Wortenia Senki (WN)

Western Continental Calendar August 19, 2812 [Negotiation] Part 1:

"Oh, Lord Shiba. You've come a long way... Looks like you've bought a lot of slaves, but are you getting ready for peninsula development? Well, it's not a bad idea to have laid eyes on slaves, but I'm worried they're not suitable for the development of the peninsula. Anyway, it's nothing but a labor force unlike cattle and horses. I can't help but feel like the monster that roams the peninsula can only feed on us."

The Earl of Salzberg came into the reception room to see Ryojin. No, no, suddenly he has been exposed to words of exploration.

On the boulder, there is only the ruler of Ipilos. Liang Zhen's actions seem to have already slipped away.

The couple's outfit is not as gorgeous as the other day.

Though tailored, the decorations are minimal and seem to be for indulgence in your own room.

Did you prepare it for Ryo Trun? There were three cups of hot air standing on the table.

"Well if you... I'm sorry to hear that all of a sudden even though the baron isn't sitting there... Dear Baron... If it's one of ours, it's because of you. Please, have a seat."

When the Countess despises her husband, Ryo seriously recommends the chair.

"I'm sorry about this! I've had more messengers than Her Majesty has ever... and I'm in a hurry. No, excuse me."

That said, the Count lowered his head as he stroked his hair.

Boulders, couples. The breath is perfect.

"No, don't worry about it.... Actually, it is about that that I received your time suddenly today... My Lord"

Ryo Jin sees the Count with the look of how troubled he is.

"Hmm? What can I do for you? Well, I thought something had happened since yesterday, when I suddenly got the messenger. Are you still talking about slaves? Looks like you bought a lot of young slaves, but have you had trouble using them? You can talk to him from me if you like, okay? Look, I can't do the whole thing, but I'm gonna get the money back from all the slave traders."

That's how the Count laughs.

I see he wants to sell his thanks to Ryo Jun.

Even though he hasn't heard anything about it, the Count seems to want to think Liang Zhen has been crying because of his difficulties with the use of slaves.

(You don't seem to be able to sell how many kids... and you were still watching us... the question is whether Lupis' offer or these guys' arbitrariness...)

Nothing. Ryo Jin visited the Count's residence, not because he wanted the slaves taken away.

I'm here to sell something else.

But the Count's attitude was too gracious. Looks like he wants to be involved with Ryo Trun for the rest of his life.

When he pushes away the mockery springs up early in the Count, Ryo Jin cuts out an errand while making it look confused.

"Yes... Actually, I'm in trouble..."

"Are you still talking about slaves?

Liang Zhen shook his head silently at the Count's inquiry.

I bought it yesterday from a slave trader and am supposed to be doing basic training starting today.

You can't be selling those kids off.

Liang Zhen denied it, so the woman turned her gaze to explore.

"Well? So, what is it? My family is condemned to help the Baron more than Her Majesty the Queen. Please say what it is. I'm sure you can help. Hey, you."

Listening to the Countess, something cold runs through Ryo True's back.

A casual word, but the lady's words contained certain facts.

(I was ordered to help... hey? I knew you were ordered to be a watchman... you fucking bitch... I didn't think you'd ignore me like this on a boulder... did you order the Count... well. Then I can do it...)

Lupis, wary of Ryo Trun, can't be left alone. Looks like he ordered the Earl of Salzberg to keep an eye out.

Liang Zhen was not bogged down enough to pepper the lady's words that she was ordered to help.

"Was it..."

I guess the other day's hospitality is also an influence of the Queen's orders. However, this couple is not a Lupis breeder.

On the outside, he goes in under the guise of a loyal man, but he's like embezzling the royal resources.

(Again, you're the type of person who would do anything in your interest... then is there room for negotiation... I guess it's best to talk about the terms of selling the mineral vein, with the conditions up for reporting to Lupis to mislead the information appropriately... well, it all depends on my acting skills... and that's it if I'm taken badly)

It is dangerous to insult the Countess.

