Chapter 145: The Day of Departure
After waking up and giving Rave a few shots, I got dressed.
I had finished all my work yesterday, so there was nothing to do today.
I take a long bath in the morning and go out into the courtyard to cool off my burning body.
The crisp, cold midwinter morning air felt good on my body after the bath.
Oh?”
I see a small shadow in front of me as I stroll around.
If it is wandering around the courtyard of the perverted mansion, she is most likely the guardian daughter.The servants have work to do, Kohliy is sick in bed, and Rahve is sleeping twice with semen dripping from her vulva.
Tico?”
Oh, my God! Oh, Mr. Mayor!
I called out to her, and she put her hands over her face and screamed.
She had just finished taking a bath, but she was fully clothed. I'm not going to go out with my penis exposed.
It was not a scream, but a cheer, the kind you might direct at a gentleman wearing a trench coat over his bare skin who appears in early spring.
Hihhhhh! Oh, good morning, Gohiyaima, hyu!”
Mm, good morning.”
A stiff and nervous Tico greeted the morning.Her face was bright red, and she looked as if she had been hit by the cold winter air.
I'm not the most perceptive of women's feelings, but I'm not sure why I'm blushing.
I am not a man with a keen sense of women's feelings, but I am not so insensitive as to wonder why Tico's face was red when I saw her.
I looked at her with a smile and saw a hairy creature in her arms.
Is that a thick-haired rabbit?”
Hiya!”
In response to my question, Tycho held out the thick-haired rabbit as if offering it to me.
I had asked the question in the hope of opening a conversation, but she felt that I had asked her to give it to me, and extended her arm as if she were presenting me with a prize.
The rabbit seemed to weigh quite a bit, and her arm was trembling slightly.
The other day, when she got nervous and flustered, another protective girl followed her up, but now it was just me and Tico here.
She seemed to be full of it.
'Hm? Wasn't this Kohliy's rabbit?'
If you look closely at the rabbit pointed at us, it looked a lot like Kohary's thick-haired rabbit.
No, it's not!
Perhaps thinking that he had been accused of being the rabbit thief, Tico began to explain in a panicked tone that he had done nothing wrong.
Tico had apparently been asked by Kohliy to take care of the rabbits because he felt sorry for them if they caught a cold.
Come to think of it, I don't think there was a rabbit in the room when I went to visit Kohary yesterday.
So, so I let him take a walk in the garden.”
The thick-haired rabbits move so slowly that even if you let them loose in the yard, they would not escape unless you were a very naughty person.
Tycho put the rabbit on the ground. Then the rabbit began to eat grass like lawn in the garden as if nothing had happened.
“You want me to walk it in the cold?”
The rabbit's fur grows better if you leave it outside, especially in the winter.
His way of thinking he was completely that of a farmer.
Kohliy keeps rabbits not for shearing but for petting.
Tico's eyes are so cute as he stares at me desperately, “I'm not a thief, believe me, I'm not a thief.
I know that Tico and Kohary are good friends. There's no need to rush.
When I smiled at her, she put her hands on her face again and shook her shoulders.
What would happen if I attacked her right here and now and swung my hips as hard as I could? It would be a pleasure akin to the aesthetics of a falling tower, like when you break down a stack of playing cards.
After the act, you might say, “Gusu……Why did you do this……I believed you were such a kind person……Ughhhhh….I'm going to get an erection just by imagining Tiko quietly shaking and crying while gurgling white fluid from her crotch after the act.
Of course, I would never do such a thing to a girl who is blinded by her fantasy.
When she becomes a woman, I will teach her how to be a woman and give her plenty of seeds.
Tico, glancing into my face Her was busily combing her hair Her perhaps wanting to make it look as good as possible.
'Look, don't be nervous. Let's …… Talk over there. It's cold here, isn't it?”
Huh?
I casually put my hand on his back and lead him inside the house.
I brought Tiko into a room that could be used as a living room out of my living space prepared in the perverted mansion.
As she gazed with curiosity at the room furnished for aristocrats, Oddie prepared tea for the two of us.
The tea is ready.
Hah, hai……”
Tico drank the tea, shaking the cup, and returned it to the saucer while looking at us.
I'm sure …… Will be able to tell you later, but I'll tell you first.”
I put down my cup and looked into Tico's eyes her.
I looked into Tico's eyes, wondering what he was going to say.
