She wore a hood in the air, rolled her body around, and rolled down to the floor, taking her passive.
The cloth she wraps around her robe is like the fabric they use to enter the forest.A girl without a piece of glass stood up and pulled out her sword.
And I played Raul's knife correctly.
The knife is blown off into the distance because I didn't expect it completely.
The girl turned herself back and stood her sword back up vividly, before she went straight into the knight of Fablania.
A dazzling scream was heard, and the remaining three fell to the floor.Raul looks at the sequence of events in a daze.
Raul!
Her name was clearly called, and she finally returns to me.
But that's impossible.
She can't be here.Because I was definitely drinking tea with numbing medicine.First of all, I didn't know what it meant to come in through the front door, nor did I know what it meant to come down from above.
“I told you, didn't I? If we're going to save Harriet, we want to help.... but the way to rescue you can't be the way to sacrifice you. "
And she's right to say it.
"That's why I'm here to help you."
The words seemed to dazzle me unexpectedly.
"Are you all right? Are you hurt or poisoned early?"For the time being, you need to get out of here and talk slowly again..... "
"... wait. It looks like you're worried about the weather, but there are other knights of Fabrania."
The men who let Harriet get away with it shouldn't have made the mistake of finding her.Then the dozens of knights that remain still guard the outside of the church.
"This church is surrounded."If you don't get away quickly, you won't be safe..... "
The door of the church opened to block the words of Raul.Raul pulled out his knife and tried to cover the girl's back.
But it wasn't the fearsome Fabranian enemies that showed up there.
(...... you're kidding)
Your Highness, Arnold!
The girl calls her name happily.
Her lips broke and she made the most beautiful smile.Emerald-colored gemstone eyes shine as if they were looking at something important.
Beyond her gaze was a man with a boring expression.
“Why are you here? Besides, the Fabranians....."
"Then it's already been cleared."
Arnold Hein walked in with a natural mouth.
Behind the open door, you can see the tragedy of the words.All the knights of Fabrania seem to be fainting there.
(Impossible. My men were holding Arnold Hein......)
"I'm sorry, Raul. I borrowed your bow and arrow to make the others sleep."
"...... What about you?"
Arnold Hein passes beside Raul, who is speechless.Standing in front of the girl, he asked as he took off the hood of his robe.
“Leechee, I'm not hurt.”
"Yes, as you can see, one of the wounds."
(...... Hunter, take this powerful medicine for numbness......)
Break through the city with your skilled archers.
Break the stained glass and fall, grounding it at five points.While battling the Knight's opponent, it seemed that there was not a single 'scratch'.
And Arnold Hein, with over a dozen knights to his side, wiped out Raul's screams without even noticing them.
"... no, no, no, please don't do this."
Raul suppressed his forehead unexpectedly.
At least if Leechee came in through the door normally, she wouldn't be upset about it, and she was confident that she would be able to do her own harm.However, it was unexpected that it would come down from above.
Thanks to that, I was completely poisoned.
"... you're a couple, a monster..."
Leechee dyed her cheeks red at once.
"Well... it's not a couple yet...!"
No matter what you think, that's not the first place to argue.
(Looks so embarrassed.)
The expression that was staring at me seemed to be staring at me somewhere.Looking at her face, she was in a dizzying mood, and Raul wanted to tap his tongue.
(She's cute....... Shit)
Unfortunately, that's the only knife that poisoned them.
I felt like I was reminded of my immaturity even though I didn't think I would fail.
(This isn't the place to lie...)
(I'm really glad I made it...)
Leechee sighed softly as she held the black sword in her sheath.
The knife that came out of Raul's hand was poisoned on the edge of the blade.At that point, I can imagine that I had a plan that wasn't even rough.
(The bad feeling was right.If Raul is seriously running away, no matter how much Lord Arnold's Kingsguard can find him so quickly)
In the first place, Raul had defenseless gaps everywhere.
If Leechee knew him, she wouldn't tell him the rest of the plan had been revealed.If you wanted your enemies to take the numbing medicine, you'd have been able to round it up and give it to everyone in the room.
(If you simply roar and kill, you won't choose an abandoned church as a prominent place.Then, I wanted to use the high ceiling of the church... that is, I imagined that it would be a favorable battlefield for the huntsmen.)
Around the church that reached Arnold, the knights of Fabrania were guarding.
Nevertheless, it was already predicted.When he asked Arnold to deal with them, Leechee went up to the roof of the church and jumped inside from there.
I think it was the best choice, but Arnold in front of me had a very bitter face.
"... did you have to break the stained glass to get in?"
I thought making a loud noise would draw everyone's attention.
Ordinary windows existed, and the hunters seemed to have taken Harriet out of there, but I don't think they could stop Raul.That said, it was heartbreaking to break something.
