Chapter 195: Behind the Triumph
The signboard at the entrance of the store had fallen over, as if it had been kicked by a passerby.
It was lying on its back, as if looking at the sky.
Overlapping the black painted picture of a carriage pulling a cart was the name of the store in red paint, and at the bottom of the sign were unintelligible words in white paint.
The red painted letters are in Eluo, so even I can read them.
Salt Inn Station.
It was a common name for a store here in New Nellie City.
I had asked the innkeeper about it before. She said that the same meaning is written in white paint. Not in Eluo, but in an ancient language.
It is not that the owner of this store is a specialist in ancient languages.
In New Nellie City, this ancient language is established not as letters but as shapes and patterns.
No one understands the deeper meaning.
This is similar to Othelloia City.
Many stores had ancient words painted on the corner of their signboards or in the background, which has become a standard practice there as well.
Let's fix……”
I have been taking care of this inn for a reasonable period of time.
I thought it would be a bad idea to leave the fallen sign as it was, so I put it back up the way I remembered it and went into the inn.
Mr. Melgin, welcome back.”
As soon as I stepped inside, a girl approached me with a flapping sound.
It was Holte, the eldest daughter of the family that runs the inn.
She is the eldest daughter of the family that runs the inn.
Yes,” She says. Everyone is preparing food next door.
The inn is not only an inn, but also a restaurant.
The food here is good, as Lupetta likes to eat.
At one time, she rented a tenement, but after frequenting this restaurant, she found herself renting an inn and moving in.
But my brothers have gone off to play with their friends.
Holte waved the broom in her hand in the air, as if she were sweeping the floor.
I'd love to go to the festival too. …… Hey, hey, were there lots of food stalls?”
The first thing that comes to mind is the fact that the two of them have been in the same room together for a long time.
The most important thing to remember is that you can't go to a festival without going to a festival. She is still childish in this way.
There were people everywhere on the boulevard and many food stalls.
What's this? ……Ah, turtle skewers!
The first thing that comes to mind is the fact that the first thing that comes to mind is a skewer.
How did you know?
Because it smells like roasted tortoises.
You can tell from this?
Yes. It's a spring feast. If Mr. Mergin lives in New Nelly, he will learn quickly.
Horte picked up a skewer of roasted tortoise meat from the package and happily ate it.
Although New Nelly has recently become famous for its silk production, the city was originally known for its rock salt and tortoise work.
The turtles used to make the turtles can be hunted in early spring, so perhaps the locals eat turtle meat more often than not.
I love this festival. I love this festival. It's the triumphant return of the young master, so I'm sure it's a lot of fun.
Horte says in a grumbling tone.
He was bitter that his brothers had thrown away their jobs and gone out to play.
It wasn't quite as busy as it had been at the beginning of the year, but it was pretty lively. It's a triumphant return after the fall of Raishleif Castle, and it looks like the lords are serving celebratory drinks and such.
For the Quardenze family, the fall of Reishleif Castle is their greatest military achievement.
The triumphant return is also a way to make this known to the people around them, and I think this triumphant return is something to be excited about.
Still, it is truly amazing that Raishleif Castle fell in such a short period of time.
I think so even more so because I passed by the castle on my way to the royal capital.
I wonder how they managed to capture that group of fortresses with their solid fortifications and the great shield of Voistra, the pride of the Spierzeig family.
Holte, however, did not seem very interested.
'Ummm……? I don't know about Leishleif or something, but our lord won the war, didn't he?”
That's what it means in a nutshell. The Spierzeig family has an overwhelming advantage over us.
I don't care. If we are winning, everyone will be happy. I don't like it when the enemy's army attacks.
Horte's speech was almost the same as the opinions of the old men and women in the stalls.
They think, “Our young master has successfully returned to New Nellie after capturing an important stronghold in enemy territory,” Which is a great thing, and the next generation's rule will be secure, so let's celebrate and celebrate.
It's about the lord of the land where I live, so why don't I take a little more interest in it?
Is it because of my origins that I think this way?
I'm not sure if it's because of my origins, but I'm thinking, “By the way, Melgin's hometown is in Spierzeig territory, right? Is everything okay there?”
Horte said as if remembering.
I pointed out her mistake her, wondering if we had ever talked about such a thing.
'Lupetta is, but I'm not.
'Oh, is that right?'
