The Adventure of the Boy With a Mind of a Middle-aged Man

After Zem's funeral, Gray is captured on charges of injury to the brave - the next head of the Yukihiro and the Duke of Curros families - Marek Curros.

Then, suspicious cursing noises (bursaries) against Gray and the Red Phoenix Brigade became full (bursaries) all over Sutherland.

What happens is like planned harmony for the aquids. Besides, there's no difference in having one end of the responsibility. I can't bother you any more. That's the general thrust of the team. Therefore, Judo, vice president of the Sagami Chamber of Commerce, took the opportunity of this meeting to offer to cancel his employment contract.

"You don't have to."

The Aquids' offer is truly rejected.

"Not at all. Let's say you cancel the contract and see what kind of dislike Gray will have later..."

"Yeah, well, that silent laugh of the chairman, he's scared, not half."

At the light mouth of technical director Leroy, the men of the same technical department strike the gavel.

"No, you can't. If you cancel your contract with the Red Phoenix Brigade, that shameless rumor of the world will be acknowledged as true."

That's what Satella squeezes out with her blood-running eyes that don't seem like her usual mild girlfriend.

As soon as possible, the grin disappears from Luroy, and the faces of the merchant members who have ever seemed calm are filled with hatred.

"I no longer think the opposite of the imperial government is inevitable. How's everybody doing?

The Archive Empire is one of the world's leading powers. It's usually madness, such as rivalry with the country. Yet no one disagrees with Jude's inquiry.

"Okay. In my name, let me announce the views of the Chamber of Commerce. The next thing I know, it's about the coming undead raid..."

"Why do we have to sweat to protect Gray and Zem's bad people? You can bury it right away!

"Bury it!

When Carla barks as she peels her gums out, Draghechi raises her right hand.

"I agree. They're demanding damages until the Chairman's assets are transferred. I can't tolerate such impotence."

"That's right! Such a shameless city, you just have to perish!

Starting with Satella, no one disagrees with this opinion.

"Hey, calm down. Didn't the people of Sutherland cause this incident?

"Believe their lies, I think they're more guilty than attacking us. Above all, those people are cursing Master Gray as a coward!

Satella's trembling voice was a good expression of what the organization feels like today: the Sagami Chamber of Commerce.

"Still, the guardianship of this Sutherland is what the Admiral wants. What if we deny it first? Besides, abandoning this city is an act that bubbles the hardships we've had. Waste left to emotion is what the Admiral hates the most. That should be avoided."

"Then your brother tells you to help those filthy people, screaming for the harsh punishment of Master Gray! No one wants that!

"Still."

"Why!?"

"Because now profits should take precedence over emotions."

"Profit? That's not what I found out! They've murdered one of their friends and even their master has been insulted! Don't you regret it!?"

"Regret...?

Judd's faceless face stained the surface of his face, words of doubt that froze his soothing spine.

"Brother?"

pressured by too much force, or to Carla, who asks him what he dreads,

"You've decided to regret it! A fellow who ate the same pot of rice was murdered, and even the Admiral was slandered! Right now, I want to twist you to a squeak with that fucking brave man and the Boncla Gate Valve nobility!

"Then..."

"But hey, the Admiral said. Whether you're a merchant or not before you're an imperial! Whether you're a scientist or not before you're human! If we leave it to our emotions now, this Sagami Chamber of Commerce will be dismantled, as the nobles like that scumbag expect. As I was entrusted with the absence of the Admiral, I will never forgive you for that!!"

"Calm down, Judd"

Jude shakes his head a few times to stop Luroy from making his emotions disappear again.

"In order to renew our assessment in Sutherland, I think it is essential that the operation be carried out without delay"

"I don't agree with that, but how do you convince other business members? Satella and Carla's opinions are not shared by the business members, are they? I don't care what they say. I don't care what they say."

"I'll convince you. Besides, there's no way that the Admiral could be shut up and tied up for no reason. There must be a reason."

"So is that. Firstly, I feel like I caught Gray in jail, etc., passing through the hilarious and laughing wow."

"Must be."

Leroy laughs lavishly, one after the other, hammering.

Judd stood up,

"Everyone, there will be some thoughts, but now I ask you to obey"

"Aquid, wait for me at the Millard family tent in Sutherland first"

That's all I tell you, Jude disappears.

"You kept me waiting."

Waiting, thirty minutes later, Jude shows up dressed in tailored exotic clothing he has never seen before.