I think Tico's father and brother are alive.
“……?
The two were lured by the money and joined the war as temporary mercenaries during the Battle of Nambonan City.
Thus, Tico and his father, who had not returned to the village, were presumed dead.
Now we are working on building a castle …… In the lands west of Nambonan City.
The Nambonan mercenary army, which had been kicked around as the first battle dogs of the neighboring nobility, was captured and taken prisoner when a good number of them were caught in a remnant hunt.
In the continent of Eluo, where convenient heavy construction equipment does not exist, the number of people is the speed of construction. As frontline base construction workers, all the POWs became slaves of the Quardenze family.
That is why Tico's father and brother are working frantically under the cold morning sky to build the castle.
What is that ……? That's not ……! Did you check it out, Mr. Mayor?
Tico's eyes lit up at the news of his unexpected survival, but it was not me who checked it out.It was roomon.
Roomon's father is also a slave.
He was a member of the council when the city of Nambonan decided to start war with the Quordentse family.
It is still fresh in our minds that the council members were forced to confiscate their property and reduced to slavery because they were held responsible for the war.
This is an oddly lenient measure compared to the execution of a perverted merchant just a few days ago, but it was a bitter pill to keep the city of Nambonan well governed.
Half of the council members are popular with the citizens, in essence, people who have been appointed to their positions because they are trusted for their virtue and character.
Publicly executing them would cause an unfathomable fear of the Quordenze family to build up in the hearts of the citizens, as well as a resentment that could not be dissipated.
If the city were to be governed like a normal city with knights in place, there would be no problem, but if the city of Nambonan, with its special characteristics, is to be savored without losing its flavor, citizen sentiment becomes important.
Moreover, even before the decision was made to dispose of the city, the military had received a mountain of petitions from all the citizens for the city's help in the form of petitions.
Personally, I liked this attitude of not placing the blame solely on the council members, but rather on the citizens as a whole to atone for their sins.
As a result of the discussion between my father and Viscount Galiana, it was decided that it would be best if I were to rule the city of Nambonan.
The council members were thus all able to live.
The merchant trustees were practically dead, however, since all their property had been confiscated.
No, the enslaved council members were sold at a very high price.
The humanistic councilors were purchased jointly by citizens through donations, and the merchant councilors were purchased by big merchants in the city who wanted to take advantage of their connections and abilities.
The room-on-father remained unsold.It is said that he was originally a merchant with a bad reputation, so perhaps he did not want to be treated as one of them by making a bad purchase.
Thus, Father Roomont was sent to the front line base like the other slaves and worked hard to build the castle.
However, a turning point came here.It was officially decided that Kohary would become my concubine.
I am not such a devil as to keep the father of my beloved concubine a slave.
I may not be able to live in the city of Nambonan, but I can at least set up a place to live in another city in the territory of Kuordenze.
When Tesch explained this to Roomon, he went to see his father with his great joy.
By the way, father Roomont is a big merchant who specializes in mining.
He is a peddler who has risen from the ranks in his own lifetime, and he is well known for his ability.
He not only distributes products from right to left, but also seems to have been heavily involved in mine operations, and his knowledge of civil engineering is on par with that of his profession.
When Roomon visited the construction site of the castle, he saw his father his working hard to organize the slaves.
He was able to establish a good position in the company, partly because there were few people who knew about the bad reputation he had earned as a merchant, and partly because his father, who was strong in civil engineering, was valued because of the urgent need to build the castle.
It seems that capable people always distinguish themselves wherever they go.
Father Roomon, who was very useful, was well received by his grandfather his Gulfis, who even promised him a position as a civil engineer in the Quardenze army after the castle construction work was finished.
It is more rewarding to create a position in the Quardentse army than to live in a city with nothing after being freed from slavery. Even if he went back to being a merchant and made money, he didn't know when the nobles would take it Besides, I've done that once before and I'm tired of it. The next time you are going to try to get ahead on the nobility's side,……, You are going to be told with a big smile on your face that you can't say anything and just back out.
The father is a very selfish man, but when he told me about it, Roomon looked a little relieved.
So, having gone to such great lengths to get there, roomon was soon out of things to do.
However, he thought it would be a loss to go home as it was, so he decided to ask around lightly to see if Tico father and Tico brother were around.
He must have been concerned about Kianeth's words that his family had died because of Nambonan City.
