The Marquis’ Eldest Son’s Lascivious Story

One Christian gold coin left...

I heard that voice from nowhere.

I look around unexpectedly at the sound of gold coins.I somehow wondered if it was because I cleaned the safe all day yesterday.

The Lord of Voices will soon be found.

A young man was sitting on a barrel lined up at the inn, spreading a drawstring bag.

... I wonder if it's a traveler.

The atmosphere is different from that of a pedestrian.It could be a man from the south, judging by his outfit.She looks a little younger than me, 23 this year. Around 20?

The young man is spreading cloth over his lap and arranging things that look like money, as he is checking the money he has.When he put something in his hand in heaven, it sparkled in the light of the sun and shined golden for a moment.

I'm sure that's Christian gold.It's a lot of carelessness.

Having been a little interested, I decided to speak to the young man.

"Are you asking me to pick up money by the side of the road?"

His gaze looks this way.I didn't feel the color of vigilance in my eyes.

I was going to learn a lot about it because I often deal with people, but I am too defenseless a young man.

"Haha, New Neighborhood has good hobbies."

He doesn't want to tell you to take a look at this, so he opens his arms.There were many kinds of coins lined up there.

None of these coins has a metal-specific gloss and many have a blurry red copper color.And inside the small circle was an unexpectedly elaborate pattern.

"... sacred goods?"

"Oh, come on, brother Sun."

"I have a friend who collects coins.I have seen similar things several times.He had a lot of white and beautiful stuff.... "

It seems that all the money that once existed on this earth was made in the sacred city of Maguaise.It was a long time ago, so I don't know how far it's true.

It's made out of dirt, right?

"Yes, the old sacred goods are made in the same way as ceramics, and they may not be different from the pots."

"Oh, I can't believe we had a time of gratitude for this."

I can't help it if I have money that doesn't contain silver or gold.The painting is beautiful, so I don't know how I feel about collecting it.

"Ahahah, thanks to nobody for thanking me, I'm in trouble too.If you don't hire me at the castle soon, I won't be able to pay for the hotel.If this were the case, you should have exchanged it for a new sacred item.... this is all I have left. "

That said, the young man plays Christian gold with his thumb.The gold coin, which jumped vertically with a high sound, fell as it reached the apex and fell into his hand again.

I was curious about the meaning of the word "hired at the castle".

I said it was trouble, trouble, but the youth's expression didn't bleed with anxiety at all.Apparently he has plans to be hired in New Neighbourhood.

I wonder how he got a job that doesn't look like "strength" to me.I had a little curiosity.

The moment I tried to ask a question, a voice came from a completely different place.

"Oh, Tamaya's husband! Did you know her?"

I wonder when it arrived, the owner of the inn was there.He is also the owner of the barrel where the young man sits.

"I just met her."

I have seen this shopkeeper at several district meetings.I've never talked about this before, but they both seem to remember each other's faces and work.We greeted each other lightly.

Tamaya?

Tamaya, Tamaya, Tamaya, and the youth murmured with a strange expression.

"I'm in business.They mainly deal with thick-haired rabbits. "

It is a family business inherited from my suddenly deceased father a few years ago.

It's a small business, but it's a fun job for me as a long-time fan of thick-haired rabbits.

The thick-haired rabbit is great. Hair is soft, warm, cute to move around, and, above all, delicious.

"Why is that Tamaya?"

"Isn't that what you call it?When you call a well-haired, high-quality, thick-haired rabbit a ball, the person who handles it at work becomes a ball shop. "

And a rabbit called a balls is very cute.I don't sell the best balls, I take them from the farmers and keep them at home.

The young man nodded.

Answering your question will make it easier for you to ask questions here.I decided to ask what was bothering me.

"Speaking of work, you were pretending to be employed by the city earlier. [M]Did you invite her? "

But it was the innkeeper who answered.

"That's it, that's it. Ask the Tamaya!I didn't hear you hire me at the castle!Hey, don't you think this is too reckless?Try to ruin one of your moods, and let's see what a nasty bastard this is in no time. "

While saying this, the shopkeeper shows the movement of chopping his neck with two fingers.

From what the shopkeeper said, it seems that the young man was not specifically introduced or offered employment by the city, and he suddenly tried to get into the castle alone.Everything is too reckless.

"... are you serious? No, you don't even get the chance to ask me to hire you in the first place?"

If I offered to hire a soldier packed in the gates, I would be assigned to the army, not the city.First of all, I wonder if people outside the territory will be hired as soldiers.As you can see, young people don't look like mercenaries who eat with great skill.

In my doubt, the shopkeeper has a slightly troubled look.

"No, it's not like I don't have any shine.I was busy back then, so I don't know what to tell you... do you remember Tamaya?At the beginning of the year, there was a game of playing with toys like cards.... "

Well, I remember that.

