Chapter 30: Border Sightseeing
Mayor Wilk. Please be careful.
“Have a safe trip, sir.”
Roomon bowed his head, and Kohliy followed suit.
Kohliy's long silver hair hung down with a rustling sound.
I'll take care of the housekeeping.
I said to the bowed heads of my siblings and left the mayor's office.
Two weeks had passed since the surrender presentation.
Although there has been some confusion, the city of Nambonan is smoothly beginning to operate under a new structure.
It was decided that the new organization, City Hall, would be located in one of the former Nambonan council members' residences that Quardenze had confiscated, the residence where Kohary and Roomon lived.
The decision was based on its splendid appearance, its location, and the fact that it has a bath.
Eventually, a more luxurious building may be constructed, but for now, the mansion is the mayor's residence and the headquarters of City Hall.
The main function of the city hall is to monitor and guide the council, so it is different from the kind of city hall that one might have imagined in a previous life in Japan, which issued residence certificates, accepted marriage registrations, and had the residents go around to different departments to play.
For the time being, the existing structure will be used as is. For the time being, the existing structure will be used as it is. For this reason, the number of employees is small: about 20 civil servants seconded from Kuordentse and about 10 Citizens hired by Nambonan City, for a total of about 30 employees.
Most of the city employees work at Nambonan Castle, where the council is located, so there are only a few people in this mansion, which is the mayor's residence and the headquarters of the city hall.
The mansion seems to be called the mayor's mansion.
Roomon was hired as a city employee.
Based on the assessment of Roomon that I had just heard from the council clerk, I did not think he would be successful in business, but I thought he would be a good fit for a city employee.
When he sent out an invitation to his siblings, who were preparing to leave Nambonan, to join the city staff, they surprisingly took him up on the offer.
Roomon must have thought that it would be difficult to take Kohary, who had grown up in a greenhouse, to a distant town as a practical matter.
If he hired roomon, Kohary would come with him.It depends on the person whether you consider this as a hug or a value-for-money set.
I like Kohary's gentle smile when he is with his brother, so I decided to consider it a good deal.
The poor siblings, who had nowhere to live, were given a storage-like room in the mayor's mansion to live and work, thanks to my ingenious idea.
Kohary was hired as a scullery maid at the mayor's mansion, but she seems to be having a hard time working there because of her lack of common sense.
For the past two weeks, he has been busy with preparations for the election to choose a new council member, so he has not been able to hold Kohliy even once.
Since the bath lotion play, I haven't succeeded in having intercourse once. How is this possible when she is a cuddle girl?
Since the surrender meeting, I feel that Anna has become more comfortable with me.
I feel like I just need to take one more step to make her fall madly in love with me, but I'm not sure where that step is.
I'm not sure where that step is.I'm not sure if I should say sweet words to her next time I hold her.
I am ready, young master. We are ready. We can leave anytime.
I understand.
With the city of Nambonan now somewhat stable, I decided to return to New Nellie to report the situation to my father.
I would take my grandfather for a sightseeing tour of the border with the empire before returning home.
Grandfather. Let's go.”
I gagged alongside my grandfather, who was already waiting for me on horseback, and we proceeded briskly through the city.
I raised my arm lightly and was greeted with cheers from the citizens who knew I was returning to New Nellie.
It seems that Mayor Nambonan is still popular. Good, good, good.
The walls of the city have been dismantled, but it seemed that the area around the gate had not yet been broken down.
The gatekeeper smiled and saluted me, so I told him to do his best to protect the citizens.
'What will your grandfather do once he arrives at the base?
Muh? I plan to check on the progress of the castle construction and go around beating the asses of the mercenaries …… Slaves.
The nobles of other families who joined the Quardenze allied forces captured mercenaries who had been grossly beaten in the field and turned them into slaves.
It was the Quordenze family that purchased them on the spot at a low price.As one would expect, it is a hassle to bring a bunch of former mercenary slaves back to their own territory, so it is easier to sell them on the spot, even if at a slightly lower price.
The former mercenary slaves are working hard to build a fortress at the planned site of the defense base, which is the destination of this visit.
He said, “We can't move until we have a solid …… Base.”
Even though he is the previous head of the family, he is indeed compelled to follow the decision of his father, the current head of the family.
As for my grandfather, he wants to go and make a bloodbath of some nobles of the empire that he hates so much that it makes him want to vomit as soon as possible, but he will hold out until the job is done.
I can tell him is itching to see them.
The former mercenary slaves are probably being forced to work while being yelled at by their grandfather, who wants to finish building the castle and resume the war as soon as possible.