I ran away from home when I was a kid. I ran away from home when I was a kid, wandering from place to place, and when I came to, I ended up in Spierzeig territory. One of the …… Free cities.
You're a cousin, Mr. Mergin? Didn't your family try to stop you?
The answer to that question is simple.
“It was one of the Free Cities. I told you so……. Doesn't exist anymore.
Oh.”
Holte's face tightened a bit, as if he felt he had touched something he shouldn't have.
The most important thing to remember is that you can't just take a look at the information you have on the web. He continued in a tone that said, “It's nothing.
The end of a knightly family that has lost its lord is really nothing.
……?
That's it. That's why I'm a commoner. You don't have to speak in a strange language.
Well, there are various reasons why the bloodline has remained, but it has nothing to do with Horte.
Before I could go any further in that direction, I decided to continue.
As you may know, the Free Cities are always at war. Most of them are small-scale, like skirmishes, but there are also large-scale wars that can destroy noble families. Under attack from a large noble family called the Zeldmitra, and it was on the verge of extinction.
The Zeldmitra? Are they a strong noble family?
When I answered that they were as big as the Quardenze family, Holte was surprised and exaggeratedly said, “Wow!
The first time I was born, I was given the patronage of a knight family. I guess they wanted to make me a squire to protect their territory.
But they didn't teach me anything else.
The only thing they taught me was how to kill the enemy on the battlefield.
A man who only knows how to kill his enemies on the battlefield …… Is only one of the weapons wielded by the nobility.
I think now. To prevent me from escaping, the old knights probably didn't give me any knowledge of the world.
Well, thanks to that, I was able to acquire a magical power level comparable to those from knightly families.
If I had gone that far, my life was still better than that of an ordinary commoner.
But there was no way that a small independent aristocratic family could resist against the great Zeldmitra family for such a long time.
The actual “I'm not a fan of the way you do it, but I'm not a fan of the way you do it.
One after another they were outnumbered, and one by one, the lords' families were scattered on the battlefield, and when I came to, the last of them had been killed.
The bloodline of the ancestors had been severed. In other words, the end of the noble family.
……This was the end of the war.
Of course, it did not end there.
The old men of the surviving knightly families called me. They were talking about making a last stand against the Zeldmitra family, to take a shot at them.
There were two types of units: those that would be martyrs to their masters and would attack the enemy army with deadly force and inflict heavy blows, and those that would hide in the villages and forests of the territory and continue their subversive activities and resistance movements to prevent the Zeldmietra family from ruling the country.
Unfortunately, I was assigned to the former, the death squad.
I was assigned to the former, the Death Squad, which, to be frank, I thought was stupid.I didn't understand a single thing about the knightly way of thinking.Fighting for a dead lord was nonsense.If the Zeldmitra family is going to be the new rulers, why not follow them?
Maybe they saw right through me. A resistance movement would be too much trouble and I would stop halfway through.
That's why I think I was assigned to the suicide squad, which would disperse before I could think of anything else.
In any case, there is no way the followers can win against the Zerd Mitra family,……, No matter what the followers do, right? When the blood of the main family is cut off, it's the end. War has just ended, but how long are you going to keep dreaming and fighting……?”
I would not tell Horte, but I was most disappointed that even everyone in my home village was calling for a thorough war.
It seems that our village was the birthplace of a concubine who had taken the previous lord nobleman captive, so it was a little more privileged than neighboring villages.
Naturally, if the Zeldmitra family's ruling system was established, that concession would be lost. I think that's why they didn't want to admit the fact that they had lost.
Well, I got fed up with it all and abandoned my hometown.”
At the time, I couldn't put my thoughts so far into words.
I was just afraid of the fanatical ideas of the old knights, and the blind faith of the people of the village, who had no idea of reality, was just sickening.
Then, the night before the attack. I lied and said I was going to take a piss, and I just slipped out of the estate.
I know.
Don't worry about it.”
Horte's voice is dark, but this is not a sad story.
At least, not in my mind.
'…… Now that I've met Lupetta.'
I couldn't help but say it out loud.
The expression on Holte's face changed drastically, and his eyes widened.
'Heh,…… Heh? Love affair? Is it love? Hey? Hey, lovey-dovey?'
You were listening to me with a mysterious look on your face just now…Oh, you mase kid.
Girls this age love to talk about marriage and such things too much.
“Hey, hey, hey, did you get an answer from Mr. Lupetta? Hey?