When he searched for them, he found them surprisingly easily. Father Roomeon was also involved in slave management, so he had kept a list of all the slaves who were working for him.
In the spring, they would be allowed to return to the village.”
'Wow. ……! I'll have to tell your mother.
The roomon fathers were enslaved because of a serious crime, but the Tico fathers were not so serious.
Since it costs a lot of money to maintain a large number of slaves, one way of thinking is to release them when they are done with their work.
Like Tico and his father, there are apparently many farmers from neighboring villages who have become slaves as a result of joining the war. In the case of such people, it would be more profitable to free them and let them work on the farm. Would not cost much to maintain the slaves and would increase the tax revenue of the farming village.
My grandfather is beating the slaves' asses, telling them that if they build a strong castle, he will let them go in the spring.
'But how dare he respond to Nambonan City's call for mercenaries ……. Are peasants unaware of such a situation? It would be obvious that they would fight the Quardenzes.
If they were recruiting mercenaries in Nambonan City at that point, the only people they could think of to fight would be the Kuordentse family.
Do the peasants even know who their lord is fighting?
Eh? But there are no nobles or knights in Nambonan City, so there is no way they would fight with their lords.
M……”
I see, Tico has a point.
That alone would not be enough to defeat an army led by a nobleman.
In the first place, the strength of a squire who is wandering around in the wild is at least one level different from that of a squire of a knightly family who was raised in an environment with know-how related to magical power. To use a cat analogy, they are about as different as a Singapura and a Maine Coon.
Besides, everyone said that the city of Nambonan was missed. They say they are paying their lord.”
The reason the Quordenzes had left Nambonan City alone was because it was easy to drop it if the need arose, it had a good influence on the Quordenze territory because of the heavy merchant traffic, and the idea that if the old voestra were lured out to loot it, they would counterattack and crush them.
As Tycho said, it was the nobles who were receiving the money who were hostile to the Quordenze family.
Perhaps he thought he would be scolded by me, but Tycho gave a litany of other reasons.
Many of the reasons Tico gave were inferences drawn from common sense or speculation based on recent developments.
He seemed to have a rough grasp of the battle, though I had underestimated him because he was a farmer.
……Surprisingly, the peasants are also aware of the situation.
I was curious to know if the peasants knew about such deep aspects of the conflict between the nobles, so I decided to ask them a question.
I wanted to know what their values were, since I sometimes lead peasants as soldiers.
Do you know why the current Quardenze war started?”
Then Tycho's face became apologetic, yet full of question marks.
What? Is there a reason?”
Hmm?”
Perhaps I had asked the wrong question, but I could not understand the meaning of Tico's reply.
I think a reason is necessary for a war to start, but I didn't expect him to ask me that back.
Ah!I understand.A weak lord could not protect his lands, so a strong lord came?”
I am sorry to Tycho, who has a confident smiling face that this would be the right answer, but I have no idea what she means.
What she is talking about is the result of the war, not the reason for starting it.
Applying Tycho's theory as it stands, we don't need a reason to crush the weak! Weakness is a mortal sin! Weakness is a deadly sin!
This is the difference in thinking.
For the Eluo continents, strength is the source of authority.
Even if it is a violent logic that the weaker party is the worse, if the person saying it is strong, they will probably be convinced.
Tico is so much that he thinks that it is the natural order of things that the strong nobles come to kill the weak nobles.
'Chi, no?
I open my mouth while appealing that I am not angry at Tycho, who has a troubled look on his face.
'You're my uncle of the Quordenze family ……, And that's the one who was conspired to be murdered by the old Vojstra's …….
My uncle?”
Tycho looks surprised. The girl's expression changes from time to time, and it is interesting to watch.
She did n't seem to think that the war had started because of the murder of her relatives.
She may not have forgiven her uncle for being killed, but that was not the only reason why the war started.
Looking back on the events from the start of the war to the present, it is clear that the Quardenze family has an intention to invade.
However, the Quardenze family has been repeatedly burned by these people in the past.I could understand my father's thinking that if there was a chance to destroy them, he let's destroy them.
Throughout history, the kingdom of Vojstra had always targeted the fertile lands of Kuordentse on the other side of the river, and in its spare time, it had engineered internal divisions and sent strange nobles to take control of the land.
Annoyingly, the Kingdom of Vojstra had no intention of attacking seriously, and was committed to harassing them from a distance where counterattacks could not reach them.
