"At last, you will be the master of the Bathrub. My role is finally over."
The present lord of the ever-gruesome Bathrub was speaking to the next lord, the Feast Me, smiling more than usual.
On the other hand, I look very nervous.
"To be honest...... too much has happened to my tenure. Of course, there's nothing wrong with you, but I didn't think this would happen when you took office."
The substantial annexation of Domino, the establishment of national relations with Majan and the Great Eight States, and the all-out war with dragon servants.
It makes me think that they really well left the country because those were in his tenure and that also happened in a relatively short period of time.
But still, the state stayed. If it passes, it's a good memory.
Forget the heat if you're past your throat, but it's not the heat you need to forget.
"And... again, Saiga"
"Yes."
"You've grown well. When my daughter brought you here, she was not worthy of the Lord of the Four Nobles in flattery. But you've grown up to be the man I can trust to bat."
"That's the thing..."
Festival I seemed anxious.
Anyway, he is a young man who has not yet become thirty.
That self will be the man closest to the head of this nation.
To be clear, I couldn't help but be anxious.
"I was wondering if it was too soon..."
"That's not true. No, not... it has to be you now"
"... is it in the national interest"
"Exactly. This is not something I can do with my feelings or yours."
Festival The status of a brave man or hero that I once wanted.
That is by no means just a position to gather envy from the surroundings, just to have fun.
Everyone expects that if a hero takes the pinnacle, life will be richer.
"Besides, I'm not as special as you think I am with the heads of the four nobles"
"I don't think so,"
"I didn't think so. As long as you're serious, it's a job for everyone."
With self-derision, sarcasm, the present emperor said so.
But the word, though not very much, was unbelievable to me.
"Oh, no..."
"So you think I have any special powers?
"That's not..."
"As you know, neither the Arcana royal nor the four great nobles, except for Caputo, are of any special descent or anything. It's just a house that's been around for a long time. And even that caput, as an individual, is not significantly different from the normal use of magic. We're normal people. Unlike you."
Those who are considered trump cards are under the Lord in their position.
But combat ability is naturally much higher on trump cards if we talk about scarcity.
Because it is the trump card, not the owner, who is facing the succession problem.
"Sure, maybe it's not special, but I think its... excellent"
"Ha... that's my fault. I'm glad to hear from you that I'm good, but I'm not that big of a deal"
Festival I only know about the current principals.
But if we try to be the masters of the day, we know very well that we are not very different from our predecessors.
If you compare the results of your work in numbers, there's no difference. Regardless of diplomacy, the more sick you get of it, the more you understand it, because if you are in internal affairs, you will compare it even if you don't like it.
"I became the current lord simply because I was the son of an earlier generation. Of course, there were a few other candidates, but there wasn't that much difference. If the Lord needs so much ability, he won't be able to choose within the narrow boundaries of the Son of the Lord, will he?
"It's, well..."
First of all, I didn't nominate you for next term.
"That's right."
A festival that makes me so convinced.
There is a bit of self-infliction in it, but since the owner himself had nominated himself as his successor, he did not need that much ability.
"Indeed, the Lord's authority is great. That's why there are so many temptations, but that's why 'unbeatable officials' are rare would be dishonest with a taxpaying folk"
"... Yes, that's right"
"Until now, you have acted with your share of responsibility as the next Lord. If so, in the future, all you have to do is act out of your own hands. That's not so hard. Instead, the more I try to act without disclaiming my share as the Lord, the harder and harder it becomes. You restrict your own behavior."
"The Lord has his share…"
"Don't think of it. The Lord is simply a man in a position to command. As much as I ordered, there is no way that the people and subordinates would conveniently follow me. If that's the case, we've been eradicating crime and all that."
With a bitter laugh, Festival I was looking back at my past.
How exactly would I have followed the instructions of "above" when I was in Japan, when I was just a citizen?
I feel I didn't even protect it to the extent that I shouldn't cross the red light.
As soon as I was' on top 'of that, the folks thought that they would all move as they said they would, that they were responsible.