“Shut up, you little brat.
“Oh, no? I don't think so. I don't think so, because Lupetta loves Mr. Melgin, I'm sure of it! I'm sure you're right. I don't mean to put it this way, but when she first came to stay at my house, I thought she was a bit of a strange person, but now even my brother is glancing at her. You know what? A lot of guests ask me about Mr. Rupetta. Hey, are you okay? If we don't take care of Mr. Melgin, someone else will get him. Hey, hey, hey, are you listening? What are you going to do, Mr. Melgin?”
The way she kept chattering on and on, she looked a lot like Horte's mother, the innkeeper.
I picked up the packet of turtle skewers and lightly poked Holte's forehead with my index finger.
'You said it yourself just now, the Spierzeig territory is going to be in trouble from now on. There is Lupetta's home village,……, And now is not the time to be carefree and talk about marriage. The Quardenze The army could invade the Vojstra Plain as early as tomorrow.
Does that mean you haven't heard back from them yet?
Unfortunately, he could not change the direction of the conversation.
You'll have to wait and watch the store.
“Uh-oh.”
This time, he poked her forehead with his middle finger on her.
I don't want to have to deal with a little girl who is blinded by her love life. I walk quickly down the corridor.
I ignore the squeaking voice behind me.
I continue down the well-cleaned corridor.
The inn is comfortable, as it should be for the price.
Come on in.
It was after arriving in New Nellie that I began to call out before opening the door.
It all started when Lupetta started taking a bath. Until then, Lupetta had disliked taking baths and only scrubbed her body with a cloth once in a while.
Then one day, she suddenly started taking a bath.
The clean Lupetta was, how should I say it, …… The opposite sex.
The color of her hair her, which resembled the deep blue that colored the sky before the dawn of summer, was enough to make you fall in love with her just by looking at her.
I felt that Lupetta's beauty her as a woman, which had been hidden by dirt and dust, was revealed to me in all its glory her.
I do not know what kind of change of mind Lupetta had undergone.
I only understood my own change of heart.
I knew that Lupetta, who had been my older sister, had become smaller, and that Lupetta, as a woman, had become larger.
I think the fact that I began to call out to her before entering the room was a manifestation of this change.
Perhaps I am overly conscious of it, but somehow, I can no longer enter a room out of the blue.
I said, “…… Are you coming in?”
There was no reply from the other side of the door.
Suppressing my slightly elevated heartbeat, I entered the room.
“Lupetta? Is she here?”
Lupetta and I have the largest room in the inn.
There are three rooms, and Lupetta is usually in the room right outside the door, tending to her work tools for her or drawing a map of the field.
Outside ……, What?”
Whoa! There you are!”
In the room immediately after opening the door, Lupetta was sitting in the back corner on the left side of the room.
In the dimly lit room, she was sitting cross-legged on a linen mat on the floor.
She was sitting cross-legged on a burlap mat on the floor in the dimly lit room.
Slowly opening her closed eyes, Lupetta looked at me.
The big, childish eyes her, coupled with the dimness of the room, are fascinating.
'The ………… Festival has started, you know.'
I see.
What are you doing? Sitting on the floor.
I've been working on my magic,” Lupetta said, exhaling longingly.
'I was working on my magic. It was so loud outside …… That I couldn't concentrate at all.
Lupetta stood up silently and looked at the gift package. I set it down on a nearby desk and urged her to eat it.
She smiled and picked up the turtle skewer that was inside the package.
What kind of meat is this?
Tortoise meat,” She said. It's a specialty of New Nellie City.
I sat down on a chair and faced Lupetta.
I sat down on a chair and faced Lupetta, and we began chatting while eating the turtle skewers.
The first thing to do is to get a good idea of what you're looking for. I can't do it as well as Mergin.”
It was cute to see her bite into the meat while making a difficult face.
'It can't be helped now. But it won't go to waste even now. It's important to keep at it.”
Lupetta is not good at training magic.
The old men of the knight family said that the training of magic power in childhood has a great influence on the amount of magic power in the future.
That is why Lupetta's amount of magic power is less than mine. Diana and the others who used to work with me and attacked us had about one time less magical power than me.
This is a characteristic of a follower from a commoner's background.
This is because in order to increase the amount of magic power in infants and young children, it is essential for them to have magic power other than their own.
If you are from a knightly family, there are plenty of people with magical power around you.
