Chapter 52 – Episode 52 ― The Goddess Comes to Me and Delivers Words of Wisdom (3)
Episode 52 ― The Goddess Comes to Me and Delivers Words of Wisdom (3)
A few days have passed since the guild was launched and Helen arrived.
In the meantime, Roan’s orders were sent to the front line.
A notice was delivered that some of the military was moving to build a supply line, and that the survival rate from deep winter was also subject to non-committal conduct.
And the small meeting was immersed in worries.
“Your Majesty has certainly been generous.”
“Yes.”
Minoreus and Lyron were talking.
The knight commander glared at the desk and tossed his tail several times as if annoyed.
“Then, wouldn’t you be angry if I gave you this report?”
“That… , I don’t know.”
In response to Lee Ron’s answer, which seemed to be lacking in confidence, Minoreus frowned and looked at the treasurer.
“Look at the corner of your eye. Don’t stare at me, Knight Commander.”
“… I didn’t try. I was concentrating.”
“…”
“My head is a cow, and Lady Liron doesn’t know my expression.”
“Ha.”
It was the chancellor who let out a sigh.
You don’t want to work, so you turn around like this.
Not even kids.
“If you get mad. Are you not going to report?”
“Wouldn’t it be troublesome if you died after getting scolded?”
“That…”
It was a theory.
Aranya had no choice but to keep his mouth shut.
Seeing that scene, Shik Viena laughed and laughed, but she received three glares, erased her laughter, and said,
“All three lack faith.”
“I can’t agree.”
“What?! Are you crazy!”
“What nonsense, corrections officer!”
The three fiery voices were directed at Shikviena, but she spoke with a serious expression.
“Your Majesty does not harm those who wish to pass on their voices. Didn’t you see the troll woman then?”
“Ah.”
Lyron’s jaw snapped open.
Well, she was a woman who screamed and resisted in front of her majesty, so she thought everyone would die without moving. Her majesty even handed her a handkerchief.
What followed was the drool of Minoreus.
“Mmmm.”
“So it will be fine. Knight Commander.”
“Hmm, then, Shikwiena, you instead…”
“It would be strange if Minoreus, the person in charge of the military department, didn’t report it.”
“Mmmm.”
Minoreus grabbed the horns behind his ears.
“Why are you doing this, Captain?”
“Oh no! Your majesty!”
“Hmm.”
The emperor, who appeared out of nowhere today, looked at Minoreus strangely and sat in the upper seat.
“I remembered it on the way.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
Aranya replied with her wry smile.
What else did you bring?
“Imported supplies are expensive, right?”
“Yes… It is. How is it, Treasurer?”
“Yes. In the human world, there are no items for large demons, so you have to order them separately.”
“Hmm, then.”
I thought about it as I walked down the hallway.
At least, foreign products seemed expensive.
It would be difficult to buy a lot of expensive items, and that would reduce the share of soldiers.
I don’t want to just fill Arteala’s stomach.
Rather, let’s make a domestic defense company. Even if it’s temporary!
The military supplier said it was the peak of honey sucking!
Even though my conscience won’t allow me to go to a trash can worth 10 million won.
“How about setting up a place that specializes in making military supplies in our country?”
Oh. Amazing.
The four eyes widened at once.
“You can outsource from the state-run upper management company, or you can set up a production center yourself. Because there are many fields of supplies.”
“If that happens, the lords of the central province will surely benefit.”
Aranya nodded her head.
Afterwards, Lee Ron, who smelled the money, answered in a bright voice at once.
“Like wheat, you mean that the state-run merchants sell things at a low price, and the lords also buy supplies at a low price. God bless you.”
OK, positive! Roan was delighted.
Although the lords are indifferent to the people, I heard that the lords prepare weapons, clothes, barracks, bedding, and cooking utensils at first. As time goes by, each unit takes it, steals it, and uses it again.
At first, unless it springs from the ground, they’ll all pay money to buy it somewhere.
Sell it below the market price.
It’s not about making a lot of profit.
In addition, if the defense industry specializes in technology research, it will also help increase national defense power.
Of course, since it is the standard of the modern military, it is not known how helpful munitions that have undergone specialized research will be.
But it’s definitely better than nothing.
Here, like magic, there is power that does not exist in reality.
Something out of the ordinary might change the lives of soldiers and the war.
“I think it will be welcomed on the front lines if it is cheaper than what you get in the market and if it is widely distributed. Your majesty.”