Quardenze territory is located in the western part of the Kingdom of Levioth and borders the territory of the Zincaen Empire.
The Kingdom of Levioth lies to the east, the Jinkaen Empire to the west, and the territory of Kuordentse lies on the border between the two.
Therefore, when my grandfather raided and took away the lands of the imperial aristocracy, the territory of Kuordentse inevitably expanded westward.
As a result of this westward expansion, the territory of Kuordenze was shaped like a distorted boomerang when seen on a map.
It is imperative to set up a defense system for a stable invasion in the future.
It took us about a day to advance westward from Nambonan.
We were getting farther and farther away from New Nellie.
The terrain in this area was undulating and varied due to the proximity of mountain ranges.
This is how we arrived at the front line in the direction of the Empire.
The defense base was located in a place that could be described as a mountainous area, a valley, or a mountainside.
There was a relatively large river flowing near the base, which apparently formed the boundary between the territory of Quardenze and the territory of the Imperial Nobility.
In short, this is the border between the Kingdom and the Empire. The Marquise of Kuordenze is a noble family of the Kingdom of Levioth.
That is the defense base of the imperial side, isn't it?
I looked at the other side of the river.
According to my grandfather, there are enough soldiers to make it difficult for us to attack them, but not enough for them to attack us.
On the riverbank on the Kuordenze side, soldiers and slaves were quietly carrying out civil engineering work.
Looking around, I saw a special stone material that repels magic neatly lined up in what appeared to be a materials yard. It had been recovered when the walls of Nambonan City were dismantled, and had been transported all the way here.
What my father wanted most in Nambonan City was actually this special stone material that repels magic, the magic-removal stone.
This stone is also used in New Nellie City for the city walls that separate the urban area from the castle town. It is an eerie black stone with a heavy feel.
Although it is called stone, it is actually an object similar to clay, so it does not break easily when struck.
Since it is very time-consuming to manufacture the magical stone, it is difficult to obtain a large number of them in a short period of time. .
When my father learned that the walls of the city of Nambonan were made of this stone, he immediately thought of using it as a defense base for the front line.
Even so, the city of Nambonan had tremendous financial resources to prepare a large quantity of these stones. It must have taken them a long time to buy all of these items. The fact that they invested their money so generously suggests that they were really afraid of the aristocrats.
It has not been that long since the construction began, but it seems to be progressing very well.
What, I guess the soldiers want to finish this kind of work as soon as possible.
My grandfather looked at the soldiers, who were probably in the group leader's class, and they all nodded their heads in agreement.
I thought that they were bored with the civil engineering work, but it seems that they are not.
The young man's first battle was the invasion of Nambonan, so it's not surprising that he doesn't know about it. Normally, the invaded cities would be much more terrible.
Simply put, a certain amount of looting is allowed.
Because Nambonan's policy was to maintain the system, looting was strictly forbidden by my grandfather.
I see, that must have been a boring war for the average soldier.
It was only natural, since we fought very little in Nambonan. In fact, it was as if we won only by the magic of the general and the young master. All we did was hunt the remnants.”
Another soldier, who seemed to be the leader of the group, said as if to correct the soldier who had complained first.
My grandfather seemed to think so, too, and he silently nodded his head in approval.
He nodded his head and said, “Keep up the good work. The next battle is near.
It's not easy being an Imperial nobleman.
After touring the border and the defense base, I headed home.
I left my grandfather at the base, as he was going to continue to supervise the construction of the castle.
I returned to Nambonan City, where I spent another day or so getting my provisions and other supplies ready before setting out for New Nellie City.
When you returned to Nambonan a little while ago, where were you going?
I was going to the Nambonan City. I wanted to buy some of Nambonan's specialties as souvenirs, but I couldn't find any good ones.
Souvenirs?
When you go sightseeing, you want to buy souvenirs. If there was a wooden board with “Friendship, Effort, and Victory” Written on it, or a carved wooden bear, or a key chain with a sword with a dragon wrapped around it, I would have bought it immediately, but unfortunately there was no such thing.
But unfortunately, there is no such thing.
I had come all the way to the Nambonan area, and I wanted to buy something unique to the area.
I heard that there might be something good in the village on the way back. It won't take long to get there, so I hope you don't mind if I stop by.
I handed the deputy the map of the area that Roomon had given me and asked him if we could make a side trip.
It's not that far off the route, so I don't think it will be a problem,” He said.
It's not too dangerous here, and I don't think it will be a problem.
And so our route was slightly changed.
