Full moving work began the next morning.

First, clean every corner of the castle and repair the damaged area. Then they bring in the household tools, daily items, and food that they carry, so that they can live.

It was almost as if Ildo were going to assign and divide the work by giving instructions to Tekipaki and servants, adventurers, and candidate boys all the way to Dark Elves.

During the previous Dark Crusade operation, there was no major damage or anything other than that used by the Calvinella Knights, and your carpenter Zek. Sometimes your arms were better than expected, and the repair work is going well.

The cleaning squad uses the Dark Elf sisters, who Mora takes the lead and calls her a lady, and the candidates to polish up the castle perfectly.

Sedams adventurers are also sometimes active in meticulous tasks such as curtain fixing.

Turning my back on the courtyard where I could hear the lively voices of the collaborative work, me and Crawla pinching the table, yeah, yeah, roaring.

"In the meantime, aren't the kids good in the big room?

"There are 10 of us right now. Seven of them will be deposited with the Knights of Calvinella, and we'll have them together until then."

"Sam and Anna are a couple, and that means they're in the servant's room together... it's good to have Mora and Physica next to them"

"Right."

Above the table was a schematic of the castle of Zytheas drawn by Sedham. Yes, I'm considering splitting the room in the castle.

Even so, maybe Crawla is the only one who actually works because Crawla gives an opinion and I just snort.

"There's a room for five people, so the Dark Elves can put it together."

"Hmmm......"

"No, ma'am. We don't need a room or anything."

……

Yes, needless to say, Laiha was kneeling beside me and waiting.

I should have solved the misconception that Crawla is my wife, but I haven't changed the way I call her yet.

He seems to have given up on Crawla already, so he leaves me thinking it's like a dark elf-specific tribute, just like I'm calling Mora a lady, too.

What worries me more than that is their low self-esteem...... clearly too humble a point.

They haven't broken up their slave-like attitude when they say their companions have also become completely familiar with Dark Elves in the past few days.

"Uh... Leiha..."

"Mr. Reyhanalka? If you call yourself a subordinate, don't tell me to cloud my husband's glory."

He had a voice ahead of me that would make me say it to Crawla's kid as I twitched my mouth thinking about the words.

"Well, what's that...?

"The wizard Margils has no power to let his squire live a decent life either... yes, what would he do if he had someone to disparage him?

"... Huh!? That's..."

"It's noble common sense that if you look at your men, your husband, if you look at your husband, will you know the extent of your men? If you take pride in being a servant of this person, you should be treated with dignity and due diligence."

"Ma'am..."

Ooh... the boulder is a brilliant development of logic with only the Countess. It is an idea that does not come out in me that has been taught that equality in everything is of the utmost importance.

"Oops!?"

The toe of Crawla's boot kicked my leg as I leaned down and watched Reyja with an impressive face.

Of course it is Leiha's blind spot.

…… ... Huh!

I'm trying to urge something while Crawla shows that leiha with her eyes.

... This is...

"Ah, oh. Laiha. You Dark Elves' abilities will be greatly exploited from now on. So would you accept the treatment commensurate with that? Look at the way you treat me, and maybe other talented people will want to serve me."

I think I managed to say something like that, recalling the story of "Let's start with" (although it means something slightly different in modern times). I guess it's true that you want to treat them better.

"My lord... My lady... it is an extra honor for me...!

So I'm saying you don't have to shrink so much... well, let's get used to it gradually.

That completes the room division for now.

This is how it is written in the schematic.

Main Tower

Third floor, Margils.

Residential building

Knight's Private Sedam/Crawler/Ill

2 x small rooms for squire 5 dark elves/Torrad, Ted, Zilk, Seg

3 x Servant Room Sam, Anna/Physica, Maura

Soldier's Large Room x 2 Former Mage Soldier Candidates 10

If it's true, I'd like to make it all private, but that's just what I gave up.

Fortunately, I am not particularly dissatisfied.

"Whoo..."

After daytime work and dinner, I was soaked in a bath.

There is also a bathing habit in this world (Sedia) (although it does not seem to bathe every day, as in modern Japan), and there was originally a bath barrel in the Castle of Zytheas. Because there is most no gas or water supply, I have to pour water into the bath tub every time.

As a personal pleasure I was going to prepare myself for a bath......

"Giosa, would you like some more hot water?

"Oh, oh, I'm fine. It's good water."

Mora spotted me just about to take out a bath bucket and started getting me ready for everything.

The Dark Elf Four sisters and Laiha also have bucket relays of hot water in the total, so I'm pretty sure it's hot and feels so good...

"I didn't expect you to let a girl labor heavily for her own bath... you should use some kind of spell..."

"At all, it's not heavy labor. From now on, Mr. Gio is officially your husband. What is it? Make it look better!

"Mmm..."

Well, I realized it was a reversal of Crawla's earlier trip to Laiha.

If they really want to work for me, I should be happy to take it.

"... by the way, I'd like to go up"

"Yes! We will wipe your body!

Yeah. I'm sorry, but I can't take this.

"Dear Margils, check this out"

The next morning, Ill and Sedham showed me a piece of paper. He said he put together the work we need to do.

There,

1. Maintenance of streets

2 Securing soldiers for castle and street security

3 Control of villages within the territory

4 Securing sources of funding

four points were noted.

"First, I need to be able to get into and out of the castle without using your spell."

Sedham began his commentary. It's certainly inconvenient on the interstate, because I'm the one who broke down that mountain road in the first place.

"Next, as I said last night, you're a soldier. There's nothing to be afraid of in the sense of fighting power if you're there, but it's going to be your responsibility to keep the streets and surrounding areas safe. You can't wander around there every day, can you?

"You must employ at least 30 soldiers."

Policing? Sure, I think that's why the Knights of Calvinella gave me this castle in the first place. On top of this, I'm honestly very concerned about hiring as many as 30 people... but no, if you're scared of 30 people 'about' then why not?

"... that would be nice. Villages in the realm? What the hell? There's only one village in Yule, right?

"Dude, the other day the Knights would have said there were about three hunters and woody villages in the woods"

"... Was I? So... By" in the realm, "is that it? Could that village be our 'territory'?

"We want you to say 'mine', not ours... you will. We can collect taxes and labor, but on the other hand we have a duty to protect them."

"No, no, I just had this castle ceded by the Knights, didn't I? I don't know the village..."

Sedham and Ild looked at each other as I theorized in cold sweat. What's that strange face?

"Dear Margils, a castle is a facility to defend the area, so naturally, the castle is the property of the castle owner."

"Even the city of Lellis has declared that it will grant you the right to own the castle and the surrounding area. So nothing's wrong."

"It's more of a problem..."

Mmmm......

Now it doesn't feel like 'I don't need possession'.

I kind of suddenly feel a lot more responsible......

"Lord!

Needless to say, Laiha was holding back beside me. It's very rare to come into a conversation even though it's not a topic of concern to her.

"What is it, Laiha?

"Truly transcendent. If we can live in the Lord's land, which is a great wizard without hiding in heaven and earth, we will fool ourselves that there is nothing to rejoice in."

……

Leiha became Leiha, too, and I guess I figured I'd understand yesterday's story and say my opinion.

Can't I be humbled before I tell her?

Or is this not the modern meaning of starting with "say it first"?

"Okay. Then I'll head out to the villages in the near future and tell them to rest assured that I'm the new lord"

That's when I didn't realize.

No, maybe he was trying not to notice.

that this was the first step towards the task of 'founding a nation'.