However, when one is born as the only squire in a small farming village like Lupetta, there is no way to train them, and the idea of training them does not occur to them.A follower does not know how to train his magical power of.
In that sense, I can say that I was one of the lucky ones.
I had been treated by a knight's family since I was an infant in order to improve my magical power.
Therefore, if you measure the amount of magic power, you can predict to some extent where you will come from.
And that is never a good thing.
No matter where I enter a territory, I am always surrounded and interrogated by military officers of knightly families.
My magical power, which is on par with those from knightly families, is enough to cause alarm.
However, it's a hassle to tell my personal story every time.
The growth of the amount of magic power is also slow because Lupetta started training her magic power after she met me.
I'm sorry to say this, but it's too dramatically late for her to grow.
I have no idea, but it seems that if you are not accustomed to handling magic from an early age, you will not be good at training yourself.
For training is something that can be done casually and easily in one's spare time, but Lupetta has to concentrate her mind to a great extent to be able to do it. .
But why did she start training again? You usually only do it before bed, right?”
Lupetta replies while reaching for the second turtle skewer.
When I returned to the village, I was chased by a military officer of Spiaseik's army.
Chased? What? You mean the last time you went back home alone?
Yes.
I had never heard of it before.
At the end of last year, on the last day of my fifteenth year, I asked Lupetta to marry me.
I had gathered all the courage of my life and put all my feelings into words.
I have yet to receive a formal reply from Lupetta.
She is very attached to her hometown.
For this reason, she said she could not give me a reply until she returned to the village to discuss the matter.
Of course I knew that would happen.
The reason I made this surprise confession was because I wanted to hear Lupetta's honest answer of her, not the village's opinion of her.
I love Lupetta. I can no longer hide my true feelings.
But what about Lupetta?
I wanted to know her honest feelings, unaffected by the words of Lupetta's mother and everyone else in the village.
But as bad luck would have it, right after her confession her, an official from the Kuordenze family paid her a visit.
They were going to continue their interrogation of the events in the field, and it was a pity that they were taken away without saying whether or not.
It was an interrogation involving a mature magical beast, and both Lupetta and I could have easily had our heads chopped off if we had resisted in a poor manner.
Besides, I owe the Quardenze family a debt of gratitude for saving my life.
Later, back in his room, her Rupetta's answer was, “I'll answer you when I get back to the village.
It set my teeth on edge to think that this relationship might have been a little different now if not for the intruder.
'If Mergin had been there, I'm sure he would have been seriously searched. I'm glad I'm alone.”
'…… Sure, though that might have been the case.
I had planned to sneak back to Lupetta's hometown her, the village of Værdberg, in the spring to ask permission to marry her.
But soon after the new year, there was a dramatic development in the war between Spierzeig-Quardenze.
The fall of Raishleif Castle.
There was no doubt that this major incident would have a major impact on Spiaseik territory.
So Lupetta went back to the village of Værdberg to discuss the future.
I wanted to go along with her and talk about marriage, but Lupetta stopped me.
I was completely suspicious if I was sneaking around, because I have the same amount of magical power as a member of a knight's family. What would happen if I was discovered while staying in the village of Værdberg? After the fall of the castle in Reishleif, will treat me as a traitor and burn down the entire village if I give a bad answer.
That was pretty close, wasn't it?”
If it had been while we were running through the forest or the plains, we probably would have been caught.”
The first thing to do is to make sure that you have a good idea of what you're getting into.
As far as rumors go, the Spierzeiks are outnumbered.
It was not only the castle of Raishleif that was lost in the battle at the beginning of the year. Many knights, military officers, and retinue soldiers were killed.
If a military officer of the Spierzeik family captured a young squire's daughter like Rupetta, he would surely be in a bad way.
“How did you manage to escape, ……? Where did they find you?”
If a squire warrior of the Knight family chased her, Rupetta would not be able to escape.
The amount of magic power has a great impact on the duration of the body enhancement magic.
Arcunoa Pollution District.”
Ah, then we can escape into the Værdberg field.
However, the field …… Is a different story, especially if it is the Vaadberg Field.
Lupetta had been hunting monsters in this field, which was located near her village, since she was a child.
For her, the Weyadberg Field is like a garden.
The interior of the field is foggy, the terrain is changeable, and detection magic is ineffective in this terribly ambiguous world.