It is a tremendous mistake. I'm putting myself on the shelf too much.
"What we can do in politics is to set priorities. Defence is important, diplomacy is important, disaster support is important, policing is important, support for agriculture is important, and fraudulent surveillance is important. We shouldn't let any of it go away, and we know what happens if we go away. But... budget and personnel are finite, and it's impossible to do everything perfectly"
Seriously refraining from retiring, the Lord remembers his former self.
As I took the lead, I was willing to reform the old system to make it a territory where other residents would want to emigrate.
For this reason, when I worked and showed myself, even when I powdered myself, I was strong.
"I'm not saying you don't have to work hard at anything, but the territory doesn't get any better as hard as one of our lords worked hard. No matter what we think and what orders we give, it's actually the people who work. Don't run to casual ideals with outrageous regard for the burden of the inhabitants"
"What, exactly, does that mean?
"Taxes are doubled, labor is doubled, military service becomes harsh, etc."
"That sucks."
"I guess so."
Establish a standing army and place expensive weapons and protective equipment on the soldiers. That would increase the force of war and deter aggression from other countries.
I know that, but who pays for that budget? Where do the soldiers gather from?
It is the inhabitants who will pay more taxes, and it is also the inhabitants who endure harsh workouts as a standing army.
Maintaining roads throughout the country will smooth logistics and, as a result, make the country turn better.
I know that, but who actually builds the way?
It pushes massive numbers of inhabitants through the pains of developing the numerous paths in the country over a vast amount of time.
Paying enough for the guards at the end of the line, and yet placing the inspectors, would significantly reduce fraud and improve security. Normally, we may be able to send out troops to fight thieves in regions beyond our reach.
But as a result, I can't wait for the other budgets to be cut.
Even if the crime rate is reduced by a tenth by multiplying the budget spent on policing, the squatting of that amount will always occur.
"In the end"
Again, the Lord sees his successor in front of him.
Until the other day, I see a man who was the Lord of the mightiest sword, who himself would have perished if he hadn't worked hard.
See the hero, who accomplished the man's true self.
"The harder I try, the happier the inhabitants become, it's just intoxication. It's just arrogance to decide that your territory should get better because you're working so hard. The expectation that the people should support themselves because they think so much of their territory is just sweet."
I could only do someone a favor and 'do something' and 'do something', laughing at myself for being just an instructor.
I am proud that I am respected by a hero.
It wasn't a bad life, because I was able to do my job.
"I wonder if you were told this by Lord Sansui, too, that 'it is just clueless to ask what is most important'. It's a hassle to turn your attention to everything, so he just wants to be aware of one thing and assume that he's doing it right."
"Yes, when I asked him which was more important with the sword's bare gesture, he asked me if I would make a difference with my right and left legs to walk"
"Exactly, both matter, everything matters. If you put one aside, I'll cordially go from there. Don't forget that."
The teachings of the sword also lead to 'Every Fell'. The teachings of mountain waters left a good influence on me.
I see that the men of Soaped want to send their children to the mountain waters.
"I wasn't that worried about you from the start, though. It was my biggest concern, and it also solved the problem of your old body's successor. I can retire without worries."
"... you mean acrylic?
"Yes, she would be able to run it without stalling Disya"
Acrylic Disuille, a strange woman who makes Disuille a genius.
I can't say anything about the offering because there is still very little contact, but I don't hear very good rumors.
"She knows politics properly"
"I heard that the deputies are scared of acrylics..."
"That's proof that you're doing well. I'm just creeping myself out because I'm being driven to her will"
Still unconscious, the Lord remembers the old body of Disuia.
Reminds me of someone who has been in active duty with me for a long time since my predecessors.
I mourn my failures, I was inspiring myself and arousing myself, I remember the sorrow of the old man.
Each time our lords and kings remembered their frustration with other Disuilles.
Without a doubt, the deputies were more than that.
"If her orders were really wrong, no one was following those instructions. Everyone moved exactly as she intended, which means she did politics with a good understanding of the whole will. It was never solitary, it was not a piece of paper, it was convinced through the muscles."