"Get dressed for it"

Place clothes in cloth bags on the table.

Wear exotic clothes. Black leather shoes and crisp black top and bottom garments. White inner with oddly shaped collar (Eri) and sleeve (so on).

Wearing clothes such as ties was difficult, but I managed to tighten them around my neck under Jude's guidance.

"Let's go."

"To where?

"It is decided. To the commercial guild."

Judd leaves the tent early. Confused, Aquid follows Judd.

At the Expeditionary Army position, a few soldiers and mercenaries used to make me curse, but most of them just observe the aquids on a faraway roll.

(I thought I could blame you more...)

Some of them had aquids and a few mercenaries they knew, and some of them sold fights when they looked at each other. Only that everyone, shut their mouth and look intrigued.

When you get all the way to the city, you completely lose the gaze itself that you can point at. Ironically, it was only the Lord of the Sagami Chamber of Commerce - Gray - and the very name of the Fools, the Red Phoenix Brigade (Sequoia Dumplings) - that was notorious in this Sutherland, and none of them knew the individual Judd or Aquid. Especially since Judo and Aquid's fitness today was different from any outfit of the Imperial, he can only look exotic.

However, that is also only among those who are not merchants.

As Jude and Aquid step into the Central Commercial Guild Hall of Parliament, their gaze concentrates simultaneously on the two.

Judo doesn't mind, when you go to the reception for the ground floor building,

"I'm Judd, vice president of the Sagami Chamber of Commerce. I'm here today to communicate the decision of our Chamber of Commerce."

Courtesy, remove the scroll from the nostalgia and place it on the counter.

The whirlwind echoed throughout the Parliament Hall, and the merchants began to blossom in rumors.

"We'll see."

The receptionist woman, when she alters the contents of the scroll with a tense look, stiffens her whole body and shivers it into small pieces.

"Please wait!!"

Officials trying to disappear into the back, even as they raise their screaming voices.

Fine, we're done here.

Judd tells him that he does not even listen to the receptionist woman's suppression, but returns the kurli and the heel.

"Are you glad you didn't meet with the Alliance officials?

The opponent is a hugely organized commercial guild that can dominate the world economy. Even with the Empire, it would be Theory to meet and ask for cooperation. In such a thrust response, even the Alliance can be turned against the enemy. In that case, the Sagami Chamber of Commerce is doomed.

"This is our fight. I don't want extra third parties to stick their necks in it."

"But that's what they think. You're not gonna stop, are you?

Commercial guilds do not exist with such sweet expectations.

"If the Alliance is going to be on the Empire's side, then it's time. Our enemies are clear."

The atmosphere of Jude raising the end of his mouth was like an old mercenary, usually twenty years old. It was not something that could be put out very well for the young people there.

"Don't blur. Let's go. There's so much to do."

Encouraging a flashing aquid, Jude walks out toward the tent.

Four imperial nobles stood in front of the Millard family. All four of these people know. Or something I don't know about running an imperial mercenary business.

"Are you the current representative of the Sagami Chamber of Commerce?

The gray-haired old man in there - the great sage Siegfried Gramble - asks Jude.

Jude, when he corrects his posture,

"My name is Judo and I am vice president of the Sagami Chamber of Commerce. Ladies and gentlemen, please, make your acquaintance."

With his right hand on his chest, he greets him and invites him into the tent.

"Words from the Admiral, I did receive. But..."

All the conversations I had with Carla during the meeting. Surprisingly, everyone, in the last few days, has regarded the Aquids as companions. In it, Zem, a moodmaker and brother, was killed and stigmatized for reasons like playing. And Gray's capturing for a joke was the de facto stop. Too unreasonably, everyone, I guess the toad of the indulgence has been plumply cut off. It's no longer the kind of situation that just fits Gray's instructions.

"I know. I was entrusted to Gray, too. I'll persuade the merchants."

"But..."

"Is it a problem that I'm an imperial aristocrat? Besides, it looks like Gray was being treated cold at the Millard family. There is no imposition when there are unbelievers. But this is my first request from my grandson, a cowardly one, and I will accomplish it."

Dimmer Maguire's tight figure is sometimes seen on the battlefield by Aquid as well. That's the soldier himself who goes, even though he knows where he's going. I'm not sure if that's since I tried to save my country, or if it's for my grandchildren. But at least Dimer is the presence that comes risking his life on this persuasion. That's all I understood.

"Got it. Please."

Jude stared at Dimer Maguire for a while, but nodded loudly.

