Chapter 129 – Chapter 129 ― Please Protect This Land (6)
Episode 129 ― Please protect this land (6)
Grünent entered his office with a confident smile.
“… What do you mean all of a sudden Grünent.”
“Experiment ticket! Right to experiment! How much, how much!”
“Whoops, Count. Please wait a moment.”
Grünent, who calmed the gasping Count with an evil eye smile, looked at Roan with that same face.
The expression of the merchant who has never seen it before is unfamiliar.
“Your majesty. Our GDI store is a place to distribute your Majesty’s property and return it to Your Majesty by making a profit. Above all, it is about His Majesty’s right to the throne, how could our company miss it!”
“… Uh, uh…”
I wince under the pressure of her momentum.
“Experiment tickets are only issued as many times as Your Majesty wishes. And the scope of the experiment went through the deliberation of the small meeting as originally decided. How are you, Your Majesty? It’s the same as what His Majesty originally intended to grant. It just goes through our company one more time.”
Roan looked at Grünent with narrowed eyes.
In that smile, Roan felt a wave of desire. She’s determined to get whatever she wants.
Baron Grave, you…
What did you grow…
As Roan reluctantly nodded,
Grünent looking at the Count this time.
“However, by mobilizing our bargaining power, we will try to negotiate things that would normally not be passed in the small meeting. How are you, Count? If you sign the contract with us, I will tell His Majesty that the conditions for acquiring the right to experiment will be more relaxed.”
“Contract… Is it?”
The Count, who was raging with excitement, calmed down for a moment as if he heard a sensitive word.
Then Grunent tilted his head and put a finger to his little lips.
“Instead, it’s free. I believe that the Count will write a contract for confidentiality. Do you think there will be room for negotiating an experiment that His Excellency the Prime Minister would never, as it were, allow?”
“Oh, oh oh…”
The Count let out a small exclamation.
Roan’s face darkened.
And Grünent smiled again.
“Something like this, something like that.”
“Give me the contract!”
“Here it is.”
As if prepared in advance, Grünent quickly handed over a confidentiality agreement.
What was written on the paper was that, as she had said so far, the right to the experiment that Roan was trying to grant to the Earl could be extended not under the condition that the experiment was successful until spring, but according to the negotiations between Roan and GDI.
And even if it is an item that is not possible in the small meeting, it is possible to apply for re-approval of the right to experiment after adjusting it once again in consultation with GDI Chamber.
The price for all this is
Absolutely keeping quiet about everything related to this experimentation right that others do not know.
The range of information to be kept secret is quite wide.
The fact that Roan’s power was related to this crystal from the beginning of the research on this crystal, how he obtained the right to experiment.
And the emperor granted the right to experiment, and it encompasses everything from exposing the results of the experiment to the outside.
Roan raised one hand and dried his face.
In the end, it was what Grunent wanted,
Roan also got a safety device.
… But why does it seem more dangerous than before?
“Then I excused myself during the talk, Your Majesty, Count!”
“No! Grünent-sama, aren’t you more capable than I expected, ahaha☆”
The count’s mood was sky-high.
As Grunent swept through the office like a storm and retreated, the Count looked back at Roan with sullen eyes.
“… Whoop whoop whoop…”
“… Count, those eyes… No, no.”
Roan, who took a moment to catch his breath, finally remembered that that was not the only story he had to tell the count.
“Ah. And I had one more thing to say.”
“Aha, yes! I won’t be surprised if you tell me now that Your Majesty was actually human!”
… My core is human.
Would you be surprised if I told you?
“I found an interesting fact while looking for a book with Grünent.”
And Roan pointed to a part of the book Grunent had shown him.
“Jim’s decision to give his blessing completely changes. Like you said, it’s not like Helen’s blessing. I wondered why. I thought this might be a hint.”
“… Wake up… Are you saying that His Majesty awakens the crystal?”
“You mentioned the word activation before. Okay. Jim wondered if his powers were really activating this crystal.”
“Then, Your Majesty…”
The Count stared blankly at the emperor, speechless.