It is the annual New Year's festival, but this year a different event was held.A trump tournament was held in the name of Mr. Quoldenze Wilk, the daimyo's wedded son.

Anyone with a deck of cards could participate, and in addition to the fun and lively mood of the New Year, the tournament was greatly boosted by the award of a luxurious prize to the top performers.

Since that tournament, more and more citizens have been buying cards.They say it's not that easy to get now.

"This one won the tournament.It seems that you can get an extra reward for that, and the city has ordered you to climb the castle tomorrow.... I've had a really tough time the other day. "

Anything from city officials came to the inn to check on the youth's stay.Apparently he's changed his place quite a bit, and officials were struggling to figure out where he was.Because of this, the shopkeeper was ordered to keep an eye on the youth until the day they climbed the castle.

"The reward I was supposed to get at the beginning of the year is now... I can't wait anymore"

The young man shakes his head in trouble.I laugh without thinking.

The delay in the award is related to the victory immediately after the beginning of the year.Young Master defeated the enemy aristocracy and took control of the undefeated castle.As a result, the organizer of the tournament was absent.

"Hahaha, that's lucky."

The shopkeeper followed my words with a laugh.

"Oh, yes, yes, lucky.It's you, don't say anything rare in the castle tomorrow.I won't lose my neck. "

It is no better for Taisho than dropping the enemy Spiazeike castle.Of course, Young Master feels the same way.If you say something negative, you will be unhappy, and in some cases you may be treated with disrespect and truly punished.

The young man shrugged.

"I ate enough free food, so I'm not dissatisfied."

The fall of the castle took place at the dawn of the year.When I thought the New Year's festival was over, the big falling festival started, so I remembered how busy it was and how hard it was to have fun.

Alcohol and meals were performed with enough momentum to think that all the city's warehouses had been liberated, and the city was making a lot of noise day after day.There must have been no one in the city who didn't like falling.

"... well, I know I can climb the castle.I also found out that he was honored at the Trump Games.But what can you do?I need to get hired. I don't have much. "

It's hard for a civilian traveler who can't even use magic to be hired in a castle... but it's impossible.

High-ranking officials who work in the castle are only aware of civilians to the extent that they can speak livestock.I don't think you'll be the first one to get hurt.

A few years ago, I had the opportunity to speak directly with senior city officials.

I was bloody and ambitious back then.I want to take advantage of this opportunity, I want to sell myself, I don't want to be a father who keeps defending a small business association, I want to be a big merchant not only in the city, I wanted to appeal to the world that the wool of the thick-haired rabbit is much better than the New Nellie silk that has recently emerged....

What was caught was the reality of the difference in identity.

The city officials showed no disgust, malice, or interest in me.It wasn't me named Hakt who was in that meeting.It was just a symbol for "civilians."

Compared to that, the arrogant and high-handed officials who have many opportunities to deal with each other on a daily basis feel much more human.At that time, the high-ranking officials had no hesitation or courage to cut the thick-haired rabbit's hair, and they were about to cut off the civilian population.

"You're not powerful, are you?I don't say bad things. You should stop it. "

"It's the other side that makes the decisions.It would be boring if we decided on our own. "

Even though it's about me, I feel like I'm enjoying the tone of the youth.Then the store owner gave me a supplementary explanation.

"Paint, Grandma."

I see. A painter.

"Is selling it to the castle confident in your arms?"

A good artist hears that aristocrats and wealthy people sometimes invite large sums of money from other places.Bringing the easy-to-understand artifact of painting into the castle and showing its strength seemed a good way.... much wiser than bringing stories to high-ranking officials with unfounded confidence and ambition alone.

However, the store owner exhaled heavily and shook his head.

"I'm sure not. I don't know anything about paintings... well, I think brushes are brilliant?... but I don't know, the painting is really creepy. "

"Is it creepy?"

"Yes, if it were me, I wouldn't want Grandma's picture..."

It is too spicy a word.However, the young people who heard about it were like other personnel.I'm familiar with the reaction.

"I thought there was no sense of challenge in the aristocratic realm, but that was not the case. I'm in trouble."

The young man enters the inn when he leaves the barrel.And a little bit later, I came back with a plate in my hand.It seems that it is like the painting he drew.

"Ugh......"

It depicted a view of the main street where many people and carriages intersected.But that painting... is terrible and creepy.

See?

I am a good shopkeeper. But I sincerely agree, I don't want this painting.

However, it seemed that the youth were even enjoying my reaction.

"Huh? Grandma, you're right, right?We're all supposed to react like this.Even the castle officials would hate it. "

"It doesn't matter what officials think.If you like the young sama here, everything will be fine. "

Are you going to dedicate this disgusting painting...?I wonder if it will be refused because of the dirty eyes.A subordinate official will check the offering beforehand.

When I spoke of it, he smiled hard.