The Quardenze family was constantly harassed tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, because the attacks were limited to the extent that they would be lucky if they could no longer withstand them and subjugate themselves.
Since the Vojstra Kingdom was more powerful at the time, the Kuordentse were unable to launch a reverse invasion, and they simply kept their resentment bottled up inside the family.
Today, the Quardenze family has united the land between the two great rivers, but until a long time ago, the noble families supported by the kingdom of Vojstra occupied some of the land within it.
The Quardenzes, who owned New Neri and other major cities, were by far the strongest family, but they were unable to unify the lands because it had become a proxy war with the Vojstra Kingdom.
To make matters worse, the aristocratic family was established by those who could not become the head of the Kuordenze family, and they started up their own branch of the family.
Although he was born into the Kuordenze family, he was a foolish child who was used by an irreconcilable enemy, but the blood ties are still very strong.
There is no doubt that there was a part of him that was hesitant to seriously kill each other.
Grandmother Kasia, who was still a younger girl than Fanny at the time, came up with a bold plan and ran away from Quordenze.
Several years later, after many twists and turns, Kasia returned to her hometown and took over the reigns of the then indecisive head of the Kuordentse family, and mercilessly destroyed the four branch families that had been under the sway of the Vojstra Kingdom.
Thus, the interior was united by the grandmother Kasia, and the people of the lands praised the princess of the direct line of the Quordenze family who brought peace to the lands, leaving her legacy in her songs and plays.
The grandmother's alias her, “Princess of the Five Domains,” Was derived from the fact that she unified the five domains of the Kuordenze family and four self-proclaimed branch families.
And, well, just like that, the old Voestra is a sworn enemy of the Kuordenze family, which can never go hand in hand with them, even without the matter of their uncle.
It would be safer to destroy the Quardenze family while they are still strong, and it would be easier for me, who would succeed them.
Besides, after the death of my grandmother Cassia, my father, who was busy with domestic affairs and diplomacy, did not have any notable military prowess.
Strength is important on the Eluo continent. In diplomacy, if the military name is spread out, that is more cards to play.
For example, Grandfather Gulfis is probably well known not only in the Kingdom of Levioth and the Zincaen Empire, but also in the Holy City of St. Navempos.
With such a famous person, the mere rumor of his departure, his for battle would cause soldiers to flee, and mercenaries would not be able to gather.In localized battles, it is even possible to win without fighting.
This is how influential bravery is, and it is a good check against the nobles who do not like fighting so much.
However, my grandfather is now in his 80s, and although people with magical powers often live to be around 100 years old, we do not know what will happen to him in the future.
If my grandfather were to pass away, my father would probably face more difficulties.
It is a natural decision for the head of the Quardenze family to want to weaken the old voestra during his grandfather's lifetime.
I believe that the real reason for turning against the old Vojstra is more a family problem than an uncle problem.
Only my grandfather, I think, is 100 percent resentful of my uncle's murder.
I looked into Tico's eyes and opened my mouth.
'…… Oh, the guy the Quardenze family is fighting right now is a bad guy who killed our precious family with impunity.
No way…….!”
For now, let's just say that the old Voestra is a bad guy.
I have soaked Tico with a lot of historical views that are biased toward the Quardenze family.
And I'll stop being so formal and change the subject to something fun.
What is so sad that I have to continue political talk with such a pretty girl?
'…… I don't enjoy talking about wars and such. Okay, let me tell you a story about Tico. You went to see the city the other day, didn't you?”
Nah!”
When I turn the subject to Tico again, she becomes nervous.
Apparently she has a habit of stroking her hair when she gets nervous.Her purple hair moves smoothly.
In my previous life in Japan, I had an image of an old lady's hair color, but her hair color was vivid and shiny, and even looked rather youthful.
I see you've gone out with your brother. Did you find anything interesting?”
The relationship between Tico and Kianes seems to have settled down.
The two have closed their mouths to each other, saying that they want to forget about the past, and have returned to the good relationship they had before.
They were a little awkward at first, but now they are having a normal conversation.
I am relieved that my misdeed of secretly setting them up has not been exposed.
Looking at Tico as she recounted her tale of her time in the city, I prayed that the day would come soon when I would be able to hold her again.
Tesh came into the room to tell me that the carriage was ready, and it was just as Tiko finished her second cup of tea.
It was depressing to think of another few days in the carriage.