Minoreus shook his head.
It seems oddly relieved.
“Then, I think you can hire those who take time off work in the winter to make supplies.
There are many people cultivating clearing land just outside of Basel, Your Majesty. People will be happy if they can find work in the winter.”
Manpower can also be filled.
It is perfect! A faint smile appeared on the emperor’s face. The small meeting that saw it was also relieved.
When giving bad news, of course, telling the story will make the boss feel bad anyway, but it’s still better to tell the boss who has good things than the boss who has been broken by the boss.
At least ‘Oh yeah? Are you okay. Don’t make a mistake next time’.
A seasoned chancellor,
I didn’t miss this opportunity.
“You have a great opinion. Your majesty. We will prepare a plan to realize Your Majesty’s words as soon as possible.”
Perhaps if Leelon had eyebrows on his face, he would have seen the sullen drooping eyebrows,
Fortunately, there were only bones in his face.
But the three nobles knew why the chancellor fell flat on his face first.
Minoreus involuntarily swallowed.
“But Your Majesty, even though you gave such a surprising opinion, I think we have something to say first.”
… What?
What are you building up like this?
The smile disappeared from Ron’s face.
Roan’s expressionless expression comes to mind when thinking ‘what’s going on?’. In other words, it was the expression that looked annoyed when others saw it.
Seeing this, the knight commander swallowed his saliva once again. It was loud this time.
Everyone turned to him.
‘… What?’
‘I laid the board, hurry up and tell me.’
There was nowhere else to escape.
Minoreus glared at the desk again and spoke in a determined voice.
“Your Majesty, God, I have something to tell you.”
“Hmm.”
What the hell i’m scared
Can you tell me quickly
“On the wire.”
Roan’s eyebrows,
“The appeals of the great lords have been uploaded.”
Wriggling,
“About the orders given… There seems to be a lot of backlash.”
Dug deep
Minoreus closed his eyes tightly.
The emperor was silent for a long time.
Roan was deep in thought.
The first time he possessed the demon king’s body.
In the castle, the demon king was feared.
Everyone was busy running away without even looking at the emperor’s face.
The demon king the lords knew would be the appearance of the demon king at that time. I’ve heard that he’s changed, but they’ve never seen me in person.
Even so, even though he is a terrifying demon king against such a mad dog, he systematically resists like this.
“The cause is… After all, is it a sudden increase in discipline?”
“… Yes, Your Majesty.”
After all, you can’t change your customs all at once.
I thought it would be difficult.
But to resist this much?
Protest during war?!
Anyway, isn’t it the military?
Korean soldiers in wartime are shot to death!
“I appeal… If ignored. How will it be?”
“There is a possibility that some lord’s troops will not follow Your Majesty’s orders.”
These pups…
I didn’t mean to say anything harsh.
An organization that does not follow the words of the head has no future.
Roan’s eyes lit up.
The chancellor trembled when he saw the purple eyes of the emperor gradually change to purple.
“Then… , The knight commander.”
Roan’s voice trembled as he cursed this.
In his short words, the expression of suppressed anger is evident.
Minoreus was dizzy.
In the midst of this, it is strange that he is not overwhelmed by His Majesty’s skill. If it had been like before, all four of the small meeting would have drooled and collapsed.
It’s too rational, so it’s rather unfamiliar.
“Why. Lords. You say you’re not afraid of me… Do you think?”
Minoreus was dazed for a moment. The Emperor’s questions continued.
“The lords are my representatives. Whether it is a great lord or a minor lord, it is the same. Do such people, even in war, disregard the emperor’s words?”
Roan’s anger burned with a gradation.
The more I think about it, the more I can’t forgive myself.
“How!”
The emperor’s angry voice rang through the small meeting room.
The chancellor involuntarily closed his eyes tightly.
I tried to bruise Minoreus earlier after seeing him close his eyes. I can’t say anything anymore
It’s so scary to look behind this.
It seems that His Majesty’s resistance to his anger has disappeared before he knew it.
But the emperor’s next words made everyone doubt their ears.
“… Whoa. … How. Why.”
“… ?”
“Why are you even doing that?”
The chancellor, the treasurer, and the knight commander recalled what the corrections officer had said earlier in their awe.
— He does not harm those who wish to give their voices.
Indeed, Your Majesty wants to hear.