"I wonder. But I think New Neighborhood's young sama is curious, and she likes new things and new things.Look, tomorrow's climbing is a special event that doesn't usually happen, right?I wonder if you're going to see for yourself the sacrifices that are given there?That's why it might be easier to give something weird. "

I call my work strange, but I don't feel humbled or inferior there.

"How do you know I've never met you before?"

"I don't think a normal noble sama would hold a trump tournament or invite the top graders to the castle."

... certainly.

I thought he was a nobleman who started something strange when he was announced that he would be hosting a trump tournament.

"I'm trying to see the faces of civilians, young sama here."

"A nobleman, a civilian? Are you kidding me?"

A nobleman who reigns even higher than those inorganic high-ranking officials.Is that the absolute person who wants to see civilians?I can't believe it.

"Are you kidding me? There is a strange ancestor, Sama, who appreciates it even among civilians.I was hired by someone like that a while ago.It's a minority, but I know it's not zero. "

"... you were hired by your ancestors?"

But the young man does not answer my question.

"I've heard rumors about Nambonang City.Citizens admire you as a kind noble sama. "

I've heard that rumor too, but it would be a defense measure for Nambonang City.If you show your defiant attitude to the nobles, they will burn every city down next time, so you're yo-yo more than necessary.

Municipality of Nambonang must be working well because Galliana's guardian, Milord-sama, is biting one.If the great man who made his fortune all by himself and climbed up to nobility, he could think of things from a civilian's perspective.You can't do that to a natural aristocrat.

"... and an example book, the history of other worlds."

The unexpected word popped up and I reacted unexpectedly.

The history of another world, is that the history of another world?

"Oops! Do you know my brother Sun?It's a book published in New Neighborhood. "

When I answered that I had read all the books, the young man cheered.Unfortunately, the store owner doesn't know.

"I'm a member of a commercial union that buys the history of other worlds, and if I'm a member of a union, I can borrow it."

A few years ago, I thought about it and looked through it, which could be a story when talking to officials and high-ranking officials.And then, unexpectedly, I fell in love with the story of that strange world, and now I'm just following it purely as a hobby.

According to what I heard, the union president bought them all to sell aphrodisiacs to city officials.Other unions and big shop husbands are doing similar things.

"... but I've never met anyone who's read it properly.Most people just read the first book and throw it out. "

I don't think there are many people who are purchasing it and reading it well.

"Oh, that's what we all are.It's interesting to read it carefully. "

Apparently, the young man in front of him is a lover of the history of other worlds.I'm a little happy to have met a good fellow unexpectedly.

"What do you like about the history of other worlds?"

"There are so many things... it's weird after all.The world is always at war. "

Indeed, as the youth say, people in the history of other worlds are always at war.

Since the reason was still about to be told, I waited silently for the young man's words.

"Normally, most people imagine a peaceful world when they say it's just a world of slaves.At best, villages, towns, and cities don't compete with each other, and they don't want a big war. "

"No, that's right. You can't let tens of thousands of people fight."

In a world where there are only slaves, all kings, generals, and soldiers are slaves.It is impossible for a slave ancestor to lead tens of thousands.

The young man widened his hands and opened his mouth in an astonishing manner.

"With a village of 30 civilians, leaders can wield power.It's the same in a town with 300 civilians, and it's the same in a city with 3,000 civilians.But we can't do that in a country of 3,000 civilians.The more people you have, the harder it will be for you to reach, and the more people you're unhappy with. What happens if 300 of 3000 rebels?After all, the king dies easily after being stoned by his slave ancestors. If 300 people throw stones together, the system will collapse.There can be no stable order in a country ruled by a king of fragile flesh.There is an upper limit to the size of a group of slave ancestors only.I can't make a country of slaves..... "

Young people are right.

Imagine a world of slave ancestors, a relatively peaceful world in which there is only a small group struggle.There can be no powerful man who can send tens of thousands of soldiers to the dead.

I heard that over 100,000 soldiers gathered in the city last year in the Nambonan War, but that was temporary, and above all, it was the mercenaries of "might" who took command on the battlefield.I think the army and the country will be established because the powerless and the powerful are properly divided.

I am convinced by the reasoning he has spoken.But that's not who I talked to.It was also obvious from the way he was talking about someone's thoughts on his behalf, as if they weren't intentionally emotional.

"... but it seems that Sama, the author of the history of other worlds, doesn't like this idea.I want to say that even if there are only slave ancestors, the country will be born. "

His tone of voice continued to change into a pleasant one.It seems that it is consistent with his idea.

"I thought you had an interesting idea.The slave ancestors subjugate to the false authority created by the slave ancestors... all of that world is built on one definition. "

False authority.

In the history of other worlds, nobility reigns as a nobleman for no other reason than that the ancestors are great or the blood of their ancestors is drawn. It's a funny story.