"... that you have made Disuia humans an island run from old men to children?
"Yes, that was the general thrust of Disya's deputy. If her order was outrageous, it means that the deputies who did not dispute the order were so angry."
Some of Disuia's deputies are unhappy with the acrylic.
I did little until my old body fell, I want to curse the talent I had in my prodigal days.
But because few are loyal to herself, the correctness of her instructions emerges.
"That's not just the deputy, because it was supposed to be another person who executed it. There wasn't even one person who thought I'd let you get away with a baby or a child. It was already resented by resentment. Perhaps they would all have been buried in the darkness, even if she hadn't instructed them"
"... that's a scary story"
"Um, it's a story to admonish. I was supposed to dye my hands on dirty work, because the old body is the one who should be resented, but the other dissears who kept producing great things as artists are resented."
I just think the Lord sees things.
I don't know, Festival. I don't put it in my mouth because I look sorry for you, but I still appreciated the acrylic in my heart.
"This is one of the bad things that will be inscribed in Disya's history. Later critics and politicians will slap on the acrylic. Maybe I'll tailor her as a bad guy with some reason I don't know"
The artists who produce wonderful things were buried from this world.
That would be true, and from those who are not alive in this day and age it would be a shack of madness.
But anyway, it doesn't matter to the people of this era.
"But that's something you don't have to worry about. What we should take into account is the people of today who are paying us taxes. Later political critics just need to be allowed to say the right thing. It doesn't matter how it's written, it doesn't hurt us."
"Later years......"
Our Lord's, casual word.
Historians of later years, I had an unpleasant imagination of the word.
Talking to others as soon as you are troubled is a good and a bad part of the offering.
Until a little while ago, he frequently consulted the mountain water and was frightened.
After that, I started talking to my wives, but still, it wasn't something I could ask the boulders about this time.
For it means nothing to ask them.
"Long time no see, Great Heavenly Dog"
"Whoa, Saiga. Looks so much better than that."
Anxiety that arose in his heart, 'Nothing Means Anything'. It was only in this world that I could get rid of it.
I moved the entrance near Wang Du, Lord Great Heavenly Dog of the Frontier Cell. I found time to go to the festival and I was deeply thankful to him in the heart of the secret border where he lived.
"Yes, thanks to the Great Heavenly Dog and Master Fusabis"
"I'm worried, it's no big deal. Than that...... what kind of errands are you on today?
The world's best treasure maker, the Great Heavenly Dog.
He doesn't actively put his work on the table, but he is a man who loves making new treasures, bragging about treasures he has already made, and being asked to treasure them.
It seemed to me that the man who would become the new Lord of Batlub was expecting it because he came all the way here.
"Actually... I need to ask you something"
"Hmm?"
"What will happen to this world from now on"
So far, the kingdom of Arcana is Antai.
Even if I become the head of the bat, I will be run by the state without any problems for a while.
At least at the moment, there is no visible ruin.
But that's why I get anxious that I don't care.
I'm not a hundred years away from this, I'm thinking a thousand years, two thousand years away.
I wonder if the day will come when my distant offspring will curse us now.
"A monster from the old world has taken root in this world. And to the kingdom of Arcana, there is no power left to pay for its roots. If the dragons and their servants, who once fought man and war, were to live in this world… what would become of this world"
I could afford it, I could afford it, so anxiety that doesn't matter overshadows my heart.
Even though I know I don't care, anxiety is anxiety. You fight on the front lines yourself, and you know the horrors of monsters in the old world, so you feel guilty about leaving that worry for future generations.
"Please tell me. One of the first eight people to be given divine treasure, the Great Tengu Cell"
Ask the man who fought the dragon 10,000 years ago.
Too vague, bumped anxiety about the future.
"Don't listen to me fall asleep a long time, you. Well, if you were born in this day and age, I can't help but think like that... more than that dragon..."
Take a breath, sigh.
"Suibok is much worse"
"... Really?
"You're really happy, you guys"