It must have been because it was difficult for the Count himself to put his thoughts into words.
“… Her Majesty’s power is Goddess Laurecia’s…”
“I can not know.”
Roan honestly shook his head.
There is circumstantial evidence, but it’s not something I heard directly from the Goddess.
“Anyway, there are many people in the world who have shared the power of the Goddess. I only exist in the human world, so it’s just a little unusual for me to appear with that kind of power in the demon world.”
“Your Majesty, this is really rude, but…”
The count’s hands were shaking.
It wasn’t fear, it was because it was hard to control his excitement.
“Really, maybe, if at all, human blood…”
“That also is unknown.”
Roan shrugged his shoulders.
“At least the former emperor and consort were excellent demons. However, in the past when it was difficult to trace all the powers of the family? If you are a count, can you find out all the things of the third and fourth generations?”
“That… , It must be difficult.”
The Count looked at Roan with a very sad expression.
“It’s great that our demons gather like this, create a family like humans, and imitate inheriting something. It will be difficult to find the root any more. So, I don’t know.”
“Is that so… Well, that’s fine. I now have the right to experiment.”
The Count grinned.
“And it seems to be a lot easier to get than before, aha☆”
Roan was bitten by an unknown chill. However, as much as Roan had retreated, the Count leaned over the desk.
“Then, now, we need to get some experimental materials. Now that we have received a lot of new material, we can take our research in a different direction!”
“That… Rudge.”
It was already late at night
On that day, even the emperor could not dissuade the count.
With a new idea in hand, the Count carried back from the Emperor a basketful of Roan-blessed crystals.
While admiring the transformation of the material.
There was no sign of political calculation or betrayal in his murmur.
Rather, Roan became a little shy.
The Count, who stayed up all night the next day, had been asking for an unexpected request since the morning wind.
“Please call the treasurer.”
“You mean the theory?”
“Yes. I have something to tell you.”
As soon as the words were conveyed, the treasurer informed me that he was going to go near the count’s laboratory, putting aside his affairs without further consideration.
I asked the Count, who bowed his head and went back to the lab.
“Why is the treasurer suddenly called?”
Then the Count scratched his head with a smile on his face.
“… His Majesty said. He said he succeeded with the help of many people.”
“…”
Roan just smiled silently.
Afterwards, I heard from Helen that a large-scale experiment had begun that consumed most of the magic stones that the Count had stored in DOS and most of the magic stones that Liron had.
Since it is confidential, Lee Ron, who cannot directly participate in the experiment, robbed the Count of his savings at the request of the Count.
And.
The Count, Helen, and the Treasurer as well.
After a few days of not showing up.
“… Master.”
The one who visited the office was a haggard Helen. Roan jumped up in surprise.
“Helen, are you feeling okay?”
It’s been four days since I haven’t seen her face.
Roan cast her divine magic, which she had learned from her Helen, for her tired appearance by all eyes.
With her arms wrapped around her shoulders, Roan cast a spell to boost her stamina.
Helen smiled as her complexion returned.
“Thank you, master.”
“What’s going on here? I should have sent an attendant.”
“Master.”
Warble.
But Helen smiled broadly.
“Success.”
Roan’s eyes widened.
The emperor exclaimed and applauded, forgetting his body language.
Helen, who saw this, was also startled and opened her eyes wide, then smiled again.
“With the master’s strength, the experiment was successful.”
Roan’s body trembled.
Finally, the first step to farming in the land of Evirgio was taken.
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“Hundred…”
Roan, who entered the greenhouse with almost a run, was unable to complete his words.
Seeing the rare emperor who had lost his words, the count smiled triumphantly at the mess.
“Ahahahaha☆, how is it!”
Gun-like eyes shining in a pale face.
The count looked proudly at the greenhouse flower beds covered in green.
“… Awesome…”
Roan exclaimed in admiration.
Wheat, corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, beans.
From plants that can be used as staple foods to fast-growing plants such as cabbages and radishes.
And a few dense trees growing in the corner of the flower bed.