"I have to write to Bishop Schneider to apologize for breaking the glass..."
"It was an abandoned church that was to be demolished anyway.If you weren't injured, just leave it alone. "
"I don't think so."There may be inconveniences in the dismantling work. "
But that's not the most important thing right now.
Sitting shallowly on the back of the congregation seat, Raul's forehead was covered in an air he had never seen in his hunter's life.
When Leechee tried to call out to Raul, she heard a harsh voice coming from the door she was turning away from.
"Ah, Raul...!!"
Harriet-sama!?
He must have ran without rest.Harriet jumps into the church and inherits a shallow breath.
"No, I'm alive..."
Your voice is so weak that you're about to cry.
But Harriet didn't collapse.When I tied my gurgling lips, I immediately removed my gaze from Raul, and now I'm looking up.
I almost fell to my knees and lowered my head deep enough to rest my forehead on the floor.
"...... Your Highness, Arnold, Liese! I'm sorry...!"
"Yes, Harriet-sama! It's okay, please look at me..."
Harriet's white wrist was scratched like a scratch.
It must have desperately broken out of the rope.The painfully oozing blood speaks of her desperation.
Harriet bowed her head and spun desperately in a tormented breath.
"I am very sorry for the inconvenience caused to Galkhain."...... I am responsible for everything this person, Raul, has done...! "
"Stop it, Harriet."
Raul, who stood up flutteringly, knelt beside Harriet.
"You're not involved in anything."You know that it doesn't make sense for someone like that to bow their head. "
"No! You were trying to help me, but there's no way you're not involved." I'm.... "
Harriet coughed as her breathing seemed really limited.Leechee can't see it, so she rushes over to Harriet.
But Arnold grabbed me by the arm next door.
Your Highness Arnold......
Arnold, who had stopped Leechee, moved forward instead.
Harriet thumped her shoulders at the sound of her shoes.Raul grabbed his eyebrows, then looked up at Arnold and grinned.
"Crown Prince, I'm sorry, but Harriet has nothing to do with this plan."
Arnold doesn't say a word, but Raul does.Leechee couldn't see her face, but she probably had a cold expression on her face.
"You know what? I wash up and throw up what I'm trying to do.After that, you can do whatever you want with me.Be the first to kill, the distraction to be the slave to beat and play, please feel free to do so. "
"Raul...! No, don't. Please."
Interrupting Harriet's words, Arnold asked Raul:
What are you going to do after that?
"...... you're going to listen to something unpleasant."
Raul's face grimaced as he infiltrated the mocking smile.
"I worked disrespectfully for the great power, Galkhain."In this case, you'll have to pay for my life, right? "
I didn't think I was making a serious apology, but it was a lingering attitude of lightness.But Raul's behavior was based on his intentions.
(Raul must have been deliberately unfaithful.so that Lord Arnold's anger can be directed at him......)
Arnold opened his mouth boringly.
"The word 'take responsibility' has a meaning only if it is spoken by a person who can take responsibility."
Harriet shrinks her body.
"The same goes for the ridiculous proposal of giving your life.Your life is of no value to me. "
Raul laughed and smiled at Arnold's words.
"Then I wish you'd let me die like that."Unexpected ransom, our plan is crushed. "
"... Raul, you were trying to save Harriet from Fabrizia by dying?"
If you look at what you've seen so far, you can imagine what Raul had in mind.
Leechee knows.In his life as a hunter, Raul spoke clearly.
I look so loyal to Royal Sigwell.
That's a story about the future that couldn't save Harriet.
As a former companion, I knew that I was serious enough to pretend to be joking.
Raul said with a smile.
"Because you can't help it, can you?" Harriet is simply sacrificed for stuffing gold into Fabrania.If we're going to protect both Sigwell and Harriet, we're going to have to do something about it. ”
Raul was right.
Galkhain's accusation doesn't make Fabrania guilty.Fabrania will resist suspicion, and some nations will stand by her.Some other countries may take advantage of the chaos to start a war.
That is why it is not strange that another war should take place without waiting for Arnold to start one.
I could not imagine how the current Emperor of Galkhain, Arnold's father, would move if he knew about this.I'm sure Arnold knows that.
(That's why Raul leans at the poison knife... if Raul dies, public opinion will lean towards Sigwell's side and move against Fabrania's side)
Maybe they're falsifying evidence to accelerate it.I can imagine Raul's choice of means at a time like this would be Leechee.
(At least if Sigwell had a shield behind Galkhain......)
At that time, Arnold opened his mouth.
"I certainly don't want to miss out on Fabrania's gold."
"...... Your Highness Arnold"
Leechee stood next to him and looked up at him.