To move quickly through that foggy world, experience is more important than simple physical or magical strength.
I have been in the Værdberg Field many times, so I have some confidence in the geography of the interior.
But I don't have much confidence in my ability to win a game of chase with Lupetta in there.
Yes,” He said, “I'm sure I could. That's why my shoes rotted.”
Here, he says, “Well, I'll buy you new shoes. I wish I could say, “Well, I'll buy you new shoes, and we'll go to the store together,” But what came out of my …… Mouth were different words.
Where did the courage I had her when I asked her to marry me go?Had it been squeezed so hard that it had dried up?
But why was there a military officer there?”
'…… Patrolling? The village chief said they might build a military facility in that area. He wants us to get men out of the village.”
Listening to Lupetta's story brought back memories of my childhood.
I had a hunch that the day would soon come when the Vojstra Plain would finally become a battlefield.
Somehow, I had this intuition.
The warring aristocracies, no matter how much they prepare for war, somehow always seem to be behind the curve.
We have been fighting with the five great nobles of the Kingdom of Levios and the army of Zeldmietra since we were four years old.
When I listen to Lupetta's story, I feel like I'm being cornered.
The sickening heaviness and stickiness I felt in the pit of my stomach even made me nostalgic.
I thought to myself, “Maybe I shouldn't go back home until things cool down?”
I thought to myself, “Yes, I think so. My mother and the village head told me not to come back for a while. I was told by my mother and the village head not to come back for a while.
According to the village head, the atmosphere of conscription became even more intense after the fall of Raishleif.
Rupetta values her family and her village her.
And more than that, Lupetta is valued in the village.
To put it bluntly, even if the village is devastated by war, if Lupetta returns afterwards, reconstruction will be quicker.
Therefore, it is undesirable for the village to have him remain in the village and be drafted.
That is why the story is set up as “Lupetta is away on business in the royal capital.
As a former member of the knight family, I think the village did the right thing.
For commoners, the war between lords is really unimportant. The best distance between the two is to have them as sidekicks at a bar.
I can't go to the village of Værdberg for a while, I thought, and Rupetta put down the turtle skewer that had run out of meat and said, “I'm not going to be able to go to Værdberg for a while.
'…… So its ………… Not possible to reply …… Yet.'
She squeezed out the words, looking sincerely sorry.
Even I could immediately guess that he was referring to the marriage proposal.
I'll wait forever. I'll wait for a long time, and I'll always …… Care about Lupetta.
I said it correctly.
…………………………………….Mergin………………………… Sorry ……”
If it were true, I would like to go to the village of Værdberg with Rupetta right now and at least get her approval to marry me.
But I can't trample on her feelings of care for the village.
It is really not the right time.
The Quardenze army should have invaded a little slower.
“…… But they took Raishleif Castle, so it looks like the end is in sight. I think we have 5 more years to advance to the city of Oceloria. Spierzeig's army will probably use its entire force to stop the invasion , so there might be room for us to get in once the Vojstra Plain invasion starts.”
Is that so?”
Lupetta is well versed in the affairs of the adventurer world, but she is not familiar with the power relations and military knowledge of the aristocratic world.
I've been on the battlefield for a long time, so I know some of that stuff, and I'm still somewhat interested in it.
I'm just guessing based on the speed of the invasion so far.The more time that passes, the more I think the Quardenze forces will gain the upper hand.I don't think the Spiaseiks can afford to lose any more men. .”
I agree.
I don't know the military strength of each of the noble families.
The most important thing to remember is that the number of followers is not enough.
When the number of follower soldiers is insufficient and there is nothing to be done, the lord will conscript follower soldiers from the commoner community as a last resort.
At first, they will offer money to lure them into the army, but if they are outnumbered, they will be taken away without question.
If you are a follower who lives a completely free life, you can just run away, but if you are a follower like Rupeta, you will not be able to run away.
If she disobeys her, they say they will burn her village to the ground or kill her family, and there is nothing she can do about it.
That is why, to some extent, the response to the followers in the commoners' area gives us an idea of how well the followers' soldiers are being secured.
From the Kuordentse territory, one can sense a sense of leeway.
Even though you are living in New Nelly City, there is not the slightest sign that you are being drafted.
This is proof that there is no shortage of follower soldiers.
On the contrary, there is a whiff of conscription in the territory of Spierzeig.
The reason why Lupetta and I went to King's Landing was to escape from this.