The large tree was blooming with pale pink flowers that even Roan was familiar with.
“… Were there cherry trees in the greenhouse? There was no tree that big in the greenhouse. Where did you get it from?”
“I grew up for 300 years, and I grew up as much as I did! Ahaha.”
“… What? No way, Count, here…”
Helen’s breathless laughter came from behind her. The Count held out her chest proudly and said.
“Yes. This field is a place where generations have changed for 300 years.”
The Count, who had stayed up all night for several days, spoke proudly.
Roan couldn’t help but be shocked.
“Count, this… 300 years later…”
“I’m sure my generation won’t use this crystal.”
The count shrugged his shoulders lightly and looked at the flower bed he had grown as if he was endearing.
It’s not like a flower that bites.
The crops that could really feed the demons now looked really beautiful in Roan’s eyes.
“It seems that the hypothesis your Majesty said is correct.”
The Count added an explanation to Roan, who was looking at the fields and fruit trees with emotion from one side of the greenhouse.
“When the crystals blessed by His Majesty are made into powder form and sprinkled on the flower bed. It functions similarly to the crystals Helen blessed before.
In other words, it is to restore mana and supply it to the earth.”
Helen’s blessing was said to be meaningful only when it was broken down by a decision, but mine was different from the way it was applied.
“It does not lose its ability to absorb mana, but since it mixes a very small amount into the ground, it is not as lethal as it is in crystalline form.”
The Count shrugged his shoulders.
“We haven’t tested it on living organisms yet, so we’re not sure what the long-term effects are. It’s relatively safe though. At least, we have confirmed that the amount of magical energy sucked out is extremely small.”
As he said, the count was not wearing the bright yellow shielding suit he often wore.
“Besides, first… It is permanent enough to last 300 years. To be precise, it was confirmed only up to 300 years, so saying that it is permanent is a bit absurd.”
“So, at least for the 300 years the Count has checked so far… This crystal absorbs mana and supplies it with the power of the earth?”
“Yes. It uses the crystal’s magic power first, then sucks in the surrounding magic power and supplies it to the ground. It’s a cycle, so to speak.”
“… Count.”
Roan grabbed the Count by the shoulder.
“Uh… , Uh your majesty.”
Embarrassed, the count stuttered his words.
But the smile on Roan’s face did not disappear.
“It was a lot of hard work. Really, great.”
“Ugh, uhm. Thank you!”
After hesitating for a moment, the Count smiled.
A pure joy that could not be hidden even from his pale face radiated.
Helen laughed and had tears dripping from her eyes.
“Helen too. You have suffered a lot. Thanks.”
“Master, hehe… Thank you…”
“Count. I will greatly congratulate you for this.”
“Aha☆ Then, increase the number of test tickets…”
“Hey, I guess you haven’t slept for a long time.”
The Count is half insane now.
Roan, who hurriedly stopped talking before the strange words came out, recommended to the Count.
“First, let me get some rest. Let’s talk about it tomorrow.”
“No, wait a minute, Your Majesty. Right to experiment…”
“Give me your hand. I will show you my strength.”
“Here it is!”
The Count, who had exhausted all his strength in explanations and was unable to bring out a proper story to the rushing horse, suddenly gave a powerful reply and held out his hand.
Is it algebra to show strength?
If you ask me to pick it up now, I can give it to you.
It’s not because I don’t want to hear the story of the experiment.
Roan, who held the Count’s hand, concentrated his strength.
His power rushes into the Count.
The Count drives away his weariness,
I was startled by the strange power that surged into my body.
And he was soon relieved.
So,
With a languid aura that gently caresses the whole body.
The Count is very little more than usual.
Broke the boundaries
“Ugh… ?”
The Count’s face blushed for an instant and he swallowed his breath.
But the Count withdrew his hand as if snatching it,
Roan just watched with a puzzled look on his face.
“Count… ?”
Uh?
Why… ?
Why do you get ‘Miheun’?
And what suddenly comes
It was the beep-beep-beep-beep sound effect that I had heard until I got tired of it.