"I thought it was a little too much of a story to be born into a class of nobles and civilians.It's impossible for a slave ancestor to become noble on vague grounds..... "

Well, somewhat understandable. In a small village, the village chief's son sometimes looks big.However, if that happens too often, the villagers will take revenge.After all, it's just a civilian with no power.

"Niisan, that's not true.The assumption of a world of only slave ancestors led to the birth of nobles and civilians.If there was only a slave ancestor from the beginning, I don't think it would be ridiculous for a slave ancestor to follow his ancestors.Only readers who know the existence of their ancestors and grandparents find that strange. "

I don't know what you're trying to say, but I can't feel it.

The high-ranking official I saw in the castle comes to mind.... after all, the relationship between the ruler and the governed is the first time there is an absolute power difference?

"What made you attracted to the history of other worlds?"

It seems that the young man has no intention of persuading me by his own theory.

The question put to us is simple.But it was a little difficult for me to answer now.

I didn't like the history of other worlds from the beginning.

Slave ancestors make a country, it's a dream story.And yet, in the history of other worlds, we are only at war.It's like having a dream and not having a dream.The author must be quite a twister.I didn't really accept such a thing at first.

However, the content was considered to be 100%.Something that comes out of Volume 1 is subtly related to something that comes out of Volume 2.It's interesting to see the relevance of that history when you read it properly.I liked the mysterious biographies and legends written on the end of the volume.

What triggered my attraction in the first place...

"There was a fairy tale at the end of Volume 1...."

Could it be Pandora's box?

"... oh, I was attracted to that. You got it."

"I'm here because I like it, too."

When the great spirits created the heavens and the earth, there was no filth in the earth.

One day, the Spirit brought down a woman on earth.The woman's name is Pandora.

The Spirit gave Pandora a box, and said.There is evil in the box, and it must never be opened.

But Pandora opens the box out of curiosity.As the Spirit said, the box contained all the sources of filth, including plague, war, deprivation, hatred and jealousy.

Pandora hurried to close the lid.But they were after they jumped out.There was only one hope left in the box.

And the people were to live in an unclean land.Just hope.

"Everyone knows how to take that story, but what did my brother Sun think?Kun, a loyal minister at his previous workplace, said that hope is a kind of evil. "

I remember myself a few years ago.

In order to grow up as a merchant, we must create a relationship with the superior.But it's an easy road.City officials, high ranking knights, knights, and nobles… Poor contact can easily destroy civilians.To civilians, the superior is, in a sense, like evil.

For me when I was driving ambition, New Nelly Castle was a truly Pandora's box.In the box, along with the danger of disaster, there was a glorious future, hope, called the Great Merchant Hakt.

And the ambition was shattered by the high-ranking officials.

Just seeing one end of the evil lurking in the box slowed my feet and I closed the lid.Even though I knew there was hope, I didn't go any further.I did not know the true horror of evil.

"I wonder if the only thing I can open, knowing that there is evil in the box, is a big idiot or a great masterpiece that leaves a name in the fable... haha..."

If I had been a bigger idiot than I used to be, I might have been able to move on.

To deceive the embarrassment, I decided to return the question to the young man.

"What did you think?Seeking employment in the castle is like opening a Pandora's box? "

Is that not advice, but self-immolation?

When I see a young man full of confidence and vitality, I kind of hate myself.Maybe I haven't given up the big merchant's dream yet.

"Hahaha, that's good. If my brother Sun is right, I'm a big idiot or a great jewel.I pray to the Spirit that it is the latter. "

After laughing lightly, the young man continued quietly.

"Besides, I interpret Pandora's box as a positive story.If the castle is a box, it's a good thing. "

"What does that mean..."

"I'd like to ask the young sama if I had a chance to see it at the castle.How do you interpret Pandora's box? "

No, you won't be allowed to talk to the nobles in the middle of nobility.In the first place, Young Master is not reading the history of other worlds.

If you say anything extra, you could really get your neck cut off.If they succeed, they'll treat me like one of them.

The moment I tried to speak up, the young man smiled and reached out.

"That's why I'll see you tomorrow.Mr. Hakt of the Vaina Chamber of Commerce, who is the best player in the Babbarless Division and is scheduled to climb the castle. "

Suddenly, I couldn't shake my hand back.

Indeed, I am scheduled to climb the castle tomorrow as the winner of the Best Prize in the Baba Leaving Division at the Trump Games.I didn't mean to hide anything else.I just didn't get the chance to say it.It's just a little bad.

... well, he's at the awards ceremony on the last day of the trump tournament.He must have known my name and the Chamber of Commerce on that spot.I also remember that people from outside the city received the Best Award for Poker and Neuropathy.

Slightly late, I responded to his handshake.

Yes, his name is certainly....

"My name is Vidaldo. Nice to meet you."