And from what Lupetta has just told me about her recent situation, the atmosphere is getting thicker and thicker.The situation must be very tight.
The Quardenze army originally had a lot of followers, and it seems that they haven't reduced the number of followers much because of the strange illness of the great magical beast Ercinea. I bet that's where they made the difference.”
It's Ersinia the Great Monster.”
Lupetta was quick to correct him.
The pearl, we have n't found it yet.That's why it's a mistake.She's not a Daemonic Beast.
I was tempted to say, “Don't worry about the details,” But Lupetta was obsessed with trivial things like this.
When she taught me the Eruo language, she would point out the smallest of language mistakes.
I was a little happy to see Lupetta again, who used to treat me like a big sister.
It was so. In King's Landing, everyone already calls the Daimajuu Elsinia, so I misunderstood.
Yes.
I thought that was the end of it, but Rupetta kept talking.
The Levios family intentionally called it that. They wanted to say that it was inevitable that they couldn't prevent the hexenbiest disaster.
'Heh…….'
The idea that it was a noble family's intention was a consideration that didn't suit Lupetta very well.
When I visited the facility for adventurers in the royal capital, there was information about magical beasts titled “Fear and Threat of the Great Demonic Beast Ersinia” Posted on the wall. The content was interesting and I read the whole thing, but there was quite a bit of text.
Since the appearance of the magical beast Ersinia, adventurers from all over the continent have been gathering in the fields of the Royal Capital.
If what Lupetta says is correct, he may be intending to spread the name “Great Demonic Beast Ersinia” Among adventurers and spread it throughout the continent.
I was honestly impressed that Lupetta was also thinking about the aristocratic community.
He was saying, “Neither of the Daimaju of long ago could defeat the Daimaju, and this time it can't be helped either.”
Originally, the expression “Great demonic beast” Was only used for the number one threat class, the strongest and worst matured demonic beasts.
That's what I meant.
'That's kind of unusual. I like such stories a lot.
I didn't say it out loud, but it was easy to understand that she was thinking it.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. People told me.”
Hmmm.”
Maybe he was ashamed that he spoke what he heard from others as if it was his own idea of his.
Well, pursuing it in a strange way here would only make the atmosphere worse.
I wanted to enjoy the conversation with Lupetta, so I decided not to mention it.
I'm not sure if I'm right in my assessment of El Senior, the Barriola-class magical beast. I think that's a fair assessment. What do you think Lupetta?”
I just think.
The Levios family must have seen Ersinia in person to be sure, since they advertise it as a great magical beast.
The Levios are convinced that Ersinia is a threat comparable to the ancient great magical beast, the magical beast Barriola.
But Lupetta didn't seem particularly concerned about that.
It doesn't matter how strong they are. Mature demonic beasts are mature demonic beasts, and the ones that can't be defeated are all the same.
It was the same reaction as usual. And it was an opinion that was typical of a commoner.
No matter how many people Cousin Crow gathered together, they could not beat a mature demonic beast.
The only people who would care would be the people from the knight family who would fight with the main ancestor against the mature demonic beasts.
I used to learn about mature demonic beasts from all over the world from an old man of the knight family.
Despite being born with the special status of a squire, a mature demonic beast is an incarnation of absolute terror that can never be defeated by itself.
The only one who can fight it is the Lord of the Lords, who has even more immense power.
The epic battle between the Lord Ancestor and the Mature Demon Beast has unfolded throughout history.
The heroic tale, full of …… Courage, is something that I remember feeling excited about even as a child.
The story of the mature demonic beasts is an interesting one,……
Maybe that's why I still have an interest in demonic beasts.
The other day, I even went to see the magical stone of a mature demonic beast that was defeated by the heir apparent of the Quardenze family.
Lupetta didn't go to the exhibition because she said she wasn't interested in it.
The “Mature Demon Beast's Demon Stone …… Pearl,” Lupetta is not interested in it? Every noble family everywhere takes good care of them and preserves them, so you only get to see them when they're unveiled after a defeat.”
As I said it, I think I said the same thing before.
And Rupetta said with the same expression as that time.
'I'm not interested. Even ……, I'm interested in the treasure of the magical beast Elsinia.'
'You're only interested in the bounty,' he said.
The first time I went to the airport, I was told that I had to go to the airport to get a ticket to the airport.
