged me, and Ichigo went downstairs.

Hours later.

Finishing the whole way around the fort, the good guys were having dinner in their quarters.

The dormitory is a two-story stone building with a splendid garden in the center.

Located in the heart of each military establishment built in the fort, the equipment is quite luxurious because it is built with the idea of staying by lords and royalty.

There are two baths and more than 20 rooms.

"At this rate, by this time next year, we're going to be finished building the moat."

Narson talks to Ixios as he carries the dish to his mouth.

"At a minimum level,. The defensive walls should be higher and the defensive towers should be increased. The road that leads out of the fort is still completely untouched, so it will be next year when they are finished."

"Mm-hmm. You do want more side towers (defensive towers flying out on the outside with their heads snapping against the walls). It's going to take the longest to build the road."

"We will definitely exceed our budget for this year if we keep this up, can we get additional funding?

"You don't have to worry about it there. Claim as much as you need. People and things."

"Then I would like the funds to be double what they are now and additional by the autumn entrance. And three additional squadrons of soldiers equipped with rigos and drabras. We'll train and work on the road."

Buh, and Narson blows out the dish, and he coughs up his cheeks.

"How are you?

"Yes, no, it would help if you said it a little more reluctantly..."

"I still don't want to do this."

"Are you willing to bankrupt the treasury of the realm?"

Ichiyoshi turned to the next seat, sidelined by two people who were having a difficult exchange to determine if they were about to laugh or not.

There's got to be Barletta. There, her meal is untouched and awaiting the Lord's return.

Barletta was one person away from the stroll around the fort and seemed to be in the defensive tower ever since.

Leese went to call me once before dinner, but she said "just a little bit more" and wouldn't try to move the spot.

It's been a long time since my meal started, but there's no sign of me coming back this way.

"Me, I'm gonna go to Mr. Barletta's for a second."

"... Kazla"

When Ichiyoshi took his seat, the opposite Liese called out.

"Today, stay with him all the time"

Ichiyoshi nodded at her, saying she was pompous with a dark look.

Breathe out and head to the defensive tower where Barletta would be.

The sun was already falling, and the sky had begun to move from sunset to darkness at night.

Reach the defensive tower and look up.

I lay my hand on the fence of the tower and I was looking over, there was a Barletta figure.

I go up the stairs, figuring out what to speak to.

……

Before Barletta's hindsight, Ichigo stopped.

Stuck in words wondering how to speak, or rather what to speak.

"... I can barely remember my mother."

Barletta suddenly opened her mouth when she took a step to go next door for now.

"My mother died here. That's all I remember when I saw that consolation tablet."

"Mr. Barletta......"

Not knowing how to answer, Ichigo stares behind Barletta.

"It's crazy, isn't it? We were supposed to be together every day. You've forgotten my mother's existence, haven't you?

Barletta nodded and dropped her eyes on her own hand, which she placed on the fence.

"So if I look at this view, I wonder if I can remember anything more. But you can't. I can't remember a face, a voice, anything."

Barletta breathed and looked back a little better.

A smile that seems to disappear so brilliantly.

"I'm sorry, I'll be right back. First..."

That's what I almost said, Barletta, and Ichigo hugged her from behind.

"... I'll be with you."

"... eh"

Cutting off a voice that was about to leak, Barletta touched her hand on a good arm.

The tip of my finger, which has been cut off cold, slightly restores warmth.

- Oh, well.

- Is that why I'm so, so much pursuing this guy?

"... I wonder how... I forgot"

Once again, Baretta turned her attention to the consolation tablet in sight.

The view in front of me blurs with tears, my throat trembles and my whimpers are about to leak.

"What... I don't know if I can remember anything..."

I spent time with my mother, gentle memories.

I lost my mother, sad memories.

All irreplaceable, important memories in me.

It can't be forgotten.

You can't forget.

And yet, how can you not remember anything?

Barletta stared at the small high hill where her mother had been killed, as if to look for her somewhere.

"Ekshun!

Ichiya, who was asleep trying to lean against the wall of the defensive tower, woke up with the sneezing sound she heard right in front of her.

Barletta, who was asleep dressed to hold onto a good chest, shuddered herself for a long time and opened her thin eyes.

"Good morning...... tell me"

Ichiyoshi smiled at Baretta, who blurred and raised her face.

Thus he revealed himself overnight on the tower dressed like a hug to Barletta.

Someone came to see how it was, a thick blanket hanging on Barletta's shoulder.

"Ah, good morning..."

Barletta called it that far and blushed as she looked.

I smiled bitterly at her like that, okay and stroked her head.

Last night, Barletta said she didn't want to leave, so Ichigo spent the night on the tower with it.

One of these days Barletta started to get upset, so she leaned against the tower wall with her holding her in her arms to try to rest a little, and fell asleep with two of them as they were, to this day.

"Body, are you okay?

"Oh, yes! It's okay!"

Bullshit up, says Barletta as he warms up.

There are tearful marks on his cheeks, but dark expressions like yesterday had completely disappeared.

Then a "kiku" sounded so cute from its stomach.

Barletta hurries to hold her stomach with her hands, making her face even more red.

"Ha, you're hungry, aren't you? Shall we go for breakfast?"

"Ugh, yes..."

Come on, and the two of us got up and looked to the fort.

Looks like the sun is just beginning to rise and the sky is slightly dim.

Barletta grabbed a good arm trying to get down the stairs thinking about eating even a couple ramen.

"Hmm, what's up?

"Ka, Mr. Kazura, oh, that..."

Barletta looks terribly upset, pointing to the slope on the balbalbale side.

Turning his gaze in the direction indicated by Barretta, Ichigo doubted his eyes.

"... Huh? Hey, what is that? Why is that..."

"Get down!!

The moment they rolled onto the floor making sure Barletta jumped on them, the squeamish shock and the sound of destruction struck overhead.

Two faces up at the same time.

The roof of the defensive tower was sweeping away.

Ichiyana stood up reflexively, trying to jump and cling to the fence in front of her.

"Mr. Kazra! We need to get down the tower!!

"Duh, why...!

"Mr. Kazra!!

Ichiyoshi shouts in a trembling voice with her eyes open in amazement as Barletta pulls her arm.

"How come there's a 'equilibrium hammer thrower (Trebuschett)' over there!?