"Even from us, take this. Please, help me."

The McBurn Border Uncle and Count Hartwigh place a parchment scroll on the table.

"What's that?

"Gray, this is the signature of the Expeditionary Troops seeking your liberation. of the Expeditionary Army could get from roughly 80%"

"Eight... %?

Stunning words leak out of Aquid's mouth.

The Aquids, the Red Phoenix Brigade, are the organization that carried out the rumours of an absurd and extreme incident. Gray brought that organization to this Sutherland, the lowest nobleman. At least this citizen of Sutherland is that perception. That's why I originally thought they would react more negatively from the Expeditionary Army Horsemen who didn't have a good impression of the Red Phoenix Brigade. That's roughly inconceivable, such as signing Gray's liberation.

"May I ask why?

To Jude's question, Count Hartwigh laughs delightfully.

"I met Sir Grey at the previous meeting, and he was totally charged by him. Of all the Expeditionary warlords, it's not good to assume that you've made a case. It's not long before the end of the day."

Indeed, the gaze of the mercenaries and soldiers who saw Aquid's face seemed a little different from that usual contempt.

"I wish I could speak of the sixth sense of the crowd trying to ride a winning horse. I don't know what to do."

Sieg the wise man whines as he strokes his bright white beard.

"There is no better bond than profit. That's our Admiral's cliché, and I believe you."

"Then the story is quick. They intend to use this opportunity to purge one of the Empire's pus."

"It was mainly the regional luxuries who suffered this undead raid. The damage to the Gate Valve nobility is minor. If you win this battle here, your Majesty will no longer be able to suppress the power of the Gate nobility within the Empire. Lord Curos must be eliminated."

To the words of Sieg the Wise, Uncle McBurn supplements the explanation as he snorts.

"This is a feat of injury, so to speak. This time Lord Curros turned the world's largest monster, a commercial guild, against his enemies. Now is your chance to meet a thousand people."

Count Hartwigh's voice contained plenty of unbearable joy. That would be the case, too. Since winning the brave Yukihiro, the recent rise of the Gatekeeper aristocracy has been eye-catching. Crush the aristocracy that could be its chief. If successful, the power of the Gate nobility will be drastically reduced. At the very least, the distribution of forces will be brought back up to tons.

"You think the commercial guild won't make Lord Curros in this case?

"Definitely first. And by the time you ask, you don't really understand the influence of a man named Gray Millard."

"You think you understand?

For the first time, Pickle and Jude's eyebrows jump.

"Oh, better than you guys. You guys in the same organization have become the same insane reserves as him, so to speak. I can't help it."

Bad for Jude, but I could really feel what Uncle McBurn was trying to say not to Aquid. Because Jude and the others have long been filled with Gray's insanity and their senses have become quite mahy.

"There must be a large number of merchants on the Gateway nobility side in the Commercial Guild as well?

"Still, they're merchants. Commercial guilds have exploded into wealth in recent years. As much as one end of it is in you, Gray, you know it all too well, don't you? If they are forced to choose between aristocratic status and gold, they take gold first. Didn't you?"

"Yep... I think so"

You monster kid, you did that too... I no longer think Gray is twelve is just some kind of bad joke.

"Lord Curros, you must have seen him as a child and insulted him. Sure, it's not a mistake."

"We're going to contact the commercial guild and investigate the information to prove your innocence, Gray. This makes no sense unless the informant is erased by Lord Curros. Will you help me?

"Of course it is!

"Now let's get into the specifics."

Jude embarks on herself and Uncle McBurn's border opens her mouth.

………………

Many historians believe that this Sutherland Undead raid is the turning point in history in modern historiography in 1020 Holy Calendar.

The Archive Empire, which was in a period of decline with this case as an opportunity, breathed back and was to move heavily towards world (...) hegemony, which would be correct in a way.

Here, there is a minority theory that argues that the real turning point was only in this meeting between the regional luxury and the Chamber of Commerce.

For this authenticity, let me bring up a used adage that people create times.

Without the distinguished presence of Gray, the superpower - the archive could not exist. There are no more objections to this.

But the world can't be so gentle or sweet that the drama of history moves with the mere presence of one hero.

For the first time in their existence, Gray was able to survive this unsolved crisis. That's what you should think.

That is why I dare to conclude that this meeting is an opportunity on which the archive was to take a great helm to hegemony.

Yes, the gear of the era, which future generations will also call the heroic age, moved slowly and reliably at this time.