I was once summoned by a civil official of the Levios family, perhaps because he had heard a rumor about us.
The reason for the call was a job offer. He was to go to an imperial noble's territory in the western part of the continent and search for the treasure of the magical beast Elsinia.
'……Was a hell of a reward.'
Well, it was about as impossible as it gets.”
I had heard rumors that the area was heavily polluted.
The imperial nobles who control the land have made numerous attempts to recover the pearls, but they have yet to do so.
It is difficult to find the treasured beads of mature demonic beasts that have exhausted their magical power and died, even if they have been defeated.
This is because the remains of mature demonic beasts that have exhausted their power disappear like dust.
We have to search for a small, small treasured gem in the earth where the dirt spreads without any clues.
This is quite difficult.
Even if they tried to find it with all the help they could muster, the Yezo's body was too frail to do so. Their skin sometimes gets sores from the contaminated soil, and if they go to a badly contaminated place, even the air is contaminated , so they faint after just one breath and fall to their death in the muck.
Considering the fact that the pollution is caused by the magical beast Elsinia, all the slave ancestors will probably die before they reach the center of the pollution.
If it were a follower, that would not happen, but it is not clear whether Ercinea's treasure would be worth the manpower required for such a task in the first place.
The only family that could spare the effort would be the Levios family.
If they get the pearl and its size is the same as the legendary Great Demon Beast, they will be able to ……. I don't think people would blame the Levios family as strongly as they do now.
People have never defeated a mature demonic beast of the number one threat class.
Then Lupetta exhaled.
'Money is important. I want to make things as easy as possible for the mothers.'
The reason why Lupetta and I went out of our way to leave the village to work was partly to escape the draft, but also because we needed money.
The war between Spiasek and Kuordenze had already begun when Lupetta was born.
And the Quardenze family always had the upper hand.
Perhaps because of this, Lupetta grew up seeing the reality of taxes from the lords getting heavier and heavier year by year.
I am the same as Lupetta. Rita and everyone in the village took care of me.
I was wandering around aimlessly and it was Lupetta who sheltered me, but it was everyone in the village of Værdberg who warmly welcomed me when I was so fed up with everything and had a rough time of it.
I owe Lupetta's mother, Rita, more than I can ever repay.
I think that only the village chief was making plans to keep my cousin's blood, but, well, that village chief is a good person with a good heart, even though he sometimes works with calculations.
I have never missed my hometown, but when I remember my life in the village of Værdberg, I feel nostalgic and tender.
The place that means the most to me.
I think my hometown in my heart is the village of Værdberg.
I don't know how the Quardenze army will proceed, but I hope the village will not come under fire.
'…… Yes.'
The first thing that comes to mind when you think of the name of the company is the name of the company's founder and CEO.
The most important thing to remember is that the best way to get the most out of your money is to be prepared to pay for it.
I wanted to cheer her up as much as possible.
Yes,” He said. If the Kuordenze army invades close to the village, you can talk to the village chief and surrender. Lupetta is well acquainted with the Quordenze heir, isn't he? If we intercede and surrender, we might even be able to ask him not to loot the village.
As I said this, I thought this was a better idea than I had thought.
I heard that Lupetta is highly regarded by the Quordenze family's legitimate son for reporting the criminals of the Zethusian Holy High Society and for seriously responding to the subsequent interrogation.
Thanks to him, I was on the verge of death, but he saved me with healing magic.
It is not a bad idea to come forward as an emissary of the village, as I am sure he trusts me more than a little.
Even if the war was over, the village would still be heavily taxed if it remained in Spierzeig territory, and this might be a good opportunity to get the village quietly annexed to Quardenze territory.
I tell Lupetta about this idea that came to my mind.
I tell Lupetta, “……? The village won't be burned in the war. We might be able to help.
Perhaps taken back, Lupetta remained silent for a few moments.
But he seemed to understand immediately.Her expression remained a little stiff, as if she was still worried, but she smiled.
He smiled and said, “Yes. With this, I can protect the village.”
Right? It's fortunate that I know your son-in-law, isn't it? If you enter the Quardenze territory, taxes might even be lighter than they are now, and you might not even have to go out to work.
“…… Yeah.”
My mind was already filled with a bright future after the war.
If I don't have to go out to work, I can go back to the village of Værdberg with Lupetta and live there.
I could start a family with Lupetta in that village.
It was too dazzling a future.