"Will you give me a moment, please?"I want to see if there are any surprises about the alliance between Sigwell and Galkhain, as we did in Coyol. ”
Earlier, Arnold told Leechee that there was a way to help Harriet, not as a knight, but as a crown princess.
If the current Emperor is not suspicious and even finds a reason to forge an alliance with the Sigwell Empire, that fact will be the backbone of the Sigwell Empire.Even if the Sigwell nation were to be dressed in a forged coat of arms, if the Allies had the name of Galkhain, they would not have been unilaterally attacked by Fabrania.
Find that path, whatever it takes.But Arnold didn't look towards Leechee.
"Your Highness..."
"There's no need for that."
The words echoed coldly, and Leechee took a reflexive breath.
However, Arnold will continue like this the next moment.
"... we plan to rebuild the currency in the future"
They cut out unexpected things and blinked.
"However, I thought that the limit would eventually come to the current monetary system."- Materials such as gold and silver are finite and are expected to be depleted eventually. ”
……
Raul and Harriet couldn't read Arnold's intentions either.As if she knew this, Arnold spoke lightly.
"If it is made in a complicated way to prevent counterfeiting, the cost of manufacturing will be high.Casting also requires technology and is not suitable for mass production.To solve that problem, we need to choose a completely different path in the first place. ”
Your Highness, what's the alternative?
“It's made of materials that cost less than gold and silver and are not threatened with depletion.Mass production is possible, but it must be a new currency that is difficult to counterfeit. ”
Arnold speaks clearly, looking down at Harriet and the others.
"The best thing we can do now is to use paper money."
……
Harriet glanced at Arnold.
Even Raul looks up at Arnold with his eyes at the unbelievable.But Leechee desperately assembled in her head the meaning of what Arnold had just said.
(Perhaps Lord Arnold told you yesterday......)
Arnold seemed to have a different idea of how to cast the money.
But when Leechees asked about it, Arnold denied it himself.
”... that's an unrealistic solution, no matter what.”
It's a plan that's close to a dream story, so you can say it's ridiculous.Therefore, it is not necessary to consider the alternative plan, it is just a fool's plan that has already been truncated. "
In response, Leechee said: If you really want it, isn't it a viable dream?'And Arnold denied it.
"Is there anyone who can believe the reality of things that are not in shape?"
Maybe it was a word to Arnold himself, not to Leechee.
But something changed Arnold's mind.
"Paper money, money..."
Arnold answers as Leeche mutters.
"Naturally, there is no asset value in just paper.The paper... the banknote has that meaning that it can be redeemed for gold and silver in the denomination. ”
I felt that I had somehow understood the explanation.
"Do you usually mean that you can replace the paper with gold coins and use it for shopping?And if you ever need real gold and silver, you can exchange it at an exchange office. "
“Yeah, it's not so sturdy, it's more portable than carrying the same amount of gold.Even if the country's gold and silver are exhausted, if it can issue a stable currency, the country's economy will not be delayed. ”
The value of gold is secured by the use of real gold.
However, Arnold's solution was to fundamentally reverse the idea.Instead of having a real asset value, it means using the "exchange voucher for gold and silver of value" in everyday transactions.
(Wherever I went in the world, there was no country that took such a method....... but)
Leechee's chest began to scratch quickly.
(This person is trying to create exactly how it works right now.It's the first time anyone has ever tried it!)
"... the metal plates for the printing of banknotes use the craftsmanship of the country of Coyol"
In response to Arnold's words, Leechee's eyes glowed more and more.
“Leechee, one of the things that the alchemist Michelle Evan created must have been water-resistant ink or paper.”
“Yes, we heard that it's not only water but also friction that makes it hard to seep.”
"If it's a new material created by an alchemist, it's difficult for humans around it to acquire and forge it.We can also achieve our original goal of innovation to prevent counterfeiting. "
Nodding, he continued.
"To facilitate the circulation of banknotes, you can use the network of the Aria Chamber of Commerce.If we're going to gather that much information, there's going to be a strong net. but.... "
Arnold puts his eyes down there.
“I'm going to get some paper and ink, and I'm going to finish the elaborate metal version.Without the technology to mass-produce printed materials, it cannot be realized. "
When I got here, I knew Leeche was right.The night Harriet and Raul arrived, Leechee and Arnold read a book.
It's a gift from Sigwell.Even the detailed cover design was delicately printed.
"--Does Sigwell have good printing technology?"
"Ah...!"
Harriet shouted unexpectedly.
"It's up to us to ask the Sigwell country for help."The printing technology will be essential for our future coin-mining business. ”
And Arnold tells you quietly.
“I want to form an alliance with Sigwell.”
……