We have to anticipate the timing.

The best time to cut things out...

"Uhm... so don't hesitate to consult with me, Lord Koshiba. Because it will help as much as you can... so? If it's not about slaves, what the hell is wrong with you?

I turned to the kind of gaze the Count would explore.

He's so concerned about Liang Zhen's behavior.

"Actually... about the salt veins on the peninsula..."

Ryo Tru's words froze the room.

"... what do you mean? How do you know about it? Did you find out for yourself?

A laugh disappeared from the Count's face, pointing a sharp bare wire at Ryojin.

Eyes solidified by suspicion and conjecture.

What I didn't choose to say is that there is no longer any point in escaping.

How the hell does this guy know about the mineral vein? Over there, it should be tightly controlled at the hands of the Mistal Chamber of Commerce...... after all, were you aware of anything at the dinner Ban the other night? What are we gonna do, kill him? No, ultimately as killing, do I need to check before it...)

Worst case scenario, if you kill Ryo Trun, you'll get caught.

Baron and Earl, the same nobility, but the difference in degrees is great.

Well, this is the mansion of the Earl of Salzberg, and the king's capital is far away.

Just to be clear, I can do anything. However, before making his choice, the Count had to be sure.

"Actually... I received this stuff the other day..."

"What! Give it to me!

What Liang Zhen offered was a single letter.

Paper and ink normally available in stores all over the city. Crawling letters of wax and messed up mites to hide the handwriting.

Whatever it is, it is a letter that I feel comfortable with.

When the Count read the letter quickly and obliquely, he silenced.

(Chi! Who in the world did this extra...?

The Earl calms his fierce heart and analyzes Ryo True Word.

Who told him such an extra thing? Christophe's little girl... there's probably no mistake. That little girl is a crook...... no wonder I keep track of this one)

Only a limited number of humans are now taking hostile action against the Count in the town of Ipilos.

Among other things, the Christoph Chamber of Commerce, which was supposedly kicked off the seat of the President of the Union Chamber of Commerce, was the most dangerous enemy.

Because the Count is shouldering the Mistal Chamber of Commerce, Ipilos' economy revolves around the Mistal Chamber of Commerce.

However, the Christoph Chamber of Commerce, which has been chairman of Ipilos' union for many years, has the weight of history.

(Mistal has already held the chair of the Chamber of Commerce for three years. In the next couple of years, I thought I could stop Christophe's little girl from breathing... no, that's why...

Until now, the Christoph Chamber of Commerce, which only withstood the pressure of the Count, goes out to fight back. It seemed like the most likely story.

(As Christoph's little girl who brought the information to him, why did he come to me?

It is good that Simone Christoph put together a mineral vein of salt present on the Waltenia Peninsula.

Because it is not Dada who maintains the Chamber of Commerce while she is a young woman. But the question is what to do after that.

(If that little girl found out about the mine, why wouldn't she move herself? Why did you keep the man in front of you informed?

It encroaches on the mineral veins of rock salt present on the peninsula. Snitching against the royal family seems to be the most effective way to use this fact effectively.

They're embezzling royal resources. The clan royalist party will be executed.

Tell it to the uprooted man who sits in front of him. Clarified, I could say it didn't make any extra sense.

(Well good... no need to rush... it's not too late to hear about this grown-up... because somehow this is my territory...)

Count Salzberg's eyes are sharp and glow cold. He stripped out the fangs he had hidden. I once stripped my own father of a fang...

The Salzberg Count family, which has territory near the border with the Kingdom of Zaluda, was on the verge of bankruptcy due to repeated increases in the military budget.

Increased troop strength. Procurement of weapons. Construction of fortifications. The less kiri you count, the more money the army eats.

Still, the royal family does nothing. The territory of the Earl of Salzberg operates at the discretion of the Earl of Salzberg family.

That means you don't give a mouth, but you don't give money.

However, the strengthening of the army cannot be removed in order to protect the country.