You can feel it tingling through the air as you grit your teeth and try to control your anger.
Aranya stammered, but she quickly opened her mouth. I couldn’t miss this opportunity.
“Lungs, lungs… Under. With my lack of confidence.”
The moment that anger explodes, everything that has accumulated so far may come out.
Aranya was afraid.
Roan stared at her with her glowing eyes.
“It’s been too long since the high lords met you in person. Your Majesty’s anger and Your Majesty’s generosity are too far away for them.”
“… It’s been a long time… ?”
Your Majesty is interested!
The color returned to Aranya’s face.
“It’s already been 7 years since the last time all the great lords gathered for the New Year’s Festival. Originally, the high lord’s duty to participate in the harvest festival was no longer performed. They refused to come to Basel on the grounds that their estates were far away and that they were busy with work.”
“… Aranya. Maybe that.”
It won’t be, no way, please say no.
“Is it because I didn’t participate?”
Aranya’s slightly flushed face turned pale again.
“… That… Your Majesty, in order not to bind other nobles and officials as well, so be forgiving…”
“It’s because I’ve been skipping, so they did too.”
Aranya, who was talking gibberish, bit her teeth hard.
But I had to answer.
“… Yes.”
The Emperor covered his face with both hands and bowed his head.
“Anyway.”
Roan’s voice, which was buried in both hands, sounded like it was unfairly suppressed.
“You know that I don’t care whether the high lords come or not?”
“…”
Aranya, who tried to pick out his words here and there, eventually lowered his head like Roan.
“That’s right. Your majesty.”
The atmosphere could not have been more awkward than this.
The emperor hid his face in his hands for a while. The meeting couldn’t even move, and I had to watch the master like that.
After a few minutes of long silence, Roan was able to ask the next question.
“… Other than that?”
“… Yes?”
It was quiet again.
This was a really unexpected question.
However, Roan asked in a voice that seemed to have regained his composure unexpectedly.
“Isn’t there not enough grounds to be selfish just because I don’t care? If discovered anytime, even belatedly, they could be blamed.”
Since he was a crazy demon king, he could bring up an incident from 10 years ago and say ‘you, I didn’t like it this time!’ And slit his throat.
Aranya, who understood Roan’s words, barely tried to answer after belatedly.
“Oh, yes, and. Eh, maybe…”
It was a rare sight of the chancellor flustered, but the treasurer, the knight commander, and the corrections officer couldn’t help but laugh.
They were literally watching the dialogue between the emperor and the chancellor with bated breath.
“The high lords… You will not think that His Majesty gave this order.”
“What?”
I know it was a rude act, but Aranya ended up avoiding the master’s gaze.
“They think we are issuing orders in Your Majesty’s name.”
Ah. Oh god
You son of a demon The demon is a dog.
“… Maybe that’s because I’ve never given them direct orders before?”
“… Yes.”
Roan buried his face in his palms again.
My face was so hot I couldn’t lift it.
So, are you self-employed?
Exactly, I didn’t do that, right?
A sigh escaped through the emperor’s fingers.
Aranya put on a rather relieved expression,
The other three trembled in fear for the first time in a long time.
A suffocating monstrosity filled the meeting room.
So, everyone seemed to catch their breath when suddenly someone knocked on the conference room door.
“Your majesty.”
“What.”
“With Mr. Grünent…”
The butler outside the door hesitated before continuing.
“… A human female knight urgently requests an audience. Your majesty.”
So far, Helen?
Roan shook his head.
“Stop by.”
Aren’t the female knights prisoners of the ‘rescue party’ captured by His Majesty last time?
Grunent-nim did participate in the meeting, but a mere human prisoner came all the way here?
The small meeting paid attention to the two women who entered the meeting room with a curious look. It was then.
“Ok?”
?
Is that correct what His Majesty just said?
In a strange atmosphere, Roan involuntarily widened his eyes and then shut his mouth.
The question could not be filtered out and came out of her mouth. It was a question so strong that the devil’s shell could not filter it out.
Why?
Why is Helen’s affection rating +20?
Roan’s expression went blank.
The ‘what’s up’ mode worked.
“Human, Helen.”
“Yes. Your majesty.”
The woman with a cold voice is not wearing the Laurezia knight’s uniform she had been wearing before.
“Why did you change your mind?”
Helen has become a human traitor!
Helen said as she softly closed her eyes.
“This is the will of the goddess I serve.”