Savings after savings.

The Counts were poor to the extent that they could only manage to maintain a minimum physique as nobles.

Still, as a nobleman of the Kingdom of Roselia, due to its loyalty to the royal family, the historical Earl of Salzberg has endured eating up his teeth.

But Count Thomas Salzberg, the current lord, was different. He chose no means to satisfy his greed.

Waltenia Peninsula, formerly under the royal jurisdiction of Roselia and now the territory of Baron Ryo Shiba.

It was five years ago that I found out that there was a salt vein there.

Its mineral veins existed in the mountains that entered the peninsula for a day on foot from Ipilos.

It's a real coincidence.

There are no residents on the Waltenia Peninsula. That's because it's a land of fierce monsters, monsters, and subhumans wandering around, but there are no humans without inhabitants.

In addition to criminals, inmates, and people who said so, people who work in certain professions sometimes head to the peninsula.

Adventurers, mercenaries.

A man who makes fighting a profession. For them, the peninsula was a good battlefield and a place to earn gold with real experience.

Anyway, all that lives is the high-ranking monster Monster. Skins and fangs are traded for a pretty good price.

It's a life-saving thing, but you can get something worthy of it.

It was a bunch of adventurers who entered the peninsula for the purpose of saying so that they found a salt mineral vein. That said, they didn't try to do anything about it on their own, apart from it.

Salt is a necessity, and it is traded at a considerable price, but it is not profitable unless it is mined in large quantities and Saba.

They, too, just leaked a polo when delivering what they collected to the guild.

Was it fortunate or unhappy that it was brought to the Count's house around...

At least take it to the Earl of Salzberg's house, where the military budget increases. That was also an event in God's blessing.

At the time, Thomas, 30, who was only the son of the Earl's family, pleaded desperately to his father, the Lord.

He complained that this was his last chance to rebuild the Count's finances.

Somehow, I was informed that a mountain of treasure was buried in front of me. So it is more impossible to tell them to keep their normal minds.

Thomas would have hesitated to "cum" if this had been more the depths of the peninsula, but not as much as a day on foot.

Though the wandering magic of the monster Monster, if it's about a day from Ipilos, it can still be said to be near the entrance. The encounter rate is not as high.

But Thomas' father ignored his words. No, I didn't just ignore it, I turned my contempt for Bubble's eyes.

If you tried to be a father, that was natural.

The pride and pride with which we have defended our borders with the Kingdom of Zaluda for many years. It is based on unwavering loyalty to the Royal Rosary.

No matter how much it is in front of you, the Waltenia Peninsula is royal territory. Thomas' claim to rebuild his finances using the rock salt mine line there is the same as his claim to embezzle royally owned resources.

Never to be rich, the pride of the Count family drove Thomas' claim away.

But for Thomas, who had been pressed into a covenant since a very young age, he did not possess such shards as loyalty to the Rosary royal family.

There is no reason for the royal family to have a good eye in a border zone far from the Wang capital. Besides, there is no fact that the Royal Family is providing any financial assistance to the Counts. No interference close to abandonment.

Regardless, reinforcements will come if the invasion from Zaluda becomes full-blown, but all the battles to the extent of skirmishes are under the control of the Earl of Salzberg and his surrounding nobles.

For my father, that is a testament to the Royal family's trust in the Earl of Salzberg, but not for Thomas. For him, it just seemed like he was being made to lose money unilaterally, not for what it was worth.

Thomas weighed the tangible gains in sight over the vague things that he called invisible trust, etc. Specifically, money, resources, or privileges.

Thomas' discussion with his father followed a parallel line. That would be so. There is no room for compromise between us.

Profitability and pride. There are also cases where there is no conflict, but in this case only one of them can be chosen.

As a result, Thomas put his father in that hand.

Other than that, he had no other means of getting what he wanted.

(I won't let anyone get in my way...)

The Count groans in his heart.

I can't let him go of my current life.

Until I killed my real father, it's what I got...